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best retreat is solitary i would say, if you want a group setting you can do a goenka vipassana retreat, i just did a 10-day one and it is hard core and punishing but worthwhile and at the end you meet a ton of cool cats, it is almost worth the retreat just to meet the fellow travellers

you either follow their agenda or you want to impose your agenda enlightenment mirrors the former, they are perfect and you need to marvel at them not have them learn your ultimate truth if you are running into negativity then realize that all triggers are teachers, the lower their consciousness the more your awakening gets a work out

i am motivated by the fact that i am humbled to have another day of life, another 24 hours to savor marvel luxuriate ... in the unfolding mystery my heart could stop beating any day but today it hasn't so i have a responsibility to live in totality it is all in my hands whether i do that, no one else's

you are relying on the outside word to spur you on, it has to be gotten from inside you need to take motivation out of the equation and live from your vision very little of daily life should be left to chance and everything should be from choice the day needs to be won from the time you get up irrespective of all happenings you have life loosely mapped out, how you will proceed and what you will achieve motivation is for dummies; just get up and do what you must

can you look and not see of course you can this bypasses mind this is knowing prior to knowledge also known as the intelligence of awareness

beautifully expressed ✔

others take a dimmer view https://sucitto.blogspot.com/2018/05/dhamma-and-psychedelics.html?m=1

heart is merely the good part of mind which is good but this is duality and needs transcending

is your ego entitled to play the role of god? your ego in the ways you list is trying to be god of everyone but in completely the wrong way

you have to ask what resonates for you all the people you cite are good and you will intellectually benefit but if it is aimed at men will it be actionable for you you need to find material that you can implement immediately

doing what no one else can do namely doing what you came to earth to do in other words not letting the world drag you around by the nose and tell you its priorities like it does everyone else carve out the life that benefits you and you alone this takes guts vision will power

never a more true statement written

the friend compliments the better friend criticises ... they challenge you they don't just comfort you ... can you take it?

1. know yourself 2. communicate this self's essence in a compelling concise cute way both of which take some deep work

ramped up meditation to 120 hours a month, my meditation goal is to not think about meditation off the mat so when i sit i am meditating as if for the first time without a clue how to meditate, only thing i can say is is that it gets easier, experiences or awakenings are not happening but for me meditation is the end of these not the beginning, haven't any interest in the unearned wisdom of psychedelics

matches what i experience too, thanks

he may be softening but he still buddhist bashes on the regular even in his latest video and that is what we are talking about no?

yea? who? buy yea now you mention it you are right, but this person wasn't found wanting in my direct experience edit: nope isn't leo i am channeling if there is infinite consciousness what will make you think you can plumb its depths

leo has not connected these two dots, in fact as far as i can tell, he disparages the quieting the mind which leads to no mind; he champions what one might call the ever ongoing expansiveness of consciousness and the journey exploring this

no matter what god realization you have you are scratching the surface resist squandering your few remaining breaths admiring the panorama and let go the self congratulatory airs of superiority your work has far to go only you can do it

your scenario is a massive deal with the devil when you wake up, every moment is overwhelming bliss better than any unreliable orgasmic bliss, what you are doing is preventing one from reaching so a hard no from me, no pun intended

doesn't mean you need to up sticks and go elsewhere, you do need a solid comfy base ... get out of your comfort zone by taking cold showers, doing some meditation, improving your diet, writing a journal, entertaining different ideas etc. ... every day of your life you should be doing something uncomfortable

insults are a great spiritual teacher, until you can walk in the room take a barrage of insults and not flinch a muscle you are not waking up meanwhile if you can't take them, you need to get out of the firing line or build a better wall ... your boundaries are ineffective

meditation is true self love where one cherishes cultivates contemplates champions one's beautiful magnificent divine essence note that mind has no interest in meditation in fact it brings stiff and unwavering resistance, meditation is its death warrant after all

the sickness of the mind is dividing the world into yummy and yucky it is impossible for something yummy to make you happy The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. Hsin Hsin Ming, Seng Ts'an