Natasha

@Raven_Mike Being aware means you're observing your emotions/ behavior from the 3rd person perspective. You don't take any of what you see on the screen in a movie personally, do you? Just observe, don't judge or label as good or bad. Watch how it makes you feel and if you want to stick around that feeling. Gradually you'll start getting detached from the emotion/ behavior that doesn't make you feel good. Would you want to hang out with someone who annoys you and make you feel like crap? No. Be aware of the fact that your negative emotion/ depression/ pain, etc. is that 'friend' you don't want to hang out with any longer.

Done seeking

@Raven_Mike You will find this helpful too. Hugs

@Raven_Mike Start up with watching this: http://www.actualized.org/articles/how-to-deal-with-strong-negative-emotions Leo also has vids on motivation and dealing with victim mentality, check them out too.

@Raven_Mike Shit happens. You'll be fine. Hugs

That was also a reminder to self Oh wait.. there's no one there to be reminded of anything (sigh) And we go again..

@strwbrycough Gonna check them out, thanks.

Travel, go to retreats, help family and friends financially, donate (humane society, education), get a massage every day!

Sounds familiar?

@DrMatthewsausage Congratulations!! Glad to hear. Your hard work and perseverance paid off. Enjoy the summer now

@jes Glutathione 500 mg/ day (Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg + L-Carnitine 500 mg)/ day Chlorella Alkaline ionized water (LeVai) is antioxidant water, drink half your weight in ounces daily Another powerful anti-oxidant combination is Bio PQQ 20 mg + Kaneka ubiquinol. I've taken them and they work great too. There is an in-home non-invasive test I use called OxiData that measures the level of free radical damage in your body on a scale of 0 to 5 (0 the least damage, 5 the most damage). The goal is to stay near the middle around 2-3. If your results are 3 and up, that means you need to stock up on antioxidants to neutralize the damage caused by the free radicals. The test is available for purchase: http://www.healthquestradio.com/the-oxidata-test/

As you pointed correctly excessive talking is a habit and the only way to break a habit is by quiet sitting:

These are hilarious

Perceiver IS perception. It's all one substance manifesting and experiencing itself, arising and disappearing like a wave to the ocean.

Have you ever considered becoming a politician? j/ k Sounds like your 'monkey mind' is about to be tamed - daily meditations and practicing mindfulness will do the job.

You're speaking from a non-dualistic perspective (truth). From dualistic perspective (illusion), awareness manifests and experiences itself through forms ( 'us' including). Language is being used to deliver the message by trying to explain the unexplainable.

@Greatnestwithin They would see death as the end of the illusion that there was someone, and live their last days being rooted in the present. I recently read an article about the last words famous people said before dying, and what struck me was those who were known to be conscious/ awaken, spoke peacefully and graciously before death, no worry or regret before they took their last breath. Steve Job's last words reflected his being fully present in the moment while dying, "Oh wow.. oh wow.. oh wow". And some others were simple, "I love you" to their family, or a beautiful metaphor of leaving the dream.

Yes, but communication is a thing of duality and is done by the means of duality (language, labels, etc). Otherwise, there would be no concepts, no words, no discussion, no forum

Depends on which perspective you're speaking from - dual or non-dual. From non-dual - every form is just a ripple that arose from the ocean (pure transparent empty awareness, Leo's definition) and will disappear back into the ocean. 'We' all are that. Can a ripple feel lonely? Duality creates individuality... loneliness, etc. Having and utilizing both perspectives makes a most balanced life, imo

Desiring to become enlightened is like an ocean ripple desiring to become the ocean. The ripple IS the ocean - it's made of the same substance as the ocean, it rises from the vastness of the ocean and disappears into the vastness of the ocean. Yes, you can only 'see' IT in the 'here and now', EVERYTHING (all forms seen and unseen) and NOTHING (everything beyond object reality). Even a better picture would be looking at the earth from the space. Do you see yourself or anything at all as a separate 'thing' or do you see one vast mass covering the earth, including you and EVERYTHING that's on earth, yet NOTHING to be seen in particular and as separate? This is the shift in perspective you're looking for. It's harder to 'see' it that way given your immediate surroundings with 'you' sitting in the midst of it, but the space-earth perspective can help.

I saw it somewhere on the web awhile ago.

It doesn't really matter how they get their millions - by selling seminars or products. What matters is that half as many people follow Leo, because he is the real deal. He walks the walk, not just talks the talk, and everything he teaches he also lives.

Leo's already a millionaire, but he's the kind of a person who doesn't walk around boasting about his wealth to the world. He's also got more YouTube subscribers than other self-help gurus out there (pushing half a million), and he just started 2 years ago! Verses Tony Robbins who's been around much longer and only got half of that number.

@Linas Check out Enlightenment Jokes Here thread in Consciousness forum. There are a few JP Sears videos too and many funny jokes