Natasha

Thanks for the tip. Added Amla to my shopping list Back home in eastern Europe where I grew up we would buy fresh gooseberries at a local farmer's market, and either eat them raw or made gooseberry preserves for the winter. Here in the U.S. the berries are not as popular, but will try the Amla powder in my morning smoothies. Sounds deliciously nutritious c(:

Will check out the link above, thanks You have to be wise enough not to get trapped in all this conceptualized business. Every move you make, every thought you have is just there to trick you. You're not located anywhere. The human mind is addicted to objects and it's addicted to space and visual imagery. What your mind cannot deal with is nothingness/ existential emptiness. In the video on existential self I linked above, Leo gives good pointers for self-inquiry: - Stop looking for objects, you're not an object. Any idea of an object is not you. - Stop trying to see or feel yourself. You cannot see or feel yourself. - Stop trying to experience yourself. You cannot experience yourself, because you are not an experience, you are the thing in which experience occurs. - Stop trying to locate yourself - that's all space thinking and is mind activity. So, recognize it for what it is and remember that's not what you are. You are what allows location to be even possible. - Open yourself up to the possibility that you're not a human being. You are Reality itself. As long as you're fully identified with this human body, you can't do proper self-inquiry. - Again, open yourself up to the possibility that you're not an object. Even if you think , Ok I'm not the body, but I'm some energy-spirit thing, or I have some kind of aura , or I'm 'software' of the mind, or whatever, you're still thinking of yourself fundamentally as an object and just substituting one object with another object. What's really radical to say is, Maybe I'm not even any of that. Maybe I'm completely different domain than objects. What could that domain even be? cos all I know is objects, no other domain have I ever experienced.' - Nothing is hidden. This thing I'm looking for is right here as an empty field of awareness. The true you is ALWAYS there - it was there before you were born and it will be there when your body dies. That's how PERMANENT it is. Our mind is filled with so many delusions, so many fantasies and ideas about what our true self is. You really have to let all that stuff go through a graduate purging process, which self-inquiry is designed to help us do.

That's awesome, but these are all body/ mind works. There's a much-much deeper Reality that is beyond anything you can experience or create. As a matter of fact, there is no 'you' who does these things in the first place. 'You' function merely as manifest of this unbounded transparent empty awareness. And yes, I don't know what it is you do, but what I do know even better than you, is what you are This is what you are existentially: http://www.actualized.org/articles/the-enlightened-self

@Salaam Will check your journal out, thanks True spirituality deals solely with the truth of reality. And to see reality AS IS you have to be self-realized (acknowledge that the ego (mind created sense of self) you think is 'you' is actually an illusion). That said, ego plays an important role in this process of self-realization - it has to be developed/ self-actualized, integrated, and then transcended. You seem to be doing a good job developing and integrating your sense of self, but that's not where the spiritual journey actually stops. In the meanwhile, keep up the good work! I used to have same mentality in my younger years as you do. And I did most of the stuff you're into now. That was a developmental stage. Yes, a self-realized life style may seem like 'mediocre' on the outside, but trust me I would never trade the inner peace and fulfillment I have now for all the excitement, 'magic', etc. of my prior life. Been there, done that, moved on to yet richer parts of Being. And you will too in time. Thank you for your contribution to this forum. You bring a certain flavor to these discussions and it's refreshing Peace

In one of his videos Leo mentioned around 10,000 people around the world are enlightened. Though, this number could be growing pretty rapidly in this day and age due to massive exposure to spirituality and teachings about enlightenment . The second part of your question... Leo also gave an answer in one of his recent videos - he said, it might take thousands of years to bring humanity to embrace transcendent morality, which can only happen in a self-realized society. Begin with yourself today

All of us here are at different stages of the psychological evolution. Leo gives good description of all stages here: http://www.actualized.org/articles/the-grand-model-of-psychological-evolution No stage is good or bad, one has to go through those stages in order to advance to higher levels of consciousness. Where you're right now in your spiritual journey (from what I read in your posts), I understand your are at the 'purple tribal' stage (shaman and healer) - strong connection to nature, superstition, sensuality, etc. Sooner or later, though, as you keep developing, you'll start outgrowing the 'purple' stage, solving transitional dilemmas, and moving up to 'Red', 'Blue', 'Orange', 'Green', then Tier 2 'Yellow', 'Turquoise', etc. So, no answer in this thread is wrong, it's just that people at different stages value different things according to their current level of consciousness. Some of the folks on here are already in Tier 2 enjoying the peace of mind of seeing and embracing reality as is. They're developed enough to not need any external stimulation to be happy and feel fulfilled. As Leo listed in his recent video - meditation, enlightenment, life purpose, education and learning, slow deliberate mindful action, contemplation, and Being - are the key 'musts' for high conscious living. We're all getting there, one step at a time

@Atom Here's another thread with a discussion about Third Eye. Sounds like Henry is the guy to ask:

@99th_monkey There is a poetry thread in Consciousness forum started the other day by Piotr. Your stuff is very good, more people would see and read it if you posted on there too

Self-realized are not perfect, they still have ego and stumble as well. Those who embrace integral spirituality will advance further in their journey. As you said, it's the future.

Not much would change in my life as far as goes my work, attending to my family, gym, traveling, beach, walking the dog, etc. Self-realization is a shift in how you perceive reality, the outward remains the same as it was before self- realization.

Very sweet

@Ross Check out Corey Wayne's YT channel and his blog. He has good practical info on everything you need to know about relationship and dating for guys.

@Lha Bho This is Leo's definition of Love, taken from his recent video about morality, part 1. Answers most of your questions. "When you become fully conscious, you break down the boundary between self and others, and literally what happens is that everything becomes you, everything becomes the self. and there is a complete and utter surrender of you to reality, the larger force of reality, or as someone may call it God, nature, reality, existence You basically surrender to this higher power and you act now compassionately towards everyone and everything, because you literally perceive the entire world as your body. It's a very radical thing. And more than that thing, you recognize that all of existence is basically a giant bowl of love, unconditional love. And what you do, you surrender your ego to such an extent that everything is unconditionally loved by you, especially all the good stuff, but even the evil, even the bad stuff, even stuff that looks ugly or looks vial, or looks immoral. You even start to love that, because you see it as unity. There are no divisions, it's one giant unity. So, surrender to that and approach all of reality with unconditional love".

Wouldn't use anything medicated. The chemicals in medicated lip balms kill the natural tone of your lips and cause dryness. Choose lip balm with natural ingredients and color. Burt's Bees pomegranate lip balm I use works very well.

You should, you have a gift Oh wait.. Leo said we shouldn't use the word 'should' Maybe you can if you will, then

You don't kill anything. Ego is to be developed in a responsible way (self-actualization), integrated, and transcended. Isn't sexual intimacy is to be enjoyed, shared, and celebrated between the 2 people involved. Not everyone wants to know what's going on between other people's sheets, honestly. That's called boundaries. Your part about seduction/ building tension is very good. But perhaps a personal blog would be a more fit place for your wife to talk about more intimate details, where she can help others with similar problems to recover and to heal. What she's done with her life is indeed admirable. I recently deleted my FB because people would share too much on there, some of the stuff made me wonder what the heck. This is just my opinion anyway. Peace. Edited: Eckhart mentioned in one of his talks that he doesn't do FB or any other kind of social media, he's a very private and conscious person. His assistant Steve takes care of that.

@Salaam Wow.. your wife posts her sexual experiences on FB?

@DrMatthewsausage Hope this short talk will help you put things in perspective. Knowledge is power! Hugs

@jes Hi Dear, I just watched this video (she gives great tools in dealing with toxic people) and thought this information could benefit you too. Knowledge is power! Hugs

@Ivansmarks Please watch these (and his other related vids). Tolle's teachings helped me understand how thought process works and how to heal from destortions of the mind. Hugs

Did you create the Leo comic? Very cool

@Ivansmarks Your fear is imaginary. There's nothing to be afraid of. Your room is peaceful and quiet and you're in a comfortable bed. Turn off all the distractions and try to relax. Count sheep until you fall asleep....

What about darkness that you're afraid of? Have you tried to use night-light and count sheep?

As long as those are happy tears Goodnite

@Atom Thank you for your trust and sharing! You're a very special human being with a lot of great insight and wisdom. Hope to see more of your input on this forum. Hugs