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But some like me are angry at you or hurt . Will it help those. 😂😂

Does contemplation grant it ? Which grants tranquility amidst chaos-- Meditation or contemplation ?

@Majed It's easy to give advice and tough to implement. I would say that buy and read read Models by Mark Manson. I am sorry that you are facing this. By the way I am 24 year old single who has never been in a relationship and I am starting to become ok with it.

@Leo Gura What are your views on your Indian subscribers of your YouTube channel( I subscribed in 2017) and forum users. Could we break free from Hindu dogma ? And jailbreak our mind? Background: I was born in a Hindu family but I wasn't a extremist. Most of my friends put Hinduism on pedestral. But I don't even though I respect Hinduism , I have read Buddhism , listened to Rumi ( Sufi poet) and Islamic songs too. Yes, religion creates hindrance in understanding God as it is conceptualisation with some truths into it. Direct experience is the reality. One of my friend called me sn exception as I am not a radical Hindu. Few friends in my past told me that you are a shame to Hinduism. Haha. I am proud of not being like them who insult other faiths. Also I think philosophy , self-help has contributed a huge to my life. All of us must contemplate( including myself) -- How do I jailbreak my mind ?

@Leo Gura Congratulations. By the way does self help or philosophy makes one stronger ? I experienced a setback yesterday but it affected me for less than an hour. I find myself smiling a little when I began feeling the negative emotions or accepting them. Earlier I used to suffer a lot more than that before doing self-help. Could you explain what just happened to me.

Nope dude you are much more advanced 👍. I have a question -- Is self help for the weak or the strong as if most people could do it then why most people are anti Self- help, anti-philosophy even though they respect spiritual fantasy in their minds which they call spirituality?

We all struggle from emotional pain. The only difference is duration of pain. Some of us distract ourselves when it occurs while very few feel through it. Which is the key to reducing it. Your journey is different than everybody because people have different problems.

I have meditated for 5 years straight with frequency of daily meditation only with little breaks of 4 days 5-6 times. But yeah you have done more radical practices than us which is why you are at a high place in life.

@Leo Gura Then it's mind boggling why most people spend their time watching YouTube shorts or instagram reels . In college my friends used to make fun of me by reading philosophy books , self-help books , watching videos. But they were a little surprised when they came to know that I meditate for 20 minutes and they also made fun of my insights which I came to when I contemplated.

@Leo Gura I am grateful that I made an investment for myself by doing self-help which later transitioned into a philosopher's life. By the way-- What are your views on how ancient Eastern philosophers lived ? As per suffering Leo the most advanced stuff Self- help has taught me to accept suffering and see it as temporary as happiness.

@Leo Gura Contemplated for 2 years but then got sidetracked. Now I have began my contemplation journey again.

It is one of the most powerful tools to direct yourself to truth. I was contemplating -- How do I get a girlfriend ? And the answers came to my mind were:- It doesn't matter weather I am in a relationship or not(I was bombarded with this first insight by my mind over and over ) By talking to girls Thanks.

@EternalForest Thanks. I will try to contemplate more different questions in the future.

I sat down 30 minutes contemplating this question-- How do I reduce my suffering due to external circumstances? Answers - .By realising that they fluctuate like switch . By realising that they are just in my mind . By realising that other's actions, words, attitude towards me is reflection of their own thoughts . By realising that other's are not within my control . By realising that I am imagining external circumstances . By realising that in the far future I won't look back at them . By realising that external circumstances doesn't mean anything . By realising that suffering due to it is temporary

@Ulax Thanks.

@Human Mint Thanks.

@Leo Gura But what about acceptance of suffering ? I noticed many times that when I accept it I begin to smile no matter how much I am in emotional pain. I used to have a fantasy that positive psychology will cure my pain but as soon as I discovered acceptance of suffering via Acceptance and commitment therapy-- I began to engage with pain How to overcome the challenge of people disrespecting you and being haunted by the past ?

@Leo Gura I have one question -- How to find peace amidst emotional suffering ? Regarding this I have noticed that accepting it reduces the amount of suffering. Also when I took a perspective regarding the inevitable nature of suffering I noticed myself smiling once while suffering this morning. And am unrelated question --According to you which spiral stage does Martin Seligman belongs ?

Hope you live happily with what will come in the unknown future.

How do I act in my life? Insight : According to my rational thoughts which don't feel hurting but neutral.

Before acting in a given situation , is it a sign of intelligence to first be present then think through and then act ? or just thinking through and acting is intelligence ?

@Leo Gura Honestly speaking I am thinking of restarting my contemplation. So sitting in a room with a diary and writing at top the following questions : 1.What is success ? 2. How do I become successful ? 3. How do I stop chasing success desparately ? 4. How do I improve in the things that I do ? And thinking through each of these on my own or using direct experience for each of these ? Another good episodes of your are: How to contemplate using a journal. The power of asking questions.

@Leo Gura And the remaining 5%? 😂

@Leo Gura Your episode -- What is actuality ? pulled me out of intense suffering in 2018 December. Thanks.

@Leo Gura Yeah action is important in every domain of life. Otherwise thoughts remain just mental gymnastics. Even in career massive action is important.