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Hi, another question I would have is: Does not your desire/life goal to become a Sage arise out of the ego? If so, how do you reconcile that, and any goals/aspirations we have with going through the process of actualization?

Hey We asked our GP to prescribe Provigil for my hubby. He declined. He said that it is for narcolepsy and he looked for information that it is also a cognitive enhancer and said not only could he not find any, but that he had not enough knowledge on the subject so could not prescribe it. He also said it is a stimulant. Now it may well stimulate the brain but there is no amphetamine effect. Unlike other times, I did not attempt to push the issue feeling it would be a totally fruitless exercise. We have ordered elsewhere. I'm extremely wary of its effect so there's lots of research for me to do in the meantime. If anyone has any advice on the subject I would sure welcome it, as to be honest, I'm a little scared - and feel that I probably need to be to do this absolutely properly for him.

I am asking for real help. My husband had a Grade 5 brain aneurysm in 2013 but survived with the only "deficits" being his orientation and object recogntion (his occipital lobes suffered infarcts), and his experiential memory. However, since his aneurysm he had had to learn everything from scratch. EVERYTHING. He has learned so much and recovered so much, however his emotiional growth is back at the level of a 15 or 16 year old. He was 39 when he had the Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). I have been doing my best to help him, psychologically and also helping him to find meaning, awareness and insight, however because of his level of intellectual growth I am failing. My own personal goal since the age of 23 (I am now 60) has been insight into what makes us who we are, connection with spirit, mysticism (with some success, however it has waned). My own growth is at stake here as well as my husband's growth - he is so courageous, and I admire him immensely. He is doing so well with where he is, however I know there is more for him. If anyone has any suggestions, I am very open to explaining more about where he is at, about where I am at, I just need a direction at the moment as to where to go. Anything governmental is not working, in fact I am currently at odds with our governmental system in Australia about where to go with his recovery. I have seen him occasionally be more than he is, and so there is obviously the capacity to be so. I love him, I love my life, I see that there is a reason for everything, but I cannot give up. It is my mission since the moment he was at the door of death to bring him back. I also have reasons derived from mysticism to believe that it is not only possible but is meant to be. I cannot give up under these circumstances. Any help would be much appreciated. <3

@kai0 Is it even a little bit non-subjective that the whole class of students got the same (apparently correct) answer? I.e. the expected answer.

Are you concerned that sometimes your content may be confrontational to people and may actually bring on a panic attack. Eg. confrontational issues such as death, "you are going to die" - which actually appears to be mentioned quite a lot by you. Given that we are all at varying stages on our paths, do you ever withhold information that could be considered confrontational - or perhaps think about advising on how to deal with panic attacks, or other manifestations of psychic distress brought about by your content that someone might not be ready for. Or general advice for people that are experiencing distress of this kind in relation to the internet and all its traps. Congratulations Leo! Loving your content.

@communitybuilder I really like those questions. You had me thinking at the first two, they're rather deep questions and I'd like to hear Leo's thoughts on those and others that you asked.

Also, as a separate issue, I lost interest in science when the study of gases became the study of an "Ideal Gas" - when it was freely admitted there is no such thing. Also, the weights given to subatomic particles have many decimal places - but we can stop at say 3 decimal places for computational reasons. There is a huge difference between what is a science fact and what is a science theory and this is something that is not even talked about by mainstream science (not that I am saying that science is actually factual). They don't even admit that they are working foundationally from a theory in the first place.

I studied a little physics/science and understood stoichiometry quite well. I've done lab experiments that bear out the results of mathematical chemical equations. So getting back to @kai0's question - why does it appear that reality is consistent - surely they have something right? I guess it's all relative depending on which perspective we are looking at it from - a human one; a somewhat elightened one; an aspirationally enlightened one or totally enlightened one (and all the infinite perspectives in between).

@Michael569 Thank you for all of this excellent information. That's quite a comprehensive list with excellent suggestions of many things that we can do better or try for the first time and continue on into the future.

I would like to share some of the thoughts I had whilst watching this video At first it was things like being unable to reconcile the following statements: I am a PART of the Universe The Universe OWNS me The Universe can make a car BETTER than any human can. I AM the Universe. Then towards the end of the video I had a strange thought occur to me - I'm actually already dead. I can feel some truth in that statement but don't understand it. I contemplated this for a little while but felt like if I went further with it I was going to just blink out of existence. Definitely something to rewatch many times. Thank you @Leo Gura

Hi everyone! Three days of Lion's Mane and we have had a real breakthrough with self-awareness! He's on his way!!!!! I don't have adequate words to convey how thankful and appreciative I am of everyone at Actualized.org. Much love,

Thank you again @Ananta and @Leo Gura for the responses. He doesn't have any brain damage as such. By that I mean, in the beginning there was brain damage and a small part of his frontal lobe was actually removed due to clotting. However over the past nearly 8 years he has undergone a remarkable recovery. He has no intellectual damage whatsoever - it is rather a matter of relearning the higher cognitive functions now, such as how to strategise, be able to watch himself thinking, compensate properly for a some left visual deficit and orientation to time and space, as well as more self-awareness-type considerations. He often has moments of being able to do these things so we know he has capacity, however his brain still tires easily. I do understand your point though @Leo Gura, and our GP may actually say the same thing and decline for that reason to prescribe Provigil. We will take it slowly and lovingly. Much love <3

Thank you so much! @outlandish what a perfect answer! I still have chills reading it and taking it in. Thank you @Leo Gurafor the info, I will look into both of those. Thank you @Enlightenment for the list of supplements also! I have just also watched your video Leo in relation to Nootropics. We are going to enquire in relation to Provigil early next week. Here in Australia it is subsidized - 60 tablets for $5.99! We also have some Lion's Mane in our cupboard that I had somehow forgotten about and I have ordered some more as well as a couple of others that help promote neuronal growth. We will try each one separately for a little while (I'll research how long that may have to be). I remember a couple of years ago taking 4 Lion's Mane and having a short out of body experience where I was looking down on myself whilst we were out for a walk. Thank you everyone - I am so glad to have found you all!