Tim R

God damn this is some good stuff

@Leo Gura Have you written trip reports like those? if yes, is there a chance that we might get to read them? Or do you keep them to yourself in your personal notes?

Wow, incredible! Sounds a lot like Leo's experiences, beautiful Damn

"different" is an idea. "same" is an idea.

I think it can be very difficult to distinguish real integrity from mere pride in such a situation. So it really depends on the situation, but I think in most cases I wouldn't let myself get killed. I'm not even nearly as spiritually or personally developed as Jesus or Gandhi to actually consider being an "integrity-martyr", so my answer is: no.

@The Buddha Wth bro, don't call Leo that...?

@anxious_turtle How do you feel when you say it? Do you just say it spontaneously or is it triggered by something?

You can bet your ass he does. I remember one of his blog posts where he said he was able to tap into some sort of collective consciousness in which he was able to "access" the brains of unborn fetuses and he somehow imagined to alter their neural structure to become more open-minded when they grow up. If he would start to share stuff like this in his videos... his YT career would be pretty much over. Just remember how his viewership declined a few years ago when he went balls to the wall with 5MeO. It's probably better that he doesn't just spout out everything he knows. I'm pretty sure he has experienced things so titanically bizarre, so completely off the scale that he doesn't know how to even begin to communicate them. I regard Leo as a pioneer in consciousness work.

I seriously doubt that anybody here would say something like that... and I'm almost certain that nobody here would actually do something like that.

Because as I said, Monism is not quite the same as non-duality. Monism is exclusive, non-duality isn't. True. Yet, it is a very subtle distinction.

Of course I would intervene. Applying "God" or "the Absolute" to moral situations can be very tricky. It can very, very easily lead to the most horrible atrocities, if one doesn't understand it correctly. People tend to forget that: The suffering of the person who's being raped is also God My desire to intervene is also God There's a nice story told by Sri Ramakrishna that I like to bring up when questions like these are being raised: Once a master and his disciples were gathered in the jungles of India. The Master had been teaching his disciples: "Everyone is God, everything is God, and we should bow down to God in everyone and everything". Now, the next day, when the disciples were out in the jungle gathering fruit for their meals, off in the distance was heard the bellowing, trumpeting and crashing of a great bull Elephant, wild with rage; And, all of a sudden, he was crashing through the jungle precisely in the direction of the assembled group of disciples. The Mahout, (the man who rides the elephant) was shouting to all in front of him, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The elephant is mad!" Seeing the approaching terror, all of the disciples began to run, except for one; He remembered the Master's words, "God is in everyone and everything and we should bow down to God in everyone and everything." The elephant was thundering towards him and the Mahout was shouting for him to get out of the way, but, remembering his Masters words, he bowed down to the approaching elephant. The elephant, plunged towards him, picked him up with his trunk, smashed him to the side and thundered on through the jungle. The disciples came back after the elephant had gone and finding him unconscious they brought him to the Master. When he came to his senses, he was given tea and then the Master asked him : "Why did you not run away?" The disciple replied, "Master, you yourself had said that God was in everyone and everything and to bow down to God in everyone and everything. I have simply followed your words". The Master replied: "It is true, God is in everyone and everything. There is God in the Elephant, but, there is God in the Mahout too, and the Mahout said; 'Get out of the way!'" From the absolute perspective, there's no reason why you should intervene. But equally, there's no reason why you should not intervene.

Nice suggestion

@communitybuilder Non-Duality never became dual. Duality is at root: an illusion. The dividing lines are made of thought. But they are not really there A while back I made a post about those "dividing lines", this might help you: Very good, you're starting to get the point!!

Very nice post, well written. Sounds a lot like something I could've written when I was younger and high. But I think this part; sounds just a bit too grand and paranoid to me. I understand that big pharma and all those who are associated with it want to make as much money as possible (damn the cost and well-being of their patients), but you're saying it like there's actually a hidden plot underneath all those structures. And I don't think that's the case. It would seem much more plausible to me to say that all the dehumanization and despiritualization that is happening in the medical and psychiatric fields are simply the result of ignorance on the part of those who work there. And I don't mean just the doctors, nurses and psychiatrists, I mean those who are on top of it all. They are just interested in money. That's it. So I think it just happens to be the case that a Pro-Money-Agenda in the medical and psychiatric world looks very similar to an Anti-Soul-Agenda as you call it.

Oskar Schindler Came to my mind when Leo said "here's something you should notice: when you encounter or see acts of high integrity, they will actually make you cry. Tear up with tears of of joy and appreciation. You probably experienced this watching some movie." At the end of "Schindlers List" when Schindler said that he could've saved more lives and when they showed the last scene where the survivors lay stones on Schindler's grave I couldn't help but cry.. It just reinforces what an incredibly integrous person Schindler was. He gave up all his wealth and prestige etc., because he chose Love

@Rilles Check out the podcasts he did with Joe Rogan. Snowden is a real hero.

@Rilles If you're going to show a character from LOTR with high integrity, you mustn't forget Samwise Gamgee! If it wasn't for his integrity, Frodo would've let all of middle earth go to sh*t?

Non-Dualism is more subtle and sophisticated than Monism. Monism states that everything is one. "Non-Dual" on the other hand is not the same as "one". Because "one" implies "many". And the nature of Non-Duality is such, that it has no opposite, because it doesn't exclude anything. So when you're saying that reality is non-dual, you're solving the problem of having to say that reality is some particular way (like monism does). And if reality would be some particular way, it would exclude the possibility of it being any other way. Therefore, Monism excludes the possibility of reality being "many" instead of "one". But existence can't be exclusive of anything. Therefore it's non-dual. Non-exclusive. Non-oppositional.

@gettoefl ?❤

Never heard of "epistemological anarchism" but I love it❤ this virtually screams "Terence McKenna"?

"The past" is completely illusory. It doesn't exist now and it never existed at any other point. All there is, is memory. And even memory is not something "left over", i.e. something which comes from a point "in the past" and has now left an impression/imprint on your mind, memory comes out of now. What you call "something is happening" is an illusion created by memory. When for example you see something moving, the only reason you know it to be "moving" is because you create images/memories about a certain "state in which something once was" and in contrast to "what you see now", the image has changed. That way, your mind "fills the gaps" and thereby creates the illusion of a connected, developmental process which you call "time". So we got it backwards. We think that the present comes as a result of the past. Which is the exact same thing as saying "the present is a result of memory". But it isn't! It's the other way round! Memory is a "result" of the present. I say "result" because that's not at all an appropriate word; "result" implies "time". But the present has/creates no results, because there is only the present. Nothing "results" from the present. Put your hand in front of your face and move it slowly from left to right. Watch it "moving". And try if you can see this. Try to see how your memory isn't the result of something that happened but how there's just the present and that all memory comes out of now. "Something that happened " is memory!! But you think your memory is the result of something that happened! And it isn't!! @Holygrail That's what is meant. If you can see this, you will suddenly realize that nothing ever happened, aka "the past has never occurred". You think this is scary? Then you're looking at it the wrong way - it's liberating! It liberates you from "you". Because the largest part of what you call "you" is memory. This is a part of what is meant by "Samsara", the cycle of rebirth. "Rebirth" is basically just another word for "time". Because if you think that "you" are someone who goes on in time, someone who has once been born and will at some point die, "you" are being reborn. And to liberate yourself from time and Samsara is the same as entering and residing in eternity. "Eternity" doesn't mean "going on within time forever". It means "going on outside time forever". You get a glimpse of this when you sleep. In deep sleep, you're literally outside of time. And this state lasts forever. Can you see that nothing happens? Between going to sleep and waking up, nothing happened! Because it's eternity, aka. outside of time. Outside of memory. Same with death. When you die, all that happens is that "you" as a collection of memories simply seize to exist. Death = Cessation/Absence of memory Absence of memories = absence of time = Eternity Imagine a person who had no memories, of anything, ever. And he couldn't produce memories either. His mind would simply be completely and utterly devoid of any memory whatsoever. Here's my question for you: from his point of view, is there anything happening? So... if we want to liberate ourselves from time (memory), do we have to become like this guy? And what would that entail for us? We wouldn't recognize anybody or anything anymore, that would be horrible! See, the point is not to get rid of memory. The point is to not let your mind be fooled by memory. Because then you can play the game of life, but knowing that it's Nirvana, pretending to be Samsara. And by the way; this is the other meaning of "Maya". "Maya" means both "illusion" as well as "creative/magical power". It's this illusion of memory, that creates the world/reality. And without Maya, without the illusion, without memory, there would simply be... That which "was before birth" and "will be after death". See? There's Samsara again

Since physical exercise is an essential part of working on oneself, I was curious as to how many of you exercise regularly. I made a poll, feel free to select your particular option.

You guys need to stop asking meaningless questions or at least start recognizing them as meaningless

I'd like to share this meditation technique with you, it works unbelievably well for me and gets me extremely effectively and reliably into a state of no-mind. I don't know if there is an actual form of "running meditation" out there already, so I have basically discovered it as a meditation technique myself. . So basically what you do is you go for a run, preferably somewhere in nature. The point is to go to a place where there aren't many distractions like flashy ad lights or loud traffic and stuff like that. The effectiveness of this technique relies on two things which you get in combination from running: Feeling & Flow / Effortlessness Both feeling and flow don't kick in instantaneously, you have to keep running for a little while to get both states going,but it doesn't take long. Depending on how regular of a runner you are*, the flow will set on earlier. Feeling: obviously, as you are running, after a while you will start to feel your body. Your muscles, your feet, your torso, your arms, your joints, your legs, basically everything. Running is one of the few activities in which your whole body is working. This gives you something to focus on, which isn't a thought. But your body isn't the only thing your going to feel: right at the start, there might be intense euphoria and an adrenaline rush, depending on how eager you are to run. This rush will fade off after around a few minutes, but it's the entry. Then comes your body. You don't even have to direct your focus towards your body, it will happen naturally. Feeling will simply announce themselves to you and you're going to notice them, it's unforced focus. This unforced focus is very important. Don't lock your focus on anything, try to let everything in without discrimination. When you get the feeling that your focus is highly alert but somewhat diffuse, you're doing it right. Keep running, and listen to your body. When your mind says "stop", don't just give in. Notice the thought suddenly arising, and let it go. It's just like in normal meditation. It takes practice. But when your body says "stop, I need a break", take a break. It's absolutely essential to this technique that that you don't force yourself into running. Flow/Effortlessness: this is the most important aspect of this technique. As you are focusing on your body in an unforced and natural way, what will happen eventually, is that you will get into a state where you aren't running anymore. Let me explain: There's no "I am running" anymore, there's just "running". It feels (notice it as the feeling that it is) automated, but in such a way that you aren't the separate witness of an automated process, you are the process! You have merged into the process of running and it is a very funny feeling. You suddenly feel as though you are as light as a feather and free as the air. Your body doesn't weigh anything anymore, it carries itself, jumping along and enjoying the dance. In this state you can also feel very euphoric, because the whole notion of "I am the force behind my running body, the one who's pushing" has disappeared and so the initial gravitas, the seriousness and the forcefulness have vanished too. This combination of feeling into your body and merging into an ongoing process will (at least partially) eliminate the sense of "self" and the constant chatter of mind. It works great for me and if you like running, try it yourself. You can listen to music, but preferably without lyrics as they might get your thinking mind going. And if you're not running regularly, you might wanna start because it's great. I do it because it's fun, not because it's healthy or good for me or whatever. Initially it might seem hard (and it actually is hard), but after a couple of runs, you will become addicted. Great, innit? * I should ad that when you're actually not running regularly, start out by simply running. This technique is more for people who already feel comfortable running.

oh gee found another one: yooo what is going on with this bot