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Damn, that is really intresting. Do you have some resources that dive deeper into this? How did you find him? Nevermind, I looked at his youtube and remember now that he is a user here.

"Mmmmmmmmm…. Waffles….. Your mind lingers. You can barely remember the last time you allowed yourself to indulge in waffles. You think to yourself, “Why don’t I treat myself more?” You look down at your feet. The sand is in the process of transforming into a grid of waffle. Waffles stretches out to the horizon in all directions. Now you stand in the middle of vast, gently rolling waffle dunes. You feel the spongy, grid-like texture under your bare feet." ~ @Leo Gura

Actually he read that one and he liked it. We talked about it but still didn't click for him that he could be enlightened. He also read Ken Wilber "Unification of science and religion" or sth like that.

I actually think that is a healthy sign of maturing stage orange, that can appreciate longer formats. Also the trend of tv loosing viewers to internet. Podcast are like those tv programmes where they talk with a guest but more chill and authentic. Overall I see that trend in a positive light.

Dude, you actually can just start to live now. All of that shit was just burning through karma (see Leo's video) and a prologue. Now you are pure and your life can become a tribute of consciousness being ever more loving, creative and undisturbed. You will be ever more undescripable, ever more Enigma. Now you are free to create your Dream however you like without basic needs holding you back. Congratulations broter. Have fun.

There seems to be three types of illness/distortions in our lives. 1. The once that are the expression of inaccurate perception just as Leo described. We can heal them by changing our perspective. 2. Incarnational choices that are programmed challenges for our life. For some cancer will be point 1. and for some it will be point 2. 3. Natural process of leaving this illusion when your purpose is done. For example cancer of Ramana Maharshi. More on that distinctions here:

Driving a truck. I did it for a month and quit- which also required courage I am back in a corporate environment - data analyst.

What is the source of this?

When I contemplate "Why is there reality?" it takes me deeper than "how is there reality?". You really put yourself in shoes of Bored God, that out of Love and Will created all this beauty. Why is the most important question. And "out of Love " is the most profound answer.

Some tips from me (24 years old): - Make the schedule to have at least 10 minutes of meditation every morning and every evening. Even those stupid 10 minutes kinda multiply the time you have during a day. - Buy shirts and clothes that are elegant enough for job but are from fabrics that do not require ironing. I ironed my clothes two times for th whole year. - have a lot of pants and socks so that you can do a big laundry less often. - in a job that is not connected to you passion, really show that you are high energy and enthusiastic for the first half a year, and after that never ask for additional tasks. They are usually not rewarded and once you have more to do you can't go back, - have some kind of excel file where you will track your expenses, - buy clothes in second hands, i look really good and 99% of clothes i have from second hands which allowed me to save thousads, - eat at home, healthy. For the morning like 4 scrablled eggs is really cheap, really healthy and take like 3 minutes to do. You dont have to eat fancy. There is a lot of cheap healthy simple foods that are fast to make if you lower your standards of fancyness. - sav your money and don't spend on stupid shit. - try to clean on the go, dont let pile of dishes to stack up. It is so much better psychologically to wake up in a clean room. - walk/bike to your job as much as you can.

Own it. I was in a similiar situation, and I just learned to be proud. Shouldn't I be proud that my parents are inteligent enough to care about financial stability before making a fucking kid? Shouldn't it be normal that a parent provides the financial help before a Young Adult will figure out himself? Wear it proudly, do not talk about it but if someone jokes about it just be proud and not caring about what they say. And if they continue to do that more than you want just change friends.

Kinda but not really. I would be open to use steroids if there would not be strong evidemce of its harmfulness. And with psychedelics there seems to be more health benefits than dangers.

I have to admit that it is very well worded and extremely wise. Hats off to you. But I think it is valid when you are in the business of Perfecting Day to Day Abiding and baseline. And total understanding of reality and consciousness is kinda different business.

At the beginning of my journey I meditated pretty much every day for some years and got pretty solid insights of no self, even of Absolute and "nothing ever happened" but still all of this was unconsciously with the vibe of scepticism, materialism and nihilism. It was only after my first trips with mushrooms that my mind was cracked open to how magical reality is, how air is made of Loving Nothingness, not just Empty Dull Nothigness that I got from meditating only. Speaking relatively I think it is silly to assume that something our mind produces is as good as the best chemicals out there out of thousands. It like saying that training your legs to jump as high as possible is as good as a jetpack. There is this kind of "Naturalness Fallacy" that if some widom or state is aquired by something external like psychedelic then it is somehow less valid. But external is artificial distinction. All reality is the mind of God and if I were God i would hide the Holy Grail in some fun place (like mushrooms or toad) and not just in my Avatar's mind which would be too easy and boring. Not acknowledging that psychedelics are extremely helpful and are beyond what meditation is capable of is like saying that you do not need telescopes to explore the night sky because you can just train your eye.

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The logic of "There is no time so in a way every other POV is happening Now" seems like still clinging to the belief that you are not the only one conscious in your dream. As Leo said, infinite POVs exist now but as potentiality, they are not actuality. In actuality you ( you reading this) is the only one conscious being in existence and who knows what will you imagine after you imagine your death.

Kinda Ironic coming from someone who studies filosophy on a university and has thousands of posts on a forum of a teacher.

There is always a chance that some video/tv show/movie will inspire you but 99% of that time is wasted.

If you would give that advice to someone that wants to learn to lucid dream at night that would be a really bad advice.

Words are tricky, but you can recognize the the real Self is Consciousness and you as Consciousness can marvel at Yourself and feel Love. That Self-Love is then indistinguishable from Being Love/Ligh or Loving Everything. Also on a more realitve level just Loving your ego-self with the love of a parents helps you to step aside and see that you are not the ego but The Self.

He may be doing it for fun just as Leo. Let's wait fo him and not assume

"You either change or postpone the change. There is no in between." - that was huge change of perspective for me.

Be really really honest. Communicate a shit ton. But then if she still wants spend time with you and get intimate then its her choice and responsibility and you should let her learn her boundaries.

I would call it the fear of lack. We fear a situatiom if we believe that in that situation we will lack something and therefore it will not be perfect.

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