Anton Rogachevski

Thank you for sharing dear friend, Good read and rich with insights.

Same here. I have an affirmation like that, and I read it as part of my routine. Thank you for your input dear friend.

Hello everyone and thank you for visiting, I've heared a saying that got me in quite a mix. It said that when we are inauthentic we try to appear charming to show care, and upon growth we let our authentic compassion unfold effortlessly. So my question is, how to let go of inauthentic charm?

How did narcissism enter into this conversation?

Thank you all for your input dear friends.

My story is that I love inspiring those around me, to show that it's possible to heal. It feels good. So I guess I'll keep it for a while. I suppose it's delusion in the sense that I can't control other people's inspiration.

In one state, reality appears to exist, in an altered state it ceases to exist, each one is correct. If you say one is correct, you say the other is not, and so create a duality.

I totally get it. But to use subjective facts to dismiss objectivity just isn't right. It's for your freedom, not to say to other people they aren't real. I agree there's no proof of the existence of a reality, but there's no proof for anything really besides what you experience. What you find through your personal investigations is only right for you. To find out more, read Ken Wilber's quadron theory. Also check out my post which is inspired by his work: https://antonsjournal.home.blog/2019/01/01/the-mysterious-nature-of-awareness/

@Chives99 How do you know? Why not say there might be more, and stay at that. As profound and true as it is, I still don't like to use subjective direct experience to disqualify objectivity. This is the thing that creates tension and ultimately rejection in the scientific circles. Let's be integrative instead of dismissive.

My real spiritual quest began when I was 18, I just enlisted into the Israeli Army, and was training to become a warrior. A couple of months in I started to experience terrible panic attacks, anxiety, and depression, I was eventually released after a suicide attempt, while being diagnosed as a dependant personality. I had very little hope of ever being happy. I didn’t realize at the time that the episodes were in fact the beginning of a spiritual awakening. At 20, I was on many different meds, trying to solve this externally. I haven't had a clue then, that what I experienced was actually a yearn for God. I didn’t even consider the possibility that spirituality was a viable solution and that it was actually the true cure. It was years before I found out. 5 years of meds didn’t work, so I tried medicating myself with drugs, alcohol and a long 3 and a half years of toxic and codependent relationship. I accepted my fate and had lived for years in a stable moderate depressive state. To my incredible luck, 6 years ago I accidentally saw Leo’s video about curing depression. I remember that moment vividly when he said that when a person is in a deep meditative state he experiences bliss, therefore Bliss is the deeply buried basic emotion in each of us. This was a shocking discovery for me. In my total desperation and surrender, I was excited to try something new and different as a solution to my problem. Very soon the effects of meditation started to come and I was truly hopeful for the first time in 6 years of absolute misery. I've committed to this journey completely, watched every video Leo’s got, and practiced all the incredible principles and practices as well as I could. Following Leo’s radical open mindedness principle, I also found a 12 steps fellowship that deals specifically with Codependency, and it too was incredibly beneficial to my recovery. 12 steps is very simple and useful tool for shadow work and spiritual awakening. Nowadays, I’m coaching a new friend in recovery and it seems like there’s progress. Today I experience happiness 90% of the time, and I’ve almost forgotten how depression and anxiety actually feel. I’m deeply passionate about personal development, and have a steady spiritual growth. I’m running a few blogs for different audiences. I enjoy every moment and see the magic of existence. It’s amazing when you start seeing your own happiness expanding outwards to the people around you. Thank you for reading, I hope to see more recovery stories from you too.

Try going easy on that baby oil.

@Annoynymous I had a very toxic life, and I used many things to self-medicate. At some point I guess I got used to the pain and had surrendered to it. I stayed alive pretty much for my family. Also it's actually very scary to kill yourself.

@Preetom Thank you for your support dear friend.

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@Annoynymous On what points to elaborate? I started with intense meditation, and self inquiry. Gradually built to 5 hours per day, and 2 hours yoga. That was the peak in my monk mode, and from there gradually slowed down to 3 hour mediation/contemplation, and normal full time job. Once a week two groups of 12 steps. You may visit my blog for more. https://antonsjournal.home.blog

Thank you for the fascinating discussion, I am pretty satisfied with Genetics as an answer. Just imagine a hereditary line of priests or shamans, a cast of spiritual people if you will. The DNA stores memories, it's scientifically proven. This also explains the visions of the masters who gained full access to the subconscious mind and withdrew that data from DNA.

Did you use psychedelics in the past? Thank you for sharing dear friend, Godspeed

If you want to take a close look at how a passionate artist is working on his creation, watch Jodorowsky's Dune. It's a documentary about his ambitious work in creating an extraordinary and spiritually transforming film. To see his best work watch The Holy Mountain, this will blow your mind!

The enlightened one does many things, while not doing anything at all.

It's not as simple as just letting go of this Intellectual desire, it must be thoroughly quenched before one can let it go, and even the "let go" is not in our control, it just happens, or one could say, god is helping us to let go. Do you think you can control your desires? Well, you are in for quite a ride!

@clouffy I too come from a very problematic place of depression, anxiety, codependency and a messy life. The first thing I did when I'd watched Leo's videos for the first time was to take Meditation very seriously, and in addition to that, I worked on many other methods and principles that ensured my recovery. First of all, you can't have the focus or energy needed to do enlightenment work if you have these, so solving them first would be wiser. Secondly, enlightenment work as Leo talks about it, is a very specific and narrow domain. There are many more tools and methods that will help you with depression and anxiety. For example: Sedona method, self acceptance, affirmations, gratitude, improving your material life, self reliance, 100% responsibility, authenticity. ----------- The desire for happiness is indeed the desire for god. Nothing will ever fill that emptiness, other than god. For me, the best method to heal emptiness, and loneliness is 12 steps. Please check out my post about 12 steps.

Limiting belief.

You are young and you think in binary terms - either this or that, but a good life is a balance. The middle path, if you will. It is very selfish to think enlightenment is something you do only for yourself. If you intend to become a pratyekabuddha, quit right now. Living a normal balanced life as a part of society is the foundation for being a bodhisattva, your job once you are at high level will be to become a viable part of society, which will help promote the collective consciousness. In the end, every single thing you do is enlightenment work, you are just not conscious enough to see it yet. This work isn't separate from day to day life.

They are so aware of their selfishness and arrogance, it deeply disgusts them, and so letting it go is the only option left. This is how liberation appears from outside. Pure humility.