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@PsiloPutty I have two interpretations to your question and my answer is yes to both of them.

Couldn't agree more lol, especially in regards to Dave Rubin lol. The guy cannot think for himself to save his life. He's just says whatever will benefit his career. I used to watch him until about a year ago.

@Tony 845 "Enlightenment through the path of Kundalini" by Tara Springett is one book and another is "Kundalini Exposed" by Santata Gamana. Trust me here

@Outer Yeah that podcast is some good shit

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Increments of what?@non_nothingI might try this

@Revolutionary Think That's unfortunate. I hope you've at least exorcised some pessimism and negativity in your system by typing your thoughts and feelings on this forum. It's always the same story for all of us miserable creatures lol, the external world doesn't conform to our egoic desires so we feel down.

@Roman Edouard This is a completely baseless assumption you've made. There is no "why" in reality, so your question is meaningless.

@Roman Edouard Putting away the question of whether life has meaning or not for a second, think of a random question like " what is the meaning of the existence of cars?". There are many facts you can say about cars and about their history but in my mind the obscurity in answering this question deepens by rephrasing the question as "What is meant by the existence of cars?". Like wtf are you supposed to say to that. Meant by whom? Meant by what? Meant by (absolute infinity)/(God)? What is the meaning behind our existence as biological organisms? Well we may be able to say that reproduction has allowed for the existence of biological life over a time spans far longer in duration than that a single life time. Reproduction is necessary for life to continue to exist. But what is the meaning of life? This is completely subjective. It doesn't matter how many facts I accumulate about life, a question regarding meaning asks you to explore the very centre of being and existence. But when we go that far deep into reality, concepts are useless. Reality is (*insert massive gong noise*) .

@moon777light oooh

@Shin@Shin@Shin@Shin Im gonna mainly talk about note taking in relation to academia. Whenever I want to learn about something, I want to maintain a balance between note taking and paying more attention to the source of information. This may not apply to information which is not cognitively intense, but I say that there exists such a balance because there is a trade off in your attention between taking notes and paying attention. People can think far, far faster than they can write information. Therefore the downside to taking notes is that you waste time that you could have spent assimilating information and synthesising links in your mind. I've seen so many people who've had amazing notes on topics and yet they fail at exams. However, it is still generally the case that you need some form of notes. I've seen notes be useful as a way to present information in the idiosyncratic way that you understand and connect with, and notes can act as a tiny spark to a large amount of information stored in your mind.

@StardewValley "The reason you aren't better is precisely the reason you want to be (better)" - Alan Watts. Don't misinterpret the quote though. There's this lecture which addresses the human predicament of self improvement.

The following was posted in comments section of Leo's last video by this user https://www.youtube.com/user/uzamaki32 " SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO: Caveat, this is not complete, but it should allow for guiding towards further research. (1) Modafinil - Actual pharmaceutical - Creativity - Focus - Energy - Connecting the dots - subtle effects - Better memory - A synergy of brain functioning (1.a) Armodafinil (analog of modafinil) - Basically same as modafinil, but: - more potent - Fewer side effects - Do research to understand the difference and why it works better than modafinil even though it uses fewer chemicals, which is one reason it has fewer side effects. (2) Lions Mane Mushrooms - Neurogenesis - Energy - Focus - Clears brain fog - Reduces depression & anxiety (3) L-Theanine - Relaxant - Increases alpha and theta brain waves similar to meditation - Neuro growth factor - Mood booster - Gabba/ serotonin/ Dopamine (4) Huperzine A - Increased short-term memory - Long-term brain health - Vivid dreams; helps with lucid dreaming (5) Alpha GPC - Choline > Memory > building block/fuel for the brain - Mood - Mental energy - Neuro growth factor (6) Pterostilbene - Neurogenesis - Neuroplasticity - memory - Dopamine - Memory - Mood - Dopamine - Improves cognition - Reduces anxiety - Neuroprotectant (7) 5-HTP - Reduces anxiety, stress, and depression - Don't take it with other anti-depressants! (8) Sulbutiamine - Attention spawn - Focus - Increased vocabulary - Sociability - Quick tolerance (9) Vinpocetine - Blood flow to the brain - Focus - Memory - Helps with brain fog - Neuroplasticity - Anti-inflammatory - Helps regenerate stroke damage or other types of brain damage (10) n-acetylcysteine / NALT - Improves cognition - Memory - Helps with ADHD/ADD - Since it has tyrosine I suppose it gives the brain building blocks for neurotransmitters like dopamine (11) Phosphatidylserine - Helps with learning new skills - Stronger myelin sheet (important for learning skills, since myelin sheets help with chunking actions) - Helps with changing habits - Brain health - Reduce ADHD/ADD - Brainwave reduction (12) Bacopa(Indian herb) translates to Brahmi similar to Brahman. - Improve memory - Natural Adderall (analogy) - Focus - Helps with ADHD/ADD - Reduces anxiety in the short-term - Increases memory for long-term e.g. after stopping memory benefits can last up to months. (13) NAC - Dopamine - Helps with colds - Neuroprotectant (14) PQQ - Antioxidant - The growth of new mitochondria - Energy - Increases nerve growth factor - Improves memory - Improves cognition - Neuroprotectant - Can take up to a month to work (15) QoQ10 - Effective for older folks - Protects brain cells - Reduces fatigue - Anti-aging effects on the cardiac system - Energy (16) Uridine - Boost release of dopamine - Improves mood with fish oil - Neuroprotectant (16) Gingko Biloba - Increases blood circulation in the brain - Attention - Focus - Cognition and learning - Helps repair brain cells - Requires several weeks before it works ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (A.1) Fish oil - Important vitamine, not necessarily a nootropic. (A.2) Vitamin D3 - A very important vitamin that a lot of people lack due to that they work inside. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good stack: - SAL Butherine - Alpha GPC - Uridine - Fish Oil - Vitamin D3 "

@The Don I'm someone who suffers from mild dyslexia so I understand your struggle. When a piece of text is written on particular topic, the author paints a picture of the topic in their own idiosyncratic way. Their word choices and connotations of those words, the logical steps they highlight as well as the logical steps they ignore, the intuitive picture they try to communicate and etc (ofc this is not the case for hard-core fact sheets which just have facts written down with no explanation or back up). Human minds are complex and so it is that the same topic can be intuited/thought of in an infinite number of ways. Struggles can arise when reading a book because your brain is not the same brain of the person writing the book. When you read about and are studying a particular topic, do not try to memorise the chains of reasoning or memorise the sequence of things which were focused on. What you should do instead is take the information from the book and try to synthesise your own "unique" understanding and viewpoint of a topic. Come up with your own starting points, your own points of focus on a topic, your own chronological order of things to focus on. For example, if I'm studying maths I do not study things in the order that my school recommends. I start with foundations and build upwards, rather than spread myself thin and jump from topic to topic too quickly and not understand anything I've learnt as a result of my incorrect method of studying. The method people use for learning maths is to become a memory drone, rather than actually understand the maths. I'm trying to form my own pathway in understanding a topic. It requires that I constantly look at different sources and synthesis my own, personal understanding.

@Recursoinominado cuz you're a pussy

You pay $35 purely for the list, you aren't given the books. Leo gives the books a rating and gives a small audio clip for each book where he just talks about his general thoughts, feelings about the book and uses of book. My personal view, even though its annoying to pay $35 dollars for a list, the list is really good.

@The Don You can drink decafinated green tea

@Shin 90% of my diet is fish, eggs, milk and vegetables. Giving up meat and animal products is too hard for me ? ? because its all so delicious

My meditation habit for the past month has been bad as well.

Bitch you just jealous of my aubergine swag

@Mohamad Tahmas I believe that the use of Spiral Dynamics in accurately modelling human development collapses around turquoise because it is around turquoise that you enter the realm of deep spirituality which is concerned with ultimate truth and the nature of being, so I therefore think it's possible Leo does not wish to explore SD beyond turquoise because he thinks SD is an unhelpful model.

@Roman Edouard this may sound generic but I think that acceptance of death is about acceptance of the emptiness of your being. Everyone, at least during some point, feels their existence to be empty. I currently think that once you are dead you return to the existence you had before you were born. This may sound tangiantial but bear with me. Have you ever meditated and reached a state of heightened awareness? There is this completely spontaneous present moment. The present moment is uncreated. You did nothing to create this present moment. There is no cause for anything. Just observe the origin of anything internal or external in your consciousness and pay attention to what is. To truly see through the illusion of past and future requires you cease clinging. If you reach this state you start to see the emptiness of your existence. I have found this very scary. But upon reaching this consciousness you are forced to confront the fact that emptiness is undeniably a core element of your being at all times, which is contrary to how we humans normally operate. We normally sweep emptiness under the rug. But if you let go you'll have a funny, surreal feeling inside.

@The Don X is relative to Y if X can only be defined through reference to Y.

@SageModeAustin The quotation "drastic times call for drastic measures" may be applicable in your case. Your question is hard for me to answer because you've basically stated that your entire psychology is fucked but no other details about your life are mentioned. How long have you been exposed to non-duality practices/theory? You say you've struggled with what sounds to depression for about 10 years, I'm just curious for how long you've been into spirituality. Have you had enlightenment experiences? If so, then you should know there is "hope". Do you have any hardcore addictions sucking the life out of you? I remember reading a post in which you copy and pasted a section of a book on negative emotion, I thought it was good. Try and apply that. Another thing I'm curious about, how much theory have you been exposed to? Because if you've spent a lot of time reading and listening to videos on non-duality then I doubt that there is much that can be said to help you. Although it its perhaps the case that you always need a reminder. If I'm looking for some spiritual inspiration I like to listen to Alan Watts.

@Poetryandpolygraphs good question. If I had to (describe)/(guess the nature of) enlightenment I'd say that it probably involves the transcending of paradigms in the sense the your awareness is completely fixated in the present moment and sees through all the "thought stories" you create. Like everyone has paradigms they use, and the way I conceptualise the existence of paradigms is to say that the contents of a paradigm are the result of the metaphysics and axioms held about reality. For example, a form of the "scientific paradigm" holds as a premise that there are natural causes to things going in the world. This paradigm can include the assumption that logic, maths and reason will help you understand reality, the assumption that determinism is true, the assumption that everything is physical and etc. The way I see it, enlightened people still operate on paradigms it's just that they know that their paradigms are not to be confused with reality.