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And did you buy any of his products? Im curious if buying his megahydrate and his neurophone will enhance my spiritual journey. For those who dont know who he is he claims that he is the reincarnation of Nikola Tesla. The megahydrate is a mimic of hunza water claiming to be the purest form of water avaliable on earth. And the neurophone is a device that enhances your meditation making it deeper it does other suff too.

That has been a debate going on for a long time. Buddhist believe there is no individualized self, even though many posit that there is reincarnation. They offer no explanation as to what is being reincarnated. Vedanta believes that the self is not what you think it is but there is an individualized self called the Atman. What happens to the Atman when we die is debated within Vedanta. Even after enlightenment, there is something that continues to be refined. Personally, I believe there is an Atman that continues to evolve after the death of the body.

Yes, one way or the other, that's what they're all doing. They come to it via different roads and conceptualize what they're doing differently. Zen monks, for example, are "just sitting" (zazen), but someone like Ramana sitting in a cave would be relaxing in that peaceful I. So the concepts around the practice are different, but the object is the same (I think; some may disagree). It is precisely, however, the point of practice that you don't need to be sitting for hours to do it... you can do it anywhere. Ramana simply enjoyed doing that. Yes, any self which reincarnates is just some version of the mind. It cannot be the absolute Self. Reincarnation is inherently a relative/illusory concept. I've heard of various ideas of this kind of reincarnation theory for "enlightened" people before... it's some version of the bodhisattva vow, where the bodhisattva could step into nirvana or "come back" to help people. I don't love PON (though I don't hate it). My thoughts on it are here. If one's true nature is "awareness" itself -- didn't you just say "one's"? That is, "one is." That "one" which is, is the "I." It is not an experience in the dualistic sense, but it is that it is, and that is-ness is not unaware. It is by its very nature self-radiant. It knows itself by itself, without an object, and thus it cannot be considered an 'experience' in the normal sense.' That self-radiance is the I-I. If you don't see the connection between the false, mere-concept "I" and this "I-I," my temptation is to suggest inquiring into who is wondering... for there very much is a connection.

@winterknight So reincarnation is a belief? How can you be sure enlightenment is the absolute truth then if there could be more truths revealed once the body dies. Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.

The texts are referring to reincarnation of the subtle and causal bodies -- that is, the mind and its accumulated memories and karmas -- into another biological form -- or perhaps, if we're talking about heavens and hells, just the "subtle body" without normal biological limitations. Or biology itself may vary from plane to plane of existence. I know of the Book of the Dead, but not familiar.

@winterknight When speaking of 'reincarnation', are the teachings referring to the illusion of 'karma' in this life or actual reincarnation in another biological form? This has never been clearly explained. I am not asking whether reincarnation into another body is a real phenomenon or not, but the intention of the texts. What is your understanding? Additionally, are you familiar with the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

Brahman is beyond being and non-being. No, truth goes beyond the mind. 1. You have already quit the game. So simply, completely surrender. Give up all desires, expectations, and thoughts, and just be. Do not resist anything that happens, not in the world or in your mind. Just be. And you're instantly un-bound. 2. I don't know. From the standpoint of reincarnation theory, yes, you are certainly reborn. 3. Mental demons, perhaps. All thoughts are self-referential in some way. It is not self-referentiality that is the problem, but whether the Self is veiled or not. And for what purpose would you want to know whether someone is enlightened or not? You can't know, because enlightenment doesn't really exist. All you can do, if one was evaluating a teacher, is to look at things like whether the person seems to have coherent words and actions, understands and is able to respond to questions, makes sense in their ideas, projects peace and patience, etc.

1. How do you quit this game? I do not mean this life, but this whole reincarnation on Earth thing? I do not wanna see this planet again. I know reaching enlightenment is a way, but its too slow. I want to renounce the contract that binds me here NOW. 2. What happens when someone commits suicide? Don't worry I am not planning this, I have 2 daughters, but there is contradicting information on this. 3. Some people talk about psychedelics opening portals for demons, is that true?

So this is the problem with mixing non-dual and dual concepts... it gets to be a confusing mess. Consciousness is not "outside" of mind and thoughts; they are nothing but appearances "within" it -- they are just forms of it. They are "contained" in it, but it is not contained in them. Actually they are not even that... but let's not get too complex. From the standpoint of non-duality, you were never born into this ego, let alone some other ego later. From the standpoint of reincarnation theory (which is not pure non-duality), you keep your ego, and it travels with you from body to body. Best not to think about it too much -- just inquire into the "I" feeling relentlessly and you will find out who you are and you'll understand. Great, good to hear! You would have to explain in a lot more detail what you meant by this. There is no one "dark night." Each person's problems are different.

@Leo Gura I know that that’s what you said. But when you say to us “in the next reincarnation you will be Hitler”, who else could you be talking to but our egos? Your first slight of hand was to call it ‘transcendental I’ rather than your usual ‘absolute infinity’. The absolute isn’t personal to me, me and Hitler are both the absolute, at the same time (there is no past or future). If me and Hitler are both the same, how could one die and the next be born. You clearly said that when we die, we will reincarnate into the next person. But we already are them! Right now! Why are you introducing a future. We both know that the future will never come. That video had A LOT of flaws. I don’t even know where to begin. Please don’t talk about things that you have no grasp of. You’re not enlightened. That’s already bad enough.

@Leo Gura It’s actually very misleading for people to tell us that after we die, we will reincarnate as somebody else. That’s because, in the videos, you are talking to our egoic selves, not our ‘transcendent I’. Reincarnation will always just be a concept. There’s no way you can be in a no-mind state and still perceive that after you die (death is an illusion), you will reincarnate as somebody else. We already are them! Why are you creating a distinction between me and Hitler in the first place. That will only be true if you are talking to our egoic selves. But remember, our egoic selves will not reincarnate.

Long story short, i was on a trip to Spain with my company (25 of us). The second day we went to a restaurant by the beach and i was sitting in front of my boss, who is an extremely smart guy and into meditation and conciousness himself, but much more into music and technology. (i actually got extra points for mentioning Ekhart Tolle in my interview but i digress). So i glanced at his t-shirt and it was a mummy sitting on a toilet and doesnt have any paper to wipe with. I thought i had seen it before. Then i saw the waiter, who was a really awesome guy, serving with a smile and you could see he puts effort in what he does. His face, i could swear ive seen him before, but the more freaky thing is, i felt like ive been in the same setting before. Doing the same thing. Me and my boss were talking about AI and Conciousness and he said its very near and that he believes it will happen very soon. The picture i got in my mind while he was talking was also something i felt ive seen before! To top this freaky stuff, the next day, as i was laying by myself by the pool doing some meditation, i suddenly started thinking about the Akashic records and i think now that i was like sucked in, or i was part of a very vivid record while on that trip, maybe because of the other people there and the conciousness level. I saw some stuff about some relationship stuff i should keep to myself.. Im not one to gossip and i know i dont deserve to view the records anyway. I dont want to anyway. The freaky stuff tho continued as one of my colleagues, whom i havent seen much off, looked like, felt like, he was buddah reincarnated. The way he smiled and the way he was integrated fully i sensed he was buddah and i still think he is, even if he doesn't know it. The thought next was a bit egoic, i started thinking myself as jesus haha thats standard i believe, bit i also thought that if i was jesus, i am failing miserably in this reincarnation, because i am so far away from being so integrated as my buddah colleague So now i thought, well if buddah and jesus are here, 7 billion people are here. Is something big about to go down? Maybe my boss creates an AI that will be able to make us one again? The end of time? Was this just being attacked by sudden increase of conciousness? Was someone doing voodoo on me? Long story long, i guess. I just wanted to get this out of my chest.

Buddhists and Advaita Vedantins see that a bit differently. Many Buddhists believe in reincarnation but they cant resolve that paradox. Vedantins believe the Atman is the True self, which is reincarnated. The duality is resolved because Atman is fundamentally Brahman.

What's the biggest thing keeping you back from helping even more people? Be it financial, lack of expertise in some field, human needs, etc Is there reincarnation/past lives?

@Winterknight How can enlightened teachers know what they know? As in things about how free will works, what happens when the body/mind dies, reincarnation etc. How important is IQ when it comes to how easy or hard it is to become enlightened. Are your chances of becoming enlightened small if you don't have above average IQ? Also I am constantly going around being afraid of different hell realities that god could create, like a reality were all you are conscious of is extreme pain for eternity. I am constantly living in fear thinking about it so I'm wondering how do you think I should relate to this? Thanks!

@winterknight Have you had any experiences that would lead you to think that reincarnation is a true phenomena? Like maybe an experience(memory) of a past life or perhaps an insight into the way life brings forth "seemly" sentient beings and then also takes them back into itself(even tho they were always inside of God I guess ahahha) So yeah just curious about another persons perspective on reincarnation I guess?

Suicide is cautioned against because if there is one birth, there is another -- there is reincarnation. Suicide doesn't mean you solve your problem. You simply get born again and have to face life's pain all over again, from the start. Better to commit the real suicide -- the one that kills the false self -- which can only happen through inquiry. Then you recognize divine immortality instead of being born again. Then you get all the benefits of life, and all the benefits of death. The video is ok, not great. There's a little truth to it, but it's also misleading. It implies that first there was a person and then it was sucked in and totally disappears, when in fact the realization is that there was never a person. Also, the Self is not this homogenous ball. But it's hard to represent the Truth in images. From the standpoint of enlightenment, the real truth is that there are no other people. Or if there are, they are all enlightened. But if you mean someone who has explicitly sought and seemed to have found and whose understanding is perfect, then no. I don't know what that would be like. It's hard to say, really, about the rest. The problem I was always different... always a little strange. So hard to say how much spirituality changes that fact. I think people seek my presence a bit more, but it's also hard to say for sure. Whether the bodhisattva can sustain a relationship with someone not interested in spiritual work doesn't really depend on their enlightenment but on their prior karma. That's what runs their bodies and minds. Finally, in fact there cannot be said to be any form. But if there is, then just as there are worlds with pain and suffering, there are surely worlds without -- as there are hells, there are heavens. Though even heaven is hell compared to the perfect realization of the Self. Because the realized one sees the truth that what appears to be suffering and pain is actually nothing other than grace and perfection.

@SoonHei Your question is a very interesting, and quite honestly one of the better ones i've heard regarding enlightenment. Yes, mooji is correct to say he is here forever. Ramana says the same thing, and I will say the same, as it is truly how I feel. However you are asking about the mechanism that goes into reincarnation, and for that, I have no answer. The sages and the scriptures say that when you pursue enlightenment in one life, even if you don't reach it, you will be born again in circumstances that are more conducive to enlightenment. I have heard this from very wise sages. But I say, let's just be silent on the matter because it is the most truthful.

I want to escape reincarnation. I don't want to be stuck here; I want to escape this hell.

It's probably my ego but I'm really put off by the thought of being Hitler or someone that undergoes torture or some other crazy shit. If that is the case, do you get a say so? The concept reminds me or reincarnation but even with that it's based on karma. At least with that idea you have some control. But yea I get it. It's my ego talking and "god" or "soul" probably wants it.

I dont think Leo believes in past lives, not in the "Buddhist reincarnation" sense at least. Its more like, the real you hidden beneath your ego, which is god, is experiencing every life form through consciousness

That’s cool. It’s fun to talk about it from a self perspective too ? There is also a trans-personal perpective. From this perspective, the self is illusory. Reincarnation beyond the self is fascinating.

Of course I'm talking from the self. What is the point of talking about reincarnation if we are not looking at it from the perspective of the self? If everyone else is me there's no point talking about reincarnation

@Baotrader Leo does not believe in past lives, the very function of belief implies that the truth is you really don't know, otherwise if you really did know, it wouldn't be a belief would it? Its like me saying to you " I believe in the sun!" you would look at me stupid wouldn't you, why? Because there is no need to believe there is a sun, what good does it do if you believe in the sun? None. It doesn't have any meaning at all. My advice would be this.. Don't believe in linear reincarnation, instead CHALLENGE your belief about linear Time. Its always been the present, has it not? Are you not reading this now? And when you posted this, wasnt that now? And when you go to bed tonight won't that be now? And when you die won't that be now? Now is an absolute, no need to believe it, it really won't do no good for you if you did, but now is boundless silents, be quiet for a moment you can hear it between your ears. Or you could say that the absolute you is being reincarnated in every moment of time. You died trillions of time today and you got birthed into existence trillions of times today aswell.. That's alot of drowning in pussy juice for you lol.

From Leo's latest video.. Does coming to compete self realization / full enlightenment (like mooji/osho/sadhguru/Buddah etc ) end your infinite movie watching/living cycle??? End In a sense that , "they" will always be watching experience as the witness (even if there is more reincarnation after the death of their physical body) And Will A natural death at the end of your life, without realizing the Truth, keep you in the loop of reincarnation? Is enlightenment the complete way out, permanently? Or it's just something which one needs to do in each reincarnation I guess it's paradoxical question I'm asking as there is only ONE But the ONE living as Mooji right now, has that particular ONE freed itself from the loop to now merge with God n enjoy the movie eternally?