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-Learn how to write properly (and how to EDIT). -Record yourself talking and publish it (get feedback). -Do it for months/years

WHAT I LEARNT WITH 1 YEAR WATCHING ACTUALIZED.ORG I started watching Leos videos one year ago (around 50 videos this year) Started with the videos listed in the: ‘Start here’ page. So basically with foundational videos. (Didn't watch all, around half, and also other videos not in that page) I already had a few years, maybe a decade in personal development, so I could label myself intermediate when I started. And when I say watching videos, I mean seriously. For every video, I took notes, wrote word for word the highlights of the video (around 2-4 pages each), also writing the stuff that came to my mind in relation to that topic, how it related to my life, and actions steps. So, 1 hour video, could take me 2-3 hours to complete. And place then in a proper folder, separated by topics. Sometimes I binged, watching a few of them straight without taking action, which is ok. But then recognize it and got to it. Some things that I implemented this year: -Building a better infrasctructure -Reading some of the best books on his booklist (Reading habit of 30 mins+/day; not everyday though) -Reducing porn almost to zero (usage and cravings) -Reducing social media (usage and cravings) -Reducing screen time to less than 30 mins/day -Re taking meditation habit -Going to a meditation centre 1-2/week. -Spending some Saturday with no tech, no socializing, just alone in the forest. Meditating, contemplating, introspecting… -Cleaning diet, with fasting and trying keto successfully. -Trying psychedelics for the first time. -Trying a few classes of yoga for first time (and understand basics of real yoga). -Reducing the things I do. Just focus on: Working on business, learning/reading, meditation, spending more time in solitude (nature, walks...), quality time with girlfriend and some few friends, and gym. -Quitting most of hard addictions (coffee still there, still some sugar and social media cravings) -Being aware of soft addictions (judging, moralizing, arguing). This ones are tough, but at least Im aware of those now. -Writing a draft for a book in just 1 month (+40000 words for now) -Redefining life purpose (Creating a Lifebook: with vision boards, 3 main life goals, 10 virtues (Ben Franklin style...), Seasons goals... Some things were easy, like cleaning up diet, since I almost always was in shape and eating decent. Others were completely new habits. And in general, I got higher perspective in life, not that ‘practical’, but maybe more important: -Understanding how everything is a distraction from being, from looking inward, even relationships, marriage, career, business, success, family… (This one is tough, since balance is key here) Those things are important in life, the Big Rocks if you may; but being, looking inward is VITAL. -Differentiating what enlightenment is and is not. (Not Tolle’s, hatha yoga, dogma spirituality, more in the autolysis, self-inquiry, deep solitude, neti neti stuff) -Changing my approach to learning. Learning = Behavior change -Im shifting towards a Mastery, Craftsman mindset life. (still hard to scape from the shortcuts distractions) -Understanding the value of solitude for real insight, original though. And how being constantly around people and culture (info input), is as toxic as it can be without noticing, like the frog doesn’t notice how the water is boiling. -Seem obvious that we don't have free will. That we are machines moving around to get our pleasures/dopamine hits, and get our survival needs met. That all our thoughts, emotional patterns, habits, values, are programmed in our minds by culture, society, family, country, regional area etc.. -Having a ‘feeling’ of no self through neti neti. Probably some intellectualization, but I got something there. I understood for the first time the ‘no-self’ thing. I can't locate myself in space. Damn. Am I nothing? So, there is no-one? My girlfriend is nothing? Shit! -Everything is an hallucination, not just the color red is hallucinated by my brain. The brain is also is part of the hallucination, the same as red. There is no observer, and no observed. Damn. After hundreds of times hearing it I got it, at least on an intellectual level. Consciousness is not generated in the brain, the brain is inside Consciousness! ‘So.. Who/what is hallucinating the brain?’ -Understanding spiral dynamics, specially stage yellow, as I can see something to shoot for. This was DEEP. My values shifted, I had to change things in life purpose, values, principles, virtues... people that I admired. I was heavy orange, with lacks in healthy blue and understood the value of green, yellow and blue; and where I was lacking. Im also (a bit) less judgmental since I get that people are in whatever stage they are, and thats ok. Their background was different than mine. Every color is important, and necessary in its healthy way. The Earth as a system depends on the healthy side of every stage. Not everyone has to be like me. -I understood the shortcomings of science (being myself a stage orange rationalist). I even have some hate for scientist and atheists now haha -I open myself to the idea of God, coming from a soft religious background, and then being hardcore atheist since adolescence. -Im not religious, but now I don't hate religion. I don't love religion. I understand religion (even Islam, that was tough for me), and the role it played in society, and for individuals. -I understand now the shortcomings of capitalism and libertarianism. I liked the liberitiarian POV for a long time, since I started my business, but now I see the flaws. -I see the flaws of stage orange, and understand green people/ideals (Still don like some green stuff, the same I don’t like some blue and orange stuff). But now I can see how orange generates a lot of problems and more healthy green (and yellow) is needed. Still had some big ego backlashes in this year, with a couple months hard on social media and youtube, porn, politic news, self help mental masturbation and eating pretty shitty. Is the way it is. I accept that. Growth is not linear. Setbacks are ok. Just get back to baseline and get another growth period. Now that Im on another spike of growth I was ver happy... But... Yesterday I was re watching one of the most important videos in the channel: Real Growth VS Fake Growth. (this video is deeeeeep). And asked myself: -Did I really grow this past year? -Did I really grow the last 5, 10 years since I started in personal development? All this shit about understanding spiral dynamics, that there is no free will… is real growth? Or is mental masturbation? Things can become tricky. Even Leo reaching the highest of highest enlightenment. Is that real growth? Is he more loving day to day? Is he more fulfill day to day? Is he more or less judgmental? Is he more or less arrogant? What really changed? (I ask the same questions for myself, off) Sometimes is tough to draw the line from real growth and fake growth. Some of the deep questions that are more important for me right now: -Am I escaping from something? Am I doing this out of fear? -What is real growth for me? -Am I doing the emotionally challenge thing? Or the cushy thing? -Am I doing this to hide from something? -Is my day to day/week to week improving? These are ones to ponder DEEPLY. - So my point in this one is: -Do you remember that video/s that blew you away a few months/years back? Go REWATCH them (and consult the notes you took). Contemplate and journal. Deep. 1 hour min -For every video, take notes, write your own shit, and write at least an action plan. If you are not going to do that, is probably mental masturbation (even if you do that, it could also be, since only if you take action are this videos really useful). Watching the best video once is not enough. -Is mandatory to spend some time pondering what type of videos to watch. -Is best to watch 10 videos 10 times, taking notes, journaling about those topics and your life, and (throughout a few years), than to watch 100 videos and talk shit on the forum. I read the forum and everyone is talking about Israel, Tate, Trump... that is a HARD DISTRACTION. I get it. Is fun to talk shit sometimes, buts thats gets expanded in time, and then regrets come. Im talking from experience. So if you want to take something out of what I learnt this year is: > Pick 3-5 foundational vids, a couple foundational habits, and go full on that for 3 months (1 season), minimizing distractions. So a good question can be: ''which ones could be the 5 videos am I going to watch, rewatch, take action and contemplate on for the next season?' Some for them from my POV: -Real growth vs fake growth. -High consciousness vs low consciousness -Minimalistic lifestyle. -One Rule for Acing life (emotional labour) -Setting propter expectations -Stop backsliding -Overcoming addictions + Subtle addictions -Spiral dynamics Is easy to get lost. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. This kind of videos are perennial. Making 1000$ a month or a million a year... this shit is still going to determine our baseline level of happiness. Those are some videos that have to be integrated, coming back to those concept again and again. Why muslims pray 5 times a day? Forgetfulness... Distraction. Is so easy nowadays.. These concepts are going to be our life compass. With a damaged compass, all advancement can be in the wrong direction. Even after this rant... Im still confused. Did I really grow? I think I did. Did I make a lot of mistakes? I also think I did. One thing is sure: Ill keep going. With solid foundations, doing the emotional challenging thing, with patience, focusing only on vital and important things... in a few years who knows where we can be What are your thoughts on Real Growth?

I usually go in the Saturday mornings, so all my approach to the weekend is different now. Before I was less conscious, dabbling around and drinking a lot (just filling time really). Now I wake up early (so I don't drink on Friday night), go to meditation, and I feel fresh and in a higher state of consciousness for the weekend. Also it make me go for high quality activities, like hikes, discovering new parts of the city, more cultural activities, walks alone or with audiobooks, read some of Leos books on a park, watching high quality movies with my girlfriend, going to he beach picnic style with my gf, yoga/stretching, contemplation, planning, journaling, connecting with old friends etc.. For the meditation itself, not much help really aside from stretching the length of it, since I usually do 20-30 mins, and in the center we do 40 mins. Also the ritual side of it, just going there makes me feel good. Is something I look forward to do.

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Come one guys... Climate ''catastrophe'' is the new religion for stage green people. What was the base of religion? Fear. Fear is how you control people. What did the priest said? If you don't behave properly, you will go to hell. What are the politicians saying now? If you don't behave properly, the world will become hell itself. Is that actually true? Well... And is not that simple. -How much money of the taxpayers is going to be invested in fighting climate change? -Where is that money coming from? (Is important to know because all that MILLIONS and MILLIONS could be spend in another important things: Health, education, research etc...) -What are the measures that are going to be taken? -What results and what timeframe are we expecting? People just rant, typical green stuff, but they don't know the economical, geopolitical, and social implications. Yes, you can reduce the gas emissions, but at what cost? How is the lower-middle class going to be affected by it? Be responsible and take good actions, but come on. Life your live.

Idiot? What make you think that?

Haha I feel you man. We still can work on a small scale and impact people.

You are just parroting woo woo. We are talking about changing PRACTICAL things in peoples lives. Health, relationships, finances, states of consciousness etc... This shit is HARD. And anyone who actually tried knows it.

lol nice quote, hope it was so simple

Yeah, is sad... I was creating content in my mid twenties in the fitness space. I wanted to change the world. Publish books, go on tv... and make millions of people eat healthy and enjoy food. haha fool of me. I realized in Spiral Dynamis series that change in humankind is SLOOOW. We can help people, definitely, but on a very small scale. Which is fine but frustrating...

Should be simple most of the time. But some fights/arguments/though times will occur. You should be able to handle those and learn how to use it to grow as a couple.

Don't do it

All that work and is not enough to get people awake. Imagine putting all that work and still tons of people throwing shit at you. Even the 'biggest fans' not taking action seriously. How many people who follow Actualized are actually awake? 1? 2? 10? From a pool of 1 MILLION SUSCRIBERS. I remember watching Brian Rose Ayahuasca documentary. He was frustrated because he wanted to change the world and only a couple hundred people attended his big conference. And even those people, in a few weeks 99% of them are going to forget about the conference and change nothing in their lives. As a content creator you can help a few people here and there, but BIG changes... almost imposible. Is never enough.

Who is more pleasure driven than Tate? Fast cars, cigars, vodka, 100s girls, sex, likes, fame, approval from strangers... - You guys are linking masculine with good. Tate is masculine, cool. Look at Gandhi, you would say he has more feminine energy. lol Who cares? Is about who has higher levels of development / better role model. Have you ever seem a more grounded guy than Gandhi? A guy that rejected most of pleasures and fought for a higher cause, even going to jail several times or fasting for WEEKS.

Well haha speaking of Mona Lisa. I saw it 2 times. You know what? Is the MOST overrated piece of art in the history of human kind. Almost every other painting in the Louvre is more beautiful. There are 1000 people lining up for Mona Lisa, meanwhile in the next room you have a huge brilliant painting that will bring your eyes to tears, and people just pass by looking at their phone. Thats a perfect metaphor for Tates example. The problem is that nobody question 'why?' Why should I do this? Why should I follow this person? People just go blind for what ticks their lower emotions/desires (cheap food, cheap music...) or for what has social status and approval (like Mona Lisa). If you truly think he can help you, ok, go for it (I used to like his old videos, when he had less that 10k views on youtube), but enough was enough. The problem from my POV is just people going at it blindly, without any judgment, just because is the big thing now.

I get it, and I half-agree. But you think most people, specially teenagers are able to separate the 'good' from the 'bad'? You think you can improve (charisma, game, money), and then move into 'higher' enveavours, not getting attached to your 'successes'? Getting more girls or more money could be viewed as improvement. Right. But getting them through manipulation, is that real improvement? Thats the question. Is there not a better way to get girls/money/motivation/fighting skills? Can people get that from a healthier perspective?

Taylor Swift & Bad Bunny get the most views in Spotify/Youtube. McDonalds & Coca Cola lead the food industry. 50 Shades of Grey is one of the best selling books of all time. Everything that goes mainstream has a flavour of mediocrity to it. That is why it resonates with most. Most people live in a low level of consciousness. They don't want to think. Just to feel good. Tate satisfy that. He is operating in the levels of desire and pride (and fear in his marketing). He makes you feel good and gives you a sense of purpose. But you are not going to replicate his ''success''. And even you achieve 10% of it, you still won't be happy. Is like drinking salt water when you are thirsty. It can make you feel great in the moment, but is going to lead you astray.

This Perrion guy is great. Young guys should read his stuff/interviews before going into the 'game tactics', otherwise they'll become robotic, mechanical, and probably resentful of women when they get rejected or get their heart broken.

Holy shit! One of the best rants I've have ever read You should have posted it on the comment section on youtube. Everyone was commenting how cool the guy was lol - 15) "Who or what breathes fire into the equation?" YOU! GOD! You're dreaming your stupid fucking equations! There are no equations outside your mind! There is nothing outside your mind — you scientist rat! LOL

Reminds me of Jokic. Wins and doesn't give a fuck nor he follows the American narrative of hustle culture. Just chill with your family and dog.

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I was thinking at what is happening in Europe. Birth rates are declining, and immigration is rising. Local people are not having kids or 1-2 max, and immigrants are having +2 kids. For example. Spain is losing 140 local people per day, and gaining 1661 foreigns DAILY. France and Germany are probably in similar numbers. Maybe Im biased, but a lot of people are starting to take this seriously. More political figures in power are muslims now. Governments are greeting ramadan, but not christmas. When some non-white person commits a crime and get cover in the news, they almost never mention the ethnicity and is almost never condemn by the politicians on a big scale. I feel is a case when 'the left goes to far', like Leo mentions in the video. People in the right agree with this, but is interesting what you feel about this, since I feel most people here tend to the left 50 years from now... where is this leading? Is it posible that in 50-100 years the main religion in Europe is Islam? Is it posible that feminism swung the pendulum too much and in the near future is going to backfire? Or maybe Islam is going to evolve and develop? As Im writing this guess it may seem hateful or biased. It can be. But even people from the left when they go to cities like Barcelona, Marseille, Lyon, Paris realize that some things are clearly changing. Curious to know your perspective on this, although I get if you live in the US is not easy to judge the situation.

Im reading a lot of bad stuff about the WEF. Im suspicious. Seems a bit demonic to me. But maybe is a more holistic way of dealing with the problems of the world on a bigger scale, in stead of doing it each country on its own (which is still important). What are your thoughts on this?

Love that scene. And ofc the 1st one. The second film is ok. Loved this scene: