Spiral Wizard

What else is there? The entire world is run by everyone consciously or unconsciously trying to create the right ‘emotional cocktail’ within themselves. Please tell me why this isn’t true haha, I don’t get why anything could possibly be more relevant?! Leo said that if you want to get the Truth you need to desire it no matter what (even if it makes you ‘unhappy’). And I get where he is coming from. I agree if he is referring to the ego, in the sense of it’s not easy but worth it. Of course spiritual work is going to be hard and the expectation that your ego will hate the Truth (make it feel uncomfortable) is helpful. However, I do not agree, if Leo is actually saying that we should pursue the truth for its own sake. That does not make sense to me... Why would anyone go and pursue enlightenment (the Truth) if they weren’t convinced or had the wisdom to intuit that there is light at the end of the tunnel? I am not attached to the ‘Good Life’, enlightenment, personal development, money, purpose, my family, etc. who cares about that stuff? Or anything for that matter? The only reason why I do or pursue those things is because in this reality they happen to make me happy and fulfilled (aka give me the STATE I desire). But if I existed in a parallel universe where it was more effective to build ‘bad’ habits or do ‘negative’ things (like eating shit, killing babies or watching porn 12h per day) in order to achieve the right ‘emotional cocktail’ or state within myself, I wouldn’t hesitate to do whatever takes. My thesis is that the ‘content’ of our lives does not matter at all, it’s completely relative. Now, you might be saying that consciousness is absolute or that it couldn’t be any other way. And that might be true, but which one comes first? Consciousness or ‘your state’? What is the highest priority? I would say that it is the state because even if consciousness is the Absolute Truth what is navigating us towards it? What is the priority guiding us? The desire for the highest state! PS.: just by writing this post and therefore contemplating this topic more deeply, I guess that I came to a new conclusion: As long as I haven’t experienced the Absolute directly everything is relative which means that the only anchor a priority in reality can be the highest state but once you have realized the Absolute, your priority might shift because there’s nothing more fundamental and therefore higher in the hierarchy of priorities than the actual Absolute Truth. So what’s your take on this?

@Consilience wow, thank you so much for that incredibly well articulated post! It resonated deeply.

@Leo Gura but how? At what point did you get there? I am full of shit (dogma) if I blindly follow what you say, so how do I get to a point where I genuinely care about Truth and prioritize it above everything else (peace/happiness/fulfillment/joy/ecstasy/all the good stuff/etc.)? Is direct experience of the Truth the only thing that can change one's mind or is it about plugging the wholes in Maslow's Pyramid of needs, building a solid foundation from which to transcend, and getting to Spiral Dynamics turquoise without any big shadows so you can actually genuinely care about the Truth?

@Leo Gura didn't you do that?

Wow! I just tried my first 15 min meditation with this app and it was easily 3-5x deeper than usual... can't wait to explore it and dive into longer sessions @Marek thank you so much for sharing this!

The documentary Leo shared on his blog a few weeks ago is now dubbed to English, check it out: "The Depth Of Russian Corruption January 24, 2021 This is an amazing work of bravery in investigative journalism. English subtitles available, just click the CC button. Highly recommend watching the whole thing, it will blow your mind."

LEO?! this is good stuff when are you finally going to release the dating series you announced? ?

this is liberating, thank you!

How to stop caring? How to resolve this predicament? How do you let go of the need to help others when they are ‘clearly’ wrong/deluded. I am conscious of ideological crusading and and the concept that everyone inevitability arrives at infinite consciousness helps to let go but I still haven’t completely accepted this. Seeing others live below their potential is heart breaking to me. There is so much unnecessary (self inflicted) suffering... Maybe this just a projection because I haven’t lived up to my potential yet...

@Leo Gura Is this opinion based in direct experience? To me, this sounds like dismissing wise traditions. Sure, there’s a lot of bullshit but stripping all of them away seems like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

What kind of speed reading course did he go through haha

I remember having a wet dream and right before the orgasm I switch from being the man to being the woman it was an amazing experience

Lastly, I read a lot of valid critiques about Jordan Peterson and I remember reading posts from @Leo Gura criticizing Sam Harris but I can’t find them anymore. I haven’t studied Sam Harris too much but every podcast, talk or video I’ve seen from him so far was pretty amazing and I know that Frank Yang also values his work. So could you explain what the issue with him/his teachings are? I am genuinely curious.

this is hilarious and was so predictable the devil is trying to save his ass

Damn. Dear Mr. @Leo Gura, we are still waiting for your promised videos on dating.

this makes a lot of sense to me, thank you @Shane Hanlon! 15:50 ish

Thank y’all, I appreciate your responses! I’m not enlightened yet but after watching Leo’s videos I got it conceptually and now it’s become self evident that evil is a selfish illusion. It’s kinda sad to see how intelligent human beings with insane potential get locked into paradigms or do not live up to their fullest potential because they didn’t receive the ‘right’ education. Wisdom is so crucial... @Inliytened1 what makes you think that? According to him he is experiencing non-dual awareness.

Love it! Thank you for sharing @gggkkk! I honestly can't wait to finally dive into as many retreats as possible. Retreat-Bucketlist: meditation & solo retreat darkroom retreat (solo retreat in total darkness) psychedelics retreat darkroom retreat + psychedelics A yearly ritual sounds reasonable and sustainable for the long term but at some point, I probably will want to do this full-time until the 'big' shift happens. Keep up the Good work guys!

YESSSSS

this dude makes some good points. I like what he says about backbone at 01:03:30. When you combine conscious leadership with courage you get great heroes like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, etc. I love this. Why can't everyone be so authentic, socially-sharp, and capable of cut-the-bullshit-communication?! hahaha but we are the badasses who witnessed this shit live. It's truly a great time to be alive... underrated post People always look at me with a stage look on their faces when I compare Trump's presidency to economic fluctuations. It's simply a collective ego backlash. The trend is upward nonetheless. I'm from Germany and when I visited the United States a few years ago I was surprised by how proud Americans are about being American haha The national flag was everywhere I looked. It's also very apparent in speeches... this is not the case in Germany, in fact, it's quite the opposite. After WWII Germans were even ashamed to wave their flag at sports events. Why? Because we fucked up collectively, which was necessary adversity in order to evolve into the kinda stage green, welfare, etc. state Germany is today. This is what the USA is missing! This is what the USA makes up for right now with all the riots, BLM protests, Trump, late-stage capitalism, corruption, etc. Unfortunately, there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. The actual horror of the past is fading in the collective memory. All over Europe, we see the right-wing coming back... Just recently there was an attempt to storm the parliament in Berlin: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/europe/reichstag-germany-neonazi-coronavirus.html Conspiracies are deceiving, corrupting, and deluding the minds of people all around the world. We need a much better education system, nuanced discussions about epistemology, and conscious leaders! #HumanePolicing

it blows my mind to this day. When I first discovered Actualized.org I told my friends that I'd pay 300 bucks per month to watch his insanely valuable content... and back then I was broke af