Adam M

@Husseinisdoingfine Do what you can when you can. If you're drowning in homework, you can only do the best you can. @Oliver Saavedra True Love is to realize there are no others. Relative love is always selfish and conditional.

I believe it's an ego defense mechanism. I've heard stories of people (who do stupid stuff like this who have no idea what they're doing with the substance) fall asleep immediately after taking irresponsible doses like 7g. 5g is already a reality melting experience. I've even had nondual experiences around 3g. You can take 20g but if you don't know how to direct your mind with contemplation. You'll probably just fall asleep and forget everything.

Wait...Leo literally answers your questions (and then some) in the What is Death video. Watch that video a couple more times.

Your physical body has already died and been reborn numerous times within your lifetime. The cells that make up your body are completely different from the cells that made up your body 5 years ago. From a direct experience perspective, your body is made up of passing impermanent phenomena that are being born, existing, and dying in every moment. What you call "your physical body" is just a series of transient sensations. So, in this sense, your body is always changing...yet...something (in your experience) is remaining unchanged and unaffected by the constant changing of experience. What is that thing that you call "you"? Can that thing ever die? Sure, I guess your physical body will eventually end... (and I'm not going to claim that I know forsure what will happen when that happens) What I think happens is that the content of the movie changes... but the screen stays the same ... To be honest though, it's kind of silly to ask these questions from a dualistic frame of mind and expecting a logically coherent answer. The answer to your question is nonduality. But unluckily for you, nonduality can't be captured very well in a forum post. Perhaps it would be beneficial to spend some time pondering about how body and death are both ideas. Neither of which are actually present in this moment here... Your question is based in a fantasy. Unwravel the fantasy, and the question is dissolved.

❤ thanks for this. This is special for me. Thanks.

Watch all of Leo's videos...

If you watched the content that is already on the channel then this wouldn't need any further explanation.

All is one. All separation is invented. Checkout "Collective Ego" and "What is Death" Edit: also dealing with fear

His mindfulness meditation video is very similar to Vipassana style meditation. I've practiced vipassana for years. It's not a very direct technique and it will most definitely lead to an incomplete awakening. That does not mean that it is not useful. Mixing techniques is the best way. Vipassana is a good foundation because mindfulness with labeling allows you to discern between thoughts and actuality. That, with, self-inquiry and psychedlics and or kriya yoga is a lot more powerful than Vipassana alone. Don't let these schools trick you into thinking that their technique is the only and best technique. Also, the amount of time and effort that I've personally put into Vipassana is not very feasible for the average person. Still well worth it though. Good luck!

Reminds me of the video game "Everything"

I understand! I actually have this experience too. Even though I have doubt. I am still sensitive to feel slight differences in energy with the crystals. I imagine this would be even more amplified if the Crystal is charged with intention! Awesome stuff.

This advice is true. I am always sober at parties but I know how to let loose. Everyone thinks I'm drunk. I'm never drunk...I just know how to have fun by myself! Of course, it takes practice. Edit: I'm not a huge fan of clubs and choose to avoid them if I have the option. Recently (before the virus), I've been frequently hitting up ecstatic dances and drum circles and other hippie gatherings. Toronto has a great stage green party scene where a majority of the people don't drink but still know how to let loose and be themselves! Also, when you find a pretty girl she's more likely to be interested in spirituality which is important for me.

Great share! He mirrors my own thoughts on the matter. Thanks

The problem is not that your Dad is lacking development. The problem is that you aren't developed enough to see the underlying wisdom and perfection in the present moment as it is right now. I had this same dilemma a couple years ago and my meditation teacher answered it very well. He said, "You be a diamond." This means regardless of how your loved ones are choosing to live their lives, you are doing the best YOU can for YOURSELF. Eventually, your personal development will rub off on your loved ones. Example: I've been eating clean for almost 4 years and my Dad has been eating pretty crappy. I didn't waste time worrying about how bad my Dad's diet was... I just focused on my own. Finally, after 4 years, my Dad had a personal awakening to the importance of eating a clean diet. Now, he tries his best to follow the good example that I've been setting for years. The moral is that you must focus on yourself. If your Dad asks you for advice, you give it to him lovingly, if he doesn't ask for advice. Leave him alone, "You be a diamond."

Came, watched, came again. Awesome video! Alexander Marchand's metaphors are mind-blowing! I had to keep pausing midway through so that I wouldn't shit my pants.

Yes! I've had natal charts done for all of my loved ones! It's way too fascinating (and consistently accurate) to ignore!

Yes! The book I linked points out which traits stand out for each sign. Also, it's a very fun flirting strategy to try to guess the other person's sign... I often get it on the first try

This always confuses me... Doesn't the crystal get its healing power from the mind. Rose quartz for example helps attract love. Good for healing heart chakra let's say. I imagine an effective practice would be to lie on your back with the rose quartz on your chest. And then do various kinds of visualizations about love and opening heart chakra. My point is, does the crystal itself actually possess healing capabilities? Wouldn't the meditation or visualization be just as effective without the stone? Perhaps...some of my psychic intuitive friends think it's pretty obvious...but I personally don't get much from them. It's all mind. I think that if you spend time charging the stone with a specific intention, then it will be effective. But again, it has nothing to do w the stone and everything to do with the focus of your awareness.

^ Realism makes me laugh. For anything to be real you must imagine it to be so. When you're having a dream about your dog, your dog is real to you. When your dream dog is hit by a dream truck, you're sad. Not because your dog is actually real, but because you think it is. All of reality is mind-dream-consciousness-hallucination-empty-appearance. It only seems solid or physical because you imagine it to be so.

Book for further explaining "The Goose is Out" koan: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Goose_Is_Out.html?id=dZF1CAAAQBAJ Short yet explanatory lecture about knowledge vs wisdom: http://sve-istina.blogspot.com/2012/03/osho-no-society-wants-you-to-be-wise.html?m=1

This is confusing for me. I like to read while in bed and it is often uncomfortable for me to have my laptop with my commonplace book open and with me at all times so that I can take notes. Do you take notes while you are reading? I always read with a pen and write margin notes in the book. Would it be a good idea to take notes while you are reading? After every chapter? or After you finish the book and to go back and review? How do YOU take notes? I definitely need some tips on note-taking.

Many conscious communities here in Toronto.

And of course, radical openmindedness! Because at the end of the day. You don't know how or why or what the fuck your own hand is.

@Yellow_Girl Pay close attention to what I am about to say: All of these things that you have listed are natural limitations of yellow. We overcome these limitstion by doing much much more spiritual purification work on ourselves. If you are feeling the limitations of yellow. Perhaps it is time to begin taking your spirituality more seriously. This would move you into turquoise. More books won't do the trick. Only thousands of hours of spiritual practices. Good luck!

From a certain perspective, driving a car is also contributing to suffering. As we are emitting known carcinogens into the atmosphere for people and animals to breathe. I see that eating meat is different, because it is more practical to give up meat than it is to give up driving. I personally don't eat much meat... I don't like the way that the flesh stays in my stomach. I can almost feel my body processing suffering. My Dad occassionally brings back wild caught fish from his fishing trips. I don't feel very guilty eating these fish. My point is that the lines are blurry. I think it's possible to consume some meat in a sustainable way, without feeling super bad about it. Although it may be correct that eating meat is directly contributing to evil (especially considering how disgusting factory farming is), I don't know if taking a position that demonizes people who choose to eat meat is very helpful. (Kind of like what I am sensing from @Chakra Lion) The way I see it, the only way that we get humanity as a whole to eat less meat would be to realize that each person is on their own level of consciousness. And that veganism only arises when the mind is psychologically and spiritual developed to a certain degree. A spiritual master who eats meat is actually contributing way more to the abolition of factory farming because he is directly contributing to the raising of consciousness of the masses. In a weird way, if you are vegan, but you are not directly contributing to the awakening of the whole of humanity in a meaningful way. You are still ultimately responsible for the evil of factory farming. So, worrying about who does and doesn't eat meat is a less effective means of abolishing factory farming than worrying about how to awaken the shit out of yourself. And then how to help other humans do it to. Hope you understand my perspective. Cheers