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@mandyjw Be grateful for how much equality you have in your country. Come here and you will find true hell as a woman. Women here are treated as objects from birth. You wouldn't last even for two days. You might even do some criminal activities since anger problems ?

@tsuki Heart = Authentic = Spontaneous = Relaxed = Comfortable = Confident = Connected = Easy = Simple The mind gives a blurry image of you, which doesn't represent who you are. The heart speaks the truth.

@Shin And you're saying that because?

@abrakamowse But wait. Isn't God alone? Who is he talking to?

@EvilAngel Nice! ❤️

That was intended I like to keep it a mystery. God is confusing.

Oh boy Mandy! ?

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@DrewNows ?

He gave you the answer though. Read very carefully.

@tsuki I'm not sure my comment is welcomed, but I want to say that I like the video. I noticed how you got more comfortable talking towards the end, which is a great sign of getting in touch with your heart. I'm inspired, I want to make a video as well. But probably next month. Thank you, I'll watch the Annihilation movie ?

I don't know anything about him. He might be driven by fear, or a neurotic kind of desire to win and be the best. Then again, he might be very authentic. And basketball is his passion. I don't know. I wasn't implying free will. I want what I want, but I didn't choose to want them in the first place. Growth happens with experience, the more experiences you have, the more aware and grown-up you become. You can learn from the extremes of course, but if you keep your self there, you'll stay stuck and your growth will end. In every area, you develop easily up to 80-90% of mastery in that specific area. But the other 20-10% is very hard to achieve. Therefore, I think it's better to chase some other 80-90% from other experiences rather than trying to master and obtain the remaining 20-10% of that specific area. At least that's my experience.

Just had a nice night out with my brother. He is my mirror and I am his. He is my journal, and I am his. There's not one person in the world who knows me or understands me better than my brother. Not even my parents or my best friend. I really love him. I'm kind of his guru. I learn, contemplate, and do the work, and then I give him the conclusions, wisdom, and insights, he just applies them directly. They always work! My brother is very happy and successful. He always needs my guidance though and I'm happy to help him. He's only 20 years old, and he's in tune with his authentic self. I am happy and satisfied. ... This journaling thing is amazing! So much awareness throughout the day picking what's worth putting in here. It opened up to me a new huge possibility and potential for growth. I am willing to take it to its fullest.

As usual, Leo nails it. Charisma, body language, eye connection, voice tone, abundance of information, well-organised presentation, very methodological presentation, well-thought content, no lagging, no stuttering, a totally perfect production. Structure Rating: 10/10 Key insights: Don't delude yourself and think that survival is bad, it's not the enemy. Just be aware of your mechanisms. Actually, the thought that survival is bad is part of the survival of your spiritual ego. Survival of the ego is dependent on the survival of the authentic self, which is the body, but not the other way around. Stop thinking, stop doing, be in the present moment, and your authentic self will start the healing process on your shadow, and eventually you will meet with your self. Selfishness is survival, selfishness is selfish. But survival is not selfishness and is not selfish. Only human beings can be selfish, because they can be inauthentic. Inauthenticity creates the false self, and therefore it's selfish. Animals are completely authentic, they don't have an ego or a self-image, they act directly from Source. They're in tune with God. Reality is always expanding, there's no loss of energy/matter. There are only increases. Thanks for God, not the ego. The ego is actually a hindrance for the expansion of God, but ultimately God prevails and you find out that the ego was ignorant that it's been a sincere servant the whole time. That's what survival does. Understanding survival does not solve why there is death. Death is a mystery as much as life. Why does the ego have to die? Why can't God be eternal from my single point of view? Doesn't make sense. What in my life is not survival? I will contemplate this question for the following days. I'll see what I'll get, and I'll post my answer here in my journal. Content rating: 10/10 In general, it's all common sense to me. I didn't really get much insights from it. But it's got many good reminders. Not to say that I figured all of this stuff out on my own. Actually Leo played a central role in my understanding of my self and of survival in his earlier videos. This video was like organising all the thoughts in a very coherent way, my observations mixed with Leo's earlier teachings. Overall rating: 10/10 Thank you Leo ❤️

Just started watching Understanding Survival video. I'll keep some notes and critiques afterwards.

@Knock Yes, I think it's possible. Although not always, sometimes you need more than just one post on the internet to recognise where people are coming from. But I still think that you get better over time if you are consistently trying to get there. Plus, contemplation, journaling, self-inquiry can get you to very advanced levels of understanding yourself, therefore understanding others as well.

@How to be wise I agree. I think it's related to politics. Former religions when they tried to awaken people, they always did work on politics as well. Bringing peace to the world is one of the main goals of religion.

@Leo Gura ?❤️ So appreciated.

I've been thinking about this. I realised something earlier today about this discussion. The fact that I consider both extremes toxic, tells me something about myself. And that is my authentic self does not want to be myopic, I want to master everything I do, whatever it is I want to be the best at it. Toxicity in this case is what stands in my way towards that goal, so it's not a fixed thing. Michael Jordan has mastered playing basketball, but I don't know about his personal life. To me, I want everything to be at its best. I want to satisfy myself and everyone. The problem with clinging to extremes is that they block us from growing in other areas. I always asked myself what do I want? Almost never got an answer. I now have a better understanding of what I want. I want everything, which is identical to nothing. I want to take what comes my way without rejection or resistance, and embrace it fully. I don't want something in specific. I don't want anything, I want everything. 10:34 AM here and getting back to work in 15 minutes.

@DrewNows There can be a fear of failure, that's normal and actually necessary. Resistance, however, is the cause of suffering. Resistance is the dissection of the one stream that is you, into two opposite poles, reality vs. imagination. There is something (reality), but you imagine something else and want it to replace the reality. That is the source of suffering. Obviously, you can still use imagination and play with it however you like without suffering, because you won't be resisting reality or clinging to imagination. You can acknowledge that imagination is just imagination and let it be without clinging to it.

@DrewNows Desire is not selfish or selfless, it's just desire. It arises spontaneously creating a disturbance which is energy that moves me to fulfill the desire which in turn means the death of that desire and getting back to peace and stillness. In a sense, it's all selfish since it's all happening for me. But in another sense, it's all selfless since I don't really have a say in it. So, it's both and neither. Desire is ego, but it does not necessarily have to create suffering.

@Knock I don't think it's possible to make everyone post relevant comments. Because everyone has a different unique path, and they will inevitably project what they're going through/struggling with onto others. I think they are victims as much as we are. It's really hard not to project your current ideas onto everything in life. And as your ideas change, your projections will change as well.

@DrewNows Good point. I don't judge on the emotional level, I don't hate others. But I still judge on the intellectual level. Both of which are necessary for my inner peace and well being. Or else I would hurt myself and others. Changing others if being done with good intentions, is also necessary for my well being. There is judgement, there is a desire to change others. But there is no resistance/suffering/conflict accompanied with them.

@DrewNows I don't know. It's the vibe and energy that I feel from people. I can clearly see the love. It's obvious. I think it happened when I stopped judging people and started accepting them for who they are. I am in tune with love, I guess.

@mandyjw Thank you Mandy ❤️ I need some guidance. Obviously, I'm terrible at this