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So simple and obvious I like it.

I’ve been on this self actualized/ spiritual journey here for just about 10 months. I have already seen very profound shifts in myself and in the way I see reality when before I was barley even in the present moment. Thanks to meditation I have been completely sane and gaining more traction towards feeling better every day and more mindful! Despite this, I can’t neglect my awareness of the fact that the same is not true for every person living with me/ Interacting with me. I have a strong feeling leaning towards mediation being a reason some people are not feeling well during this time. To put matter worst I decided to go online and I literally typed in “how to not go crazy during quarantine” just to see what would pop up and I could barely find anything 100% useful! There was barley information on how to solve the problem of being bored and how to handle it the most effective way. I was even shocked to see very negative articles pretty much blaming the situation thrown at hand rather than managing it appropriately and taking matters into your own hands. Other times when I was locked down in my house. Which was before I meditated I remember my mind running like crazy nowadays thanks to meditation I’m able to remain calm and even experience strong spiritual insights which help with simply just being and loving life. This journey for me has just begun and I know I still got a lot of work ahead of me. I’m just feeling really appreciative to have found this community. I have barely even scratched the surface per se and the shifts in my life have been incredible, to say the least.

@Heaven how fascinating is that direct experience? Also how long would it take to achieve on average?

Hey, guys just wanted to let you guys know of a mystical experience I had today when I woke up early. I decided to watch one of Leo's videos which is about what is perception? I was listening very closely to this video and very interested in what he had to say, with the quarantine my sleep schedule has been very wonky. During this video, Leo was talking about how there is no perception, for some reason I began falling asleep while sleeping I seemed to be half-conscious and I began to understand everything Leo was talking about in the video at a very deep level. This was a feeling I've had before on psychedelics which made me feel like I knew everything. I began to cry because I began to fully grasp what he was saying exactly. I even had an extremely strong ego reaction that seemed to be very upset and depressed about what I have just witnessed. Then when I woke up I watched the video again without falling asleep and I was not able to fully grasp it but I was still somewhat able to understand it, because of the experience I had while sleeping which correlated with what Leo was speaking of. If you have come this far I appreciate you for reading and some feedback about this experience would be greatly accepted!

I would love to see this happen after this Coronavirus! Miami area.

@Spaceofawareness Thank you for your insightful comment I truly appreciate you and will do this the next time around.

BREAKTHROUGH: After not meditating for about 3 days and simply following my hedonism. I decided to just meditate for an hour. I was becoming aware of how my mind and brain function more or to simply how my consciousness functions to not give it limitations. I was literally meditating and I began to think of love and I was overwhelmed by the unlimited amount of warmth. Of course, that was something I found extremely interesting in what I was basking in was wonderful. Before all of this occurred I began to undergo this trial which made me feel extremely fearful for no reason, once my awareness was able to see that this was all being made up by the mind I was able to complete this mini-trial but it was heart racing. I would admit this was the first time I have ever been able to become aware of these small trials before receiving love. I was able to become aware of the little tension my brain creates and just simply being gave me everything sort to speak. Then I again asked myself in my self Inquiry “Who Am I” and I could feel each word and were in my brain they were occurring and I noticed how the “I” was occurring in my heart. Through my knowledge of Nonduality and its theory, I was able to knock many challenges know to keep my cool. One of the more interesting aspects of this was how it seemed to be me communing with some type of feminine energy and also manly annoying person energy... I’m sure this just simply is myself but it was a cool interaction.

This may not belong on this forum but I believe its worth the read. I had just finished watching Leo's vide on the counter-intuitive nature of reality and I went to go get some exercise from playing basketball with some friends. Usually, these kinds of activities involve some type of "trash talking" to get people riled up. I saw this was not very effective and it would cause the person to start making his shots and they would even get into rhythm, so what did I do you may ask? I started giving my friends complements "wow bro you are so good at shotting"," you know Brandon, you're a great friend" this completely had them missing shots. This to me seems like the counterintuitive move that completely changed the flow of the game.

Have you communed with aliens yet?

@Petals Thank you for the recommendation, I will certainly get to reading it.

I think today I had good insight into my self-inquiry work. Something I noticed was when I was in the meditative state I could feel my entire body and I was aware of my breath and how nice, calm and tranquil it felt, and when I asked Who am I, my awareness went away from my body and breath and I was able to see how it took my awareness out of my body into my thought which was two different states being felt. One of being and the other of thinking sort to speak. Is this good progress?

@jimwell great write up man. Such eloquence

Hey Leo, what do you think is the best way to pace yourself when doing all this personal development + Spiritual growth work? I'm pretty new to the forum and I'm quite astonished to read about all the things I don't know about its quite mind-boggling and it feels overwhelming. I'm currently meditating at least once a day for an hour or more and reading as much of the books on the booklist. I feel like slow in steady seems to be the way.

I'm here to learn more about reality and simply because all this work seems to make my life more enjoyable and, it seems to have given me higher amounts of self esteem. It seems like on this path we grow so much with hard work, I also enjoy the interesting insights we can get while meditating. I get some really cool visions when I ask myself who am I? Sometimes I'm pretty lost with all the work we should probably be doing every day and I may even forget some things that I have already learned but at the same time if feels like I know it subconsciously.

Maybe you're referring to the video called " what is the devil"? I don't remember him making the viewer say these things but he did say we pretty much are the Devil if we let that be.

Just be and watch, whatever happens. Maybe stop giving meaning to masturbating its neither good nor bad.

There's a video of him going around that he says something along the lines of "life is too short to be bogged down". It was cool listening to it because it gave me a small insight on how when things do seem to bog down, its just an illusion. We just gotta keep going and be thankful we're alive.

I've been reading this book that is on Leo's booklist. It's called The six pillars of self-esteem by Nathanial Branden I have been learning plenty of stuff from the book like being more aware and conscious of mostly everything I live through. Now a problem I have encountered is that in the book we must do sentence completion exercises and one of them says that we must take responsibility for our thoughts and emotions. I'm struggling with this because I know that in spirituality I am not my thoughts or emotions therefore at the same time I must take responsibility for them and call them my own?

@Raptorsin7 I would definitely feel better thinking I am 100% responsible for my thoughts and emotions is better and thanks for the reply it is very useful and I will definitely look more into everything mentioned here.

I’m trying to make this post as short as possible but with the most information I could possibly put in. So i’m in a situation where i’ve had a friend for a very long time and she has always been dating someone so I have always been friends with her. Since I was in high school i’ve had a crush on this girl and now that i’m graduating college this girl is in my life a lot more frequently but since she has a boyfriend i’ve never made a huge move in getting with her. Plus i’m a close acquaintance to this guy she is dating. For the past months i’ve been having a really good time hanging out with her and she has been having fun hanging out with me.Inclusively i’ve hung out with her and her boyfriend a couple times. From hanging out with them I could see some of the areas where her man fails to be an alpha male sort to speak. I don’t want to sound arrogant or anything but this is simply what I see and feel. I’ve read some books on dating and seen Leo's videos so I have some type of idea about what's going on. Her boyfriend doesn't like to go out and party but I do enjoy socializing and dancing. So I usually go out with her and we dance but it never seems to be too close because I keep my distance since she does have a man. But we do touch each other in a friendly manner and we laugh at lot with each other. Sometimes I feel a very strong connection with her but it may just be all in my head. Today for Christmas we decided to hang out at my uncles house. She actually invited herself through my cousin which she is very close friends with, but i haven't told her I like her friend that we’ve basically know for 4 years. At the end of the party she actually was crying that she was going to break up with her boyfriend. I really enjoy being with this girl and I do find her very attractive. I feel pretty confused on what to do and how to know when I should make a move because I feel like I shouldn't make a move too soon since she might be very depressed if she does decide to break up with him. In my opinion I should keep focusing on my self help books and keep on watching leo’s videos to become happier because everything has been working amazingly so far! Especially meditating and learning about who Am I? And questioning my reality. On the other side of my head i’ve actually been craving for a relationship for quite some time know and this is a girl I truly do have feelings for and I do enjoy our time together. Any advice would be loved! Low key this may seem like an outlandish statement but I feel like i’ve been wanting this for quite some time and the forces of life are going to help me have her. Of course if i’m wrong I should still be 100% happy because I simply am. Or just embrace whatever I do end up feeling.

@kag101 I completely agree with you! I should simply focus on myself and the rest will follow. Thanks for taking the time to help I truly appreciate it.

@Serotoninluv I appreciate your answer, thank you for the response. I do like her as a friend a lot which is the main reason we have been friends for a long time.

@Chew211 as far as timing goes, when do you think would be the proper time to do this?

I'm having trouble with my relationship with my parents. From my perspective, I've become more conscious and aware of myself and from that, I could see their insecurities. We usually go out on Sundays to eat and this is the time I spend the most with them. As I'm hanging out with them I notice that they criticize everything around us " wow that lady is so fat" or when we're eating dinner "Why is this waiter so shitty" "why does the water taste so bad" my mother being disrespectful to the waiter even though sometimes it may not be his fault, and many other negative things about the experience. When they say things like this I simply tell them to not judge that lady because it's mean and it only harms themselves. But they simply don't get it. Sometimes they also make fun of me, usually, I don't say anything I simply try my best to remain calm and breath and just hope one day I could help them, I feel like deep down they're not very happy with their lives even though we really do have everything but I feel the main issue is their low level of consciousness which is the best way I could put it. At the same time I know I still have a plethora of amounts to learn, I simply hope to help them because in the end, I do love them. Anyways if you stuck around this long I really appreciate it and some help would be awesome.

Would the real me, be my actions rather than my words?