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I would've thought that specifying it's been done before would invite you to assume that I mean in a way that hasn't been done before. These videos inadvertently affirm you can attain bliss from awakening, but I quite obviously meant a video specifically devoted to convincing even the laziest of spiritual seekers to stop everything and pursue God awakening, using the most detailed and compelling analogies that convey the unspeakable bliss that is supposedly possible.

I suppose it's already been done, but I mean just going really hard for 2+ hours inspiring the audience to pursue God-realization with the most detailed explanations of how ecstatic the higher realms of consciousness can be. Really just sell the fuck out of it. I've found that I really watch Actualized hoping for some good news about the metaphysical, and whenever Leo discusses the most rewarding facets of this work it leaves me wanting more. Less "practical" videos, less politics and more metaphysical shit would be my preferred direction for Actualized.

bruh how do people be having awakenings while sober, what kinda practices do you do? I do 40 - 80 minutes of meditation, I feel like this is pathetically insufficient.

Sigma male is a term invented for the sole purpose of comforting insecure men who give credence to the concept of alpha/beta males, but who also understand presenting as "alpha" would be a reach, so they cling to this "sigma" label as a coping mechanism. Have some respect for yourselves and don't engage with this thread.

I enjoy this place, it's appeal is extremely unique. That said, I have no interest in deceiving anybody. I've had a previous account that was banned, and I'll disclose the account privately. I imagine this would be effective in determining the efficacy of your new backend code. Posting this may obviously result in a permanent ban of course, but I'm confident the temperament I've adopted should suffice as acceptable to be a member here. As I see it, my previous conduct warranted overt penalties, whereas my present demeanor does not, so if you disagree that would also put me in disagreement regarding the moderation here, so a strictly enforced departure would not affront my sensibilities. On my old account I would very commonly go out of my way to aggressively berate people with asinine right-wing opinions, which I still have a tendency towards but more sparingly and it's more tactfully done, not even because I'm aware of the consequences of my conduct, but really because it's just more sensible to be less aggressive, and I almost cringe at my old inability to gauge just how unnecessary a lot of it was. I imagine I only got away with it as long as I did on the previous account because my use of language afforded me some plausible deniability regarding how my harsh personal attacks were perceived. The thing about banning people from here though (unless they are extremely obviously toxic) doesn't especially sit right with me, only because this place serves a unique utility in being able to discuss the metaphysics of consciousness in a way no other community can provide. So what drew me back in when I created this account -- you'll see my first post was a question regarding some of the philosophical implications of the views expressed on Actualized -- was the necessity to have my burning curiosity resolved. Things discussed here can evoke an existential crisis, and it would be unfortunate to have no means of pacifying the anxiety that comes with that.

I've personally spoken to Martin over skype regarding these spontaneous movements as I've experienced them myself. These are not voluntary movements, they feel as though your body has been possessed by a flow of energy that necessarily expresses itself through symmetrical motion. I've heard these symmetrical movements, or involuntary yoga positions, referred to as "kriyas", and I've experienced this a few times now, most notably after a cannabis high where in an attempt to relieve extreme anxiety I very deliberately decided to allow my body to do whatever it wanted without judgement. I found myself taken over by a flow of energy which immediately dissipated my anxiety so I allowed it to control me. I could have taken back control but that would have very clearly been at the cost of the immense relief I was experiencing. This happens on psychedelics to people a lot. The one and only person I've seen report 5-MeO-MALT trips on YouTube has this happen consistently.

You'd have to be pretty conspiracy-bent to lend credence to this. Kurzgesagt always discloses which of his videos are sponsored and who they were funded by. The videos are influenced by these sponsors but not entirely contrived by them. Kurzgesagt has the final say on what is included in the videos. It's nothing scandalous unless you just oppose people receiving money for things.

The irony. ???? Douche for brains, just because young people don't die from it doesn't mean they aren't vessels for further infections, they can easily spread it to older people and the more people who have it REGARDLESS of whether they die from it, the more likely the virus will mutate into a deadlier strain. This has already happened several times. Judging from your post history I'd imagine you probably think the Jews are behind that though. ? If your Andrew Tate or Martin Luther King positions were isolated opinions I would not have chastised your position as brazenly as I chose to, but considering these positions in tandem with each other it's safe to assume the worst conclusions regarding your overarching political temperament. If you truly want to atone for this recent spew of asinine drivel I would gleefully invite you to douse your hooded Klan apparel with leaded petrol and light up a box of matches. Bonus points if done without stripping the robes first.

@bloomer: Andrew Tate - GOD Martin Luther King - SATAN Vaccines - POISON Looks like we've got a true genius on our hands, watch out guys.

I was quite clearly being facetious there. Just consider it a gesture of much warranted disrespect. /thread Edit: "No you!" *facepalm

@Leo Gura The dude has Andrew Tate apologia in his thread, it's not even a huge leap to assume his masculinity is a major point of insecurity for him.

@bloomer We don't celebrate MLK because he was a great husband, he is celebrated because he was a revolutionary civil rights leader, but I imagine you already knew this and merely sought to express indirect contempt towards the concept of civil rights as an embittered reaction to your black counterparts who consistently emasculate you in the sexual marketplace.

Sounds a bit like dogmatic hearsay. I imagine if such "masters" existed ages ago they would also exist today, albeit modern sensibilities likely preclude the necessity to even recognize such people with the same prestige that used to be afforded to them, thus we never hear about them, and if we do, they are only recognized as orthodox spiritual teachers and nothing more.

There are reasons to believe this isn't necessarily true, but there are also reasons why this unnerving theory would actually be true. My life has been very difficult in the past few months, and I'm giving more credence to these darker explanations of reality. Obviously Leo's worldview is one that would encompass this possibility albeit under a brighter context: God is all-loving and created this because it's all love and nothing matters. How could I go about proving this to myself? I've always suspected reality was up to no good, so I just want reasons to be more positive.

@Leo Gura What about your video "What is goodness? - Good & Morality Fully Explained" where you claim everything is absolutely good?

This gives way too much shameless deference to spiritual hearsay. As if you can possibly know something like that for certain.

Struck a nerve I see. Mind telling the class your opinions on the Jews, and the LGBT movement? Remember, when someone as bigoted and conspiratorial-minded as @Oeaohoo criticizes you, it's a sign you've evolved beyond concrete scraping knuckle-dragging.

Jordan Peterson would be proud. Political pseudo-philosophy at its finest.

Oooof, I stopped reading after the first half of asinine drivel, gave my response, only to afterwards read the last half of your post to realize you are having a manic episode. Get well soon, best wishes..

I was previously wondering who was correct, you or Leo, but now that you've said this I know you have no credibility.

You act as if they're doing something wrong, or leading people astray. What they speak of seems like a great way to permanently improve life, whereas what you speak of seems like a great way to have an exhilarating hour or 2, gaining unspeakable insight, but life would ultimately stay the same. If it's not too much effort, it'd be seriously worthwhile to hear you carefully detail why this perspective is incorrect.

Here's a woman who very believably claims to have permanently liberated herself from duality and all egoic suffering. I've listened to her for hours and she doesn't speak of the crazy peaks of God-Realization found on Actualize. This state of being seems to be the most desirable. My question, if it is even possible to answer, is why would I want temporary "deeper consciousness" over permanent liberation? @Leo Gura Perhaps you're not willing to expend the effort to carefully explain this as a mere forum post, but maybe you'd be willing to make a blog post that clears up your perspective on this.

@Tahuti @Leo Gura

@Leo Gura It would be worthwhile to hear an explanation on exactly why impermanent peaks of God-realization are better than a permanent liberation from the ego-mind. If I were given the choices to attain one for free, I would definitely pick the permanent no-self that Daniel Ingram talks about over the God peaks you discuss, but can you please explain why I'm supposedly wrong to do that?

@Leo Gura Honestly, isn't there a case to be made that permanent cessation of bothersome egoic identify is better than temporary glimpses into God-realization, even if those states are unspeakably good?