Joseph Maynor

Thoughts are illusions. They’re real in the sense of being illusions, but there’s nothing behind the scenes with thoughts. Because of this, I consider thoughts to be sensations.

Today I had a storm of negative thoughts and I just focused on their emptiness and illusoryness.

Anybody who works for money is a wage slave. You’re whoring yourself out of some level when you work for money period. Even if you think you’re a do-gooder, you’re still working for dollars at the end of the day just like everybody else is.

Nice blog videos Leo! I'll watch those now. I started the one on Trump and I'm already taking notes and sh*t. There's some good stuff to write on about the comparison and contrast between Stage Red/Stage Orange and Stage Coral.

Hehe. I lived it. Even better.

THE LIMITATIONS OF STAGE TURQUOISE Turquoise is still too attached to Thought and Experience a.k.a Maya. They're distracting themselves literally. It's like a kid getting lost in his fantasies. Turquoise loves the sound of their own voice and loves to talk and teach. But see, all this is just an Egoic distraction away from maintaining God Awareness and seeing through the literal illusion of Maya a.k.a. Thought and Experience. In order for God to be God he cannot be swimming around in Hell a.k.a. Maya a.k.a. Samsara. God does not swim around in Hell, see. I like to put it like this, 'God and the Devil can't exist in the same room at the same time.' If you are God and you're allowing the Devil and Hell into your life, it's only by lack of keen-Awareness that you can continue to do that. It's a lack of taking responsibility from an Awareness perspective that leads God to the Devil or to Hell. Living in Maya is not the way to live. Freedom a.k.a. Moksha is the exist of Awareness from Maya a.k.a. Thought and Experience. Turquoise half-detaches from Maya, that's the problem. Turquoise doesn't realize that Maya is a literal illusion and remains bought-into Maya a.k.a. Thought and Experience significantly.

I find it weird that you are deflecting all these questions externally. The extent of the questions. It's almost like you don't want to take any responsibility for thinking for yourself. You're not gonna find the right answer for your life to that degree externally. You need to focus inward. It's your life, why would you think others can give you the answer? Here's a good exercise, take out a piece of paper and draft an answer to all your questions and then post those answers. Then ask us to look at that and provide comments. That would give you the most bang for your buck in terms of useful feedback from us.

You can talk about reality. Just make sure it’s grounded in your own experience. The problem with theory is people start to parrot the theory as if the theory can replace self-observation as a source of truth. I encourage you to talk about reality. What you wanna do though is ground your talk about reality in your own self-observation work.

Tell us your answer then. It's easy to just deny without proposing any alternatives.

That's Maya. In Maya, the Preacher becomes the Devil and the Devil becomes the Preacher. I think I recall that dude leaving comments under the YouTube videos. Here's the kicker -- The person who wrote that took the time to write that. That's what's sad. Think about it. PS it's weird to me to see someone with a lot of ideas but with sophomoric writing skills.

It's a way to make money off of Enlightenment. Sales pitch: I will improve your numbers! Give me money and I will improve your numbers.

Precisely! You nailed it!

Seeing is not a conceptual distinction. Keep that in mind.

You lack the capacity to look inward yet you wanna correct everybody else. It's called being a Spiritual Ego my friend. It's an Egoic distraction away from doing your own authentic Personal Development Work.

Your suffering comes from thinking Experience is real.

During my first Dark Night of the Soul I went pretty nutty. This is when I first discovered that the Egoic self is an illusion. My second Dark Night of the Soul was when I discovered that I'm all alone in reality.

WHEN DOES MEDITATION START WORKING? Right away. The best thing I ever did was start meditating about 2 or 3 ago years now. Meditation is the best daily habit for Enlightenment and Personal Development in general. The big four are meditation, diet, sleep, and exercise. Once I started meditating, right away I realized this is something I'm gonna do for the rest of my life. Meditation makes you feel good and also lets you to do keen self-observation. So it kills two birds with one stone. It's like exercise in that sense, right -- exercise builds strength but also gives you an increased feeling of well-being post-workout as well.

Ego is not moral or immoral, it's just illusory. Ego is a distraction away from maintaining God Awareness. The problem with Ego is that it leads to suffering because your Awareness is caught up in it. That's what Samsara a.k.a. Hell is. Samsara is your Awareness getting lost in Ego a.k.a. Thought and Experience.

Stage Orange. Same with Ayn Rand.

God does not create Ego. Ego is created by a misinterpretation (ignorance/ Avidya) of Thought and Experience. Ego is God losing himself in Thought and Experience. And the Devil is the lure, right, the seductor into Thought and Experience. When you realize that everything is inside your Consciousness and that there's nothing behind the scenes, Thought and Experience can be seen through as the literal illusions that they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidya_(Hinduism)

Watch them all multiple times although at some level this can be a distraction. You do need the theory. It depends on where you are in your Personal Development. I've learned so much from Leo's videos. And I've watched them all multiple times. As you grow, the videos will resonate in different ways too. There's a lot of great content in those videos.

That's kinda what Yellow is. Just like Red, Yellow is interested in solving problems and making things happen. Yellow is like a cerebral, more conscious Red.

But Enlightenment is paradign shattering as well. I still recall my first Dark Night of the Soul and how brutal that was.

Yes and no. That’s why it’s tricky. It’s not one or the other. Yes in the sense that it can get you focused inwards. No in the sense that it can cause you to become massively addicted and distracted. People who think weed is not addictive have really sold us a goose egg for whatever motivation they have to do so. Weed is incredibly addictive and can lead to all kinds of distractions as well. But there are some amazing things about weed that can can help you with Personal Development Work. Weed makes you very introspective. I call weed the Philosopher’s Drug. You can do self-inquiry like a champ on weed. I’m ready to stop smoking weed 100% now, but I’ve gotten the full benefit from weed. Quitting is a very personal choice. It’s not like weed is either all good or all bad, it depends on the context of who you’re talking about. And then even in that specific life you’re talking about, weed has its pros and cons. Weed can also get you very distracted into art in various forms from playing video games to playing a musical instrument to just sitting around watching TV even. Weed draws you into Thought and Experience a.k.a. Maya and therefore can function as a tool of the Devil.