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After all this mental masturbation, I only have one thing to say. DO THE WORK. It's worth 99999999999 more than the emotional labor you put into it. Your face 99% of the day in one year:

ENLIGHTENMENT NOW PRESENCE AWARENESS

If you're honest about your intention, most girls will want to fuck with you, even if they wanted a relationship in the first place. It's all about how and when you say it. You could lie of course, but if you start lying there, you will lie at every level of your life.

Ok i just talked to a good friend, and everytime it was his time to talk i focused really hard on my sense of self. Good exercice to do, but you will look very weird while doing it, so do it with your bestie

Almost there ! In 10 years: Almost th ...

Guys, enlightenment is just the default state, nothing special about that. Don't think it's something special or rare, it only limits you.

You mean when you are totally still but you can still sense your mind seeking in a non-visual/words/sound way (I don't even know how to say that lol) ? It's starting to fade away, but it was there for a loooong time.

Keep it up, the pain will disappear if you don't hide it and feel it.

EASY !

This question assumes there is a limit, and you can't know that: Apparently, in most cases, it goes like this: Ego Realization: Realization that your thoughts are not you, that you are the watcher aware of them. (made up this one lul). Self-Realization: Realization that there is no "you" as a separate entity, and that reality has no substance whatsoever. God-Realization: Realization that you are one with everything, of infinity, and arising of unconditional love. Apparently there is a stage where you merge so fully with life that you don't even feel like you're doing anything, it goes totally on auto pilot ... The later stagse might be so abstract and so deep, that it could not even be possible to express it with words, that could explain why there isn't so much information about it, or maybe because so few people attained it. Leo has said he will do an episode about that, so I guess there is more about it, I admit I didn't do an intensive research

How much aware you think you are when you start consciousness work How much aware you think you are after 1 year of consciousness work

Hum yes it is useful, if you like, you know, have friends, a wife, a family. Now if you live in a cave in australia, that's an another story of course :3

I also do this. This is good, you don't need a specific technique if you don't find one that feels natural to you. After all, meditation is just about being present, and nothing else. Although, when you start and your mind is extremely agitated, it is better to stick to one technique (like breathing or body scan) until you are able to choose to be present. You can use certain meditations to increase your concentration to a very high degree (and this can be very helpful if this is what you want), but this isn't necessary, what matters is how much you can stay in the present and feel at peace with what is. Trust your own intuitions about this, sometimes you'll feel you need to practice body scan meditation, sometimes you'll feel that you want to do some Do nothing, that's ok to switch (if it's not neurotic and intuition based), because that means your body/mind needs specific types of awareness at this specific moments.

Nonono, the real question is why you let your mind mental masturbate instead of self-inquiring/practising presence. 99% of the questions you'll ask about non-duality will be about you being very smart on how to distract yourself, and not about finding the truth.

Most people are inconscious, which means they think they already know everything that matters (especially reality and god). So unless their paradigm is shaken really really bad, they have no reasons to be interested in spirituality. Unless you're naturally extremely open-minded and/or are interested in reality/dreams/alternate state of consciousness, you can't just stumble upon and say "oh this seems to make a lot of sense, totally not some religious/hippie bullshit"

If you only allow yourself to practice presence through meditation, and if your meditation only last 20/30 minutes, then yes. You can have huge growth in 6 to 10 months if you meditate more than 1 hour a day, practice mindfullness of the thoughts/emotions 24/24, and everytime you walk you focus on the breath or on your feet.

If you think you don't have time for meditation, Double the time of your meditation.

Take a trip to the US, and visit the church that Leo talks about in its psychedelics video.

Raise your consciousness.

An urge can be neurotic and ego based. In the other hand, the emotions you get from doing the thing can't lie. So you need some trial and error there, maybe you're thing is: Teaching spirituality (be very careful there, especially if you just found out about it, could be "the messiah complex"), Healing people emotionally (could be linked to spirituality but it doesn't have to). Teaching how the mind works (simply because you're passionate about it) Doing research on the mind and or consciousness etc ... Could be something entirely different, maybe you're just deceiving yourself, maybe it's just your ego wanting to feel important, who knows. Don't rush it, but don't be lazy too, explore and if you have the intuition that you have to go back to college study some field (or study on your own), for more than 6 months, then do it. You don't have to be 100% sure, not only you can't, but you will always find a good excuse to stay in your comfort zone if you think you can. It's not because you're not sure that you can't know you're in the right direction though. If you feel alive, "in the zone", even joy, and it is consistent (like not just for 2 months) while you're doing the thing, then it is a clear sign you have to dig in this direction. If you feel fulfillement and peace after a day where you felt "you did your part", then it isn't a clear sign, it's a fucking lighthouse.

Detail the symptoms.

Are you ? If you are then you're still wasting time arguing on internet instead of helping others. If you're not, then this kinds of quote wars is a huge waste of time, time that you could use to works towards it.

@Charlotte Also read this:

When you hear for the first time from one of your friend "There is space around it" (talking about suffering): You don't know what love is ----- You are love Nothing is about you ----- Everything is about you Don't become a Zen devil ! ----- There is no right or wrong Don't kid yourself, you're not enlightened ----- You're already enlightened