BlessedLion

There is a meditation from the Sufi tradition called “Blowing upon the embers of the Heart” which is quite powerful. I plan to make a video about it soon as it was taught to me by a master there. Basically just breathe into your heart and focus on Love, you can use moments in life you’ve felt love to enhance it. That Love is what you are and within you. Stay patient and stay focused on Love. I had my first true awakening to love while listening to Bob Marley on Acid, then sober awakening to love on silent meditation retreats

@ougyarg That’s awesome! Congrats. We were almost apprentice brothers, I was very close to doing the apprenticeship but decided to apprentice with another school at the last minute as it was also their last one. I was so torn between the two, and emailed with Ralston back and forth about it. It was like 50-50, so we almost knew each other very well! However, I think the apprenticeship looks incredible and I’m sure it’s only going to keep producing fruits for you as time goes on, being with Ralston that long will plant seeds that will flower for a lifetime. I’ve done about 6 weeks of in person workshops there but I’m sure that’s different from the apprenticeship. Super powerful though. My biggest question is if you guys ever did work on the heart, Love, as a metaphysical truth? Or do they still label that as hippie nonsense? Was Love spoken about or taught at all? Did you ever have moments of wanting to quit? What do you plan to do now that you’ve completed it? Do you feel you’ll be more effective and disciplined at whatever you want to do in life? Cheers

Don’t be so sure of this. Also is that all there is to life? Pure physical survival? Might as well be a worm if that’s true

I was inspired to make a video on this topic as it seems so popular and debated today. Let's discuss, what do you guys think and feel toxic vs healthy masculinity is?

Thank you so much for your kind words, I’m honored 🙏 You’re a delight to speak with! Likewise- Namaste ❤️

Thank you for sharing. You’re clearly wise and have contemplated these things deeply. A few of my thoughts on what you shared 1. There is certainly that balance, and any power or consciousness gained should be equally balanced with higher moral development. Because as you raise your consciousness you become more efficient and effective. This is beyond man/woman, just a general principle. What you wrote is very beautiful- and honestly that’s my hope with the channel. I was a lost young man with little guidance. I hope to help some men realize these principles (within themselves) and learn to dance with the feminine in a satisfying and appreciative way. There is much beauty in the masculine/feminine dance and it’s truly a gift. It’s sad to see all the toxicity online between men and women, and I hope to show the other side of it. There’s few things as beautiful as finding that balance internally with your own energies and also in a partner (having your masculine energy balanced by a woman or vise versa) To evolution and awakening ❤️🙏

Exactly. The feeling of looking in the mirror knowing you have integrity, a spine, and are serving truth is far more rewarding than external validation. And the funniest part is by embodying this you attract the best women on the planet

Now these are the right and powerful questions to ask. Absolutely

Thank you brother, means the world 🔥🙏

Sad but true. Such a cringe country, selfish as fuck too

@The Caretaker haha exactly. And honestly not really. These days I’m only consuming the classics, and highest wisdom. I listen to John Vervaeke, Ralston and Wilber along with other very high level spiritual and consciousness teachers. Most aren’t on YouTube but they have powerful audiobooks. YouTube is quite played out and even the popular men today on there are pretty scattered and not really taking you anywhere. There is also my personal YouTube channel, still in its baby stages, but I enjoy creating more than consuming. I get little to no value out of guys like Dan Koe, Alex Hormozi, Mark Manson, etc

I used to like his content but it’s quite limited and too analytical. Now that he’s got his hands on AI he seems to have gone completely off the deep end with it. You can see it in his videos, it’s like he’s just transcribing an AI script. Too much. I also don’t agree with his view on having like 10 different skills and not reading books. Part of the joy of development is that it takes time, I enjoy the learning process

These are pretty weak reasons to dump her. You’re placing yourself in too high a pedestal

For sure. I’m curious what you mean by “wielding this power”? Also , do you feel most men step into or realize this conscious embodiment of higher values in life or that it is rare? Just curious.

Agreed. I can’t even consume this kind of content anymore. It’s painful

So you use what women find attractive as your moral code and how you should evaluate what’s acceptable behavior? Sure, if that’s your view than be like Andrew Tate and exploit them at all costs for sex. Have fun. It’s true that following a code of conduct like honor, discipline, and service isn’t flashy and might not get female attention, but it’s more about how you feel about yourself and being able to look in the mirror with a sense of satisfaction. Also the women who chase toxic guys are usually pretty shallow and immature, there are also high conscious women who are much more satisfying and nurturing to be around. I do agree with you regarding taking full responsibility for our paths as men, and not doing things because we feel we “should” or there is pressure. But I definitely think there are toxic men living by low values and standards and others (much more rare) living by admirable principles.

I think this is admirable actually. He was fighting for his values to the death. Japan and Germany were the aggressors in that war. I see what you are saying and it’s an interesting perspective. At the highest level, there is no duality (toxic vs healthy) but relatively there are values that are more “conscious” relative to others. Id label toxic masculinity as ego, selfishness, gain at expense of others, exploitation, competition, pride, and abuse (Tate, Bilzerian, Travis Scott, Tai Lopez) Whole healthy masculinity is helping others, empowering others, serving love and consciousness, being honest and having integrity (Ralston, Wilber, many Yogis, and John Wooden)

For sure. Most of the men sampled in the video are deeply insecure

AI has its place but this is just silly and makes you less intelligent

It’s also a good idea because Leo’s content, compared to what’s being created today, is even more high quality and valuable. Even the political “news” is just dopamine traps, over dramatizing everything. Im done

Same! I deleted insta and fb I never go on there my only “thing” is YouTube and this forum. And honestly, the value of books, doing nothing, and music has never been more appealing. It’s non stop garbage there, maybe 1 nugget of gold for every 100 videos of slop

Regarding the post on YouTube corruption. This is something I had been contemplating and noticing a lot recently as well. It’s sad, because I felt like for a while YouTube was a great platform that was quite unbiased and showed you interesting, thought provoking material. They were not like Instagram TikTok and twitter and held a certain integrity in not showing you dopamine fueled shorts and catchy thumbnails. And now you don’t even get shown videos of creators you’re subscribed to. I mean I found this channel via YouTube and it changed my life deeply. One good thing about YouTube is they don’t seem too politically biased. It seems like they just serve up what will make them the most profit, but they aren’t pushing some agenda like Zuckerberg or Musk (pussies) I was doing some searching for my own channel and it was so hard to do research. Seems like tons of videos are just gone or lost in the sea of slop that YouTube recommends first. Feels like YouTube is just like an entertainment platform now, and even educational channels are whoring themselves out to user retention and keeping people addicted. Sad. At least we have books still

I think the whole “sacred medicine” thing is not much more than a label for people to feel better about just getting high. And it doesn’t ensure it’s safe at all. I’ve sat in many ayahuasca and peyote ceremonies with trained Shipibo and Mexican Shamans from the desert. Plenty of people had horrific, traumatizing, and psychotic trips. Yet everyone just says shit like “that’s what the medicine wanted to show you” “there are no bad trips” as if the psychedelics are these wise entities who never fuck up. Super stage green and even partially purple imo. Also tons of shamans die from cancer from their tobacco abuse. What an absurd notion that just because they call it medicine it won’t fuck up their lungs. So glad I graduated this from this whole ideology a while ago

Exactly, agreed

I used to think this, and I still think it’s important. Yet it’s also important that a man is able to self regulate his emotions and let them go. If he is too reactive and emotional, she will feel the burden of his emotions and like she is mothering him too much. The best thing is to be in touch with the emotions and also able to share them in a calm and collected manner, not needing anything from her, but just sharing “hey, this is going on right now” Women say that want men in touch with emotions and feminine side but there is a shadow there, and if the man is too feminine or more feminine than her, she will lose attraction and run away. Honestly the woman who wrote this article OP shared sounds like a nightmare and she seems very disconnected from her heart. Just sitting around and judging men for every little imperfection in their personalities, while she paints herself as this deep, unseen victim. Spare me 🙏