Salvijus

The practice of self-awareness that I like to do is whenever I experience any negative emotion (frustration, impatience, envy, discomfort, anxiety, attachment, avoidence etc.) I try to explain how it came into being and trace it back to its source. One thing that is helpful to know is that its source is always fear. So for example some information has triggered you, the game is, can you trace it back to fear that caused the trigger to emerge? . This practice has increased my understanding how the ego functions on a much deeper level. And it's very rewarding practice because you get to learn a lot about yourself aswell, and why you respond the way you do.

This word "narcissistic" is unnecessarily judgemental aswell. Just say "some parts of her leadership were ego driven, and some parts were actually done in good faith" or something like that. And also it's worth keeping in mind that there's hardly anyone on this planet who has not a sting of ego driven behavior in their psyche. So we are all cult leaders in our own right by that definition. "uni dressing is a cult behavior". Sloppy...

Every action that is driven by fear, ego, illusion, compulsiveness is not a product of infinite intelligence, peace, love, wisdom, wholeness. But lack thereof. One's depth and scope of awareness determines whether you will be a conduit and an expression of Truth and love. Or will you be an expression of falsity and ego. (Trying to formulate these ideas into a satisfying clean way)

Yea I find it very easy to believe that none are fully enlightened here on earth. It's almost an impossible achievement.

I like this quote. "there are no enlightened people, there are only enlightened and unenlightened actions" There are only two ways to perform an action, either from love or from fear, either from illusion or reality, either from inclusiveness or exclusiveness, either from compulsiveness or consciousness. The only way to act out of love is if your awareness is in alignment with love, is in alignment with Truth and wholeness and inclusiveness. And the only way to act out of fear, illusion, compulsiveness, exclusiveness is if your not aware. Not fully aware at least. That's why I would put all those examples you gave under one umbrella: "not fully aware" If looked at this purely from theoretical level I doubt there is anyone who can find a flaw in the reasoning above. I don't think there is one. It simply makes too much sense.

Love behaves very diferenetly then fear based ego. Love would never do what ego and fear tries to do. For it would no longer be love then and you could not call that an enlightened/truthful/conscious action anymore. In other words, you can't perform unconscious actions driven by fear, illusion and ego and claim to be conscious at the same time. Not sure what to say about those examples tho. They were not fully enlightened maybe would be the easiest explanation. Or there are missing pieces to the story. Or somebody misunderstood, misinterpret, misjudged a particular behavior etc.

Iabeling something as "cult" is so sloppy. It doesn't point to anything specific and yet comes with strong negative connotations. And the word comes often from the effort to tarnish someone's image which is a sign of sneaky ego at play. Better is to avoid that word entirely and be specific about what behavior exactly can be observed in a person or organization that was not healthy, that served ego and not the truth. And not be derogatory about it. But more like an innocent observation. That way the topic becomes much more rewarding and fruitful.

@UnbornTao @28 cm unbuffed Best friends forever. Group hug. Muahahaaha

Fear or discomfort of being seen as wrong, I would say. So you always paint the story in such a way that you come out looking a like good guy. I'm not sure if that was your question.

I don’t think there is an exception that only out of unawareness can someone perform an action that is out of alignment with truth and wholeness. I also believe how you respond to things define you and your level of awareness at that moment, without exception. I would rather question how accurate and credible are the stories of those supposed evil actions of a guru. And how correct was the judgement of the one who was interpreting a guru's behavior. Because a tainted eye tend to see evil when there is none. Or I would question their level of enlightenment. Maybe an example that is being scrutinized is not of a legit enlightened being to begin with.

deflection 101 Nothing is ever their fault. Whenever something goes wrong, they pass the blame to someone else.

This answer certainly makes you look like a good righteous person. But somehow i doubt the answer was truthful.

I'm kinda fired up to say more. All behavior hinges on your perception of reality. If your perception of reality is inacurrate it will make you behave a certain way that often gets labaled as uninteligent. If your perception of reality is truthful. Then your behavior and response to every situation will be in alignment with truth. And that behavior will be labeled as wisdom and intelligence. In conclusion, your behavior is a reflection of your level of awareness.

I would question this. All ignorance, immaturity, toxic behavior, close mindedness, self-deception, compulsiveness, animalistic tendencies. I would argue all that is just lack of self-awareness. It is only an unconcious person that can do stupid things. These two words stupidness and unconcious are literally sinonimous. And All the qualities of broadthinking, honesty, insightfulness, inclusiveness, compassion, wholesome living, are a result of high self-awareness and high ego transendence. All wisdom comes from awareness. And those who embody high awareness are bound to live in alignment with those qualities that reflect truthfulness This applies only if you’re following a sober path tho. On psychedelics it's a different story.

Why such a strong compulsion to mock/ridicule/belittle every response that you've concluded ineffective? @28 cm unbuffed

A purpose of an ad is to target a specific group of people. So the best celebrity match is the one that represents that specific group of people and is looked up to with great respect. (a more digested answer)

An advertisement is about targeting a specific group of people. So if you're selling sports shoes. You want someone who everyone looks up to as a great sportsperson say, "these are my favorite sport shoes". That creates an image that these particular brand of shoes are what great sportpeople wear. And if you wanna be as cool as jordon. You wear this brand. Everything else becomes inferior stuff. Similary with James bond. James bond has a reputation and an image in the world, he's like a symbol for being a super classy, sophisticated, amazing chick magnet. So if a super classy, sophisticated, chick magnet says "this is my favorite car" all those who want to create a classy, sophisticated, successful self-image will now think "this is the car for me"

The king 👑

In my personal experience, I've always seen video games as something to be avoided. They suck you in, drain you, fill your mind with garbage, cause you to become more and more agitated, restless, ruins the sleep cycles... The list could go on and on. Tho I understand where the desire is coming from. I believe many gamers thought of creating a video game at least once in their gaming phase aswell. But I don't think it's smart from a big picture perspective.

Reading between the lines it sounds to me like this: you broke up with an old friend and life became meaningless (lol). And now you're searching for a way to bounce back and to feel alive and inspired again. First of all, I would say if you want your heart be light and free again. Heal the wounds and grudges you hold against your old friend. Your heart will never breathe with aliveness while you hold judgement and grievences about other people. Those things literally heart blockers. I would recommend forgiving your old friend of everything that he did, and allowing the pain to work through the system in total vulnerability and nonresistence. When you can still love your old friend and let him go at the same time. Your heart will be healed and life won't look so bleak anymore:) Also it is worth mentioning that our heart is full of aliveness when we follow our hearts deepest longings. Becomimg aware of what are the deepest longings in your heart and following them is what following your life's purpose is all about. That too is a way to get out of the sense that life is dull and boring. In short. Forgive all grievences and judgements of others. Become aware and say yes to the deepest longings of your heart. Keep a close connection with the Devine wherever you go. Live a vibrant life full of meaning, beauty and holyness ❤️

I think any experience that makes your heart open is orgasmic. Even if it's eating pizza. Many people don't realize but when they eat pizza there is a sting of orgasm there. They even moan sometimes when they enjoy themself too much. So orgasm or bliss is what happens when your heart opens. And it can open in many ways. And if your heart opens fully. That's an ultimate orgasm. A cosmic orgasm of God consciousness.

There is actually one video in sadhguru exclusive place where he says solipsism is not true in a very straight forward way.

I'm indeed fascinated with how sadhguru dances with the situation and how his brain works. As an example. Even the very first sentence that came out of sadhguru's mouth is pure genius to me: "rather saying "a response" same thing can be looked at many different directions" 12:40min The narrator was pruning sadhguru into a confrontational response right after the scientists has stated his opinion. And sadhguru's choice of words just completelyn defused that confrontational energy and made the atmosphere less of a battle but more of a exploration. Then he kinda just ignores the scienctist and shamelessly continues to pour his inner engineering message to people 🤣 I mean the way his mind and brain work is really fascinating to me. The way he delivers his message is wrapped so cleverly each time. Being aware of so many subtle things. Like how much you push. How not to step on anyone's toes when a scientists was so full of buttons ready to explode at any moment lol. It is the unspoken intelligence in everything that sadhguru does that is more fascinating to me then the things he actually says.