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@Ibgdrgnxxv Actually lying is great! It lets me avoid problems and manipulate people to my benefit. I’m obviously kidding but we do need to acknowledge what benefit we get from lying in order to let it go.

@Raphael Part of it could certainly just be a clinging to the past. Or a “grass is always greener” effect that the mind likes to play on itself. But what I see is that the narrative of societal “development” is largely false. This narrative essentially says that we were primitive, dumb apes and that we’ve over come that through modern technology and human civilization. In other words, it’s a belief that life was “nasty, brutish and short” as Hobbes puts it. But over time we’ve overcome nature to make it better. In some comes that may be true. It’s 1000x more comfortable and less risky to travel around the world than it would have been before modern civilization. And yet, with all these supposed advancements, what has been lost? For instance, you likely do not grow or procure your own food. This would never have happened before modern civilization. While this may be more efficient, what is the cost of something like that? One cost is that you are totally disconnected from the food you eat. You have no idea how it was made and what went into that. Another example could be the shift from manual labor to knowledge workers. Modern society incentivizes people who work with their head (engineers. CEOs, programmers, etc) and tends to disincentivize manual labor. What is the cost of that? Perhaps that we now live sedentary lifestyles and must use the money we make at our job in order to purchase a gym membership or a personal trainer. Another example could be the development of temperature control, i.e heating and air conditioning. What is the cost of that? Well it you study something like Wim Hof method, you know that the body is highly adaptive and can be trained. In fact, extreme temperatures can be tremendous mental and physical benefits, e.g ice baths and saunas. My point is that we have made many attempts to try and control life. And we associate these attempts at control with progress, not understanding their true costs. So I think there is something to the “good ol days” narrative, albeit for different reasons than many people would claim.

You’re dismissing what is being said here because “that’s only the absolute level”. The absolute level is the deepest truth. And the absolute and relative are not separate. Your question has already been answered. Fear is the illusion that you are not God. This illusion is necessary to a certain degree because it’s the only way God can know itself. On a relative level we could talk about how society perpetuates this fear. But that’s not the deepest realization. If you still don’t get it, that’s perfectly fine. People have struggled with these questions for years and years. Go meditate or whatever your chosen spiritual practice is and come back to it. The more work you do, the more it will make sense.

Merry Christmas everybody! Love you all.

you’re missing it. There is no way to fail at this. You and everything else is God, and there’s no way you could not realize that. At worst you can delude yourself until your “death”. The few rare ones you are talking about are also you. All souls will return to God because there is no other possibility. This game is perfectly rigged in your and everyone else’s favor. All setbacks are only temporary and are what allow for the journey to take place. But I get it, the journey can be brutally hard at times. You can go through deep darkness, depression and fear. But that’s all okay too. That’s all part of it. Wrap the darkness in love and watch it transform.

@8Ball Alternatively besides patreon, there’s the LP course, booklist and tip jar. Plenty of ways to support Leo financially if you choose.

@Mvpjouney If it’s too much it’s okay to slow it down. There is no rush here and ultimately you cannot fail. It certainly is possible without psychedelics, my first awakening experiences were all sober. Just keep up your spiritual practice and watching the theory to strengthen your foundation. Then if you want to do a psychedelic, you can choose to do that.

@DecemberFlower Because that's the game that is being played here. Going from fear / separation to love / oneness. You couldn't have the journey otherwise and know yourself as God.

@ajai I really like Kimilla. Some of her Kriyas are really challenging and she has a lot of great content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdnfY8UpmI

@BlackMaze Breathwork like Wim Hof supposedly releases DMT. Do an hour of that and you'll be flying high, may even pass out.

@Elshaddai I would question your basic assumptions about life and suffering. This is a belief. Challenge it.

@Firebird Not in the slightest. No offense. Also no. Yes, although I don't refer to them as ghosts. Yes, lots of people are. I communicate with spiritual beings regularly.

Stage Orange medicine is what you get when the ego is in control and is reacting out of fear. Typically it offers band-aide, reductionist solutions that don't address the real cause. Being for-profit (at least here in the States), it has become a huge industry. Millions of people would lose their jobs and source of income without it. Part of the reason it seems so necessary is that we've set people up for failure. When you're incentivized to live a sedentary lifestyle, avoid nature, eat garbage food and cope with your emotions, you get a lot of sick people. So the unconsciousness of the medical industry is perfectly correlated to the unconsciousness in other areas of society. It all arises together and supports these other systems. You cannot undo the damage of the medical industry without, for instance, changing economic systems. At the deepest level, a change in consciousness is what is needed. That's the root. Change that and shifts will begin to ripple out.

If you want to last longer, of course. Not saying you can't ever pick up the speed, but slowing things down makes it easier to stay mindful. If you do pick up the speed, you want to make sure to bring that same level of being present.

@Annoynymous You need to breathe, relax, stay mindful and slow down. If you want to experiment, do some solo fapping and just notice how deepening your breath and being mindful immediately drops the energy. I find it easier to practice this alone because being with a partner we tend to just revert to old habits. Really it is that simple. I know some people talk about visualizing but I've never had much success with that. Just slow it all down.

I wouldn't even stress about trying to find some sort of balance, they go together. Just practice meditation and also practice visualizing. The Buddha would have realized that he imagined the entire universe

Your imagination is powerful and important. But we do meditation for a different reason. You see, your mind is imagining all the time. We silence the mind using meditation because that allows you to become a clear channel for God to speak through you and as you. The vessel, you, needs to be emptied. Otherwise your thoughts are just unconscious programming, trauma and coming from the fear-mind.

Yes you definitely can. But I would suggest your top priority to be developing your meditation habit. If you have to put the others on hold in order to make that work, fine. Your gains will survive. But otherwise you should be able to do both.

@mmKay I don't want to burst your enthusiasm but I don't see this as stage Green. Lots of people give money away, even when they're fully in stage Orange level consciousness. I don't know this guy at all, but from the little bit I saw it doesn't look like he has made the leap. Maybe I'm wrong but that's my initial impression.

@marinaaniram There's still plenty of value in studying the illusion. Your memories, for example, help you a great deal in navigating your practical life. It's just that your practical life isn't actually real. It's as real as a dream, which of course can feel very real when you're in it. So if you'd like to dream something pleasant, I'd recommend it.

@Value So what's the problem? Why is your girlfriend an obstacle to you traveling, being social and having fun? Unless you mean something else by wanting to "party" .

@eggopm3 It wouldn't say it implies it without more context. But I certainly wouldn't rule out the possibility. You guys are going to be alone together for a long period of time, so who knows. What do you want? Do you want to lose your virginity to this girl? What are you looking to get out of this experience?

I did one RSD bootcamp. While I did get a lot of practical experience that weekend, looking back I don't think it was worth it. The best thing I ever did for my game was get a group of committed friends who were also into game. And then just approach relentlessly, day after day, for months on end. I'm not saying there aren't benefits to getting a coach. Undoubtedly it has helped a lot of guys. It just wasn't my path. My path was me and a bunch of my friends all sucking and figuring it out together over time. Also, when you have friends who are good at game, then you have a real solid foundation to start building a big social circle. That's when game really goes into easy mode.

@Striving for more Even if the pandemic is a real reason not to approach, you still used that as an excuse. Why not just say hello and let her be the one to you that she's not comfortable talking to strangers? You didn't do that because you didn't want to. You were looking for an "out" not to approach.

@Yoshy After reading everything you've written, I think you'd be wise to at least challenge this belief system you've created. Your perspective on relationships and dating in general is very pessimistic and comes off as jaded to me. So if I were you, I'd question myself.