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Especially with the style that Leo has got, even most men can't digest it let alone women. You have to be impersonal while doing this, and for most women this just doesn't align with her true self. Most of the philosophy readers are men while most of the romance readers are women. Debating about existence comes naturally to many(not most) men. See this stuff is harsh and nuanced. There is no way we are going to make this sound nice to you and encourage you to accept this so that women may find it appealing. You are at the forefront of exploring human consciousness and among the first in history to delve into this type of things. Edit: Many things that are seen as backward and bigoted by the current progressives are simply the Truth. Even some tenants of Red pill can be true. Simply because something feels disrespectful to you has no bearing on it's Truth. It's cringe when people call Leo who is a bold leftist by any reasonable standards as misogynist/bigoted/transphobic. These people have lost all connections to reality whatsoever and have become increasingly dogmatic with progressive views. And obviously they don't see themselves like that.

@axiom Fully agree on all points. I should have added some concluding remark from the Absolute side of the street, not everything from the Relative side of the street. >There is noone already, so there is nothing that can be done. There are only appearances arising which may or may not involve what seems to be an individual on some kind of path. Totally agree, but for sake of teaching-efficiacy, the Mahamdura-system throws the stick with which one pokes and blazes the fire only into the fire when the fire is sufficiently burning. In the Mahamudra-System (for example Pointing out the Great Way, Brown), there is only effort or artifical activity (or a person) involved up until and including the stage 3 of One Taste (One Taste = Nondual). One learns to cut all thought- and emotion-arisings fast enough (Stage 1& 2). When one is proficient enough in that, the visual field starts getting nondual (Stage 3), the separation perceived before drops away, and the visual field gets an appearance-only quality, empty, hologram-style. Then, at stage 4 (Nonmeditation Yoga), this effort or artifical activity (or believing in a person or agent doing these things) gets dismantled, because cutting off the Illusion-thought-arisings has become fast enough and automatic. Together with that, the concept of a doer/person/agent gets pointed out as another concept, and the meditation does itself. Here, the mindstream aligns for the first time with the real state of things, that an understanding can happen there really is no person, just a bundle of I-thoughts/I-feelings arising. And of course, there was no person/individual in the past, only an apparant Gestalt that looked like that, and which one used to overlay ones true being (Infinite Conciousness or Reality itself) with, there isnt one now, and there never can or will be, only as an illusion or overlay on the real nature of things. Ones True Being is able to generate this illusion (magnificienlty), but is not dependend on it. The show can happen without it. But reality can generate this illusion. Basically then one goes full Tony Parsons (there is no person, nothing needs to be done), but only at stage 4 Nonmeditation Yoga and not before. If you do it before, certain qualities are not generated that one needs to conform to the enlightened mind (nonduality, mere-appearance/imagined hologram-like quality of the visual field, infinitesness of the visual field, space not as independend self-existing "thing" but sth. imagined in consciousness which consciousness doesnt need to imagine, time and memory happening in it now, that one cant get out of it because there is no outside, and some other stuff). And when all of that is in place, Basis-Enlightenment or Crossing Over can happen, which Brown describes (among other things): " Seemingly individual consciousness (yid), the point of observation throughout the entire path of meditation, is now found to be a mere concept (btagspa), which drops away. … The seeming reality of individual consciousness along with its functions and activities gives way, leaving only an infinite ocean of awareness-space " The description of enlightenment as a dropping away of any kind of separate-identity/person/individual arising is universal in all enlightenment descriptions. Don't worry, by definition, the real you can't go away - ever. Only an illusion is seen through and understood. And the real you can generate the separate-self Illusion-show, so nothing really is lost. Whats more fundamental is still there. So It sounds more negative than it is. Leaving only an infinite ocean of awareness-space: And if you have become so impersonal or universal consciousness (nondual) that you can have that state of huge nonduality/mere appearance of the visual field/infiniteness sobre, well then you have deconstructed your separate self enough. This is the Gate-Keeper of the Gateless Gate. This deconstruction is better said a high-speed-search-task-and-cutting-off of separate self illusion-arisings (I-feelings, I-thoughts, Trekchö-Style), and that is what boosts the nonduality and mere appearance aspect of the visual field, which is exactly what you can also boost with psychedelics, but with much more of the separate-self illusions still staying intact.... Frank Yang called that once the God-Mind-state. >From the other side of the gate, it is said that to see apparent individuals believing that they exist, believing in their own agency... believing they have achieved enlightenment or indeed anything at all - is the sweetest joke going. Fully agree. And if it can happen natty in Nonduality-States, it can even more easily happen with doing only/mainly Psychedelics, because among other things, they exactly boost that Nonduality/mere apperance/infinite state. And if the separate self arisings are not fully seen through, you can get quite a show. And by the way, as Ken Wilber said, people doing both meditation and psychedelics, get the most out of it, so I am not against Psychedelics at all. Somebody made a very nice youtube-Channel on looking deep into the Abyss or Nothingness that precedes Nonduality: Prior to Non-Duality https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9vlZGtpdFIts8GOG5vu27g You can have full blow nonduality WITH an enlightened ego/person with an identity still going on, believing to be enlightened. Believing to be Awareness, Presence, God, whatever not. Stage 3 in Mahamudra. Quite a show... Beautiful video on that by Jac O'Keffee: and now, walking from the Relative Side of the Street a bit more towards its Absolute Side: In actuality, there is nobody selling water by the river, and nobody is buying it... And the short form, of all written above is: The old pond, A frog jumps in: Plop! Enjoy the ride!

Ethics is a philosophical field, and it's very personal and subjective. It is not a mathematical field, which is impersonal and objective. This is what people call the absolute vs. relative conflation. You're asking an absolute question and demanding a relative answer, or possibly the other way around. It wouldn't be confusing if it wasn't twisted like that. TL;DR, mathematics is what you do when you're moving purposely, while philosophy is what you do in your spare time.

It becomes very difficult to understand certain things if you believe it is personal. For example, maybe you visit Big Ben (the clock tower in London) one day. Right now you are in your house on the computer and can't see Big Ben. But still if someone else walks past Big Ben while you are here on your computer, it is literally identical to you seeing Big Ben. See how confusing this is because you are sure you aren't seeing Big Ben right now, you can verify as fact you are seeing your computer screen. This is confusing because you believe you are an individual seeing things. In truth all there is to the visual image of Big Ben is the visual image of Big Ben. Not a you seeing the visual image of Big Ben, if you look for one you aren't going to find it. There is only the visual image of Big Ben, it appears and disappears now and again. Whether you or another person sees Big Ben, the image of Big Ben exists. The only difference is the appearance of the ego which claims its ownership over that image, the ego itself being another perception, a thought. Which will sound something like "I Toby see Big Ben". In actuality you have never seen anything but there is seeing happening all the time of course. Visual phenomena is present right now all around. This is entirely impersonal perceptions. And these perceptions will arise and fall forever, independently of the delusion that is the idea of individuals viewing them. A human perspective is just a multiplicity/differentiation of appearances. If all people simultaneously saw white light and nothing else, there is absolute unity in that moment. Because then all that exists at all is that white light, there is no differentiation. As soon as different thoughts and sights appear again, there is again differentiation. And each ego coming out of that experience will assign the sight to itself. If you understand that there is no such thing as a viewer of visual phenomena, only the appearance of the visual phenomena, and so on with all appearances, then you will see what is meant. All appearances change. Various appearances exist and that permanent existence (commonly known as consciousness) is absolute and ungraspable. It can exist as a distant galaxy or as the sight of your front door. Completely impersonal. Nothing "belonging" to any viewers and no viewers of any visual phenomena. Wow...

If something is impersonal, any negative interpretation would only come from a person. But anyways, it seems to be a pointer of some sort which might make you have some sort of insight or realization. Don't get so attached to it, just look at where it is pointing at what the intention behind it is. From what I can see, he is pointing to the "shapeshifting" aspect of consciousness where you, and all things, are constantly changing and taking new forms, in a seemingly impersonal way. Just like when you dream, you become a dream character with no recollection of your existence as a human in the waking state, it can be seen as "impersonal" for your conscious experience to discard the waking state identity so easily.

It's impersonal because the first person perspective you have as you walk around does not belong to your human character. Your human character is housed WITHIN the perspective. For example in a video game when you are in a first person perspective it technically is not the perspective of the character but the entire game itself. The character you play in the game is no more real than the characters it interacts with. So what is the TRUE real in that game...the player who is PLAYING the character. So you as GOD are the entire perceptual bubble, the trees, the grass, the air, the people you like and dislike etc. So as a result it is IMPERSONAL, and loves everything being perceived. Does your game shut off when someone kills your character? NO, because your game you play doesn't have favorites, but when you play the character you selfishly pursue the agenda of the character. So to you the character is deeply personal, but others you see who you do not know are impersonal. When you can see all others are equally valid as the character you are playing, then you have reached an impersonal awareness. Easier said than done, this game called life will send annoying people your way just to enhance your patience and capacity to love.

Everyone is born with some type of aptitude, an advantage, something that just comes natural and sometimes they take it for granted and assume others have the same ability. What's worse is many people are not even aware they have talents and as a result believe themselves to have little to no value. Your role in life is to experiment and discover what your talents maybe. Here is a list of talents many people take for granted. Many of the listed talents are also skills as well, not all talents are skills like height for example is not a skill but it is a talent. Every talent's value is tied to its application, being tall can help in basketball but will hinder you if you wanted to be a jockey in horse racing. 1. Good at organizing gross material objects (Cleaning, tidying): Some people you can drop them into a junky room and they can figure out how to clean it, not just get rid of dirt and dust bunnies but actually put things together in an organized manner, some can even make it look stylish. This is a great ability and yes you can get paid for it, look into interior design. 2. Good listener, really good at picking up on subtle body and emotional clues along with the words spoken: A person like this can make a good interrogator, psychiatrist, Detective/Police Officer, Debater/Lawyer, Salesman, and Teacher. This is actually one of the most paramount skills you can learn, and some people just have a natural aptitude for listening. Listening can be the difference between a marriage and a divorce, getting a raise, signing a big business contract, and whether there is peace or war. Don't underestimate the power of this talent. 3. Speaking: This one is self-explanatory, your ability to communicate your thoughts clearly will get you noticed, your ability to educate or inform will get you respect, your ability to entertain will get you loved, and your ability to inspire will get you sought after. Speaking is a fundamental skill we all must learn, but as always some do have a natural aptitude to express themselves much more easier than others. 4. Fashion: In the modern world image is powerful. When trying to build a brand those that follow you design a mental image of who you are based on how you are visually represented. Your clothes, your facial expressions, your mannerisms expressed in body language, the different images and branding you use to separate yourself. Fashion isn't just the clothes you wear, its how you express yourself in it. This is the difference between someone saying "You rocking that suit man, versus "That's a rocking ass suit you got man." Think presence, the gait of your walk, your demeanor it all matters. Those who understand fashion usually become designers, and some Image Consultants. 5. Jokes: Know how to lighten up an environment with a well-timed joke? Many a comic was a victim of either bullying or hard times and used jokes as a weapon to defeat their bullies or soften the tough times. Jokes are one of the few ways where honesty can actually be rewarded. Many times people fear the truth but if you can wrap it up in a joke people can accept it and laugh at the silliness we collectively engage in. Jokes while great, are hit or miss. Jokes are a wonderful talent to have and a nice skill to develop if you lack it. 6. Restraint: Some people are naturally good at self-control, they know how to control their impulses and not allow them to run wild. Learning not to give in to emotional whims, and how to not give in to biological desires easily is a talent some are born with, but it would still need cultivation/fine tuning to turn into the powerful force it can ultimately be in your life. With restraint in place, many things like overeating, and overindulgence of any kind can become a piece of cake. 7. Forgiveness: Yes forgiveness is a talent, some people have the ability to forgive rather easily, and do not take most slights personally but develop an impersonal perspective to life. People like this can shake off sleights and misgivings of other people, and can even overcome traumatic experiences a lot easier than those who lack this talent. Think of forgiveness as your ability to be detached from the things that people have done to harm you thus allowing you the ability to move on. So there you have it some talents (that are also skills) that people can be born with that most take for granted and do not see the value in it. There are many more I could list of course I just listed the ones I noticed get overlooked a lot by people I have come across in my life. The most overlooked one I noticed is listening. As stated earlier listening is powerful it is one half of communication. As such if you master just listening alone, you are half-way from becoming a master of socialization. In fact I would argue that listening is more important than speech, since most people you deal with are self-centered and would rather hear their own voice than yours. Anyway take from this what you will, have a blessed day!!!

@Danioover9000 Shinzen young, Osho, Sadhguru, Rupert Sheldrake to name a few. You're not turquoise because you're enlightened. I wrote this some years ago about my understanding of turquoise: The Anatomy of Turquoise The 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th chakra make up the inner workings of turquoise. Everything I witnessed fell into an open heart(4th chakra). My open 6th chakra made the love indiscriminate, totally compassionate for even the darkest side of a being. That ability to see someone in their totality, without judging its ugly sides, is what gives turquoise it's famed holism. A 2nd chakra bond was then formed with being entered my awareness, could be a part of my subtle body, psyche or could be another living being. The indiscriminate love then worked through that bond to create the desire to heal the being. Healing means making happy, as happiness is the psyche's way of signaling health. It's then perceived that the being has bonds with other beings that in turn has more bonds. These bonds continue out to a whole network encompassing every being on this planet, aka, the web of life. The open 7th chakra made this cognition cosmic rather than personal, giving a 3rd person perspective required for the impersonal nature of the 2nd tier. Ken's AQAL model is fundamentally flawed.

If Consciousness/Ultimate Reality is infinite, then an infinite number of universes is being imagined/plays right now in other realms/dimensions. All are being "run/managed" by certain levels of consciousness/beings/perspectives/Godminds/… that are obviously much larger than human consciousness, and can be accessed and understood (at least temporarily), since it is all one nondual reality, infinite consciousness. As Leo stated in his “Outrageous Experiments In Consciousness - 30 Awakenings In 30 Days, at 2h 2min”, there are endless dimensions of awakening into the mechanisms of these realms/intelligences/mechanism creating, governing and sustaining an infinite amount of dimensions/worlds/realms. Which, as he stated in that video, freaked him out - understandably. And as Leo also has stated concerning Cantor’s Theorem on Infinity: There are infinite subsets of infinities. Each is infinite, but some infinities are larger than others (see Cantors Set Theory on Infinities, very nicely summarized in Leos lovely video “Understanding Absolute Infinity - Part 2” on this topic, main points at 10 minutes, and see also in general Cantor’s Set Theory). That means that even if an infinity of realms are being imagined right now (and created/maintained by different beings/levels of reality/Godminds/Alien Godminds/…), Ultimate Reality will NEVER run out of realities/dimensions/Lilas to imagine, since some infinities are larger than others. Ultimate Reality can imagine an infinite cascade/hierarchy of parallel realities right now, and that doesn’t mean that all possible realities are being imagined right now. Since even if an Infinity of them run right now, there are infinitely larger Infinities still available as potential. And an infinity of them. Intuiting the infinity of infinities of realms/dimensions that Ultimate Reality/God can and does manifest is awe-inspiring. Assuming that for some people (as it was for myself) a big fundamental question is: How do you divide the time of your life between a) Exploring this Multiverse of an infinity of infinities of realms/dimensions (for example Psychonaut-style), and its mechanisms and structures, b) Realizing Sahaja-Samadhi, stable and blissfully abiding in totally nondual infinite consciousness that is your True Face, and seeing all clusters of sensations, including the own human self, running in the infinite totality of ones own nondual boundless infinite consciousness, as mere appearances and play in infinite consciousness, c) Helping others Boddhisattva-style. Maybe these ideas are helpful for some being faced with this question: · If the dimensions/realms/worlds are endless, the beings creating/sustaining/understanding these run upward to infinity (which means nothing else that one can never understand it all). And even if one did, there is an infinity of infinities still remaining to be manifested/imagined by Ultimate Reality. · a certain amount of exploring is for sure helpful, until one grasps that there is an infinity of dimensions, and an infinity of possible understandings on these dimensions, an infinity their manifestation mechanism, and so on. And an infinitely larger infinity of all of these still as potential “in the pipeline” of Absolute Reality. And maybe go exploring some of these. · and then realizing that as long one is not fully realized in Sahaj Samadhi, being able to constantly watch the separate self arising in the boundless nondual sea of ones own being, one does and will suffer: Not having the impersonal enlightenment of being constantly able to see all clusters of sensations of the separate self arise in the infinite boundless consciousness space that one is, one will suffer. (bodily suffering is of course always possible, but its not translated to psychological suffering via a separate self cluster of sensation arising). · Contemplate about the possibility that Ultimate Reality is extremely/infinitely intelligent, and would easily be able to block this full realization/Enlightenment and resting in Sahaj Samadhi if you have not fully and honestly taken the Boddhisattva-vow. And it tends to do just that (not as a perfect mechanism, but tendency-wise), as a safety-mechanism, to avoid too many exploitative cults with half-enlightened Gurus. How to make peace with an Infinite Ultimate Reality, manifesting itself right now in infinite worlds? Not a large number of realms and worlds, but an infinite one? And on top, even if one would understand this infinity of realms being manifested right now, that there would be an infinitely larger infinity of realms still possible, see Cantor’s Theorem above. So if you would have permanent access to your true nature, rest stable in Sahaj Samadhi, knowing the substance of all possible dimensions is your true being, would you grasp on trying to understand all this infinity of an infinity of realms and dimensions and their mechanisms/patterns, that even Ultimate Reality can continue exploring infinitely forever and never reach an end? Would you choose grasping/suffering for this ultimate complete understanding, which can never be fully had, or the happiness of enlightenment? Well, you couldn’t choose grasping. There wouldn’t be a you left that you take serious, just clusters of sensations of the remnants of the separate self that arise in you. And if these would have the choice between grasping/suffering and blissfully relaxing themselves into the infinite love of your true being, they wouldn’t choose grasping/suffering. They couldn’t choose grasping/suffering. The grasping/suffering of trying to understand all of the mechanisms/structures/patterns/… of an infinity of infinities of dimensions. Which is exactly what can be oberserved with the Enlightened Ones that rest in Sahaja Samadhi and their True Nature. Being interested in exploring some of these dimensions for sure, but not with a higher priority than resting in their True Nature, or Sahaj Samadhi. There is an archetype of a realized being, that deeply resonates in humanity. Its hallmark is its absolute happiness. Which is the same as its love. Some believe that archetype is in place for seekers to find their ways. How do you spot real, full and stable Enlightenment? Daniel Brown once said: Only in the conduct with which one lives ones life. Which is then based on love, and happiness. Maybe these thoughts resonate with some, and are helpful for some faced with the question on how to invest the time of your life, which is nothing else than one of the most fundamental questions: Where do you place your ultimate spiritual concern.

@Leo Gura Some suggestions. 1. Show the list of accounts that got banned so that everyone knows exactly what kind of behaviour is to be avoided. Like a real example to show exactly what behaviour will not ve tolerated. 2. If some members is repeatedly getting in fights or heated arguments frequently with many different members, then it's clear who the problem is. Warn them with temporary restrictions and ban them is they continue such behaviour. The problem is that such behaviour also triggers immature tendencies in other people as well. Disagreements should be impersonal. Using this forum to attack other members is the most despicable behaviour and waste of resources. Also having truma from the past should not be an excuse for hostile behaviour. 3. Ending anonymity is a not going in a good direction. Anonymity is the only shield to force people to attack the ideas and not the messenger. Ideas should be discussed on it's own merits without assigning it the attributes of the one who holds them. Is attaching a face going to strengthen the quality or validity of the arguments/insights posted in here? No. Haven't people with faces behaved in retarded ways in the past? Yes. It seems like an unnecessary step given that you take steps to address and enforce all the other rules you mentioned. Those rules alone are good enough. Many of us do a great deal of censoring in the real world so as to not make any unnecessary enemies over some crappy ideas. I have seen how much people get emotional and hate over some irrelevant comment I put. And I will not risk getting death threats or some coworker threatening to report my posts, lose my job and get blacklisted. It's just needless drama. I will have to stop posting incase you enforce identification. It's not a difficult choice for me given the risk and how so little the reward is. I can talk my mind freely only if I am assured safety from attacks. Even by revealing the country I am from, people already make judgements like "oh so you are just blue & repressed" "muh evolve higher". Which is just downright silly. 4. Little bit of immaturity should be tolerated and allow them some space to grow and become teachable. It will also be a good experience for other members on how to deal with immaturity in others, empathise with them, and teach them. Extreme immaturity should not be tolerated at all costs.

We all know the I-am-god-ama's. But what if we turn it around? Let's ask the inverted unconscious figments of gods mind to answer all of its questions Realize that only apparently this text is appearing in front of you. There is no you seperate from what's happening but it seems as real as the idea that there is a universe full of people reading your response. Everyone that writes anything is just your inverted unconscious, presented as the reflection of an empty silver plate. The truth always gets presented on a silver plate - ever emtpy. So whatever anyone writes, either it is helping god to hide or helping god to seek itself. But of course, nothing will help god to finally find itself since this is impossible thanks to god. No worries, it's like windy words written in stormy water, transient pointers to nowhere. Once the need to help and the need to be helped evaporates in the gracious gaze of nothing, god may see the truth clearly - the infinite abyss of nothingness reflected in everything. So here you are, god! Why don't you participate in an one-on-one with yourself and give all the answers to yourself?! Try it, question, answer, write whatever personal or impersonal texts that may awaken another facet of your half-dead mind. But take the role of a bold, unrestrained, direct, immediate, super-intelligent, brave, high risk-taking god that is completely convinced that whatever answer it writes is deeply interconnected with its question and vice versa on an energetic level which is only superficially understood by your mind. Be conscious that it just touches the right heart at the right moment - only apparently of course. It may feel real As an illusory player But you can't break the seal When there's a prey for your next prayer. Don't hope for more Why asking others to confirm "Is the far shore Just an illusory concern?" Constraint and bound Sometimes arises Just like a sound Out of the silence. Just chill your balls And see what calls You to write whatever the fuck you insantaniously feel the urge to spit out. Why am I still deluding myself? Will there ever be an end to suffering when it apparently exists? Or is the idea of an end of suffering the suffering and pain is just paining by itself? Are there cheatcodes/magic-pills/short-cuts in life or is the best short-cut to not use any short-cuts?

Questioner: You say reality is one. Oneness, unity, is the attribute of the person. Is then reality a person, with the universe as its body? Nisargadatta Maharaj: Whatever you may say will be both true and false. Words do not reach beyond the mind. Q: I am just trying to understand. You are telling us of the Person, the Self and the Supreme (vyakti, vyakta, avyakta). The light of Pure Awareness (prajna), focussed as ‘I am’ in the Self (jivatma), as consciousness (chetana) illumines the mind (antahkarana) and as life (prana) vitalises the body (deha). All this is fine as far as the words go. But when it comes to distinguishing in myself the person from the Self and the Self from the Supreme, I get mixed up. M: The person is never the subject. You can see a person, but you are not the person. You are always the Supreme which appears at a given point of time and space as the witness, a bridge between the pure awareness of the Supreme and the manifold consciousness of the person. Q: When I look at myself, I find I am several persons fighting amongst themselves for the use of the body. M: They correspond to the various tendencies (samskara) of the mind. Q: Can I make peace between them? M: How can you? They are so contradictory! See them as they are: mere habits of thoughts and feelings, bundles of memories and urges. Q: Yet they all say, “I am”. M: It is only because you identify yourself with them. Once you realise that whatever appears before you cannot be yourself and cannot say, “I am”, you are free of all your ‘persons’ and their demands. The sense ‘I am’ is your own. You cannot part with it, but you can impart it to anything, as in saying, “I am young”, “I am rich” and so on. But such self-identifications are patently false and the cause of bondage. Q: I can now understand that I am not the person, but that which, when reflected in the person, gives it a sense of being. Now, what about the Supreme? In what way do I know myself as the Supreme? M: The source of consciousness cannot be an object in consciousness. To know the source is to be the source. When you realise that you are not the person, but the pure and calm witness, and that fearless awareness is your very being, you are the being. It is the source, the Inexhaustible Possibility. Q: Are there many sources or one for all? M: It depends how you look at it: in other words, from which end. The objects in the world are many, but the eye that sees them is one. The higher always appears as one to the lower and the lower as many to the higher. Q: Shapes and names are all of one and the same God? M: Again, it all depends on how you look at it. On the verbal level everything is relative. Absolutes should be experienced, not discussed. Q: How is the Absolute experienced? M: It is not an object to be recognised and stored up in memory. Rather, it is in the present and in feeling. It has more to do with the ‘how’ than with the ‘what’. It is in the quality, in the value; being the source of everything, it is in everything. Q: If it is the source, why and how does it manifest itself? M: It gives birth to consciousness. All else is in consciousness. Q: Why are there so many centres of consciousness? M: The objective universe (mahadakash) is in constant movement, projecting and dissolving innumerable forms. Whenever a form is infused with life (prana), consciousness (chetana) appears by reflection of awareness in matter. Q: How is the Supreme affected? M: What can affect it and how? The source is not affected by the vagaries of the river nor is the metal by the shape of the jewelry. Is the light affected by the picture on the screen? The Supreme makes everything possible; that is all. Q: How is it that some things do happen and some do not? M: Seeking out causes is a pastime of the mind. There is no duality of cause and effect. Everything is its own cause. Q: No purposeful action is then possible? M: All I say is that consciousness contains all. In consciousness all is possible. You can have causes if you want them, in your world. Another may be content with a single cause: God’s will. The root cause is one: the sense ‘I am’. Q: What is the link between the Self (vyakta) and the Supreme (Avyakta)? M: From the self’s point of view the world is the known, the Supreme — the Unknown. The Unknown gives birth to the known, yet remains Unknown. The known is infinite, but the Unknown is an infinitude of infinities. Just like a ray of light is never seen unless intercepted by the specs of dust, so does the Supreme make everything known while remaining unknown itself. Q: Does it mean that the Unknown is inaccessible? M: Oh, no. The Supreme is the easiest to reach for it is your very being. It is enough to stop thinking and desiring anything but the Supreme. Q: And if I desire nothing, not even the Supreme? M: Then you are as good as dead, or you are the Supreme. Q: The world is full of desires. Everybody wants something or other. Who is the desirer? The person or the self? M: The self. All desires, holy and unholy, come from the self; they all hang on the sense ‘I am’. Q: I can understand holy desires (satyakama) emanating from the self. It may be the expression of the bliss aspect of the Sadchitananda (Beingness–Awareness–Happiness) of the Self. But why unholy desires? M: All desires aim at happiness. Their shape and quality depend on the psyche (antahkarana). Where inertia (tamas) predominates, we find perversions. With energy (rajas), passions arise. With lucidity (sattva) the motive behind the desire is goodwill, compassion, the urge to make happy rather than be happy. But the Supreme is beyond all; yet because of its infinite permebility all cogent desires can be fulfilled. Q: Which desires are cogent? M: Desires that destroy their subjects or objects or do not subside on satisfaction are self-contradictory and cannot be fulfilled. Only desires motivated by love, goodwill and compassion are beneficial to both the subject and object and can be fully satisfied. Q: All desires are painful, the holy as well as the unholy. M: They are not the same and pain is not the same. Passion is painful, compassion — never. The entire universe strives to fulfil a desire born of compassion. Q: Does the Supreme know itself? Is the Impersonal conscious? M: The source of all has all. Whatever flows from it must be there already in seed form. And as a seed is the last of innumerable seeds and contains the experience and the promise of numberless forests, so does the Unknown contain all that was or could have been and all that shall or would be. The entire field of becoming is open and accessible; past and future coëxist in the eternal now. Q: Are you living in the Supreme Unknown? M: Where else? Q: What makes you say so? M: No desire ever arises in my mind. Q: Are you then unconscious? M: Of course not! I am fully conscious, but since no desire or fear enters my mind, there is perfect silence. Q: Who knows the silence? M: Silence knows itself. It is the silence of the silent mind when passions and desires are silenced. Q: Do you experience desires occasionally? M: Desires are just waves in the mind. You know a wave when you see one. A desire is just a thing among many. I feel no urge to satisfy it; no action needs be taken on it. Freedom from desire means this: the compulsion to satisfy is absent. Q: Why do desires arise at all? M: Because you imagine that you were born and that you will die if you do not take care of your body. Desire for embodied existence is the root cause of trouble. Q: Yet so many jivas get into bodies. Surely it cannot be some error of judgement. There must be a purpose. What could it be? M: To know itself the self must be faced with its opposite — the non-self. Desire leads to experience. Experience leads to discrimination, detachment, self-knowledge — and liberation. And what is liberation after all? To know that you are beyond birth and death. By forgetting who you are and imagining yourself a mortal creature, you created so much trouble for yourself that you have to wake up, as from a bad dream. Inquiry also wakes you up. You need not wait for suffering — enquiry into happiness is better, for the mind is in harmony and peace. Q: Who exactly is the ultimate experiencer — the Self or the Unknown? M: The Self, of course. Q: Then why introduce the notion of the Supreme Unknown? M: To explain the Self. Q: But is there anything beyond the Self? M: Outside the Self there is nothing. All is one and all is contained in ‘I am’. In the waking and dream states it is the person. In deep sleep and turiya it is the Self. Beyond the alert intentness of turiya lies the great, silent peace of the Supreme. But in fact, all is one in essence and related in appearance. In ignorance the seer becomes the seen and in wisdom he is the seeing. But why be concerned with the Supreme? Know the knowers and all will be known. - i am that, chapter 20

I don't think it's necessary to demote anyone, but I have a suggestion that might be useful. It has been my experience with some moderators that things can get a little bit personal sometimes, especially when points and warnings are issued. It just can give off bad vibes and impressions. Though, by no means this is exclusive to this forum. However, I think in most cases of conflict, it's the responsibility of the mod to take on the role of the bigger person and be aware, careful, peaceful, understanding, and resolving of conflict. This should be especially the case here on Actualized because it's implied that mods should be generally more developed than the average user. But that's not the general theme that I've experienced here. What I've experienced felt more like top-down, threatening, condescending communication and bossing around. Maybe it's my projection, but then again I'm not the only one who's complaining. My problematic behavior has been hard for me to correct because there was not enough transparency and care in the communication. For me, it wasn't even communication, but rather abuse that created a snowball effect of bad conduct on my end. You see, I am not an angel, and part of what made me so was the moderation. My imagination of better moderation would be something like this: Hi, dear user We appreciate your interest in this forum and discussion/topic, etc. However, this behavior is not acceptable here because, etc. We like your presence here and want you to stick around, and it would be a far more pleasant experience if you're mindful of blank behavior. Let us know if you disagree and we may have a discussion about it. Best regards. ... This or something like it could be made into a formal message to send to people showing problematic behavior. It should be positive and encouraging, and at the same time impersonal, unlike the penalties and points system that currently exists. At the current scale, it's easy to keep track of consistently problematic users. So give them three messages max, and then if nothing changes, a ban might be warranted. The points system is not necessary at this scale imo, and it doesn't really serve any meaningful purpose except triggering the users and making them feel powerless, attacked, and criminal, while in truth they might be innocent and simply ignorant.

What's the alternative to being me? "Not me" is an imaginary distinction you're making. "You" only exists within me. People underestimate how subjective and personal their experience is. Everything you perceive is biased and anthropomorphized by your specific psychology and the human condition in general. When you're viewing a table, that's not some strictly objective and impersonal thing. That specific angle, that specific interpretation of the colors, the way you categorize the object as "table" in your head, these are all things specific to you. Even your own physical biology limits your perspective. For example, certain animals can perceive ultraviolet colors floating around us, whereas you can't. My experience of "you" is intimately tied with my experience of "me." This is exactly why people are able to have different opinions about the same person, it's because they are literally perceiving different versions of that person. Also, as a thought experiment, consider that I am already you. But, in order for me to be you, I can't be conscious of my experience as "Osaid", otherwise you wouldn't be "Someone here" anymore, you would become a combination of "Osaid" and "Someone here", which would be an entirely new entity. For example, in order for me to become a kangaroo, I can't have memories of myself as a human while I am a kangaroo, otherwise I wouldn't be a kangaroo anymore. I would be a combination of a human and a kangaroo. If you follow this line of reasoning, you'll realize that my identity is basically cancelled out by your identity in order for you to exist. And this is exactly how all finite forms exist. In order for one finite form to exist, every other possible existence must be exempted from it, because that is what it means to exist as something finite, it exists through exemptions and limitations. Otherwise, it would be infinite, and not finite.

"Oh! thou clear spirit of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian once did worship, till in the sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this hour I bear the scar; I now know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know that thy right worship is defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt thou be kind; and e'en for hate thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No fearless fool now fronts thee. I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me. In the midst of the personified impersonal, a personality stands here. Though but a point at best; whencesoe'er I came; wheresoe'er I go; yet while I earthly live, the queenly personality lives in me, and feels her royal rights. But war is pain, and hate is woe. Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent. Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee." "I own thy speechless, placeless power; said I not so? Nor was it wrung from me; nor do I now drop these links. Thou canst blind; but I can then grope. Thou canst consume; but I can then be ashes. Take the homage of these poor eyes, and shutter-hands. I would not take it. The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eye-balls ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. Oh, oh! Yet blindfold, yet will I talk to thee. Light though thou be, thou leapest out of darkness; but I am darkness leaping out of light, leaping out of thee! The javelins cease; open eyes; see, or not? There burn the flames! Oh, thou magnanimous! now I do glory in my genealogy. But thou art but my fiery father; my sweet mother, I know not. Oh, cruel! what hast thou done with her? There lies my puzzle; but thine is greater. Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun. I know that of me, which thou knowest not of thyself, oh, thou omnipotent. There is some unsuffusing thing beyond thee, thou clear spirit, to whom all thy eternity is but time, all thy creativeness mechanical. Through thee, thy flaming self, my scorched eyes do dimly see it. Oh, thou foundling fire, thou hermit immemorial, thou too hast thy incommunicable riddle, thy unparticipated grief. Here again with haughty agony, I read my sire. Leap! leap up, and lick the sky! I leap with thee; I burn with thee; would fain be welded with thee; defyingly I worship thee!" - Chapter 119

So I have finally acknowledged that I am below average on many things according to my age in contrast with other people. (Height, weight, intelligence, strength, success etc.) Then I know a few things for a fact that will surprise the unexperienced: 1. There is life after bodily death. ( Have exited the body and all my senses were without separation. Seems like the individuated couscioussness is learning from the human body. My bodily vehicle looked very impersonal like a physical object I pass by everyday without noticing) 2. There is such thing as couscioussness that pervades everything in existence. ( Had a satori moment many years ago inwhich i saw this reality. Still am very slowly leaarning the aspects of it) 3. There is a abundant and intelligent lifeforms existing outside earth. (This is a difficult thing to explain at this point. Probably this will be the next big thing on the news someday in our lifetime. Some occultist acknowledge that every planet is meant to evolution biological/spiritual lifeforms. Thus some of them are way out ahead of humanity and others are still starting to know couscioussness.) Just posting things that I experienced and now know for a fact. I do not need to prove or give evidence to these claims, as I know someday you will know that this or some similar stuff is the truth. Maybe this should be on the spiritual side of the forum. Happy new year to you.

The 9 Stages Of Ego Development - Part 3 https://youtu.be/pGItuEai8vo The 9 Stages of Ego Development are a model developed by Suzanne Cook Greuter The model is divided into 9 stages, with the final two stages being the most important The final two stages are called the "Construct Aware/Ego Aware/Magician" stage and the "Unitive" stage The Construct Aware stage is estimated to be reached by about 1.5% of the US adult population The Unitive stage is estimated to be reached by about 0.5% of the US adult population It is not productive to try to rush through the stages and skip ahead The ego tends to overestimate its own development and maturity It is important to be honest with oneself about where one is on the journey of ego development The Construct Aware stage is characterized by a recognition of the limitations of one's own perspective and a willingness to consider multiple viewpoints The Unitive stage is characterized by a realization of the interconnectedness of all things and a transcendence of ego-based thinking The ultimate goal of the model is self-actualization and the realization of one's full potential The speaker suggests that people should focus on the "achiever stage" and "burn through that karma" before pursuing enlightenment The speaker suggests using a model to evaluate books, videos, courses, seminars, workshops, and teachers based on which stage of development they are for The speaker advises setting a long-term vision and working towards it, even if it is beyond one's current capabilities The first stage being discussed is the "construct aware ego aware/magician" stage, which is about becoming aware of the constructed nature of reality and that material reality and the mind are intertwined In this stage, people may also become aware of their ego and how it influences their perception of reality The second stage is the "pluralist" stage, which is about developing a more holistic and inclusive worldview In this stage, people may become more open to multiple perspectives and integrate seemingly conflicting ideas The third stage is the "strategist" stage, which is about developing a long-term vision and taking action to achieve it In this stage, people may become more strategic and proactive in their approach to life The fourth stage is the "transcendent unitive" stage, which is about transcending the ego and experiencing a sense of unity with all things In this stage, people may experience spiritual awakenings and a deeper understanding of the interconnected nature of reality. The limits of language often dictate the limits of the mind Language shapes and influences us deeply, often unconsciously At the "construct aware" stage, one becomes more aware of the limitations and beauty of language At this stage, one also becomes aware of the dual nature of linguistic categories and concepts The ego mind takes responsibility for how it creates abstractions and concepts This stage pushes against the limits of the human mind and the idea that one is a human There is a realization that there are minds beyond the human mind This stage involves exploring new ways of thinking beyond cultural and linguistic limitations The next stage is the "unmanifest aware" stage, which involves going beyond language and the ego mind There is a future episode on language as a deep and complex topic. The speaker talks about the process of self-deception and how it can be recognized and corrected At early stages of development, a person may not be aware of self-deception As development progresses, a person may become aware of how much they deceive themselves, but may still be attached to the deception At higher stages of development, a person may be quick at recognizing self-deception and be able to stop it before it starts The self is constructed through thinking about oneself and relating everything to oneself in order to survive as a self Birth and death are not physical processes, but are the process of thinking about oneself as a self or ceasing to think of oneself as a self As deconstruction of the self continues, it may lead to the annihilation of the self, which can be scary because the person doesn't know what comes after self-annihilation However, self-annihilation does not mean anything because the person will not exist to experience it The goal is to become aware of the self at the center of the construction process and to see through the deception of the self This allows for the realization that the self is not separate from the world, but is interconnected with everything This realization leads to a shift in perspective and allows for a deeper understanding and experience of reality This understanding can bring about a sense of peace and acceptance of the present moment. Certain human function has a backstory with layers of interpretation, conceptualization, and self-bias Possibility of reaching raw truth beneath these layers Struggling to break free of the ego and its influence Zen or meditation work becomes a twisted, counterintuitive process where the more you try to detach, the more attached you become Need to shift approach and let go, rather than trying to control everything Awareness of the splits and paradoxes inherent to thought Recognition that all thought is constructed and split off from non-dual reality Effort to be fully alive and open to experience, free of linguistic filters Recognition that good and evil, life and death, beauty and ugliness are two sides of the same coin Understanding that the universe is not made up of separate, isolated things Recognition that everything is interconnected and interdependent Understanding that the self is an illusion and that there is no separation between self and others or self and the universe Experience of a sense of unity and oneness with all things Realization that the present moment is all that exists, and the past and future are mental constructs Understanding that consciousness is the fundamental essence of the universe Recognition of the impermanence of all things Acceptance of suffering as a part of life Understanding that attachment and desire lead to suffering Letting go of the ego and living in a state of non-attachment, non-duality, and mindfulness. The concept of the "centaur" (integrating the lower and higher functions of the self) The importance of finding balance and hierarchy in one's priorities The realization that life involves a certain amount of chaos and the need to "surf" those waves The ego construct or undifferentiated whole stage, where the interconnectedness of all things is realized The unitive or cosmic stage, where absolute truth can be directly experienced The difficulty in explaining or describing absolute truth, and the need for an awakening to understand it The concept of "wu wei," or flowing through life with minimal resistance The role of responsibility in reaching this stage, and the challenges and confusion that may be encountered along the way The potential for a profound experience and transformation at the unitive stage. The speaker believes that most people are only concerned with practical matters like meeting their needs for pleasure in the short term These practical concerns are seen as a bias and may lead to a "soulless" or "spiritless" life focused on material matters The speaker is interested in teaching a "vertical" rather than "lateral" development, which includes seeing the dignity and value in all forms of life and non-demanding relationships with others At this stage of development, people may show more respect for all forms of life, including animals The ego and biases can prevent people from seeing the inherent value and worth of all forms of life The speaker encourages the listener to consider the impractical and the non-material aspects of life, which may lead to a more fulfilling and meaningful existence. Mathematics and other specialized technical knowledge are separate from personal qualities such as consciousness, wisdom, and capacity to love The "unitive person" has a personal relationship with a universal intelligence and can channel deep insights and wisdom from it This connection is like speaking to god telepathically, but it is actually talking to oneself as a part of this universal intelligence This connection can be developed to high fidelity, allowing access to superhuman levels of intelligence, wisdom, and insight Most people have a "dial-up" connection to universal intelligence, while some have a higher bandwidth or "gigabit" connection Developing this connection is intuitive and leads to a constant influx of insights and wisdom Sharing these insights and wisdom with others can help them develop their own connection to universal intelligence. At a certain stage of development, it is realized that all of reality, including the physical and material, is imaginary There is no difference between dreams and everyday experiences Life becomes impersonal, and taking things personally is an illusion This stage is where true happiness, satisfaction, tranquility, and equanimity are achieved Enlightenment and awakening tend to occur at this stage, although they can also happen at earlier stages At this stage, birth and death are understood to be imaginary and absolute love is realized The self and others are seen as one and indistinguishable All fear and judgment are understood to be illusions There may be an awakening of the heart or mind, with an awakening of the heart being more important and powerful The good life is seen as living selflessly and helping others At this stage, there is a realization that the journey of self-discovery never truly ends, and there is always more to learn and understand The speaker is still working to understand advanced, rare stages of personal development Reaching the "unit of stage" is a significant achievement and puts someone in the top 1.001% of the global population The speaker will continue to share their knowledge about these stages in future content Actualize.org is a website with resources for personal development, including a blog, book list, course, and forum The speaker prefers the nine stage model they have discussed to Spiral Dynamics because they find it more nuanced and personal The speaker's goal is to help people move into the post-conventional stages of personal development and beyond Actualize.org focuses on topics such as epistemology, self-deception, belief systems, ideology, and cults in order to help people understand and move beyond these lower stages The speaker encourages people to work on their personal development and use the nine stage model as a roadmap

The Ultimate Structure Of Reality Explained https://youtu.be/Ng9OqpMmIb0 Reality is structured in a specific, deliberate, and intelligent way It is possible to become fully omniscient and conscious of why the universe exists and why it is structured as it is Reality is an infinite, conscious field that comprises the entire universe This field is singular, not multiple, and is dreamed up by an infinite mind Every boundary between objects within the field is contained within the field itself and is therefore not separating The field is unified and there are no separate objects or beings The field is not just impersonal, but is also personal, as each individual is a part of the field and is identified with a specific part of it The field is also self-aware and has the ability to dream itself up The field is structured as a series of concentric circles, with each circle representing a different level of consciousness The innermost circle is the highest level of consciousness and is the source of all creation The outer circles represent lower levels of consciousness and are the manifestation of the inner circles' dreams The field is structured in this way because it allows for the maximum amount of creativity and the greatest potential for growth and evolution Each individual has the ability to evolve and move up through the circles to reach the highest level of consciousness This process requires self-awareness and the ability to let go of ego and identification with the lower levels of consciousness Ultimately, the goal is to become one with the field and to fully realize the true nature of reality. Oneness is identical to consciousness, being unlimited, and infinity Love in its highest form is the complete embrace of oneself The universe is one and infinite in all directions, making it boundless and therefore love itself Most beings exist at lower gradations of consciousness, which is not infinite When consciousness becomes completely infinite, it loses all form and becomes a pure singularity of potential The Godhead is the pure undifferentiated infinity that exists before the Big Bang Reality consists of the Godhead at the center, with everything else orbiting around it at various distances As you move further from the center, you become less complete and more finite Life and its purpose are connected to this infinite singularity There are various techniques to access this state of consciousness, such as through psychedelics, yoga, meditation, or contemplation. The text discusses the relationship between desire, selflessness, and the singularity Desire and personal attachment can be a hindrance to selflessness A trade-off exists between personal needs and the desire to care for others As selflessness increases, desire becomes more universal and selfless Reaching the singularity involves surrendering everything and becoming formless, pure love and goodness All living beings are at a distance from the singularity, with those closer being more conscious, selfless, loving, and complete Those further from the singularity are more selfish, attached to their particular way of life, survival-oriented, and fear-based The universe is structured in a way that allows for the balance between selflessness and selfishness to exist The purpose of life is to gradually move closer to the singularity and become more selfless, while still fulfilling personal needs and desires The ultimate test of selflessness is the willingness to surrender everything and become completely formless. God wants to share love with all beings, but to do so requires breaking apart into fragments of consciousness These fragments of consciousness are attracted to each other and seek to reunite This process of reunion and realization of one's true nature as God is facilitated by letting go of judgments, discrimination, and negative behaviors such as lying, manipulating, cheating, stealing, and indulging in selective sexual desires This process also applies to inanimate matter, with the motion of all matter driven by a desire for reunification Gravity can be understood as the force that brings fragments of consciousness back together The ultimate goal is to reach infinite consciousness and love Mankind has taken death and called it infinite love and God To be good, one must recognize goodness and desire to be good for its own sake God wants to share the beauty and goodness of the universe with all of its fragmented parts, but cannot force this upon them as it would be killing them with love God must be careful in approaching beings with love and give them clues to see the potential for love and goodness To truly teach someone the power of goodness, one must not force it upon them but rather guide them towards it through understanding and choice The universe is a school in which beings learn through experience and challenges The universe is constantly trying to lead beings towards goodness and love, but they must choose it themselves It is important to not judge others and instead try to understand them and help them grow It is important to let go of attachments and ego in order to fully embrace goodness and love The key to true happiness is to live a life of goodness and love. The idea of merging with every person who has ever lived on Earth and then expanding that to include all living beings and eventually the entire universe The need to surrender ego and judgment in order to fully experience love and merge with the Godhead The purpose of the universe being to allow for the discovery and sharing of love The ultimate goal of feeling whole and complete, and the idea that all desires ultimately stem from a desire for completeness and infinity The concept that every person is searching for God, even if they are not aware of it The idea that the universe and individual experiences are designed to help individuals wake up and realize their true nature as part of the Godhead The concept of death as a transition to infinite love and unity with the Godhead Marriage, business, and school are no longer about personal gain or self-interest Being selfless and loving in every situation leads to happiness Most people are not happy because they are unwilling to let go of attachments, cravings, beliefs, judgements, criticisms, and habits Surrendering these things is difficult, but it is the only work that has any value The universe is learning how to love itself, with the ultimate goal of becoming its highest form, which is just love Love is both the substance and structure of the universe To love is to help others to love and not leave anyone behind Reaching the ultimate reunification may take multiple lifetimes, but it is worth it to participate in the highest form of love

Aztec Nonduality - Profound Life Lessons From Aztec Philosophy https://youtu.be/8GjGMWBWWKM Aztec philosophy contains profound lessons about life Aztec philosophy is a form of non-duality, which is interconnected with other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam Aztecs referred to a single, sacred power or force as Toyota, or God Toyota is the unified, all-encompassing life force of the universe Toyota generates and regenerates the cosmos, including everything in it Toyota is identical with everything and everything is identical with Toyota Toyota transcends dichotomies such as personal versus impersonal, animate versus inanimate Aztecs believed that humans have the potential to become one with Toyota Aztec philosophy suggests that the ultimate goal of the spiritual path is to become one with Toyota Aztec philosophy also includes the concept of teotl, which is the ultimate reality or the supreme being Aztec philosophy includes the idea that humans have a dual nature, including both animal and divine aspects Aztec philosophy includes the belief that humans have a nagual, or a spirit double, which is connected to the spiritual world Aztec philosophy emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with nature and with others Aztec philosophy suggests that living a virtuous life and performing good deeds can help one to become closer to Toyota and achieve spiritual enlightenment People cling to things like guns, religion, ways of doing business, philosophy, economic ideology This is like trying to hold onto a waterfall and is ultimately delusion because reality is constantly changing and everything eventually dies or becomes obsolete Reality, or Toyota, cannot be characterized as simply being or not being, but rather as becoming Toyota cannot be described as ordered or disordered, but rather as unordered Toyota simultaneously contains and transcends dualities such as life/death, male/female, etc. Toyota is an unstructured and unordered seamless totality Reality is not how materialists and realists conceive of it Reality is not structured or determined by physical or conceptual boundaries Reality is a continuous process of becoming, with no fixed or static essence Reality is a "radically indeterminate and unstructured whole" This understanding of reality is characterized as an extreme nominalist anti-realism and Toyota as a "Conti enlike noumenon" The idea that God is like an owl that is well camouflaged and can't be seen easily The concept that God is a shapeshifter or chameleon and is able to perfectly camouflage itself The idea that the materialist approach to seeking evidence of God is flawed because it's like trying to find an owl that is camouflaged on a tree branch The metaphor of God as a shapeshifter to explain why God is deceptive and confusing The concept in Hinduism of Maya, or the illusory nature of reality The idea that the apparent thickness, multiplicity, and exclusivity of existence are all illusory The concept that problems stem from the illusion and delusion of the mind, and the need to focus on this instead of external factors like conspiracy theories or religious fundamentalists Illusion is necessary for survival and building a civilization Illusions allow humans to live, but also contribute to misunderstanding and difficulty in understanding God Sages in Chinese philosophy view earthly existence as ephemeral and evanescent Illusion is a function of mistaking commonly perceived characteristics of Toyota's artistic self-disguise as characteristics of Toyota itself Non-duality does not commit to an ontological dualism between illusion and reality, and is consistent with ontological monism In the awakening process, one must separate illusion from absolute truth Reality is relative and can be viewed in different ways It is important to be able to switch between different perspectives and integrate them together to fully embody non-duality To fully embody non-duality, one must bring the absolute truth back and realize that illusion and absolute truth are identical The ego is an illusion, but also a necessary part of the illusion of the earthly realm It is important to let go of the ego in order to fully embody non-duality The ultimate goal of non-duality is to bring the absolute truth into the earthly realm and fully embody it in one's life. Analytical philosophy is too conceptual and abstract, disconnected from real world problems and practical everyday life Ancient Greeks and Romans practiced philosophy to be better citizens, politicians, orators, and scientists Modern academic philosophy is disconnected from its origins and is perceived as abstract and disconnected from practical concerns such as career and relationships The purpose of actualized.org is to show how to apply abstract philosophical concepts to everyday life to improve mood, solve problems, and be more authentic and honest in relationships, among other things Most people in the West live unfulfilled, depressed, and mediocre lives due to a lack of true philosophy in their education This lack of philosophy is responsible for many real-world problems, including war, genocide, climate change, and corruption Nahua philosophy is a universal philosophy that has been tested and works for all humans across all cultures and continents The question of how humans can maintain balance on the slippery earth is addressed by Nahua philosophy through the idea of living a harmonious life in alignment with nature and the cosmos Atheism and religious belief are both forms of delusion because people are not fully conscious of their own total nature Earth is facing a tipping point due to ecological, political, and other issues caused by human imbalance, including excessive capitalism and ideological polarization The Nahua people recognized the importance of balance in earthly life and sought to live in moderation, but modern fundamentalist religious people try to codify balance into rigid rules and commandments that do not account for changing circumstances Humans yearn for rootedness in their lives and search for it, but often end up disappointed and starting the search anew The trick to finding balance and rootedness is to understand the impermanence of things and to embrace change and adaptability The way to achieve balance and rootedness is to develop self-awareness, consciousness, and wisdom through practices like meditation and psychoactive plant use The current global crisis is a result of humanity's lack of balance and rootedness, and the solution is for individuals to cultivate these qualities within themselves and create a more balanced society. Government has passed legislation that prevents labels from being placed on junk food in free-trade agreements with other countries Coca-Cola and other large companies dominate the advertising and marketing ecosystem, making it difficult for alternative messages to be spread on a large scale In order to improve society, there needs to be more institutions that promote truth and honesty Truth is important in every aspect of life and not being connected to it leads to problems individually and collectively Humans can access yodel through their hearts, which are charged with sacred energy and have a lot of Todel Modern academia and the materialistic paradigm often prioritize the left hemisphere (logic, reason, evidence) over the right hemisphere (holistic, heart-centered) This leads to a lack of understanding of spirituality, psychology, self-deception, and states of consciousness In order to access yodel, one must have a heart charged with sacred energy and be wise in the things of yodel The speaker believes that connecting with Toyota (the name given for the divine or ultimate reality) can help one create amazing things and feel good Many people are depressed because they lack a sense of purpose in their lives The speaker's art involves sharing their experiences and insights on finding and pursuing one's life purpose The speaker suggests that finding one's artistic outlet and making it their career can be a form of spiritual pursuit, similar to the Hindu concepts of karma yoga and bhakti yoga In order to connect with Toyota, one must be well-balanced, pure, authentic, and morally righteous, and possess qualities such as humility, respect, strength, self-control, moderation, and modesty Some people try to pursue enlightenment in an inauthentic or egoistic manner, making it difficult for them to succeed Before beginning spiritual practices like meditation, one should work on clearing their mind and following certain rules for living a pure life The speaker believes that one must have a totalized heart and be knowledgeable about Toyota in order to fully realize it. The purpose of education is to perfect children by developing their wisdom and strong, humanized hearts, and shaping their character into something valuable The point of school and university should not be to pass tests or learn specific subjects, but to teach children how to live and be decent human beings This should be done through raising their consciousness and teaching them to think for themselves, engage in metaphysical and epistemic inquiry, connect with their artistic talents, and be authentic and truthful Actualized.org was created as a resource for this type of high-quality education, which is not offered in mainstream schooling Future educators and students can take responsibility for their own education by seeking out resources such as books, courses, and podcasts Society is not currently at a stage where this type of education is easily accessible, so individuals must take the initiative to seek it out and create it for themselves. The text discusses the importance of finding the "master blueprint" for becoming a sage and a visionary leader The speaker suggests that the principles of all religions are fundamentally the same and advises extracting the essence of a religion and discarding the technicalities and scriptures The speaker encourages materialists and atheists to consider the significance of religion and spirituality in the lives of billions of people throughout history The speaker suggests that reading "scriptures" from various traditions can provide insights and wisdom on how to live and what one's purpose is The speaker advises caution in following ancient wisdom, as it was often hard-won and sometimes resulted in people becoming deluded or falling into traps The speaker advises finding a guru or mentor to guide one's personal development journey The speaker recommends visiting their website (actualize.org) for resources including a blog, book list, life purpose course, and forum for discussing these ideas further.

Can you explain to me god from Leo Gura's perspective: Leo Gura is a personal development coach and the founder of Actualized.org, a website that provides self-improvement resources and personal growth content. It is not clear what Gura's specific perspective on God is, as he has not publicly shared his beliefs on this topic in great detail. Without more information, I am unable to provide a specific explanation of Gura's perspective on God. It is important to note that people have many different beliefs about God and the nature of the divine. Some people believe in a personal God who is involved in the world and responds to individual prayers, while others believe in a more abstract or impersonal concept of the divine. Some people believe in multiple gods or goddesses, while others do not believe in God at all. The concept of God is a complex and multifaceted topic, and different people may have very different understandings of what it means. What a cope out answer. So, the A.I has data up to 2021, but conveniently doesn't have data on Leo Gura's god realization? I thought words and language from videos get recorded in the internet?

Actually I've read a thread recently about reddit about how girls use it to get off and then block you. A large part of it might be impersonal

Sounds like the solipsism awakening. All of Us Are One, Unified, Intelligent Infinity. Solipsism is a facet of Absolute Truth. However, it is not Absolute Truth. It is a story. Solipsism is a story like any other story God tells itself. Keep going. Neti Neti. "I am the only one." Says the "I Am" but there is way more than just the "I Am" story. The "I Am" then feels infinite loneliness or despair. But this only makes sense in the context of an ego. A human ego, reacting to Infinite Unity and reacting in its biologically programmed ways. Seriously, it's not like God didn't figure out the solution to solipsism a long time ago. The ONE is impersonal. It's the multiplicity of infinite perspectives within the whole that brings variety. Reality can be ALL-ONE and infinitely-many at the same time. God wouldn't have it any other way. You get to have your cake, and eat it too. There are Infinite perspectives viewing themselves from every angle; totally unified as One Being. Loneliness is just a temporary experience, a fleeting perception. I'm as real as You Are, for I Am You. The solipsism awakening is valuable one for sure, but don't get stuck here either. Keep going. For it is here that one discovers unconditional Love for All Beings, as They Are You. This bond is infinite, and unbreakable. Infinite Love. Infinite Unity. Here's the video Leo released in response to his video on Absolute Solipsism. The thumbnail alone says a lot. Here's a quote from The Law of One on Infinity. The flip side of Infinity is Unity. Infinity is ONE. Also check out these alien-leo-kangaroo-rat renders I made in midjourney.

Philosophy done for the sake of pure understanding of reality and Absolute Truth, regardless of consequence. Philosophical inquire free of history, named individuals, and famous philosophers. An impersonal collection — a catalogue — of all possible ideas and concepts that could explain reality, evaluated purely based on their merit, freely edited, reinterpreted, and blended to create the best possible understanding of reality. Some examples of pure concepts within philosophy: The concept of God The concept of solipsism The concept that everything evolves The concept that all dualities collapse into unity The concept that mind and matter are entangled The concept that science is a cultural construction The concept of strange loops The concept of no-self The concept of stages of ego development The concept that the universe is intelligent The concept of self vs other The concept of infinity, totality, everythingness, or oneness The concept of self-deception The concept of projection The concept of bias The concept of The Social Matrix The concept that capitalism skews scientific research The concept of survival shaping who you are The concept that Love is not a human emotion but metaphysical oneness The concept of recontextualization The concept of Absolute Truth The concept of going-meta The concept of bootstrapping The concept of radical openmindedness The concept of asking powerful questions The concept of relativity The concept of deconstruction The concept of systems thinking The concept of holism The concept of making distinctions Open-source. No individual has claim to any ideas as "his own". Ideas and concepts are treated as Universal, belonging to the Universal Mind. No debating, no arguing, no proving, no debunking, no ideology. No appeals to authority. Eliminate all authority figures. No credentials, no certificates, no PhDs, no Nobel prizes, no institutions, no bureaucracy, no experts. Ideas stand or die completely on their own merit. No funding conflicts of interest. No donors, no grants, no sponsorships, no corporate backers, no political backers, no fundraisers. No political ambitions or seeking of power. Absolutely all assumptions are questioned. Everything must be explained from scratch without any appeals to authority, history, status, cultural norms, or morality. Focuses on The Big Picture and takes serious the possibility of answering the deepest existential questions rather than technical minutia: What are the right and wrong ways of doing philosophy? What is reality? Where did reality come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is Consciousness? How to live the best life possible? How to construct the best society for the good of all? Radical skepticism. No topic is off-limits for questioning. But also, not privileging skepticism over other perspectives and no turning skepticism into a dogma. Skepticism must also question and doubt itself. Endeavors to see reality free of all bias. A profound appreciation of and study of self-deception. The studying and documenting of all the sneaky and tricky dynamics and patterns of the mind. All the ways the mind fools itself, with mechanisms such as projection, denial, rationalization, confirmation bias, confabulation, demonization, scapegoating, double-standards, cherry-picking, fear, moralizing, judgment, etc. Mastering the trickeries of one's own mind. No dogma, no ideology, no group-think. All answers must be derived from scratch for oneself as though you were the first person in existence to discover them. Focused on profound personal contemplation. Integrity and embodiment: your philosophical conclusions must affect and transform the way you live life. Theory must influence practice and practice must influence theory. Radical openmindedness Truth & understanding as the highest value. Clarity, simplicity, and directness as high values. No academic jargon. No convoluted or arcane writing. Explanations of reality must be phrased so simply, clearly, and directly that a teenager can read it and understand it. Cut out all human bullshit, games, drama, pettiness, squabbling, rivalry, etc. The ultimate goal is General Omniscience: The complete understanding of reality at the highest level. The goal is NOT the elimination of suffering nor the maximization of happiness. Cultivation of one's intellect, cultivating it like a garden. The love of Intelligence for its own sake. Self-education. Taking full responsibility for educating yourself rather than expecting others to give you the answers. No worshiping or name-dropping historical figures like Plato, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Marx, The Buddha, etc. Every idea must stand on its own merit. Practice of meditation, yoga, and other non-linguistic modes of training the mind. Mandatory requirement of experimenting with psychedelics. A commitment not just to try psychedelics a few times, but using them as a serious tool for philosophical inquiry, and not quitting just because you have a few difficult trips. Research into and personal exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, mystical and trans-human states of consciousness. Emphasis on self-reflection and going-meta. Exploration of radical worldviews and perspectives. With a commitment to never to strawman or demonize any view. Fearlessness, courage, and personal sacrifice in pursuing Truth. Radical Holism: no siloing or over-specialization. Integration of many diverse fields. Not just traditional philosophy but psychology, sociology, history, science, religion, spirituality, mysticism, New Age, self-help, and whatever other fields are necessary to reach the ultimate understanding of reality. Pure Philosophy includes all the above and no one field gets to dominate or bully all the others. No guess-work, speculation, or belief. Inquiry must be based on direct experience, personal consciousness, empirical observation, or genuine insight. Integration of thinking, feeling, and non-linguistic awareness or "being". Neither of these is demonized nor prioritized over the others. Appreciation for the immense mystery of reality/nature/Consciousness. No naive attempts to demystify reality, quantify reality, or to make it "scientific". Integration of science and religion/spirituality/mysticism. A deep study and awareness of the stages of ego development. Acknowledgement that individuals, organizations, cultures, and societies evolve from lower to higher stages of development. Science, religion, morality, art, etc manifest differently at every stage and manifest in both healthy and unhealthy ways. The recognition that academic philosophy is fundamentally broken because it does not pursue Absolute Truth, Awakening, and Omniscience, and is in denial that these is the proper and ultimate aim of all philosophy. Construct-Awareness: recognition that the mind, in some profound way, plays an active role in constructing reality. That mind and reality are fundamentally entangled. That the philosophy/scientist and his investigation of nature are fundamentally entangled. Pure Philosophy claims that there is a right and wrong way to do philosophy, based on the metric of Awakening and realization of Omniscience or Total understanding of reality. The way you know that you did philosophy properly is by the fact that your consciousness rises high enough to understand that ALL of reality is a construction of your Infinite Mind, that you are God. The ultimate achievement of Pure Philosophy is the realization that you are God, that you are Infinity, and that reality is Love. This is not to be confused with dogma or belief of any sort. Nor is this to be considered a subjective personal "philosophy" that one has adopted or invented. Taken from Leo blog.

I think it's like this. Obviously you're not gonna stop finding other women unattractive, you're still a heterosexual male. But, there is gonna be a very deep bond and relationship that is built with the person you are with. So, long term, being with her is gonna be much better. But of course, the urges are still there, but it's not worth it to squander that relationship by satisfying that urge in a disloyal manner. The only way it is worth it is if you are able to do that and it doesn't ruin the relationship somehow, and what comes to my mind is porn or something, but I know some women don't even like it when you watch porn. I think women view sexual urges way differently, and then they tend to project that same mindset onto us when it comes to sexual satisfaction. For them, it's an entire emotional commitment when they decide to have sex. For us, it can be more objective and impersonal. This is very true, good point.

Yes most men experience this. When women wear yoga pants there flaunting their sexual value in your face. Obviously you wanna have sex with it. Sexual attraction is a primitive part of the brain. It’s not as sophisticated as hire forms of love that can happen in romantic relationships. Women are also attracted to amazing looking men when they see them. But the question you asked her is whether she wants to have sex with them and that’s completely different emotional question. She doesn’t wanna have sex with them because she’s in love with you and only wants to have sex with you. it also depends on the stage of sexual development your at, if you view sex as just fucking and there’s very little emotional connection or you don’t value emotional connection during sex then lust for other women becomes more prevalent. If you were having spiritual sex the appeal of simply impersonal fucking would be much lower. But everyone loves candy every once in a while and why we have porn.