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I find this quote really profound. It really connects with what Leo teaches. I think Hawkins’ understanding of God really hits the nail on the head. Although his scale of consciousness is not accepted by everyone, his wisdom is really profound. The quote is from the book “The Final Doorway to Enlightenment” (A transcript from his lectures)

Let's say someone is anxious due to some stimulus. There are several neuromechanisms which make this possible. Such as overactive amygdala or increase/decrease of some hormones. Does this mean that particular physiology "causes" a person to be anxious? Or is it happening at the same time as a reflection of a psychological state due to the stimulus? If someone gets his bones broken, does this mean that bones caused the breaking of them? If someone has schizophrenia, does this mean that the increase of dopamine at certain tracts causes it? Or is it happening at the same as psychological state?

I think Teal has talked about this stuff here

@Leo Gura did

@Leo Gura Hey Leo, I purchased the Vault but didn't receive it (I paid by Debit Card, not E-Check, so it should be instant), I submitted you a request via "contacts" on your site, can you check it? Thanks.

What about realising God, Truth, Love, experiencing joy, sharing your joy with others, being loving, developing your mind, fulfilling desires of your soul...

Looking forward to watching it!

As a student myself, this thread is really helpful and giving me hope, thank you. The book "Atomic Habits" covers stuff mentioned in this thread, pretty sure it might help me to re-read the book.

@Michal__ If you happen to switch to oral antipsychotic, don't taper it immediately. Your brain gets used to the antipsychotic and if you taper it immediately, you'll get the rebound effect, which is essentially a withdrawal syndrome. I was on antipsychotic i.m. injection for 2 years and after I switched to oral antipsychotics I stopped taking them immediately and I experienced drug-induced (drug-withdrawal) psychosis, I couldn't sleep for days and I had symptoms of psychosis. Depends on the drug though. I had to visit my psychiatrist because the pain of not sleeping was so severe and I had to reveal that I didn't take the pills I was supposed to take and she concluded that it was "the disease" without the pills, not the withdrawal, so now she is even more committed to not stop i.m. injections of the antipsychotic. Moral of the story: if you happen to switch to oral antipsychotics, study how to taper them. Don't quit taking them immediately.

Thanks

@AerisVahnEphelia I agree that it's being able to master the linear domain (a.k.a. reasoning, where most of medicine functions), but not the non-linear, such as the power of "prayer" (one of many examples). By prayer I mean the power of loving thoughts influencing one's well-being.

@Ulax Thank you, will check it out.

I want to become a psychiatrist, but... I think it's one of the most corrupted, if not the most corrupted, field in medical science. I'm currently in my 4th year of medical school (out of 6). My main mission is the mastery of mind, mastery of the self, mastery of reality on a metaphysical level. I've just watched Leo's latest shared blog video "Corrupt Medical Research" (Dec 14th 2025). I've been watching Dr. Joseph for over a year now though. He explains psychiatry the way I'd want to do it. My question is, do you know any books/sources on how mental illness really works? I don't mean (just) on a psychical, neurotransmitter level. Such as "schizophrenia is caused by excess dopamine" or "depression is caused by low serotonin". I've read some Ken Wilber regarding this, it's good, but he just touches the surface of mental illness in his book "Integral psychology". I don't want to become a mainstream psychiatrist who just prescribes pills. Any experienced colleagues here? The reason I'm posting it here is because it's one of the only forums which focuses on limits of science from a higher perspective. I also understand that we are not focused on mental illness here, but I don't know where else to post this.