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@WonderSeeker Out of curiosity, what new career did you find for yourself?

They are making me realize that in order to embody truth I would have to give up my current corporate career path. It would probably entail a drastic change lifestyle, dedicating myself to a life of service. I will probably make the change in the next decade, but I need to make it sober. I can't make rash decisions because of an existential crisis I had during a trip... which is what was starting to happen.

I realized that I'm not at the right stage of life to be pursuing God. I'm 26, with a well-paying job in a HCOL area. By any conventional metric my life is a success. Psychedelics have been an incredible spiritual tool. But the more I take them, the more I realize I would have to give up my career, which I'm not prepared to do at this stage of life. So I'm following Leo's advice and postponing any further use until I'm at least 30. Hopefully this encourages the other youngsters out there to take it slow.

Happy birthday Leo!

@Zeroguy Why can't God be a deceiver? Where in the universe does it say he can't deceive?

@Leo Gura Can you elaborate by what you mean by this? Was it simply disillusionment with money, success, sex, etc? Or something more serious? And I guess the follow-up question: how did you resolve it?

@Leo Gura I agree that psychedelics will derail your focus on money (experiencing that now 😅). But should you even try to build a relationship/family in your 20s if you know you're going to go hardcore mystic later on? Being disenchanted with money really only affects me, but it seems much more dangerous when other people depend on you...

Hi all, I've been following Leo on this personal development/spiritual journey for 10 years now. 2025 has been the year where I feel like my growth has become exponential (thanks in no small part to multiple profound psychedelic trips). While incredible in terms of development, it has thrown a wrench into my everyday life. A bit of backstory: I was dating someone earlier this year, only to realize 9 months in that she wasn't going to be right for me long-term. I feel like this was a direct result of me becoming more conscious. My current concern is the following: I'm 25, have a good job in tech and a promising career ahead. Increasingly I feel like this kind of corporate life isn't compatible with pursuing higher consciousness. Similarly to how I felt about my relationship, there's a feeling of "please don't take this away from me yet". I had hoped to pursue a more conscious second career later in life, for example in my 40s. But as I develop, I feel like that timeline is shrinking, and that terrifies me. Am I putting the cart before the horse? Should I focus on building material wealth in my 20s-30s before pursuing more spirituality?

@datamonster Yeah I'm quite tall. Although my brother's the same height, and he doesn't suffer from it. @Leo Gura Thanks, I'll look into these things.

Hey Leo, I was wondering if, in your quest to cure your stomach issues, you've stumbled upon a cure for chronically cold hands and feet? Cheers!

Best solution that I've found for back pain:

INTJ for the count.

I have 2 thoughts on this. The short answer: Yes, because consumption is the largest part of the GDP. So if you reduce consumption, you would reduce the severity of the crisis. The long answer: It is not as simple as reducing consumption. If you try to purposefully reduce consumption, demand decreases, unemployment skyrockets, prices fall, and we're heading for something worse than the Great Depression. The problem is way deeper and more complex than just "consuming less". This brings up an interesting point. The economy is structured such that we have to maintain economic growth (and thus consumption) because the alternative is so much worse. But this may be getting beyond the scope of this discussion. Final thought: I don't know where you got the idea that socialistic economies consume less. They rely just as heavily on consumption for GDP as any other country.

@Norbert Somogyi I've noticed this pattern, too (that certain types of girls are more attracted to me than others, not that they're dealing with trauma per se). I haven't found a super coherent explanation for this yet but it's an interesting pattern.

One thing Leo said in his College video that really stuck with me is that realistically you will probably work as a wage slave for a while before striking out on your own. Which is not necessarily a bad thing: you will build useful skills, build a network, and see how business actually works in the real world, all of which is invaluable.