ExploringReality

@Leo Gura Understanding is the key that unlocks insights. Understanding is the value of consciousness

@Leo Gura Robert Greene really highlights how humans are irrational creatures, especially the so called rational ones. We are irrational in our rationality. We like to think of ourselves as rational and logical, we are not.

Aye! The friends I made along the way are dead sages and fellow Voyagers.

@Leo Gura I've been listening to Vernon Howard's talks and he cuts through spiritual bullshit like a blade. "The world is like a giant hospital or insane asylum, where people walk around thinking they're doctors and free" his talks are very disillusioning.

All right fine, I'm going to put my protest flags back lol

Epistemic Sovereignty! The ability to stand in your own knowing without needing anyone to validate your knowing because your knowing is self-existent, self knowing, self evident. Needing reality to be validated really came when we were kids because we inherently were taught that our own perception cannot be trusted, so we naturally looked to others that took care of us to tell us what reality is. That's what gaslighting is, when you don't trust yourself and other people colonize your mind and define reality to you. Sovereignty of mind is what makes gaslighting impossible from other people. Others can only fool us when we don't trust our selves or we doubt our sense of reality. Imagine being absolutely sovereign, that's God 101. But it doesn't mean your cold or closed off, it just means you don't need other to tell you what you are or what reality is. Any how, hope this helps

I do not know! I am genuinely curious and in awe of the fact that I do not know. I am open to being conscious of the nature of this topic

The deepest conversation of God as man of God as man. Self reflection is infinite. Self is paradox.

What is rationality? Really. Is the universe Rational? Is a human Rational? Or is a human a very complex survival organism that uses a slice of infinite intelligence to serve its survival in irrational and rational ways? Are rational people truly rational. Is rationality dangerous? What are the pros and cons of constructing an identity of being a rational person? Also what is beyond rationality? These are delicious questions and I absolutely love this stuff

Great post. Only reason Im attracted to Leo's work is because he constantly and genuinely reminds you that he is not to be worshipped. He wants you to grasp your true nature, not his fingers. The Self is infinite Consciousness. I am reality. I am God. I am truth. Not just ideas or words that Leo says, but actual Truth.

I never voted before. Help

In the US the vote is yes or no on proposition 50

Yes vote yes or no on proposition 50?

What are y'all voting?

God help me

Thank you Leo

I just had a cognitive thrombosis reading this

Has anyone here experienced being in a relationship with the vulnerable covert narcissist? This shit will drive you insane. I've been spending the last month studying the psychology of narcissism and the different types. It's baffling because you could be in a relationship with someone or even family members can be narcissist and you wouldn't even know it. There are different types of narcissisms, malignant, overt and covert or otherwise known as vulnerable narcissist. The vulnerable covert narcissist is the most insidious and the most baffling of them all because they don't just tell you up front that they're a narcissist, they are the wounded victim and they're the good ones and no one understands them. They feed off of your emotional fuel whether it's positive or negative. They fish for reactions because it gives them a sense of control and security. They leech off of your validation and admiration, they are passing aggressive because they are weak and they project their shame and guilt on to you to avoid looking inward and seeing how dysfunctional and toxic they are so it's easier to cast blame onto others. Don't try to explain yourself, defend yourself or fix them because it only fuels their narcissistic supply. There's a very deceptive dynamic at play, they idealize you, they love bomb you and shower you with praise, and when you don't feed them that admiration and validation they devalue and disrespect you, you react and defend yourself which further fuels their emotional and narcissistic need, and then they discard you and throw you away or threaten to leave or just put you in the dirt. Then they Hoover you, try to bait you in because it gives them a sense of control of your emotions. All of it seems obviously toxic when you spell it out like this but anyone in a relationship like this you cannot tell what's going on, it's like being trapped in a spider's web the more you move the more stuck you get. It's important to know the distinction between healthy and unhealthy forms of feminine. You will never win with these folks because they lack empathy, self-reflection and accountability. Don't try to change them. Here are their parasitic tricks. •Victim theatrics escalate •Passive-aggressive escalation •Blame-shifting intensifies •Hoovering attempts •Overt anger or emotional explosions •Triangulation •Emotional withdrawal •Seduction or idealization flickers •Gaslighting intensifies •Searching for external supply Here are ways to handle them. •Set firm boundaries and enforce them •Gray rock — stay neutral and unreactive •Don’t argue or justify yourself •Refuse to feed drama or emotional highs •Protect your energy first, always •Keep communication clear, short, and factual •Recognize projection and don’t internalize it •Step back or disengage when manipulation escalates •Document patterns if needed for clarity or protection •Maintain your sovereignty and self-contained love

@Yimpa That was hilarious. Why does the narcissist twist the truth? They claim that you're the dysfunctional one and you're the toxic one

They like to throw things lol

Reality is a single self‑aware field modulating between clarity and confusion, infinity and limitation, duality and nonduality. The human condition seems to be this modulation experienced as survival. Reality is self aware. Self reflecting. Self forgetfulness and Self remembering. Self deceiving. Self love. Self accepting. Why do I modulate between distortion and clarity/consciousness? Why does bias exist? Is it because in order for anything to exist it has to have bias and preferences that keep its shape and form intact as to keep the illusion of separation? Why do I trick myself. Why am I gaslighting myself? Why does God trick itself into pretending it's not God? Is it possible to function as a successful person while having full consciousness of God? Or is the degree of Self realization in the same way that you have a spectrum, like tempature spectrum? Like if your too hot you can't function because the heat is too intense you die of hotness that determine the functionality of a small self? When you become Self Conscious are there degrees of Consciousness in which at a certain point you are not longer bound by physical reality and ego? Like tripping on psychedelics, if you take a moderate dose you can still function relatively well and balanced in the body, but if you take a super high dose your ass is on the floor and there is no more ordinary physical coordination of the body now you're just completely out of body, outside the game of survival. God is an infinite octopus 🐙 an octopus with infinite arms, each arm an infinite octopus itself ad infinitum

@Leo Gura which website do you recommend or use? Please

I am infinite mind experiencing mind! There is only Mind, nothing is outside of Mind, you cannot go outside of yourself. The human perspective is only one out of many. Reality isn't one way, reality is a holographic, multi-dimensional infinite fractal. And we're only seeing a slice of the pie. Imagine that! All of our science and knowledge is coming from the human perspective, what about these perspective, Panthers perspective, whale perspectives, octopus's perspective, dolphins perspective, the universe is filled with trillions of stars, planets and galaxies, is the human really the highest intelligent perspective? I don't think so. Nothing has a monopoly on consciousness because Consciousness is not bound to any perspective, Consciousness is infinite baby!!!

Interesting. The whole dispensary industry is an entire fucking grift. Especially the budtenders, if you'd go in not knowing what you want they will bamboozle you into some low-grade bunk ass weed. I just called the dispensary and they say they do have one, actually they only have one

Perfect! No more flower for me, I'm picking me up some right now from the nearest dispensary. I'm noticing right now too how conformist I am, not just with listening to you, but also even smoking. In many subtle nuanced ways I'm seeing how much of a monkey I am