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I do agree with you that life is not just about traps for what it’s worth… very thankful for some legit pockets of bliss along the way…. No words to describe Which, then, of course, created their own spiritual traps ha ha! And so It goes I guess, with memories & reflections of those long-misplaced jewels to guide us thru the night.

Even if not, very thankful to play in the art in all of This! (I guess a huge part of this just comes up to terminology also - “traps” Can be very well be synonymous with “necessary steps away from foolishness & towards actualized love”) personally (for whatever that is worth :)) you’ve been instrumental on the path and looking forward to where your creativity and universal mind leads us

Seems to me, in this realm it’s just traps on traps on traps? Just finer and finer granulations of them disguised as “tests, lessons, objectives” until all meets at that one infinite light we are so fond of. I wonder if anything past that

There are many ways to accomplish this work, many of them very rudimentary & likely necessary… once those are achieved, addictions and compulsive obsessive thought actions begin to dissipate naturally. No sooner.

Leo has touched on this on numerous videos I’m sure, as well as others, But a large part of addiction stems from an uneasiness with ourselves and a lack of compassion within ourselves (and for ourselves) - A byproduct of that is lower frequencies and vibrations, hence, lower moods, and levels of consciousness, which leads to an intense desire to escape Getting to the core of things, being OK with sitting in the present moment… and having compassion for ourselves (esp our addictive & “unlovable” states!) is the way to increase the electrical impulses within these things that we call neurotransmitters, which are just figments anyway

Welcome back to the YT game Leo! Listened allthe way thru at 1.5x and picked up some gems & great reminders along the way. You have always been one of the very highest signal to noise ratios in YT so it’s great to see you doing well & creating, we missed you!! Holding any critiques (if I even have any atm) and looking forward for directions you go in this iteration

Doing that effectively requires a very difficult paradigm shift - we have to be humble enough to admit that we were possibly misguided about certain elements of our ideology or belief system, and that the other side may have been “right”. most people on either side of current political & social climate are not capable of that - due to ego, fear, and refusal to step outside of themselves ( like the thought exercise you just mentioned) it is the perfect breeding grounds for authoritarian totalitarianism to arise, from either side of political spectrum, and powers that be are well aware of this.

Absolutely.

Seems everyone here is taking sd as gospel without taking into consideration one crucial element… many of the extremes within current wokeism (sterilization of mentally unstable children, near compete capture of msm, legislation to compel & limit free speech, social sciences infiiltrating hard sciences) veer towards authoritarian totalitarianism… which is not an ideal state for society - no matter what sd color you identify with. communism & fascism are two sides of the same shitty coin - authoritarian totalitarianism. With corporate capitalism acting as the osscilsting mechanism. I would just caution anyone to make sure you are being objective & looking at things with your own two eyes - people throughout history have been very quick to give up their rights & sovereignty because they wanted their “team” to win there are higher objectives at play, ones based deeply in esoteric religion, but they have been bastardized and used to play society against each other. Anyone falling too far to one extreme or the other, without objective observation, are playing themselves It’s a tale old as time

Agreed, they were a very small minority. Hence why they changed strategies and concluded that changing policy within the school systems was their only viable route to success & proliferation of their objectives. When society has stability, the chances of raising a generation of radical progressives & activists is slim to none. It’s been a 40+ year project, that is repeatedly stated in source texts, and they have been very successful. “Gotta teach em young”. they planted seeds, and we are now discussing the fruits of their labor. In this forum, in prestigious universities, and all over the world.

Ironically they didn’t quite disappear, a large majority still down for the cause moved into education, both formative & higher education, and began changing policy towards focus on critical Marxist theory. They realized Americans, we really like our capitalism, so education would be the best route to take to institute change, since the progressive & hippie movement had largely fizzled out. This was stated goal and agenda in numerous Marxist texts, and we are now seeing the fruits of it throughout education as critical Marxist theory has firmly taken hold in many forms (DEI, SEL, queer theory, critical race theory). kids can barely read or write anymore, but they make great little activists as they mature.

This is the closest approximation of what woke culture is that I’ve seen in thread, by a long shot. woke culture is the west’s flavor of neomarxism, it’s Maoism for the 21st century. Anyone curious of how that went, it would serve you well to understand what happened under Chairman Mao’s regime in China. It did not end well, particularly for the red guard & youth guard - who are playing the role of activists in today’s culture. Their destabilizing effects will not be needed once objectives are achieved, in fact they will become a hindrance. anyone here saying that woke is just old people telling at the sky, or another word for kindness, are either blissfully unaware or willfully ignorant, and that goes double time for Leo.

Since Elon took over X, there has been an explosion in the transference of ideas & free thought … many of the conspiracy theories are without merit, and some have shown to have substantial merit with an abundance of receipts. I’m just enjoying watching legacy media freak out about it. They seem uncomfortable without control of the narrative.

The transformation has been pretty incredible. I think many in the west or EU look at some of his tactics as strongman or “dictator”, which there are some arguments for, and would not work in most countries… but citizens seem to love him (85% approval) and he was just elected to second term. Most media seems to dislike him. im interested to see how he shapes policy now that they have the violence under control. Time will tell.

Interesting thread right here. I would be livid if I was any of the people whose name was being slandered. Interesting that every one of them happens to be on one side of the political spectrum, while those on opposite political side, but having similar clout, came back with standard AI replies https://x.com/texaslindsay_/status/1761200385849438607?s=46

The woke neo-Marxism is interesting to watch play out in real time.

The topic of narcissisim and NPD is fascinating to me - due to personal family history, it’s rising prevalance in current mainstream culture, and possible connections to enlightenment. In a recent video on god consciousness, Leo had mentioned that narcissism is not actually that far removed from the understanding of true infinite god consciousness. There are some parallels apparently? I thought his point had a lot of truth to it and would love to watch a full video on the topic (and possibly its connections with co-dependent types). NPD is such a fascinating wrinkle to society, psychology, and spirituality.

Cool, here is link. This was around the 4th or 5th day of being wide open and realizing “hey wtf we’re all just one big organism here, it’s all light” signal from source was as strong as my level of consciousness would allow at the time… but still had much work to be done in regards to healing & distillation of ego (as I would find out over the next 12 years) It’s one verse, ends at 1:50

It’s a question I’m constantly drilling down on , and the concept of I and ego is definitely at the top of my list also. I think the greatest tests to ego can come once all the nuts and bolts spiritual work has been destilled down to close to source energy… and then success and accolades are often the next inevitable step. that can be a dangerous time for those on the path to enlightenment and I foresee some battles in my future as well in that regard. That’s why I am continually impressed by Leo, he’s navigated this potential hindrance very skillfully

What is the greatest hinderence to enlightenment once the ember of fear is functionally extinguished?

Thus convo got me looking back into history a bit… so back in 2011 I had a full blown awakening, took me by surprise tbh and I was still too wrapped up in dualistic thinking to make complete sense of it BUT… I wrote one hiphop verse while in was in awakening consciousness, and remembered I had put it on YouTube, would it be ok to share it here? it’s not so much self promotion, it’s to give others an idea of what music & lyrics may sound like when one is in awakened state. It’s not perfect (some dualism & ego still present) but it still bangs 11 years later, objectively.

Agree 100% , Music can be direct connection to source, and then so much can be translated into a relatively short amount of soundwaves to really make an impact on the collective unconscious It’s funny, I’m a long time musician, and writer, but had given it up over the past few years as a potential outlet but the spiritual path has brought me right back to it and I’m definitely planning to push through the resistance and make some new songs soon

Fear has gotta be in that first mandatory tier, for sure. It’s been the final boss in my experience - before I was able to move to the next growth threshold. There is a YouTuber who is lesser known, but has high signal to noise ratio, and he mentioned something that connects to your post he said that fear, shame and guilt were the three toughest and most important emotions to clear ourselves of before moving ahead I can see the logic in that, especially from people who came up in traumatic childhoods, because shame and guilt are still so deeply ingrained, along with fear, of course

I find intellectual understanding valuable in this realm. Our brains are pattern detecting savants , so the more quality inputs, we give it, the more the subconscious can go to work, and put some of the pieces together. I’d say some of my better insights that involve actually knowing we’re probably spurred by some of the books I’ve read along the way. Unfortunately, the majority of us aren’t gifted enough to have a library card to the Akashic records so I do find intellectual pursuits valuable, if kept in their place.

Best piece of advice I can give was given to me by a psychic before my first awakening in 2011. “when you pray you give 1/3, when you fast you give 1/3, when you do good for others you give 1/3…. When you do all three of them together you give 100%. “ she was dualistic in some of her thinking (religious dogma etc) but also very connected to source. I think the point is by putting focus on higher power source/ fasting and/or cutting out worldly pleasures (if even for small amounts) and doing good for others - magical things can happen. we’re setting ourselves up well by living in-tune and if the previous work on authenticity and genuine desire to know is done - the breakthrough can happen - even without aid of any drugs.