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I have been a big fan of RSD for several years now, and I must say that I greatly admire many of the instructors, and they have helped me exaggeratedly. Now, with this said, I have lately been noticing that they seem too sure of what they are saying (even when its outside the scope of dating), and speak with a certain air of self-righteousness that I find to be not only a sign of close-mindedness but also limited consciousness. Is this just me or am I actually on to something?

I just watched Leo's new video on holotropic breathing, and was deeply fascinated by it. Yet I feel so dissapointed because I know it must be extremely powerful but I cant do it. Not only do I have a personal history of depersonalization and panic attacks, but also a family history of schizophrenia, so I am extremely fearful of doing it, and dont think it would be a good idea. Are there other, non (possibly) hallucinogenic ways to heal?

Ive seen Leo's video on addiction, and how the root cause of all addictions is according to him (as I remember it at least, correct me if Im wrong) a fear of the realization of no self, a resistance to the existential despair that might come about from the emptiness that the dissolution of the ego entails. Now, it might just be that Im not advanced in meditation or something, but this to me doesnt seem intuitively accurate. Let me give you an example. Although Im usually a pretty healthy person, I do enjoy smoking once in a while, perhaps once a week, or every two weeks. Ive beenincreasing both my meditation frequency and length in the past few weeks, and overall becoming a bit more aware (slowly but surely). I have been intentionally trying to become more aware of why I do the things I do, and where these compulsive behaviors come from, and so last time I smoked I tried to be as aware as I could, and I noticed that the reason why I was doing it was because I was worried about something related to my studies, and it stressed me out to the point that I needed an escape. So my question is, why can this not be considered the ultimate reason of my addiction?Why not just say, "oh the reason for my smoking habit is my unwillingness to face stress" instead of going full on existential. I mean, I know this is can be construed as shortsighted and superficial, but why not stop at that? I just dont feel like a fear of emptiness is the true cause, maybe Im just too unconscious still?

I seriously think Leo should make a video about intelligence in the near future, given how much prominence the topic has been gaining on the internet (specifically people who follow Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, Charles Murray, etc.). We all know that scientifically speaking it is a very well validated and reliable concept that has a lot of predictive power and everything. People say you cant change it, and that it greatly affects your life. Now... With that said, given that Ive been trying to evolve out of the scientific paradigm, and become more open minded in general, I would like to ask Leo, and you guys in general, do you think its possible to increase ones intelligence? Additionally, I often hear Leo talk about "infinite intelligence" when speaking about spiritual topics and enlightenment, what exactly does he mean by this and does this have any relevance to "intelligence" in the conventional sense? Thanks, excited to heare your responses