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Prompt: What is the best book I can read that serves as a kind of "Bible" for how to live life fully? I don’t just mean spiritual enlightenment or mindfulness, but how to live life in the real world — to play the game of society (money, relationships, purpose, creativity, career, etc.) while staying deeply present and mindful, like Osho or Eckhart Tolle describe. I don’t necessarily want a book from them, but rather the best possible book that integrates both outer success and inner peace, with practical and deep guidance. What book would you recommend that captures this balance better than any other? ChatGPT response: The book you're describing — one that merges inner mastery (presence, peace, meaning) with outer mastery (wealth, relationships, creativity, purpose) — is rare, but it does exist. The most complete and profound integration of these two dimensions that I can recommend is: "The Great Work of Your Life" by Stephen Cope Why this book? It’s grounded in the Bhagavad Gita, but adapted for modern Western life, showing how to live with purpose and presence. Cope analyzes the lives of figures like Thoreau, Jane Goodall, Beethoven, and Gandhi, exploring how they aligned inner clarity with outer impact. It doesn’t preach enlightenment detached from the world — instead, it guides you to find and live your dharma (your unique contribution) while staying grounded and present. Deeply spiritual and radically practical. --- If you want other top-tier contenders, here are a few that come close: 1. "Mastery" by George Leonard Explores how presence, discipline, and love for the process create a fulfilled life. Written by an Aikido master, blending mindfulness with high performance. 2. "The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra Short, profound, and practical — each law links consciousness with real-world outcomes. 3. "The Artist’s Way" by Julia Cameron Especially good if you value creativity, spirituality, and self-expression. Emphasizes daily habits, self-discovery, and reclaiming joy in your work and relationships. 4. "Way of the Superior Man" by David Deida Polarizing, but powerful. Speaks to how to live purposefully and navigate love, sex, and power while staying anchored in presence. --- If you're looking for something even deeper and more radical: "Letting Go" by David R. Hawkins Teaches how to dissolve internal blocks to success, love, and peace. Spiritual in tone, but the technique of “surrender” applies to everything — career, ambition, emotional struggle. --- Summary For your purpose — balancing deep inner presence with full outer engagement — my #1 recommendation is: > “The Great Work of Your Life” by Stephen Cope It's accessible, wise, practical, and bridges ancient truth with modern struggle. If you want to live fully awake in the real world — not escape it — this book delivers. Grok Response: The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck stands out as the best book for integrating outer success and inner peace with practical and deep guidance. Peck, a psychiatrist, blends psychological insight, spiritual wisdom, and real-world pragmatism to address how to live fully in society while staying mindful and grounded.The book is structured around four pillars: discipline, love, growth, and grace. These cover the "game of society" you mentioned—money, relationships, purpose, creativity, and career—while emphasizing inner presence akin to Osho or Tolle. For example:Discipline offers tools like delayed gratification and responsibility, crucial for career and financial success, but frames them as paths to mental clarity and mindfulness.Love redefines relationships as acts of courage and growth, balancing emotional depth with practical boundaries.Growth tackles purpose and creativity through psychological and spiritual evolution, encouraging authenticity in a competitive world.Grace connects to a broader sense of meaning, fostering inner peace without detaching from real-world demands.Unlike purely spiritual texts, Peck’s work is grounded in case studies from his practice, making it actionable for navigating societal pressures. It avoids dogmatic spirituality, focusing instead on universal principles that resonate whether you’re chasing ambition or seeking presence. Readers on X and web reviews often praise its balance of hard truths and compassionate wisdom, calling it a “manual for life” that’s both challenging and uplifting.No book is perfect, and some find Peck’s style dense or his Christian undertones less universal, but its depth and practicality make it unmatched for your request. If you want a single “Bible” for living fully—mastering society’s game while staying deeply present—this is it.

Might still be alive then so I can read it

In my opinion it's not about twin flames, they don't exist, even if you might feel that way. It's about the people you meet in your life, and realizing that everyone plays a specific role, that helps you shape the person you are and will be. A twin flame is probably when you have enough experience, and you know what in a person resonates with you and what doesn't, and that twin flame will help you shape yourself to something that you want to be. But maybe idk what I'm telling about

Has anyone tried this course? Is it good?

I take daily supplements like reishi, lions mane, vitamin D (I have a slight deficiency), and some Chinese herbs like Buzhong Qi Chi Yan and Whuolo Yan (I think these are the names, probably misspelled) I started reading about L-Theanine and it's benefits so I gave it a try. After 1 week or 10 days I felt my mind was super active every day, but in a very distracting way. It was very difficult to focus on anything, whether is a simple task, guitar practice, reading, meditating... My mind was just thinking so much about random stuff. I stopped taking it 2 days ago and I already feel better. Do you also have a similar experience with this supplement?

I have never been vegan, idk why you would assume my ideologies and what I can understand or not. I see his point, but the fact that eating meat every day makes him feel good it doesn't mean that is a healthy diet.

Why is that?

Well if health comes first then don't eat meat every day, the one we buy in the supermarkets harms the body

We don't have to go to pre - industrial age to stop polluting

@integral climate change is a real problem already, we are not in the point of no return yet, but we're getting close.

@Michael569 thank you! Yeah I've been taking all the rest for some time, and I started feeling like this with l theanine

Carnivore diet supports environmental damage... I understand that you're not concerned about your health, but the problem is bigger.

I'm a classical guitarist, some interesting collab could start! I'm Italian and live in the Netherlands, I wouldn't really be able to go to London. But if you want to do some nice project together I'm 100% down! Currently I'm working on my own project: I want to share meditation in the music world. You can check out my website: The Centered Musician

You have the PDF?

Today I meditated for 20 minutes, and it was not the most focused practice, but still, it was very relaxing, and I enjoyed it a lot. I am happy lately. I am eating healthy and exercising, practicing properly, and I'm having good days.

I decided to start a journal; I want to be motivated to do it, so I am publishing it here, intending to share things about myself, not only so I can keep track of multiple things, but also so you can get to know me. Here I will document everything I am involved with in my everyday life; I want to make the journal organized so it's easy to read for anyone who decides to open it and me. I will write about my spiritual journey, the search for my life purpose, new experiences, emotional healing and growth, my road towards financial freedom, my mental and physical health, and my relationship with the people around me in my life. I want to share interesting quotes, parts of books I like, or that resonate with me, and my ideas about whatever comes up in my mind that can be significant or not. How it will be organized: Every post will talk about a specific thing, and at the beginning, I will add a color that will represent a specific topic. Here I leave the list of topics with respective colors. 🔴 = Relationships, Family, Sexuality 🟠 = Mental & Physical Health, Emotions 🟡 = Money, Financial Freedom 🟢 = Spirituality 🔵 = Psychedelics 🟣 = Life Purpose, Career 🟤 = Quotes, Books, Websites ⚫ = About me, Goals, Ideas 🔘 = Contemplation I hope I was clear enough with the explanation. Thank you for reading and being present with me towards my growth, healing, and ultimately self-discovery!

Today I did my first session with a new psychologist. She's actually my meditation guide, but I discovered she is also a therapist, so I decided to meet her. In the last 3 years I had like 4 psychologists, and finally today was the first time I really felt like it was a good and helpful session. I'm happy I started this new journey, also I want to journal more, better and actually let myself grow. I just finished a 20 minutes meditation, and it was very relaxing. I did a body scan visualization, and after that I was counting my breathing. Today I was pretty physically tired, I didn't sleep much, so I drank some coffee. After this meditation, I actually feel lighter, with less physical tension, and better in general.

Damn nice friend, I also want haha

I meditated for 20 minutes; my mind was very active, but still, I managed to simply observe it and my body, which was hurting at some moments. I also played 2 hours of guitar, I'm pretty satisfied, even though I recognize that my hands and forearms are not in the best shape today. But still, I'm pretty okay with how I studied. Maybe towards the end I was not so focused, but it's okay.

🟢 Meditation I haven't meditated for some days now. I am feeling low, depressed, and pretty empty. I watched Leo's video titled How to fall in love with life. It's a great video, even though often it focuses too much on falling in love with consciousness, which is too deep and developed as a topic. At the beginning he says that it's important to have awakenings into the nature of reality to love consciousness, but I don't think this will really help my human life situation. But the rest of the video was really great, motivational, and inspiring. I want to live a fulfilled and meaningful life, I want to get better and be proactive!

i came back to NL, I was strong and motivated. I went to the gym and had a great session. The day after I got sick. I was so sick for a whole week, I had 39°C fever, now I'm okay, but I am not normal 100%. This year I have been sick many times, I don't know what's up with my body, for sure it's psychological. I can't wait to feel normal again. When you are not okay physically, when some sickness really puts you on your knees, only then you can see how valuable real normal health is.

I am not feeling great right now. I am back in the Netherlands, and I'm back to the old relationship "problems". Every time my girlfriend and I are apart for some time, when we meet again she feels weird. She knows we are in a relationship, why she likes me and why we are together, but somehow feels like I'm a stranger. This feeling lasts for a couple of hours, or one day, then it fades away and it passes. I always support her with everything and try to give her a lot of space, but she feels like she becomes trapped in a cage, where she doesn't have space to organize the way she wants, eat the way and what she wants, and more. We talked a lot about everything, and it looks like it is in her mind, since I always let her do whatever she wants. She is Spanish and I'm Italian, we live in the Netherlands, I will have to go back to Italy after my Master to help my mom with my dad, and she wants to work in an orchestra. Since it's very difficult to win a place in orchestras, it's very probable for us to be in a long distance relationship in the future, or even not be able to be together, since we wouldn't know when we can be together. I am more grounded and live in the moment, and try to think of what we have now, not of what we will not have in the future. But she is very paranoid, anxious, and overthinks a lot. This aspect is present in many aspects in our relationship, also when it comes to sex. I am not going into detail because it's very personal for her; for me it's important to have a healthy sexual relationship, it's important to simply have one. I feel like I try to adjust myself more in this relationship, and I am the one who thinks more about the other's wellbeing and safety. I am not saying that she doesn't do it, but she's kind of complicated and sometimes childish for some things. I accept her the way she is, and I want her to feel good. What I am tired of, is feeling like I am the one who always has something to teach, or to take care of her.

@Leo Gura what do you think of Eckhart Tolle's teachings?

I'm happy I'll go back to the Netherlands tomorrow, cause I'll finally live with my girlfriend. We will be sharing an apartment with another Spanish girl. I feel this is a great new beginning for us! I miss her.

Yesterday, dad was very good, he was normal mentally speaking. I was happy and surprised. But then in the night something changed, and he became again the same old disabled person, and he disturbed everybody's sleep. I felt bad for my mom who has to sleep with him always (for emotional reasons - not only for him, but also for herself -, but also for safety reasons - if he stands up in the night he might fall or hurt himself), but still, when he acts like yesterday night, everyone wakes up cause he makes a lot of noise. I didn't sleep much, but I feel rested, probably it's because of meditating (which is great).