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@FirstglimpseOMG Thank you for that excellent description! I appreciate the depth. I really want to understand what you mean. But like Leo said, I guess it's not something I can just believe, it's something I have to experience. You've helped open my mind to what I might experience though, so thank you very much. I liked that you called us, "dreamers." That reminds me of the analogy in The 4 Agreements, one of my first life-changing books. I wonder if I'm wrong to be chasing logical explanations like this, but, you briefly mentioned "one original source" as an explanation for consensus reality. What do you mean by that?

@Life Coach Because you said you're curious, I thought I'd give a stab at answering, "Why would anyone care what Leo does in a day?" I can understand why Leo wouldn't want to (and probably never will) make a "Day in the Life of Leo" video. But on the other hand, I can completely understand why people are so curious. Reason 1: People are curious about someone they like/someone who is different from them. I'm a JHS teacher, and once I've built a reputation with my students, they are sincerely interested about what I do in my daily life after the bells rings. The more I like someone, the more curious I become about their life. I don't know Leo, but after watching his videos for hundreds of hours, I start to feel like I do know him (even though this feeling of knowing him is mostly false). Therefore, I too am curious about his life. Reason 2: Leo is more spiritually accomplished than (probably) the majority of his viewers. Therefore, surely people are looking to emulate his life. Are they lacking something in their life, as you suggested? Probably. I most certainly am, and I suspect most people are. Sometimes emulating people you respect is good way to learn some good new habits. I'm not necessarily saying people are justified in wanting to see a video of Leo's life, but rather, these are probably their reasons why.

Thank you for your explanation. This is hard to understand, but you're opening my eyes to how far off I am. "Why can't a leaf crunch in a non-physical reality? How could you even distinguish between reality existing and not existing?" This is so interesting, and so baffling. I see I've been looking at it wrong; it's way deeper than I can probably imagine at this point. "If you stopped believing that, reality might cease to be "real" and instead become just an illusion or a dream." This is a possibility that I want to believe, but at the moment just can't wrap my head around. I can't wait until I'm at a point where I can make this kind of a realization for myself. I have to go much deeper and work much harder to even scratch the surface of understanding. Thank you for taking the time to help me.

I saw this lovely graphic in my Facebook feed this morning. It's a Venn diagram that shows the intersection of "what you love," "what you are good at," "what the world need," and "what you can be paid for." The intersection of all of them is "ikigai," a reason for for being. I found it inspiring! What I realized is, among the options I've considered for my future career, I've explored some missions, some passions, and a couple vocations, but haven't yet found an ikigai. I'll keep searching. Here's a link to the source picture: https://www.thestar.com/life/relationships/2016/09/06/why-north-americans-should-consider-dumping-age-old-retirement-pasricha.html

@Nahm What's "the Quan?" I googled it and found this definition on urban dictionary: "A crazy ass person who is out of control." Haha I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant.

@Leo Gura Thank you for posting this! In this thread and in one of your videos, you says, "You're not physical." Somehow I'm really hung up on that. I can't understand. You mean, my body is not physical? I'm really new at this, so forgive me if my logic sounds stupid. When I step on a leaf and it crunches beneath my foot, it seems to confirm that I am physical. But if I'm not physical, then the leaf didn't actually crunch, or the leaf doesn't actually exist. If the leaf doesn't actually exist, then nothing would exist, right? But if I'm not physical, why can other people see me? Did I take you too literally when you said we are not physical? Am I misunderstanding the word physical? Or is this something I can't possibly understand until I start doing the work?

"A little anxious?" I would be terrified! But perhaps I'm not as brave as you. But it's hard to give you any advice, since I don't know the first thing about you, your desires, your skills, what interests you, or how many years of university you have... I do know that $3,000 is really not much, but at least it sounds like you won't have any debt, right? I understand why one might go to the internet for advice, but I highly recommend going to someone who knows you and your passions well. Do you have a close friend or family member you can confide in? I used to come to the internet for advice because I felt so vulnerable talking about my problems to family and friends, you know? I'm really glad I overcame that fear though! I almost dropped out of university because of stress, but I'm glad I didn't. After seeking help online, I finally went to a friend and he talked me out of it. These day, a lot of jobs I see posted say, "4 year degree" as a prerequisite for an interview. But then again, I don't know your situation. Maybe you've only done one year of college, and haven't committed to a major yet. In that case, why not take a year off, think about what you want to do, and then come back and choose a major? Or, during that year, perhaps you will find a fulfilling job that you enjoy, and then you can confidently decide to quit college. Like other commenters have said, I'd make a plan before I drop out. Best of luck, friend!