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@Meditationdude that's probably why he put that last video out. Awakening to certain realizations are one thing. Embodying them and purifying all of your defilements are another. In order to fully embody your awakenings you have to detach from your ego's devilry forever - this means the stuff your ego wanted becomes mundane. Addictions to money, power, sex (porn), drugs and alcohol, - selfishness, dishonesty, fear of death - all of that you must detach from in order to fully embody Truth and God's Love. Afterall you are God in physical form..and that is what you must embody. Most people haven't had even one mystical/Divine experience so they are no where near this in the path. I myself am now in the early stages of the embodiment phase but im almost 50. Everyone needs to sit down and contemplate where they are and if they are ready for mysticism before they jump in. They may need decades more of egoic devilry haha. I will tell you that i have had many awakenings and have awoken to everything that Leo talks about but in separate experiences so these teachings are as real as it gets - but whether one is ready is another matter.

You are imagining all of it. And you just imagined that you are imagining it. And you also just imagined that you imagined that. And that. And that. To infinity. Inifnity cancels itself out. It is nothing.

There are tons of threads here about depersonalization just do a search. I can't find it now but one of them had a great video by Shinzen Young who calls it enlightenment's evil twin. Just search that in you tube and it will come up. It won't let me embed it here.

Yup. Oneness.

@Gnostic Christian earlier you asked about non-duality and "getting it"...so the thing with Truth is, it is prior to grasping/understanding. It is not a belief, like religion - though many confuse it with religion. Language can only point to it. You actually have to become the Absolute Truth. You have to become a mystic. When you have a mystical or Divine experience you're ego dissolves and you literally are reality. Its hard to describe with words because words can only point to it. You actually have to be it to understand. I am 49 and though jewish was an atheist my whole life - and happen to stumble on Leos enlighnement videos last year. I happen to have a very loose identity and an open mind so i started listening to them and meditating. Needless to say when i had my first mystical experience i was like - oh my fucking God this is real - i kept repeating that over and over because i was just so stunned.

This is gonna sound radical but the truth is consciousness is getting advice from itself

Just watched the what is reality - a radical explanation episode - epic That's up there with my favorites.

@zeroISinfinity i Love you Zero. Yeah mysticsm is something else right?

You're on the right path @Joker_Theory @Gnostic Christian You ARE consciousness. You are the whole fucking thing.

Depends on where you are at in life. It you discover spirituality at 50 you could awaken instantly and not need a guru just from a lifetime full of suffering.

Mom is held within your consciousness regardless...even when she is right in front of you - you are imagining her...everything is consciousness including you And as to how it is helpful..well, I think if it clicks that everything is mind stuff - including YOU ...its like you have this oh fuck monent - like: "well shit - not only is my mom consciousness but so am I!" and so you realize that you are made of consciousness - its like - oh....oh fuck! I'm not real - or rather there is no contrast between real and imaginary because there is only imaginary! And since consciousness is a totally empty, formless substance - you realize "I'm..I'm..made of nothing holy fuck!" .when that hits home it really hits home! Then it hits you that not only are you made of consciousness..what you really are IS consciousness! The you as the ego is something You dreamed up

@joeyi99 there is only what is held within consciousness. You believe there is this physical being behind the scenes that is your mother but realize that you just had to think that into existence right now. Even non-existence is but an idea held within consciousness.

@King Merk it is a circle. From duality you must become conscious of non-duality. Then from non-duality back to duality. Completing the circle is realizing duality was non-duality the whole time.

@Michael Paul yes and you ARE the universe. Thus your free will ultimately collapses into Divine wiil. It/You is/are One.

@J J brains exist within consciousness...consciousness does not exist within brains. This is Descarte's infamous Mind Body problem which has been solved. Once you have a direct hit of Truth by becoming it, your current paradigm will shatter Welcome aboard!

@dimitri

Leo said it well when he said reality is that which is the case. To me that means when you ask why am i here right now - well - you are part of everything. Reality is everything - plus this. Infinity expands to include everything. There cannot be anything outside of it... Have you ever thought that God HAS done that (knew himself instantaneously) - plus the dream? Reality is every possibility!

It would depend more on that person's individual path, level of consciousness through natural life experience and how aligned with Truth they are, rather than whether they are addicted or not. Nothing is black and white in this work, or Absolute. Only Truth is Absolute. All else is relative.

Just one question..is that the last "bro"? Bro?

Yes we see your point but what you are missing is the shifts in consciousness. From Shaun's perspective there are other people.. from Gods perspective its all in Gods mind. The Truth is very radical. It is hard to stomach, but beautiful at the same time. Once you awaken to Oneness and get through to the other side you will realize that you are only alone from Gods perspective. Yes this is the highest Truth - but remember form and formlessness are identical..so you can go on existing in a world of duality. Go back to being Shaun. All you have to do is imagine it. Imagine that there are other people and there are. If you can't stomach this work then it may be time to explore something else

@Nate0068 there really was never a body that is just an illusion. What you really are as the ego is an idea. A possiblity if you will. So the cessation of you as an idea is what we call death. Your true nature is consciousness which can never die. So ego death is all there ever really was. This concept of death really just exists in our minds. There is no physical death.

Can a person who is heavily chemically addicted to drugs or alcohol have an awakening? Probably not only because their addiction is consuming their consciousness to where they have tunnel vision on their addiction. Chances are they wouldn't be meditating at all if it was that bad. But addiction in itself wouldn't prevent you. It would depend on the degree. If their addiction was manageable and they spent time doing consciousness work they could.

@King Merk this is natural my friend. This is because Truth transcends the ego. You still need to come full circle. Even when you are fully awake you will have the knowledge that you are God - transcending death. At that point what you do as the ego is completely up to you - because all form is relative.

@Bobby Leo half assed the question dude. He is God being human. Cut him a break.

@Temo the ego collapses during a mystical experience. There is no you to be deluded. It is pure actuality or infinite consciousness. There is no you to know the difference. That's how You know. You is capitalized because it is a Divine experience of God not the ego.