Leo Gura

This is still a subtle duality. You posit a substratum vs its contents. This is duality. You are the contents as much as the substratum. Formlessness is form. You are the dream. No, it's not merely for the sake of enjoyment. Some states are awakened states while others are not. You cannot awaken without a state change. So what you seek is a change in state. So don't poo-poo state change. All states are Absolute Truth, but not all states are aware of this fact. The default sober human state is not Absolute-aware. The point of spiritual work is to change that. I am not saying you have to explore all states. This would be impossible anyway since they are infinite in number. But you should care about state since it runs your whole sense of reality and quality of life. The idea of ignoring states, as they didn't matter, is absurd. That is terrible advice for newbies.

It's designed with infinite intelligence. The Universe is literally Absolute Perfection. This requires an awakening to see. And when you get it, it will blow your mind.

Be ware the cult of libertarianism. It is sneakier than totalitarianism.

My health situation has severely restricted such things.

LOVE! I never said that. You can manipulate reality. That's what ego is for. Ego is magic too. Nothing is random at all. It's a perfect, intelligent design. The Universe is working to maximize LOVE for all. But that doesn't mean your ego will get its selfish way.

I have read it. I just don't agree with it. I don't consider Ingram God-realized. Cessation is imaginary. You are imagining it right now. You imagine the book too, and the guy who wrote it. Be careful who you assume has realized God. I wouldn't trust any Buddhist.

Yes, but it's being corrupted by the ego.

@Tangerinedream I do say vulgar things. But context. The dude just cherrypicked stuff from thousands of things I've said as if that represents my attitude about dating women. It does not at all.

A general lack of maturity and responsibility. Be careful that you don't screw up your life.

That is a full time job. But, hey, if you enjoy it, have at it.

The problem is that age does not guarantee maturity or readiness. Some folks are ready at 21, others are not ready at 40. I would be okay with a limit of 21 for all psychedelics, similar to alcohol. But of course it's not like people are going to obey that limit, so there's no point to it in practice. Most of my audience is age 21-35. I don't recommend taking psychedelics before age 21.

You gotta bridge that gap so that being attractive (game) is just a natural part of who you are. This comes with practice. If your game is artificial and inauthentic then it's bad game. The best game doesn't look like an act. What is artificial at first becomes natural after years of practice. Don't expect to be all natural early on.

Look man, you figure out what you need.

Because he doesn't actually talk about enlightenment. Because he's not enlightened. Consciousness is not a theory or a model. Campbell has some great ideas, but it's not the highest teaching and all the astral stuff is quite distracting from pure nonduality.

Like I said, cherrypicking and confirmation bias. You took stuff I said totally out of context to justify your absurd attitude towards women. I warned you exactly against this.

Which is why I advocate psychedelics. I'm all for exploring all possible states of consciousness. Explore away! Use whatever methods work for you. Not all methods work well for all people.

@Being Frank Yang Dude, you're not saying anything new. This is nonduality/awakening 101. God is all possible states. Cessation is not at all necessary to realize this. And it doesn't contradict Love or God or Infinity in any way. You keep making these arbitrary distinctions when all distinctions are imaginary. There is no such thing as non-consciousness, non-being, nor death. These are all imaginary.

@taotemu Banned

It simply isn't true. You've fallen into self-deception by cherrypicking, confirmation bias, and ideology. Go watch my series on Self-Deception Parts 1, 2, 3.

You really think this dynamic only applies to pigs? They feed poisons to all the animals. See the blog videos about what they feed farmed salmon. You will never eat farmed salmon again.

Also add self-design to the list. Are you conscious that you created/designed yourself?

@Terell Kirby Very good. But don't forget the ultimate one: Do you see everything as LOVE? If not, you're not done.

I use the word metaphysics and ontology synonymously. Ontology is a subset of metaphysics. You should look up the definitions of those words in the dictionary. "What is X?" is the core question of metaphysics. I prefer to say metaphysics because it connects with physics and stresses the concept of "meta", and sounds less arcane than ontology. Of course you can use whatever words you want.