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What are we using to “deconstruct science?” Isn’t the “deconstruction of science” also a form of science? How do we know if we have deconstructed it? What tests and measures have we conducted? How do we know our method is valid? Can we really “go beyond science?” Or is there nothing beyond science but our lack of understanding?

Agreed. Science is your own mind. Science is a way to use your mind to derive knowledge. The key is how can we elevate the quality of science in society. For that, scientists need to shift their paradigms that currently limit their thinking and investigations. The science of spiritually and paranormal is difficult for academia to accept and take seriously. The assumptions people make about “proper science” limits their science. But science itself isn’t limited assuming your mind isn’t limited. The quality of mind determines quality of science, life, etc.

Consciousness. The mind. You. You can investigate consciousness or you can fall into beliefs and theories about parts of consciousness. The former is what I call science, the latter is religion or ideology. But yet, many people who say they are doing science are really in a religion/ideology because they parrot ideas and theories without investigating them for themselves. The way many people do science isn’t “true science.”

Science is a mental construction and is not separate from the mind. Science is using the mind to explore and derive knowledge about the mind. But I would also suggest that high quality science is getting in touch with actuality not being lost in imagination. I could ponder right now: “Does science exist in my mind or out in the world? If it exists out in the world, then where is it? Can science be found on a tree? Or wait! I am doing science right now by investigating actuality/direct experience. My ideas and models of science and scientific method is just a construction of my mind. But true science is using the mind to get in touch with actuality. Where is the line between the world and my mind? What is it made out of? Isn’t this science that I am doing —investigating consciousness? Psychedelics, meditation, and imagination are tools to do science — To get more in touch with actuality of how reality is rather than getting lost in beliefs. True science isn’t about beliefs and theories, it is getting in touch with what is true independent of what I think or feel about it. Aren’t you doing science when you take psychedelics, meditate, and contemplate? Isn’t that what is meant by science? to explore and investigate Truth? Spirituality is the highest form of science that I am aware of.

This is what Leo is arguing against. He is really arguing against unscientific nature of scientism. A true scientist, one who is a truth-seeker, and wants to derive knowledge and understanding doesn’t ask how truth benefits. That is one of the contradictions of so-called scientifically-minded people is that at the end of the day, it is about how science can benefit you rather than how science can help you realize what is true. The issue is the scientist, not the science. The scientist is in the way of producing quality science.

Science means “to know” to derive knowledge. The issue is the methods for which humans attempt to derive knowledge. Materialistic science may be good for its practical application, but those methods may not work the same for spiritual aspects. That method is limited because the scientists mind is limited. The issue isn’t the field of science, it is the scientist assuming that science should be done a certain way than other way, which is bias.

What good is having a certain set of clothes if they are not objective/universal? What good is eating your favorite ice cream if it is not objective? What good is creating art if beauty isn’t objective? Relativity is Absolute Good. It is what allows you to be infinitely creative and good. If there was an absolute objective in life, then you would be limited in creating “The Good Life.” Where do these limits come from? You create them. Focus on building your character. Morality and life is a game but that doesn’t mean you can’t play it artfully.

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Creation needs no creator. There is no ground. There is no first cause. There is no god. Creation is God. Why else do we say “Oh my God!!” when we look up at the stars? That is our natural reaction of our recognition of Divinity.

Precisely. Look around you. That is God. God isn’t a being that created your experience. God is your experience. What else is there but the present moment? What is your post here about then? You clearly affirm “present moment is all there is” in your post here. This makes me question whether you know what you are talking about or are just playing games. Do you really know or are you pretending to know? The present moment is here and now always. It is Absolute. There is nothing behind it to explain it. Being is prior to knowing and explanations. You can’t conceptualize Being, which is a problem you are falling into. All conceptualizations occur within Being but can never explain Being. It seems like you just want to model reality and create stories to sustain your dream rather than deconstruct it. The last thing you want is for your bubble to pop, so you spend time creating your bubble using spiritual concepts to trick yourself into thinking you have popped it. But really you are preserving it. See how tricky the mind is? The biggest deception is thinking you have awakened or figured stuff out when you really haven’t. But hey, that is the mass hypnosis that 99% of people are under. What you are really asking me in “how do you explain the present moment” is to create a narrative for you in how the Dream exists, which is just another way to dig yourself deeper into the dream. Whatever you think is the cause of your Dream is a dream within your Dream. As you can see, all of this is the opposite of awakening. What we are doing here is finding ways to keep ourselves asleep. You are inside of a Dream, wake up!

This moment is an infinite amount of time. This moment is never out of reach. Christians can use that same logic right? Q: If something can’t come from nothingness, who created God? A: An earlier uncaused divine being, known as the first cause. There problem solved. Or is it? See this first cause stuff is foolish. This moment right now is absolute and uncaused. We don’t need to create gods, big bangs, and first causes or infinite regresses to explain it. If we try to explain this moment, then it is an infinite search because this moment is infinite. Whatever you think is The Cause of this Moment is a dream inside of This Moment.

I am not saying that. I am saying that the present moment is uncaused. Past and future are dependent on the present moment not the other way around. The past and What you call “causes” is a collection of stories happening now to explain the Now. The way you framed the whole thing seems like you are implying the past is where the present moment “comes from,” suggesting that the present moment originated from somewhere in the past. Past doesn’t exist but as an idea in the Now. The Now is eternal, which means it is uncaused, not a first cause and not a second cause, just uncaused. Remember, cause and effect implies time (past and future) which doesn’t exist but in the Now As such, if the present moment is eternal and uncaused, and if you are trying to find the “first cause” of the Now, then naturally you will be searching forever for a causes that never existed. That infinite search is what I call infinite “regress” because that’s basically what it is - an endless search for an origin that doesn’t exist.

You make it more complex. The simplest explanation is that consciousness does not have a cause. There is no first cause because consciousness exists absolutely. If you try to find the origin of consciousness, you will be looking forever (like an infinite regress, except there is no regress). Our mind is creating “causes” and stories to construct the dream reality. Notice this. All of that is a story to construct reality. You aren’t a contingent being, you are absolute. God is absolute Being. There is no first God creating 2nd God and 3rd God creating a first being, necessary being A and contingent being. God is too powerful, infinite, and one to create all of these “causes.” God just is. God isn’t a being. God is Pure Being.

You got the last part right. Your mind is constructing the notion of "change" as well as "past" and "future." Change is a dream within the Now. Notice that the mind is constructing that story and many countless stories in order to construct "reality." The illusions of change and time go together. Without the construction of time (a past and future), change ceases to exist. It goes so deep that you imagine change. You imagine turning on the computer, going to website, and writing about throwing a stone in the water. The notion of change is but a deeper illusion of time. It is easier to deconstruct time in your "internal world." It is a much harder feat to deconstruct time in what you may call the "external world." Time in the "external world" is what you call change. Time in the "internal world" is what you call past and future, memories and imagination. It is difficult to deconstruct change or time in external world in part because we deem the "external world" to be more "real" than the internal world, but that is just another dream. There is no internal/external world nor a hierarchy of more or less real. So it goes full-circle. There is only world, consciousness, dream.

"Everyone is completely full of shit. Who needs quotes? Think for yourself or you will never live your own life." - r0ckyreed Hope that helps.

You are imagining a Big Bang in an external physical universe (whatever the hell that is lol). God is eternal, here and now. If you try to locate the "origin" of God, you are left with an infinite regress not a first cause. God is infinity. Cause and effect is a dream within the mind of God in the same way that the notion of a past is but a dream within your own mind. Reality is so infinite and so ONE that it cannot have a cause. All causation models assume duality to be true. God imagines atheism as one of many possible dreams. God has to include the possibility of rejecting itself in order to dream. Think about it.

That’s why I had the wink emoji ? in there because it is a joke. But in a sense we are torturing prisoners whether you like it or not just by putting them in a cell. You may call it indirect torture, but torture is still torture. Not all torture is physical. What I argue is that psychological torture is worse. If you are against torture, then maybe you should consider the death penalty option because that’s what life in prison is doing. The prisoners torture each other and themselves and don’t forget the corrupt guards. The Fugitive Movie with Harrison Ford and The Central Park 5 convinced me that death penalty isn’t a good idea. Edit: I respect your level of forgiveability.

Best Arguments Against Death Penalty It saves money to keep prisoners alive. It allows us to exonerate wrongfully convicted. It is better to let a guilty man go than take away an innocents freedom. But most of all, life in prison is more torture for the prisoner. Death is an easy way out that we will all do. Why not let the prisoner sit by themselves with their own messed up mind for 40 years. Give them the feeling of having their freedom taken the same way they took away they took away the freedoms of the people they killed. Why not throw in a little torture every now and then as well. You cannot torture someone when they are dead. ? The downsides of death penalty are that it costs money, innocent can die, and the prisoner gets a fast free ticket to God (A.K.A death) for the crimes they committed, which means that they never experience the feeling of pain for living with themselves for the crimes they committed. If reincarnation is true and if death is an illusion (as Leo states), then the death penalty is bullshit because you are just letting them continue their sins into the next life without suffering them fully in this one. Edit: After all, what is the death penalty if there is no death?

That’s going to work differently for everyone. Figure out what you really want out of your emotional life. Journal about it until you become crystal clear. Then, it takes discipline to follow your desires. Desire + Discipline = Success Good luck mate you can do it.

No. Have the right expectations. It is not about being free from fear/anxiety/insecurity, but rather using them to your benefit. Social courage is authentic action in social situations regardless how you may feel. Emotions are natural part of us. Embrace them and learn to not be controlled by them. You are going to naturally have anxiety with anything you care about deeply. The question is, are you going to let it control your behaviors and decisions? Trust the process. As you keep taking action, your anxiety will decrease over time and your confidence will increase. It is hard to help others significantly if we, ourselves feel insignificant. It is even harder if we don’t practice what we “preach” to clients. That kind of dishonesty is seen through. I know you can feel it. Your own story of how you have worked through overcome social anxiety can be a therapeutic self-disclosure. In a way, you get to connect more deeper with your audience having had their struggles. But if you haven’t faced them and gone to the other side, how are they going to trust you and be inspired by your “progress?” It is almost like you making a course on how to become a millionaire with you not having a million dollars yourself.

Yes. Listen to it. Overcome your fears first so you can be the example for others. First learn how to swim first. Sinkers can’t teach other sinkers to become swimmers. As therapists, we focus so much on helping others that we forget to help ourselves. You will have more to offer from direct experience if you first learn to overcome. I call BS that you know how to treat it and I am sure you know too which can be part of why you feel like an imposter. If you really knew how to treat it, you wouldn’t be suffering from it yourself. You may say you treat your clients, but your ego is taking credit for their accomplishment. Therapists aren’t wizards, we are mirrors. You don’t need to have all the knowledge in the world to help, you are right. But the degree of your ability to help and serve others relates to your ability to self-reflect, self-knowledge, self-heal, etc. The issue is your so-called knowledge and treatments are theoretical and not based on your direct experiences, so it is natural for clients to question you. It’s like a person claiming to be Christian for reading the Bible but yet living nothing that resembles the teachings of Christ. Good Luck.

Sounds like something Trump or any Devil would say. Be a leader, not a Devil. Great leaders are persuasive, influential, and inspirational. They lead with love, wisdom, and selflessness. Great Devils are great manipulators and are at the forefront great masters at manipulating and deceiving themselves. Devils manipulate because of fear, ignorance, and selfishness. Edit: The manipulated (selfish) life is not worth living.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5RK6rPJaDU www.actualized.org/blueprint The Blueprint is such an amazing resource! Thank you Leo! Are there going to be any updates to it? This list is brilliant, but I noticed that some concepts that are not fully developed. Please add to it! I love it! This is an absolute game changer!! For the people out there, what are the top 5 concepts out of 107 from the blueprint that you want to work on and master? List the top 5 most appealing concepts from the Blueprint.

What type of sex? Is it only vaginal or all forms? What counts as sex that you are referring here?

False! This is my Devil Post 666!! Beware or be scared! Nobody is doing the best that they can do with what they have. Now that is true. Your best is infinite because you are God. You will never reach your best potential because your ability to improve is infinite. Have humans done their best at beating the world record? No. World records are getting broken every year. There is no limit to what you can do. The only limit is what you imagine. What you call “best” changes with time. My best today will be average next year. You can always do more and improve. You are never at your best. This is my Devil Post 666!!!! Beware or be scared!