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@faith I believe some sort of universal basic income is going to be inevitable in the future. More and more jobs are being automated, which should be a good thing. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook they all have a massive surplus of money which should not be there sitting in their bank accounts. The payment of taxes should be globally regulated so that big companies cannot move it somewhere. Banks should be replaced by blockchains, which will destroy a huge amount of high profit jobs and greedy bankers. That may all sound a bit optimistic, but yeah, my character is Also check out this recent TED talk about basic income, very inspiring: https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash

@Dodo I never said it was easy, I said it's simple. Simple as in not complex. Just like losing weight is simple. Eat healthy and exercise. Simple. Easy for someone overweight? Hell no. I hope that makes more sense.

@Natasha That's exactly how it feels to me! Thank you that's very helpful

@nightrider1435 it's two fold. Knowing who I truly am now, that will never ever go away. To me that would be like forgetting what country I live in. The extreme awareness of my thoughts and emotions I have since this awakening, that is bound to go away. In fact I am aware that this is already happening. So I definitely need to work on that.

@Tano I believe there are two ways having no doubt at all. One is through pure and true knowing out of direct experience, created by the true source. The other is a structure created by the ego so rigid, repeated and vast that it will do anything in its power to protect it, while being false. But only you can know which it is.

@Tano you seem to have created a very strong identity around this idea that enlightenment is a myth. And it looks like now you're on this crusade to prove to everyone you're right. Clinging to one idea is a very dangerous thing to do. Have you ever considered this? I would suggest watching this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kzZdps9PG4

Wonderful video. It's nice to see two people talking who are on the same level. I woke up this morning and it's still here. Right now it's hard to imagine this will ever go away. It feels like losing this state is like forgetting how to walk. How to find it: I believe there are many things one can do to create an environment where it's easier to find. One thing that really helped me: Zoom out on everything you know. Visualize some kind of container that contains everything that makes up your life: thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories, sights, sounds etc. Now visualize this container floating in an infinite sea of nothingness. You are that sea of nothingness. I might make a video out of this and post it here. Why do people don't find it? Because it's so ridiculously simple, it's very easy to overlook. The mind cannot help itself to think it must be something extremely difficult and creates all kinds of concepts and gets lost in all kinds of methodologies. That's how to mind works. So the mind needs to shut the hell up. But how do you shut the mind up? You can't force it to shut up. That's where meditation comes in. The more you meditate, the higher chance you have to wake up.

@Meretagh I've had a similar experience like that a few times. Like there was an extreme distance between me and the world. Anything visual appeared to me like it's very small and very far away. This happened indeed when looking with my whole being to the blackness of my eyes. I think it might have something to do with the eyes focusing on something very close, or very far away, while having the eyelids closed. I might try this some more again, thanks for sharing.

@Leo Gura you are right. I am aware that i'm in a high right now and that my ego is trying to get something juicy out of this. I've had more breakthroughs in the past, but man this feels like a whole new level.

@S33K3R Yes the awareness is amazing. I have been meditating every day for about 5 years now, and I've had this level of awareness maybe 20x for maybe like 5 minutes. Now the awareness is here all the time, and instead there are these brief moments of being not aware for a few seconds!

@S33K3R I never heard of Kundalini, but I know there are hundreds of concepts that point to the same thing. Yesterday I was wondering if it would last until the next day, this morning, all was exactly the same. I had to visit a client this morning. Pure conscious all through the meeting. And now, still the same. I was also wondering if this is just a 'high' that will wear off, but I've now been here for an entire day. And my previous experience lasted for half a second. Even if it would wear off, I know I can return to it anytime now. It feels like learning to ride a bike, you can't unlearn it so easy. But thanks for the warning

Statistically, by reviewing all people who have become enlightened thus far, 20-40 years doesn't seem that far off. However, with the internet nowadays knowledge and pointers towards enlightenment are much much more available to much more people. People with a natural ability to become enlightened could become it now, while 100 years ago they could not because there was no one pointing them in that direction. Even if they would search it would be much harder to find something in some library. So I think much more people will reach some level of enlightenment now and possibly even more in the future.

@actualized3434 it's not an experience. More like a realization. Have you ever had an epiphany? It's like that, but like 100x more intense.

@Max_V To me, absolutely. Like I said Leo's video about self-inquiry brought me my first actual experience of the true self. I haven't done much hours of it though, maybe 50 or so, including walks in nature while doing self-inquiry or just thinking about existence as a whole.

As i'm into self-actualization for quite some time now, I have gotten rid of most fears. I do not fear death. At all. But it bothers me I still have these 'lesser' fears. 1. Fear of having not enough money This fear is absolutely ridiculous. I have recently quit my job to start my own business. I build websites and web applications. I'm into this for 6 months now, and i'm doing quite well, however, I'm in a constant fear of not having enough work in the future. What's even more ridiculous is the fact that if I did no work for the coming 5 years, I could still live off my savings. But even so this fear comes back every time. I can't seem to rationalize it away. 2. Fear of rejection / negative feedback I build websites for other people and companies. I'm always afraid of their reaction to my work. Also when I make a quotation for a project, I'm always fearing they find it too expensive, and I might lose the client. Also I do cold calling to find new clients. I have done this maybe 5 times for 1 hour or so but it always scares the shit out of me. I'm no fun at all to be around with when I know I have to do cold calling the next day. At the moment I'm trying to avoid these two fear by 2 methods: The first is I try to become financially independent. I try to sell as much subscriptions to my services as possible, so I could live off passive income alone. The other method is that I'm trying to build businesses that generate money where I don't need to interact with people, but I would automate everything. I don't think these are bad ideas, but they probably will take years to accomplish and I wish I could accept the situation (which by no means is bad!) as it is. Or else I will probably have other new fears when I accomplish those methods. I was very hesitant to post this because I can see how irrational these fears are. But I just can't seem to shake them off.

I'm into serious self-development for about 5 years now, and for over a year I track my progress in terms of daily happiness levels and how well I stick to my habits. Lately i've been noticing a trend. I tend to have a bunch of good days with a good state, followed by a bunch of bad days with a bad state, roughly 1 week good, 1 week bad. When I have a good week: I stick to all my habits, like meditating, eating well, exercise, getting enough sleep, not spending too much time looking at screens etc. I am super productive and produce more results than I planned I am super social with everyone and have no problem talking to anyone I am super positive all the time and I see the good in everything Generally I enjoy everything and my life is awesome When I have a bad week: I ignore my habits, skip meditating, eat junkfood, not exercising, gaming too much, too much tv etc. No motivation to do any work at all, I produce a lot less than planned I avoid people and I am anxious all the time I see problems everywhere Generally my life sucks at that time and I'm just waiting to get back to my positive state. The weird thing is, I am totally aware of both states, I even know when a bad state or a good state are coming, but I can't prevent the bad state from happening. I wish I could be in the good state all the time and somehow prevent myself from getting into the bad state. I do however tend to be in the good state longer than the bad state, and this seems to have increased over the last few years. So I should be grateful for that. Is there anyone else who experiences this? And if so have any advice?

@heisenburger thnx! I'm gonna check it out! @pluto I agree, I try to properly care for myself internally with my habits. @LowPlanetary It's definitely not an external problem. When I'm in the positive state, all seemingly external problems are just minor inconveniences that I can easily handle, but when I'm in the negative state, small problems look huge. And I am even aware that this is happening when I'm in the negative state! But even with total awareness I can't change my state. @tyy yes the mental chatter is a huge problem when I'm in the negative state. Maybe those down times are actually required to make one grow, as Leo talks about in this video:

@Nahm Tnx! That might just be it

I've read some self help books and I've watched some video's, but Leo's channel is the only one that I really stuck to and now I watch every episode every week. I have never encountered someone who gave me this much insight and I learned so much from. His purity and no-bullshit approach really are profound. I'm not here to just praise Leo but I'm wondering if there is anyone else I should follow. Or if there are people on this forum that can recommend me teachers, books or videos that they believe are even more valuable than Leo's stuff. Most other teachers I found are too much into the low level stuff, or are too narrow minded.

Things I do every day: Eat healthy Sleep at least 8 hours Exercise 20m (running, pushups or pull-ups) Drink only water or tea No alcohol No Porn Be mindful No useless information intake (news, media, Facebook, fiction books, tv) Take Vitamin D in the winter months Monitor Iron and Magnesium intake Eat fat fish at least twice a week Take in some fresh air Meditate 30m 10m of affirmations Make sure there's no mess around the house Do something kind to another person Hug someone Journal

Which is exactly what you should want

It's really something you can't force on yourself. They have to come your way. I think giving yourself and your mind as much room as possible is the key here. So less work, less hobbies, less doing, going to retreats.

In my opinion very unimportant. Try to spend as little time/thought on it as possible and use that energy on self actualizing

No he's not manipulating us. He is inspiring us. He has no control on us whatsoever, as you have no control over yourself. He is extremely strategic on how to impact the world in the most significantly, and I think he's doing a great job. It's a business because he needs to pay rent too. But he could earn 100x he does now if he wants too. He gives away a very great deal for free, because he knows that's the way to reach many more people. At least that's my perception.

Meditate every day, watch all of Leo's videos, try to be mindful all the time, always try to improve yourself (your own mind, not your possessions / environment) and the epiphanies (genius flashes of insight) will come.