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@adztam There are levels to this game.

@Pedro M Sorry to hear that. most Leo's videos on that topic are intellectual, and they're good for perspective taking and understanding. understanding alone can help with meaning. but i don't know exactly which videos you need. also, understanding is for the long term. for establishing new meaning and purpose systems. but for the short term, I surely know you might benefit from practices that regulate your state and nervous system. I know it sounds direct and simple and feels strange to do this while battling depression. but trust me, we are machines after all, working on and regulating your nervous system makes a huge difference no matter what one is going through. the hardest thing is taking action on those things. first, just getting enough sunlight and exercise helps a lot. but there are types of ways to regulate: Physical Regulation (exercise, running, walking, yoga, breathwork...) Emotional Processing (journaling, talking to someone, feeling suppressed emotions) Nervous System Soothing (going to nature, hot bath, calm music, anything that signals to your body that you are safe) Social Regulation (talking and hanging out with people that are close to you, and most importantly getting help) also try to spot your maladaptive coping mechanisms, they can make things worse. just spotting and stopping those makes a lot of difference. Hope everything gets better

Nearly all Arabic ex-Muslims still have the same structure as religious people. the furthest they went in their truth seeking is agnosticism. you can see that clearly see that in the content of big names and communities discussing this stuff, they're stuck at debates and criticism, and the never-ending belief vs disbelief and materialistic content. and rarely have I ever heard of spirituality or enlightenment get mentioned. all they do is go from religious ideology to anti-religious ideology. I think why that is, is because of language. you technically can't speak about spirituality and enlightenment using Arabic, and the ones that become open to that are usually the ones that learn other languages like English. One funny thing is that both Arabic Muslims and ex-Muslims shit on and reject Sufism, the spiritual branch of Islam, which hammers the point home.

@Eskilon yes true, but certain languages limit you and what you can think about. it is not just vocabulary, it's more than that i don't know how to articulate it. for example, i speak a native Moroccan language, and with it, I can't even speak about basic intellectual stuff without using words, structure and flow of another language like French or Arabic. I don't really know how to explain that.

@Ziran but without language, how can you learn from another?

@Ramanujan sure, but there is nuance. if one speaks English, has Wi-Fi. location don't matter.

@Lyubov sorry for the late reply. your insights are spot on, specifically i like this framing ↓ I think trying to convert passion into money in the wrong timing robs it of its own joy and authenticity. for example, one broad field of humans are passionate about is creativity and creation and as a creative, 1.you first create to make money (functional creativity), 2.then create to be respected, or for status (esthetic creativity), 3.then you create to be free and fulfilled (creativity as expression), 4.then you create to impact the world, where you stop thinking so much about yourself and impacting others and the world becomes the most fulfilling. jumping to the last 2 was a mistake I'm making, I need to first master survival and set the last 2 as direction only. otherwise, I would be ignoring reality.

I always have this analogy that I keep in mind, which is this: we are like a binary calculator trying to explain and do calculus or take a photo. we are simply limited and so what we can grasp. probably though, I'm not sure lol

Reading this article reminded me of when i was a good Muslim as a kid LOL btw, in this article, the content that's written in English is not the same as the one written with Arabic. in English, it is written in a neutral, external spirituality-aware tone. it uses no verses from the Quran and it talks about the meaning of "tawhid" in a very broad sense. but in the one that is written with Arabic, it is like an orthodox Muslim wrote it, it uses religious language, it uses demonstrations from a lot of Quran verses, and it doesn't mention Sufism like the one written in English. it is like it is biased. it also talks about tawhid in the intellectual belief-based level. "To unit" means to believe there is one God which is Allah and to say "ash-shahada", which is “Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh wa ashhadu anna Muhammad rasūlu Allāh” that's as far as they go. kinda weird

From what I know, the words "enlightenment" "ego death or ego dissolution" "mindfulness" or even "meditation" don't exist in Sufism, nor Arabic. the word for meditation in Arabic is "ta'ammol" which means reflection, which doesn't explain meditation at all. the vocabulary that exists is exclusive to Sufism, like a practice. for example, Sufism in Arabic is "Sufia", and the act of practicing spirituality is called "tasawuf" which is extracted from name Sufism, as an adjective. the Arabic vocabulary that exists in which you can talk about spirituality with is borrowed from other fields like psychology, or just from regular language in order to translate technical words, so if you hear someone talk about spirituality in Arabic, you'll be confused at first because what they mean by using those words isn't what the words mean.

@pursuitofspirit congrats bro

For me, this clip still holds the title of funniest clip on the internet.

First time to see Leo say this, and got me curious of how much of reality is understood

Yes i totally agree, i wasn't asking about myself, i was just wondering if that is something possible. because that's the only way i can explain early and unconscious success, the ones that succeeded in a very unconvetional way. I'm asking this because i noticed this about myself when i was young up until I'm 16, i was multitalented in arts and sports and school. and i did it all without any self reflection or intention, if you asked me back then "what are you doing and why?" it won't even register in my brain. my environment didn't descipline me, i was never desciplined up until after 16. and when i look at so many creatives that made it early, i could almost see the same pattern. and my best guess and explanation is what i said up there.

@Hojo Dead internet is here

@Yimpa it's me. wanna buy bro? i got the best deals, inspired and signed by God himself. (jk)

Drop your best one-liners that explain the benefits of Meditation and *make it click* why it's a must for anyone really but specifically for self-actualizers (non-spiritual stuff) I always struggle with meditating consistently as i take it for granted and forget why it matters, so I'm creating a list as reminders that i can read frequently. For me, these are the core ones i think of a lot: it trains the awareness muscle it trains the skill of detecting self-deception it trains the skill of "going meta" which is key for emotional regulation, resilience, perspective taking, detecting impulse, mind mastery, and a million other thing it allows and strengthens creative insight and clarity

@Cred I kinda get it but I don't want to assume, could you lower the level of abstraction? like you are talking to a kid (because i kinda am lol)

@PolyPeter yep

@Cred what do you mean by "space" in this context?

this should be number 0 on the list.

@gettoefl nice framing

@NewKidOnTheBlock True and very important. before, I tend to fill every still moment with some sort of stimulation, thinking doing nothing is painful. but now I'm learning and trying to be better at enjoy stillness. or "raw-dogging boredom" as genz call it

How deep can you explain? Cred: Yes. seriously though, this is what I was looking for but didn't know i was. amazing insight, I will be thinking about this for a while