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"The best model I have currently is that there are an infinite degrees of consciousness and none of them are permanent." Sorry Do not know how to quote yet I have read all except for the rant(not much of a rant mood now) I agree fully No state is permanent. I feel like you open a doorway more than "Become" Enlightened . And you kinda get the "feel" for it and can go to God consciousness with much more ease after huge breakthroughs. The Zen masters try to go beyond the enlightened state looking for "More" and fixating on some "samadhi". Zen for me is a forced enlightenment while the buddha focused on the truth: "There is no permanent state" Enlightenment for me is more of a way of being and acting than a blissful flight through life. Service to others and no Ideal war on who has the sharpest mind and longest tongue. A permanent Enlightened State is a prolonged psychosis.(very hard to sustain) The middle way is to give up this bliss to address matters of most importance. In the time of the buddha it was the most influential to be either a spiritual master or a king. In our days I say it is to be: " A hacker " [mind is also a computer][Ideas are viruses][or rather a seed which will ripen] or to be: " Very very rich " [care not to get posseted by your possession] That is the truth, by Leo's principle of "do the thing which is emotionally most difficult to do" I feel we all need to crush the static hell we actually live in . Sorry . Its no time for bliss.(my view) More of a time for war Do not know about god.. . But I had enough. Will do my best. Promise P.s please proof me wrong for The best battle Is that which did not take place.. . Daniel Li Rodenko or The play ._.__._|

Axiom 1: Change is constant, Everything else, is changing constantly. Theorem 1: Holding on to ANYTHING will cause dukkha(or frustration) for it is impermanent , For there is nothing [ Which the mind is capable of grasping ] which is "stable" and can be fully under your control or in other words Every Object and entity cannot be a reliant to place our happiness in their hands. Analyzation I say that is the only Objective Axiom (Ax 1) which is true always and any mind made inquiry further is just the shade of the mind of the writer on a blank sheet of paper. Ill explain. If there was no motion at all. Consciousness is so empty and clear that it cannot realize its existence. In such case... There will be no experience. Leading too- there must be something within consciousness for it to realize itself. Yet that something starts its existence From the endless energy already present and everlasting [Dao] [for sacred geometry is first a vibration which than leads to formation of geometrical structure] Dao creates - Energy Shiva destroys - form And god is the silent listener to this beautiful creation. - consciousness Other than these 3 there are the "partitions of god" or players acting out the spontaneous Play of the heaven's They or 'we" are here - to add to the ample creativity and make it even more interesting for the Dao to flow, for god to watch and hear and for Shiva to arrange into crisp and vivid tools for us to play with. All of this words will be impossible to read if the 1 axiom [Ax 1] would not have been in place. I do not say that it is beyond gods reach, Yet if god were to tinker with that one axiom... Reality would crumble. That is the importance of Axiom No one.[No1] And as to the Theorem.. . Its easier said than done, Its like a mussel You train it And when you let go hard enough Reality comes Back to you with such force. That it leaves you speechless. Yours Daniel Li Rodenko or The Play . . .

lololol got me. You sharp! "Take strength from the past. Be present in the present moment. And Exited of the future !" -Anonymous

Just wanted to add. From my subjective experience the enlightened self can be sustained if in the right place (physically)[Energetically] Yet if you are surrounded by deeply lost entities you might loose your "state" Which is bound to happen if you do not lock yourself in your home or go to a monastery. My way is that of a bodhi-sattva and i feel Leo is such as well . In one of the videos (recent ones) he said he was given the opportunity to enter mahasamadhi and said no. We are here not for ourselvs. Maha-yana. . . . Daniel li Rodenko P.s I live in Israel Jerusalem anyone who is around is warmly welcome to just sit and chill at my home. Haven't read all answers so sorry if it was not on point.

0=8 cant find infinity sigh well the point is clear namaste .. .

You dont it comes on its own.

The meaning of life is to read this. Now it is to be confused. Excuse me for this zen stuff i will add some more I wanted to share with you guys the realization that effected my path the most : I felt like my happiness (like most peoples ) was set to some distant point in the future and as i was progressing towards it it kept "runing" away. The idea: To make a conscious desision that takes this "point" of promised happiness and no matter how hard it is ... To stick it in the present forever. This way your happiness is always in your pocket It means fully accepting and enjoing whatever comes in the now even if you strongly dislike it. I share it for i think this is a great tool for any of you who are on the path of no path. This one realization (that happend after watching leos absolute infinity video which is by far the most interesting video i have gotten my ears on) made my shift. The first thing i recall after the shift was me peeling potatoes for my mom and saying to her in a zen like voice: "Mom, sometimes the meaning of life is just to peel potatoes . " Keep it real Daniel.

Hello It is my first time writing here and i am pretty exited to be honest , this platform is amazing in my opinion. I have been following Actualized.org for about 2 years and i wish to express my biggest gratitude to you Leo and tell you that i find your videos to be the most interesting content on the web. I'm like your promoter here in Israel making my friends watch your videos so that i have something interesting to talk to them about I was on and off on the journey you set me off on , and now i am here. Where is here? fully present. I'm not sure if i am enlightened or not but to be honest... The state i'm in is to good to be true so i don't really bother to put it in a box (Every word is a box containing information and limiting what is inside in this connotation) I haven't felt the slightest itch of pain or boredom for 3 weeks straight ... reality as it is is just to amazing I want to share the two epiphanies that made my experience shift: 1. I have set my happiness to a distant point in the future and it felt like it was continuously "running" away from me... what i did was to make a conscious choice to take this "happiness point" and move it to the present. No matter how hard it is, just to accept and enjoy whatever comes ... Because the NOW is everlasting. 2.This one is more metaphorical so don't take it to directly: Everything is a feeling. Words are feelings, colors are feelings, feelings are feelings... everything. Its just that they are "different" feelings Next i have realized that a feeling by itself is absolutely "clean" and Empty. There is nothing to a feeling but a feeling ... A fire isn't hot ... it feels. Water is not wet... it feels Do you have any suggestions on how to continue my path ? Because i have read today in a zen book that the core teaching is to stop at the Truth. I will end with a short poem that have crossed my mind the other day: " Lets talk black&white: Black: Why are you different? White: We are the same. Black: No we are not! And here is why: You are white and i am black. White: Goes away. Black is dead. " Have a great day my friends

just offering a point of view which can be very badly interpreted so read with caution : There is nothing good or evil. you cant know if by calling the police for revenge you have actually caused him harm or you have set off a chain reaction that made him happier overall... I know this leaves you with a kind of "wtf should i do than" situation but in my opinion thous situation help you on the path to full presence . Because really there is nothing you can do accept what is going to happen The point is to be fully there when it happens and not in delusions and fantasies about how you can or could do something differently. When you don't think about reality... when you are just THERE everything is going by the plan Hope i was at least interesting to read if not very helpful. wish you all the best! Daniel.

But i like coffee! of course, the second you begin to "figure things out" you are not capturing the essence of reality which by that time was my hot coffee, what is important is what happens now so if the origin of black and white is now ill look happily, but now the meaning of life is to read these words. i will keep it real because what is not real dose not exist Thank you for the interesting replies... I'm not smart and am trying my best to answer and you make me feel interesting reading your replies. All that is left for me is : To play Because after some point i realized: words are mental games, don't take them to seriously its the "feel" of the conversation i focus on... Because to be frank: After pure presence if you think there is something more to understand (not to know as in knowledge) you are simply going backwards. Hope my play was helpful... Cant wait to see your cards

Hi mighty mouse cool name. 1. I was curious of the answer. 2. Fuck my coffee is so hot i better not drink it yet! 3. seriously why is it so hot? 4. <3 3* sorry for being this kind of guy . My best guess: Something can come out of nowhere only if it will "fold" on itself at the end. I don't like to philosophize of such things because it leads nowhere and gets my coffee too cold for drinking Keep it real Daniel.

Not an expert , but my friend is so that is his advice: Be grounded in reality = no mystical bullshit , no trying to "get to the core of how reality works" just be there And when you return contemplate on what should you leave behind and discard as mere hallucinations and what is beneficial for you life and personal growth. Even write it down Iv'e had 1 bad trip and underwent a psychosis because of it that cost me a year of my life and the reason for my insanity was clear: I was not grounded in reality. I was very mystically minded back then and was ready to accept fu**ed up things about reality making connections between events that were not necessary there. Me and my friends know that through acid you can feel the "cycles turning" no other way to put it into words. Just a fun fact that we all did feel that and now i can see that it might be connected to the law of cause and effect but i don't want to talk about how reality works because: 1. It is futile 2.To be frank i don't know Good day brother enjoy your perceptions Daniel.

Thank you my friend but not really the words flow effortlessly so i guess my fingers are smart?

Just want to add: it surely feels this way: A person who have never tried psychedelics is a mind virgin. (don't take it to seriously its just a funny line) My advice for you from about 7 trips would be: Stay grounded in reality. It might be less "exiting" because you don't "just flow with it" but we are focused on self growth and that is the most beneficial way in my opinion. Good day brother

Hi pardon me for my rudeness , i haven't read all the replies ... Just wanted to address the first message by playdoh : Being Enlightened is like being 4 years old and realizing that everything is a playground I can tell you from my personal experience that i too struggled to understand how is it beneficial for me to be empty... Because the glimpses of the true thing i was having were deceiving me: I was walking for hours listening to trance music and having an experience of "no self"... i felt like i am reality itself in this moments. But now , from my direct experience i can tell you this much: Enlightenment is anything but empty. It is complete fullness of experience and it feels like whatever you are doing right now, is the meaning of life... I enjoy having sex as much as i enjoy pouring myself a cup of fresh coffee My process was gradual and that is why i cant relate to this feeling of dread you had but my guess is that if it happens "to fast" it might be a bit shocking . I think you don't have to push it if you don't feel like it... i was on for a month, then off for two and this cycle repeated itself. Nobody "needs" to become enlightened - the way i see it anyways - when you have had enough you have had enough... I strongly believe that every being that wants to . can and will become enlightened and the master can only shorten your struggle. I want to add a paragraph from a great zen book i am reading: Eastern wisdom - the treasure box , by Nissim Amon: "Pay attention and don't think about emptiness when contemplating the mind. Those of you who sit in meditation and fall into absolute emptiness will sink into black nothingness and space. just us outer space is full of real things the sun, the moon, the stars , planet earth, rivers and mountains , so to the mind contains real things. The mind and the world ; all is one and one is all " I agree that the ego is crucial for our survival at first... Because if kids were fully enlightened what is to stop them from putting their hand in the fire and realizing that this feeling is empty? you see the point? It dose protect us - at first but than it becomes a heavy burden. The way i see it: It is necessary to go full circle . Alan watts ones spoke to a buddhist and he tolled him: "When i knew nothing about buddhism , mountains were mountains and waters were waters. When i understood a little buddhism , mountains were no longer mountains and waters were no longer waters. But when i fully understood , mountains were again mountains and waters were waters." It depicts - as i see it - the process that takes place when someone is on the path but not quite there: It can be world shattering and very difficult to take in... but i assure you when (and not if ) you will get there mountains will be themselves and you will not feel "insecure" or vulnerable because thous are fleeting feelings that do not last. The closes i can describe an awake state to someone who is not fully there : The gap between your thoughts. And from what i recall thous were the most peaceful moments i had Good luck, good day and keep it real Daniel. p.s Sorry for my lengthy writing i was so exited to find this community So i wanted to answer my best. Leo we need more people like you !