UpperClassWhiteBoy

Leo, How much exercise do you get per week and what do you do? Is the amount of exercise you get per week influenced by your diet and supplementation?

@LeoGura

Is it a good idea to basically use this principal alone to create all change in your life? I do find it very hard to be constantly aware but possibly even harder to face fear by taking action. Can one just overindulge in unhealthy behavior (even if not addicted to said behavior) consciously to the point that they would never do it again and in fact would use their awareness of the unhealthy behavior to fuel positive actions acting opposite of behavior. Is it worth it to "purposefully" fail so one can consciously experience this to the point they would never fail in that aspect again?

I have never been good with girls and have a fear of approaching although i have had a few successful sets. I constantly fear about it which is bad because it is distracting me from the present. I am a personal development newbie and I consider it a problem in my life. My concern about either to do it or not is based off the fact that i know another human being can't offer me fulfillment, so should I even bother? What advantages are there to having relationships?

I guess I feel like I can build up enough awareness over time to just become aware of my unhealthy habits, instead of trying to instill new habits.

So lets say someones a procrastinator. They shouldn't just procrastinate with awareness until enough pain is triggered (through failure and emotional trauma) that they stop permanently but instead should try to actively build their work ethic and thereby become aware during this process of the fulfillment of flow states of working thereby ending the previous habit of procrastination.

so technically it is possible that one can use awareness alone to get rid of shyness to the point that talking to girls does not evoke any fear

I wen to a bhakti yoga session where I went to practice meditation in a group of about 15. The meditation consists of chant using the words hare, krishna, and rama in various orders. The words are purportedly the most spiritually sound words. I did not experience any greater meditative experience at this session than I do listening to Leo's guided meditation exercise. The yoga leaders say that the words themselves have the power when saying them but I think that the power is just you focusing on the silence beneath the words once saying the words has become a subconscious habit.

Eckhar Tolle believes that to achieve enlightenment one must just practice staying present but Leo seems to be suggesting that one should use meditation, self-inquiry and contemplation to achieve enlightenment. Leo believes that the everlasting state of enlightenment is a random result whit Tolle believes that everlasting presence in the Now can make one enlightened. Is Tolle referring to enlightenment as a state of mind or an achievable result? Or is Leo just wasting his time instead of practicing presence for longer and longer spurts of time?

So like in enlightenment you have to ground the concept (in this case the concept that fulfillment is not obtained through another) in your own direct experience to feel the power of that truth.

So basically there is no correct way because different enlightened humans have different ways that led them to the same experience and enlightenment is random in the sense that its a lottery but one where one can obtain multiple tickets through different techniques

Those who are enlightened have thus fully let go of their ego forever? What is the best way to fully surrender the ego? Tolle seems to think presence in the now primarily through inner body concentration, silence , and acceptance (don't really understand this one by the way) Leo believes self-inquiry, meditation and contemplation, so which is better if there is a better way? I don't really understand how one can question the ego away either?