Leo Gura

@Matt23 How old are you? What is your financial situation like? Are you running away from anything in doing this? How mentally stable are you? Are you depressed or suffering from any kind of mental disorders? How good are you at tolerating being alone?

@winterknight Haven't you seen the 11th ox herding picture of the fully enlightened Buddha driving his Rolls Royce into the sunset? Only then is your enlightenment complete.

@winterknight Interesting And how many Rolls Royces have you managed to accumulate?

Of course Have you noticed your crown chakra open? Any kundalini-like energetic shifts?

@winterknight Good work. Sounds like you made it. Have you had the following realizations: What is God? Absolute Infinity Infinite Love What is another? Infinite Intelligence Nirvana These facets can be part of an enlightenment, or not.

@Jcent Sounds like you're going sane

Relationships are a great growth opportunity if done with such intent. The problem is most people don't do them that way so they become the opposite.

Yes Guess what the #1 prerequisite for charisma is? PRESENCE!

Why is there something rather than nothing?

All fear is fear of losing one's self/identity. So of course people fear intimacy & deep union with others. Other is the very thing you need to differentiate yourself from in order to be a self. Self/other is the ultimate conceptual duality which birthed you into existence. You were literally born the moment you thought: "self here, other there." And you've been under this delusion for your entire life. Stop running away from feeling emotions. Do the opposite and push yourself to feel more deeply. The purpose of being alive is to FEEL everything! Stop being picky about where it feels good or bad. Just fucking FEEL! Make it your mission to feel the shit out of everything regardless of what it is.

God also DOES have a body. Your body, and every body that has every existed for every creature. Those are all literally God's body. God is a shapeshifter, a thing which inhabits infinite forms. Which is why God is difficult for people to see. They keep looking for God as one concrete thing, this or that, but God is ALL THINGS! The hardest thing to see is that which is everywhere you look and the eyes with which you are looking.

Motel rooms can be found for $35/night Or you could even go camping and at least put up a tent.

@llumi Either it is untrue, or it will awaken automatically during enlightenment. You certainly don't have to know about kundalini or actively try to awaken it to become enlightened. I would distinguish between activated kundalini and enlightenment. You can have one or the other or both or neither.

It's very very unlikely to make you enlightened. The #1 requirement for enlightenment is laser focus for hours on end. There is a good reason why the most enlightened sages were hermits and recluses. "Human stuff" is a giant distraction. Nothing wrong with building deep relationships, but it will get you mired deep in human stuff when you want to be delving into metaphysical stuff. You can also do both, by scheduling 10-day solo retreats throughout the year. This way you can have relationships without going full-monk, but you can also get some of that monk experience. This is probably the ideal for most people, unless you're really drawn to go full-monk. Anyhow, all those humans are none other than yourself. There is no one here but you. God is forever alone.

@Quicksilver How about enjoying the show? It's like you're standing in front of a great Van Gogh painting and saying, "So what do I do with it?"

The point is, unless someone told you stages of development are a thing, you would never know about them no matter how enlightened you got. You will never encounter a developmental stage during meditation.

@Solace You can spew that sweet neo-Advaita talk all you want, but development is still a thing. And it does not happen automagically. We develop ourselves only if we do. Development does not imply an I.

@Charlotte Tell him to come try some 5-MeO. Then he will truely see things

@VioletFlame Look, sometimes you just have toxic family which you must distance yourself from. Don't try to be too cozy with your family. Go create your own life. If your family will disown you for dating someone you love, fuck them. They don't really love you then. You don't have to hate them. Just create some distance. You have the right to live however you want.

The distinction is very simple: Addictive, yes or no? If yes, do not use. I do not condone caffeine for this reason. I would never recommend an addictive or harmful substance like ketamine, antidepressants, or opioids.

@How to be wise I don't give much importance to it but the context of this thread is a kundini experience so... If you're doing energetic practices it is important to understand.

@Aimblack It resides everywhere, but especially in the navel. The navel is the centerpoint of the entire body so it has some special signifigance.

@Elysian Kriya yoga has various tapping and visualization exercises for the front and back of the navel chakra to gently open it up. Do not be ignorant about kundalini. Read the books on my book list about it.

Don't throw away the canoe before you've finished crossing the river. Surrendering the desire for enlightenment should be the very last thing you surrender, just as enlightenment happens. If you are not yet enlightened as fuck, you are getting ahead of your skiis.

@Solace There is a need for both. Development is not awakening and awakening is not development.