The White Belt

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  1. Posted

    @Leo Gura I was wondering, without meaning to sound even a little accusatory, what your feelings are now, seeing as video games were such a big part of your life, that you now know that it lowers people's consciousness, leads to addiction, and leaves people unfulfilled. Like was it wasted time for you as a career, or do you still have a soft spot for video games? 

  2. Posted

    Hey guys.

    So here's the deal, I've never had a a mystical, no-self, non-dual experience before. I've done a bit of self inquiry and stuff.

    What bothers me is that i've learned a lot about enlightenment, watched videos by Adyashanti, Sadghuru, Osho, and others but it's just pure confusion, all of this stuff is just so contradictory that I think I should just lay off totally until I have some sort of experience because at the minute all it is is just knowledge, and not experience. So if I lay off, try to get my meditation up to an hour by a year, will that be enough for now?

     

    Thanks.

  3. Posted

    Hey people.

    I'm doing the homework assignment on Leo's last video. I have been looking into Sikhism, and Jainism. 

    I see a correlation between them in terms of selfless action, serving others, not acting badly towards anybody be it with speech or actions, and genuine love and kindness. 

    My question is how can I be selflessly kind? If I'm doing it for ultimate liberation then it's not selfless, is it? How do I radiate love and kindness without enlightenment? 

    I'm not a mean guy, but sometimes I think things like oh, I could have been more helpful to that person, or I could have smiled more or been more enthusiastic in conversation, but sometimes I feel like i'm bending my arm up behind my back and have to will myself into these things.

    And in the world of non-duality would it be wrong to say you should be kind? As opposed to what? If there are no opposites? No this is good that is bad? How can one act intuitively as opposed to forcibly before one has meditated enough to really hear what their intuition has to say?

     

    Thanks in advance.

  4. Posted

    Hey people.

    I'm doing the homework assignment on Leo's last video. I have been looking into Sikhism, and Jainism. 

    I see a correlation between them in terms of selfless action, not acting badly towards anybody with speech or actions, and genuine selfless kindness. 

    My question is how can I be selflessly kind? If I'm doing it for ultimate liberation then it's not selfless, is it? How do I rediate love without enlightenment? 

    And in the world of non-duality would it be wrong to say you should be kind? As opposed to what? If there are no opposites? How can one act intuitively as opposed to forcibly before one has meditated enough to really hear their intuition?

     

    Thanks in advance.

  8. Posted

    Hi people. 

     

    Please excuse my inappropriate display name firstly. It will be changed as soon as the settings will allow me.

     

    I have only just begun following 'The Path' and already I am catastrophizing everything.

    Some example thoughts; 

    - What if I become a danger to people whilst pursuing enlightenment?

    - What if perusing enlightenment makes me want to kill myself?

    - What if I have a horrible awakening experience?

    - What if I go totally insane?

    - What if it makes me hate everyone I love, due to their egos?

    - What if I see no point in doing anything on 'The Path' and start to get lazy, when some people rely on me

    to bring home money (I see this one happening a bit already)?

     

    It is very early days, I am still only meditating about 20 minutes per day and I can't stop these thoughts, why is it that people like

    Eckhart Tolle describe such a beautiful thing and my mind describes such a horrible thing. Try to give me more to work with than,

    'That's your ego' or 'Who is thinking these thoughts?'.

     

    Thanks!

     

  9. Posted

    Hi people. 

    Please excuse my inappropriate display name firstly. It will be changed as soon as the settings will allow me.

    So I am reading Lao Tzu's way of the Dao (I don't think that's it's proper name, I forgot it) and it says about letting go of all desires and goals, because the Dao itself has no goals or desires and we should be like that. 

    Can anybody elaborate on this? 

    Does it include work goals? Personal development goals? 

    Or petty goals? 

    Does desire mean crap like too much TV, porn, masturbation, fast food? 

    Or does it mean EVERYTHING? 

    Isnt everythinng a desire? Including a desire to be one with the Dao?

    How can we get started with letting go of goals in the 21st century setting without being too dramatic?

    Is it all or nothing? It doesn't offer alternatives.

     

     

    Thanks.

  11. Posted

    On 11/27/2016 at 2:36 PM, Kevster said:

    I have been trying self-improvement though. I have done meditation challenges, read a book a day challenges, done pick-up, but it all felt as a chore. it felt if as I did' it and did not improve at all. It felt as something I had to do, to keep up with my friends and peer-group. So I dove into each one of them, as a temporary obsession, flaming out after a while and being at rock bottom again. 

     

     

     

    Stop giving yourself damn challenges. Stop running after the next thing, chasing, chasing, chasing. What do you think the prize at the end is? Just more challenges. Enjoy what's here now. Stop sitting on your ass with your girlfriend watching TV. Tell her you want to dance with her, in the street. Tell her you want to hear her insecurities, tell her yours. Go to an art gallery, see something beautiful. Run just for the sake of running. Dance for the sake of dancing. The beauty is HERE now. You don't have to do shit all the damn time. Enjoy silence for once. Enjoy simplicity. 

  12. Posted

    Leo,

    You have many videos on mediation, you speak a lot about Yogi's, but no videos on yoga?! What gives :o 

    You could give an introduction, some brief history, the benefits, and a practical demonstration of some Yoga that we can use in our spiritual practice.

     

    Thanks!

  15. Posted

    Hi guys.

    So I'm currently reading the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and a couple of things are standing out as quite negative for me.

    Firstly it's completely saying we should abstain from all sensory pleasure if we do not wish to suffer, which I get that we should limit things like TV, music (not so much, but negative music) and stop craving bad foods (not always) but the way it's described in this book is like a hard and fast rule of complete denial. What gives?

     

    The second thing is to deny to desire for physical life over spiritual. Now to me this is kind of nuts.. Life is to be enjoyed, not denied for something we may never attain such as enlightenment, surely? 

     

    Anybody care to shed some light on this sacred text?

     

    Thanks.

  19. Posted

    Hello folks!
     

    So about 10 minutes ago I was skimming the comments section on a random 'The Diamond Net' Video (Hello Emerald, if you see this thread), and I saw a comment saying 'We don't have to believe our thoughts', which of course I already knew is true, but it really got me thinking in relation to my life.

    My 'purpose' or vision for myself seems to keep changing lately, and I believe this is down to my thoughts. One week I want to be an actor, the next a musician, then an artist, then a film director. Obviously these all have one thing in common, that being they are all in the arts, but are constantly fleeting, and are just thoughts.

    So I conclude my thoughts are screwing me over. 

    Would it be unfavorable to awakening just to attempt to control my thoughts by asserting that I want THIS and not THAT to be my life's work or will that just bury me further into the illusion even if I do this with detachment E.G Read my work values every morning whilst still realising I am not this thoughts? Osho Said there is no purpose so surely I can just play the game and tunnel vision myself intentionally down one path?

     

    Help! 

     

    Thanks.

  21. Posted

    Hey guys!

    Could any of you beautiful humans tell me a little about yoga? 

    I did a little kundalini session using YouTube as a guide, but what I want to know is this following;

    What is yoga? Is yoga conducive to awakening? Can it replace 'strenuous' physical exercise? Why is it 'spiritual' (if it is)?

    What are the types of yoga I should seek out?

    And any links to some YouTube practices I could  use would be great.

    Of course, I could google all of this, but I can't refute and ask for further details.

    Appreciate it! xD