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@Salaam No worries man It seems to me we are both getting along wonderfully in the world. I appreciate your insights, and the variety of ways we can all find our happiness, wether we call it working hard & getting rewarded, manifesting, getting lucky, progress, growth, opportunities, whatever. All just words we use to describe energies. I am curious, because you mentioned quantum physics...maybe you have an answer for something I have never been able to find....we both know that at the root, it's all energy....where does yours end and the world's begin?

@Natasha It's so perfectly convincing.

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@nexusoflife I felt like that in my past. The current state of the world is where the current median of consciousness is. Do you want to go back? Me neither. All the darkness in the Universe is not enough to extinguish a single candle. (Rumi?) You will get more of what you focus on. Your awareness of it is the biggest step. This is a giant trap though, letting your thoughts astray to the shortcomings of the world. Pick one thing and help. Let the world go. Be the change you wish to see in the world. (Gandhi maybe ?) These saying mean very little to youth. They are of the deepest wisdoms to the experienced. Do yourself a solid and get what you want to be focusing on in front of you. Do it, say it, think it, play it, watch it....and you will become it. Be like water (Bruce m'f'n Lee). Then, your're in a real position to do anything about anything. Very sorry to hear you lost your mom so young.

@Sky All your cells respond to your thoughts. Beliefs are thoughts you keep repeating. In the short term, notice how you feel physically after you eat different things. In the long term, start seeing healthy and foods that are bad for you will disappear. Also, where do your thoughts end and your body / digestive track / stomach start? Nowhere.

@Salaam Yes, of course I appreciate the Dr's efforts, and his belief in his abilities. I appreciate everything I possibly can, because I believe it draws more of the same. I appreciate your continuing this convo. Chemistry, human biology & your brain, are all belief. Let's get right down to the bottom....can you give me an example of objective reality? ***Disclaimer - I'm probably wrong, my excuse is that there's no way for me to know, because reality is subjective.

@Joseph Maynor Now I have some info on your point of reference, thank you, and omg dude, one can lose one's self 100%. I think, but can't know, that anyone can. It's like anticipating getting a driver's license and a car - super exciting - then a year later it's like riding a bike, doesn't feel extraordinary anymore. Apparently, 5MEO will allow you to see / do this right away. I know shrooms, around 2grams, will allow you to see & realize that you are not what you've been thinking you are / that you are nothing ego wise, and everything otherwise. I can't explain it because clearly you are sitting there so you exist, but also, you don't. The connotations of "exists" & "real" change. It's not about adding anything, it's about taking things (or everything) away. After around 15 years of daily meditation (letting go, returning to breathing) I did experience a reality pop - not sure what it's called. Lasted 3-4 days. There is a movie called Lucy, it was like that. Everything made sense so easily - perfect sense. Like the truth of everything is that it is. What other evidence could possibly help or be needed? After around 15 years of playing guitar and singing I started to and still do experience the same thing. It is like anything else, that more focus on it brings more of it. It is also unlike anything else, in that any wanting of it is literally what is keeping it away. It's more setting time aside to allow it and to one's most feasible extent- wrapping everything else in your life around it, as secondary. It's hard to describe because I am not there when I experienced it, only just before and just after. The memory of the inbetween is like I'm witnessing but not doing anything. I bet this sounds like bullshit. My suggestion would be to go out and try everything metaphysical you can find - reiki, psychics, psychedelics, crystals, etc. Oh and if you don't already, learn an instrument. That's just good sense on every level. You rock man. Like your posts. Like the honesty in your expressions. Glad you came along. Godspeed. One more thing, cause I tend to forget this part around here....it's fucking awesome. It's the most awesome thing I have ever experienced, every time. Like if you're super frustrated with a video game, and you turn it off, all frustration is gone. It's like that. When everything is turned off, the perspective of the everything comes back and I can easily clearly see that there was never anything wrong, it was just my perspective / state.

@Joseph Maynor Even in referencing Leo's connotation, we're not dealing with an objective definition. You tell me what your connotation of enlightened is, and I'll honestly let you know if I'm there. ? Perhaps it will be helpful to both of us, or at least matter in some way.

@Salaam I literally did have my left hand smashed, when I was 13 years old. I had an 8 hour surgery in which bone fragments were picked out of my hand and fake bones were put in. I had to wear a cast with pins holding my bones in place for almost 2 years. I have a scar that runs from my thumb nail to my wrist. Decades later, I'm still playing 4 hour gigs on the guitar with that hand. It's all beliefs bro, there is no objective truth. The whole fucking charade is relative to YOU. All mystics, all scientists are telling you that when matter is deeply studied, there is nothing there. It is you who holds onto a limiting belief, not knowing all is belief. "Arm chair philosophy" is a belief of yours, not mine. Referring to an "illusion" is a belief of yours, not mine. There is no illusion. Your beliefs are all around you. "Real things" in "the real world" he says! At least try some shrooms!

@egoeimai It seems apparent to me too. I can also see where it is not true for others, but then again, I guess that's how it works to begin with. But the juicy part, that my vibe is not just an emotion, or even limited to my body - that it effects the vibration of things around me - that's the coolest! I contemplated the LOA for a very long time and came to see that I could not find the separation between 'my' vibration and the vibration of everything 'around' me, which later lead to some awesome breakthroughs. I put it away initially, as just a 'belief', then later picked it back up when I saw that everything there is, is belief.

@Joseph Maynor i am comfortable with my type. im definitly the lose myself type. my influences are playing guitar & singing, meditation, long cardio, sex, shrooms. anything where i am gone. (i love not being gone too. the two states seem to enhance eachother) you?

@Joseph Maynor i have been without monkey mind for years. let me know if i can help.

@sweater very interesting post. is he just attracting more of what he thinks? aren't we all? is there any other way?

@Sky nothing is 'matter'. it's all beliefs.

@Memeito instead of asking if it's real, consider that what you mean by real is only what YOU mean by real. you can change and it can then change. this stuff has been in use at the highest levels for a long time. Governments give the highest medals for such unique skills

@Natasha i often slip into the objective 'reality' trap.

@Will Everything is belief, individual or collective. Everything "physical" is actually belief. ALL of it. Everything. To believe is the most subtle and powerful force in existence. I hope your connotation of the word belief grows exponentially. You're still young, that's your fault.

@Joseph Maynor @ChimpBrain It certainly made me realize I'm more of a mood roller coaster than I was aware of before. A lot of times I type a comment, and then feel like an ass later or the next day. I don't go back and edit it out though, because knowing it's still there keeps my awareness of mood growing. Also, the most intense breakthrough of my life came from writing about how paranormal is not real. Leo and a member tore me up about it so I spent a few weeks doing things I never did and my connotation of the word reality is forever completely changed. What about you Joseph? I'm curious.

@nahtanoj Seen Billy Elliot?

@CuteCornDog That is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Great post. Thanks.

@Mrkvn8 It's all around you right now. One time, a few years ago, I stared at a rock for an hour or so. It changed my life. I think what you want is not pleasurable things, but rather to find "eternity in an hour, and heaven in a wild flower". Pick any bland normal object, and stare at it until you see it.

@Will Maybe I misinterpreted...? My perspective is that what you typed is relative to something specific and it triggered a bigger picture emotion. I don't get the sense you meant it in the general way you stated it. I could be wrong. In not asking what it is, however, I can't think of something you could want but not have. This world has a hell of a variety to offer. If you're asking how I go about appreciating vs getting in the loop of wanting someone thing that I can't have, I have a very simple approach. I actually believe I can have, experience or be anything I want, just not immediately, and not without the right state of mind to plan and pursue in happiness.

My grandma's creativity My grandpa's ability to let go of the past My dad's work ethic My mom's patience and kindness My wife's honesty about me My oldest son's vision & drive My youngest son's outlook My daughter's humor

@Will it's probably not that simple. What was the thing you desired? (If you don't mind me asking)

@Dan Arnautu omg hell ya. That in itself could be one hell of a Leo video.