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Seems like mudras cannot only be found in Yoga. https://theyogaphile.blogspot.de/2007/03/mudras-in-christian-imagery.html

@Annetta Good question, I see it like this: Infinite consciousness uses all egos as vehicles. The infinite mind of consciousness gets all the data from the egos and creates whatever it wants through all egos. For this to happen the ego needs to be very aware, especially while creating.

Well this kind of scares me a bit, but it's also quite fascinating. Eckhart Tolle posted a clip about joyful creation 1 or 2 days ago. https://www.eckharttollenow.com/new-home-video/?free=/141700933/Q&A-Preview---Joyful-Creation Rupert Spira posted "Ego Is the Agency of Creativity" also 2 days ago. And now Leo's newest upload is "What Is Art? - Understanding How Art Works" Do you guys check each other out ? Do you/they get simultaneous insights? I have observed this many times before. @Leo Gura Are you conscious of this? (Well probably yes)

@unknownworldYes this intensity can occur during your meditation session and should also slowly take over your daily life. This doesn't contradict Leo imo, since seeking truth seems to be common in those who haven't seen through the illusion of a separate seeker yet. Effort does not necessarily equal work. Also you need to start somewhere wether it is with a meditation practice ore just becoming more aware in general. The danger in not pursuing enlightenment in the early stage could be that you just become too relaxed (as Eckhart said ) and don't do anything, not even allowing this intensity to flow through you. If you have this goal and this desire to become enlightened always as a thought in your mind and it is distracting you from becoming present then yes this is a trap. But you can have this goal in your mind and be detached from it. I think this thought will also cease to exist over time since the ego ceases to exist either. That's how I see it. Eckhart and maybe also Sadhguru are examples of people who got spontaneous realizations, but teachers like Rupert Spira, Adyashanti, Shinzen Young etc. did a lot of work. For example Rupert mentioned in one of his videos that the book of Ramana Maharshi was next to his bed for 25 years ( you can also read it on his page) http://non-duality.rupertspira.com/about/rupert-spira

@Toby How do you know his story?

@unknownworld Eckhart got enlightened without pursuing it at all, but he is convinced that the longing for enlightenment is already part of the awakening. https://www.eckharttollenow.com/s/o9gg0k Some thoughts about effort or no effort on this journey. https://www.eckharttollenow.com/s/5ngwud

And how can we assume then, that we are not again beginning to identify with something different than body/mind and there could be a whole new dimension of suffering? Something which would require an infinitely higher level of consciousness for liberation.

Your cognitive style is... Intellectual Your organizational style is... Flexible Your energy style is... Introverted Your stress management style is... Responsive Your interpersonal style is... Collaborative Openness Traits Your level of imagination is about average. Your level of artistic interests is about average. Your level of emotionality is low. Your level of adventurousness is high. Your level of intellectual interest is high. Your level of liberalism is high. Conscientiousness Traits Your level of self-efficacy is low. Your level of orderliness is low. Your level of dutifulness is low. Your level of achievement striving is low. Your level of cautiousness is about average. Extraversion Traits Your level of friendliness is low. Your level of gregariousness is about average. Your level of assertiveness is low. Your activity level is low. Your level of excitement-seeking is about average. Your level of positive emotions is low. Neuroticism Traits Your level of anxiety is high. Your level of anger is low. Your level of depression is high. Your level of selfconsciousness is about average. Your level of immoderation is low. Your level of vulnerability is about average. Agreeableness Traits Your level of trust is low. Your level of honesty is low. Your level of altruism is low. Your level of cooperation is about average. Your level of modesty is high. Your level of sympathy is about average.

@Azrael How do you perceive yourself in others?

Thank you!

One could ask what the hell should the homo sapiens sapiens do with its intelligence. AI might be the next big breakthrough in the development of (material) intelligence on planet earth, which for me seems to be quite epic. Maybe discovering ways to connect the AI with the human brain could be worth to pursue? An enlightened hyper intelligent cyber sapiens as the next species..

This application is designed to increase your RAM. http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/ https://www.quora.com/How-does-dual-n-back-actually-increase-IQ

Don't beat yourself up so badly. You cannot control everything. Things will change for the better, just be patient.

People pleasing Indecisiveness Happiness (although it's getting better) Self esteem Lack of meaning Opening myself up for other people Sleep

Some drug inspired Rock: Love: Refuge:

How to overcome Indecisiveness

“The sadness will last forever.” ― Vincent Van Gogh

Hi, I need some opinions from you. Please excuse my bad english. Thank you. I've been studying business informatics(which is 70% computer science) for 2 years now. It never really fullfilled me it was only a choice out of the need of security. Since years I have been interested in Psychology, and it was always a dream for me to study psychology and to become a psychotherapist. I'm from germany and if your grades aren't good enough you can either wait about 6 years to get access to psychology or you can spend 100k++ on private universities. I think I've made a wrong choice, but there still are options left: 1) I could study psychology in the netherlands, there they don't care about your grades, but I would be in debt of about 25k after the 4 years of studying. I'm already 23 and after that I'd be 28 which causes some limiting beliefs for me.. . Moving to another country wouldn't be a problem for me, since I've been moving from on place to another many times throughout my life. 2) Start working and study part time, which includes a study program where they also wouldn't care about your grades, but this would be a pretty hard road which would last at least 10 years to get the masters degree, at least I probably wouldn't be in debt. 3) Finishing my bachelors degree in business informatics and finding another way to follow this dream, but it's almost feeling like I'm selling my soul. I haven't took the life purpose course yet, but I'm going to soon. I have a decision to make quite soon, since I don't want to go into too much debt. Another question: This idea of studying psychology is popping up almost everyday recently and every month/week in the last years. Is this a sign of my intuition? I'm really thankful for every advice you give me.

@Green Warrior My pleasure

Wanted to share this with you. At first it might not quite seem to be a meditation Quite amazing how Eckhart "points out" your unconsciousness during this meditation. It's a free online version.

In @Leo Gura's video about this topic he shares his opinion that everything is determined. If so, and also if there is no you that can control anything, is the One, the source waking all of us up? Does the source have control? Aren't we also the source and therefore are able to control? If the source has no beginning and no end, there is no "starting" point in the chain of cause and effect, isn't that a requirement for determinism, and therefore the source has free will? So does raising our consciousness first make us believe we are getting more in control of ourselves and later realize that only the source controls us?

@ZeN @Leo Gura I had a similar experience when I had my first trip, which was also kind of my first bad trip, but this trip was on weed. Don't get me wrong I'm not a pothead and for personal development I would clearly recommend shrooms. But this experience was my first ever psychedelic experience and I thought I could never ever think again. My thinking was almost exclusively associative and unstructured. By that time I have been stuck in my head a lot, always thinking about the future, creating plans to get some decent life, and trying to develop a big picture, and now I was afraid I had lost it all, my ability to create this life. Referring to Leo's experience, putting this in perspective it almost feels like this has also been a lesson I've been taught, since my plans and dreams were quite egocentric, lol. This experience was over a year ago and recently I tried the shrooms. I wanted to make sure I would not end up in a bad trip, so I convinced myself I had to meditate at least 3 months, before trying shrooms. Done that, ordered and tried the shrooms and, well, this opened my mind so much, I couldn't even imagine. After the first visuals, I have been overwhelmed by the sound of the wind. It was so calming and beautiful, but almost immediately after that I have been stuck in my head. I was just afraid of everything, my whole body was shaking and sweating. I have very bad self esteem and often ask myself wether I am intelligent enough to pursue my current carreer (Studying business informatics), so this doubts have been in my head quite a while, but then I had so many insights popping up, showing me that I don't have to be afraid and that it's all ok, I actually touched my forearm and told myself that I don't have to be so afraid. These insights also answered another question of mine, referring my doubtfulness about everything and about the self actualization/enlightenment path. I actually talked to myself telling, yeah this is the right path, I knew you hadn't bought in yet, but this is it. It was EXACTLY like Leo said, before this experience my meditation habit was not as solid as it had to be. I have been encouraged so much about this journey that immediately in this very moment I felt so free, a feeling I never had before. This has been such an awe-inspiring experience that my mouth was open quite some time and I just thought, Life is just beautiful.