ZenSwift

So much mentioning about talk therapy in this thread, what about EMDR therapy, NLP, or Hypnotherapy? EMDR is super powerful if you have an actually competent therapist that knows what they're doing. Just wanted to drop this thought here.

The one who loves their Craft the most Wins in their domain.

This guy is my spirit animal. He's right up my alley of type of motivational speaking.

Enlightement is just a maintained state of consciousness? Is Enlightement even a thing that can be very specifically pointed to?? Or is there just degrees of Awakening? Is Enlightement just a maintained state of consciousness? What's the difference between an Awakening and an Enlightement? What does the word "Enlightement" point to? For me it seems like enlightenment is when you are able to maintain a state of consciousness that you are conscious of absolute Truth. And then on the other end there is the several degrees, facets and depths of "Awakening"? Yes? I suppose I'm creating a distinction between Enlightement and Awakening. Where Enlightement is like a benchmark for progress in raising your consciousness, and the word Awakening is a more relativistic term. Awaken to what? Absolute Love? Absolute Truth? Infinite intelligence? Omniscience? God realization? The other infinite facets and depths of Awakening? Whereas the word "Enlightement" for me seems to point to a specific Awakening accomplishment. Like tapping into the absolute and meeting God for the first time. And being able to maintain that STATE of consciousness. Or being able to maintain at the state of consciousness of no self. Etc etc. Do you think this distinction between enlightenment and Awakening is necessary/useful? Do I have it all wrong? Am I just full of foolish speculation and mental masterbation? Let me know your thoughts.

Man, imagine having a sustainable Awakening to that.

I want to learn to dance, create music, teach, tell powerful stories, write powerful poetry, motivate, inspire. Create and speak powerful motivational speeches. Write powerful books. I want to learn how to hypnotize people into becoming incredibly driven. I'd love to cultivate the knowledge and abilities to create a massive catalyst in people's lives in a day or even as short as an hour. Which is why I also considered being a medicine man cuz psychedelics exist. I'm really into entertaining the idea of a very niche form of mentorship/ life coaching where you live with the person and mentor them all day. Similar to what David Goggins does. It would be an amazing opportunity to practice massive amounts of integrity. I possibly even at some point want to really learn how to draw photorealistic art, some mega surreal stuff, really powerful art. I consider directing music videos and film pieces that would spark an emotional change in people. I'm interested in going deep into lucid dreaming because I dream really deep and a whole lot. Would be really cool to self inquire in a lucid dream. I did it once by touching walls and saying "physical, PHYSICAL, physical". I'd also seriously consider learning how to channel. Channeling whatever really. 5th dimension entities, the dead, past lives, whatever. Something that requires a massive training of intuition. I also want to learn sign language - Learn to dance inbetween everything when a song comes on. Just start inventing shit and pay attention to flowing your body to the music. All skillsets are about the VOLUME of practice. I dance in the kitchen a lot. Look at a dance move or two online that you like and learn how to do it and incorporate it into your freestyle. Life is a lot of times lived in the moments inbetween. Gotta do a little samba baby! .. How I've reconciled all these passions is to devote all of my time to the most important ones. Especially the fundamental ones that will transfer over to others. Be willing to focus on one narrow domain and kill the rest. A specialist is always more impressive than a generalist, simply because all humans struggle with this one problem of focus and mastery. Especially in the west.

I like that.

I've been studying Leo more, rewatching video after video to go deeper into understanding the nuances. It has come to my awareness that the very mechanism of the mind IS denying truth, and this is what creates the illusion of reality itself. Can you just straight up deny the absolute? Isn't the only thing that's true is the absolute? What's right here in "my" current consciousness. I believe I did this at some level with my last mushroom trip report. But that makes me think, I probably didn't grasp the absolute nature of reality. >"I definitely wasn't penetrating anything super profound here." @Nahm said something that really made me think in a different direction. "Truth is self evident, the veil is believing thoughts." This really made me think of the value of a cessation... Pure awareness, no thought or projections. Direct access. I thought when you realize the absolute it becomes undeniable? But you need to notice it subtly? Which requires a massive raising of consciousness I assume, which is why 5meo would do the trick? I also believe I heard Leo say something about how truth can be a very subtle thing that can be easily overlooked, and it doesn't actually overwhelm your denial. Someone's probably going to say "yeah the truth is right here and you've been denying it your whole life". Any pointers is appreciated.

Leo's teachings have given me the keys to unlock my genius and full potential. I love Leo very much. He is one of my favorite imaginations. The way I want to pay Leo back the most is by embodying his teachings. I will do this by becoming one of the most conscious people on the planet, while also manifesting my life purpose that will aid in evolving mankind to higher consciousness. When I get very popular and have my life purpose established, I don't think I'm going to be shy with talking about what my influences were.

This hit different.

@Yali yes.

@Leo Gura Please make it no more than $1k. Obviously my bias is going to be towards a lower price than this even. Also, you're probably already thinking about this, but you can dispel a lot of the wrong people from buying it by marketing it correctly as well. No flashy sales page, just straight to the point. Maybe an even more creative solution is required?

Dayum bro you inspire me! Can't wait to start game when I'm back in the city again. Great progress! >She is 30, I am 22. Can I be you right now? I still have zero idea how I'd pull a significantly older women like that.

To break down your selfishness with regards to learning you need to first understand what pragmatism is. Through my contemplations I've realized that you can never know what will someday become practical. How pragmatism is a notion that hinges entirely on your survival bias. Therefore, learning about everything is just feeding more data to the system because everything is interconnected anyways. Even if that just means learning about something is just adding more metaphors to your web of understanding. The more reference points you have the more you can triangulate/construct an understanding that is benefitial.

Context + Assumptions =Ego The Ego is a web of tightly knitted contexts. Completely Constructed: A hodgepodge of constructions. When you look for yourself, it's like peeling an artichoke, looking for a fruit at the center. Only to realize that it was all just a construction. (Ego is the Triangle) (Ego is the Rectangle) You are the cat playing with the ball of yarn not realizing that the ball of yarn is yourself. Additional GIF https://cdn.fs.teachablecdn.com/wshI0S6HQLOyrDLfogs5

From: Exercise #12: Noticing The External World Doesn't Exist "Now -- here's a doozy -- notice that you actually DO have a direct experience of absolute reality. That direct experience is.... NOTHING!" --- I don't understand. What are some more pointers? I'll be tripping to these questions. Edit: this post might just be my ego distracting me from doing the exercises.

Thankyou guys for the input.

I believe it is a rite of passage that EVERYBODY must pass through on their personal development journey; to shed all the low consciousness people in their lives.

This so much. Also one on practicing the skill of holding love. Or is that the satisfaction meditation episode?

For me it's easier to sleep when I'm horny ? I have something to think about to lul me to sleep. Plus having an erection stops be from feeling the need to pee for the 7th time before bed.

21 and moving out next month. I was the most closed minded to moving out for the longest time. But once you awaken to the power of environment change and the power of taking responsibility over EVERYTHING in your life, you can't wait to give yourself this gift. Find a friend that's motivated as hell to self actualize with you. Embody stage blue, work hard, and bootstrap yourself. Especially if you're not even worried about money, go for it. There's nothing stopping you. Much love.

I feel the same. When I was 7 I thinking about death and comprehending the magnitude of being in heaven forever, terrifying myself about death and giving myself anxiety attacks. Realizing that the fact that me even being here and existing was profound and how amazing that was. While my peers were thinking about cars or something. Today I'm walking around zombies that put more thought into their Christmas lists than into their lives. NOBODY thinks about what they want, what is the good life, what's the best thing to do, etc etc etc. I have yet to meet someone in the flesh that has more clarity than me.

Yooo I can't believe I'm imagining this thread rn

Has it been done? The exact moment where you can put your awareness on the exact moment your body switches to sleeping. Where you can put your awareness on the transition.

All of Leo's content has grounded my life very practically. Especially the life purpose course.