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@MARTIN LENNARD Legs falling asleep, itching sensations, pains in your neck, etc are just sensations. Your mind tends to make them a lot worse then they are (or even panic). I personally sit true them as eventually you realize its just a feeling in the body (and you stop labeling it).

@Frode Now you mention it, yes also. I mean a sort intro on every video. For example Leo's videos, the intro on his videos give you a reasonable idea on what to expect. For someone that already knows your channel its not relevant. But for people that dont know you and find a video and click it. Question nr1 is always, what is this.

@NutellaTC That is awareness from the egos perspective. Its trying to make sense of something its incapable of doing. Awareness just is, and you always have it. When you are identifying less with your thoughts/mind it is your awareness doing that. If that makes sense to you. To me it sounds like you are making good progress. So you might as well let your ego compliment you a little on what you have achieved.

@Frode Dont fal in the trap where you care to much do. When you care to much what people think of you when watching your videos you get a lot of sabotaging beliefs. Try not to care at all of people opinons when making a video. Leo has some good videos about this. The real you is more atractive to people than the fake you. I would also say that you need a intro. With all the good stuff.

@Mikey Radical open mindedness and brutal honesty with yourself are crucial to achieve enlightenment. The first however doesn't mean you dont have opinions and the second doesn't mean you dont have preferences. Leo (and wise man before him) have talked a lot about the ego and how it can trick you. This obviously apply's to everyone including the teacher himself. My intentions are the same as you, i do not wish for anyone to get stuck in delusion. Now you know the intent and should understand the context of my message. @cetus56 O yes, when you find something useful, use it, every experience remains a experience. Just dont take anything on blind faith (even when it comes from your own mind).

@cetus56 Disagree but understand your motive. Sure it can help and do good, but IMO its just to unpredictable and hard to validate.

@Mikey That's fine, i have am open-minded about it but just dont see it as valid, the figures are just a example to show that people dream about things they pay attention to (as in a christian never thinks about Buddha and thus doesn't dream about it).

@RossE Reality will not change, being blunt, reality doesn't care about you or your opinions. Just like your car (if you have one) doesn't care if you like that it breaks down or needs fuel. This sounds logical and obvious. But does it? When your car breaks down, are you not angry and frustrated? If so, why?

May i be the barer of bad news and say its just a dream, you are bound to dream about enlightenment related subjects when you read about it. Christians never dream about Buddha and Buddhists never dream about Jesus.

@Happiness See your ego for what it is. A tool to navigate this world (depending on definition of ego). See it, use it, just dont be it. Be what you know you are and see your mind as a tool for you to use. Be brutally honest with yourself and let go.

@Jared Gregory I dont know your mind, but for me the best time is in the morning, as my mind is often full with memory's of dreams and other nonsense. And the meditation helps to calm my mind and clear it out.

Maybe being offensively honest but the more you know about what people really think the more you can do with that. First though going thru my head before clicking play was: kid trying to sell me a book. Then i was expecting you to tel me how to make like a million dollars or something. At second glance it looks more like a book review, but its not (i think). Kind of confused as what to label it. Also noticed that during the "How to Become a Straight-A Student" you are much more comfortable talking about it. With this video i get the feeling your not that comfortable or if you are reading. Marketing wise tel people know what to expect, and present in a charismatic(i.o.w. confident) way.

Being honest, i didn't watch the whole video cause i got bored. You for sure look motivated to make this work do (and that's 90% of the way).

@RossE Being a searcher im going to assume you have learned a few things here and have come to realizations that already have changed the way you think. In its core, enlightenment is just one more of those, just a little/alot harder to grasp. There is no magic involved do. Ifs like chi kung in kung fu, ones you learn it you realize that there are no magical super powers.

@SimpleTruth Same thing happened to me when i found this stuff, you want to know it all, and you want to know it right now. It will take your mind some time to process this. Dont overfill it with to many concepts at ones. We can only focus on one thing at a time.

@electroBeam In its most basic form: to calm the mind. And since the mind is often like a monkey on steroids, calming it down can be very useful.

@spicy_pickles You can not predict the future, so stop trying to do that. You can also think about it this way: You are worried about not getting something that you dont have. Does that make send?

@Lorcan Hi! You can not plan your life with mathematical precision since to many events occur and things constantly change. A robot would take roughly 2 hours to do that (calculating traveling time, etc). But you are not a robot, nor should you be one. Im sure that if you take a stopwatch or timer you are able to find out exactly where your time is going.

@Grant6 I know where you are coming from since i was there myself. I have sabotaged myself a lot. All these thoughts in your head telling you what you can and cant do and what you should and shouldn't do. The truth however is, that you can do what ever you want, and you dont have to listen to these thoughts. I myself was a people-pleaser. Leo has a great video on that if you are in the same boot.

@SimpleTruth Truth is a deep rabbit hole and its the only way forward. I watched almost every video, and half of the time i spend (meteorically seeking) a hour saying OMG OMG OMG after watching one. It is unimaginable how much you are lying to yourself on a daily bases. The good news do, is that as soon as you find out you can simply stop doing it.