Anton Rogachevski

@Preetom Thank you for your support dear friend.

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@Annoynymous On what points to elaborate? I started with intense meditation, and self inquiry. Gradually built to 5 hours per day, and 2 hours yoga. That was the peak in my monk mode, and from there gradually slowed down to 3 hour mediation/contemplation, and normal full time job. Once a week two groups of 12 steps. You may visit my blog for more. https://antonsjournal.home.blog

Thank you for the fascinating discussion, I am pretty satisfied with Genetics as an answer. Just imagine a hereditary line of priests or shamans, a cast of spiritual people if you will. The DNA stores memories, it's scientifically proven. This also explains the visions of the masters who gained full access to the subconscious mind and withdrew that data from DNA.

Did you use psychedelics in the past? Thank you for sharing dear friend, Godspeed

If you want to take a close look at how a passionate artist is working on his creation, watch Jodorowsky's Dune. It's a documentary about his ambitious work in creating an extraordinary and spiritually transforming film. To see his best work watch The Holy Mountain, this will blow your mind!

The enlightened one does many things, while not doing anything at all.

It's not as simple as just letting go of this Intellectual desire, it must be thoroughly quenched before one can let it go, and even the "let go" is not in our control, it just happens, or one could say, god is helping us to let go. Do you think you can control your desires? Well, you are in for quite a ride!

@clouffy I too come from a very problematic place of depression, anxiety, codependency and a messy life. The first thing I did when I'd watched Leo's videos for the first time was to take Meditation very seriously, and in addition to that, I worked on many other methods and principles that ensured my recovery. First of all, you can't have the focus or energy needed to do enlightenment work if you have these, so solving them first would be wiser. Secondly, enlightenment work as Leo talks about it, is a very specific and narrow domain. There are many more tools and methods that will help you with depression and anxiety. For example: Sedona method, self acceptance, affirmations, gratitude, improving your material life, self reliance, 100% responsibility, authenticity. ----------- The desire for happiness is indeed the desire for god. Nothing will ever fill that emptiness, other than god. For me, the best method to heal emptiness, and loneliness is 12 steps. Please check out my post about 12 steps.

Limiting belief.

You are young and you think in binary terms - either this or that, but a good life is a balance. The middle path, if you will. It is very selfish to think enlightenment is something you do only for yourself. If you intend to become a pratyekabuddha, quit right now. Living a normal balanced life as a part of society is the foundation for being a bodhisattva, your job once you are at high level will be to become a viable part of society, which will help promote the collective consciousness. In the end, every single thing you do is enlightenment work, you are just not conscious enough to see it yet. This work isn't separate from day to day life.

They are so aware of their selfishness and arrogance, it deeply disgusts them, and so letting it go is the only option left. This is how liberation appears from outside. Pure humility.

Isn't that social conditioning?

@F A B "How do I know that this *insert any object* is separate from me?" What is "separation"? You can't really "reunite" with with you are already a part of.

What else do you do in life? Being more self reliant and responsible will increase your confidence, and decrease those depressive thoughts. Try long walks in nature alone, and chanting to work on those growls. Accept and love all the sides of you. Make a list of all the things you are afraid to be thought as, and read it to yourself, love every part of you. This will integrate you and you will have a strong self esteem. Are you authentic and self honest? If not seek your authentic path and see in what ways had you strayed of your authentic passion. Do you desire peace? If so let go of that desire or expectation. For hard emotions Sedona Method is king, Journaling can also help clean the psyche. Praying is a very powerful tool. Simple and efficient. For me one of the most powerful tools is my spiritual 12 steps group, highly recommend it to anyone suffering from intense loneliness and emptiness. Search CoDa groups in your city.

I'm afraid you misconceive reincarnation. Research deeper. The ego can't reincarnate, firstly because there's no such thing, secondly, because the memories that are ingrained will wither with the brain, what reincarnates is you, but not the false self- That said, you may say that your children are you reincarnated, and some deeply ingrained DNA memory will pass on. Also, what separates you from any living creature that will ever be born, and has been born in the entire universe? Reincarnation happens to you every time you conceive of yourself as existent, and you cease to reincarnate upon liberation.

Amazing to witness how similar spiritual paths are in completely diffrent cultures. I guess "difference" is a concept after all.

More like realizing you can't do the same with thoughts or emotions, and watch as god's moving the lever for you.

@Ingit Hello and thank you for the good question, Emotions may come in bundles and you can have 20 labels simultaneously. (That's how it was for me at the beginning.) The only thing to do with any of them is to love them, and let them flow freely, embracing and becoming one with them. Treat them as guests, and offer them to stay as long as they wish, for they are your inner child that seeks your attention and love. Be your own parent and heal your soul with the unconditional love of god that's all around you at any given moment. Sedona Method is king, you may also try prayer. (Check out my blog post in the signature.)

"Be the change you want to create." Ghandi This is the only thing we can really do, to be a lighthouse of unconditional love, and thus inspire the love within the darkness.

Hello my dear friend, I think you might be overthinking a simple thing. Godspeed

For me too - Pure simple as log meditation. Dogen, a famous zen master had the same opinion. Second to that might be emotional mastery. And the rest: Self inquiry Gratitude and compassion Contemplation/Epistemology Spiritual purification Shadow work Working on destructive patterns of behavior Understanding relationships Life purpose Health and clean life-style Friendship and humour Some fun and art, to heal the soul

It's a collab of a mystic and a musician. Very insipiring and deeply wise.

"After the Ecstasy, the Laundry." Old zen quote