EternalForest

Quite the contrary. In almost all of Leo's recent videos towards the end he makes a statement discouraging the formation of a cult around his ideas. "Don't turn Actualized.org into an ideology." "What you and I have is not a relationship." "Don't believe a word I say, confirm it for yourself."

If it was me I'd make that reading time, there's so much to read in so many categories, it's almost absurd how little time we have to even scratch the surface of what's out there.

@Wisebaxter Thanks for the response, glad you found it powerful and yep let me know!

Leo has no copyrighted content, so nope.

I only feel this way when Leo says things like "If you're not doing this, what else are you gonna do? What?". But in a way, he has a point, since you could make an argument that this work is some of the most fulfilling you could pursue. But at the same time, there's also technically no objectively most fulfilling life path and life is ultimately what you make it

Once you spend a lot of time journaling, talking to yourself, meditating, examining yourself and creating, the answer will be clear.

@ivory I have a tendency to try and "work things out" with toxic people and it often backfires on me. Any strategies on how to make this work, since I really want to do it, or should I just leave them be, even in the case of family?

@Wisebaxter So what's the verdict on Pure Moods?

@Strikr I understand, but for me Pure Moods actually puts me in a sort of blissful state where I can marvel at the beauty of life and beauty of joy itself. And I know it was a very popular album, but in this case it was popular for a reason because for me and many others, that music really does take you to some very high states. The music you linked is good as well, it reminds me a lot of silence, being so static and constant. You may enjoy ambient vaporwave as well, stuff like Telepath would appeal to you I also enjoy meditating to progressive house and trance The best trance to listen to imo comes from Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance show, with nearly 1000 episodes, here's a site where you can download them all: http://www.asotarchive.org/

@Strikr Try meditating to Pure Moods Vol. 1, incredible!!

Don't worry about "brain rot", it may not have felt like you got results from all those hours, it may not feel that way, but you did make progress. Instead of these 3-5 hour marathons daily, I'd start with 20 minutes a day and then just live life and focus on your purpose. Bump it up to 40, then 60 after 6 - 12 months and then do a retreat every 6 months if you can. You're falling into the trap of the Obsessive on the Mastery path, trying to do too much, too soon all at once. This work is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy yourself, take it slow, and build yourself up when you feel ready

Both can be good. Music meditations put me on more of a journey and makes me see the beauty of reality and silent meditations tend to be more of an intense ending-of-a-movie, reflective sort of mindset.

Make a certain slot during the day for the Actualized forum and then the rest of the day do productive things like exercising, reading, learning, building relationships, advancing your life purpose, etc. The forum can be valuable, but like Leo says, the value starts to diminish once you use it as passive entertainment or an addiction. If you come to the forum with a purpose and time slot I think you'll get much more value out of it.

@Charlotte They probably just bring up those topics conversationally and not with the intention of starting a debate. They may get the sense that you don't "trust" them, to even tell you the simplest of things. Personally, I would try the approach of only doing it with people that enjoy the debates. For everyone else, research and verify what they're saying in private and see if it was true or false. If it's true, there's no problem, if false, then come to them and tell them what really happened, not in a cocky way, but just to politely inform them. That way it works out for everyone. In general, always try to find "win-win" situations in life.

@ULFBERHT I agree. Although I haven't watched very many of Joe Rogan's shows (3 at most), I've noticed that although he treads on some deep topics, it's never much more than playing at surface level for a few hours. And stereotyping people on looks like he did in this clip (regardless if he's talking about Leo or not) is just uncalled for and shows that he hasn't learned much humility from all his "deep" conversations.

I'd he happy to join you guys next time. 7 hour convos are the norm for my friend group as well!

In the latest video anger was brought up as a counter intuitive concept, that anger was just the denial of hurt. But a lot of people use anger as an outlet to express their pain in music, writing and fighting (for sport), among other ways. Anger can often be translated into power and beauty and studies have shown angry music to actually be a healthy and healing outlet. While I do think it's valuable to understand that anger could be the denial of pain, I don't think anger should be written off entirely as an unhealthy emotion, as I do think it can be healthy and constructive to "let it all out". What do you guys think?

@pluto Would you suggest doing a one day retreat before you try a one week? Or would it be more powerful for your first time to just jump into a week long?

@pluto So like a one day solo retreat? Sounds like an interesting challenge. I'll give it a shot! I still want to do a 7 day solo retreat sometime this winter with no electronics (phone, pc, tv, etc.) Really looking forward to that, never done a retreat before. @Pharion Agreed, after the retreats I take mentioned above I'll get back to you on that.

A video game could give an architect a new idea for their building. A powerful story can change your perspective on life. A quality documentary can teach you so much about a given subject. Youtube offer dozens of channels like Actualized.org that can benefit you. Listening to music, podcasts or a talk show while driving can improve your mood and stimulate your mind. Social media can offer you countless connections for your career. I think it's a good idea to make a structured time during the day for media, but media itself isn't the problem, it's just how you use it.

@Anton Rogachevski People will also listen to a speaker just because they like the speaker and will listen to what they talk about just because they like to hear their voice. I am that way with Mark Sargent, for some reason I really enjoy listening to him talk, even though I don't totally believe the whole flat earth theory. Same thing with Bob Davis and Matt Dillahunty. Even though I don't agree with what's written in the Bible, nor do I agree with the concept of atheism, I enjoy hearing them both speak about the Bible a great deal. So yes, I do agree that the charisma of the speaker is important, but you shouldn't allow it to totally overtake your skepticism of every piece of text or information that you study. You should do the opposite of what most people do. Most people close themselves off to only a limited selection of perspectives and believe those perspectives dogmatically, getting easily carried away with the persona of the speaker. Instead, strive to open yourself up to every perspective you can find, and be extra skeptical. And if you enjoy the voice and personality of the speaker, be twice as skeptical to ensure that you won't get carried away with dogma.

@Superfluo Happiness is a choice, you can choose to be happy under any conditions. Are you alive and breathing? That's all it takes to be happy, if you want it to be.

I experience the same thing, sometimes when I'm meditating it feels a lot like I'm being purged of all negative emotions and subconscious demons. In this way meditation has actually proved to be pretty practical for me, as the most pressing issues I have that I'm usually not aware of tend to creep up during these sessions (spend more time with grandma, work harder towards your goals, stop overeating, etc.) Other times I think about nothing at all, and those times sure feel peaceful, and during those times it feels like I could sit there for hours.

@lmfao Isn't it possible for a Stage Orange person to commit a sin? sure. it's just done in a different way, instead of murder it may be money laundering.

@Time Traveler Is there such a thing as objective truth? What if one of those perspectives was correct? I find myself resonating with all perspectives in different ways, I'm beyond a single perspective but in the back of my mind I wonder if any one of them really has it "right"...