Actualized.org wasn't enough to fix my life. A critique of actualized.org.

[BlessedLion]

Leo has given more than enough information and resources on how to create a profound and deep life, take some responsibility man. This channel and the book list have helped me carve my life into something I could've never dreamed of and I am eternally grateful.

[Ramanujan]

@Joseph Maynor comments are turned off in your video. can you turn comments on in your youtube video.

 

also are you an INTJ

[Ramanujan]

To be fair

Leo has helped me immensly . But leo has also caused me a lot of harm . Its a mixed bag

[Aaron p]

On 28/01/2026 at 2:47 PM, VioleGrace said:

It would be helpful you recommend some sources, cause when people consume your content 

Mostly all of the others will seem like marketing bullshit, 

Especially self help and business content 

There are more foundational teachers I've discovered who provide the newbie material I think Leo is urging us to research. They could be called "High-credibility Embodied Spiritual Humanists," where Leo would probably be called a "Metaphysical [or absolute] Idealist." They're more like green/yellow and come from more established scientific domains. 

 

Ian Mcgilchrist

His top 3 most popular books:

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

Ways of Attending: How Our Divided Brain Constructs the World

 

 

Antonio damasio

 

His top 3 most popular books:

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain (1994).

The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (1999). 

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2010).

 

As Leo has said, and as I believe, basing your entire spiritual life on the content released from actualized.org is a recipe for failure. I'm pretty sure it's actually impossible (for me at least). Here's my reasoning:

"Leo has vertical ascension and the entire field has more, laterality. People like Damasio and Mcgilchrist are psychiatrist's, neuroimaging researchers and doctors.

They teach very similar things [to absolute idealists like Leo], its just that  high credible, embodied spiritual humanists like McGilchrist and Damasio come from an angle of a more scientific basis. because science is still correct. its not that science is incorrect, its just that this one, secularised and popularised 21st century scientistic variation of science that is so prevalent in society today is wrong.

...and the reason this detail is important is because we need _something_ to ground this stuff in. leo himself did decades of work in academia and college before he moved onto absolute idealism (which i still believe is true). ...these scientific stages...are essential and extremely vital for forming a base layer of...something. i don't know what it is. but its a formative stage that we cannot do without. without it we are kites in the wind with no string.

Imagine walking into a martial arts dojo and being thrown into the black belt group and only learning black belt material and nothing else at all. we'd probably be so busy getting our asses handed to us that we don't have time to learn 90% of the entire martial art."

Also, quaintly, religion. I believe religion can be massively helpful as it is essentially the only place humans have been able to develop in a safe and continuous basis. Buddhism, Hinduism and even Christianity (more specifically the more mystical essence in each), if you hit the right spot. I find it's less about the religion and more about the region you live in. It's more rare in Christianity and a little convoluted in Hinduism. Buddhism is nice

[Joseph Maynor]

On 2/5/2026 at 4:18 AM, Ramanujan said:

@Joseph Maynor comments are turned off in your video. can you turn comments on in your youtube video.

 

also are you an INTJ

I'm an INFJ.  

[Lyubov]

You guys have got to stop putting Leo on any sort of pedestal or making any sort of comparisons to him with your spiritual path. Leo is the equivalent of an Alex Honnold type person in the psychedelic space. He has a very different foundation from you and is able to basically dive headfirst into the unknown without a harness. He calls it advanced. I wouldn’t call it that. Because your spirituality is unique to you and for you to be responsible for and explore. Is climbing Mount Everest the only place to explore? Do extreme feats always = wisdom or growth? Many people who haven’t climb mount Everest have been to plenty of other cool places and told their own unique story. This community has some degree of self improvement to it but that part is mostly just guys trying to get laid. This isn’t a site for resolving core issues or self improvement, it’s more about contemplating a certain aspect and perspective of spirituality that is very dry and cognitive. You have to branch out and realize there is far more to spirituality and life than what is taught here. Leo is an interesting guy and I have an appreciation for a lot of what he writes in his blog he  articulates various facets of reasoning and logic and experience which are really interesting and helpful in me forming my beliefs and understanding some areas of my life. He has moved in recent times to distance himself from promoting psychedelics as openly as he used to and says openly as well the warnings and that he himself doesn’t know everything. So I think you guys need to take responsibility for your power and living as the creator. 

[Lyubov]

You wanna reach the top of the mountain but aren’t responsible to figure out the best way for yourself to the top so you put all your trust into a guide but then when following them you realize you’re half way up without a harness. Slowly and carefully climb down. There’s 100 other ways to get to the top. Maybe put a harness on and go back up? Start following your own path and making choices that are right for you.