Leo Gura

@tentacion There's actually nothing behind this physical reality. That nothingness is what you are, what God is Nothingness and Infinity are identical. So this Nothingness is infinitely intelligent. That's what you are intuiting but not yet fully grasping. P.S. LSD or mushrooms are very good alternatives to 5-MeO. They can show you this too.

@voidness What trips most people up is that they underestimate the radical relativity of reality. The bottom line is, reality cannot have a substance because there is nothing within reality which can be used to as a ground, and no one to arbitrate between any truth claim. Being cannot know itself precisely because it is itself. Or rather, being can come to know that being is fundamentally groundless and therefore mystical. There cannot be a ground other than emptiness because any other ground would itself be in need of another ground, and so on, ad infinitum. Besides which, the ground vs not-ground is also a distinction. Here we have reached the end of language. Anything said about the Ultimate Ground (The Groundless Ground) must be self-negating because the ultimate nature of reality is nondual, but all language works by creating dualities (distinctions). So anything we could say or think about the Absolute will be dualistic, which is the opposite of what it is. But... also not the opposite! (See how I have to negate my own words when talking about it?) Because to say anything about it is to give it a specific, distinct quality. But the Absolute is unbounded, infinite. But... also it is bounded and finite! (Again, I have to negate any quality I attribute to it). This is why Zen is so Zen. The Truth breaks logic and language alike because the Truth is infinite while logic and language are finite. Arriving at the the Absolute requires a leap in consciousness.

@Scholar Suffering is very easy to contemplate because it is so palpable in your direct experience. DO NOT think about what suffering is. OBSERVE what suffering is in your direct experience! You suffer every day. The next time you suffer, OBSERVE it, and contemplate what you are observing. Avoid speculating or philosophizing about suffering. You don't need to speculate about it, it's RIGHT THERE every day in your life! P.S. Not only is it there, you are creating it! Another good question to contemplate is: Why did I create this suffering? Again, avoid speculation. Stick as closely to direct experience as possible.

Like I said, I've tried those scales and they never gave me consistent results. Microscoops are better. Just because a scale is 0.001g does not mean it can actually measure out 10mg precisely. Most of these scales will barely even register a 10mg dose. It will read as zero on the scale many times. These scales assume you're weighting a fairly heavy object to begin with, like 100mg, then it will give you 0.001g accuracy. But not on a 10mg sample.

@tentacion The problem with such trust is that it becomes an obstacle to doing the work towards ACTUAL consciousness of the Truth. You can intuit and trust, but none of that it is direct consciousness of what God is. It's easy to get lulled into a false sense of comfort with such trust. Billions of religious people do it every day, and it becomes a huge obstacle to awakening. Trust, but verify. That's where 5-MeO becomes very handy. It will show you where that trust fully leads. Right now it's sort of like you're saying, "Yeah, I trust that Japan is a real place. I've never been, but I trust it." Okay, that's better than distrusting Japan. But it's a whole nother thing to actually go to Japan and roam the streets of Tokyo. It would be a trap to trust in Japan so much that you never actually bother traveling there. None of your ideas about Japan can compare to actually being in Japan.

Distinction is a very tricky issue because distinction is the very nature of being. If you fully understood what a distinction was, you would understand the ultimate nature of reality, and you would be deeply enlightened. Distinction is NOT a concept! Distinction is the "substance" of reality. And what then is the nature of a distinction? Nothing! Yes, paradox here is not a mistake. What you're starting to intuit is that reality has no substance. It's a set of distinct appearances which are actually just a hallucination. Reality is not made out of matter or atoms or energy. Reality is made out of distinctions! Creation is distinction. Without distinction you have pure formless Infinity. And with distinction, you also have pure Infinity! The formed side of Infinity. Form is formlessness. Formlessness is form. Duality is none other than nonduality. Infinity contains an infinite number of distinctions. It's highly worthwhile to contemplate: What is a distinction? ------- Mind vs not-mind = a distinction Automatic vs not automatic = a distinction Consciousness vs unconsciousness = a distinction Real vs unreal = a distinction Subjective vs objective = a distinction Truth vs falsehood = a distinction Creation vs destruction = a distinction The universe vs me = a distinction ------ Consciousness is the substanceless substance within which all of these distinctions occur. Like an LCD screen on which images are rendered. Everything you've ever seen or thought or experienced is a distinction. Including existence itself.

Yup, that's nonduality. What else can be said?

SD is a complex model which requires serious study and contemplation to understand fully. All of these issues you brought are up only apparent issue because you haven't fully understood the model yet and you are not quite properly interpreting history. For example America was not more Green in the 60's than today. That is confusing the hippie movement with the average level of the entire country. In the 60's America was heavy Blue/Orange. Atheists are not Blue, they are just stubbornly Orange. Each stage builds on all the prior ones, so there is no contradiction in a Green or even Turquoise person starting a business. Business takes place at every stage, just following different values.

@TeamBills It's not a function of time, it's a function of how well you research.

Not so what. More like: HOLY FUCKING FUCK!!! But you don't get this yet because you have no idea yet what "I'm God" really means. To you it's just an idea. Which of course is "so what?"

@outlandish Microscoops are more accurate than milligrams scales. Those milligram scales are still way too imprecise. They cannot properly measure a 10gm dose. To them, 10mg to 20mg all feels the same. I have used several different milligram scales and they are all terrible. Consistency of powder is a non-issue if you're using the same batch. And even between batches is it not much of an issue unless you have totally difference sources.

Said the ego. Good luck with that.

@emind Your forum account is not the same as your Actualized.org store account. Sounds like you probably don't have a store account yet.

Teachers have different styles. This is why its good to study hundreds of different perspectives. Each one will expose you to some new facet that the other ones didn't. Teachers place different emphasis on things due to their unique personality, cultural background, path through life, and even their gender or level of testosterone. Never expect one teacher to explain everything to you. It just isn't possible. In a sense, finding a teacher who you resonant with perfectly is bad because then you will tend to blindly accept what he/she says without thinking for yourself or considering other sources. Focus more on grasping what is being taught in your direct experience rather than daydreaming about or judging the teacher. The teacher you resonate with very much depends on what your particular needs are at this moment in time. In a few years, as your needs change, so will your teachers -- if you don't commit yourself to worshiping just one. My teachings are definitely not complete, and definitely contain some mistakes and shadow. This is not a problem so long as you think for yourself, make use many sources, and do your reading. Just listening to me is not enough to succeed in this work.

I'm actually surprised at how successful Jed's books have been. He sort of bucks the trend. Although of course most people reading his books have no idea what he's really pointing to, or ever do the practice he suggests. He sort of obscures the practice with all his smartassery and story-telling. Jed's work is sort of a cult classic.

@legendary Very good! The only thing is that you haven't really gone all the way yet. You got a small glimpse, but not the Full Monty. When plugging, it's very important to make sure that your bowels are empty, otherwise the substance will not absorb fully. Measuring 5-MeO using a micro-scoop is far superior than using a scale. Scales are just not sensitive enough. Get a micro-scoop on Amazon (like this: https://amzn.to/2oguKiE ) and use the same micro-scoop each time so your doses are consistent. Sounds like you might need to smoke it to get the Full Monty. Or just increase your plugged dose. Yes, at high doses, it gets freaky. But having that Fully Monty breakthrough is paramount. Until then, you still don't understand how deep this goes. Doing it with Octavio should definitely get you a breakthrough. Smoking is MUCH more intense than plugging. Plugging is like a walk in the park compared to smoking it. With smoking, the ego should not be able to hold on or resist in any way.

Because no one would buy it if it said, "You gotta do 10,000 hours of work". People want easy answers. That is what sells. The popularity of your product/service in the marketplace is directly proportional to how easy and effortless you make your solution sound. "Enlightenment In 15 Minutes" << That's the video every fool clicks on. The most serious teachers, who emphasize hard work, are the ones you'll never hear of because they are not mass market. See my video: The Deep Problem of Marketing. To sell enlightenment effectively, you gotta simplify it and dumb it down to the point that hardly anyone who listens to you will ever attain it. If a guru told you what enlightenment really is, no one would buy it.

@123456789 By contemplating a lot. Don't worry about it. Just start contemplating. If you avoid speculation and stick to what is in your experience, you will be okay. Just be very truthful when you contemplate.

@Feel Good Learning on the job is fine and necessary, but it is too little picture. You need to read books to get the big picture of life. That is not something you can get from on-the-job learning. Even just to master your career it will be important to read books from others in the field.

The LP Course is very strategic. But it is not a course about strategic thinking per se. It is the only course I have.

@How to be wise Every meme becomes unheathly evenutally as the ego makes an identity out of it. Identity creates attachment and clinging, which is sort of the definition of dysfunction. America has plenty of unhealthy strict Blue too. Look at the Catholics, Evangelicals, and Mormons. Whenever a meme is turned into an ideology, into "the truth", it becomes toxic because all memes are partial and limited. They are never the full Truth.

I guess I should have been more clear: solving the master does not merely mean enlightenment. It means solving the entire maze of your life, which is a far greater undertaking than just enlightenment. It includes mastery of relationships, career/biz, finances, art, health, emotions, etc. Even an enlightened perosn still needs to figure this stuff out, or at least to figure out that he is renoucing them. Mastering the maze requires detailed knowledge of the maze, which can only be acquired through books. I don't just mean spirituality books. You don't need to read 300 spirituality books.

Therapy can of course be useful. For some people it is an important step in their path in escaping the maze. I am supportive of therapy. It just isn't sufficient by itself to resolve the maze.

The therapist him/herself usually has no idea about the maze or how to escape it.

@CSIMIAMI There is no such line. Internal vs external is a conceptual duality. Generally-speaking, competition is a bad strategy for life. Be a creator, not a competitor. All competitors eventually lose because there's always a bigger fish. In the time and energy you waste competing you could have created something beautiful and valuable. I explain all this in the Life Purpose Course. Competition is such a limiting paradigm. You are fighting a war which does not need to be fought. Which is the greatest strategic blunder.