UnbornTao

Oh shit, September 6th? Looks like it. See Community in the interviewer’s channel. I thought it was today. Sad face

In 2016-17 he said: Toyota Matrix.

8 hours, Jesus Christ. Leo may as well release it as a paid course lol

Not consciousness but awareness or cognition.

You seem to be referring to information overload, not knowledge. Notice you “know” many things that are often overlooked; they operate in the background. When you look at an apple, your mind instantly interprets it as “Apple” and “red” and “delicious”, etc. This “knowledge” does not cause any sort of mental/physical problem. Monkey mind does. Also, it sounds like your problem is more emotional — stress-related. Exercise and meditation should help. What you are referring to as knowledge (internal dialogue, beliefs, learning) has power, since that domain determines your thoughts and behaviors. If you “know” (hold a belief that) you’re capable, that will influence your perception, thoughts, relationship and thus behavior relative to yourself, life and others. So in that domain, knowledge can be powerful both for the positive (inspiring, empowering) and for the negative (dangerous, misunderstood). Another form of knowledge is consciousness. Which is what should be pursued. It is always positive and in the direction of what’s true. This is what’s lacking. The only danger is lacking consciousness.

Figure out your interests. Whatever those are, study them, contemplate them. You’ll stumble upon something or find what you want to devote your life to (if that’s your concern). First, realize that intellectually trying to decide what’s best is doomed to fail. You can be constantly comparing and second-guessing yourself. Do stuff. Experiment. Test. Practice. Once you find a field or activity or subject you like, throw yourself into it -- that is, master it. To get you out of your mind, consider that basically a job’s purpose (for the individual) is for her/him to make a living. We’re both the same age, I keep falling into the same trap.

@Brandon Nankivell @Cepzeu @FlyingLotus Thanks! Which version is the one on Goodreads?

Hype and marketing, I guess.

Being ignorant of one's own foolishness - applies to pretty much everyone. So probably you're not. First you've got to know yourself. I know I know, boring stuff. But do you? Wisdom is developing the ability to think in paradoxes. I heard that definition somewhere.

Google "sites similar to x".

Humans, whether enlightened or not, are not immune to sickness. Healing and enlightenment are different things. The Buddha died of food poising, and in his ascetic years you can bet his health wasn’t vigorous at all. Ramana died of some form of cancer. So that logic is false. You’re conflating relative with one’s consciousness of the absolute. Besides, according to legend, Bodhidharma cut off his eye lids. That probably contributed to sickness, not health.

I don’t see any new books. It hasn’t been updated since 2019. Leo said on this forum he was planning to update it but hasn’t yet due to health reasons. New books, he said, will be of a more political nature, related to how to construct a more conscious society. Something along those lines if I remember correctly.

Drop the ideal thing, it’ll screw you up. Try all and stick to the ones you prefer.

Train your mind so that you can stop your internal dialogue. Stop the nonsense. Stop intellectualizing. If that’s what you really want. Otherwise, Do you enjoy the activity? You probably do but don’t notice, that’d be why you don’t want to let it go. Contemplate (not just think about): Why do I do it? It seems to me you’re trying to intellectualize your way out of intellect, which can’t make it happen.

Dude, we’re the same person. Do you exercise intensively everyday? Usually I find that the mind takes over my life when I haven’t exercised for a while. Focus on body awareness, discipline your actions so that you can get into something, any activity — some project, hobby, career, study. Video games are also beneficial in that regard. Try throwing yourself into a story-driven game. Play The Last of Us 2.

Setting aside the cult stuff and other controversies, it might be worth it to take a look at his teachings.

@Preety_India Would have loved to sit down with Buddha or Jesus, though. @kieranperez

I’d say that geniuses and masters have more difficult childhoods than the average, not the other way around. For example, Da Vinci.

@Preety_India Better to start your own cult. Kidding.

Haha, yeah. But also consider that appearance is inconsequential to depth of consciousness. There have probably been creepy zen masters throughout history.

Fair enough. However, distinguishing charlatans from authentic teachers is a skill that can be improved. Is the teacher spouting beautiful-sounding words, just entertaining his students? Or is he actually coming from authentic experience and communicates for people to grasp things for themselves? Big difference. Feel it. People get caught up in the social aspect of the teacher. Charisma, smartness, big following, whether it entertains or validates your worldview, etc. are insignificant in making the above distinction. Ramana is better (authentically and deeply enlightened) than most, IMO. So I study him instead.

@RedLine Thanks for bringing that up. Do you know where I can find that reference? Was it in a book or a video?

Yep, seems like it.

Which ones? INTP here.

Juicy anthology. Excellent for when you want inspiration and beauty. Poems from Kabir, Hafiz, Santa Teresa, Meister Eckhart, among many others.