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and I think the right word is "Hedonism". Hedonism rules your soul.

LOVE IS THE EMPTY PLACE WHERE LONELINESS (MEANINGLESS) IS BORN

"picking up female flight attendants" this is a good one, I would to the same if was Superman

Isn't obvious? you mentioned psychedelic use. Vipassana tool is only your body, period. From their point of view, having a servitor that uses psychedilcs must be unortodox. The system is even against samadi with the mind's eye...

I didn't saw the video, do what you want

@Shaun "Can nobody here see my point?" You want your "point" to be seen, what is your point more than a "belief" you created for yourself? You are just seeing this work with a negative lense, just change your lense, you don't need to take mushrooms, you can approach consciousness anyway you want, what Leo says it's not the golden rule, you are free to decide how you design your path, make it the best way that it fits you, some people are more sensitive, other's are stronger, you need to know your limits and to not start a war against yourself/ "existencial crisis". even the terms "alone" and "imagination" are another misconception you are creating with your own mind. Being alone should mean that you lose the fear of what other people think about you, you are free to create, to think independently, you see? Just change the lens of how you see things- If some people go crazy and they spend the rest of their life's on the asylum, it's because they didn't listen to themselves first (which is the Genesis of this work).

if you could just strive to experience what samadi is instead of being a contra, you would do yourself a big favor

@Burstyourbubble I'm sorry to tell you, but Leo is not the only person on this planet to know what he knows . You just don't have any other references for this material, there are so much more people telling what he says, and some of them with even more fucked up theories, Leo is actually very down to earth even when the subject is "what is reality"

I was trying to sleep and this question was playing around so much that I had to make this thread to make it go away. And has been a doubt since really long time ago, and I've had some epiphanies about this while smoking Haxixe, during your video about "What is Reality" and recently during a reading on a Osho Book. The epiphanie is that, I could eventually be able to switch realitys if I eventually achieved total liberation, I could switch my entire reality like the channels of a tv screen and lock myself in any possible scenario, "the truth will set you free", this is crazy, but I feel it so much in my guts, it's hard to explain. And I'm so addicted to survive to this dream, that I don't allow to just dream other stuff, because I'm being selfish, and therefore I suffer. So,I don't know if anyone here can tell if this epiphanie is total non sense or if there are some trues on it. The questions are, if I am dreaming all my reality and everything is creation of my own mind, and when I "die" and the entire universe disapears, how is it possible that the other dream carachters that I was dreaming still have their own experiences,? e.g If I'm dreaming at night with other people, those people also disapear since the original creator is no longer there (I assume). Or maybe this is the great mistery and Solplisism is unsolvable ? following the context of the previous question, and If my body is the gross product of my own mind, how is it possible that other minds can also have their own gross body mind's inside my dream? Also @Matt8800, what do you think? and please, do not dumb down your answers, I am ready to be called a fool or to have my questions best answered as possible

@Leo Gura But just because nothingness is all there is, that implies that duality is random? Like, why exists a Leo Gura? How did you created your body out of nothing, you told on a video that you understood how you did it. https://theosophy.wiki/en/Life-Atom - "Permanent atoms" duality and non duality following each other forever. And I know that all of this things can't be explained logically, but I assume that there are a lot of things totally Missed inspite of every and any direct experience anyone can have. And I think you answered yes to both my questions, which makes this total crazy stuff, even more than I could assume to begin with...

"Too Much Information", indeed

Thank you for this.

Neediness and craving on someone is seen as a terrible thing, but let's assume that you lack friends to interact with, or you want to approach a particular girl, but you approach from this mindset of mental isolation where you just wanna feel some relief for human contact, is that an automatic turn off? Because life circumstances can often lead someone to this position, and it's really easy for someone socially fulfield to judge...

@Anna1 I think most of the people who claim to feel "alone" here are due to lack of intimacy (either virtual or face to face), and there is a difference between being intimate with a guy vs with a girl. But the good news is, I found that the problem is also in the fear I have with expressing myself to strangers (as Leo said) and I think that's a huge start. Just express yourself and do not fear

I am probably facing one or even the most boring, tedious, and loneliest times since I have record. But I do know for sure that this is actually the first time which I am taking full responsability for this inner existencial void. The tendency is to blame something missing "oh... if I only had this", and my old tendency was to just distract myself from it. But now I realize that this will never leave unless I make friends with it. Seeking replacement from mine inner demons is good for a while, but they will come back, so its better shaking their hands and have a little conversation. The external world cannot help me, only can distract me, but I don't want distractions anymore, I want my reality out of deceptions. Once I get addicted to distractions and keep ignoring my inside crap, I will never reach genuine peace and I'll be just another common human being living out of hiden n seek from fear. The more we run away from our void, the less authentic and stagnated human beings we become. And all of this is at least, the best thing I can think for now.

+1 Make it rain

Stay safe kids, the moon is a good option aswell

Wanting nothing is wanting to live in the present moment. But you can't want that. You just become it

To see it without beliefs, without opinions, without the conceptual "you". Having a cristalized mind, pure reflection like a mirror

@Truth Addict a thread like this made by someone who says to be a "truth addict", you may not yet realized what Chaos actually means. People are wired into infinite identity hipothesis, and so what

@milii Your boyfriend is afraid to be alone as much as you do, maybe he want's to make sure that you stay for him in "case of emergency". He wants to have a backup plan, you are the plan B. Imo he is just playing games to keep you stuck, and that's very selfish of him. But don't take anything I said as a fact, see for yourself and don't let the fear of losing him control your self worth, you are better than that. Work on yourself, expect nothing from him.

Powerful insights from all of you. Thank you.

Socialization is mental stimulation. Positive mental stimulations are healthy for the mind and can provide extra benefits for meditation practices. If you socialize in a healthy manner that feels right for you, you'll get those benefits. Plus, self expression and interaction can also become very spiritual.

@Leo Gura based on what you've written along time ago, do you actually believe in a genuine relationship from the perspective of your current worldview? By genuine I mean, without survival/ ego dynamics into play, that would be hard...

@Kalki Avatar I am also curious, it seems that you gave a 2nd try to the relationship, what went wrong? If you want to share I would be glad to read. And right now, how do you feel about having another relationship, are you commiting yourself to being single for a while?