Bronsoval

You guys are thinking too much! Everything has a given definition that has been defined by people. When something comes up that matches an entry in your "rolodex" and you recognize it, a thought occurs. You can't have thoughts without some sort of knowledge background.

Step 1: Decide to be decicive and commit. Don't worry about missed opportunities. Let your yes be yes and your no be no. That's it!!

The idea is that God knows what is in your heart even if you are unable to express it with words. So if you just start to babble, even though you don't understand, God (or a higher power) does and can help you.

Are you bored? If so, then it may be time to move on. If your job comes naturally to you and you enjoy it then it is a very good thing! I am a large scale artisan baker. Many people see my job as very challenging. It is fast paced, labor intense, and we work 12- 18 hours, 6 days / week. It comes naturally to me and I don't even consider it as work. It's more like playtime. I can't imagine doing anything else. That said, if I start to work less or my position gets changed to a less intense job, I get uncomfortable. The only time I ever get sick is when I am on vacation. I am comfortable with chaos, and when the chaos goes away it effects me in a big negative way. Maybe Leo means that in today's world too much emphasis is being put on comfort. The only possible way to learn and grow is to venture outside of our comfort zones and shake things up. Consider the ultimate end to comfort: it's boredom. Think of the last time you had a day to just lounge around. Nice, right? Now repeat it for a year. No job, no responsibility, all needs met. You are free to just be comfortable. You will eventually get bored of it and start looking for a way to stir things up, I bet.

#6 and #9 seem to contradict. To be a benevolent force in this world almost always creates recognition. I'm not sure it's possible to do both.

So.. Basically you want to revert to childhood. A place where everything is taken care of and you are free to just Be.

This is what the "ohm" in traditional meditation is for. Also reciting passages as a penance in Catholicism. Its to clear your mind. Composing instrumental music does a pretty good job of clearing your mind of words, even if it's just tapping on a table or beatboxing a simple drumbeat (boom boom ch) .

Basically people lie because they don't trust the other person to respond rationally. It is to protect your ego and theirs,, nothing more.

I would like to challenge the idea of nothingness after life. According to Leo, afterlife is the same as pre life, nothingness. This, I think, is based on the lack of information we can recall about pre life. Inability to remember an experience does not negate the experience.

To prevent regret. Regret is a defense of the ego. Lose ego, no regret. "do, or don't" is a fantasy. There is only one reality, and it can't possibly be changed. Short answer, its not really up to you, so enjoy the ride. It is the same to live for a year or 100 years. We all end the same way. To regret missed opportunities is a waste of time.

Yes. Lies are a form of moralizing. Moralizing brings suffering. The opposite of moralizing is integrity. See Leo's rant against moralizing video. They are saying that the fantasy or lie is better than reality. Reality is not good or bad, it just is. Reality is the way it is, and the only possible way it could be.

True. Replace the word "experience" with "event" A tree has no brain but it can 'experience' (be effected by) a fire.

To determine what is a lie depends on the intent beind the action. If you are trying to deceive, then it is a lie. If you misspeak, it is not a lie. Deception breeds contempt.

Flat or round?

I have been struggling with this all of my life! I know there is a perfect amount of time/energy/effort to spend on a subject (let's use math as an example). The problem is, I don't want to dabble in math, and so I end up obsessing over it. I feel like if I am not obsessing, then I must be dabbling. This line of thinking has led me in the past into a career that I love, working 80-100 hours/ week. It does not feel like work because I love doing it, it is more like playtime. The problem is that during this time, I neglected my friends, family and self. It is not sustainable. I see myself heading that way again. I think I might have just answered my own question but please share your thoughts!!

It does pretain to self actualization in the sense that how you percieve your world makes a difference in how you actualize. It is petty nonesense for sure, but you, (and I) knowing that it is nonsense, still espoused an opinion... Interesting! From an "actualized*" standpoint I believe the correct answer is... The Earth's shape is not real because we are not directly expirencing it as a whole. Only what we expirence in the present moment is real. We only ever expirence bits and pieces of the earth because none of us will be able to reach out and pick it up, (or some other way of expirencing the whole earth simultaneously) knowing for sure its dimensions. See Leo's video on spiritual enlightenment http://www.actualized.org/articles/spiritual-enlightenment-intro *I do not believe I am actualized yet, I am using the word "actualized" as a reference to my interpretation of the content on this website

That's just it!! I've seen several youtube video that do just that- and people will use it to argue whichever side they feel is correct. Why is this even a question??

Confidence is a choice. You are saying, if the condition is met, then you procede with the corse of action. Why not choose to procede regardless of the condition?

Apparently they say you can have a quarter life crisis now. Glad that's allowed

If you don't love the mundane tasks that are necessary to do what you love, you gotta trick your brain into believing that you actually do love to do them. This is easy! Just say "I LOVE (blank) !!! With the enthusiasm of a high school mascot. Ham it up! Put on a show! Eventually you will believe it. Repeat every single time you are about to do something you don't want to do but you know its right. If you approach laundry day with, "FUCK. I hate doing the fucking laundry." it's no wonder you don't like it!

@Leo Gura If you want to live alone in a cabin in the woods why not just do it? Its not irreverable. You don't lose a thing by changing your path. If its not everything you imagined it would be, why not just go back to the path that you know? What you are talking about seams so easy! You already say you are a lone wolf. All you are missing is the location. You have already contributed so much to society! We wont think less of you for following your own direction and taking a hiatus. Look at this website! This is a goldmine. Do what you gotta do man! The world will still be here!

Complete self acceptance? Or complete self denial?

@Leo Gura Why all the silly faces?