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@Ariel do you want someone else to guide you through your life? someone to make decisions for you and to assume the consequences in your place? leo, just like any other sincere spiritual/truth seeker, is simply pointing out the things that have been working for him. he talks a lot about purification, which is the REAL work to be done. i, myself, do not watch tv since i was 14 y/o. but i use the internet to help me understand more about healthy habits; am vegetarian. but i eat fish with my fiancée sometimes. i'm not an extremist; do not go to night parties to get drunk and socialize with toxic people. but i do go out with yoga practitioners. i and my fiancée meet A LOT of interesting people who teach us A LOT of things as we teach them as well; i congratulate (and thank) anyone who engages in the purification process and talks about it publicly, because true spiritual practitioners are SCARCE. i did not buy the life purpose course nor his book list. i've watched some of his videos and then i found this forum, where people with real needs show up. here i feel like the wisdom i've attained through my suffering can help others to release their own sufferings. there's nothing much to explain. do you have the courage to engage in a purifying process?

yes, BS. this kind of material always points to facets of unconscious ego conditioning like jealously/possession, greed and hatred. they never fail to characterize people with weak spiritual practices. i'd say start a meditation routine, be conscious of all your toxic behaviors and drop all of them. it may be a life long task.

that's a good start

@The Monk @Erlend @Martin123 @RossE @Malelekakis join a zen sangha start yoga classes go to festivals related to healthy food practice permaculture practice biodance

before you post whatever you want to post, i'd like to say that the spiritual path towards liberation has nothing to do with stories, assumptions, beliefs, theories, hypothesis etc. the spiritual path actually comes down to what people avoid doing because they prefer to intellectualize things instead in order to feel more special, more spiritual than others. the trunk of spirituality, no matter when or in which religious/cultural context it's practiced, can be resumed in the following items: healing yourself forgiving yourself (and "others") coming back to peace of mind being 100% responsible for your own life stopping being afraid of the fear of death not comparing people (you included) having domain over your body (healthy sexual, nutritional and physical habits) being able to experience true compassion

yes. you have to hack yourself and this is no easy task. you need attention from others because you're trying to maintain the illusion of self. basically, you have a socially accepted self image, which you've been buying from society since you started to speak. and you live on trying to strengthen that self image with what people think of you. this process drains your life energy. and when the external opinion doesn't match the attributes of your self image, you get angry, anxious etc. the truth is the fact that the self image is just a set of illusory thoughts. it's not real. whatever you think of you is a lie. whatever people think of you is a lie. you suffer because you want to fill infinitely creative emptiness (the innate lack of inner self) with a bunch of lies and you want them to be true. it's a complete ignorance about Truth. drop your self image and be completely free. this is nirvana.

virtues. dignity, patience, listening, healthy sexual drive, healthy mind/body, simplicity appreciation, proper working effort, the willingness to practice goodness. no. society in general approves disgusting values. children haven't been taught how to deal with their emotions. parents are too distant and too immature. women crave for money and men crave for sexual satisfaction.

i do. and i know what it is. but it's not just 3-5 years. and it's already been happening for over 50 years. it has been (re)brought to our planet by a brazilian avatar called mestre gabriel, still largely unknown. it's a "new" religion, called união do vegetal, that's spreading around the world EXTREMELY FAST. mestre gabriel teaches us a systematic way to use ayahuasca in order to change humanity's patterns of thinking about fraternity and environment. it's somewhat like leo wanted to do with 5-meo-dmt.

@Loreena fixed it. thanks!

@Principium Nexus http://www.satnamfest.com/

it's just as realistic as i am feeling the keyboard on the tip of my fingers as i am typing right now, thinking of a way to describe to you the amazing feeling of realizing BEING at this exact moment. being present and sincere right now is the only way if you don't want to be full of regrets in your deathbed. there's no other teaching. give yourself a moment to think about it because it's one of the most powerful insights that you can allow yourself to have. do it. you're on the right track. this has been the way i live for 2 years and i am happy enough to say that i am the happiest person that i've ever known. i want to share this book with you. read it slowly, preferably one chapter or sub-chapter after a meditation session. it teaches you the main principles of living spiritually connected. i repeat. read it slowly. it's life changing. it's your medicine.

@Venus i have completely healed myself from depression. if you're feeling depressed, i assure you it's one of the most important moments in your life. it's time to face some lies you keep telling yourself. i am going to enumerate some causes of depression. depression can happen due to accumulation of years of frustrations. we grow up in a fear based society so almost everyone, and sometimes everyone, around us is running towards ego satisfaction. and that's all they can teach us. it's not because they're mean. they're just ignorant so they keep on building up their own frustration explosion. notice this happening to you and grow out of the mud. let go of the greed for social approval and sexual satisfaction. depression can happen because you don't have the feeling that you're working for your own survival. being able to stand on your own feet is extremely liberating. you're Life itself. be your own pillar. depression can happen due to lack of connection with the body. forget the socially approved body shape. but it is mandatory that you feel comfortable living with the body you have at your disposal. this aspect can be diagnosed by the aversion from dancing.

certain things must be found by oneself on one's own thirsty search.

@Scholar embracing kundalini yoga practices helped me a lot.

@Shin no. siddhartha gautama tried many kinds of asceticisms for 6 years without success. this is why he talked a lot about the middle way. as @Toby suggested, read the story of the buddha.

@Deepak sadhwani how about paying for hatha yoga classes? i'm saying this because you're not listening to your intuition. one doesn't simply ask what he/she should be reading.

@Michael569 open up with her. tell her your difficulties, your sufferings. she might do the same. alcoholism is never the cause of the problem. it's something else.

@Kevster sorry, but dreams are not my domain. i do suspect that they point to our deepest attachments and aversions. if you want to solve this dream issue in particular, a psychologist might be a better option.

if i am to desire anything consciously, i desire wisdom. i strongly recommend the book of wisdom of solomon from the old testament. it's rather short and powerful. what do you guys think?

@Kevster you need to keep your practice clean. don't label it as hard, easy, good, irritating, pleasant etc. you cannot get anything from meditation but you still need to practice it. let your ego swallow this pill. the book i linked is very powerful. read it slowly. it's your medicine.

this way everyone takes responsibility for his own words. and it is easier to find people that say things we connect easily. in the end, labeled users facilitate healing.

@Empty @sgn yeah i was talking about taking action. purification through connectivity and the practice of love. oneness doesn't relate well with loneliness, because loneliness carries a certain amount of suffering while oneness causes relief from suffering. oneness relates well with the word solitude, which feels amazing and drives one towards wellbeing either while "alone" or interacting actively with everything and everyone.

authentic spiritual practices lead the practitioners to face the way they build their own isolation. our friend @Nathan has come to one of these important moments. this is how oneness goes from conceptual to practical and true liberation can be realized instead of simply understood mentally. thich nhat hahn has wonderful teachings about deep looking and deep listening. compassion heals.

to study the way is to study yourself. to study yourself is to forget yourself. to forget yourself is to be enlightened by everything. dogen zenji you have certainly got things wrong. face your social anxiety straight.