How to be wise

Can we contemplate to solve 'unsolved problems' in science?

I've been doing concentration practice for a while but I still don't know whether I have access concentration or not. How do I test myself whether I have access concentration?

I've been doing concentration practice for a while, but I'm not sure whether I have access concentration or not. Is there any way of testing whether one has access concentration or not.

You don't get something by 'doing nothing' in life.

You're joking if you think I'm gonna read your whole post

There is one thing about self-inquiry which I'm finding difficult to do. One part of the technique is that, when you identify with the sensations you're feeling, you say that you can't be that sensation because it is not 'constant'. However, it's very hard to actually feel that, because in the moment that you're feeling the sensation, it feels like it is 'constant'. Sure, you can say to yourself that you won't feel it one hour later, or you didn't feel it yesterday, but it's very hard to convince the heart unless I'm actually feeling that it's not constant. Any suggestions for how to overcome this issue is appreciated.

he probably mixed 5 meo with the beer

Those are things to contemplate, not to just seek an answer.

Yes, but Ralston is a fucking "sage", or at least that's what I thought until now.

There is a book on Leo's book list which talks all about love, and more specifically unconditional love, but also other forms of love. Check it out.

I think it also has to do with deep negative beliefs that are so rooted into the subconscious mind that you're not even conscious of them, but you feel all the negative emotions it brings. Will take a lot of work to resurface and work through most of them.

What I found useful to do was to write down all my stressful thoughts about a situation on paper, and then to contemplate each sentence one by one: is it true, how does believing that thought make me feel, and who would I be without that thought. This technique will heal you of all your negative emotions.

But science is itself just a model and not really 'true', and contemplation reveals the absolute truth about it.

I know that an enlightenment experience is a mystical experience. But why is there more than one type of mystical experience? Why does each psychedelic give you different mystical experiences? Is there a finite number of mystical experiences possible? Is there any other method of experiencing mystical experiences other than through psychedelics, concentration and breathing?

So are there an infinite number of insights you can have.

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.