Mohammad

Thanks for sharing

You explanations seem like religious texts that stupid teachers taught us in school back when I was 10. World IS complicated. A child is ignorant to a large degree.

Interesting, I prefer this way then. I have also heard that if you are not careful you might experience negative symptoms, although I am not sure if I trust what other people say! I think some of these so called symptoms could be just some weird mental phenomena! Cannot say for sure until I've done it myself of course. Maybe someday in the future.

It is completly natural for some people. Some people are introverts,some extroverts,and most people sonewhere in between. I am also very intoverted, I love my alone time, and although I am married, my wife knows me well and gives me my alone time a smuch as possible. I think it can help your spritual work for sure, since it is a kind of work that requires going inside. I believe introverts have some intrinsic advantage there! Not to say it is fully required for spirituality. Solitude is a blessing indeed, if it fits with who you are as a person. Just be careful not to be alone because of negative feelings like fear and anxiety. This could have negative impact on your your life and spirituality in the long term. Enjoy your solitude dear friend!

@Grateful Dead @gettoefl So from what I understand from your responses,it could be a trap if you just get stuck in beginner phase and do not develop your practice. Well I've been meditating for almost 7 years now, with some pauses in between, but I've never been on a retreat. It has its ups and downs. I need a kick to take it to the next level. Thank you guys.

@Sugarcoat Sure, this makes sense. I still don't think of it as a trap. God realization needs even more than retreats, its a complex endeavor for sure.

I was re-watching Leos 250 traps video, and in it he mentions that normal meditation that most people do could be a trap, and real meditation is that which you do in a retreat setting. I think he might have meant that if you want to go really deep, the retreat is the way, but I am also a little confused, do you think if I just perform simple vipassana meditation, say for 30 minutes, every day, It is not useful? or a trap that can hold me back from advancing in my meditation practice? I appreciate any comments on this.

Good video, explains the history clearly. Although the reasons behind the Islamic revolution is more nuanced and complicated, many hands were at play. And also modern Iran is a very weird society, full of paradoxes, which is ruled by a tiny extremely religious minority(which were not the minority 40-50 years ago), but many of the outsiders consider all of Iran as an Islamic nation, which is farthest from truth.

Take care and survive, so you can do more shrooms bro!

This perfectly sums it up. They also lie better.

There are millions of roads that lead to God. Leo must find his, and everyone of us must find our own. Maybe Yoga works for you, and not me. Same with psychedelics. But always be ware of self deception. Are you sure you don't like yoga, or your mental beliefs are making you dont like it and not benefit from it? For me, combination of these two seems ok. And sometimes they both seem pointless, and I gravitate toward what I can call western philosophy. Sometimes nature. There is no one way. I think Leo is intelligent enough to see that.

That is completely true. Any form of ruling system that would be established in Iran must have some degree of autocracy, that is how it works, not just because of the stuff that you mentioned, but also the psyche of the nation. Democracy is not for everyone, and this is not necessarily a bad thing. Democracy works for a society who have reached a certain degree of development, which not the case for Iran, at least not yet. So we need kind of an iron fist for now, but not idiots like mullahs. I don't think that's the case. Sunni extremists have no base in Iran, And no, Islamic republic going down does not mean millions dying, would probably bring about a better ruling party in Iran and that will benefit the hole middle east. Islamic republic have basically destroyed the lives of millions of Iranians already by helping their proxies in other countries. Iran has different political dynamics from arab countries, with a very different culture and population, but Islamic republic has made the country similar to other islamic states in the region. Go look at Iran 50 years ago, you will see what I am talking about. But as I said the most important thing is the difference between the population, difference between Iranian people and extremist groups n the region. Not the same at all, just in a same neighborhood. Iran will never develop nuclear weapons. These are just news headlines. Even if they wanted to, they cannot. Mullahs are masters of deceit. They have many internal struggles, which are not talked about in the news, but if you live here you will see the signs everywhere. These idiots cannot even build a normal missile or gun without the help or russia or china. They will never get nuclear weapons, they know if the do so, they have just accelerated their own doom. I think Israel, US and rich arabs have developed a plan for years to come. Which is smart. And I believe everything will turn out for the best. The government in Iran ill change, don't know when, but it will change. Hopefully for the better.

Many of the current events in the middle east are the direct result of the weakening of IRGC and Iran's ruling system. Khamenei is getting hammered. If Hezbollah, Asad, Hamas, did not have the support and the money of Iran, they would have been destroyed many years ago. Iran is literally the richest country in the middle east, it is not just about oil production which Saudis are better at. And now the tables are turning. They are weakened, and major changes will happen in the coming years or maybe months! And you guys that are living in the west should know that Iranian people are suffering from the stupidity of their leaders, but they are also happy! They like how the game is changing. You have no idea how undeveloped these mullas and their proxies are. Lower stage Blue/stage red mentality.

They think they need it more than anything in the world Leo. Undeveloped minds just follow the force of survival, and survival does not care if you have 100$ or 1 billion $. These people just go for more and more, and if the price is destruction of morality, or society, or nature, or anything else, then that is the price and they rationalize it in their minds.

This is one of the most fun videos I'd seen in a while, very entertaining. Also very useful on understanding how ignorant people who want to be "intelligent" think. But mostly watch it for entertainment!