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@Emerald Interesting. Thanks.

@mandyjw Yes exactly, Christianity itself is meant to point to spirituality so you could try and point it out to her using literature from the book.

@Emerald What should I focus on right now? Thank you in advance.

@Michael569 Considered that possibility, but I don't have hives developing like it is mentioned in the symptoms. Thanks for the input.

@silene Tbh his video on how psychedelics work had some great insight and it was really interesting for me, even though I don't use psychedelics. I haven't seen his other psychedelic videos though.

@Moreira This guy realized that success and material things are not equal to happiness, but he did not realize that the answer to fixing that is to turn inwards. Now, he believes that there really is no way to be truly happy, and that there is no other alternative than suffering. That is where he is at right now.

@WHO IS Reality is not that way because you are imagining the opposite of that right now and do not realize it. If you could do anything, physical reality would not exist. It would be some kind of dream world. And then there would be people complaining that reality doesn't feel solid enough, lol. You will never be fully satisfied by indulging in stuff like that, imagining whatever you want. That is not what will make you happy. There would still be suffering, even in such a dream-like reality. Like I said, this reality is perfect, God has created everything with infinite intelligence.

@WHO IS You are God. You can be immune to suffering, you are creating the illusion of suffering. You are immortal. If the concept of suffering did not exist you would not be able to experience this world to its full potential, and God could not be itself. Suffering is fundamental to reality, you do not realize the radical implications that would be if suffering did not exist. This is why you cannot appreciate it. Without suffering, we would probably not even know what happiness is, because there would be nothing left to contrast it. God knows exactly what it is doing. All of reality is perfection. Existentially, all of reality is love.

@zeroISinfinity Yes, suffering is fundamentally illusory, but still a concept of the ego that needs to be addressed. Good point though.

@WHO IS "God HAS made this world the highest expression of consciousness and love. But you are not conscious enough to see it. Because you're stuck in the relative survival domain. The problem is, your idea of "highest expression of love" is incorrect. God's idea of it correct. And it has been made actual. Love is a very counter-intuitive thing. You think it should be all rainbows and butterflies, but that's wrong! That's not the highest love. The highest love includes viruses and death and suffering. Why? Because the highest Love must even love viruses, death, and suffering! The highest Love must be unconditional. The problem is you hate viruses, death, and suffering. Because you are selfish. But God does not hate those things. Because God is selfless. Stop asking God to stoop down to your level. Instead, muster the courage to raise your perspective to God's level. So you can appreciate the Love." -Leo Gura God is both suffering and the opposite of suffering. Suffering exists exactly because God must be everything, and it loves all aspects of itself. Instead of wishing for reality to be some other way, you should learn to appreciate how it already is, because that is exactly how it should and must be for everything to work.

@caelanb Lol when I started I didn't like how long the videos were but now I wish they were longer. It's pretty hard to fit all that knowledge even with an hour long video. Also, I find all of it pretty interesting so it goes by pretty quick.

@caelanb Yes, a lot of the videos in that playlist are good and very important. But, not all of them. I would recommend just scrolling through the titles and seeing which one seems like it could be very useful and fundamental. The one about learning to be funny, for example, doesn't seem that important to me. But who knows, might be a big deal for you. (I highly recommend starting out with "Grasping The Illusory Nature of Thought", It's a pretty good one) It is true, however, that some of his videos are kind of outdated. But a lot of the videos on the playlist are not. Good rule of thumb is if it is 6 years old, and he is farther away from the camera than usual and the audio quality is a bit lower, then there is a chance the stuff there might be a little outdated. By the way, that addiction one is actually super important. You might think it does not apply to you, but it applies to basically everyone. Also, this idea of God Leo talks about is basically what every religion and spiritual teaching is trying to point people towards. It is not some new concept he made up.

Yes. Media promotes too much "cleanliness" nowadays and it's making a detrimental impact on our health, but giving good money to the pharmaceutical industry.

@montecristo I go through this often. My "friends" send me sick shit sometimes lol. I also practiced seeing it for how it is and it did kinda help. Sometimes we run into fucked up shit in life and I guess it's good practice for learning how to handle that. It's also a good reality check.

@caelanb The implications of being god are way more radical than you probably think. There is wayyy more to his channel than simply figuring out that you are god, even though a lot of his videos essentially stem from that idea. Like what does that even mean? What are the actual implications of that? How does that affect your entire life? How can you use that knowledge? In order to even get a full grasp of that idea you need to learn about consciousness, religion, etc. which are found in a lot of his other videos. You can try watching his newer more radical ones but don't be surprised if you find it confusing or don't understand it too well.

@Preety_India You would think it is just dryness but lotions and stuff don't do that much to help usually. Thanks for the suggestion.

@pluto Cold water does seem to lessen the itchiness. I'll look into it. Thanks.

@caelanb I've never done psychedelics either, too young. Meditation is good. Simply contemplating can get you far, as well as watching Leo's videos. You should slowly build your foundation of knowledge through the older and more "basic" videos instead of jumping straight to the radical ones about "What God is" and all that, because it can be very hard to understand if you don't have a good basis of knowledge to begin with. My first video of Leo was the one about what God is, and although I didn't think he was wrong or lying, I had no idea what the hell he was talking about.

@AminB501 Look at religious teachings with the understanding of what exactly God and the Devil is, and also a good understanding of spirituality in general. Then most of the things in there become easy to decipher. Some of it might have been changed or misinterpreted by ego or influenced by the culture at the time, so be careful with taking things too literally.

@caelanb It's great that you are being open-minded about all this. The brain is simply an appearance which affects other appearances in a self-interacting system of consciousness. When Mario gets hit in the head in a video game, he dies. But, that doesn't mean Mario's brain is running the simulation. Here are some things to think about: You are not your body. You are not your thoughts. So, what exactly are you? Consciousness. There is no difference between a human body and a lamp. There are just perceptions within consciousness, and they are also consciousness itself. Everything is consciousness, everything is you. But, do not attach yourself to these perceptions, in the end they are just that. Perceptions. Different manifestations of consciousness. You do not have consciousness, consciousness has YOU. The question of "why does consciousness feel so attached to this human body" is a good one. This is because you have been programmed to become very attached to it, and the human body is very good at coming up with stories and creating individuality. When you become aware of an object, the object is becoming aware of itself because that object is you. These are pretty radical ideas, and I anticipate that you probably won't think a lot of it as true, so contemplate it for yourself and see if you get the same answers. Good luck on your journey for truth.

You are not your body You are not your thoughts What is it that is left? Consciousness. There is no difference between a human body and a lamp. There are just perceptions within consciousness, and they are also consciousness itself. Everything is consciousness, everything is you. But, do not attach yourself to these perceptions, in the end they are just that. Perceptions. Different manifestations of consciousness. You do not have consciousness, consciousness has YOU. It's fine to have thoughts, just be aware that you are creating them and projecting them onto reality when you do it.

@ROOBIO Pretty cool way of spirituality showing itself in biology. Nice find.

@Vxvxen awesome

@Galyna Yeah, i don't get sleep paralysis anymore, but it was mainly cause of my bad sleep schedule.