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Nice! In his first book, he didn’t go that much in-depth on his awakening. I am hoping in the second book he goes more in-depth.

Nice! His first book was a great read. Too bad he goes more in-depth on the techniques than his actual insights/“awakening”.

I don’t think it’s possible to realize God from meditation alone of purely strict meditation. I think contemplation is definitely needed along with psychedelics.

@Leo Gura Your blog post about Awakening & Meditation was a good one. You say meditation is like being brain dead and being 100% present. Any thought is a distraction from presence. I just wondered what role contemplation plays in understanding God? Isn’t contemplation the main method for realizing God and Truth? Contemplation is simply direct questioning of the present moment to derive insight, understanding, and truth. Meditation is thoughtless and there is nothing intelligent about that. I meditated for 5 hours straight of breath-awareness and got nothing out of it. My mind naturally loves to contemplate, so I think contemplation for me is the best tool. That’s why I resonate with Peter Ralston because he teaches contemplation as the main path to awakening. I think meditation can be good, but long-term meditation I think has its consequences. There is a certain limit where meditation stops benefitting you, and contemplation typically is a much more in-depth process. I think balancing concentration meditation and contemplation meditation might be the best practice. Contemplation I think yields greater insight and clarity than meditation, whereas meditation I think does better with developing discipline, concentration, equanimity, and tranquility. Like when you are bored out of your mind from meditating, that is a great opportunity to start contemplating boredom. Is contemplation a distraction from God?

With Leo’s recent blog post on politics, he said Soviet Union and authoritarianism was an example of Leftism failing. But I remember Leo’s blog post arguing with Claude AI that Hitler, Stalin, and I think the Soviet Union were examples of conservatism and not leftism. I noticed Leo says the video makes a no-true-Scotsman fallacy, but I have seen this logic used in his spirituality videos saying “this is not true spirituality, philosophy, or meditation.” So it seems like in some instances, the no-true-Scotsman is a valid fallacy but in certain contexts like in spirituality or awakening, suggesting a no-true-Scotsman is a false equivalence. This seems to actually make sense to me because if I have had an awakening and then someone who is a believer preaches the same thing with no realization, then I could say “that is not a true awakening” and I would be correct. I think we need to deconstruct the no-true-Scotsman fallacy because it’s not a true fallacy! (See what I did there? ). I did a no-true-Scotsman fallacy on the no-true-Scotsman fallacy. It’s one of the dumbest fallacy’s out there because atheists will argue with me saying that I’m making a no-true-Scotsman fallacy on atheism, when I am in fact describing atheism in practice. Atheism dismisses the mystical aspect of life even though they want to claim that atheism makes no affirmative claims and is just a neutral attitude of being unconvinced of God.

If they can’t understand the context of when the video was made and can’t bother to listen, then that’s on them and the limits of their mind. Not on the limits of the mask. The mask only reveals the maturity level of your mind. Some minds aren’t mature enough.

One of the best game series of all time. So existentially deep. We need more videogames with this existential depth. I recommend playing Life Is Strange 1 and Life Is Strange Double Exposure before playing this game. The trailer below may contain spoilers if you haven’t played the previous games.

My friend got 24g of blue honey PE mushrooms with the date 6/13/23. He might give me some. Any advice for this? I did .9g of lemon tek last time. I was thinking of doing 2-3g of the blue honey. He said he is getting some potent mushrooms. Any advice for my potential second trip? I never heard of blue honey PE mushrooms. I’ll post a trip report if I am able to get them.

We will see if I get them this Wednesday. I’ll keep yall posted if I get them. First trip btw was pretty good. I made another post about it.

Ahh cool thread. Am just now seeing this.

Cool any advice? It seems like it comes in blue honey. Should I just eat them raw or grind them up and do lemon tek like I did before?

I currently use the Garmin Instinct 2x Solar and have been using it for the past year and it’s awesome! I am in the market for an upgrade and was wanting to know what kind of watch you all use. Please post the watch that you use and why you like it. I was considering upgrading to the Garmin Fenix 8 or Tactix 8 or waiting until the next gen (Fenix/Tactix 9) comes out. I am planning on getting into more adventure stuff like scuba diving and skydiving, so it seems to fit for me to upgrade. I don’t mind spending $1,000 on a watch as long as it has good functionality, health metrics, and quality. Rolex watches are an overpriced scam.

Interesting album he has made. Makes me wonder if he had a mystical experience.

I need to get the balls to approach. But not very many women I want to approach.

So you do cold approach then. Where are you meeting them usually? At the mall, restaurant, park or what?

Dude please tell me. You have motivated me and have given me hope that even a 50 year old is still in the game. I’m about 30 and haven’t had any results. Did you meet them on Tinder or what? Where are you meeting them? How do you initiate sex and all that? Are you cold approach or what? Edit: I appreciated you sharing your stories. It was motivating.

Damn dude. Where do you find these women? How!!? Tell me the secrets to unlock the universe!!

Get a Garmin man.

Reminds me of Doctor Strange’s watch.

Nice watch collection there.

I use the Tactix 8 now. I love it so much better!

The response Leo should give when people compare his work to religions is to not be triggered or act offended. The act of being triggered or offended suggests something is missing. The best response is sometimes no response. Just keep doing you. When you act offended, then you prove their point.

Nice! I have seen this watch at Walmart. I recommend getting a Garmin or Coros. If you are gonna be spending $$ you might as well get something that is more functional. But if you just want a good luxury watch that only tells you the time, then Rolex Submariner or Omega Seamaster 300m would be great options. Also, Invicta has some good looking Rolex lookalikes for cheap.

Nice! What will you get after you are done with 2s?

Anybody use a Garmin, Coros, or other fitness gps watch?