blessedlion1993

Teal Swan and Leo have an incredible amount of similar videos and almost the same amount of subscribers and started around the same time....i smell a conspiracy!

i actually ran into this issue, i realized that i was putting up a front and had to act in line with that front, which in a way was lying. but i found it easy to show myself slowly, and the acting dumb just kinda loosened up the intro and helped break the ice

So i went out last night to a party, and was all anxious about doing pick-up and even though i rolled into the party with 5 women and was dancing in a circle with them (massive social validation) i didn't want to hookup with them bc they are my friends. So i looked around and was trying to find a hottie, and there were a few. I noticed that in talking with the girls i was not getting the results i wanted and was being a bit needy or try hard. Then i randomly remembered a quote i saw in a video from Leo that was like "the dumber you act the better you are at game" or something like that. And it just clicked. I started just being super spacey and acting like i was literally dumb but also still holding down pillars like presence, honesty, expressing intent, but just being so dumb. not dumb like "duhhh 2 + 2 =5" or saying dumb shit like that, but dumb on like a social level, like just kinda out of it and not in my head at all. not really responding to questions and occasionally staring off in the distance. Ended up hooking up with the hottest girl there for about 2 hours, making out and stuff and then going home with another hot girl who was there. It's so simple! And i dont really even like the word "dumb" it's more unconcerned, but it really can't be an act "i'm so chill, i'm so unneedy, i'm not bothered by anything" people see right through that, so dumb kinda is the best word to describe whatever the fuck i was doing, but hey it worked. Couple that with making her felt safe, bingo Safe and Stupid , my new pillars for pick-up. Hah

i think so many guys already act smarter and more entitled than women , that if you do this dumb thing it calms them down a bit and they don't feel lowered in any way. wisdom that's true, the buddha basically had a tantric brothel so he needed to spit no game

sick... Yes! I think this has a lot to do with it. It's like by being dumb and simple, it's assumed your not malicious insecure and judging her, it makes her feel safer bingo

After 5 years of personal development i have come to the conclusion that it is a balancing act. I'm all about habits and getting better, but if there isn't time for integration and slow growth, you will just backslide. Many want to 10X their personal development and have rapid transformation, but i've learned this work has it's own natural maturation phase that you cannot rush or plow through. It's actually quite beautifully designed and nice when you can just relax into your own progress without needing to push it or read so many books. Just do like 1-2 hours a day of meditation , reading , courses, whatever and you're set, it's almost impossible to not grow and develop. The key is consistency, vision and becoming keenly aware of what goes into your mind, other people, media , etc. Be like the fucking white house with what enters your mind, maximum security , only the highest quality of books, teachings, friends, even music! It all comes down to lifestlye and mindset I found myself watching these psychology videos and i realized how so many people who study this stuff like triggers, psychology, childhood trauma, many of them really get nowhere in their progress because there isn't love. All these things, pick-up, healing, psychology, improvement, they just point to a lack of authenticity and love, simplified that's all it is.

i wish i could better explain what i was doing, but i can't put into language yet, it wasn't dumb like that, blurting thing out etc but def less calculating and not trying

this place is heaven brotha! Avoid the touristy spots though, there are some serious gems here filled with conscious yoga babes who love tantra and psychedelics

@Leo GuraWhy do you think that is? My theory is it makes them feel safe and unjudged

I guess he was trying to prove a point, but he's just like being an asshole and ruining peoples' day. Those poor women probably felt unsafe

@The Lucid Dreamer Gotcha, yeah that's a much better way of putting it. @Koeke Ralston is actually a dark dude at times, i did a 2 week retreat with him and the whole thing was basically shadow work. In his books, especially the book of not knowing, he goes into the core beliefs of the ego that create the shadow. It's all based on consciousness expansion but that requires deep digging

cool, thanks! I've done a Ralston retreat and just started getting into Teal Swan...she's kinda like Leo but female, they'd be a cute couple

Interesting @The Lucid Dreamer you explain this very well. I would say i'm pretty similar. I'm 28 now but been diving into this for over 5 years, 2-3 years of meditation before Leos work, however, Leo took it to the next level, by far. All the other people i followed, John kabat, eckhart toole, etc didn't even go close to "there" I love how Leo just puts it the fuck out there, because people need to know But i still don't see how that explains that people aren't having an experience? If your consciousness living through multiple lives then the people youre interacting with, while yes they are still you, are still having an experience and their own consciousness? I don't see how any of this justifies solopsism.

@Hello from Russiawhats the best shadow work teacher you've seen?

you tell people to take a bunch of the strongest psychedelics in the world and that they are imagining everyone in their life...some are bound to go off the rails. even if it is true, it's dangerous and needs to be eased into, not saying it's true. i personally believe others definitely have their own consciousness and experience. my problem with Leos teaching is he doesn't stress the importance of other people and community enough. As cool as it can feel to be this lone wolf conscious mofo, we are deeply social and even if you attain the highest enlightenment, being alone and not relating to others will make you sick. people can also be like the strongest medicine and consciousness raising tools out there, you just have to know how to do it. aubrey marcus for example, holds many of the same ideas and philosophies of Leo but very much promotes community, which i don't see much from Leo, if anything, it's like "better to be alone and people are a distraction, they're all unconscious chimps" I used to have this mindset and it made me isolate, think i was superior, and depressed. we need each other, no matter how conscious we become. Aho! p.s. -not a criticism to Leo and his introverted way of life, i just think for most people, that style is not going to work. I love Leos' work and will continue to be a loyal fanboi, ive done the LP course, have the book list, listened to every episode, etc but i had to come to my own conclusion on many things and taking everything he says on blind faith is stoopid

bc it has the potential to drive people nuts, solopsism is considered a form of madness

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no i found them all in the real world in real life

i lost all my shitty friends, was alone for a bit, and now i have amazing friends and a real tribe. its invaluable and took some time to build, but so much better than being around toxic people who just drink, jerk off, and watch sports. my advice is to find people in tantra , yoga, meditation, plant medicine communities, that's where the dope people r at

I went to a Ralston retreat, i did 2 of them back to back, was very insightful and also very difficult.

i just say "you doing/saying this made me feel (this) in my body"

I won't deny that younger women are more attractive physically and enrgetically, but i also meet a ton of older women who have really aged into their femininity beautifully with deeper wisdom that a young woman just doesn't have. its like a fine wine It depends on how they age in my opinion, many older women i meet (30+) do have a sense of bitterness and disagreeability towards men, they've just been through too much bullshit with guys so maybe it's justified. But to me, the godesses are the older women who recognize the beauty in the dance of feminine and masculine without this chip on the shoulder and the ability to still drop into her feminine surrender and flow.

@Space Lizard That might be true in terms of material things, but what about mental fortitude and spiritual growth? What if your main goal is to build your highest self? Which is an infinite venture, and I'm not saying perfect, I'm saying a fully authentic, fully loved, version of yourself. I think it's all intertwined, getting the hot girl, being an entreprenuer (if that's what you want) is just a path to building the person you want to be. It takes a certain person to get the hot high quality girl and run their own business (fact) You may get older, but I don't think you need to "decline" neccesarily, I mean your body will function well (if you're healthy) up until about 65-70, then sure you won't be able to do the physical activities you used to, but by then you should have built yourself up so well spiritually that you are ready to dwindle down and surrender to the end. Actually this philosophy always works, that's a limiting belief. As long as you are breathing you can strengthen and improve your soul. I think it's good to be humble, but also not to be passive

this is just as judgey as "chimpery and pissing their life away" Also i have never once in personal development heard anyone say that starting a family is pissing away life... ? Where are you getting this? Usually that phrase is said about doing drugs, drinking, video games, porn, being a victim, being a sheep

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