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@Mondsee Thinking a physical location will calm your mind is procrastining. Build the habit of being aware of the background that is the superposition pure intelligence oneness. It is calm, silent, still and unseeable, but it is not unobservable. Feel it's presence when your parents start their bullshit. Connect to it. Be in it's peaceful embrace. It is everything and it is everywhere. Take comfort in knowing that everything is made of it, so no matter where you go, you are always surrounded by God. God is literally all things. Build the habit of connection, and you will be powerful. You will influence people and situations, eventually, without saying a word.

Affirmations are like gravity. It is working wether you think it is or not. You are getting / feeling right now, what you have been thinking (affirming). "Affirmations" is a fancy word for - start paying attention and think on purpose for your own benefit. Can you realize that your good emotions are not magically flying through the air into you from other people? The good emotions are being created by you with your thinking. Set some time aside, first thing every morning, to think about good things for you. Make lists of what you want in life, and completely disregard 'reality' when making these lists. Make them from a 'fantasy' or ' perfect scenario' perspective. The ego will tell you that you are being unrealistic. The oneness will tell you anything is actually possible. Which one are you?

@Shir It sure seems like the great feeling comes out of that guys body or mind, floats through the air, magically finds it's way into your body and thus you feel great. Sure seems like that's how it works, doesn't it?

@spicy_pickles pretty vague. What did you do to who? Talking about it takes all of it's energy away. It's hard though.

I'm just gonna chime in completely unsolicited and take a stab. Choice. OMG what you are missing is that you are the CHOOSER.

@Extreme Z7 My apologies. But this is progress - ruling things out. Maybe this is your problem.... "Things have to get worse before they get better" Who says that? Perhaps you're underestimating the power of your mind? If you think things will get worse, you will perceive things getting worse. Maybe a change in philosophy is in order? Rather than try to 'not be agitated', shift to focusing on the power of your mind. Choose to see EVERYTHING as positive. Initially, admittedly, it sounds like some bullshit. However, hasn't your thinking and therefore choices you made led you to where you are now? This will continue. Use it. It's the most powerful force. Make it a game. Slow down the process of - percieving, thinking, then feeling. If you perceive anything at all and notice a less that great emotion, consider stopping and sort of saying "I know the universe / one is good. I know I am the universe / one. I must be looking at this in a way that I a missing the bigger picture of goodness in it". Allow the universe within to show you the goodness. Helpful?

I've golfed for decades, done 300 mile cyclist events, etc, also. I feel I relate and may have some insight that could be helpful, as I've also been drawing and painting since I was 4. By the time I graduated high school I had a painting literally hanging in the White House. Yes, that's boastful, but credibility is what I'm hoping to communicate. I want you to have the quan, and you are very close. Remember back when you first started those fitness things. It took a LONG time to get to the level you are at now. Along the way, you learned dedication, focus, persistence, etc. You learned to overcome you're own bullshiting. That's huge. (Yuge?) These are spiritual in nature because you shed fat, did all kinds of amazing things for your body and brain, and ultimately you kicked your whole biological self into high gear. That is blissful because you physically and mentally have less resistance, and therefore more connection to the oneness. But, these are not creative. This is where you are confused. Creativity is not different then athletics. How many sketches have you sketched? How many paintings have you painted? How many sculptures have you sculpted? Have you even shroomed at an art museum yet? What depth of conversation have you had with established artists? How many books have you read on creativity? I hope you see what I am trying to convey. Athletics and creativity function then same. Neuroplasticity: The brain gets better at doing whatever we do. A guy I know started a company making a mouth guard for football players that has a 'tape' inside it that changes color if you bite too hard. Repeated head injuries are signaled with a high force bite. It's not the perfect fix for this issue, but coaches can check the tape and at least it's a start. You can of course use your passion for athletics with creativeity, but it sounds like you are expecting to be creative without much practice. People being born 'talented' accounts for 50% (genetics). Seems to me it is this way so we inherently have choice. If it was 51%, this would not be so. But it is so. Godspeed! Best of luck!

Pragmatism is mental accuracy. It does not help to think of it as ruthless. It's the opposite. It will align you with your desires using the energy within. You have to be pragmatic and passionate. You have to figure out what you want to do AND put the time in to make money from it. Assuming you want passion and money in your days. When you limit your compassion to others based on judging them, you are literally limiting your own compassion. You are limiting your own energy. Try looking at it this way- if you saw someone lying in a pool of blood in the road, you would probably help them or call 911. So why then, when you observe some dickhead or bitch, do you not see their suffering? They need compassion. Sometimes I'm the dickhead, and sometimes you're the bitch. (No offense, you're sweet as pie Loreena) Is it not compassion that is the answer, both inward and outward. BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE WORLD CHANGES. Stop judging, it hurts you the most. If you want to be full of love, be full of love. Above alll else, stop judging yourself. You're exactly perfect. There will never be another you. Ever. You can keep looking at what is, or you can start looking at what will be, either way, you are getting more of what you're focusing on. This is the law of attraction. This is how the uncertainty principle works. We tend to fool ourselves thinking the reality in front of our eyes is more real than the reality we can choose in our minds, but it is not. The one in your mind will become the one in front of your eyes, in exact perfect measure to your focus,dedication, and repetition of it. In the most literal possible sense, right now, in this moment, you are getting more of whatever you are focusing on. Ok surmon over. Sorry for preachiness. I feel like you are such a sweet person and you're right on the edge of a breakthrough, that's where I'm coming from.

@Extreme Z7 Forgive me if I am completely off, but it seems to me your trying to align your mind when you need to align your health (diet & excercise). The mind will follow. Resistant weight & resistant thought are the same, just physical and nonphysical representations of the same disharmony. This sounds like the voice of sugar to me. Again, my apologies if I am totally off. We're all projecting from our connotations. Otherwise, cut the shit about ambiance and start meditating every single morning. This will get you to a place where you can sit with no stimulation at all and be perfectly aligned and at peace. Then, the problem you address here, won't even exist.

@Loreena Have you ever noticed how when you wake up, you have a perfectly clean slate mind wise? Notice how you resume the thoughts you don't want. But the key is noticing you wake up without them and 'search' and resume. The key is not resuming. Have headphones and something positive ready like an Abraham Hicks rampage, or whatever works for you. Listen the moment you wake up. Don't even get out of bed yet. Set the trajectory of your day this way. Then, throughout the day, notice when you have a resistant thought - a doesn't feel good thought. Don't feed it. Don't go with it. Play the game of how far can I go in my day without allowing a bad feeling thought. You'll start making it whole days. Days turn into weeks. etc Equally important- not eating poorly, excercising (if you can), and meditation.

The process is simple. Not easy, but simple. Just talk about the things you don't want to talk about. The ego protects it's specialness by silencing the mouth of the very things that support it. I know it feels like all hell will break loose, but it won't. It's only talking. A great thing will happen. Have you ever had the experience of worrying about something, and then you talked about it, and laughed afterwards about how silly it seems now? It's like that.

@Loreena I think it would do you some good to talk about why you have a pessimistic future outlook. I know it's hard, but after some convo, you feel like it is much smaller and some optimism leads to some changes and next thing you know, good shit is happening.

@Martin123 DUDE! Shit is going crazy around me already and I am totally with you on the 5 years good shit is unfolding intuition. The wake up is real. All that shit on your list, pollution etc. It's always been going on. Now we have the internet and smart phones so awareness of it is a little intense right now, people are waking up, meditating, not staring at walls, etc. It's gonna get good. I'm callin it right here and now...3 years from now Leo does a video about bliss controlling and containment.

Both of my grandma's and my mom. Oprah

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Ya. Fo sho. Took me around 3 years to really change that. You? Also, it's pretty weird how that works isn't it? The rejection of the solution. So much suffering and procrastination when all roads lead to the same place. We are where we are I guess.

@Venus If you want to speed it up, it may be a little painful, but just list everything you believe in right here. If a belief feels good, acknowledge it is a belief that is giving you energy / helping you, and take it off the list. Then we can all pretend we're psychotherapists and pick apart what remains on the list. Give me a few minutes on the popcorn first. Thanks.

When you're doing the laborious work, instead, think about what you just said. Whatever it is you want in your future, you're doing it. Nothing can be laborious if you are building your future, or your dream.

@Loreena I can't find that post...had fit or fitness in it?

@Loreena "Pain is stubbing your toe. Suffering is mental; what if I stub my toe again? OMG What if people I love stub their toe? What if my toe becomes infected? What if I have to have my leg amputated??? Should I start a group against stubbing toes?????"

@PureExp Thank you!!!!

@Loreena yes. It works.

@Loreena That list you posted, is how I, at my 'age', am living like a twenty year old. I assume Leo does that list, more or less, and this is where he gets all the energy from.

That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. Thank you so much. How to keep it with you? Print copies. Hang em. Keep one in every pocket. Just for a while. Eventually you'll be free of those beliefs. Butterflies have no need for pockets. Love is all there is.

This is only my 'story'. Hope it helps you. I was lost in manic depression about 20 some years ago. I tried meds, therapy, etc. Nothing helped. I gave up and tucked myself away. I learned a bunch of science that led me to an understanding of the uncertainty principle. Then it popped. I just got it all of a sudden. That I am making the choice right now. I've been making the choices ever since. I choose to excercise and meditate and eat healthy every day. I choose to find truth in 'if you want to experience love, simply give it'. I've never been back and I'll never choose to go back, now that I am choosing. What Dreams May Come.