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Can someone explain this to me? Why isn't everyone already enlightened if enlightenment has "no prerequisites" ?

Disclaimer: This thread is intended for individuals who are still in the beginning stages of this self-actualization work (like myself). Just sit for an hour a day doing absolutely nothing. Sit on your couch and just don't do anything. That's what your life is all about, breathing and observing. Everything else you do in life is bullshit, and the only reason you're continuing the bullshit is because that's the only thing YOU KNOW how to do. You guys see where I’m going with this? Basically, everything that ever happened in your life is 100% your responsibility since the day you developed a mature ego. So don't give me that early childhood/baby bullshit. What has to happen is you NEED to be aware of the bullshit you're doing in life. Instead of slaving away to it unconsciously. You need to DEEPLY appreciate life and develop a higher state of consciousness with your normal everyday activities. If you do this, you’ll start having thoughts like "hey, this shit I'm doing won't fucking matter because imma die anyways " “What am I doing here? What is everyone doing here?” “What’s the point of me doing this? I can literally drive away and never come back to this life” Again, do you see where I’m going with this? I’m by no means an expert with this stuff. I have a long way to go before I have a full understanding of reality and the higher level/abstract things Leo talks about. But you know what? I can intuitively see (years from now) where my life will go if I truly start to implement the practical things Leo & other teachers tell us to do. This isn’t rocket science, this is life at it’s fullest potential! Even in this thread, the thing I’m telling you to do (doing nothing) is at its simplest term- just a meditation technique. But do you see how this simple technique can go a long way if we start to implement them in our daily lives? Hope I helped any noobies like myself see the benefits of this wonderful work

Lol I don't know about that BUT I do wanna become a successful artist one day! Wish me luck Thank you

@AleksM What a great thread, thank you for your wonderful insights! Also, I remember seeing your other post on how to attain enlightment quickly, and it was amazing! But that 1st reply you got from that dude saying nobody cares really rubbed me the wrong way he pretty much ruined the thread for me. Glad to see people being more open minded on this one!

I wrote these notes on my journal, and then typed it out on my computer. Entire process took about 3-4 hours

How To Get Started With Self Actualization - Over 40 Techniques (Complete Guide/ Video Summary/ Notes/ Discussion) LINK TO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn-pmRDauK8&t A while back, Leo posted a video called “The Big Picture Of Self-Actualization”. In that video, Leo talks about the high level components of what self actualization looks like in a big picture understanding. One of the biggest problems newbies (like myself) face is when they get into personal development, they get engrossed with so many concepts and techniques that they end up not understanding the bigger picture of their journey. They don’t know which technique is right and which is wrong. Which ones are shallow and which not shallow. Which ones are powerful or which are weak. The list goes on. So if you’re a newbie, make sure you watch the big picture video instead of this one! Link to the big-picture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGw8IoqBt-c Now, the current topic video is, in a sense, a continuation of the big picture video. Instead of high level insights, Leo will now focus on the more practical/low-level techniques to hopefully give us an idea of what it looks like to take action on the self-actualization journey. Leo will be giving us over 40 different self-actualization techniques. IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM LEO ———————————————————————— “Before I give you the techniques, let me tell you this. The reason why I’m even shooting this episode is because more and more people are telling me things like: ‘Leo you have so much content!’ ‘You have so many episodes!’ ‘What order should I watch your videos?!’ And so on. When I hear these types of questions, I chuckle. Why? Because it’s rather silly. YOU are suppose to be the architect of your life! How the fuck am I suppose to know what’s right for you? What order you’re suppose to read books in and what videos you should be watching? I don’t know what’s wrong with your life, I don’t know what your goals are, I don’t even know what your vision is! And neither do you! You see? That’s the problem. Again, YOU have to be the architect of your life! YOU have to plan it out and design it yourself! That, in essence, is why you’re even alive at all!” - Leo ———————————————————————— Wow. When Leo said that, I knew shit was gonna be serious. Before you read the list, please be aware that I will put a timestamp next to each technique so you can follow along as you’re watching the video. Leo says FIVE out of the forty can transform our lives tremendously! Notice that I will NOT be numbering the list, I want the reader (yes, you) to not look at this list mechanically! You have complete freedom in what you want, and I wish you best of luck in your journey ! ANYWAYS, HERE IS THE LIST! Finding your life purpose 5:40 Leo believes this is a very important component for a self-actualized lifestyle. Life purpose is about taking your career and turning it into your greatest passion & your work of art. Reprogramming your subconscious mind 7:30 Leo will soon be creating a course out of this topic (HYPE). To keep it simple, Leo says you can use affirmations and visualizations to help us locate our root subconscious beliefs. These can be the things we hold about life and many of the patterns that keep fueling the behaviors we want to stop! Our subconscious mind is responsible for most of what we think & do. Meditation Habit 8:00 Leo believes that this is one of the most important habits you can install in your life! He has many videos discussion meditation. Mindfulness Meditation With Labeling 8:50 Leo has an episode completely dedicated to this topic. He believes very few people have capitalized on this meditation technique. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4&t=24s Concentration Practice 9:55 Leo also has a video about this topic as well. He elaborates that concentration is very important for people these days because technology is making it harder for us to focus. Self Inquiry 10:49 Leo tells us self inquiry is “like the ultimate method” for how to arrive to truth. BOTH deep and absolute levels of truths. Also, he says self inquiry is a good method if you’re trying to reach enlightenment. He has a video which covers this topic more deeply. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4NDMNDzSs Journaling 11:50 Leo believes journaling is an awesome technique for newbies. He recommends to journal at least 5-10 minutes every day. And, if you find yourself enjoying this technique, you can start to journal for much longer. To the point where you can do self therapy, self inquiry, analyzing, etc. ALL in your journal! Learning The Theory 12:55 Leo tells us this is so fundamental that it shouldn’t even be it’s own technique. Learning the theory, to Leo, means reading, listening, and watching. Whether it’s reading a book, listening to audio programs, or watching courses, they are all critical to newbies who are just starting out. Make sure you do your research before learning the theories! Taking Notes (I owned this technique today) 15:15 Leo insists for us to take as many notes as we can. He says we need to develop a “repository” of notes we should be taking for years. The point of notes is it helps us with all the information we get. We can not assemble all of the information Leo gives us in our hands. There’s too much of it, it’s too nuanced, too complex, and it’s not going to work for us if all we do is listen/watch. Also, make sure you develop a habit of rereading notes!! Buying/Doing Courses 15:52 There are an amazing amount of high quality courses available these days online. However, you need to do the research on your own and pin-point which one would be right for you. Don't be cheap! And don’t torrent the courses! If you pay for a course, you’ll feel more obligated to do them seriously! Researching Books / Seminars / Courses 17:10 Leo says not only do we need to be doing research into the theory, but we also need to research into the research! Which things do we need to be researching? Which books should we be reading? Which course should we be looking at? Which seminars should we attend? All these require TIME to research, to plan, to mark on our calendars, to budget our money, etc. Studying Various Spiritual Tradition 17:58 Buddhism, yoga, tantra, hinduism, christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. There are so many spiritual traditions, ones we probably never even heard of before! Leo points out that a lot of them contain juicy wisdom but also contain a lot of bullshit/dogma. It’s up to us to figure out which are shit and which aren’t. Seeking Out Masterful Teachers 19:00 The world is interconnected like never before! and there are many incredible competent expert teachers available in any domain you wanna learn from. From business, to relationships, sexuality, diet, nutrition, enlightenment, consciousness work, etc.- there’s a teacher for it! Attend Workshops / Retreats/ Seminars 20:50 Just one these will change your thinking on a subject. Research, and find the place you want to go to! Solo Retreat 21:40 Leo released a video not too long ago on his Arizona solo retreat (LOVED the video, you guys should watch it if you didn’t). It’s pretty simple, find a place you want to retreat t, and for a week (or however long you plan on going) just do nothing but self-actualization work (but mostly nothing ) Psychedelic Retreats 22:20 Leo tells us we can go to Peru, to Ayahuasca, Mexico, Canada, and even America if you wanna do DMT legally ! Doing Psychedelics By Yourself 22:55 Doing a psychedelic trip by yourself will give you incredible life-changing experiences. Make sure you do them for spiritual/growth reasons, NOT for recreational use! Ending Unconscious Relationships 23:45 A lot of newbies can’t even begin to grow themselves properly and live out their life purpose because they are mired in very negative, toxic, dysfunctional relationships. Specifically family / Intimate relationships / Old Friends. Some of them can be salvaged and some cannot. You need to be able to distinguish which is which and after a certain point, cut off the toxic ones. Why? Because they’re robbing you from all your potential in life. Salvage the Salvageable Relationships 24:54 You can learn how to communicate better if you do this technique. You can also learn how to let go of your ego in relationships. You need to understand how you’re using these people for your selfish needs! Radical Honesty 25:55 Leo recommends for us to read a book by Dr. Brad Blaton called “Radical Honesty”. Leo tells us the whole point of this technique is to…well…..BE HONEST! Making New Friends 26:45 Leo makes it clear that when he says we need to make new friends, he doesn’t mean friends to go have fun/waste time. He’s referring to people who care about their lives and who are into high consciousness work. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) 28:10 Leo hasn't talked about this subject much, but he assures us it’s a deep field. Leo was pretty vague about this topic, but he did tell us NLP techniques consists of various visualization exercises (pseudo-kinda way) which we can use to reprogram our subconscious mind. If you’re interested in this topic, It’s a web search away ! Shadow Work 28:45 Leo defines shadow work as “identifying the repressed aspects of your psyche” Examples could be: - How you judge people - Why you get angry - Your deepest fears “New-age Methods” 29:25 These methods include things like -lucid dreaming -Astral Projection -Hypnosis -Reiki -Acupuncture -Chakras Leo says a lot of this stuff is legit as how it can grow you and how it can shift your emotions. Cleaning up your Diet 31:15 Basic but VERY important. There's a lot of different diets you can implement. This was also, in a sense, how Leo got started with his self-actualization journey (though he wasn’t aware of it) (Also Leo, we need to see your overweight picture soon ) Physical Exercise / Gym 34:10 Also Basic but also very important. You can do various types of exercises. Whether it’s running, lifting, or doing yoga, all are important. (even though Leo preferred old school yoga the most) Breathing Properly 35:15 You might not think much of this technique since you’re always breathing. However, Leo tells us that our breathing is mostly unconscious, not very deep, and also very shallow. Holotropic (Breathwork) 36:00 Leo says this is a very specific shamanic deep breathing technique which can lead to mystical and psychedelic-like experiences which can release a ton of emotional baggage. Body Work / Energy Work / Reichian Therapy 36:20 Pretty much just doing work on the physical body. Can be a special body exercise and special breathing exercise. Personal development is not all mental, you know….. Developing Body Awareness 37:15 Just awareness on how your body behaves and how you feel can greatly help with your self-actualization results. Cleaning up your information intake 38:08 TV, smartphones, internet, youtube, news, politics, gossip, tabloids, garbage music, etc. all of these have to be eliminated ( or used properly) because most of this stuff is rotting your brain! It’s the most low consciousness crap you can be feeding your mind! Eliminating hard addictions 39:30 You need to eliminate things like -Porn -Video Games -Coffee -Smoking -Alcohol -Shopping Eliminating Subtle Addictions 41:08 These addictions could be: -Nonstop Theorizing -Judging -Chasing Validation -Arguing/Debating -Chasing Success/Love -Being Right All The Time Getting More Life Experiences 42:07 Traveling, going out, being in nature, moving to a new city, interacting with interesting people, etc. These will give you more source material and allow you to see the complexity of life. Building Socialization / Dating Skills 42:55 This (mostly dating) is something Leo spent years learning to develop. He has a few videos discussing these! Finding Healthy Forms of Relaxation / Entertainment 43:25 Very tricky because most of the relaxation/entertainment we know are toxic. Good type of relaxation / entertainment can be playing sports (not watching), being in nature, meditating, etc. Getting Your Affairs In Order 43:51 Leo tells us a lot of people are living a very disheveled type of lifestyle. We’re disorganized, we may be in debt, we’re dirty, we got bills to pay, obligations for family / work, etc etc. All these types of things is weighing us down and not giving us any space. No emotional space, no mental space, nor enough time to focus on inner growth. We need to handle our affairs and set up automatic systems so that those affairs don’t keep nagging us into our future. Minimizing Your Lifestyle 45:05 Leo has a whole episode of this topic called “Lifestyle Minimalism”. Basically, we need to declutter the crap that’s in our life so we can have more time to sit, and well, do nothing. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7mjtoAdpM&t=11s Finding Quality Life Coach / Therapist 45:50 If you make over 50k a year, Leo highly recommends you do this. If you’re young (early 20’s) or don’t make that much yet, don’t do it. Neurofeedback Training 46:28 This is new technology Leo has not talked about before (he will in the future). He tells us that this technology has potential to cure things like depression, anxiety, phobias, ADHD/ADD, OCD. It can also be very beneficial with meditation! ANNNNNNNNNND THAT’S IT! Pretty long list, eh? ? Q&A Uhhhh......where do I start?! 47:55 Leo tells us we have to start with just research. Don’t expect one person to be able to explain everything on the list to you, not even Leo! This is an extremely large domain, we haven't even scratched the surface to this whole self-actualization journey OK. I did some research. Now, HOW do I start? 48:52 Leo gives us a simple formula. If you’re completely new to this, you need to start by just sitting down & locking out 2 hours of time with JUST a journal. From there, you pretty much just need to make an assessment of your ENTIRE life. Start asking questions like: “where am I?” “Where have I been?” “Where am I going”? "Where would I rather be going?" Consider ALL your options. Also consider how much money you have, how much time you have, what's holding you back, your biggest fears & sticking points, what you really want out of life, and so forth.. Make sure you DEEPLY think about these questions. Then start making a PLAN about how to get what you really want. And do this seriously! Make sure you keep returning to your plan, even if it doesn't apply to your current situation in life! EXTRAS: Leo’s Top 5 Most Important things for newbies 1. HAVE A JUICY VISION. 2. UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT THEORIES 3. REMOVE ADDICTIONS / DISTRACTIONS 4. INSTALL SMALL HEALTHY HABITS (LIKE MEDITATION) 5. HAVE A GLIMPSE OF NON EGOIC CONSCIOUSNESS LEO'S CLOSING STATEMENT (IMPORTANT) ———————————————————————— “You have now heard and seen the path. This is what your life is about. If you're watching my big picture video and also watching this one, you’re pretty much witnessing the path. You now know what it looks like from a big picture & smaller picture level. The biggest danger now is you forget this path, and that tomorrow you wake up and go back to your old routines. Old routines of making no changes, no commitments, and letting yourself forget about this whole thing & falling back asleep. That’s the biggest danger. So now what you need to do is to keep this on your mind. Write it down, put some sticky notes on your bathroom mirror-or whatever AND remind yourself that you already found the path! And that all that needs to happen is to take your first step, your second step, and follow through on your path. REMEMBER, the first 24 months are going to be the hardest! Why? Because your results are going to be small, your follow-through is going to be shaky, and you’re going to be very tempted to fall back into your old routines… & THAT will be something you’re gonna have to resit!” - Leo ————————————————————————

Hey Leo I noticed as of today (Sep. 17) there has been a big delay with your upload & and it got me thinking... For starters, I just wanna say I hope you're doing okay, and if you're still breathing, I'd appreciate an answer to this personal question for all your followers. The day on which you experience true death, how soon would your acualized.org followers know of this event? Do you have someone that would make the announcement for us, or would you leave us clueless until we find out ourselves? Seriously Leo, I hope you're doing fine. Also I wanna wish you the best with your journey! Take care dude

Rest In Peace Leo, even though you're not even real ..

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Sounds like you're addicted to the social life. Face that emptiness you've been avoiding all your life and man up. No one can help you other than yourself.

Lmao you think it's gross when you never had sex in the first place? You're like the people who say sushi is gross but never tried them.

Growing your vocabulary and start bringing awareness into the emotion you're currently embodying (there's an emotion happening within you every minute of the day, excluding sleep) Most of us these days only feel (or think we feel ) like 10 basic emotions LOL

I'd watch the lonilness video Leo posted recently. He really hits the nail in the head with this topic

I once ordered through a generic site called modafinilcat or something (can't remember the exact name, it was like a year and a half ago) and to be honest they did work. The first time I used it I felt the effect of them right away, my mind was super focused on everything, my monkey mind was still chattering but what was cool about it is I was aware of it the whole time. I literally knew everything I was thinking about. Unfortunately, during that time of my life I wasn't a daily meditator so my monkey mind couldn't be calmed. But hey, awareness alone is curative right? I also expiremented modafinil with cannabis and I was so freaking aware of everything. It was like a super clear weed high, I got so many cool insights about life at that time, though they were probably amateur insights compared to insights you get with psychedelics (I could be wrong because I never tried psychedelics nor do I know how to get them ) but after a week I didn't seem to notice a difference. Not sure if my experience at first was a placebo or I just quickly developed a tolerance for them I quickly stopped using them (might have only bought them once) because my budget didn't allow me to repurchase at the time, and I just forgot about them after that. Hell, I forgot they even existed before stumbling across this thread

You're contradicting yourself. You say it's not enlightment & yet say we don't know what happens after we die? For all we know death could cause an enlightment experience. Albeit a temporary one. If time is an illusion, hell, you could be enlightened with the milliseconds you have of life before going unconscious. I could be wrong, it's all just speculation anyways

This thing you call "you" is an illusion. Your name, your hobbies, what you believe is right/wrong, is all a load of horseshit. Even your damn name isn't your name, it's just a label given to you since birth. Same thing with your social security number and your ID number. & Speaking of ID's, I'd suggest you take a good look at your ID and/or Driver licenses. That piece of plastic with your picture & writing doesn't mean anything. Hell, the writing itself is just a bunch of bullshit. But feels so real doesn't it? Those lines and curves make up this thing we call language. Can you REALLY see past that shit? Or is it too difficult for you? To the hairless monkey reading these pixels through a lit screen, you need to wake up soon! The only thing you will ever know of reality is what you already have! Sight, touch, smell, sound, taste, thoughts. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. Stop overcomplicating everything Stop getting engrossed with so many fucking concepts and ideas Stop being unconsciously conscious I find it astounding that people get depressed, get suicidal, get fearful of life/death, get stressed over stupid shit, yada yada You might say, what's the solution? How do I overcome this thing we call ego? Well first of all, ego doesn't fucking exist. So if you're gonna try to stop the ego WITH your ego, you're going to have a really hard time. It'll be an Endless loop of going nowhere ! So what is it? It's pretty simple, and it's the simplest thing life can give us, and that is to JUST OBSERVE No matter what you do, you will be breathing. blood will be flowing within your body, the neurons on your brain will be working, your nerves will be firing throughout your body. Take a step back, breathe, and just fucking observe. That's life right there.

@Lord God Even if your tone sounds trolly, I agree. This forum feels like mental masturbation heaven. And I find it amusing how the only people who got offended are the ones who are on this website 24/7 (no offense, just getting my thoughts out there)

If you have the luxury of flying on a private jet, go ahead. If it's a commercial aircraft, please don't

One of the more intriguing subjects Leo talks about is enlightenment. Right now in my life this word enlightenment has a vague definition in my head, I can’t imagine what it would be like to have this “experience”, but nonetheless I do have a wishy-washy illustration of it. One of Leo’s older insight helped define it as a “persistent non symbolic” experience. Though I can’t see myself (currently) having this type of experience anytime soon, I do appreciate the idea of what it could be. I know I have a long way to fully grasp the nature of this topic. However, one of Leo’s recent insights made me wonder how I would to tell if a person is enlightened or not. The insight topic was “Eating On An Empty Stomach”. In this insight, Leo claimed to have a friend who’s enlightened, and, for the sake of science, wanted to test 5-MeO-DMT on him. Unfortunately, Leo did not provide us with this individuals feedback on what he felt during his trip. Instead, Leo just tells us he ate before taking the drug, which resulted in him throwing up. Now, the thing that STRUCK me the most is what this individual ate. Apparently enlightened people still eat shitty fast food because Leo tells us quote: “10mg up the nose and 15 minutes later, he's vomiting his guts out on the living room floor. Like full-on. Half a gallon of violent nasty vomit. His entire dinner of giant cheeseburger and fries from the Cheesecake Factory.” Like what? Seriously that was my reaction. “WHAT? A cheese burger?! And fries?!” Haha I don’t know if I’m just that narcissistic with my judgement, but the LAST thing I would imagine an enlightened person to be doing is eating a cheeseburger at the cheesecake factory. After reading that insight I felt like all my beliefs of what an enlightened person would look like were shattered. This resulted in me wondering what a person has to be like (in everyday life) to be “enlightened”. It also made me wonder what this person said/showed to Leo to prove he is, in fact, enlightened.

Oh the irony......let this conversation we had be an example of low consciousness behavior, because this is where it ends. I'm done replying, and again, good luck with your journey. Goodbye

How can you ever progress in life when you're letting a comment like mine trigger you? I'd rather remain cynical than incompetent, but that's just my two cents. Good luck with your journey!

Didn't Leo talk in great lengths about low quality & high quality consciousnesses in one of his earlier videos..? Hell, most of his content is him giving us examples of low consciousness behaviors. These types of questions don't need their own threads. As vague as his answer was, I'm surprised Leo even bothered to reply edit: I never intended to sound rude. I was just being blunt ?

Do you need some validation or something? You're making progress, dude. If you don't like it, stop. If you do like it, continue. It's that simple. You didn't need to start a whole new thread

Here are some I can think of: Money is literally just a piece of a paper Text (like this) are just lines, curves, dots & they're not really "words" Our names, age, identification numbers are just labels When we speak we aren't really saying anything, we just make sounds through our mouth and alter the pitch, tongue movement, and tone to produce this thing we call words, sentences, etc. Do you guys see where I'm going with this? I would love to hear more clever appearances we're not consciously aware of!