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No mind has nothing to do with a quiet mind and everything to do with who's thinking the thoughts including the thought called "the thinker". Quieting the mind is called samatha, not no mind. Quiet(er) mind is just a middle man some teacher believe is important. Quiet mind is neither mind nor not mind. It doesn't matter whether you realize no mind with the help of psychadelics or by accessing nice quiet concentration states.

Could l-theanine be the solution or does it just mask the problem?

Why do you put salad in your butt?

There really isnt a better test on the internet as far as I know. But you can ever truly know by doing lots of work.

Why?

Love your parents but don't let their opinions cloud your judgement. It's unlikely that you'll get them to understand. Also - make sure your stage orange is dialed in, so you know you're building your higher stage stuff on a solid base. It's way easier to pursue spirituality when you're not a wage slave. You can still find ways to make good money from being a hairdresser and/or healing people. Definitely have another source of income until your business takes off (a full time job). Yes, you might have to work for 12 hours a day (8h job, 4h LP) and focus even more on LP during the weekend. That way you won't be a burden on your parents.

Before practicing LOA you should either A) have enough self control not to fall into that trap B) if you know you don't have enough self control to do that then use LOA as a way to accelerate your business (while still working enough!) You shouldn't just sit around and hope millions will fall into your lap. Applying LOA shouldn't equal becoming reckless. LOA works the best as a feedback loop: If you're getting less and less money you're conditioning yourself to have less and less money. It you're getting more and more money you're conditioning yourself to have more and more money. If you apply affirmations (or any other form of LOA) while you're getting more and more money the feedback loop CAN get strong enough that "impossible" stuff starts happening.

Try to manifest (vividly imagine with intention) something "impossible" in a highly concentrated state. Start with something small and work your way up.

It depends on what you're attached to. The more you are attached to the less true understanding you have. Note: being detached from something doesn't mean you can't do it & enjoy it. Example: Browsing YouTube for 8 hours a day = attachment = low consciousness (the act itself isn't low consciousness - but you probably wouldn't choose to do it if you were detached (not identified)). If you're addicted to YouTube it's very likely that you aren't conscious of why you are on YouTube.

It's important to build work good work ethic (which is what you're doing now) before you can optimize it. It's also important to do it in a way where you can get ~8 hours of sleep, eat healthy etc. I personally take one day a week off to make sure I'm not overworking myself. If you think deeply about what your priorities are you will probably become sort of workoholic at which point it's probably wise to take a step back and contemplate why you're doing it.

Well, they're stating the obvious - you shouldn't try to become enlightened from your mother's basement.

Read atomic habits. And contemplate which goals are the most important for you.

You should just focus on your own contemplative development. Leo's doing it this way in order to cover the blind points of most teachers. And he's doing it well. He'd get liberated faster if he just picked a teacher (mentor) to follow but innovation (his work) is still extremely important. There aren't many good resources on psychadelics used for this level of contemplation and there's even less people who combine it with detailed understanding of human ego development and other topics. And he has very good health understanding (although I think that I've discovered a resource that's better overall, but I won't really give more details publicly since it would spark controversy and is only verifiable with lots of trial and error). You need that kind of synergy if you don't want your life to be one dimensional. But yeah, if you only want liberation (no self) just get a classical mentor and accept the fact that you will have serious blindspots. Another downside of doing it the classical way is that your life will be limited by conventional morality.

How have you realized that I=Mind is a Dream Machine? Have you truly realized it? (I'm not being dismissive. I'm just providing food for contemplation)

Good question. Try to look at a post talking about reincarnation and ask yourself "how do they know?" "If they don't know - Are they aware it's just an assumption?" "If they are aware that it's just an assumption - why would they write what they wrote? Are they actually contemplating or just mentally masturbating?" Besides - if you can prove that you can't ever really die you still don't know whether the next experience will be a "reincarnation" similar to this one or if it's gonna be some sort of stage-blue-like heaven/hell or some crazy unimaginable shit. Astral projection can't really prove it either - I've had very intense, insane experiences of "other realms" - can't really know if it's relevant to what will come after this life. You can become conscious of whether the dreams you have at night are as real as this reality - while dreaming "normal reality" is just a concept similar to how now "a memory of the dreams I have at night" is just a thought / concept happening in my mind (nothing wrong with thoughts just it's not the same as experience through other sense doors). I don't really know whether reincarnation is real. I'd be just assuming so. I haven't even realized whether it's possible to die or not. But I've had some nice experiences of "other realms" as I said above. Always assume everything you say / anyone else says is full of shit.

Stage green spirituality.

This guy has some good tips: https://youtu.be/j1WTP4Q7KGE

"Who" "is discipling" "who". Edit: nice, this is my 666th post!

You can learn a lot from Alex Becker. Especially his older videos. https://youtu.be/j1WTP4Q7KGE

When I experience a state that is hard to function in in daily life I usually get used to it a few months later. The states I used to find too intense are weak compared to the states that I find too intense now. You will probably get used to it. I wouldn't stop.

The president was basically a female Donald Trump lol. It was basically what would happen from a stage green point of view. So it was way more accurate than most apocalyptic movies.

You need falsehood to keep your current false "selves" from dying. When you want to change your behavior a part of you has to die.

https://youtu.be/VyDzB2ZcWKw

Keep this stuff to yourself (don't even try to explain it to them). Don't be attached to your friends. Keep only the ones that are the least stupid. Move away when you're able to. And maybe use islam terminology if you ever talk about this stuff with them (which you shouldn't with people that are not developed enough anyway).

I get all my work done first. Without any distractions. Then I can do all the distracting stuff I want without regret. I think everyone should do the same. It's easy when it becomes a habit. I used to waste a lot of hours on meaningless activities too.