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Thank you man . Sincerely appreciated ?

Even the BS detector is BS.

Lolz

My question is how tf you are supposed to know if someone is enlightened in the first place ?

Can someone answer me this ?!

This may seem like a stupid question..but how do you know if you (or someone else) are enlightened? I'm certain I'm not . and probably never will be.. but how would I know? I've been practicing for 10-30 minutes a day for the past 3 years (mainly Vipassana meditation). I feel I've gained some valuable insight into the nature of mind and reality .but it's hard to tell if I'm making any real progress.. or where my practice will ultimately lead? Is psychedelics mandatory for enlightenment? Can you have a conceptual understanding of reality based on watching Leo's videos and consider yourself enlightened?

@Ajax don't post while high .

How long do you think that a couple should be together before getting married? I am thinking as to the time when you would think that the marriage was a sensible well thought out decision .. and not a too quick and frivolous choice. The question is for both guys and girls on here .

Yes .I'm definitely a creep . I stare at women in public. With only one intent which is to get into their pants ...that's me OBJECTIFYING women..I need to fix that . I've had plenty of sex with my ex . I masturbate twice a week .get nocturnal emissions every other day . Maybe I need to get chemically castrated (jk lol ? ).

Would you believe that girls feel exactly the same way ? They are concerned about how to find and meet guys. They are concerned about their first kiss. They are concerned about whether some guy likes them..how to stop feeling awkward around guys. Etc So i must acknowledge that im being "normal". And learn to accept myself as i am without judgment. There is nothing "wrong" about me . If you can't accept yourself as you are how can you expect others to accept you?

There is something true about what you are saying. Desperation arises when i start to prioritise the perception of significant other over my own life. I will be 100% open about it . I'm like a horny desperate dog . Dunno why maybe I have abnormal levels of Testosterone in my body ..but I get aroused easily and quickly when I see an attractive girl . I'm also addicted to pornography. I'm working on correcting that . Thanks for being blunt and honest with me.

?? Test me

@Bazooka Jesus whatever,brother.

You are always angsty with me ..that's something I've noticed over the months ..at first you were responding to my threads in this section and we had a lot of fun conversations..but since I posted that thread about me falling in love with a pornstar you just ignored me ..I thought you've put me on ignore list but I'm happy that that's not the case ?. So ...what exactly do you mean by fixing the mess that I am ?

What ?! 4 years before deciding to get married from a girl ? I will already be bored of her and hitting on other girls ?

@NoSelfSelf why you Mad bro ?

I get you man..I TOTALLY get you. I spent years in this frustration of trying to reconcile what I heard from teachers about life BEING love and happiness and peace and would get so hateful and angry and frustrated about these exact matters your pointing to. Who the fuck is this god or life that would do such things? this is NOT a loving god.. this is at best a chaotic god..massively imperfect..and far from love by any meaning I then understand. What helped me was to see leave room for what I didn't understand or see.. to not assume what I was seeing and deducing was "objective"..not to assume life/god had volition and caused such things with intent.. to see the non-objectivity of things..to peer into and see the oneness of suchness without filters or idea's and feel the reality melting love and peace in it all. Forgive life..forgive god..forgive yourself..this helped to. If you assume god must of done such matters in the way you see and feel them to be..rhen you've already jumped many conclusions about life and see this as objectively so..and its result is your hate and frustration of something you believe to be true.

@Gabith why do you want to die ? Can you open up a little bit? Maybe I can help you out because I was suicidal in the past . Also btw Once you die the whole of reality will die with you .(not to Encourage you to commit suicide but just sayin).

I agree that some people we find difficult to deal with have been put in our path in order to teach us something.. even if it's only how to deal with difficult people like you .but .. Unfortunately.. the presence of A-holes in positions of spirituality is extremely common..so the skill of talking respectfully to your followers can be very valuable. please try to bite your tongue with this rudeness and you may be glad you learned this kind of restraint at some later date whenthe stakes are higher. So...❤

@Leo Gura why do you have to be rude and profane about it? You totally don't need that. Most people here have enough IQ to understand you since they are followers of your nerdy content . Like I said to you before...you are my role model in life ..and I truly hope that you work on your insensitive style .

If you are so sure of that and you are suffering then why not contemplate suicide?

I already explained that to you. From the absolute perspective..everything..absolutely everything is nonsense..only this moment exist and full stop. But..from the relative perspective..you need stories. Try to live as a agnostic nobody and see what's up. Its like asking which makes most sense to you out of Santa Claus..tooth fairy.. and Pinocchio. ? lol "Sense-wise" ...Christianity(and the trinity bullshido)is out. It’s trying to put a nice face on Yahve who in Old testament is vain..vicious creature that torments and tests people in disgusting ways. And God can only be one and invisible .if there is three entities that are fully God ..each one of them would be lacking.

Well..I would say I'm awareness itself rather than a thing which has awareness. So in relation to my point about thoughts ..they don't seem like they are being willed by awareness .they just arise .I mean you can try it ..close your eyes ..get into meditation and try to think of nothing ..Notice that you can't. Why Is that?

@Arthogaan When you experience a thought ..it just arises in your awareness..you don't literally will it into existence. And that's something you can notice especially when you are meditating. You've got what Buddhists call "the monkey mind " which is simply another way to say that thoughts run rampant in your mind and you can't really control them .all we can do is observe them .become the awareness that is aware of thoughts instead of identifying with thoughts.

Really? Is that ⬆️ honestly how you consider to be yourself ?