Isn't a Mystic supposed to Do Nothing

[samijiben]

Why the fuck does Leo spend so much time watching YouTube videos?

His whole blog is filled with YouTube videos that are hours long. Presumably, he is watching them. I sure hope that he is watching the content in full that he posts for his thousands of followers to watch.

But this raises a question: isn't a mysticman supposed to be doing a lot more of nothing? Ramana never watched YouTube! Horror video games? Makeup tutorial criticism videos? Pop culture bullshit? In the name of God?

I mean, c'mon, Leo! Get to work! Do nothing, man! It seems so obvious to me that an enlightened man must be doing meditation all day long, not out of a sense of obligation, but naturally. A wizard would not indulge in watching YouTube videos. A wizard would be honing his jinxes, brewing mystery sauces in his cauldron, cultivating a deeper connection with God...

And here Leo is watching fucking youtube!! Hours of it a day! I mean, surely some days he locks himself in his closet, but why not everyday! Is it not true that an enlightened man must act a certain way? Aren't there standards? Conditions? Expectations???

Something to ponder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sugarcoat]

Leo loves the mind. He is an intellectual. It’s clear he is still operating from his mind and his sense of self, he’s still on the human level in his day to day life. He hasn’t reached full dissolution of the psyche, if that’s even possible 

[theleelajoker]

If the saints and mystics of back then had YouTube, they would have watched cat videos most of the time 🐈 

No 2 in priority would have been shorts on tiktok, followed by pornhub (for educational purposes only)

Edited August 22 by theleelajoker

[Ishanga]

Mystics, Guru's/Teachers have to go with the times and the sort of People that are here today, and not act or behave like the ones in the past, they adapted to what sort of ppl were there back then...

 

[Carl-Richard]

How many hours a day must be spent doing nothing?

Leo is on that modern sage grind, which arguably requires you to do shit.

However, an enlightened man doesn't need to spend time doing nothing, because he's already doing nothing in whatever he does.

Edited August 22 by Carl-Richard

[enchanted]

On 22/08/2025 at 3:37 PM, samijiben said:

 A wizard would be honing his jinxes, brewing mystery sauces in his cauldron, cultivating a deeper connection with God..

Where would the wizard get the instructions to do this? He would presumably have to injest some sort of media (books, tutorials, YouTube if available). 

Learning about the world isn't a waste of time. Watching make- up tutorials is still learning: you are learning how females operate. 

Watch yourself through out your day. I bet you do and think alot of things that are highly questionable.

Edited August 24 by enchanted

[Natasha Tori Maru]

An empty Leo sits in the Lotus Position (die knees, die) in front of a black box that displays shit, witnessing strange sounds made from fleshy beings, as light flashes and changes over a screen. 

An experience is being had by no one. 

A consciousness is data mining experience.

🥨

[UnbornTao]

Quote

Before enlightenment, fart around. After enlightenment, fart around.

- Musashi

Edited August 22 by UnbornTao

[Hojo]

I just had a weird dream with sleep paralysis at the then. I was in a world and someone gave me 8000 to build a house. I was waiting for the house to be built and went to check on it. The house was massive 2 floors and the rooms were massive. I was looking around and then the contractor of the house was upstairs. I heard him say he was looking for the lord of the house and I said he must be looking for me. I went to him and he asked me how I liked it I said I cant beleive 8000 dollars buys this, is it going to be carpeted or floored and he said some of it. Then I stopped talking to him and went back down stairs and there was a restaurant I was like how is there a restaurant in my house. The contractor came and sat next to me and said there is a kitchen go look. I looked in the kitchen and it was nice and then I looked out the window of the kitchen and I saw my TV and my legs and I said what is that. I looked out the window more and it was my TV from this reality and I saw a man in my periphery and was entering sleep paralysis and couldn't move. I didnt get scared but kept ushering myself slowly back to this conciousness.

Moral of the story no one is supposed to do or be anything. You do what you do till you stop dreaming. Leo is not there you are dreaming. Nothing will make sense until you stop. Me questioning my dream made it end. The reality dissolved because I question . Its the trap of questioning everything . Dreams dont make sense on purpose. This is a dream. The ego is trying to make sense of a dream and you react to it keeping you trapped.

Edited August 22 by Hojo

[SOUL]

The level of derp on this forum is mind boggling

[gettoefl]

Only murder happens by me and only miracles happen through me.

"Who with the love of God upholding him can find the choice of murder or miracles hard to make." ~ACIM

[Davino]

13 hours ago, samijiben said:

Ramana never watched YouTube!

How come an enlightened man reads the newspaper!

 

 

[Carl-Richard]

6 hours ago, Davino said:

How come an enlightened man reads the newspaper!

Prarabdha karma 😉

[Someone here]

Not necessarily.  You can be a mystic and a scientist or doctor or engineer. 

You don't know who's enlightened and who's not . That guy in the grocery store might be enlightened. That pizza delivery guy might be enlightened. 

How could you know ? Don't you think you are enlightened as fuck yet your family and friends don't know ? Maybe your mom is more enlightened than you .you never know. 

Edited August 23 by Someone here

[Eskilon]

9 hours ago, Davino said:

This is such a self-deception lol.

It proves that no matter how awake, self-deception will most likely continue.

Edited August 23 by Eskilon

[EternalForest]

You're conflating the relative and absolute realms. Just because Leo can embody absolute consciousness does not mean he doesn't have interest in the world around him. In fact, I'd argue that's the whole point of doing deep spiritual practice. To share your insights with the rest of the world and see how it affects your perception of it. Spirituality, at its highest level, can involve intellectual integration.

[Carl-Richard]

40 minutes ago, Eskilon said:

This is such a self-deception lol.

It proves that no matter how awake, self-deception will most likely continue.

What's self-deceptive about it?

[Eskilon]

17 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

What's self-deceptive about it?

You can use that line of reasoning to justify anything and not change.

[Princess Arabia]

1 hour ago, Eskilon said:

This is such a self-deception lol.

It proves that no matter how awake, self-deception will most likely continue.

Your statement here is self-deception at it's core too. The questioner is attached to not smoking. What's the difference. Your idea of "awake" is the deception.

[Princess Arabia]

48 minutes ago, Eskilon said:

You can use that line of reasoning to justify anything and not change.

Why does someone need to change their smoking habit or any other habit. Says you. Life is impersonal. The man was right. You're also attached to your ideas about the life and the world. One says smoke another says don't, both are attachments. No judgement either way is neutrality. That's natural.

Edited August 23 by Princess Arabia