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Leo, what is you opinion on Eckhart Tolle's books? They didn't get to your booklist. I hope I'm not wrong but I never saw them there. Too simple? Too esoteric? Not interesting enough? I'm curious.

I'm listening to interviews with Peter Ralston, by Leo but also by other people. He says things like - "You're doing it! Just stop doing it!" - concerning negative emotions and "unnecessary suffering". From all he says it seems like I should just skip negative emotions. Isn't it the case that I should actually feel through the negative emotions and not avoid them? Isn't avoidance a negative habit that avoidant people to? Someone explain to me the difference if there is any. Many thanks

@Inliytened1 R. Spira is there

There are some very simple books on the list. Just wondering, curious...

@Miguel1 yes I notice that

I don't celebrate christmas, like at all. And I don't even get it what it means if someone wishes me Merry Christmas. It is very strange to me. I don't even get what might be enjoyable about it, it only seems like a bunch of to-do tasks. Do more people like this exist? When someone says Mery Christmas to me, and I reply that I don't celebrate that, they often get offended or sometimes sorry for me. I used to though when I was a child. I guess I was brainwashed but since then I don't get it, and what surprises me the most is lack of such people.

This is risky, I hope noone gets angry at me for this topic What are your thoughts about the topic of farting and burbing in front of people who are close to you and you have to spend time in one room together often, such as your roommates, your children, your parents or siblings but most especially - in romantic relationships? 😀

@Hojo that is exactly what I do

Those of you who meditate, do some of you have a different than regular meditation body position? I had to find my own one, because I find the regular one incredibly uncomfortable and can't stay in it. In this new one I still have my back straight and it keeps me alert too and not sleepy. Although if I wanted to meditate for long, I would probably have to move around. What are yours?

@Schizophonia i don't naturally like any protein

@Salvijus thanks for this info

@Natasha Tori Maru interesting, thank you for the inspiration

@jacknine119 😀😀

@Daniel Balan nice, thanks for reply, interesting. It's a bit different than me, I don't have a specific reason, I'm just indifferent

@Salvijus what I wrote doesn't apply for new year wishes, it was only about Christmas. Wondering if there are more people like that. So I won't go into whether I celebrate anything else to keep it not confusing

@Salvijus actually not, when I think about it

It's interesting because there are really two conflicting opinions and I've heard peaple have both totally opposite ones. I do not do that because I've been too shy about it and I haven't lived with a partner yet. However it really hurts physically and makes me really irritable, resentful and angry if I try to keep it in 😀 it even makes me wanna meet my partner less, spend less time together because I truly hate it. Am I the only one? I've had partners who are completely against farting in front of people, and I've had partners who farted in front of me, and I've had ones that have tried to convince me to start farting too because they wished that I feel comfy, but I couldn't because of social conditioning. I would like to overcome it once and I wish to have a partner who wants me to do it. The most annoying part is the inequality, women seem to be less "allowed" to do that. Sometimes people express this opinion and I cannot decode whether it is a joke or a real opinion, than man can and women shouldn't.

- how to resolve fear of conflict - what should the process of conflict be? (In some cases, having no clue about this probably leads to the fear of starting it) - what is the next step if the two sides do not agree - how to have conflict with unconscious people - when is it worth it to avoid the conflict - what if I'm scared to start a conflict because I must then live with / live near this person and it might not get resolved - how to know who is right

I am very naturally interested in topics like God, consciousness, nature of reality, awakening and so on. I have natural ability to think abstractly, I am intuitive, I have been through a lot of suffering, which also brings people som depth, I think. I meditate as well. When Leo and other intelligent people talk about God and related topics, I have a feeling that I understand incredibly much. More than most people, I suspect. However, I am not among the top intelligent people (like Leo seems to be, although I'm not too bad either), I do not have my shit together, I struggle with career terribly, I am mostly jobless and sometimes I work as a fucking housekeeper. I don't quite master my emotions, I struggle with finances etc. I am depressive and sometimes suicidal, but most importantly - I'm not very much educated, I don't know basics of math, physics, history. I will never be able to know much of physics and math, its not exactly my type of brain. My question is - is it ok to still be interested in those topics? How should I go about it? On your way to awakening, do you have to necessarily understand math and physics? Can a "normal", not so educated or math-inclined person awaken as well?

@Leo Gura and do you think this kind of work (on my cognitive development) is also worth pursuing if Im not among the most intelligent people? Because it sounds interesting and worthwhile and I do enjoy hearing about it in your videos but is it for everyone? I mean I am not unintelligent, I'm just not one of those nerds... So does it even make sense to have it among my aspirations? I would say my personality type is such that thinking about facts bores and hurts me 😀 (But again I'm not terrible at it)

@Breakingthewall yeah this makes sense

@UnbornTao My name is Martina I am from Slovakia, however its annoying what you guys write because this thread is about a different topic. But at least you make it "hot" by adding comments heh

@Leo Gura thank you, very helpful. Especially the last sentence. It would be interesting if you mention it in one of your videos some time, for people to know, I'm thinking... (where you need and where you don't necessarily need the cognitive development). Im guessing its something like this - am I right? To get rid of suffering I am fine with the basic kind of awakening. To know the ultimate answer to all questions about reality - I need the deepest kind of awakening and therefore also the cognitive development.

@UnbornTao @Someone here what's with the "recognizing who she is"? Is it about me? I don't get it, last time I used this forum was years ago. Can you explain?

@Leo Gura thank you Leo! And in your newest videos about deconstructing rationality - you mention something that its necessery to first step up from the pre-rational level to rational and only then is this stuff for me (I roughly paraphrase). I watch the videos anyways because it interests me, but can someone like me then gain something from it? And if not - can I just ignore it and hope to be on the "right" path anyways? Or is it absolutely necessary if I wanna be inbolved in this work to step up from pre-rational to rational and then to post-rational? Hope I'm clear, English is my 2nd language. Edit - and now that I see your edited comment above - I think I get it now. Thanks again!