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I would say still works. There is nothing that requires conscious attention for such noises to work. Even if you were conscious, it's not like you have to focus on the sounds for them to work. So, the entire process is probably unconscious/subconscious.

Well, how would dreaming and being awake at the same time look like? I don't think it is possible since your perspective has to be focused on one of them, so one needs to be shut off first. The closest we can get to such a thing is our thoughts. I am able to have very vivid thoughts. So, for me, thoughts are very similar to dreams actually, but the difference is that you are able to experience them while awake. I have personally seen my thoughts slowly manifest into dreams while I was drifting into sleep, so I am sure there is some sort of connection there. I actually think dreams are just very vivid thoughts, to the point where you start identifying with the characters in there. This would also explain the fact that it is actually impossible to have any inner monologue with yourself while inside a dream. The less associated you become with the waking state, the more easier it becomes to drift into and become a part of your thoughts. You can actually catch this happening while you drift into sleep. Teal has a pretty good video on the more metaphysical aspects of dreaming, I think it is pretty accurate based on my experience.

Colour pertains to shape, they are relative to each other. No colour = no shape and no shape = no colour The reason it seems like you should be able to imagine them separately is because you've created a superficial duality between "colour" and "shape", when in fact they are the same thing. Classic ego-mind.

Yeah this is normal. He's probably talking about people who do it wrong.

1. I believe Deja Vu is in fact stored up memories, usually a memory of a dream. You re-enact a lot of daily things in your dreams and you will often do those things in real life as well, and then remember that memory of doing it in a dream and think "wait, didn't I do this before?" Thing is, dream memories can be very vague and get stored in your subconscious, so when you do something similar you might not even realize it was from a dream and think "woah I swear I've done this before" because it feels so familiar. But, it doesn't necessarily have to be from a dream. So, in conclusion, I think it's a memory you had from before which predicted the future. 2. Synchronicity is a great reminder that you are in the mind of God right now. It's like a message from the Universe to wake you up. People call it "coincidence" or 'chance" but those words do not invalidate it at all. Probability and coincidence is just the vehicle/mechanism the universe uses to bring its synchronicities to you. It reminds me of how people use the word "placebo" to invalidate certain affects. Like, placebo is literally you healing yourself through the power of your imagination. That's magic right there. If your house burned down in a dream, you would be questioning what it means, not saying "oh it was just probability". << See how foolish it is to do that? 3. Yeah dreams are pretty crazy. It's a testament to the capabilities of consciousness. There are a lot of mind-bending things like that we take for granted. Dreams are just another unique sensation of consciousness, the same as thoughts, sound, sight, etc. I mean, think about what sound is. It's completely invisible and intangible, yet it can be experienced. How crazy is that? You wouldn't be able to explain that to anyone, they would have to experience it to know it.

@Adamq8 I think when he says "consciousness" he is talking about the relative and impermanent experiences within consciousness. Same goes for "beingness".

It seems to me that the main point of this excerpt is to teach you about your true nature as pure consciousness, so that you can differentiate it from your relative identity as a "body" or "human". It also seems that there is some different terminology being used. For example, he calls things that are relative "untrue". I'm having trouble understanding some of it, like "food body" and "child consciousness". But, I can see that he is trying to point to the pure everlasting awareness which underlies our conscious experience. He does, however, say at the beginning "When the material gets dried up, our consciousness vanishes" which could mean two things: 1. The word "consciousness" is being used in a way different from how we know it 2. He actually believes consciousness can vanish I don't know enough about him to confirm the above two possibilities. I can see why you're confused. EDIT: After reading through his definition of "child consciousness" I think theory number one is right. He says "The Absolute state cannot be obtained. It is your state now and always. To the Absolute state the witnessing of the consciousness happens." and he also says that "You will transcend that beingness, and you, the Absolute, will know that you are also not that beingness, that consciousness." Notice that he refers to the eternal state, and then creates a duality between that state and consciousness. I think this confirms his definition of consciousness is different from ours.

You should give us the actual quote so we can dissect it But, there are multiple instances where you can be conscious without your body. So that's wrong.

I don't understand the question

It does fade away, because you realize it never existed in the first place. It's a recontextualization. It's like when you walk up to the mirage in the desert and see it vanish. Now, you realize that the water you previously thought to exist was in essence just light-rays bouncing into your eyes, not actual water. Similarly, when you realize the ego doesn't actually exist, you see that it was in essence just a thought inside your head, not an actual ego which exists in reality.

You perceive the illusion of having an ego, not an actual ego which exists in reality. The ego is just an illusion which is perceived and mistaken for reality. It's like when a kid thinks Santa Clause is real. Santa Clause only exists as a thought, but the kid doesn't know that and mistakes it for something that is actual. Or, if you perceive a mirage in a desert, the mirage only exists as an illusion. If it wasn't an illusion, it wouldn't be a mirage. Same goes for ego.

perception = existence

Are you talking about nothingness here? Are you saying we need sleep to reincarnate? I'm having trouble understanding the post

There is no "you" in any of this. Perception perceives itself. That's it. There is never any real ego experience. Ego is just an illusion, it's not real. What happens to the ego? It disappears because it is realized that it doesn't exist

It is. Imagine if Leo's video on the Devil was turned into a book. It's all about how the ego works and deceives you.

Cancel culture is just ego backlash. Might as well ask what the solution to ego backlash is. The answer is self-development, but we live in the dark ages of self-development right now. Napoleon Hill had to hold out on publishing his book Outwitting The Devil for 70+ years because his society was simply not ready for such a discussion, they would have killed him.

I think humans count as self-aware robots tbh. I wouldn't be surprised if it's possible to create a new conscious experience out of consciousness. I mean, that's what humans are. The duality between robot and non-robot starts to collapse because it seems to be a superficial duality in the first place.

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You have to try and speak their language. The Qur'an had to describe heaven as something similar to "72 virgins" to get it into their heads lol.

I can kind of see your point here, I had similar thoughts I think Leo was specifically referring to the claim "reality is a simulation". Even within a simulation it would still just be consciousness. So, at the existential level, it is never true. At the relative level, maybe. It could be possible that consciousness imagined a computer which then created more conscious experiences. But, in the end, this is all still relative to some story about computers and simulations. It still boils down to just consciousness imagining all of that.

The duality between both collapses. As usual

@Average Investor oh makes sense, thanks

This is a big one. So often I'll be stressed out about something, and then I'll realize I'm not actually stressed out because of the thing itself, but just the thought of it. The ego is really good at making simple things seem monstrous.

@Yarco Wait the life purpose course comes with the booklist? Or is it a separate book list

wtf that is really weird