Natasha Tori Maru

I totally do not know! Looking back at our history, and just how many natural disasters we have had that have near wiped life off the earth, it doesn't seem outlandish to me to think there is a lot of lost knowledge out there. Even the libraries of Alexandra, or better yet, the Vatican's locked down library - there is so much we do not know. Sound is fascinating to me, as I think there is more to it than we know. Even sound weapons used by the military are a thing. Resonance can induce movement in objects. We can explode glass and destroy things with sound. Infrasound has been reported to do crazy things to people. Wouldn't surprise me if something like 'OM' could be sung in unison with a technology/object to achieve something.

I agree. I wish I had someone that could have fulfilled that role within my family. A matriarch. I try to be that for the younger women in my life - namely my sisters, cousins, and the female colleagues I work with. But I seem to naturally slip into this role as others tend to come to me without me reaching out. I have thought on this quite a lot. It could possibly be that Leo does not have the typical emotional outlets that others who engage a lot on the social domain enjoy - he has alluded to this in the past. That is just my speculation. He could reach his emotional highs, emotional truths, through contemplation, insight and integration. But I think the greater factor is the realization of truth really brings one to a place of union with all - surrender, oneness, sacrifice. It is about breaking down barriers and distinctions. If you think on what intimacy is between people, or a man and a woman (just a simple example), it is really the honest truth of each being known to the other. It is the dissolution of all barriers between them to facilitate intimacy. This is a total union with other. It is love. To know the other. To know, anything. Truth. This runs through all existence as you (subject) and thing (object). Your experience is the activity generated as a result of the interaction - and to realise you are one with all in union is a powerful thing to integrate. You dissolve that distinction between subject and object. This truth is behind our entire existence - what is inside it outside, what is outside is inside. Leo is walking us through these insights in real time, and the pure joy of surrender, distinction dissolution, union and, ultimately, love, can be overwhelming. In my experience, anyway When you really have a moment of embodiment, the emotional charge is so great that tears can act as an expression of the joy felt

@Cathy92506 Hard to be happy and at peace in life when you are addicted to a behaviour. You give up your sovereignty. Ultimately we do have no control over anything in life. We simply need the wisdom to know when to act, and put things in motion, when the opportunity arises. Your friend with addiction may not choose to have something wield power over them, if they had the choice. It could simply be your friend hasn't experienced true happiness, and simply conceptualizes 'this must be happiness'.

Yeah also menopause is typically starting at 46+, normally 50! So to be a geriatric mother at that stage is like... Great genetics!

Like adopted forced? Menopause means no more kids usually as you become infertile before your cycle stops. You cycle hormonally without egg release Unless you mean perimenopause ? Which is different entirely

@Emerald I believe has some great knowledge - she may have some sources to share ❤️

@Ishanga you also did just equivocate yourself with Leo... Just prompting some self enquiry - good to look into your compulsions, growth there. Everyone has an unconscious side - others see it but we cannot 🫠

Apparently Sanskrit and Hebrew have a lot of phonetic correlation to geometric patterning - when the sounds are resonated through a vibrating plate with sand, for example, geometric patterns arise. I think it is called cymatics? If I recall correctly. My grandad used to show me examples when I was a kid. You might find it fascinating! I did!

He needs some Ralston slowly inserted in his arse. He cannot question deeply because he is so full of shit, no more room for new knowledge. Ironically, he wants to 'know', when it is the opposite of what he wants without even realizing it.

@Cheese I'm ready for the disappointment UFO news going NPC walk speed lately

Personally, I feel if you begin labelling agents as 'devil' 'demon' etc you run the risk of 'creating' something you feel has agency over you. You give that thing power with thoughts like this. Create something you need to 'defend' against. In addition, I have found more often than not it's not some separate entity - it's actually your unintegrated shadow. Things or traits within you that you cannot face, that you can't admit to having. Anger, lust, greed - whatever really. By labeling it “devil,” you push it away. The repression still vibrates inside, making it feel negative. But it's generated from you.

“Are you enlightened, or am I just projecting myself onto you?”

@Mellowmarsh I should be a good girl.... but I can be a troll 😈 I tend to let the troll tiger loose with the architects at work though, she needs to be walked every day! I am much more professional here

Low quality, locked >.> <.<

HAHAHA @UnbornTao He wins. Who needs a solid foundation when we can grow legs and shindig into the next dimension?!

@Inliytened1 definitely Did Leo, in the example, say she was corrupt though? I don't recall that particular detail but I could be wrong

Thank you @Leo Gura! Well received. @Inliytened1 I can see what you are getting at with that one. I took it to mean the girl was prioritizing and valuing her feeling states over truth. Typical ostrich head in the sand while a tornado runs over scenario. She was immature and didn't understand love and its connection to truth, intimacy and the ultimate union it represents by breaking down the barriers we think are present. She felt that feelings were the driver to intimacy, rather than honesty/truth breaking down the barriers between her and her lover, leading to true authentic intimacy. Truth, to her, hurt her feelings. So she dismissed it. She thought preserving positive internal feeling states was her highest value. Preserving her feelings acted to shield herself, which actually destroyed her ability to truly see the man in front of her by building up a barrier around her. The opposite direction to union, God etc I mean, *I* could be wrong with the above. Just how I perceived the point being made.

Oop I think the bias came out

@Ishanga I am merely pointing out the arrogance of thinking you know what is best for others. Life ebbs and flows. At some points, seekers need words to act as pointers for them to go different directions. Sometimes, we need some friction against our ideas by engaging in debates to further refine our own clarity and nuance. Sometimes, we aren't in a stage where we are prepared or comfortable to be out 100% engaging in only the trees, nature, forest, people. Often the only way out, is through. Some users here are labouring under a lot of mental suffering, and this place can be a great support for the dark night of the soul. There is something to be gained in these forums. Naturally people outgrow them and move on. And return. Or do not. There is no correct path. So, for you to claim there is, is arrogance. And the reason I called this out, is because I fall prey to this myself. I think I know best for others in many cases. I have to actively check myself every time I consider dispensing advice. Who am I to know what is best? What am I trying to achieve with this conversation? I just think you recite general platitudes about what is good without any context or nuance. Just a pattern I have noticed. And it could be that it is simply virtue signalling on your behalf, I do not know. But there is something there that you are doing that should prompt some self enquiry.

I think this is a more mature and nuanced perspective. It's like Jordan Peterson - his shit on psychology etc can be top notch! But then there is a whole lot of crap he claims and gets into that is way off the mark. Discernment 😊

@UnbornTao He has captured form, rendered colour. Textures of the bark. A sturdy rooted base and trunk as foundation to swing from the heights above 😅 I'M TRYING OKAY 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

It has changed for sure. All things evolve and change, nothing remains the same. I think there was a greater variety of perspectives and a lot more pragmatism back then. People stay for a time in spaces until they outgrow them, in my experience.

Many many posts on the forum regarding awakening. Judging those on the path. Judging what we talk about as a 'measure if how awake you are'. 'Awake people wouldn't do this, or that, or whateverthefuck' 'Why ask this' 'Who is asking?' Just stop. You are going the opposite way - union is the goal If you have been doing the work for a time, you know it is a journey. You are the process. This is a hugely underrated video from Leo (get ready for the old-school Zen-stick Leo). I personally revisit this one often. If anyone has glossed over this once or missed it entirely - or resisted it (You should look into that :P) I highly recommend it. Newbies, veterans, awakened... one of the images will resonate. Enjoy:

@Meeksauce Try to witness your compulsive behaviour here. Why are you feeling so compelled to reply? There is so much unconscious reflexive behaviour you are displaying. You aren't capable of addressing ANYTHING anyone in this thread has raised - you just move the goalposts or repeat yourself. I feel so bad for you with how oblivious you are. Doesn't this feel humiliating?

He has awakened to feeling inferior and incomplete - so to feel better/bigger/superior/a man WE MUST SQUASH OTHERS