EvilAngel

That's awesome. I cry tears of suffering and joy at the same time.

What does one do to avoid going completely insane? Should one avoid going completely insane?

very good analogy

These are the things that helped me the most: when Leo said something along the lines of "there is nothing personal about the body or mind" and he gave the example of how they are no more personal than a tree or a car. when winterknight said something along the lines of "there is suffering, but I do not suffer" when Jim Carrey said "I used to be Jim Carrey experiencing the universe, now I'm the universe experiencing Jim Carrey" Am I enlightened? Even if I was, I wouldn't be able to communicate this to anyone, and you certainly wouldn't be able to tell from posts on an online forum. The experience is what it is.

I was watching Leo's 'spiritual enlightenment - the most shocking truth' and it actually hit home this time. There is no anger or sadness. Instead there is a comfort in knowing that there is no 'me'. I can finally relax, or should I say 'there is relaxation'. All my 'problems' stemmed from a mind-made construction. I'm sure the ego will come back to haunt me in various guises, but I have at least had a glimpse of 'no-thingness' and even as my fingers type this, there is no 'me' controlling the input. It's such a simple and obvious, yet profound truth. And I actually experienced it today. Pretty cool. ?

I've been doing mindfulness classes led by a Buddhist monk, meditating every day for 7 months, and spending a hell of a lot of time on my own. In addition to that, I've been eating healthy, exercising and avoiding addictions.

Thanks.

Sweet.

Having had an enlightenment experience today, I feel like I can say: 'Enlightenment is simple, yet not easy'. Would you agree with this statement winterknight?

Like I said, the ego will come back to haunt me, but yes I have had an enlightening experience thanks to Leo's video and the insight I have gained will not leave me. I will still wake up in the morning with an ego that is worried about what people think of it etc. but I can now see it for what it is.

Sounds like an amazing experience. Just take it for what it is. Dreams can give you pointers towards the working of your own psyche, and if you analyse them you can draw some pretty insightful conclusions. Great that you can see the ego for what it is, it seems you had an experience of 'no-self' whilst in the dream state.

Great!

Thankyou! I'm sure Emperor Leo cares about everyone, however, even lowly scum like myself. ?

I don't know how to do it... In another thread when I try to quote someone, I can't delete previous quotes...

Leo, I'd like it if you could explore this topic and delve into what these experiences can tell us about Death, God, and Reality. Thank you. ??

There are no 'enlightened members', just enlightenment itself. ?

There has to be reference to past and future in temporal existence.

Question for winterknight. Are you Leo Gura in disguise?

Why keep searching when the truth is evident?

When I used to smoke salvia I saw everything as ONE... it was beautiful. Is this enlightenment? And if this is enlightenment is it possible that I regressed and subsequently became un-enlightened?

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Am I?

Am I you?

I've learned how to act 'normally' although I can't help but express my 'unusual' ideas sometimes. Unlike most , I went into my madness fully conscious of the fact that I was doing it. It was a challenge for me to see if I could come out stronger on the other side. I'm still getting there.

If you lose your ego without spiritual practice it can cause major problems. Because you have no ego, your sense of self becomes entangled with everything else in awareness. This is what leads to paranoia e.g. the sense that the TV is talking about you. Paranoid schizophrenia is basically a super inflated yet extremely fragile ego.