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Some do. They call God, No-self. It means the same thing as Emptiness. Some Hindus also call God, No-self. They don't consider Buddhism a different "religion" as Hinduism. Buddha himself was born into the Hindu religion. So, no @Leo Gura, I don't quite agree with the 99.99...%. The majority maybe. But, that goes for any other religions.

Just wanted to add something here... Since the deepest awakening to enlightenment involves everything being one and pure consciousness, your life purpose is not excluded from this journey. How are you even going to achieve enlightenment or get close to it during your lifetime? Not an easy task, is it? You probably can't do it doing the same thing that Buddha did. That was a different time (ancient Indian times) and a different place. This is a stage orange society that we're living in, and so you could use your life purpose as a vehicle to actualize yourself and possibly become enlightened. You cannot just merely pass off your life purpose as just "survival." A life purpose is quite capable of making transitions/transformations just like the deepest awakening. The question is, "Are you willing to make your major turning points in your life?"

Leo, this is a great idea. The person also has to take into consideration how he/she is going to combine the passion along with making a decent living. Being a piano teacher, for example, may be practical. There has to be a balance. Hmm..just thought of something. Be a party/club organizer. Have certain ppl meetup in a certain place. These ppl could be music lovers. Now, you have to think about what kind of party you want and what kind of music theme you want. And, what fee to charge members. I just thought of this. This isn't the only thing. It's just an example.

In Leo's clip... he used the Ninja blender to make his blueberry smoothie. Looks like an effective, useful blender. So, we got one. I made my first smoothie with it: I took some bananas, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, vanilla Greek yogurt, and some ice cubes and put it into the blender. It's a powerful blender, it could blend cubes of ice easily. When I did this, it blended it very well, but the smoothie was too thick. Then, I added milk and blended it again. Yes, it's tasty. I plan to make blended veggie soups or porridge with it. Any questions or comments are welcome.

Yup. No, I didn't think that you were trying to avoid the question. I am definitely into organic growth. That's why I already started my small business. I was only confused about this statement: "devilry creates money not healthy." If I actually get to making my product, it will start at healthy orange (majority) to turquoise. It cannot be starting at tier 2. That will probably be too woo-woo for most ppl to hear. Do you watch Teal Swan? She started out at turquoise, and got bombarded with criticisms, and still got ppl attacking her on YouTube. Ralph Smart is more cunning. He mainly talks about how to live a better life and eat better. However, in some of his statements, it is about non-duality message and enlightenment. Hey, thanks so much for your feedback. ✌️?

@Aakash Ok then...?✌️?

I was talking about an app, not a book. "Don't judge a book by its cover." "Don't judge an app by its cover." You don't know the contents of the book/app and just assumed it's low quality. I think you totally missed my point. Amazon is not a person. It's a thing. It's a corporation. A corporation itself is not high or low conscious. Customers, B2B businesses, ppl working for amazon, and governments all are part of amazon. The content of your high quality product could start at stage orange and go up to tier 2. The content of the product doesn't have to be stuck stage orange material. The content could be presented in the form of Maslow's, with the self-transendance materials be presented in cunning ways so that those who are ready to hear it will hear it. I don't even know if you're even going to get my point.

I'm going to be honest here. I don't totally agree with this statement. It seems very shortsighted and biased to conclude like this. A corporation is a "thing," not a person. If you don't like how let's say amazon is currently runned, then don't support it in ways that will make it more delusional. For example, if amazon has harsh working conditions for its workers, don't work for it. Instead, start your own small business that will teach others in ways to start their own small businesses, and then you could create an app to scale on amazon, instead of a book. A book is made of paper that needs to be recycled one day. I heard amazon has investor funding programs. I don't know much about it. But, if they are willing to fund a high quality product, then go for it. Another thing, I don't see a correlation between being wealthy and being enlightened. Wealth does not prevent a person from being enlightened. Yes, you could be both. If you don't self-actualize and make turning points in your life, then yes, that can lead to devilry. For example, if you get stuck in stage orange, that could lead to devilry. But, just being wealthy has nothing to do with being stuck in stage orange.

Trump is not doing well because he has reached a plateau in his life long ago. He thinks that by becoming president he'll solve the problem. Nope, he's learning the hard way. Deep down what he's looking for and what everyone else is looking for is this: I still think this is Leo's best video. What this video means imo is, you did the best visualizations and experiences in your life and you actually reflect it out by your actions. Everyone can see what you stand for. You dared to make all the bold turning points in your life. For example, Gandhi never ran for political office of any kind, and yet his face is on every currency bill in India. That's how much of an impact he had. Yes, you said that Gandhi wasn't enlightened in this video. I agree. I never heard him speak of enlightenment, and I agree that this makes his journey/life purpose even more inspiring. He didn't need this wisdom to fully self-actualize and to have such an impact in the world. I think a person like him would have to be careful if he was enlightened. He would have to be careful how he pass on that wisdom. It's one thing to self-actualize and another thing to pass on the message properly so that it doesn't get misinterpreted and maybe turned into dogma. The combination of both self-actualization with enlightenment is of great inspiration to see in real life, esp in our modern times. It's very rare to reach such levels. Btw, I heard somewhere that Trump boasted that he's like Lincoln. Did he?

When "you" become the absolute infinity, "you" will not even think that transforming into a massive, one-and-only black hole is grandiose. "You" will simply be detached from yourself when "you" become that. It's only when you become the ego that you'll be vulnerable to grandiose thinking: "Oh yeah! I made it! I became a multi-millionaire. I'm set for life. But, wait a minute... isn't being the sun, the moon, the stars, or a black hole more powerful? "

If you're born a human, live the best life as a human with "no-mind" and "mindfulness meditation." When it comes to your actual death, learn to let go. What are you pointing to? How do you think humans "should" live their lives, as "enlightened human beings?" I just think it's funny how we never talk about ants. Ants for us is too obvious, but our own lives are not obvious because I think we focus too much on others we don't know.

@Aakash Whoa...time out here. Let's keep it simple. Not quite sure what you're saying. Let's start here: Now, I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to say. Are you talking about the deepest awakening or having one? It has nothing to do with these things you listed. From the "view" of the awakening, talking about these things is exactly like talking about ants. It's like me coming up to you and keep talking about how great of a life a queen ant lives. She doesn't have to do anything--just being fed by her daughters, who are worker ants. How would you feel about this? You wouldn't even be bothered. The pure consciousness doesn't bother about the things that you listed. In fact, it doesn't even bother about transforming into Everythingness, Singularity, Love, and Ego. It just observes them. Initially, only the ego will think all these transformations are grandiose. It's not.

Don't assume other ppl's experience. The real question is, do you focus on others' journeys more or on yourself? You're not going to be able to see or walk others' journeys no matter what. If someone has walked most of his or her journey, the person who has only walked let's say 25% will not be able to see the big picture. This goes with anything in life. Could you please tell us, why are you still bothered with what others are doing for a living or if they choose to have a family? Or, even if they're living in a house, apartment, or mansion? These are realm features. They have nothing to do with enlightenment.

You're still looking at life from a realm's point of view. You could go about your daily life and look at it as if you're the pure consciousness. If you actually "physically die," and you are one with pure consciousness, and yet there is still a realm, you will just be observing it. You will no longer be part of it or participating in it. It's just like you observing ants. Do you feel bad when other animals eat them? Of course not. It's part of nature--the food chain. A swarm of ants can also engulf and devour an animal carcass. It keeps the environment clean. You're totally detached from that. This is how insignificant life is to a pure consciousness. You will be observing a human war like an ant war.

Yes, correct. There are always at least two sides to the same coin. Within our lifetime, why not do both (or as many methods as you can) to pass on the profound message of the deepest awakening? For example, in the Himalayas, I heard that there is a type of plant that grows there that will not die, as long as you don't pick it. It will last till the end of the earth's life. (I forgot the name of the plant.) If you write something down on its leaves, your message will be there as long as the earth lives, and as long as there are humans to read whatever you wrote. Many visitors who have journeyed to the Himalayas have wrote on the leaves, but of course, I have doubts that they wrote down the deepest awakening. This is at least a "stage green way" of passing on the message. It may not be effective. A more efficient way of passing on the message is to make your own product that includes the message of the deepest awakening. You're going to have to get creative on the content of how it's going to be presented. The content of the product could be your profession, and in there somewhere is the deepest awakening presented in a cunning way. It follows this quote: Most ppl won't get the message (which includes Riding the Ox Backwards) because they didn't become it and transform back to their egos. They will only see the pretty relative truths that you speak of, or they will translate it into relative truths in their own minds. Only those who are ready to hear it will hear it correctly. It doesn't matter how many times you say it. They will only understand the relative truths, unless they become it. Sometimes I think telling them what an awakening actually is in a very straight forward manner ruins it for a person. They will not go on their journeys to discover it for themselves. They will just accept beliefs and relative truths and stay in their own backyards. It's like spoiling the ending of the movie for them. I think it's best to encourage their journeys first. I do picture the product made with a team effort. I like different creative skills combined. If you want your product not to pollute the environment, it could be in the form of an app, e-book, etc., so it doesn't have to be thrown away after use.

Everything is already said and done. It's time to write your own story.

Yes, I totally agree here. What ppl underestimate here is that large corporations could scale in both directions--up & down, not just up. Scaling only up is a hype. When the trend changes, when other B2Bs and customers are not interested in working with the corporation anymore because they did not keep up with the technology and/or trend, there can be massive layoffs and M&As. So, there goes a person's job, 401K, other benefits, and everything. These corporations are capable of taking off and develop in developing countries with a snap of a finger (the Movers and Shakers). They adjust to the foreign country's whole new system just like that. Yes, it's time to get creative before this happens to you.

@Aakash Ok then, that's what I thought. Thanks. I'll just have to try it and see how it goes.

Wait, I wasn't talking about making billions. I was talking about putting together a team to make the product.

@Aakash Ok, you might be right--that devilry creates money and not healthy (in our time). But, here's what I'm trying to say. I am trying to discover and create a healthy educational product. You mean to say, there are no healthy investors? I don't know about that. I have yet to discover that. I think there are healthy investors. I met a teacher once who teaches in a poor public school district. He loves helping disadvantaged teens. However, he's wealthy and retired real estate owner.

@Aakash Yeah, I said something to Leo here, just now.

Yeah, I agree with this. But, a win-win situation doesn't have to be corrupt. I am planning a small home business online. At the same time, I'm planning a quality product to scale. Why does a scaling product have to be corrupt?

Do you think using investors is wrong (or something)? Because I don't believe all investors are corrupt. Are they? Ppl are ppl. You have to watch out for the corrupt ones. It will be nice to have a great presentation of a well designed product. This takes a team effort, not an individual effort. You can't be all the professions.