Sincerity

Are there not infinite degrees? If so, then what does "being Awake" mean? Obviously it couldn't be at some specific degree because there's always infinite more. Not even mentioning that the "degrees" aren't really countable.

Hey @Leo Gura out of curiosity, what is your standard for being "Awake" nowadays? Seems like it's set very very high. Would you agree it raises for you the more conscious you become? During one of my God-realization awakenings I uttered and noted down the words "I am Awake" in amazement. It felt so powerful and true to me. Obviously my awakenings were still weak sauce in comparison to what is (supposedly) possible but I recognized Myself at that time and because of this I felt like it was completely appropriate to say I was Awake. Do you now feel like "just" recognizing Yourself isn't enough to consider yourself Awake? It has to reach levels similar to the ones from your poem or sth like that? And btw would you consider yourself Awake?

Probably my sister dying or getting deeply traumatized in some way. Especially because of something I could have prevented. Death is a close second, if not first.

Some of my prompts from DALL-E

Overall in my posts responding to you (not only under this topic) I've been trying to point you towards a direct experience of awakening which I think you might not have had based on the things you say and how you say them. If you think this is from below... well. Sigh. I'm sorry if I was too mean. I hope you find peace. If you ever wish to PM me with something about spirituality, I'm there.

It's very easy to see. Lol. I'm done here. Good luck to you.

I'm being harsh here because almost no one else is. Instead of yammering all the time and flooding the forum with your bs you could do some actual work. You are half parroting Leo, half sharing your unfounded theories and ideas. I cringe at every other post of yours because you clearly haven't awoken and yet you're talking with absolute certainty about things you don't know. You are not here to learn. You are not only deluding yourself but also misleading other users who haven't awoken yet but think that you have and read your posts. I have personally met a guy from this forum and talked about this with him so I know this is the case to SOME degree at least. If you wanna philosophize there is the philosophy subforum. But I see you preaching in the spirituality subforum often while it's obvious you have little experience in spirituality and awakening. I know this is mainly MY problem because it's ME who's annoyed by your posts. But come the fuck on. Maybe it's my mistake but I expect more from this forum.

I don't know why Leo is letting you slide with this blatant ignorance.

The present moment comes from itself. Reality is self-conceiving, right now. Your modeling is futile. This thinking and discussions you're having all the time are completely pointless. You are NOT going for the Truth. Break out of it!

He has done it. He's found a hot witch gf. Congrats man!!!

You don't know the full impact and you don't know the "consequences". Being is being, not whatever you're saying. No you don't and you can't live based on the knowledge, because you don't have the knowledge. You don't require embodiment, you require awakening. Not the intellectual bullshit. --------------------- Sigh dude. The certainty with which you talk about things you have no idea about is appalling. When are you finally gonna wisen up? You know, one of the guidelines is this:

Don't Be safe!

I'M BAAAAAAAAAACK It was fun as hell. A lot of cool new experiences, meeting new people, at times literally crying tears of joy. But it's good to be home. I can't wait to spend more time in solitude and do some work now.

This is a playlist of 30+ videos teaching how to manage your emotions. It's part of some course the lady is selling (I didn't buy it) but the videos alone are good too I think. ^ This technique is kinda similar to Leo's flattening of thoughts (from the Grasping the Illusory Nature of Thought video) I'd say the channel is worth checking out in general. This video really touched me: A profound display of emotion + very wise message. The lady is inspiring to me

Well, I'm off for the trip. I will most likely not log into my account for that time. I'm scared and I'm excited. It'll be fun. I've had quite a lot to face lately and it's often been really difficult. I deserve to have a break. Cya!

I've been feeling really sad in the last days. Not all the time of course. It's coming in waves. Mostly going about my day, sometimes spontaneously bursting into tears. I'm not in the mood for explaining why but yeah. Sadness. I feel like this video really helped me. I was amazed by the lady's very open expression of emotion and it made me cry (I actually watched it in public but I didn't make anyone uncomfortable I think. It wasn't crowded). She inspires me to express feelings more openly and cry freely when I feel like it. Emotions are so beautiful. Expression is so awesome. Even when it's hard to process sometimes, there's something so cool about expressing emotion freely. Really, emotions must be one of my favourite things in life. Besides sadness I'm also feeling a bit overwhelmed by my incoming trip across some European cities. Also today I've been feeling a bit sick - which I'm really worried about. But I'm hoping everything is gonna be okay. I'm drinking tea with lemon and honey, took some pills, listening to fricking binaural beats (lol, I'm desparate okay? ). I'm trying to be optimistic. Everything is fine.

Enable the option to delete all tabs when closing the window. I totally understand you. But make this step to always close all tabs and you won't regret it. Let go. If you REALLY need to save the tabs you have opened at some point you can save them as a session. At least that's an option in my browser (Vivaldi). Or save them in some other way, idk.

God please, take me home... 'Cause I don't remember... Take, take me home! 'Cause I don't remember... Take, take me home! 'Cause I don't remember... Take, take me home! Oh Lord Well, I've been a prisoner all my life... And I can say to you But I don't remember Take, take me home...

The mind is always seeking, but in the wrong places It doesn't know that it's actually seeking oneness. It's seeking its true nature, it wants to be whole. As long as you're not whole, you are seeking.

Man, it's SO intelligent how ego works. The sneakiness. It works in the shadows. The ego is so subtle, it's very hard to pinpoint its influence on your sensemaking. Denial. Oversimplification of reality. Conceptualization of everything. This is literally the perfect way to maintain sanity. The antidote to infinity Viewing things always in relation to itself. Infinite capacity for denial and blindness. Ingenious defense mechanisms. It's perfect

One of the most epic scenes in movie history: Not exactly a hot take but you know. I like it a LOT. Tension is through the roof and the music is simply outstanding.

LOL, actually not much difference between these two

OP's degree of awakening was not the object of my post. I was responding only to your misguided statements. Btw @Zeroguy, happy for you buddy!

I really like Cave Story. I have a soft spot for it, one of my fav games ever. The soundtrack is SO BEAUTIFUL and so fitting. Might be the best part of the game! The story is great. The combat is fun, some battles are really hard! The overall atmosphere... I was so immersed in the game when I played it for the first time. This week I replayed it because I just like it so much. I really recommend you check it out. It's available for free. The game was created by a solo developer Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya and released in 2004. This guy is the father of solo indie developers. Inspiring stuff. One weird thing about the game is that getting the best ending is VERY counter-intuitive, if not downright impossible without checking the wiki. I've been thinking about this. Why is this so? Was this bad design on Pixel's end or was this totally intentional? Below is a great analysis of the game's story and a good explanation for this decision. The explanation is that a human would almost surely never get this good ending. If this game was your world and you were a character in it, you wouldn't be able to make things work out. Because you're not omniscient and you don't know what exactly you'd have to do to get the best outcome. Lately I've had the insight that following virtues not always results in the best outcomes. You can act purely from good intention and in spite of that, still bring harm on yourself or others. You can be a saint all your life and still you may face "unfair" tragedies. I think this might be the reason why some people turn away from God. They believe that if they act good, God will reward them with what they want. Which is foolish (and a misunderstanding of God). The future is unforeseeable. God's plan is unknowable. I think that the best thing one can do is 1) follow principles and strive to do the right thing but then 2) detach oneself from the outcome. No future outcome is guaranteed - there are just too many variables. Your intelligence and foresight are extremely limited. Therefore, you can only do your best... and that's all what matters. But since you do not belong to the world of the game, you can quit and check the wiki for detailed instructions. In this way, you are above this game's universe, right. You CAN foresee the future, you CAN be aware of the creator's plan for the game. And thus you can get the best ending. But yeah. It's not like this in real life It's profound to think about. Why bother having your own limited will and craving for certain outcomes when God always gets Its way anyway lol. Just surrender. Act the best way you can but don't expect anything in return. Let go of needing things to be a certain way. I wish I had the strength to surrender to God. But for now I'm still going against the current and I'm suffering because of it. I'm so weak, haha. So weak and so stupid in comparison to Reality. Well. I'm sure I'll be free someday Everything is going to be okay (no matter the outcomes)

Bro, this is laughable. You have no idea what you're talking about, and still you're preaching to others. Yes you can. And guess what. Wrong. If you had some humility you'd throw the word awakening out of your dictionary (until you actually have some) because clearly you don't know what you're saying. The problem is that some people believe this guy. He needs to be called out because he's misleading others.