How to be wise

These days when I am doing The Work, I feel this sense of emptiness when I let go of a ‘story.’ Also my arms and stomach physically hurt when I am in the process of questioning a long held ‘story.’ Has anybody else experienced physical pain/emptiness whilst doing self-inquiry/meditation? How do you deal with it?

@Leo Gura I would like to express my gratitude towards you for helping us increase our consciousness and live the best life possible. Thank you very much!

@Leo Gura Do you really think that he is Yellow?

@VictorB02 you’re very welcome

I’m very fascinated by this story! Thank you for sharing ? How long did all of this take by the way? You had a long adventure. How were you working then?

@Serotoninluv I think that that experience helped you to meet all of the conditions above. These six conditions are of course not my creation. It is from the book ‘Spiral Dynamics’ by Don Beck. He says that, if those six conditions are not met, change to the next MEME will not happen. This applies to both individuals and countries.

@torgeir “The ringing should stop.” Is that true? Go in, and ask yourself that.

@Ampresus Concentration!

@VictorB02 What I did was, to try out various techniques at first (for several months each), until you find ‘your technique.’ Once you’ve found ‘your technique,’ focus on that and let everything else go.

@Jack Walter Leon The Work of Byron Katie

@tedens explain

@Cepzeu but how will just ‘seeing’ awareness help you. Real growth comes from purifying the mind, not chasing experiences.

@Bluebird The Work of Byron Katie

Yes in that case you are right. Thank you!

You didn’t answer the question. Who’s mind?

Whose mind? Theirs or mine.

@Freakrik All your ideas about it are FALSE. That is the danger of listening to Leo’s non-duality videos. What you are imagining is what would’ve happened if the ego reincarnated. But the ego will not reincarnate. And you are the ego. So you will not reincarnate. What is already reincarnating is reality itself. This is quite obvious. Reality holds nothing personal with you. After you’re dead, it will go on to the next person. And not even that... Long story short, there is nothing to fear. Anything you imagine is NOT it. Notice that all of reality is happening right now. That’s it. Reincarnation is happening right now. There is nothing more to it!

@Aaron p I’ve been on that ‘meaninglessness’ state for a while, but recently I came off it. In fact, whilst I was on that state, I created an entire topic debunking life purpose. I now realise that this was just me on a meaninglessness state. I no longer hold those views.

Intro to Spirituality: 2hr 39mins. It feels more like a college lecture than a self-help video.

That is right. The solution is to stop forcing yourself to follow your egos plan. If you don’t want to do that meditation retreat, just don’t do it. It’s not worse than doing that retreat. The belief “It’s better for me to do that retreat” is the cause of your suffering. And boredom is a kind signal to remind you of this. If you truly want to do the retreat, you won’t be having any boredom issues.

What has that got to do with feeling bored?

@Leo Gura ‘Truth’ is a concept. All words beget ideas. Truth included.

But why don’t you want to feel it? What’s wrong with it? Unless you’re scared that it will ruin all of your egoic plans.

@isabel notice that ‘the universe’ is just an image in your mind. It is not in your direct experience, hence it is not real. Also notice that, what you call ‘this room’ is based on concepts you learned in ‘a past.’ I’m not disagreeing that you are looking at something now, but why are you calling it a room. Notice that, in your mind, you are comparing it with an image of what you know of as a room, and because you find it identical, you stick that picture onto your direct experience, hence calling it a room. Look at your room, without comparing it to any mental images. Can you still call it a room? If yes, where did you learn that it is a room. Notice that again, you are comparing it with your ideas of what a room is. It’s difficult to explain unless you have some direct experience of it. I myself am only seeing it partially.

@theking00 why are you running away from boredom? It’s just a feeling.