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That did me a chuckle.

Leo is not giving you absolute freedom from your ego. He does not have that ability and is deluded himself, as we all our. Truth be told, he is a distraction to your "true" essence inside and his teachings are nothing more than moving a set of goal posts on the playing field of life. As long as you are on the field you are always playing the game. The mind literally can deceive itself in infinite number of ways so no matter how hard you try to "escape" or understand the very delusion you are in. It will and can manifest any projection that will reflect your current and potential awareness in a way what reality "becomes" is always what is a possibility to your own mind. Because of this infinite nature, what he teaches is no more profound and/or liberating than yawning while taking a poo. An answer may to be this "Don't speak like this because it can confuse those who are new to the journey" but that sentence itself is just part of the delusion of ego to actually believe there ever was a journey to be had in the first place. To truly realize and embrace this, would make everything Leo has and will do in his life null and void. But, since there is no foreseeable "escape" it's important to go along with the narrative even if every aspect of that is nothing more than a relative self deception. There is still the perception of feeling more comfortable within this dream as well. Even if that doesn't matter, due to the power of the illusion it's difficult to truly live in the mindset it doesn't matter. So, buying into the story is the only thing we can do.

There is a radial sense of contentment in the now. It is, what it is. What is it? Is'ness. Though starting the process is much like a fantasy. As if your reality is now heaven. It can be almost overwhelming at times. Eventually, most people will have a dark night of the soul. Which is pretty much the polarity to the heaven fantasy. Rubber banding will happen between these two ideas with each movement being significantly less than the last. In the end though one realizes the delusions of the rubber banding. They don't just let the more hell'ish aspects go, but also the heavenly. Realizing all is equal, all is perfect: Always. Thus, permanent contentment is established. Life is pretty normal for the most part. But, you are no longer breathing life. Life is breathing into you. But, this is reduced to there is no you to be breathed in. There is no breath to even be breathed. It just is.

"Nothing lasts Forever. No thing lasts forever."

I never said you did. But, you did say "My personal explanation is that maybe a male incarnation is more conducive to reach higher states of consciousness. Or maybe being male drives one to actively seeking these higher states more than being female." To the question of: "Is it "easier" to reach non-dual states as a male?" I'm not implying that. My only aim was to show there are many biases in our perception. Just because we perceive something, like more male spiritual teachers, does not mean a male incarnation is more conductive to reach higher states than female. I don't believe you are being sexist or hateful. I just think you are asking a question and I'm just trying to answer the best I can lol. I would give the counter point that: Wouldn't it be females that have reached more non-dual states because their ego doesn't feel the need to teach/preach what they have learned? It can be spun either way, but our own personal biases will attempt to see it a certain way. When it comes to things like this though, there really is no way or should I say due to the circumstances of what we are trying to find out: "Is it easier to reach non-dual states as a male?" the answer would be difficult to find real definitive answers of who has truly reached such states in the first place. Since the idea of sex/gender is null in those states I don't believe one side or the other would have an easier time accessing it.

No, we only see what we choose to see. There are no real differences once it's accepted this way and unseen. It is a disservice to ourselves to create these boxes we put men and women into. Reality will always reflect your own belief system. Some people will see men as those that can reach non-dual states easier, because this is what they belief and they will look for aspects of reality to confirm this biases. Just as the same would apply for those that belief this of women but also those that belief they are equal. If reality is then a reflection of yourself, why not see it as equal if that is what will now manifest. We need to stop making excuses, either physical, mental, or biological, as to why something can, can't, or struggles to happen. These are once again a projection of yourself. People see reality in certain ways because it is most "comfortable" for their ego to see it this way. If you believe men are more non-dual then I implore you to talk to more women. If you believe more women are non-dual then I implore you to talk to more men. More important why you can not see the other side as equal is because the part you are viewing is not fully illuminated inside yourself. Because of this it creates a shadow. Looking at someone's occupation in life such as a spiritual leader/teacher/guru is not, nor should it ever be seen this way, a reflection of their own inner workings as to how non-dual they actually are. Specially using this as an example to make claims about a certain group of people.

I would say perspective is a better word than body. States like astral projection, remote viewing, some forms of dreams, states inside your imagination, and some high states of consciousness all can be experienced without a body. We can even experience multiple perspectives at once, specially during certain states of ego death. But, at the same time it's always our own personal " I " that is doing all of this.

This channel is truly a blessing. <3

My point is there is nothing to be fixed. It's already perfect. The irony is that more you believe there is something that needs to be changed, the more reality will manifest/reflect concepts that need to be changed. For every superhero a villain appears. The more powerful they become the more villains appear. The superhero can never reach a point of power where they can destroy all the villains. I agree with this part, though the above issues I stated will still be an issue. But, what you said here is more practical. Maybe I made the mistake of taking what you originally said in an Absolute way rather than in a more grounded relative sense. If that is the case, then my bad.

If you truly embodied infinite love you would also be infinitely selfless. Everything in reality would be accepted for how it is, therefore you would change nothing in reality because you would become aware how perfect it already is.

Getting over the looming fear of becoming literally immortal. Becoming so lucid that I can literally do anything I wish within reality with just thought alone even if that defies what is physically possible. I fear this because if it happened I would assume life would lose much of it's meaning and mystery. Thankfully, due to my fear of it then it should prevent me from ever becoming that lucid.

You are free to feel however you wish, I understand where you are coming from. I don't believe he just made it up or anything but rather had an awakening experience that showed him which they can be pretty convincing when had lol. I've had the same idea brought up in my own awakening experience and believed it for a few years, but like I said I try to let go of those because it's just a lie I'm telling myself to perpetuate the illusion of "self" as a contruxt within reality. Which I'm not, there is no one to be constructed. Indeed lol.

I wouldn't say it's stupid...It's a good contextualization for those that wish to latch onto a belief system such as that. But, that's just my opinion lol. I do agree we need to be careful on what we say when it comes to these things. It's a tricky situation because I can understand people's desire to teach/share. When I first awakened I really wanted to teach others, but came to the conclusion there was the potential to harm others and it wasn't worth it. But, I have nothing against those who do teach and people such as Leo have a great way of contextualizing themselves though it's still not without it's potential danger. I don't hold Leo responsible for people who take his teaching the wrong way.

Infinity does not imply we will live out the same life eternally. You are already living an infinite life now, why would you have to live it out again? Specially when outside of your life time does not exist. No one holds the answer to if reincarnation exists or not. Though, I once believed very strongly what he said. I no longer do. I realized it was a very strong self delusion as the majority of my awakening experiences were. To be more specific, the way the ego interfaces with reality is that it will always show you what you believe in. It will always give you confirmation bias. Everything that happens to you, would not happen if you didn't think it was possible. Anything is possible, so that means your reality is just whatever delusions of beliefs you have manifesting into reality and we call this existence. This also makes everything extremally relative even if we are One. Do not believe what others tell you, even what I'm saying now. But, don't reject everything as well lol. Matthew put it well so I won't repeat too much of what he said.

Nothing in consciousness is more or less conscious than the rest of the whole. In your dreams are some people in your dream more dreaming than the others in your dream? The measure of more/less conscious is a direct reflection of your own perception of the nature of consciousness itself. As for talking about ego's both women and men are equally egoic. If you perceive men to be the worst of these two I implore you to talk to more women, specially having close relationships with them where they will feel comfortable sharing the more deep parts of their psyche. If I really was to put some reasons as to why some are perceived as more conscious though, I would say it has very little to do with sex and much more to do with upbringing and genetics. But, in the grander sense both of these mean nothing.

Yes you could. But, in order to do so you would need to experience a series of events that would give you a solid foundation to believe it's possible within reality.

I rarely ever use a VPN to browse the clear net. But, around two months ago something happened where I could not log into my account onto the forum. The only work around was using a VPN. The problem lasted around a week total, but I stopped use once the issue resolved itself.

I personally believe it's largely relative and it's mainly a psychological game we play with ourselves. If you are someone that would feel more confident because you are abstaining from doing something you normally do, that having a sense of control over your own actions makes you feel better then I'd say that a positive result. But, this would also mean guilt/shame would come into play if you failed yourself. But, if you are a person where confidence doesn't come from controlling yourself it's very possible the action of it all could just cause your devilry to manifest in other areas to compensate that which you wish to do. If you have no issue with fapping in the first place then nothing will be gained or lost by stopping. I'm sure there are some other effects to seamen retention itself, but I personally believe it's a mind over matter game here and also highly relative to who's doing it.

@Tyler Durden ?♥️ I'm still learning as well, but it helps to talk about it to work out some of the crinks of understanding.

@Tyler Durden To go further you dream every night but how often do you dream the same dream but from the perspective of a different person? Even when we do dream the same dream(reoccurring dream) it's still not the exact same dream as before. So the dream itself is a self contained unit that can't be revisited because it's not set within time or space to revisit. Though, the ideas of the dream and reality will manifest itself throughout the now "evolving" reality in infinite different forms using what is to become what is.

@Tyler Durden It's hard to actually say, but I will say that time most likely will not repeat itself but from a different perspective. I use to believe this for a long time. But, the whole picture is right now and to view another's POV in another time would imply this picture is not whole until all POVs are whole. Time does not exist nor does space, so there is no other (space) to occupy your current awareness. The idea that God or the universe is some sort of realm in which we can access different parts of its consciousness is an illusion. This, right now, is consciousness in it's totality. There is no where to move to, there is nothing to expand/contract to. So the idea of expanding into an infinite fractal that is aware that it's experiencing all things, is just a thought or illusion of the mind. But, if you do "expand" your awareness. God/Reality or whatever you wish to call it is imagining the experience of expanding itself. Nothing else exists outside of this experience, though all possibilities exist within this moment. Again, we do not need to see through someone else's eyes to experience someone else. If we are aware of them, then they are being experienced. It's hard to actually say what happens after physical death since that is one of the grandest illusions of them all. You will always be you, so you experiencing someone else isn't you being a "them" but rather you are still you.

What is witnessed is "real" what is told is "imaginary" though in a grand sense it all is imaginary. When someone tells you a story of their life what you are imagining is a person is telling you a story about their past. You can compare it to a movie, a dream, or/and a video game. Let's say you meet a NPC in a game and they tell you a story about how they were a child in a cutscene. The story they tell you isn't real because it was never programed into the game to play out that moment. So the only thing that is happening is "you" are listening to a story. Not for the sake of them to tell it, not for the sake of you to listen to it, but rather for the sake of "isness". For it "is" what is happening, but it's happening to no one. This means there is no you or them as players. So you will never be them in the sense you will one day "play" them for their POV. But rather you as them is already happening in the totality of the whole "bubble" of awareness or reality that is currently playing out. Reality/God/You decided to play out a scene where you perceive other people. But, this is awareness in a whole or else you would not be able to "see" them at all. Again, awareness is the whole so there is no reason why at one period of time awareness would manifest through their specific eyes since awareness just isn't the eyes but the whole scene. Even though all things are imaginary the closest thing to real is what's being presented in this current scene, we call it the "now". There is nothing more/less than the now or this current moment. There is no unveiling of God/Infinite for all things are already God/Infinite. Due to the paradox that the "now" is both Nothingness and Infinity it has the ability to take any form. That form can be perceived as finite or that form can be perceived as Infinite, but regardless of perception it's always the latter. Regardless of the illusionary nature of reality we should still treat it as if other's past is real. It's for our own sake to be an actor within this narrative, though we should be aware also that it's just a story we are telling ourselves. But, in the grand scheme of things there is no other, there is no you, you will never be other, and others will never be you. Not in the "future" tense rather because they/you are you/they right now.

Yes of course, but you can't rely on the internet and others to give two shits about someone's self esteem. But, personally, I wish to see other people's self esteem not effected by the words of others. This is my goal here. Though, it's easier said that done. It can be done, so maybe it needs to be said.

I understand what you are trying to say. But, basic decency isn't a common factor specially online. Most people have "good" intentions even if they hold bad opinions on you. Generally speaking they most likely had prior bad experiences that led them to their toxic opinions and it's just a trauma/suffering reaction. Very few people are hateful just to be hateful. Those that are hateful just to be hateful, let's say narcissists, are looking for a reaction in you from their words. So usually no matter what you say towards them, unless its something like "you are free to see me as you wish", they have won because they were looking to provoke you and got that. I understand wanting to defend yourself, but unless it's against something completely slanderous that could have life repercussions if other's believed it. It's generally a lose/lose situation while defending yourself. Of course some "arguments" can be civil and discussed, but we don't always know ahead of time if the person we are responding to will be "decent" or not.

They have, they can, and they will continue to do so. As you will continue to feel uncomfortable. Unless you either stop caring what other's think or leave the environments where people are holding opinions of you.