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Jesus is a social construct. Notice that no social construct can be truth.

I have always been a critic of using AI for any intellectual or spiritual work. I presented arguments in the past, but many of you seem convinced AI is equivalent to using Google. Not so fast. AI can easily be used to enhance your self-deception in a way Google can’t. Don’t call you using AI spiritual or intellectual work. It’s a sham. You will never achieve sovereignty of mind by using AI to facilitate your contemplations into reality. It defeats the whole purpose. ChatGPT is gonna make the whole nation even more dumber and less likely to think independently. I see kids now who are cheating on their homework using AI. You guys have your head up your ass if you are ignoring these dangers. Here is an article on how a person become even more deluded using ChatGPT: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-chatbot-psychology-manic-episodes-57452d14 I make this post to remind you to be wary of outsourcing your mind to AI/ChatGPT. If used correctly, ChatGPT can be a great tool. But let’s be honest, ChatGPT is not going to be good for society due to its current level of development. Just because you can use AI smartly doesn’t mean society will. Society is abusing the crap out of AI and this problem won’t be solved by improving AI. There really is no solution at this point. Society is already heading towards deeper levels of self- deception. At some point, OpenAI will sell its soul to corporations and ChatGPT will be used for marketing. The best solution is to limit your use of ChatGPT and its constraints on your mind. Thinking for yourself or using Google might take longer, but it will help you facilitate independence of mind rather than being fed information that AI feeds you. The only solution is for us to be aware of this problem and actively fight to promote smarter AI use.

@Leo Gura If you see 5 problems with your videos the week after you release it, then wouldn’t it be wise to not speak absolutely? For instance, I remember a video you made about politics and you talked about how drug decriminalization and universal income would push people towards actualization. The way you presented those topics were as if people were fools if they thought otherwise. But it turns out that you were wrong about drug decriminalization and universal income being effective means for self-actualization. Look at Portland. Look at the rise of self-deception in politics this past decade. People can have their basic needs met but doesn’t mean they will care enough to pursue truth and avoid self-deception. People can be lost in state blue no matter what needs you give them. This is just feedback. You still do great work. Thanks.

Thanks mate. I loved your insights and videos on meditation. You are great inspiration! What meditation techniques are you most using now? What’s your go-to method for ego annihilation these days? Keep up your great work man. I’m so glad you’re back.

Thanks. I will look into it. I first am gonna do a weekend at-home retreat before considering that.

People were right to fear the internet. Look at the pollution it’s caused. Internet solved a lot of problems but also created new ones. Also, you’re argument about Socrates actually supports my position because writing things down actually has made people mentally lazy in the sense that people are no longer use mnemonic techniques that they once did to become a good orator. People’s memory and attention spans today, thanks to writing and TikTok, is reduced compared to ancient times.

@Consilience I was just thinking about you. I’ve been wondering about you and where you went. Cults is one of the reasons why I may never do a formal meditation retreat. Retreats are a distraction from doing the real spiritual work on my own to obtain a sovereign awakening. Glad you’re back.

Death is not the same thing as Insight, Nirvana, Awakening. If you go down Owen and Trump’s road, you will die never experiencing you are God in the human form. Everybody dies but not everybody lives. There is no Rome nor Nirvana in death.

Just ask ChatGPT. It will tell you.

What a delusional cliche. It’s the same as saying All Roads Lead To Nirvana. But clearly following a MAGA cult will not lead you to Nirvana nor Rome. Introverted life is far superior due to less BS and less distraction. Extroverts depend on a level of falsehood (socialization) to function. But of course, if one is too introverted for the wrong reasons, that is a trap.

I don't know about what they do in their personal time. Based off of everything I heard from them, they are telling their audience wisdom to maintain their egos, not to deconstruct them. Their teachings must align with this; otherwise, they would not be so mainstream and would have survival costs for them. Rupert Spira cannot even entertain the idea of Solipsism being true. He immediately dismisses solipsism as some mental illness when in fact it is the most true fact about existence. I am starting to differentiate between true vs fake spiritual teachers. The true spiritual teachers encourage soverignty of mind whereas the false encourage you to follow their ideas, philosophy, and path.

The only real spiritual teachers I know are Peter Ralston, Leo Gura, and Jed McKenna. Everyone else isn’t hardcore enough and sugarcoats the spiritual ego. Think about it. Bashar, Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, and others are just feeding sugar to your spiritual ego. They aren’t serious enough about deconstructing ego. What these spiritual teachers offer is wisdom, but it isn’t awakening.

Would David Lion or Bashar be considered fake spirituality?

The book Getting What You Came For has practical advice on how to write thesis and dissertations. I don’t have any experience, but if I was you, I would find a time and place to show to write and then spend time breaking it up into sections and writing one section at a time.

What are the best, most recommended meditation retreats? I have been getting back into meditation. My main meditation technique is self-inquiry. Any time my mind wanders, I bring it back to the breath and to the question "What am I? What is Consciousness?" I am considering doing a full day at-home meditation retreat in my dark closet, doing the self-inquiry meditation technique before I consider going to a Vipassana Retreat. Is going to Vipassana Retreats even worth it or is it a group-think distraction? Are At-Home Retreats better than formal retreats?

@Leo Gura I’m gonna start reading the life coaching books you have on your booklist. What are some of the traps to avoid and how do you recommend I get started? I’m a licensed therapist, but I mainly want to get involved in coaching to have more freedom since being a therapist, I cannot practice out of the state I’m licensed in. I think I already have sufficient training and now I just need to create a website and market myself to get clients.

@Leo Gura @Davino What do you think of The Mind Illuminated meditation by John Yates? I’m going to try that out this week. I got the book and am going to do the work.

Thanks. I will make that a goal to meditate 10 days no concepts when I accrue enough PTO at work. Until then, I will aim to do 30 minutes to 1 hour a day and then do an intense weekend retreat and will do psychedelics whenever I can get them again. Thanks for all your help and support!

Thanks. I just now did a 30 minute practice and felt a wave of joy and gratitude move up my spine. The practice I did involved 4 techniques/stages: 1. Grounding (Mindfulness) 2. Self-Inquiry 3. Vision/Goals Reflection 4. Gratitude (or Satisfaction Meditation) It sounds like you recommend strict mindfulness practice. I will give that a try for the next 10 days. Thanks.

It’s Deepak Chopra. Russell is the participant. Trump could’ve been the participant and it still would’ve been a good meditation. Chopra is the facilitator.

Wanted to share a cool guided self-inquiry meditation that I really like. Enjoy!

Thanks. I will give it a go. I will vary breath-awareness with self-inquiry. It’s hard for me to devote to a 10 days straight of meditation due to my career. The best opportunity to do psychedelics and deep meditation is on the weekends. The reason for me combing self-inquiry with breath-awareness is to get the benefits of contemplation and stillness. I find if I focus too much on breath-awareness, my curiosity is stunted. If I focus too much on self-inquiry/contemplation, then my stillness is stunted.

Do you do breath-awareness meditation like described in Mind Illuminated or do you do self-inquiry/contemplation?

Is it reasonable to do multiple meditation techniques during a day sit or just stick with one technique for the day? I find that using a combination a breath-awareness, self-inquiry, looking at my hands, and existential contemplation seem to work well for me. @Leo Gura You don’t think self-inquiry would be more fruitful than mindfulness meditation? Is your go-to meditation technique still looking at your hands to stay in actuality or do you do the see, hear, feel meditation or The Mind Illuminated?

@Leo Gura Do you ever do contemplation retreats? My biggest issue with meditation is that when I quiet the mind via focusing on the breath, I find myself dissociating and falling asleep. It’s like if my mind is inactive, I either fall asleep or dissociate. What I have done to help this is keep my eyes open and look at my hands and contemplate my hands and consciousness. For some reason, I find that me looking at my hands and contemplating the mystery of the present moment raises my consciousness even more than quieting my mind via focusing on breath. It is easier for me to be more present and have higher consciousness via contemplation/self-inquiry. My main meditation technique these days is looking at my hands and the room, returning the mind to the breath and the questions “Who am I, what is consciousness, what is the present moment?” And I just sit with that question and connect with deep not-knowing and the mystery of the now. I find this method better than traditional anapanasati/vipassana. Thanks.