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This thread is about anything but synchronicity or intelligence :))

Hmmm.... Just thinking how cool is YouTube premium and thinking if I keep the subscription past the trial period. I find it very handy and not so expensive. However, let's see if Leo has posted anything else on his blog ... Poker face Leo praising YT premium - no words .... Other encounters are when I am thinking very much about a person and it happens to be called or messaged by him/her in a matter of minutes.

Hello fellow forum members. I have a dilemma. As you can read from the title, I am asking myself if our past defines us. And so far I believe that, no, our past doesn't define us. We might have done mistakes, or take the wrong action, but we have changed, we learned and improved (at least in theory). Also, from a metaphysical perspective, we are dreaming a new dream every day, thus, a new self. So the main question is: Why should I look for red flags when I date someone else regarding their past? Whatever they have done in the past, is just that, past. Isn't it? Thanks

Awesome Thank you guys for helping me understand this issue. Feel much better, at ease now

Hey, thank you all for your time to reply. Still, I want to push this a bit further and come up with a hypothetical scenario. Let's say I date this girl, she's 30 and while we talk I understand that she had been in a relationship for 5 years. At one point she found out about her partner cheating on her and she starts cheating on him 3 times and steal some of his money in order to flee him. However, in the past 3 years, she has done a lot of personal development work as she understands that revenge and stealing is not the way to be in life. Now she wants to get serious and work on herself towards self-development/enlightenment/growth (all that stuff). What you'd you say in this situation? Is the person a changed one and working towards higher goals or her history will always have an impact on her position in relationships, cheating, stealing, lying... Now I drew this case as an intimate relationship but you can talk the same about friendships or work colleagues. Watching 10 minutes of Leo's vid I realise that all that he is talking in this segment is an IDEAL. I don't think that nobody had the perfect life/upgrowing, never cheated on a test and so on. What do you think, is there such a flawless person as Leo's describe in the above-mentioned vid? How do we know when someone worked on their red flags? Or is not possible to work them out? Right, so it's more about their vision, direction, sense, purpose Cheers

I see that many here are just on a purpose to get Leo wrong :)) Ok, and then?

@Leo Gura @Leo GuraThank you Leo. I got it now!!! I shifted my perspective and I've been shocked - first- because of how easy I felt into the mass media trap and -second- if what I am imagining is possible to go behind the scenes is true, damnit, it's .... It's devilry ? Cheers!

@Leo Gura Damnit Leo, I try to understand your POV and also I am putting myself in the shoes of police here, but when you arrest without giving a reason a whole crew streaming live and shot a reporter streaming live it makes no sense. Mass media supposed to be the Fourth Estate or the Fourth power in a democratic state. Or is not a democracy anymore but the rule of ... Whoever... I should focus on personal growth instead of watching news ?

Ok, but why the police arested CNN crew and shot at a WAVE TV reporter? Cannot see the justification!

Meanwhile, Leo is selling enlightenment around the corner :))

Well, I am imagining that you might gave some false hope to this guy and now he's hurt and crawl back into his bed. Guys tend to imagine a lifetime with the other conversation partner, especially if he had some hope of you seeing eachother. For guys this happens very fast whereas girls tend to take more time to make sure that this guy is the right one. Now probably he is just dealing with some hard feelings and not too much emotional awareness. Hope this helps ? Edit- you did nothing wrong. The ball is in his court ?

Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone ?✌️?

Doing psychedelics will not make you a drug addict, eventually you will become afraid to do more psychedelics for a while(especially if you felt suicidal). And relating to other drugs/addiction, don't beat yourself up. We fantasies about this perfect being, which has no black spots to be pointed out to and this can lead to a downward spiral. Instead just watch the craving arising and even go for it but keep the awareness of your action. Every time you get into a craving keep the awareness, and later on dwell on the result and the pain (most common) of your action. Remind yourself how better could all that time be used.... The path is rough man. I was having suicidal thoughts on Lsd recently, I'm really hoping I can be done with all this non duality stuff soon Rewatch Leo's video titled The dark side of meditation. I know how scary could be the suicidal thoughts on LDS. I almost called 911. It was a very strange battle to survive or die. But I couldn't have an ego death on LSD no matter the amount intake. Anyway, I digress. Keep calm and carry on. See what you can learn from this trip and prepare better for the next ( maybe the set or settings was wrong or maybe replying to my emotional baggage triggered your bad trip- if the latter then don't go in the forum for a week prior tripping). Plan your trip for at least one week ( I know it's tough and in one week your mind will go nuts fantasising or worrying). Those suicidal thoughts are more a way to tell us that a part of us is dying and a change will arise. Having an exercise, gym routine helps a lot. Even pour it all down here can help tremendously. Hope this helps. ??✌️

Well, everything alright there? No more candy and soda for you from now on ?

@Rilles have you had a break? Try not taking it for a month or two. Also lower your dose. Sure, the 20th time will not be the same as the first times. I used to take one pill of 250mg and I could feel my heart pounding, hot flushes, and agitation. Nonetheless I was very focused but a bit uncontrollable for about 6 hours. Now I take only a quarter when absolutely needed (e.g. when I don't get enough sleep overnight and I have to be at work during the day) and the beneficial effect is the same as I would take a full pill but without all that agitation and madness going though my body and mind. Also NUTRITION! Do you have a clean diet or binge on fast food and pizza? Hope this helps.

Don't know if this is much related to your question but Russell Brand is talking here about the threshold of around $75,000 per year, which when is passed, the money doesn't do much to improve your happiness. Sure money are important and open can open many doors to happiness and gives you more opportunities. Use social media to make money, not to consume it. I know it can be tough but trust me, you don't loose anything.

Hey @Leo Gura, I know you promised an episode on how to become more creative but didn't saw it yet. So how do we develop creativity skills? To be fair if I am asked "how do you see yourself in 3-5 years" I am blunt. I lack vision and dreaming. I just cannot imagine/visualise anything anymore. Doing psychedelics might help but aren't they an over-expansion of subconscious/conscious mind? All the images that come into my mind while meditating are more ego inflated images which I discard as soon as I become aware of my mind drifting apart-should I let my imagination build upon this images/thoughts when I am meditating? All of them is the most ego gratification and images of power. Some suggestions, please Thank you

@GeorgeLawson interesting point of view. Thanks for help. I'll gonna think about that. I listened to a book in the subject of resistance but I miss the name at the moment.

It's not in vain. I just found this and 1:29:30 in I learned a lot. Thanks.

Wow, powerful dude. I can't wait to explore more ? I am usually jumping(huge leaps) and floating in my dreams and feel the stomach butterflies for a while but never tripped in a dream.

I had a situation last night. I am working as a taxi driver. I got a pick up at 11pm. Waiting 10 min... Too long but anyway I was chill and didn't give a damn. One children (girl of 14yo) comes to the car with her mother (30-40yo). The lady is drunk as fuck. I decided to get them in, in the end I just take them to the destination and fuck off. On the way home they kept whispered on the backseat following some cries form the drunken mother. Fast forward we get to the destination. The children get the money, from her mother, get the bags and went to the door step. It's pouring down. But the lady sit with the door open and refused to get in. She was pissed off and wanted to go... somewhere-nowhere. At one point she start to tell me that she can't take anymore and want to die ,that she was abused and all that jazz. I tried to move on the back seat and have a discussion with her, explain that I have to go and pat her on the back to get out. But she doesn't budge. Moreover her daughter start to shut at me to take my hands off her. -ok I said,my mistake- any touching can be interpreted different, especially in #metoo era. And I have patience, checking my emails, don't even pay attention,just waiting for 30 min without a job, thinking that she'll get bored after a while. At some point they whispered something again (I guess they want to trick me or something- I don't really know). So here is her daughter shouting at her and tring to call her nun to convince her mother to get out of the car but nothing is working. This lady just want to die- she was in pain. And gosh they have a nice house with two high range price cars on the driveway. However after 30 minutes I received a job and I said"enough is enough" so I went out of the car and try to lift her up from the back to get her out. At this point her daughter becomes very bitchy and start hitting me with her fists. Sure I don't get hurt but I try to hold the younger's hands. Now her mother get into defence mode and get out of the car shouting at me to take my hands off her child. I was looking at the kid asking her "what's wrong with you?"☺️ So now the title question- how to handle suicidal people? Sure this situation involved alcohol and maybe some drugs and even some sneaky tactics from those two. Not really sure about the last statement. Thank you!