Leo Gura

No. You don't want to go into concepts. You need to rivet your attention on whatever is your actual direct experience in the present moment. Why not just use your hands since that's what's in front of you?

Of course, but so what? Yes, humans have been tripping from day one. But that doesn't mean it had any effect on our biology. Did consuming psychedelics influence the development of religion and spirituality? Of course.

I think he was always that way. One does not merely devolve into being that way. Such a person never evolved in the first place.

Walking distance is the holy grail of game. But usually that's very expensive. Once walking distinct is out of the question, a 10 min drive is very good. If it's over 30 min drive it gets bad.

I didn't say it was mandatory for success. Clearly success can be achieved through bullshit and egotism. Realistically Awakening should come after survival and LP, since it requires such maturity. I am talking about Awakening, not scamming people. Owen's business is running scams, in which case shooting from the hip is acceptable.

Has zero to do with mushrooms.

@Carl-Richard I prefer 1 shot with good aim over 100 shots with poor aim.

This is like telling a soldier, don't worry about aiming, just shoot more.

What connection? Is there a connection between coffee and the human experience?

@ImagineEverything Nice! What practices did you do to reach this realization?

But it's important not to put the cart before the horse. Realize God first, then worry about what to do with it. Don't assume you will even want devotion afterwards. Maybe you will want to live alone on an island. Don't overlook that helping others is a clever distraction from Awakening. The world is full of fools eagerly trying to save the world but they haven't even saved themselves from their own illusions.

It is nonsense. Terrence had plenty of bad ideas. Stoned Ape Theory is one of them.

I do not.

@RendHeaven I was talking about his new wife, not the old one. It is no secret that he got sick of his first wife. And there's nothing unusual about that. People grow apart after 20 years.

Most people are sexually frustrated. Go work to get the sex you desire. That's better than sitting around hating your situation. Once you start taking action towards your goal every day you will feel better, even if you don't hit the goal yet. Also, learn to sexually satisfy yourself. Do don't need anyone for that. You should be able to satisfy yourself sexually more than another person would. Do that to hold yourself over until your work pays off.

These kind of teachings are stupid. None of these people realize what God is. You will never realize God listening to these fools. Stop assuming they know God. Serious yogis do not do decades of work for no reason. Just an ounce of common sense tells you that. These people have not done serious consciousness work so they don't even know what it is or why it is done. They think they can smartass their way out of it with some clever thinking. This is spirituality by fools for fools.

Some years back Bezos' phone was hacked by the Saudi government and his text messages leaked. In those text messages he talks about how much he loves his wife. So this isn't a matter of speculation. You can find the texts. They are pretty cringe but authentic.

Certainly.

Stop citing genetic freaks as examples to emulate.

Awakening does not care if you are man, woman, or baboon. There does not need to be a baboon path to Awakening. If the baboon refuses the "man's path", it will not Awaken.

Yes, although it adds needless complexity. You can do whatever but your mind is likely to lose focus and weaken the exercise. Of course it works on a psychedelic but if you take the psychedelic you gain no benefit in training up your sober state of mind. You need to train up your sober state so you are be conscious of God without psychedelics. It's not useless, you are becoming more conscious of God. It just takes time and focus. You can't go to the gym, do 5 pushups, and then say, "This is fucking useless." Nothing in life can be achieved with that attitude.

No, it makes for a life of illusion, suffering, and separation from God. There is no enjoyable life without consciousness of God. Again, please stop kidding yourselves. Awakening is mandatory for genuine happiness.

My old style was not aligned with truth because triggering the ego is not an effective way of guiding people to truth. My new style is more truthful, conscious, and loving. So I am not going back. Actually, even my new style will evolve into a more conscious and loving one. My old ways were immature.

This is BS. It will never make you Awake. It's time to stop kidding yourselves.

@ExploringReality I did it on purpose to make the teachings more serious. But I have backed off from that harsh style because I realized it is counter-productive.