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@Salaam I see this was awhile back but I'm dumbfounded as to why nobody was interested in what you have to share, this kind of interplay within reality is like you said, complex yet simple. It's honestly ridiculous how old & new-age spirituality has created such a mess of our delevopmental potential, albeit holding much wisdom within the clouds. I'm interested in what led you down the path of your own development? Was it self realised work of your own conclusions, people, knowledge, external factors? Also how would one start building a foundational structure on which to see the multi-function / multi-dimensions ? Many thanks !

@Samuel Garcia No I didn't go to university, but you've already outlined quite a few distasteful qualities of going for yourself. Dont want to waste time on something that's not your life passion? Dont want to indebted yourself to a government system? Dont want to have a major path of your life laid out for you to walk right into, essentially trapping yourself for a few years? Dont go to university. Pursue life, actualize yourself. Although there is always another side to every story, it may be more beneficial in the end and you might end up going anyways, but from what I've picked up I don't think that's the case. I've heard from many Leo's life purpose course is great, it can give the tools to build something foundational. best wishes

Remove porn from your life entirely. Masturbate whenever you have the urge, if possible just be present and aware of your actions when you do, If you need more stimuli your mind is great at imagining things so don't give up so easily! If it's not working stop fapping, try again later, whatever. Just get rid of porn & your future self will thank your past self for it.

Honest short answer. No, you shouldn't go. Your life has the potential to be way more fulfilling without it.

You will not become enlightened through your ego's perseverance, doesn't mean it can't aid.

Lying with awareness is not inherently wrong. Depends on the situation if you're looking for a b&w/good vs bad.

Not sure how to articulate this quite right. Continuing your meditation/self-enquiry will probably lead you to the thing you're looking for in the end. Meditation improves the mind & body in all kinds of subtle ways, it'll bring the release of anxiety and fear over time. Memory, cognitive functions will increase, including your communication skills naturally. I highly reccomed continuing your meditation/enquiry work & maybe taking a deep breath now and then, reminding yourself life is free, relax, over time if you just focus where you are now and take things slow you'll be shocked by the results over time. best wishes in your endeavours

@Mal Hi there I'm curious as to what - Spiral Dynamics model - is when you reference such? Any information or links on it would be greatly appreciated, I'm interested in learning about it.

@abc Realise the only important work you should be doing is internal, we might have all these ideas of enlightenment & meditation ect but it will never compare to taking the time of day to sit with yourself alone, looking out at the world, letting your thoughts, emotions and experience happen freely. You might encounter negativity, positivity, love, hate, disgust, compassion or simply nothing. Your goal should be to sit with your thoughts, see them as they are (just a thought in and of itself, maybe a word, an image, an emotion, whatever) and realise that as soon as they come, they start to disappear, maybe a thought of self destructiveness traps you for hours, you can't seem to escape and it's like banging your head against a wall. If you can already see that you're mind is doing that, and you recognise it for what it is, I recommend letting it be, let your mind go to shit, let it run rampart, accept it for what it is and realise WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I FOLLOW THIS SHIT. So essentially I recommend installing a daily habit of sitting with yourself alone. Watching your thoughts happen, accepting that they do happen whatever they may be, and realise your actions take higher meaning on how your life is effected, not on what your thoughts produce. Best wishes.

Take baby steps, focus where you find you need improvement and once you're comfortable with your social skills don't let it trap you, move on.

I understand this was directed at Charlie but wish to share a perspective. Human development has given birth to the ability to create, manifest & hold concepts, ideas, thoughts, ect. Wether you are enlightened or not we all hold such ability, quite a useful tool for these biological entities to inhabit! So yes, we all have this ability, it will function, it will happen. What we seek is awareness to see them as they are, not as we hold them to be.

Meditate every chance you get, not as an event but a habit through every moment you're presented. it'll do wonders to transform your life in the language they speak, and if you already do that great, keep going.

You'd benefit more if so yes, get rid of it.

@Mal I just wish to send my appreciation for the post which you took your time of day to write, which holds so much truth to people on this journey in any stage of development. thank-you

Yes

Your mind will run rampart regardless, watch it, if you ever get lost, stuck, frustrated, just go to a place of watching, noticing, not controlling, just there, happening, every new moment, spawned out of nothing, don't grasp, let go. Your thoughts expire as soon as they arrive. It's going to purge, it's going to suck. But why dwell on a past that doesn't exist anymore. Ask yourself your questions, watch where your mind leads you, get lost in mazes and find your way out, it's all a fruitless game, it just takes time.

Insights into this work in the last week make me want to share & to see if anyone resonates with these thoughts. Do they hold any truth for you? Awakening, realising, becoming your true being. What a lonely, beautiful, fulfilling, selfish self-less way of being. It's the ultimate escape that the ego despises, resentful it isn't getting its ultra-humanoid way of operating. Giving up all that you've worked for, for nothing. Absolute nothingness. I see and continue towards this beauty of being, but the ego must bend under the pressure to let go, but also work with you to provide the life you're searching for. How twisted, it's magnificent.

@Corte I seem to disagree slightly with your last bit, drugs can in use gain insights and open the mind with high enough awareness while on them, it can create a lingering effect on the insight, able to lay groundwork with consciousness work. Just my opinion, there is many traps but it can aid.

As the titles suggests, there's endless opinions, beliefs, ideas, models, concepts, thoughts, words, words, words, words. can we be doing more harm than good?

@Truth @Saarah @charlie2dogs I appreciate the advice, but this thread was my concern for newcomers & if they're serious about this work they can ride the waves of their own journey and sort through the jargon presented here. In the end I believe the value we present being her outweighes the negatives.

@Electron @Philip @Saarah @Truth @7oo13ad I understand, trust me I do, but for the people just coming into this kind of awareness could all of our collective knowledge on the matter just be sending a person through more and more loops? I read post day to day and some of the advice, information & opinions are honestly stupid, while the rest only the minority on here can actually experientially understand. It's almost like Leo should make a disclaimer explaining the traps one can fall into with this forum.

Be aware of your mind & body before you smoke, when you smoke and the changes that occur, if you find you can still keep your awareness high like I've been able to achieve then it can be highly benificial in meditation, it solely depends on the individual and their mental capacity with how it effects them. Most will say using external substances will never get you 'true' insights or 'pure' and all that crap but honestly this world & all our phenomena is just that, things, experiences, thoughts, emotions, senses so people who say you'll never get any Truth out of cannabis are honestly just anal in their own negative subjective or objective experiences & not brutally open minded like we all should be. Cannabis literally shifts your consciousness for you, follow the stream with your awareness which is always Pure, always True & the insights you can gain could be potentially groundbreaking, there are many traps you can fall into with this but if you're serious about self actualisation you should be able to see the bigger picture & sort out your mental jargon. I would still be rooted deeply in my egoic state if not for this one drug, I used heavily for 2 years from the ages 16-18 and it matured me and gave me wisdom beyond my own mind possibly could have, now I use once a month and apply the 'knowledge' I've obtained while meditating & achieve insights every time. But this is just one experience out of many, good luck on your own journey!

When filming do you have notes slightly to the left of your camera. I've noticed I fixate on your eye movmentent sometimes, which distracts me from your content (my fault, obviously) just curious, thanks

Mind stiches past and present, flow of life we think we hold, illusion hold fierce, thee fake as can be, never to see

Live.