What is state according to Leo Gura?

[AION]

He uses this word all the time but he doesn’t define what his definition of state is

[Leo Gura]

You are always in some state of consciousness.

Examples of different states include:

• Default waking
• Deep dreamless sleep
• Dreaming
• Drunk
• High on weed
• Dizzy
• Sleepy
• Sick with fever
• Enraged
• Depressed
• Anxious
• Manic
• Etc

Edited May 7 by Leo Gura

[Sugarcoat]

@Leo Gura isn’t deep dreamless sleep UNconsciosuness? So it’s not a state of consciousness 

Edited May 7 by Sugarcoat

[Leo Gura]

3 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

@Leo Gura isn’t deep dreamless sleep UNconsciosuness? So it’s not a state of consciousness 

The way I define my terms, unconsciousness is a state of consciousness, just like zero volume is the state of a dial volume knob.

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[Sugarcoat]

2 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The way I define my terms, unconsciousness is a state of consciousness, just like zero volume is the state of a dial volume knob.

Ok got it

[AION]

@Leo Gura I thought state was level of consciousness in David Hawkins sense 

[Andrey]

I've been using the Sedona Method's map of states to navigate the lower states successfully sometimes. But it is not enough to reach the higher states. Also one of my parents has schizo so I am not touching weed or psychadelics anytime soon, I need to conquer the survival first.

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[Leo Gura]

36 minutes ago, AION said:

@Leo Gura I thought state was level of consciousness in David Hawkins sense 

No. Consciousness cannot be mapped to any linear model.

There are higher and lower states, but states differ much more than just by degree of high or low.

[Sugarcoat]

What is higher vs lower state of consciousness? Is it a matter of more or less ego?

[Leo Gura]

8 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

What is higher vs lower state of consciousness?

Consciousness comes in degrees, like a volume knob. You can have more or less volume. But volume is not the only quality of sound. Sounds cannot be mapped to volume alone, but all sounds must have some degree of volume.

Higher and lower refers to the volume of consciousness.

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Is it a matter of more or less ego?

No.

But at high volume the ego dissolves.

Ego exists at low volumes. Ego is a low volume phenomenon. Like a rat that lives in the basement. The rat does not like to live up on the rooftop.

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[Sugarcoat]

@Leo Gura Ok tnx 

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[Davino]

1 hour ago, AION said:

He uses this word all the time but he doesn’t define what his definition of state is

Nope, or maybe Leo already did a 2h long episode on that.

 

Check it! Truly brilliant.

 

See this is unserious. You haven't even bothered to check the main channel or previous responses from the search function in the forum.

[AION]

@Leo Gura
We all have that divine light in us but we have to crank it up by letting go of contraction / ego / trauma / rigidity. 

As far as I understand our state is our body. We need to relax. If our body is rigid. Nothing will work. No spiritual practices nor psychedelics. But having no rigidity in the body is even important for personal and social success. 

In PUA too state is king. When going out I always do shadow work and visualize what my body (flesh) desires

• like safety
• acceptance and approval 
• love and affection 
• and so on

and once I have anchored that state in my body , it is much easier to attract that reality. Girls just feel that anchored state and they want to fulfill the wish. 

[AION]

@Davino I watched that video already but I guess I will transcript it again and make some notes. 

[AION]

Seriousness = responsibility 

We all have consciousness and it pertains certain rights and thus responsibilities  

I’m already working on that because I lack it. 

It is the third pillar of pillars of self esteem by Branden. 

 

Edited May 7 by AION

[AION]

I don’t like the word seriousness because it feels like an attribute of a grumpy old man. Life is too short for that. I think we shouldn’t lose our inner light aka inner child because we need to become like children again to enter the kingdom but it needs to be balanced with the responsibility of an adult. 

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[Leo Gura]

11 minutes ago, AION said:

As far as I understand our state is our body.

Body plays a role. But just relaxation is not enough the radically change your state to the levels requires for Awakening.

Of course tension in the body is not a good thing, and you should work on that, but that will not change your state significantly.

[aurum]

26 minutes ago, AION said:

As far as I understand our state is our body. We need to relax. If our body is rigid. Nothing will work. No spiritual practices nor psychedelics. But having no rigidity in the body is even important for personal and social success. 

On a deeper level, it's even more profound than that.

Having a "physical" body itself is a state of consciousness.

Consciousness does not need a body or to be physical at all.

[Rishabh R]

@Leo Gura Does basic self-help changes one's state even a little ? Also what kind of state is required for recovering from setbacks ?

[Leo Gura]

18 minutes ago, Rishabh R said:

@Leo Gura Does basic self-help changes one's state even a little ?

Basically no.

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Also what kind of state is required for recovering from setbacks ?

No particular state is required for that. That's mostly a function of time. Time has a healing quality as you simply forget the setback.