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There are a variety of 12 step programs for various addictions. AA is catered to people who struggle with the inability to control their alcohol intake, and looking to abstain through practicing spiritual principles that have somewhat Christian/religious leanings. Other programs like SMART recovery are more secular and don’t place as much emphasis on labels such as ‘alcoholic’ or ‘addict’ and not rooted in following a set of spiritual principles as with most 12 step programs. In any case, there are lots of resources out there like these, including therapy and other treatment modalities. AA and other 12 step programs should have open meetings that are local in your city/town, where anyone can attend to listen and see if they resonate with the stories of others struggling with mental health and addiction. I have some experience in this arena, so feel free to DM me if I can be of some help.

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@Leo Gura I really enjoyed your post about the paradoxes of knowing social systems. You did a good job laying out the challenges with trade offs of know a system from the inside vs the outside, but I would like to know what solutions you’ve come up with to balancing those trade offs. Are you still contemplating? I am facing the same dilemma with a social system that I find relative survival value through participation, but have recently awakened to its foundations being entirely based on self deception and falsehoods, despite having survival value. No one in the system knows this, and probably has very little chance of seeing the system as a system. I’m one of the lucky ones having found Actualized.org to even be conscious of such mechanisms of human survival.

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What is your process? 3 hour long topics on seem very daunting to have to outline. Are you more or less systematic or intuitive?

I recall somewhere on your booklist page you recommended reading with a pen and annotating, then writing out top insights from books and where to apply in life. Do you still use a pen when reading?

There’s definitely tons of self deception in this line of work

@Sandroew no one person or persons can define themselves as enlightened. It helps to be skeptical of such claims. Try to remove any legitimacy you give to human constructed ideas of enlightenment. Infinity trumps any human notion of enlightenment. And it can only be realized in your direct experience through Consciousness work.

As long as one realizes Sadhguru himself is being imagined, all is good

Lovely.

He's no match for her on a debate stage.

Key words the most. (credit for nuance) It helps me to look at spirituality and survival separate ingredients in a soup mix, we get to choose the amount of each, and it is contingent on our particular taste/preferences/goals (these change with time). We can have both at varying degrees, but it's difficult to strike the right balance. Monks who want the most out of spirituality live in caves simply because they want the most out of spirituality. Doesn't mean we should want what monks want, or if that's even right for us.

You are creating this distinction in your mind.

Nice

After watching Leo's latest video on Post Modernism and the latest blog content, I came up with some notes to track my insights on what the philosophy gets right and what it gets wrong - it's good for me to share to keep it fresh (feel free to provide feedback.. What Post modernism gets right: Most human claims to truth (if not all) is highly subjective and relative; these claims are a bi-product of social constructs that are primarily meant serve the unique, relativistic survival needs of individuals and/or group of individual (collectives). This can manifest in various institutions (government, media, entertainment, academia, business, religion, spirituality, etc), ideology/schools of thought and culture at large (ie elements of the social matrix). Values & morals are subjective and often change throughout time, what is considered true and certain in one sense can take on an entirely different meaning per historical context, new discoveries. Science and language are not reliable means to reach universal truths, which makes them limited tools that are self serving inherently (this is one of my biggest takeaways). Post-modernism is prioritizes being Construct Aware, which is highly advanced level of Ego development if one takes into account the 9 stages model. What Post modernism gets wrong: Though the vast majority of human claims to universal truth are false, there does exists and Absolute Truth that is Universal. It cannot be accessed by conventional methods such as science and language, but through a mystical experience. Post modernism as a school of thought (and that essentially what it is relative to Absolute Truth) falls victim to the same limitations of language that is apparent in the other school of thoughts that it seeks to deconstruct. Subscribing to the post modernist worldview, and creating an identity out of it-means that the philosopher has had great insight into the socially constructed nature of elements of the Modern and Pre Modern worldview, but has not taken it all the way by acknowledging the Post Modern philosophy itself as being socially constructed. Absolute Truth is what remains after the Post Modernism philosophy is successfully deconstructed and integrated; ultimately going beyond concepts and language into a direct Consciousness of God (or Infinity!).

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Definitely appreciated

Excellent quote to maybe include in intro @Leo Gura ”A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative’, is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” - English philosopher Roger Scruton

Thanks for your heartfelt post. What I learned from Leo is that all of reality is Gods imagination, even the ugly parts like torture. What’s even more profound is I am God, doing the imagining (for no reason other than the experience itself). It’s tough to stomach for any human mind, so I respect your honesty and vulnerability. Wish you all the best.

1. Why is post modernism appealing as an epistemic system, paradigm & worldview? Who is mostly attracted to it? 2. Where does the post modernism fit in various models of cognitive development (Susan Cooke grueter- ego development, spiral dynamics? 3. What are criticisms of post modernism from below (modernist) and above (post post modernism and/or Absolute Truth). How do these criticisms differ? 4. How can your followers use post modernism and relativity to uncover deep answers to the existential questions about life & reality without falling into traps or turning in into an ideology? 5. How did Leo personally integrate post modernism with his profound Awakenings to God Realization & Infinity? I look forward to the next vid @Leo Gura

Let’s keep in mind that RFK Jr doesn’t speak for all independent/swing voters. For the majority who planned on voting for RFK will certainly vote Trump following this endorsement, which could leave quite an impact in swing states (Michigan, Wisconsin & Pennsylvania). However, there are still a vast number of undecided voters who will likely make their decision the day of the election (could skew Harris or Trump). I believe this number is greater than that of the designated group of RFK defectors. At the end of the day it’s a toss up, no one can accurately predict voter turnout or the gut decisions of undecided voters. We only find out when we get the election results.

False solipsism: there is only one dream. True solipsism: there is only One dreamer. Both can be realized through deconstructing materialism in one’s direct experience, but there are real traps in not going all the way.

Nihilism that comes with becoming more Conscious .. yes, but it’s important to look at it as phase so you don’t become depressed and hopeless. Burdensome might be the wrong word, you just desire something that is higher and transcends human interaction. You will find that eventually, and be able to integrate it in your interactions with the human .. ultimately making those relationships more deep, authentic & fulfilling.

Examples? Some of us could make use of studying the media landscape of other cultures to make fine distinctions between them & the US.