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There won't be a you if you do that. There's nothing innately wrong with that either. But Goodness is free of bias. What did he say after he faced his own fear of death? That there was no need to jump. This means that his feeling that there was a need to face it in the first place was also a bias of the ego. There is no need unless the ego places that need apon itself. If it teaches you this then some goodness can come from it.

Suicidal thoughts are not deep stuff they are biases. The ego has a bias against even the fear of death. It is self deception and it should be called out. I'm not saying the poem wasn't brilliant it was. I'm also not saying Leo is not God realized although I think due to psychedelics his awakening was fragmented. I'm saying the lesson here is that all humans are finite and you must be your own authority, as @BlessedLion so eloquently points out. His comments were brilliant.

@BlessedLionI'm impressed. All well articulated. You are right...one should never need to contemplate suicide. Gura lost his way I'm just glad for his sake he found it. There is no need for this. There is nothing innately wrong with a fear of death. That is something manifested by the ego. Simply put, that is just a bias against the fear of death. The only good I see coming from it is that guys like @Thought Art see the finitude in teachers they have once past placed on pedestals. These teachers are human, but reflections of you, no matter how seemingly brilliant. And the poem was pure brilliance. Yet they are you. They are your own mind. Because you are God. You are Infinite Brilliance. They are both you as the Infinite AND the finite. The perfect, AND the imperfect.

Helps you awaken (self inquiry can awaken you) Post awakening come full circle and embrace the ego. Merge self-actualization and spirituality.

When you become pure infinity all of that merges into One. And it's not even definable because you ARE it. Call it Infinity. Love. But it is just an Absolute Singularity

Can you elaborate?

Oatmeal is great for you. Keep you feeling fuller throughout the day too...I'm on a generally low carb diet and I still eat Oats 4 or 5 days a week as one of my carb choices. Great with berries.

@kray I usually thaw it in fridge for a day or two...you can put it in water if you want to thaw it faster.. really no different than any other meat....

But you are creating a duality between real and imaginary. Why does such a duality need to be there ? You did because you think real exists "really" and imagination exists only in the mind. What you fail to comprehend or consider the possibility of is that ALL IS Mind!

This is where you are going wrong. Real and imaginary are a duality that collapses. Imaginary exists no less then real exists because they're actually identical. You are conflating imagination with non-existence. Even non-existence exists as a thought in your mind.

Study quantum mechanics and listen to Leo's series on it debunking Materialism. But ultimately you will need to become a mystic. Quantum mechanics shows you it, the problem is that scientists today don't want to look at the ramifications of the work of guys like Bohr, Einstein, and others.

Correct in which case it's not awakening it's someone deluding themselves. Awakening from a dream is Consciousness waking to itself - it is direct Being so there can be none who doubts.

Yeah...this is enlightenment...aka Being. @RMQualtrough you got it man - red IS red. When this dawns its enlightenment. You were issing.. This is Being. Pure Being.

@Questioner you have to awaken to it.

He's definitely out there. We'll- OK I can see where he could be dangerous in that sense then- so if I came off as insensitive I apologize. You were vulnerable and he took advantage - from what it seems from your POV. Though as you said you are biased so it's possible he had good intentions, but his own shortcomings prevented him from seeing this. It's a sad story and I'm sorry you went through it. Glad you are doing good now though.

What you are struggling with is paradox. Be OK with it because God IS paradox. It can be nothing else because it is One. Thus choosing this reality must be paradoxical in nature but at the same God must pick SOME way reality is to unfold. That's OK. You're having a problem with this because it's God but God has no issue with it it's perfection and total. You do. It's actually you that is being biased! ?

@VeganAwake stop drinking

Interesting - if true I did not know that. But I find it hard to believe he would "promise" enlightenment. Charging is one thing. I don't charge but i have a diffeent job that takes care of my income. if it's life purpose he has to survive somehow. Its on the consumer to pay for teachings. The promising enlightenment though and milking someone dry isnt right if true..

Spirituality is dangerous to begin with. Taking teachings as beliefs, for example. One should be wary of any Spiritual teacher and trust in their direct experience. Yes, absorb what they teach but then put it to the test with your own Spiritual practices. I know you already know this but my point is you can't put the danger on the teacher. You have to do your own homework. I do think he gets wrapped up in no self to the point where it becomes word games and almost makes a mockery of true spirituality. I.e. towards the end his response to everything was there is no you.. from that aspect one can lose site of the forest from the trees and must be cautious. Ground everything in direct experience. Also what is dangerous about spirituality is awakening itself. While wonderful, you will also experience your own death. This can cause psychotic breaks, depression, etc on the return and subsequent ego backlash. Again not stuff you don't know.

He's had awakenings. So yes he is the real deal. However sometimes his posts can be quite cryptic. Dangerous? I don't feel that from him. A good guy who means well.

That's fine you won't fully let go if you don't want to. So don't stress about it. Enjoy the dream. The mind tends to run but that is why sometimes not knowing is better..in other words quiet the mind down and just enjoy this reality. One only awakens when one is ready.

if he has nothing to hide then there is no reason to be up in arms.. I agree with @DocWatts this is perfectly fine for the FBI to do. Raidsa are conducted all of the time - its just that becuase its Trump the republicans are up in arms.

@no_name if you were to completely deconstruct your mind and ego you would awaken as God. The ego is very solidly put together though, like hard clay - in order to keep you surviving. It is a complex web. But you can also do it just by realizing you aren't the ego, (that the ego is just an idea) which can be done by self inquiry. You don't have to deconstruct if you just realize what you actually are. So this is kinda what @Carl-Richard said. As far as being reborn none of us have ever directly experienced that or rather we don't remember our last incarnation...otherwise we wouldn't be talking to you as our current incarnation. We would be another incarnation with no memory of the previous ones. Now if you could somehow forget your ego completely (awakening) and had a new ego injected then yes you could, even if you were in the same body it would be like you were reborn as a different person or ego. Everything is Mind.

Haha. Maybe I shall. How is retirement treating you? Love you too bud.

Appearances aren't always what they seem.