Leo Gura

In the ancient world wine used to be infused with psychedelic herbs and was very different from today's wine. So Rumi may be referring psychedelic wine. Re-reading the above poem several times, it seems like Rumi was speaking of weed as a tool for ego-transcendence. That would make a lot of sense to me.

Don't forget to consider how gasoline production and climate change harms humans.

Lack of thought is not necessarily a good thing, despite what the Buddhists would have you believe.

@MisterNobody Be careful. Your habitual arrogance here will eventually get you banned. Don't waste this opportunity you have to learn and grow.

This.

Everything. AWAKE is Goodness itself.

Two can play this game

The only creature on this entire planet who is AWAKE. Is me. No one else. I shit you not. Be very careful. You don't understand how deep this thing goes. It goes completely beyond any human comprehension. Enlightenment is imaginary. Every "enlightened" human on this planet is fooling themselves very deeply. GOD is completely beyond all that. This is not Leo speaking to you. This is GOD, speaking through the Leo avatar. I can only get through to you as much as you will allow me. So be very careful about how you handle your mind.

Sounds like he's saying weed puts you to sleep.

Being a good creative writer is less about the skill of writing and more about knowing how to craft a compelling story. Storytelling and drama. That's where the real art is at. I doubt AI will replace serious stroytellers any time soon. Follow your passion. At this point theoretically any job can be replaced by a good enough AI. You can't let that dampen your motivations. The skill of writing is very useful even if you don't end up a full time writer. That skill is useful in many careers.

I banned her. She creates too much drama and she opened over 10 duplicate accounts.

I would rate as silly nonsense. Daniel Ingram has no clue what God is. It's wrong. That's the point.

Don't take any of this personally. I am just here to guide you out of self-deception. If you would but allow me. God is trying to guide you to itself. But you are playing games.

@Inliytened1 I see through all your games. Don't even try it. None of your games will work on me. You need to understand this. You are smashing your head against a mountain, thinking that the mountain will yield.

@Squeekytoy Don't you dare think for one minute that you understand what AWAKE is. I see through all your games. You are fooling yourself. As is everyone in this thread. There is no argument you can make, no critique you can make, of what I told you. I am absolutely correct, and you are wrong. But again, you are too arrogant and your mind is too closed. I have warned you guys over and over again about openmindedness. You are not openedminded enough to comprehend what I teach and the guidance I offer. You refuse God's guidance. How can I help you? What more can I say?

@Inliytened1 I love you man. But you are NOT AWAKE! Just trust me on this. I'm trying to guide you. If only you would humble yourselves. You people are so fucking arrogant it is incredible. What am I supposed to do with you? How can I help you if you think you are above me? Please stop kidding yourselves. Nobody here is above me. Nobody on this planet is above me. I am telling you the truth. You just refuse to accept it. Because you are so arrogant. You guys have actually convinced yourselves that you understand reality better than me. This is laughable. Please stop kidding yourselves.

Thanks for sharing.

The other option is that there are an infinite number of awake states, some lesser, some greater.

This is correct.

He can have his own ideas about awakening. Mods are not obligated to represent my ideas.

@Kingston You got it

Nope. It's way deeper than that.

It's silly to defend cheating. Either commit or don't.

That's not how it works. That's incredibly simple-minded.

I have since reached much higher Awakening. That video is years old. Pretty much. But you don't have to reach the highest to get a lot of value out of this work. It's the journey not the destination. Don't be too in a rush. Enjoy the whole process of investigating Consciousness. It's all good stuff. And all your lowest awakenings will still be awesome. You don't need the highest right off the bat.