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@blacksapp yes, it's the strategy of loving yourself first - becoming comfortable with yourself. Observing the thoughts that are comparing you with others and letting them go. Giving yourself time to realise you are important and valuable just like other people. That's why you are here - to give yourself love. Religiously doing what you love and sharing it. Once you feel comfortable with yourself, and with sharing you with the world freely, you will start to feel comfortable with other people, and everything will unfold naturally.

@Claire Verlyn You need to change your focus dramatically. Get out of your comfort zone but try doing things that you really enjoy doing there religiously. Get lost in them. After getting lost, realise that you weren't aware of yourself while doing what you love. That's because you are not your body, but you are everything that you focus on. If you focus on acne or scars, you become them...

Questioner: “How are we to treat others?” Ramana Maharshi: “There are no others.” "I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God." - Sufi Proverb "Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth." - Pema Chordon "You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try accepting yourself and see what happens. " - Louise Hay "Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy." - Rumi " Anything you avoid in life will come back, over and over again, until you’re willing to face it—to look deeply into its true nature. " - Adyashanti " Thinking is a barrier to experiencing, and there is no wisdom without experiencing. Knowledge, idea, belief, stand in the way of wisdom. " J. Krishnamurti " Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. " - Rabindranath Tagore " Let the water settle; you will see the moon and stars mirrored in your being. " - Rumi " Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9% of everything you think and do, is for your self — and there isn’t one. " - Wei Wu Wei " A true warrior is never at war with the world. " - Trogyam Trungpa " The energies coming to Earth are so powerful now, that anything not of Love - is being pushed to the surface for healing. " - Unknown " You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is Yourself. " - Rumi " Unless you know yourself well, how can you know another? And when you know yourself, you are the other." Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj from I Am That BAM!

Haha, I laughed on this one, because I've been there (festival mood), and now it seems like I am another person. Sometimes you need to go to the extremes to find balance

@eskwire "The quality of our consciousness is reflected in everything we do" - so true!

@eskwire same happened with me for dandruff! I guess the scalp needs some time to adjust, but that can be a bit awkward right oh I need to try argan also! And perfumes! Everything! Well yeah, it's hard nowdays to stay 100% "clean" regarding cosmetics, or let's say aware - so that we don't go too much off topic since we are on actualized.org haha this feels like a cosmetics enlightenment topic now lol anyways, it takes a lot of time to make everything, and money too, if you want a good quality product. But I think it is really worth it. One day, I will just eat raw, do yoga, meditate and make my own products. And watch Leo's videos ofc and hopefully I won't have dandruff.

@eskwire yaaas, I suggest you try their powders and concealers, you can get testers first, they are amazing! Since I've been using flouride free toothpaste, my perioral dermatitis went away. Also, I've been using sulfate free shampoo and my hair looks great. As far as body losions, I am now using pure shea butter or almond oil. Jojoba oil is also great. Olive oil , lemon and carrots for sun tanning. Coconut oil as hair mask... Aaah But, I would like to switch to natural everything. There is one super cute and valuable handbook "make your place affordable,sustainable nesting skills" by raleigh brighs, about DIY non toxic cleaning products and body care.

@eskwire faerie organic for makeup! lifechanger!

"An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality. " Erich Fromm " It is not happening to you. It is just happening. Understand this and find everlasting peace." From Conversations with Plato "Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red." Kait Rokowski "Remember: despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves. " Matt Kahn " What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain." Maya Angelou " A lot of people are afraid to say what they want … That’s why they don’t get what they want. " " The point is not to control your emotions, but instead, to not allow them to control you. " Nicholas Browne "You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." Louise L. Hay " We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. " Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

@egoeimai @Annie @pluto @Sevi Thank you all for sharing. It's so amazing how we can affect our body with the mind.

Dear all, have you experienced any changes with your hormone levels after some of your awakening experiences? Libido? Women, your periods? My hormone levels have dropped and my body is somehow in stagnation, although I feel great and I am physically healthy, my hormones are "sleeping". That's why I stopped meditating, because I've felt that I became a bit detached from my body. I am working on my grounding now, and using ashtanga yoga as a meditation tool. I know that's all very individual, but maybe somebody will have something to say Thanks!

@Loreena In my experience, "fucking up each other" is really beautiful, because that's the moment when the ego can be dissolved, and only then you can experience true love. The way I see it: the relationship with the other person (boyfriend/friend/family) is our mirror. In this mirror, we can see all of our fears, that are the product of our ego. When we get "hurt by" other person and approach to that situation mindfully (not from a victim mentality), we can then realize the corelation between hurt and ego. The mirror (ego + fears) breaks and all you are left with is love. You realize that you are love. But the thing is, there are sooo many mirrors for you to break... and that's the beauty of it It's a beautiful and a lifechanging experience, so don't be afraid to get hurt because you will experience the true love that you are

@Loreena “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi In my experience, we're all love - but one can feel it only after stripping off the fear. Great example are little kids, they are so full of love, some call it "pure", because they still haven't developed the ego. As they start to get older, life happens and they block themselfes because the ego is scared AF of every next relationship.

Leo, thank you for making the decision of sharing your insights with the world for free. Thank you for your tremendous effort of creating tons of valuable content. Hopefully in this year, you will experience even more beautiful insights, keep on sharing and inspiring us. Happy birthday! "You" are love.

@Barna beautifully said. <3