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@ShardMare I dont resonate off the bat, but would like to learn more

@ajai Hey did you read the book The Mission Of Art by Alex Grey?

@Elshaddai Oh so he is just there no cause

@John Iverson Hey, What did you learn? I've read about half of it, but I don't know if it was that practical for me. I will return to it in time. Perhaps I learned just to be a bit more open minded and to keep exploring the paradigms of science and mysticism and what it means to be human.

@Chumbimba Me Too. I was lost, going through some early spiritual awakening and meaning searching. I did NOT like or trust Leo at first. But, his content was so good I could no ignore it. I am still on my own journey. I don't know what will happen, I am in a sort of confusing place. But, I have a path ahead of me and I've come so far, and done so many cool things wouldn't have if I hadn't found Leo. I wonder if I will ever meet you! Thank you Leo! youtube.com/watch?v=EwQLwn1J-cQ

@Etherial Cat I am so fucking jealous of her, her new boyfriend and her business. And when we broke up it devastated me and ruined my first attempt at a business (we were co-workers) I will take some time to introspect. Thank you. I hate to say these things, but I have to look at my devilry..

@WonderSeeker The more you meditate the more the become aware of what is there beneath the surface. There is indeed a dark side of the mind when it comes to meditation

I am trying to can an understanding of how deep people are going into breathing exercises here on the forum. Are you doing things like breath of fire, pranayama, kriya Supreme Fire, etc in your daily practice?

I think so. I've read in some books like The Mystic Path To Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard that each dip precedes a rise to a new level. also this

Pretty sure you can keep learning new things throughout your whole life. You know, years ago they believed that you can't run or be an athlete at age 60... which isn't true I know lots of great cyclists in there 60s (though the definitely are not young). I think we can keep learning and in fact as long as we use our life long learning to increase our health, ability to learn, eat properly, get the body working etc... I think we can keep learning all through life. Not sure what the plateau is because most 20-25 year olds are not successful, but can do so later in life. Charles Bukowski didn't start writing till he was 35 and drank heavily his whole life. I don't think he found success until his 50s.... Keep Going!

They might be! I nearly knocked over my clothing bin while "pretending" the energy I was feeling was shooting out of my arms. I almost knocked my clothing bin over and it scared the crap out of me. I will keep working on my energy and my body.

Finish the course and do the work. It’s a process.

So, I’ve done lots of 5meo, deep trips and low doses. I have had ‘insights’ but none I’d say were ‘God’ and I definitely haven’t had any healing. perhaps it’s changed my relationship to my thinking in subtle ways but I’m feeling increasingly skepticial that 5meo is what it’s claimed to be. feels kinda numb, freaky, feels like death more than “God”... if I hadn’t watched Leo’s videos what would I have though? Also, I’m not sure what about Martin Ball makes him liberated or God... he seems like a normal person who likes to have psychedelic experiences, but has built an ideology around it as ‘non-dual’ which isn’t true because it’s a dualistic notion to begin with.

From my current situation I'd say: Get good with money and become a high earner early. Then building your dreams is a lot easier.

You are a prophet sent to correct humanities going forward into a new age: what do you share?

@Gesundheit I like it ahaha

Just moved into a new place. I am creating a scared space and looking to make sure the energies in the space promote clarity and well being... looking to/for: 1. Tips on energy clearing 2. Products, common household items I could consider 3. Colour recommendations etc

Life purpose is this funny intangible thing. How did you come to terms with realizing you didn't have the right life purpose, or as you developed and got to know yourself, reality and to develop realistic expectations did you reorganize your life? Right now I am realizing how under developed I am, and I am wondering just how deep my lack of understand of reality and myself is, despite working on myself for many years.

@Meta-Man Nice stuff! Thank you!

How much of the “work” we do in society is even valuable? How much of it is simply to earn money. Do we need to work as much as we do? In the way we are? System seems odd to me, I can’t figure it out yet.

(Brain dump... Good Post!) IMO Self Help Books are written by a wide variety of people from a wide variety of backgrounds. It really depends on how and why you read them, as well as the individual books themselves. It is up to us as self actualizers to pick great books, and to be constantly becoming aware of what books and information are out there. We also need to take a holistic approach to our self education. Skill Acquisition and behavioural change are difficult, but luckily I read books on them and then I was able to develop strategies, find mentors, research apps and practices etc in order to make these changes real. Books are the mapping and expanding element of self actualizing, but they are not the same thing as doing the work. But if you don't educate yourself you can't really think the thoughts I will as a reader. Your models of reality will be thinner within those contextual frameworks. There are so many interesting and unique formats to self help books out there. Some are more technical than others, and because of the sheer diversity of self help books if you look hard enough you will find some books are more story based, and others are more dry and scientific. Some of my favourites find a balance of both. 1. Self help books are different and should considered on a case by base basis 2. When we develop our self learning programs we learn to research books based on relative complexity and difficulty depending on our needs 3. Books will not create habits, and behaviour change is more complex than simply reading the book 4. Books provide great maps for understanding the world around us. As we read more, especially high quality self help books we can actually improve our lives drastically. It was reading self help that got me on festival stages and my last job! 5. Different behaviours are changed in different ways, reading books has lead to some very important behaviour change in my life ( But it also takes emotional labour, which I read about and it helped me to develop emotional labour) 6. I made sure to read books early on the frame worked how to read books, and then to apply them in real life. 7. Great Books for how to learn to use books are Polymath, The First 20 hours and Code Of the Extraordinary Mind

Sometimes I, especially when I’m low I just sprawl out. Not ashamed of feeling low, lost or confused. Once I make it through this, just gets me closer to being my greatest version. Thanks everyone for your insights.

My mind likes to create illusions that things are impossible to do. What do you folks do to re-establish a clear and positive mindset?

@Nick_98 Thanks Nic, im doing the work here on myself, the forum is one way I am working through this low. I’ve already done so much amazing stuff in my life and I will continue to. But, I’m feeling confused and lost right now. And even having some suicidal thoughts (I was deeeeeeeeeeply depressed a few years ago, I get the flashbacks now and then)

I have been thoroughly enjoy David R Hawkins Books Truth Vs Falslehood and Transcending the Levels Of Consciousness. But, the whole muscle stress test element (which is key to the calibration) seems as if it is rife with the potential of self deception and bias. How can we trust that the people being stressed tested aren’t biased? Did he stress test large groups or just him and his friends?