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@happyhappy I was careful to provide a link which doesn't show graphic content . Only commentary. Besides not wanting to get banned, I am respectful not to harm anyone by showing them something they are not ready for. The war on drugs will stop soon I believe. If everyone tomorrow was to take 5meo dmt that would change some things I believe. In 100 years I think America will find a a solution to the drug problem. I have faith in future generations. No way they will allow this madness to go on for long. Just wait till we hit stage green. We are getting there in developed countries.

@Knowledge Hoarder There are some Mexican vigilante civilians who have captured and beaten badly drug cartel members. You can look it on VICE. If the people overthrew the government that wouldn't do much I believe. Many politicians in Mexico have tried to fight the cartels but its not working. Its just too much money to be made. You can't easily stop it. Only solution I see is if America was to legalise all drugs tomorrow then that would make the cartels go out of business. Because the main biggest buyer of drugs is America after all. Without America as a client there would be no billions to be made. Imagine if the drug addicts were able to buy crystal meth or fentanyl from the pharmacy instead of shady criminals. Basically American drug addicts fuel the whole gnarly predicament in Mexico.. As far as the motivation for Truth is my love for Truth. My appreciation of what is. Sometimes happiness and Truth conflict. But I also believe they converge after a certain point. The more aligned with Truth the better your life becomes.

@happyhappy We are talking about a very serious societal issue here that affects thousands of lives every single year. No graphic content has been uploaded here. The title was pretty self explanatory from the beginning. Yes it's disgusting. But even more disgusting is acting like it doesn't even exist. That just perpetuates the problem. If we are only here to discuss sugary things then I am very disappointed. This thread ties in nicely with Leo's most emotionally difficult video: The radical consequences of oneness. That video is potentially a lot scarier and more mentally harmful than this thread. Truth has nothing to do with you being happy all the time.

@Knowledge Hoarder I get excited by these things. From a young age I have been fascinated by serial killers too. Everyone is different and likes to watch different stuff. Whether you should or shouldn't watch these true events that's up to you. You can definitely ignore them and live in willful ignorance. It might be even better for your mental health. Personally I like to know what is going on in the world. I value Truth a lot. I am very curious too. Nothing will affect you like watching a gore video. It's too real. It's too brutal. This is serious stuff. You are watching something that will make a deep imprint on your mind for the rest of your life. One of the most brutal things I have watched is people getting thrown off by rooftops by an opposing religious group. I will remember that for lifetime. My point is not that you should watch every single act of torture. But if you really value Truth it's good to get at least a taste of what is happening around the world . It's very different to hear it than watching it. When you watch it, you feel all the agony of that person. You understand things otherwise you would never understand. It can make you question your reality and all the notions you've had. In our society we are protected by these things. We act like they don't even exist because its too gruesome to watch. If people really knew what is going on they would have a serious mental breakdown. Maybe if the news showed us every day these type of videos then we would wake up and do something about it.

@Opo I used to watch them in my early 20s when I was an atheist. They left me some pretty good mental scars. But back then they couldn't affect me a lot bc the guys I saw getting butchered weren't me. Or so I thought in my blissful ignorance. Many times the story affects you more than the actual graphic video. Nowadays I avoid watching the actual video and prefer to watch some commentary of the video instead. I believe there is value to watching these videos few times in your life. Otherwise it seems to me you are avoiding the Truth. Now I want to watch the funky town video which is considered the worst gore video ever. But I don't do it because I know how it will affect me.. It will completely destroy my notions of humanity. These videos don't give me mental illness. But they make me go downwards into a spiral of nihilism. I always have in the back of mind that one day I will be the one in the gore video.. As the time passes I feel more and more comfortable with these tragic aspects of God. For some reason I have a love hate relationship with these types of of videos. I always return back to them. Maybe it's morbid curiosity. It also makes me feel like what I am going through now is a walk in the park compared to what I could go through. Especially when I feel bad, I revert back to these videos. I don't fully understand it.

@K Ghoul Lol I hope you are still OK psychologically. These gore videos really do affect you like nothing else. Be aware. Good question you've asked. The reason is because they want to cause fear in their opponents and eliminate the competition. Mind you they are competing for Tons of money. Not mere millions. But billions. Their message with these brutal videos is: ''Look what will happen to you if you get in our way. Stay away or you will die in the most horrific way possible''. Would you mess with someone if you knew that he would kill you in the worst possible way?? You would really think twice about it. Getting shot is peanuts compared to begging to be killed because you can't take any more torture. Getting abducted and tortured by a Mexican drug cartel is really my worst nightmare ever. Just imagining it, it gives me shivers. Once I tripped so deep that it felt I was given the chance to be tortured. I really freaked out. Lol. I was confronted with what I hate most about God. Of course I resisted it and began crying like a baby. I couldn't accept it. It was too much. This is really a tough pill to shallow for those deep into non duality. It affects us way more than atheists or Christians. Can't imagine anything worse. The fact that you know it's coming but can't do anything makes it even scarier. Many people surrender though and don't resist much. Those that surrender to the torture seem to suffer less.

@Hardkill That is a good thing :-) It means you are a healthy human being.

@Preety_India I like this. To add further on what you said: yes in Mexico things are rough. Very little opportunities. Little education. Most people are very poor and underdeveloped . It's definitely a systemic issue. When you have the option between being a poor farmer or making tons of money selling drugs to America then.. The outcome is pretty understandable.

@Apparition of Jack They produce the majority of gore videos in the world right now. They are the most prolific. Isis doesn't even comes close. Most gore sites would go out of business without all the content they get from Mexico. Go to any gore site and you'll see what I mean. It's not insensitive. It's just is what it is. We can't deny this. Mexico has this bad reputation and its a good thing. Because maybe this will change things.

@Windappreciator With so many Billions of dollars to be made there is a LOT of corruption in Mexico. Funny fact is that the Mexican army captured El Chapos son and then had to let him leave. Lol. This would never happen in America. Imagine the army capturing Al Capone and then letting him leave because of some threats. That's how much power they have.

@Windappreciator The situation in Mexico is tragic to say the least. Only solution I see is legalisation of all drugs. And let these scums out of business. If drugs were legal this shit would not be happening. Well done idiots who promote the war on drugs. You are making the most ruthless criminals billionaires and causing untold pain and suffering to hundreds of thousands of people. Future generations will laugh at us and think of us as mentally retarded.

@Derek White No. Are you sure you wanna know? This stuff can really damage your psychological well being but hey.. It's part of reality. Check the link. It only has audio. Don't search for the actual video if you are mentally unstable.

@Mada_ It's on the low side but not too low. It depends on how fast you wanna lose the weight. I was taking 1500 calories at one point and I was a lot heavier than you. Counting calories is not silly because it can teach how many calories each food has. I was shocked when I discovered how many calories are found in fats for example. But it's not sustainable to be counting calories forever. It is only worth it for couple of months until you get a good sense how many calories are in each meal. After that you should understand when you are over eating or not.

You are an inspiration man. Keep it up. I am jealous now.

@Nahm I disagree. In actuality there is time. I define time as the movement of the universe. Time is not just a thought. Also many thoughts represent actual things.

Will i ever live this particular life again?? Or is it just once? Or is it an infinite number of times?? I have heard that everything exists simultaneously. Past,present and future. But this is not my experience. My experience is that times flows only in one direction. Only forward. Shunyamurti has said that the reason we get dejavu is because we have lived the same life an infinite number of times.

I remember Leo saying years ago that every person has actually Zero worth or something along those lines. It's pretty evident that we are not all the same. But do these differences make a person superior to other? The ego can justify whatever atrocities by using this superiority rationalisation. You see inhuman behavior being done to people who are considered less intelligent and etc. It's this twisted logic that because i am superior and way more intelligent or whatever else then i should be able to do whatever I want to you because you are beneath me. I would like if Leo elaborated more on this topic in the future.

@Yarco It's not something to brag about and that's not a matter of debate if you realise the truth of no personal agency, no free will. Nobody would say that i am proud to be 6 feet tall because you didn't do that. It just happened for you. Same goes for everything. If you work 10 hours a day, you don't really do anything. You are just witnessing a movie. If you are born with ridiculous levels of consciousness like Ramana Maharshis, that just happened for you. In this sense we all have the same value. Despite the differences which some are superior than others for survival. There are superior differences relatively but a person or an entity can never claim to be superior than another entity since they both did nothing to have what they have. In other words I can claim to be smarter or taller than you but I can't claim to be a better human being than you. That would be delusional.

@peanutspathtotruth Yes i agree with you. The brutality and the ridiculous levels of pain and suffering can make you appreciate life even more. Personally i don't take ANYTHING for granted anymore because i have lived through some tragedies the last couple of years. In the back of my mind i am always ready for the worst. I expect calamities and things going terribly wrong because that's life. Otherwise I am fooling myself. When we make plans, God is laughing at us. Life on this planet ain't a walk in the park. It has a seriousness to it that you can't ignore.

Life can go wrong for everybody. Being wise and knowledgeable helps. But it is not a guarantee. Life is really a challenge and you can destroy the average person very easily. A health scare Or an illness can derails anyones life. It's easy to be happy when things go your way. When you have your Internet connection, money in the bank account etc. Take all of that and many will commit suicide even if they are conscious. Most people I know are super privileged. They have no idea how terrifying life can become. And the challenges they have faced are childs play. Tomorrow you may get a cancer diagnosis or become paralysed . That can completely destroy your life or not. Some people can't endure too much suffering. Only the strong make it.

@Medhansh Yes in the relative sense we can compare and claim that X person is wiser or taller or whatever else. But also you could look everyone as having the same intrinsic value. Meaning that if i am stronger or smarter than you that's not actually something i should brag about. For example the reason Elon Musk is so gifted is because his parents were exceptionally gifted. He did not do anything to earn that. Of course i consider him more gifted than me. That's not the issue. If Elon was born in some other country with different parents he would not be who he is now. Despite the underlying differences we all have the same worth because of no free will and oneness. Nobody really can brag or take ownership of his attributes and skills. Its just a matter of luck. I am more conscious than the average Joe but this is because i was lucky and stumbled upon spirituality and psychedelics. Therefore I don't consider myself intrinsically as better than others.

World Peace is possible in a society where almost everyone is advanced and conscious as Leo, Vishen Lakhiani, Deepak Chopra, Shunyamurti and etc. That's a tall order to fill but in 3. 000 years we could definitely get there. First we would have to identity as global citizens of this Earth. When we start seeing ourselves as Earthlings and not as Americans, Greeks and all this sort of crap this will eventually change everything. We need everyone on this planet Stage Green and above for World Peace.

@Ananta What do you mean that the Self has no perspective? Can you elaborate please? I thought the Self was all possible perspectives..

@Ananta Interesting!!

@Ananta Yes but that enlightened person would still be reborn. I don't think you can stop rebirth. Some say Buddha achieved the end of all rebirths but i don't buy that.