Pernani

I'm still not sure if there's something deeper to life purpose beyond it being based on identity

Don't get me wrong, my goals aren't really external, they're mainly internal and about making permanent shifts in my whole being. I even think I'm not focusing as much as I should on the external, but I get what you mean, I appreciate quality advice with heart behind it. Thanks a lot man <3

Thanks for the very elaborate reply. You said that the act (the process) of working towards your goals and what is meaningful to you is what is fulfilling, not the result. Can you verify this in your experience? How fulfilled are you feeling in the process of doing that? Because honestly even though I'm working towards things that are important to me I am not feeling this fulfillment that you speak of, not when i'm not seeing results

Highest values as in the values that are most authentic to you, aka the most meaningful, aka the ones you identify the most with, right? If these values are related to identity then they are subject to constant change, even if we call them authentic, they're only authentic for a short period of time (which means they're not really all that authentic to begin with). So what do u mean by "standing the test of time" ?

This is a naturally formed crystal..

Beautiful thread, I wanna bring this back to life by sharing this jaw dropping piece of art, first time I watched this I had tears in my eyes by how beautiful and masterful everything is

This is a damn beautiful post if I've ever seen one, really touched me deeply, thank you <3

Glad you liked it ??

Damn bro

Lucky mofo haha

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heyyyy you doing the PALO thing, that's awesome!

idk about you but I prefer light bulbs

In my opinion I think you should drop your shoulds (pun non intended), I mean you don't NEED to awaken nor a life purpose nor to let go of attachments, life is up for grabs so maybe start by asking "what do I want?". And if awakening is what you want and you can see that letting go of alll your desires will lead there then do that, even though you wouldn't even think of doing that if you didn't desire awakening in the first place. So what I'm trying to say is that living life without "wants" is not really practical, I would assume mr Hawkins needed to have a desire for awakening in order for him to get there (even if that ended up with him dropping all desires eventually, the desire for awakening included) I hope I'm making sense, this is kind of hard to word lol. But then again I'm no expert and I'm still trying to figure out my purpose and direction in life myself

Actualized in a nutshell

I like that too... Although I am still attached to only caring about "meaningful" things therefore I find it hard to see the meaning in everything around me

There is always that one guy hahaha

I know im always stirring up old threads lol But if you don't mind me asking what's that ? And how long did it take you to "clean the programming" and find it ?

Been consistent with yoga and some shamanic breathing, now these past few days I've been going through a wave of depression and emptiness.. They say that these practices can help bring up emotional baggage to the surface so you can deal with them (or integrate them somehow?), and I think that's what's happening to me, although idk what it means to "deal" with these emotions or how to do it, I'm mostly just going with the flow binging on some low consciousness activities that bring me some comfort.

I feel something very limiting about this distinction of subconscious vs conscious, in actuality there's no subconscious, and everything you deal with and all your power takes place in your conscious experience. I can't really put it into words or explain it but I just have an intuitive aversion to the idea of the subconscious and giving it too much power

Okay but I'm still confused about the whole concept of negative emotions arising from deep within, how does it look like in actuality and what's the correct way of dealing with them so that they won't reoccur again? I mean that's the whole point of emotional purification, to get rid of this baggage laying deep within, right?

It may very well be ego backlash, but how do you make the distinction ? To me whether I'm being pulled by homeostasis or having emotional shit arising out of nowhere, it just feels like another day where I'm feeling low Thanks, vision still under construction tho lol

Does it tackle the problem of meaninglessness in life and being lost ?

Hey @Leo Gura I was thinking abt this question for a while and I wanted to ask you personally. Do you think you would've had this much growth if your work hasnt been centered around personal dev and spirituality, as opposed to working in a different field that ure also passionate abt, or to not doing any work at all and just live in a buddhist monastery or some ashram? Also what would you do if you started feeling that your work is hindering your growth?

I agree with what you said although that's not what I'm asking. I'm trying to see how much Actualized contributed to his growth. And which of the two does he value more: growth or work ?