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Leo has a distinctive style. He's very direct and he's not messing around. If you don't resonate with his style, it's really no problem. You can continue watching Leo's content because he constantly puts out great and valuable stuff, but there are a lot of other great spiritual teachers out there. Find the one that you most resonate with and combine the teachings for your liking. Personally, Adyashanti has become my favorite teacher. Not praising him or anything, but I really resonate with his style and delivery. Direct, casual at times and doesn't use a lot of spiritual jargons. Just the perfect middle ground for me.

It's not "bad" at all. Just don't fall into the trap of chasing fleeting experiences.

This guy might be able to score a hot witch girlfriend.

I showed a basic self-help book to my sister and she was intrigued by it. Now she's reading it and applying the outlined principals. I tried to talk about more advanced stuff, but she's clearly not ready for it yet, therefore I don't force it. Everybody needs to find their own pace. Although it's a bit hard sometimes because I can see that she's making the same mistakes that I did. Preach. This is probably what happened with me and my sister. She saw how much I changed for the better.

Nice. Now try to do this completely sober. Even more fun!

He actually explained it very well even though the girl was sort of clueless (Not blaming her of course). Afterwards, she probably thought "Okay, this guy was nuts" or something like that.

@JosephKnecht That's all well and good, but this is not really helpful from OP's persperctive. He's clearly not in a stage in his path where he could appreciate these kind of non-dual "advices".

"What the actual fuck"

@JayG84 Yeah, man, nobody said it was easy When I get home after a long and tiring day, I just want to binge netflix to oblivion, I'm not gonna lie However, when this happens, I remind myself: "I'm gonna work on my project even if it just 30 minutes. I'm doing this for my future and for a satisfying career." Usually this helps. Quitting everything could work as well, but it's quite risky. Especially if you don't have the necessary finances. Anyway, I'm pretty sure you can do it, so good luck

@JayG84 How about you try to accept your current situation as it is, but at the same time come up with a plan B towards your ideal career and/or life purpose? As soon as you have that plan, work on it everyday in your free time. Learn the necessary skills, do some research and don't let uncomfortable emotions to hinder your progress. Keep your eye on the big picture at all times. At least, this is how I've been doing it. I also have a job, which is not satisfying. I was struggling as well but I realized that agonizing over an unsatisfying career would lead to nowhere but to unnecessary suffering. So I accepted my current job and situation, but I work on my plan B in my free time every single day.

Prime example of one

@JayG84 How has your progression been? I'd say it's been tremendous in the last 5 years. I used to be anxious and I was constatly worrying about nonsense things. If I didn't have anything to worry about, I unconsciously created some BS reason, just so I could keep on worrying. I was lonely, I didn't have goals. So basically I was a mess. Now it's much-much better. I can keep a chill attitude whatever happens in my life because I can handle my emotions in an effective way, I have goals, I have friends, I have hobbies and I have a vision for my future. Of course I still have issues to figure out and I'm far from being perfect, but nowadays my life is not an unconscious mess at all (as it used to be). I even enjoy it What are some of the hurdles you've had to overcome? Listening to gurus and other people when it came to my spiritual journey instead of following my own intuitions, spiritual bypassing, not doing shadow work Have to had any non-dual states of awareness? None so far. There were 2 times when I felt a huge wave of bliss during meditation. I wouldn't call them mystical experiences, but they were really awesome. I'd be lying if I said I'm not intereseted in non-dual states because I am, but I don't want to fall into the trap of chasing fleeting experiences either. I haven't tried psychedelics yet but for some reason and I don't feel the need to do so, at least right now. I'll try them in the future, I think. How about your spiritual journey so far?

Let's try this on for size: You can be enlightened and successful/inspiring/rich/famous at the same time. How about that?

Yup, I was pretty much the same. When I was growing up, I never really knew who I was and always tried to mimick people who I had looked up to. I believed they got it figured it out. I thought mimicking them was the way. In retrospect, that was a total uphill battle. Then I found Leo, just like you. I've been into this 'game' for ~5 years now and whew, what a ride so far.

Pretty good stuff. Also, cute girl!

Get a piece of paper and a pen and ask yourself why you feel this way. Then, start writing and contemplating.

Yup, they're quite overrated due to social conditioning. However, relationships (friendships and romantic ones) can be really rewarding and satisfying. So don't feel any pressure if you don't feel the need to socialize, being alone is perfectly fine, but at the same time, don't cut yourself off from relationships completely. Be open and friendly, because you never know when you bump into someone who'd make a good friend/companion.

I watched some videos of this guy and well, he's weird as hell. The style of the video editing is quite trippy as well

How about trying to stay present when you're coding? Or practise self-inquiry while working/driving/doing chores? Let's say, you meditate 1 hour a day. You're left with 23 hours. That's an awful lot of time and if you're spending it unconsciously, well, do the math. Furthermore, enlightenment is not in the future. Be present whatever you do. Easier said than done, that's for sure, but it just takes practice.

Asking the real questions.

I mean come on...

There's no magic pill to this. Consciously decide that you're gonna stay present as much as possible while listening/talking/watching and practise.