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In terms of enlightenment I was wondering what the overall goal was for politics. I've never really been a political person but enlightenment has made politics more confusing for me than it already was. On one hand I know that morality is relative & does not actually exist existentially because it is our minds that determine what is "right" or "wrong," but on the other hand, how does this translate into enlightened politics? Are we just making policies that stem from our own subjective morality even though we know that morality is an illusion? Should I stop thinking about the cultivation of political policies in terms of morality & instead in terms of something else more profound? Any insights would be appreciated

From a universal standpoint nothing can be right or wrong because morality is a construct perceived merely by the human mind & the human mind is very limited in its ability to accurately perceive. Nothing can be 'objectively' wrong because not everyone thinks the same way or has the same moral constructs due to ethical relativism. What is right in Western culture looks very wrong to people from other cultures & vice versa. Both of those cultures are very sure that their construct of morality is the objectively 'correct' or 'right' one. Which culture's moral construct do we believe in? Most likely the one we grew up in. I don't like to think of actions in terms of whether they are 'right' or 'wrong' I like to think of them in terms of whether they are conducive to heightening love & consciousness among humanity. If the ultimate goal is consciousness & love, obviously rape is counterproductive to that goal & a highly conscious person would not rape or harm somebody because in doing so they are raping or harming themselves.

Hello. I just watched Leo's video "How to Stop Being a Victim - Part 2 - What All Victims Fail to Understand" & I can almost completely grasp the concept that problems tend to be a projection of the mind since the mind has to be the one to attribute a negative meaning to the external event. However, I started to think about people who are put into situations where they are objectively (by my definition) being actively victimized. For example, teens who suffer from physical abuse from their parents on a daily basis who can not escape the situation, people who get stalked or harassed by ex significant others, people who are homeless, etc... I'm having some issues fully grasping how extreme scenarios such as these would be merely a projection of the mind if they actively threaten ones' survival. I try to put myself in those same scenarios & I do not think I could become conscious enough to the point where I could warp my perception of those issues to be positive or solely mentally constructed problems. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I really want to grasp this concept in its entirety.

Interested in hearing more about what you mean by this in relation to the post.

Also I really do not appreciate the blanket assumption that you made about me rubbing my success in their face. You would have absolutely no way of knowing whether or not I do that based on what I wrote here & doing that goes against everything that I stand for in my life. I would never boast about my successes, which aren’t even that extraordinary in my eyes, to people with the intent of propping myself up. As I stated in my post, I don’t even talk about my successes because I know that this will make them feel resentful.

These are my childhood friends I’ve known for almost a decade. I’ve offered numerous times to coach them for free in the gym because I am a personal trainer & bodybuilder to help them with their appearance issues, I have offered to help them start their own businesses & have offered numerous times to include them in my side hustles to make some extra cash, I sit down with them for hours & try to talk about their issues with them & introduce them to self development work. They refuse every offer I’ve ever made to help them. I don’t need anybody else to prop myself up & I knew somebody was going to misinterpret my statements in this exact way. Me simply existing & being successful is not “rubbing my success in their face”. And having friends not in the same circumstances is not me using them as “tools” to feel better about myself when I already feel fantastic. No matter what I do to offer to help my friends further themselves in life, they refuse that offer, stay stuck in their victim mentality, & then undermine my accomplishments.

It’s a complicated relationship because I’ve been friends with these people for a good 7 years and they have dipped their toes into self actualization so they are aware when they are projecting their own perceived inadequacies and insecurities onto me, but they seem not to care regardless of having this awareness. It’s like they know what they’re doing & are aware of the deeper reasons behind what they’re doing, yet still do it anyways. I’ve never seen anything like it

You’re not wrong. They act very shitty. However they are stuck in their own victim mentality & I was there once so I can empathize. Their behavior is more pitiful to me than it is insulting. Not sure if I’m willing to condone this behavior much longer though

I am experiencing the same issue in my life right now. I have some friends who are drowning in their own self induced misery & when I try to help them by conveying some truths to them, they get very hostile & aggressive. Someone told me in another post that "Helping people closest to you is a counter-intuitive thing, you help them when you love them as they are." This has been hard for me to accept because I have dealt with the same issues as my friends & have been able to overcome them just by acknowledging these truths, but I've also had to learn that people are not ready to stop suffering until they are damn good & ready. A lot of people do not want real solutions to their issues, they just want to bask in their misery. As for your feeling of disconnect from society, I also feel the same way. However I run a small Instagram dedicated to my fitness journey & have started posting some enlightenment/self actualization content & people have been responding quite positively to it & I've been able to get through to some people & encourage them to start their own journey. Sometimes you just need to throw stuff out there & you never know who is going to resonate with it. I've been able to find others who are on the same self actualization journey as me just by making a few posts on Instagram & including some hashtags. Sometimes it helps to actively try to broaden your circle. Trust me you are not the only one feeling this alienation.

Do correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that it's possible to entirely get rid of the ego considering many of us grew up with it for a few decades of our lives before coming to the realization that the ego was illusory & it is challenging to have complete conscious awareness 24/7 without slipping into unconsciousness sometimes. I was wondering hypothetically what living would look like if one was able to dissolve a good 90% of their ego. Is the almost complete dissolution of the ego something to strive for?

I'm just trying to think about how I would convey this concept to someone who experiences more traumatic experiences in their life. It would be kind of difficult to tell someone, for example, a teen who gets abused daily by their parents & can not escape from that, that their "problem" is merely a mentally constructed one & that they just have to change their perception of what is happening & it will no longer be a problem. I want to help people but it's even hard for me to imagine trying to warp my perception to that extent as a young adult

I've found that if people are perfectly content with their lives living unconsciously or semi consciously that they don't really need to be thrown into enlightenment & self actualization work because trying to dismantle their perception of reality that they already enjoy as is tends to backfire especially if they don't have any desire to pursue self actualization to the fullest. Personally I ventured into self actualization because I was depressed & needed to come to these realizations, I tried to spread the message & then realized that not everyone is depressed & suffering tremendously to the point where they need to acknowledge these things

Thank you for your insights. I appreciate them greatly

Hello. I just watched Leo's video "How to Stop Being a Victim - Part 2 - What All Victims Fail to Understand" & I can almost completely grasp the concept that problems tend to be a projection of the mind since the mind has to be the one to attribute a negative meaning to the external event. However, I started to think about people who are put into situations where they are objectively (by my definition) being actively victimized. For example, teens who suffer from physical abuse from their parents on a daily basis who can not escape the situation, people who get stalked or harassed by ex significant others, people who are homeless, etc... I'm having some issues fully grasping how extreme scenarios such as these would be merely a projection of the mind if they actively threaten ones' survival. I try to put myself in those same scenarios & I do not think I could become conscious enough to the point where I could warp my perception of those issues to be positive or solely mentally constructed problems. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I really want to grasp this concept in its entirety.

The humbling clicked for me this morning after I read a few things. I can see myself achieving enough consciousness to the point where I would be able to mentally overcome these things & realize that they are not actual problems outside of my mind interpreting that they are. But I was trying to explain this concept to a friend who has been through what the average person would call "horrific" life experiences & unfortunately also realized that a lot of people will not be too willing to accept this reality

The way you phrased that first part genuinely made it all click for me. I was attempting to explain this to a friend who has been through some (How your average person would interpret it as) horrific life experiences & then thought that I really can't see the majority of people receiving this message well or even coming close to accepting it even though it could change their lives for the better.