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@Leo Gura I read your blog on recognition. I like this one because it seems to share a lot of similarities with a deep insight I had the other day. Basically I looked at my life, there are some areas I still see as not in Wu Wei flow and oneness, inauthentic, me choosing the carousel, relationship needing work and communication issues. Why? I have had many awakenings. Why does that not make everything just flow? I have been told the entire teaching. I essentially have the entire teaching that I need for this stage in my life, I know it by heart. If there is nothing wrong with the teaching what does that mean? Where am I going wrong? I’m circle around the same beliefs, the same self inquiry questions. I watched a video by a Taoist monk. His answer somewhat touched on the recognition blog. Basically we need to so deeply deeply deeply understand until all fear giveaways to this intuitive knowing and clear sense of being and flow. The monk illustrated this using a sailor who rowed perfectly as if he was unbothered. Someone on his boat asked him how and he answered “first you need to learn to swim, then you can learn to row as if you are standing on dry land.” Basically the understanding has to be so deep that you continually recognize truth. You become so comfortable living in the unknown. Maybe I went in a different direction than the original blog post but something about it clicked with my insight the other day.

@WonderSeeker Honestly I’m China’d out. After a month it’s starting to lose its charm. I’ll be back in 2027 though.

I told my now wife I’m god on our first date…. maybe it was a bit cringe but things worked out for us 🤷‍♂️ told her I had a big dick too on the same night 🤪

Does Spain just not have any military or anything to keep people from crossing into it?

I’m in ChongQing now. Going to Chengdu in 4 days.

I don’t think anyone really wants it when they are healthy and happy and working on building an authentic and beautiful life. But of course there comes a time and no amount of feeling changes this. Old people who approach it say they feel a send that they are going home. That they have done enough here, not perfectly but they are proud nonetheless. And they are ready for a rest which sleep no longer does for them. People who don’t want to die when old are usually people who lived very inauthentically, left a lot of things unsaid, stubbornly acted in ways that they wish they hadn’t and lived in ways they regret. So yeah at my age no I don’t want it but I’m sure that will change if I make it to old age.

I remember when I used to be a big fan of the videos, for me it inspired me and I had the realization that there is no difference between me and anyone else who is living a nice life. I could feel better about myself and make my life better. This was back in 2016 when I found the channel and 2017 when I started listening to Leo’s old self help videos regularly as an almost daily habit. I stopped watching his videos around the pandemic in 2020/21 but the original stuff was good for motivation and improving your life and feeling better about yourself.

35, don't feel old

Yeah, the Bali run clubs

I use to think audio was better as well but I’ve had a good bit of personal experience since that has changed my mind. It’s the same thing with shorts. I think it’s good for getting a shallow understanding and you can dip your toes into a lot of stuff but a lot of it is passing through you. The herds are really pushing this form of learning cause it’s convenient in such a busy world. A great book sometimes needs all of what it’s about called upon and remembered at once in order to glean truly deep insights. The thing is I don’t think there are this many books necessary for any one person to be reading at any given time. A 3x rate would mean there is a boatload of books on a list worth it but I don’t think there are. I’d say a solid good book should last 6 weeks (or more) to really digest it. I’ve actually sorted my books into an audiobook category for the more shallow stuff but I’ve even found silence is better than this for insights. I’m very adhd and neurodivergent and I used to only do audiobooks because I thought I learned better this way. I was diagnosed with learning disabilities. It’s possible to completely reengineer your mind and lean into your unique neuro situation to achieve great things. It required an inner stillness to get to the point where reading was in my flow and also see that listening is inferior to a mind that sharpens itself through reading.

I just think it’s sorta performative and tryhard. Seems sorta a trendy thing people do to try and get famous on Instagram. I don’t have an argument against doing it.

The real parasite is an uneducated and undeveloped mind that makes you give heavy weight to alternative medicine and faulty reasoning. Mastery of mind and spiritual flow will lead to better decisions on health than any of this nonsense. You have to first learn the basics and then heavily observe and cultivate such a deep understanding until eventually any unnecessary efforts and ignorance gives way to a deep intuitive wisdom on the topic. We have limited time on this earth and it’s literally impossible to become a master of everything in life so we have to cultivate a higher wisdom where we can delegate some decision making to specialists in certain fields and trust in our higher level macro decision making. These alt medicine guys are reality’s equivalent of when a redneck tries to build a rocket ship in his backyard. You get a very zainy strange expression of intelligence that is able to form half of an idea but the fundamentals and deep, mature knowledge isn’t present so you enter into very dangerous territory. We have the same going on with gymcels peddling peptides and steroids. New age healers and peptide gymcels, same thing different clothes. The real kicker a lot of people don’t like to admit (including me because it touches on a deep yearning to be safe as a human). Nothing is certain and sometimes your health is just not great and it’s more-so a matter of acceptance. Some people are born with weak immune system compared to the environment they live in. Some people get diseases they just weren’t meant to overcome and some people are meant to leave this life before we wish they do. That’s sad and a real exercise in acceptance and flow. You can try everything and sometimes it won’t lead to the outcome we wish. Maybe the technology isn’t there yet, maybe it’s something else we don’t have words or a proper understanding of. Making peace with this unknown at least brings energy back to making those higher macro decisions which I mentioned previously.

@Leo Gura I remember you trashing the shorts medium a long time ago saying you had no plans to use it but you are now making a lot of posts based on IG reels. Why the flip?

Does anyone here have a facial skin care routine they follow? Something to reduce redness and make your face look healthier and skin clearer and nicer?

They have a religious festival in India where they literally climb a giant pile of cow shit

Moving to Bali Run clubs Instagram larpers

Thanks so much, I’ll give this a read for sure

I’ve noticed that looksmaxxing and a sort of determinism world view has taken over the male zeitgeist at least on the internet in the USA and idk I think they do get it right in the sense that’s looks and appearance do matter and increase your attractiveness. Being overweight and leaving obvious changes on the table like better clothes, barber, skincare, etc hurts you. My problem with it is I think it’s ultimately for losers cause it leans far too hard into a determinist mindset. It doesn’t build tenacity or any of the inner stuff PUA did. That’s what was so good about PUA and classic game and all the self help men material when I was young. It put more emphasis on qualities and character that would carry you through life and set you up better mentally. Teaching you to face your fears and not give a shit what other people think about you. These are age old lessons. This current trend is weird and I’m seeing it permeate out on social media pretty hard. A lot of people are leaning into it and really prioritizing looks and appearance. Again, not bad but I think it shows a deeper lack of understanding. I predict we will be left with a seriously jaded shell of a generation in 5-10 years when everyone has looksmaxxed and finds themselves woefully unprepared to handle what else life and dating throws at you.

Is reading philosophy, psychology, western intellectual gloom a waste of time? I’m talking Nietzsche, Kant, Jung, Robert Greene, etc. I’ve given them a go and found a lot of philosophy and western psychology is noise and that life is too short to try and read it all. Intuitively you gotta stick to what pulls you in and what really resonates and gives you life changing insights that lead to an expansion of consciousness. What do you want to read that will make you genuinely stronger and in love with life? Not some nuanced shit a spiritually asleep intellectual wrote that has some cool notions and concepts but in reality doesn’t actually raise your consciousness. Your consciousness should expand by double every time you read a book and if it’s not doing that it’s not a good book for you. Is a lot of books on these topics a waste of time? Tell me what NOT to bother reading in this thread

I actually bought it ages ago cause it’s on Leo’s book list. It’s not worth it?

Establishment Dems exist so a real left wing opposition isn’t able to form.

I used to be an audiobook guy but I realized I was leaving so much understanding and insights on the table. I’m not saying that you can’t learn from audiobooks. I’ve listened to some classic 2-3 times. It’s just much better to read it. That’s why it’s important to drop a book if it’s wasting your time. There’s a lot of people pushing how you always need to be reading lots of books but it’s better to put a little more effort in if you’re a slow reader and read the right books and have them change your life. I’ve really found it’s not worth trying to force yourself to read books you think will grow you but are a total slog all the way. The read should feel effortless. It may be slow and require energy but it should have a flow quality to it and insights should stream in, you should feel your consciousness expanding. If this ain’t happening it could mean it’s not the book for you.

No one knows for certain and no words can really convey what we personally know. From my experience what I know to be true is that they return home and take their shoes off 🏠

Relationships will teach you way more about women and sex than cold approaching and will also grow you far more as well in all areas of your life. But this is not to say that cold approach and social skills is a waste of time or just surface level. There’s a lot of lessons that come along with that as well.

Notion, Trello boards, productivity apps, planners They’re mostly bloat. I have a notion for my dream board and journals / notes and then a budget page I never use. I use the notes app on my Apple products that syncs with everything and Google Docs otherwise. This whole productivity app industry is 90% a distraction.