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Because believing in shape-shifting lizard people is not enough to keep people away from him.

Other than that, find our yourself.

So far in this thread, @Serotoninluv wrote 5,461 words as responses to mainly to 4 individuals ( @Tobia @DrewNows @TrynaBeTurquoise @LaucherJunge ), from these people it seems like one, @Tobia was successfully educated. All his opponents combined wrote mere 1,693 words. A self-help book contains from about 30,000 to 70,000 words.

It's interesting but we have to be careful. We could very easily spin a story that for example Leo is secretly a pedophile in disguise: Prior Actualized.org logo was the pedophile symbol with one line removed, same color, what are the odds? In one of his live enlightenment videos, Leo made comments about how he has been repressing his sexuality for a long time, and that that he accepts all to be Good with a captical G, he will finally pursuit those desires again, in the same video he made remarks about how conventionally evil things are Good and Perfection Leo has the symbols 666 in his livingroom where he was shooting the enlightenment videos Leo's past is unclear, he specifically keeps secret what his business was to accumilate the money that allowed him to pursuit actualized.org, in one of his videos, on morality I think, he specifically mentioned that morality will limit you especially in business, I think he even referred to how he himself has made these decisions to expand his business. You could combine all of these things with concepts of False-Prophets and Anti-Christs, say Leo is the pedo-devil who seeks to turn us away from be path of God by confusing us about true Love. You could say his latest stick about him being unique and beyond all other teachers is specifically to confuse otherwise genuine followers of the path towards God so that he can delude us into the path of Satan. Something he has been planning for the beginning, or even something that the Devil himself has orchistrated completely outside of the awareness of the Leo entity. Or you could be more down to earth and say that Leo changed on his path (as he even changed the logo) and turned around, now unable to ever disclose this particular part of himself because of the consequences it would have for his teachings, etc. etc. You could spin all sorts of theories, and they might even seem convincing depending on your mind. But does this mean they are true? Epistemology is very tricky.

Indeed, I feel like this mentality of cutting off something from your life, like a community, comes from a certain neediness or attention seeking. This was definitely present in me in the past. It's similar to the codependency relationship vs a relationship that is based on sharing. If have an expectation or need, you will rather cut off something from your life than continue being disappointed or have your needs not met. When you have a friend and you want them to pay attention to you all the time, you might cut the friendship if they don't give you the attention you seek. When you have no expectations, you simply appreciate the attention you get, and focus on other things when you do not get it etc. Yes, and it is also not black and white. There needs to be no decision made, it's like the person is trying to create a rule "I will never use this forum anymore!". Rather, when you don't feel like using it, simply don't use it. When you want to come back to it, come back to it. It's not like there has to be a defined, static relationship towards how you deal with something. This also applies to many other things, and it also makes it easier and healthier to take a break. It's not a monumental task to simply not use the forum while you don't want to use it, you will do that anyways. When you make this black and white, and final, it can paralyse you. This extends to life purpose aswell. "I will be X for the rest of my life!", this kind of mentality can make it impossible for one to explore different kinds of possibilities, because one makes the exploration final, instead of about exploring. You can try something, it does not mean it has to be the case forever and define who you are. It is fundamentally a problem of identity. You are deciding whether you will be "Person who goes to forum" or "Person who does not go to forum". You are neither, this is a silly story. You are simply what you are. Let consciousness flow like a river.

I see a lot of threads being posted that could as well take place in a Coronavirus Mega-Thread, so to keep everything more tidy let's keep the general discussion in here. Here are a list of a few resources: Latest data on the virus: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ World-map: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html Dr. John Campbell, posting daily video updates on the Coronavirus, fairly reliable and accurate. He made good predictions in the beginning and has shown reasonable concern since the epidemic in China. If you watch the daily videos you should be well updated and educated on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9IOB2TExg3QIBupFtBDxg MedCram, good source for gaining a deeper understanding of the biology of the virus. Very reliable academic source. https://www.youtube.com/user/MEDCRAMvideos Here is an old presentation from 2008 by Dr. Greger on the origin of infectious diseases such as the current pandemic. Here is Bill Gates presentation on viruses in 2015:

Not sure, from your perspective it doesn't matter if it's possible or not. Tier 2 is about integrating the Tier 1 stages, so instead of focusing going beyond Tier 1, focusing on integrating Tier 1. Becoming Tier 2 is not equal to getting passed Tier 1, it is about integration of Tier 1 to the highest possible means. To the degree to which you lack in Tier 1 integration, you lack in Tier 2.

How have you confirmed that yogis have supernatural abilities? Is there any convincing evidence to show us this is true without directly experiencing it?

I have done some darkness candle meditation, and as I was looking at the candle, there was a strange sensation. It was just like I was looking into a mirror, as if that candle was a reflection of myself. This was a very subtle sensation and it was gone farely quickly. I wonder if this was expansion of self-boundaries, or if it was a deeper recognition of the True Self.

This is something you will have to observe yourself. Once you will see clearly, there will be no question anymore.

I don't find these boundaries useful as a way of looking at these practices. Conceptual vs Actual, imaginary vs real. As you visualize, simply be. Be the energy, be the love, be whatever you want. Is it not interesting how you are saying "imagination is not actuality!" simply because it is less permanent?

Just look at how many doctors are dying in italy from this virus, and how overwhelmed hospitals are. When did this happen with the common flu?

@Charlotte It is more of if you understand their energy you will learn how it will respond to yours. You can practice this after your meditation session, by visualizing yourself as being understanding and able to turn their energy around. You can understand the energy of an angry mob, but that does not mean the angry mob will resonate with your energy. Sometimes it would simply mean for you to keep a few steps distance, or you could change your own energy to fit theirs.

Learn to understand their energy and how this energy will respond to yours. Learn to transmute their energy into a different form of energy. Both of these are two areas of mastery.

I have observed an interesting phenomenon that is taking place among some streamers on platforms like Twitch. Due to the substantial amount of viewers some streamers have, they have the ability to almost instantly access thousands of people who are capable of doing research for them, including many scientists who work in different fields across the disciplines. They can ask questions when they lack knowledge about any specific topic and can censor and block people who are incompetent or unreliable, leading to a selective process that leaves only people who are very certain about their positions to post them in the stream. This kind of process leads to these streamers being extremely powerful tools in debate and inquiry, as they both educate everyone who is watching the stream and also incorporate the knowledge of the most competent people who are adding their expertise. When I think about how we could create a revolutionary integrative process, streaming is really the most optimal tool I have found for that endeavor. Even right now it is extremely powerful, despite the streamers themselves not being scientists and not necessarily as rigorous and determined as someone who does it professionally would be. I think there is a real problem in our civilization. There is an abundance of information, but it seems to be extremely fragmented. We don't have any effective processes of integration and holism, right now it is basically everyone doing it by themselves, stumbling through the infinite archive of knowledge and trying to determine what information is relevant and what is not. This is why Leo is selling a Book-List, it is because the information about what kind of information is meaningful is actually MORE valuable than the information it is leading to itself. The reason for that is that there is an abundance of good information, but also an abundance of bad information. There are no clear systems that allow us to navigate this landscape, and for someone like Leo is took years upon years. And not only that, he was also extremely lucky in the way he thinks about the world and what kind of information he stumbled upon in his life. Think about where you would be if you never found out about Leo's work? This overflow of information does not only make it difficult to navigate the landscape, but it also makes it possible to get lost in wrong information. There is just so much around, for a lot of people who have no epistemological understanding it is mere luck whether they become alt-right, flat-earths, conspiracy theorists or any other group that is clearly deluded. It is luck because we do not teach them any process of navigating information. It seems trivial, but in my opinion is a civilization-threatening problem. The information gets more and more fragmented, which means that the sense of reality will differ from person to person more radically than it did, further amplifying the fragmentation of information. I suspect that a revolutionary method of information navigation and integration will be the most significant and meaningful invention within the next century. It will be the step to a Tier 2 civilization, an integral society. And it seems like there are evolutionary pressures that force us into this adaptation, obviously predictable if we look at the consequences of stage-green relativism. This process though is hijacked by the information-revolution caused by the internet, changing the models that are mostly based on pre-internet-data. The evolution of the average person might have been altered due to this new factor. Now, one aspect about streaming that is so revolutionary is that it can broadcast the process of information navigation to thousands of people who themselves contribute to that navigation, teaching people about epistemology and integration while they are watching the stream. When someone adds information to a stream, they are not just giving that information to the streamer, but to everyone who is watching the stream. Imagine if Leo would be streaming the process of how he does research, imagine if he would let us participate in it. It would be next-level guru, a true integration of technology into the process of self-actualization and enlightenment. I think it would be just so much more effective at teaching because we would see Leo's thought process in action, we would see how he comes to his conclusions, and we could interact with him to aid him in that process. Sure, it would take him out of his comfort zone, but that is precisely what is needed. It would finally demystify the process of self-actualization. It would also grant a lot of people motivation that is hard to establish through on-demand videos. And not to forget that streaming is extremely lucrative. Instead of selling a book list, he would get donations and probably make 7 or at least high 6 figures. He could be completely open about the information he shares and would not need to structure his teaching methods from a perspective of monetisation. With the additional money gained he could further his life purpose, but in my opinion the most significant advantage is the increase in growth that he would experience from it. It is just a suggestion for @Leo Gura , I do not believe it will make much of a difference whether he acts upon it or not, as I believe it is inevitable for someone to do so in the future. But I do believe it would be superior to traditional methods of teaching, like the guru settings that have a tendency of creating cults and delusion, or generally being very ineffective at helping a greater amount of people. This Forum is very sub-optimal in my opinion as well, even though it does create some value for people. And 1 hour on demand videos that take a week to create? The irony is that we would get so much more value from seeing Leo create the videos than from the videos themselves. This is nothing but a waste of Leo's valuable time, which is limited. He is not showing us the most important aspect about self-actualization, which is the process of self-actualization. He is literally showing us results. It's like a martial arts-teacher who tells us what to do but never shows us how to do it in the first place. A masterful teacher is part of the process of learning, he is an active participant who shows us how to do the learning. When we see him exercise his mastery we ourselves can learn from it far more effectively than through some tutorial video that is a mere hour long. And what would be better suited for that than streaming?

I should have probably explained, the person in the video to me is the one spreading misinformation. It is the person who claims that HIV is not proven, by the standard of a specific postulate to cause AIDS. He also claims that the only reason people fall sick to coronavirus is an compromised immune system and that it would be a good idea to let the young people continue life as is while we only isolate risk groups. This is what worries me even more, because some of the thinking he provides about the limitations of current scientific methodology and systems thinking are valid, aswell as to some degree his claims about vaccination and the pharma industry. But I feel like it is a huge half-truth and mixed with dangerous misinformation. I also don't see how his CytoSolve technology could possibly make true accurate predictions when we have such a limited view of the actual biological processes within the body, and therefore lack most mechanistic knowledge to truly simulate and predict outcomes. https://cytosolve.com/ This is why I wanted to ask you about this, because his criticisism are valid to a certain degree, but what he is replacing it with is not at all an improvement in my eyes. This is my laymans perspective.

What is the root cause of enjoying some things but not others? Why are we passionate about different things? Why do we find some things boring to do while others exciting? Is this beyond our control or can we learn to cultivate passion for anything?

It's an accusation for now, but it would not surprise me if it did happen. American politicians just give me the creeps.

@Serotoninluv I struggle arguing with people who find this kind of thinking very appealing. I don't know how to explain to them why this is a limited way of approaching knowledge. What do you tell someone who does not understand the value of scientific consensus, and is very skeptical of mainstream views? I usually find myself at a position where I tell someone that I simply do not agree with their epistemological standards. When I ask them to justify their positions, usually people get frustrated. When I explain that I do not have the time to understand these topics indepth and therefore rely on scientific consensus or some sort of intuition, I don't really feel like that is very appealing to them From their perspective I look like someone who is simply believing the "elites" and playing into what the deep-state wants them to think. Especially because often I can tell very quickly whether someone is a higher quality source rather than a low quality source, yet I could not exactly articulate why that is. I am not sure if my intuition is simply trained to be more accurate, or whether I use a different kind of intuition, or both? Because from their perspective it looks like they are doing the same I am.

The guy is denying that HIV causes AIDS.

But is there not infinite depth of Awakening? Is this not the whole nature of Consciousness? Totality is Infinite Expansion. This is the paradox, is it not? So a metaphor could be between a river and an ocean. The fish is swimming through an ever expanding river, until the river becomes an ocean. But really, the ocean is the river, and the river is the ocean. And as the fish swims through, it will ever keep expanding. So the expansion of Awakening will never end, because the Awakening is itself what expands that which it is Awakening to. The Act of Swimming and the expansion of the Ocean/River are one and the same. As long as you Swim, the Ocean will expand.

This virus could open our eyes. The entire world is being put on hold, giving us an opportunity to self-reflect. Furthermore the entire world has now one common enemy, an enemy that is not as abstract as Global Warming. An enemy which effects us in the here and now. This might teach us the lessons necessary for tackling environmental destruction and climate change, because this virus will be nothing compared to what we will face if we do not get our act together very soon.

I would very much like to know, other than Survival Benefits, what is the difference?