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If any of you are vegan/vegetarian (or have tried it in the past), did you notice any impact on your spiritual work? On one hand, I understand the idea that we should aim to reduce the suffering of all beings (including animals). But I’m also dealing with some health issues, and I have found I feel my best when I eat some (quality and organic) red meat - probably thanks to the bioavailable iron and various vitamins. Is this a selfish thing that is hindering my spiritual work?

@Ramasta9 very interesting, thanks for sharing! Only doubt though, for example I live in Germany and right now it’s peak winter. There is no chance that any fruit would grow here naturally, even the farmers markets only have fake/GMO fruit imported from who knows where. In such a scenario, wouldn’t it make more sense to focus on a diet based on quality meat and fish and fermented vegetables? Then switch to fruit during summer?

According to Leo and many spiritual teachers, you can either identify as your ego (this physical body) or as Absolute Infinity / God. However, some other spiritual teachers also talk about bodies in between. Is there some truth to this? Has anyone on this forum experienced accessing these bodies?

It could be that all the steps for a cure are already inputted in the training data of an LLM, it just needs enough compute power to make the necessary connections.

Third places are social environments outside of home (first place) and work (second place) where people gather informally for community, connection, and companionship. Some examples can be jiu-jitsu, bouldering, sauna, or even going to drink a beer to the pub. Do you have a third place? What do you think could be some third places that are aligned with self-actualization and spirituality?

If you’re quitting weed, I strongly suggest you try these supplements: - NAC (with some glycine powder) - agmatine sulfate They are a miracle for turning off the addiction in your brain. You can search reddit to see how many people had success with them. Let me know if you need any guidance on how to take those supplements!

One of Leo’s best videos imo. Every time I watch it I get something new out of it.

All enlightened spiritual teachers, including Leo, have realized solipsism. Problem is, most people following them have a huge ego and are lacking love so they will interpret solipsism through their ego and of course it is terrifying/a mindfuck. But when you fully awaken to Love, as very few people do, solipsism is the most beautiful thing there could be. To see it you just have to fully surrender your ego

I wish Mostly with the help of some “chemicals” or more rarely in deep states of meditation.

I think what you mean here is a state of deep peace and loving awareness. Yes, an observer remains, but it is melted into pure Love; the observer *becomes* the literal fabric of existence, which is pure, infinte Love. And in this state, the “observer” is totally different than what you think could “remain”.

Nah, people like this still haven’t fully understood Love. It’s usually the rational and scientific “intellectuals” that end up like this, unable to form social connections. It’s really bad and the whole “social matrix” thing is just a huge self deception to avoid Love (this is what the devil does ) Happy New Year btw!

I work for a state-owned financial institution in the EU and the conditions are pretty good: 30 days of paid leave, paid health insurance, great salary (for being entry level), flexible working time (I’m only expected to be available from 10:00 to 16:00, the rest of the 8 hours I can work whenever I want), job feels exciting and meaningful (cybersecurity). However, I’m still not so sure how to feel about the fact that I’m in the end a slave to my boss (she is an amazing and compassionate person btw) and don’t have full freedom. Also I have to interact with some colleagues I don’t really like, but nothing too bad or abusive. Would it be really bad to compromise on this for all the above? Spirituality is one of my top values and I don’t feel it clashes with my job, as I can do spiritual work on the weekends and holidays (which I have a lot).

Also our world is full of toxins and pollution, and the probability of a child being born with some kind of illness (mental or physical) are pretty high. 1 in 31 children born today are autistic.

I guess it’s about caffeine and nicotine increasing alertness/consciousness, but aren’t there better ways to achieve this?

Is it good/healthy? How do you feel it relates to spirituality and consciousness work? I tend to feel pretty horny at periods and it seems to affect my ability to concentrate/meditate. I tried all that “channeling the energy” up or something but didn’t quite work and overall it sounds like some new age spiritual bs haha. Is the best thing to just wank it out?

Quantum computers will be key. There’s a lot of quantum mechanics stuff going on in our brains which we still don’t understand (although there are some interesting theories like microtubules). Nevertheless, I think LLMs still have a lot of potential with scaling. They might not become conscious entities, but they will probably be able to do most of the currently repetitive/analytical work that doesn’t require too much intelligence (like accounting, programming, etc.) and it will have a huge impact on the economy

Is it a good idea? I recently started practicing kriya yoga, but I’m struggling a bit with individuating and feeling the chakras during the spinal breathing. Although I’m already starting to get some results with it. Would psychedelics (like a small dose of LSD) be useful in “speeding up” the process? In the past I always noticed that psychedelics made me more aware of the inner energies flowing and the chakras.

Do you guys have any quality materials/videos on astrology?

Lol true

This is just pseudoscience, NAC is actually protective for heavy metal toxicity. No evidence that it “moves around” heavy metals in the body.

Yeah it’s the lyrics to a song that uses one of Alan Watts’ talks. I thought it fits perfectly as an answer to OP’s question 😁

After having experienced infinite lifetimes of being a billionaire and having all your wishes fulfilled, you will get soon bored of it. Think of it, infinite lives with no problems at all and just abundance, isn’t it boring? You will think, wait, what would it be like to experience the life of a child in Gaza during the genocide? Maybe I could learn something from it?

Let′s suppose that you were able, every night to dream any dream you wanted to dream. And that you could, for example, have the power within one night to dream 75 years of time. Or any length of time you wanted to have. And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure of dreams, you would fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure you could conceive. And after several nights of 75 years of total pleasure each, you would say, "Well, that was pretty great". But now let's, um, let's have a surprise. Let′s have a dream which isn′t under control. Where something is gonna happen to me that I don't know what it′s gonna be. And you would dig that and would come out of that and you would say. "Wow, that was a close shave, wasn't it?". Then you would get more and more adventurous. And you would make further and further-out gambles as to what you would dream. And finally, you would dream where you are now. You would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today. That would be within the infinite multiplicity of choices you would have. Of playing that you weren′t God. Because the whole nature of the godhead, according to this idea, is to play that he is not.

But tobacco also has a long history of being used for shamanic/spiritual purposes right?