How to be wise

A while back Leo talked about how you can make reality feel magical again, and how you can experience things as if you're experiencing them for the first time. Does anyone know a practical method to achieve that. Any book referrals and website links are also appreciated.

I have nearly the same problem, but with watching animes. What I do is, when I want to meditate but am too restless to mediate, I watch meditation episodes from Leo like 'dark side of meditation', 'meditation for beginners', or any other enlightenment related videos. Those take me out of that restless state and motivate me to meditate.

Read 'six pillars of self-esteem' and take action on it. Really, any of Leo's 5/5 books on emotional mastery could fix 80% of the problems you're having, if not all. Which 5/5 books on emotional mastery have you read and taken action on. If you took action on even one, I doubt your problem would be that serious.

How long did it take to become enlightened with strong sitting. How many hours.

According to shinzen young (a zen master), strong determination sitting is the fastest way to enlightenment.

When you can meditate at home for 10 hours in a row, because if you can't even do that then you can't pull off 10 days somewhere else

Workshops and seminars is a big rip off in my opinion. You can learn more from just one book for 20 bucks. If I'm not mistaken, Rupert Spira wrote the book 'presence'.

Okay, so how can I use that knowledge. Or is it just philosophy.

What does that mean practically?

@cetus56 @5driedgrams @Shin @nightrider1435 Leo's trip report on the mushrooms explains pretty well what it is that I want. He said that he went to the toilet and collected some dirt in his hand, and he saw so much beauty in it, that he said it was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen, and he prostrated to it. I want to know how I can live my whole life from that state.

Will increasing your self-esteem make it harder for you to become enlightened?

But self-esteem promotes 'a bigger ego' and 'a stronger sense of self'.

@Toby https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%2B_2_%2B_3_%2B_4_%2B_⋯

As I was researching maths, I came across an amazing mathematical formula that defies common sense: 1+2+3+4+...=-1/12 Does anyone have any metaphysical explanations for this formula. You certainly can't rationalise this! There's no way you could picture this in your head! Link to video:

It's an accepted fact by mathematicians and physicists and is taught in universities. I think we have to assume the proof is correct.

Can I use the work of Byron Katie for enlightenment?

Skip to 37:57 to hear a shocking story!!! 50 years of enlightenment work won't get you that far. Go to 50:43 to hear an even shocking story...

In more recent episodes like 'Developing big picture understanding' and 'Becoming a sage', Leo is telling us to read more books and seek more knowledge. But in the episode '10 thing you don't know you want', Leo said that we don't want more knowledge, and that it is a big trap. So, my question is, should we be seeking more knowledge or not?

I would like to know how to get a samadhi experience. Any book or video referrals will be nice too. I know it has something to do with concentration, but beyond that I don't know.

Einstein is not a sage...

Okay that's messed up man. Why did Leo call these people sages? I mean they sound more like Zen Devils, people who abuse their enlightenment.

But why would an enlightened person want to go and criticise all those people, I mean he sounds more dogmatic than a sage.

Okay, but why did he have ANYTHING to do with those attacks. I mean, he told the authorities that his secretary and her friends were actually behind the attack or something.

If you're really serious about ending anxiety, you might want to use more 'productive' methods. 'Radical Honesty' is probably a good way to do that. Btw, 'Radical Honesty' is a specialised technique, I don't mean just being honest. But still, I'll give the chamomile tea a try.

I've read Osho's Wikipedia page before, and I saw that he was involved in some terrorist attacks and was kicked out of the US. Was he really an enlightened person?