ExploringReality

@Leo Gura where you at? Sort this mess out

Be careful not to fall into asserting that Truth will reveal itself to you at death, because death is the end of you. Your spiritual path should only be a pursuit of the Truth and nothing else, your survival is used as a means to an end to make sure you are safe to contemplate existence and have breakthroughs in consciousness

Context are the masks of perspectives, a play of unique experiences of experience

Context is fractal, meaning that any possible interpretation, framework, meaning and context is not just one thing, but an entire field of pure potentiality and being. Context isn't something to be defined but is what allows things to be defined. It's the outline of everything

Hey Leo, a few months ago I was mixing Kriya yoga with deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises and at work in the night I would have to sit in a room that was pitch Black because my eyes could not take the light anymore but I wasn't sleepy. My eyes were very heavy but I was filled with so much energy but I just needed to sit in darkness and breathe from the diaphragm, while doing all three body locks with deep inhalations and exhalations while focusing on the third eye. My stomach started feeling very nauseous every night and I needed to sit in darkness in order to recharge. Have you had these effects? It did frighten me a little bit because I didn't know what was happening or if I was having Kundalini Awakening symptoms. There was this part of me that was absolutely certain that what I was experiencing was no accident, and that this energy was moving through my body at an intense rate that it disrupted my daily tasks at work. It was very uncomfortable and it felt like I was giving birth to a baby, my mind was birthing insights into the nature of reality

Perfect!!!! No more bullshit, I'm sticking to these practices. Leo you remind me of the Oracle from the matrix reloaded

Way to stay on track. Context and mind are held by context, but what is context?

@samijiben Not completely, I completely own my own dark side, I embody spiral dynamics stage red pretty well, a lot of that energy is channeled through my intense presence, fighting and being direct with people. I still have a lot of inner psychological work to do. I have discovered that all emotions including anger is not something that happens because of the outside world or other people even though it sure seems that way, anger is something that I am doing as a defense mechanism against perceived pain and hurt. It's something that is done for my ego's survival, it's an emotional manipulation tactic to get what I want or to avoid what I don't want

As a young boy, I had anger issues, always appreciated beauty and excellence in the world. During highschool, I started reading the book by Michael Talbot "The holographic universe", that led to "the structure of scientific revolutions by Thomas Kuhn which eventually led to non duality teachings and then finally at the end of my highschool years I got hold of LSD and Psilocybin which pretty much lead me where I am today.

Definitely sounds like a night to remember 😉.

We can go for a hike, grab some breakfast and look at the forum from the moon 🌙 😁

@Natasha Tori Maru @Princess Arabia I definitely love hearing from y'all, and would love to meet you gals. I understand that the female perspectives has value as well. I appreciate you. I can come off as hard

True dat, but I wasn't going to give him dry male advice for dating. I did suggest a powerful practical and deep book, resources and inviting to introspect on his own experiences. Do you think he only wants male perspectives?

@czar24 There is a really profound book titled "psychocybernetics" by Maxwell waltz. I suggest reading it, it's very short and small. It's the author's journey from being a plastic surgeon turned psychiatrist and psychologist because he noticed this strange phenomenon on the people he did surgery on for their looks, aesthetics and attractiveness, that when he would perform a nose surgery or whatever the client would usually tell him that they noticed no difference and that they couldn't accept the fact that they looked different from the surgery because they have a self image of themselves. The key in this book is understanding what the self image is and this plays a very important part in sexuality and dating. No matter what surface level change you may make on your personality, if you don't get to the root of your subconscious self image then confidence and being yourself being attractive is going to be hid behind fear of judgment, anxiety and overthinking because shyness, anxiety around women and people, or being nervous or doubting ourselves and being not free in our bodies in directly tied into our core self image of ourselves. We have a poor self image, but changing that at a deep emotional, visual and psychological level will yield amazing results in being spontaneous and attractive to women because you will be free if yourself limitations and fears.

I never said that it wasn't. I didn't say intelligence doesn't require recontextualization. What does your last sentence reference too? It was quite random and just curious as to what sense your making.

@czar24 what is the core problem you are trying to solve overall?

Spot on. You gave me a flashback when I was 15 years old I was talking with a friend about his recent research into quantum physics about how reality is constructed by the senses and he was explaining to me what reality is from a materialistic / quantum physics point of view and there was some deep conversations about Consciousness and what's really opened my mind as to studying and discovering for myself what Consciousness is and being really fascinated about understanding reality and understanding my consciousness. I say this because eventually during high School I stumbled upon the holographic universe book by Michael Talbot and then that led to the book the structures of scientific revolution, I forgot who wrote that one. That did lead to my interest in channeling, but I always stayed skeptical and kept an open mind at the same time. There was value in there but I eventually moved on to psychedelics and then that's when I stumbled upon Leo's work was during a psychedelic trip because during the come up while my eyes were dilated and my Consciousness was going up, I quickly went on YouTube and searched for people who could explain the phenomenology behind these experiences and found Leo's episode on his experiences on magic mushrooms. That's when I knew this was the real deal, because all my path taking psychedelics and having these crazy mystical experiences and God realizations, I'm grateful to find Leo because he really adds and gives structure it keeps me grounded because of the life purpose course and also he has a lot of very very practical and invaluable material for free and he talked very well about the dangers and traps that come with this work which is very useful because it's easy to get sidetracked and lost. Sorry for the ramble

@Princess Arabia To each their own. Men definitely are hooked by looks, but when we obsess over our own looks and worrying about being attractive it can throw women off. Doesn't mean you don't take care of yourself, look good, workout, but your not doing it for external rewards, sex, compliment. Your doing it, whatever it is because you want to express yourself, and you love yourself so much that you don't seek that in others, but you radiate that to others instead without needing anything to fulfill you, and that counter logically attracts people around you. Hope we didn't jump in a deep end when we're all walking along this thread ahah

@Princess Arabia I walk around at 145 lbs. I'm lean but not overly buff, I'm shredded. But seeing the guys at the local gyms, it's literally a circus of people playing out their inner worlds. It's absurd how they walk, talk and workout. It's all for outer validation, well it seems that way. Or people play extra hard at the personality game just for sex and relations that it's not authentic.

Anywhere there is boxing gym, MMA gym or skateboarding friendly, I'm there quick

I love beautiful women. We'll all women are beautiful actually even the ones we judge, but I am attracted to personality, how someone speaks, the depths of their communication. I would never search and Chase validation. That's like chasing a high on a drug. That's the problem with these gym bros, steroid heads, that it's all for validation and a sense of security. It's really hollow trying to get a girl through looks when coming from a place of lack.

@Leo Gura how do you feel about Yoni mudra? Also do you combine Kriya pranayama, Maha mudra, and Yoni mudra into one practice? Also what are your thoughts on Kriya supreme fire? Is that one a banger? I did the first combination above last night, I'm gonna keep doing it especially while training for my fights. You gotta check out Rickson Gracie diaphragmatic breathing, combine his breathing with Kriya yoga and oh man! and also while reading I see that the purpose of Kriya is to attain the parvastha state, the after effects of these practices. The point is not to just do kriyas but to use it as a means to an end and most people get hung up on doing the techniques that they don't even know why they are doing it.

Yes, it does help with our survival. But what is context metaphysically? Not how it serves us or deceives us. What is the true nature of context?

Stay humble. There is so much ignorance that remains. Ask yourself, what are you after? It's not about chasing some Awakening or enlightenment. Have you read any of the books on Leos Booklist on Consciousness and spirituality? There is a lot of work to be done so don't get it twisted or think you understand when you only had a taste. You had a taste of no self, now work to integrate it, reflect, keep doing the practices, build a solid theoretical foundation, study and keep questioning your own assumptions, interpretations, beliefs and watch out for your mind deceiving you. You got this. No self is a classic enlightenment experience, but it's the starting zone of non-duality. You can master it, but remember there are not just one high mountain top, there are many. And don't neglect the valley's.

Good stuff