Tim R

It will and it already is. The internet is way to vast and powerful for us humans and if a person doesn't know how to think straight, the internet and media are prone to do more intellectual harm than good ime. However the internet is the only thing that will get us to yellow. The internet is the most yellow thing you could ever come up with. Relativism is on the rise and it's gonna shake our culture right to the core. Not sure how we're gonna deal with tho.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting I'd like to bring some attention to the problem of gaslighting and the deconstruction of reality. I think there are some similarities between the two, but the main difference is obviously the intention behind it: gaslighting is purely malicious, manipulative and has no interest in getting any closer to truth. However: the structure can be similar and the effects can be similar too. Therefore, the deconstruction of reality (which has been the enterprise of Actualized.org for quite some time now) can easily be regarded by some individuals as something rather detrimental and resembling the nature of gaslighting (which is also the reason I think for the numerous accusations of Leo leading a cult, since gaslighting is a very, very common method used by cults). Those individuals can be left with mostly nothing but the damaging effects of deconstructing their, assumptions, memories, perceptions, beliefs, and overall sense of reality. Which itself can start a whole cascade of psychological and emotional problems, ranging in severity. I know, Leo made it clear many times that this work is literally a threat to your life (not your physical life) and that there are dangerous aspects to it, but especially on this forum I sometimes get the impression, that people don't quite understand that there are real threats to this and that not everybody will break through to truth. Some people might simply get stuck in a semi-deconstructed reality full of uncertainties and destructive doubts. PS: this is not an accusation; I don't think that the intents of Actualized.org are malicious in any way.

This is the most toxic and cruel stage red shit I've ever come across, wtf... Violence overload and sexual abuse beyond comprehension. This is insane, absolutely and completely. You really have to be Jesus to love the people who did this.

nope

@Leo Gura How can emptiness and infinite/god consciousness not be identical?

@Bodhitree That's from a story from Terence McKenna, it was about DMT

Do you know of any instances of spiritual masters taking (strong) psychedelics like 5-MeO or DPT or something similar? I've just been reading Leo's old solo retreat notes and he mentioned that a Zen Master for example wouldn't care to take DMT to integrate the entities into his world view because a) he thinks his enlightenment is enough and b) because it is against one of the 5 precepts (although it actually isn't btw)

I just found this research paper https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.601316/full This study found that certain chemical compounds in green tea (they used "Xinyang Maojian"), cacao and grapes (muscadine grape) have inhibitory qualities on an enzyme (main protease, MPro), which the virus needs to replicate. The extent to which consumption of this food can actually contribute to a protective effect against COVID cannot be derived from this study tho, since it was in-vitro.

I think the confusion was about whether you @Nahm think that Rupert is spot on correct or whether you agree that he's biased etc.

The ocean is not still. "Stillness" is just another idea. The ocean isn't moving, "movement" is also just an idea.

@Ibgdrgnxxv But you're not pointing out anything, you just claim that people on this forum deliberately lie and deceive.

You can't get along and have a sense of connection if certain criteria aren't fulfilled though That's what I meant by saying "it's not a checklist sort of thing" What do you think it is then?

@DefinitelyNotARobot Well keep looking then❤

@Preety_India Don't you think that falling in love is actually some sort of criteria selection, too? I don't mean like in a "checklist" sort of way selection, but an intuitive feeling about whether the person suits your criteria?

Right. @DefinitelyNotARobot And when do you expect that is going to happen, hm?

You still can set boundaries but you don't cling to them

That's right, therefore there is no Karma, no illusion of doing, no birth (the wave doesn't believe itself to be a wave, "waving" along) and hence no death. Can you see how there aren't any "waves"? We aren't waves, we are the ocean believeng itself to be a wave. Consequence and cause are also just illusions (albeit very, very tricky ones); Dogen says it in his "Shōbōgenzō": "Spring doesn't become summer. There is spring, and then there is summer." Which is exactly correct of course. Look at the sky: are the clouds leaving a trail? No. Are the birds leaving a trail? No. Look at wood, burning: does it leave a trail? No, there is wood and then there is ashes, but the wood doesn't become the ashes. Why not? Because the past doesn't exist (and neither does the future). Now look at yourself in the same way: you aren't the consequence of who you were, what you really are is who you are now! But if you think that you are somehow a consequence from the past and a cause for the future, you are under illusion; that is your Karma. To think that you are the consequence of your past is your birth (= cause), and to think that you are the cause of your future is your death (=consequence), you see? That's Samsara. (since all consequence is also a cause, birth and death are of course identical) Whereas in reality, you only exist now! And now is neither birth nor death because you as a separate self don't exist and therefore were never born and are never going to die!! That's Nirvana! btw if you're into Zen/Buddhism in general, I highly recommend you read Dogens "Shōbōgenzō". It might be a difficult book, but definitely worth giving a shot!

In some sermons he says/does something crazy and then laughs about it for a second like "holy moly I can't believe these suckers buy into this performance, man we gonna make some good money today!!" @Leo Gura Take a look at what I mean (and at 0:47); he can't contain it, it's like he's trying to cover it up. Why is he laughing then?

@machinegun Karma is just an idea. There isn't any actual Karma being collected or cleared. Karma means "action" or "deed". Ok, so what does that mean? It means, that if you think "you" act, then there is Karma. It means that there is still an identification with thought, because you think that behind every "doing/deed" there is a "do-er"; somebody, who is doing certain things. The "do-er" however is itself just a thought; there isn't any individual self exerting control. So, to "lose" Karma means to see though the illusion of a separate self. This is connected to the idea of Samsara: if you think that you as a separate self exist, "you" were born. And as long as you think that you were born, you will also have to think that you're going to die because birth implies death (life is not the opposite of death, it's birth).

Ironically enough I just had this idea in the shower: let's open a Shower Thoughts Mega-Thread Where we share odd, creative, funny and useful ideas which came to us during routine tasks like showering or things like that. Most threads are either questions or problems, only some of them share new information/ideas, most of which are not their own (which isn't a problem). What do you think? This could turn out to be a pretty decent source of inspiration.

That wold be the simplest explanation and thus the preferable

This shit doesn't even seem real. Is he actually weeping or just another con artist like Copeland?

And if the world isn't actually ending?

@Ibgdrgnxxv Are you offering constructive critique? Or what exactly is your intention? Because quite frankly I don't think that this: is prevalent on this forum. That's quite an accusation, you know.. So, could you elaborate please?