Revolutionary Think

What do you guys think about this? http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/timi-gustafson/bottling-up-negative-emotions_b_5056433.html

I thought you said good and evil don't exist

It's been about a week since my uncle passed away. It's true that he was a kind, friendly and generous person and I'll miss him. The thing is though there's no denying the fact that he was smoking way more than he should've been (preferably people shouldn't even smoke at all). He also liked alcohol but, he wouldn't exactly get drunk. There is a link between smoking, alcohol and cancer. Anyway in the few days that have passed we went to his "site" where he was being buried and at one moment people were "celebrating" his life by all having a "drink" not only that some people were even smoking there themselves and have continued to smoke after this happened. I kept thinking to myself exactly just how ignorant do they have to be by not taking the time to introspect on how unhealthy these habits actually are. Not only that but, increasingly the majority of people never ask themselves questions or introspect on their lives until it's too late. We are all going to Temple and reciting a whole bunch of prayers but, the majority of people will never think to themselves why am I just blindly coming here and doing these things? They just do it because they're used to it and that's what they were always doing. Tribalism in itself is a disease. Elders aren't that smart if you ask me. All the older people in my family are around the people that they are around because they come from the same culture/religion/family background. Never do they ask themselves maybe there is more to the world than just the people I'm used to being around or the things that I am doing right now. Tribalism and hive mind go hand in hand. People do things because their parents did it, their friends and family are doing it, and they're so used to it because they did it for such a long time. I on the other hand will never squander my life with tribalism and hive mind I will always question things till the very end and also take a moment for introspection. The other thing that sucks in our world are impulsive people. This is why our world is in the crappy situation that it's in. People instead of taking the time to really analyse things and taking proper action after that almost NEVER do even when you make it clear to them all they do is get angry at you. Look no further than online when you are looking for these ignorant impulsive people. They hear or read one thing and jump to conclusions in a drop of hat. Look at our Politics. I really don't understand how people can be so ignorant. I on the other hand am sick and tired of sometimes trying to make people aware of this and them not listening. While I was sitting there at the graveyard thinking to myself why these people were celebrating the same substances and doing the same habits that gave my uncle an early death I couldn't help but, think to myself no matter how old they were they were still children. I think that older people are under the illusion that they know so much more than a 5 or 6 year old but, in reality they are that same 5 or 6 year old. Stubbornness is a trait that amplifies people's link to tribalism, hive mind, and being impulsive. The worst of the worst is when these people breed and they have children or family members who go against this low consciousness stuff but, they try to suck them into the low consciousness abyss by getting frustrated why their children/family members/friends aren't more like them. I'm just wondering if anyone can relate to this. I think the best idea for me is to make friend who GET THIS. Together we can find the secrets and mysteries to life instead of living like impulsive and tribalist dummies who ruin the world with our stubbornness and refusal to self retrospect.

Well it all started for me at the gym. They were Maum/subtraction meditation people there then they talked about enlightenment like the way Leo Gura talked about it. I thought to myself wow this sounds like all the stuff I'm learning about enlightenment and meditation from Leo Gura so I trusted them. Then when I went to their facility I thought I was going to meditate with other people but, that wasn't the case. They brought me some tea and showed me a video of their main center. Then the talked about the whole point of existence is throwing away your fake picture world and becoming one with the universe. Then they asked for $150. I thought to myself the things they were saying about not existing was kinda like the same thing Leo was saying. I told them I didn't have the $150 and I could give them the $50 now and the $100 later. Then I looked them up online and saw all their negative reviews and I emailed the reviews to the center and the guy there told me that those people are angry people that really didn't "understand" the meditation. So I told him that when I reach level 2 if all that stuff that is in level one is going to be gone for good and he said yes but, I had to be diligent and come there everyday. So I came there everyday and what basically happened was really annoying. They put a black hole in front of me, told me a story about me dying and becoming a ghost then staring at that black hole and throwing away all my memories by repeating the words please truth eliminate the false. It's very hard to come up with all the images you had since childhood and throw them away. Every single time the "guide" would come in the room and ask what age I was on... then he would say OK good keep throwing away. Then when I finished all my ages they count that as one cycle and tell you to start from the beginning. All and all it was extremely boring. As diligent as I was I didn't reach level 2 and they wanted the other payment for the other month. That's when I told them if I don't feel anything I'm not paying another dime. Then I told the guide if he had rich friends in South Korea who are enlightened and went through this why they couldn't pay for my meditation because enlightened people don't exactly need riches and they can help other people out. He gave me some dumb answer of how their was no such thing as a free lunch. Whether the meditation works 100% or not I don't know but, what I do know is that all the people in the center only could talk about the meditation and had nothing else going on in their lives except the meditation. Before I meditated they always made me recite a poem. I also didn't like their secretive attitudes of not disclosing what the other levels of meditation were until you got there. I asked @Leo Gura about it and he couldn't tell me if they were 100% legit or not. @Samuel Garcia you can try it at your own discretion and they asked for way less money from you than they did of me. I on the other hand feel a bit scammed but, I'm not 100% sure because I didn't reach "level 2"

I'll settle for an Omega chimp.

@Leo Guradid you put the whole monkey labeling system into place? Don't you think a hierarchy system like this just fans the flames of the ego?

@Leo Gura said that a true hero is one who sacrifices himself and in the end does away with the illusion. So it brings me some comfort that in the end he cared for so many people and that took a toll on him. He sacrificed himself for so many people so he is a true hero. When I didn't have a car and my mom and dad were bickering about it he took initiative and thought to himself that it wasn't fair for me to take all those driving lessons, have my license, and live in a place that needed a car which I didn't have. He came with me and my mother to the dealership negotiated for the car and gave the down payment. That is a man of dignity and compassion. I just wished he took more care of his health so we could keep him longer but, then again you never know. Like you said @jimrich he's in a better place now with no more pain and suffering. May he be in bliss and peace.

Someone in my family has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and he's in the ICU right now with a machine helping him breathe. I feel sorry for him but, I know that it's not going to help him. I keep thinking to myself what was going through his mind before this happened to him and I hope he's at peace if he does pass away and doesn't come back. I kept thinking to myself what would an enlightened person do if someone he or she loved was terminally ill or they themselves were terminally ill. Would they have the mental capacity to not feel sadness? I know that torturing myself thinking about how he was such a nice person and didn't deserve it isn't going to transfer itself into helping him out yet, that's what most people do regardless. It's such a terrible position to be in really. Or maybe I should just sit with the grief and know it's OK to feel this way and when he does pass it's the ultimate liberation anyway because then as Leo said we don't exist and once we realize we don't exist we are truly liberated. I'm wondering if once people pass away they become that absolute infinity that Leo was talking about. Long time ago I myself was fighting with the fact that everybody goes one day. I keep thinking about what's waiting for me or us on the other side. Now it just got a little more personal because this family member of mine is middle aged a bit on the older side and I feel really bad for him. It makes me more self-conscious though that I shouldn't take my life for granted and live it to the fullest. Maybe life is the dream and death is finally waking up. (I've had a couple of dreams where I died and woke up after it). This family member of mine never wanted to really bother anyone with the way he was feeling. He also had a lot of pride when it came to people helping him and really wanted to fight the cancer. The chemo therapy damaged his immune system and that's what (I think) led him to the ICU. They're saying there's a chance that the machine can remove what ever it is in his lungs to help him breathe with out it but, it's unlikely. I wish there was something I can do but, I'm not a doctor or magician. I remember sending his kids a text saying that I hope he feels better and that they are like a brother and sister to me because we grew up together. I know that I'm not alone in this because even in Leo's episode where he talked about evil existing he admitted he wouldn't know how to react exactly if some loon killed his entire family. It's easy to talk about all this stuff in theory but, when it actually happens it really kind of hits you like a ton of bricks. That's why I think getting used to loneliness is so important. Anyway I just thought I'd get this off my chest into the self actualized community. I really don't know what else to say.

Day 7: So my Uncle just died 2 days ago and it seems extremely surreal. Somehow we're all under this illusion that we can take life for granted because death will never happen to us. Modern society seems like it never takes time to embrace the void... until it just comes up and takes them. Very family oriented cultures such as the one I grew up in are always looking to get together, talk, and do some kind of activity. If you're not up for that they'll sometimes want to force you into it because they're automatically under the impression that you are suffering if you aren't part of that. The education system culture is the same but, instead of leisurely activities they want you to always be keeping yourself busy. I had one teacher who told us students that she just didn't want us to "sit there and vegetate". PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION!!! It's so important right. Well I don't remember signing up for that and I don't remember signing up for existence either it was all forced on all of us and it's also our decision if we want to force it unto others. So I engaged in a little experiment in trying to get comfortable with the "void" quite literally. Just went to bed and put my head on a pillow. I myself am an extremely light sleeper so that's why I even meditate while lying on the bed. While I was sleeping in that comfortable position I felt this state of bliss. One problem though my own mind wasn't letting me sleep that's the problem my mind most of the time doesn't let me sleep their is this constant dialogue that never shuts off. Then at that moment I was thinking that death if it finally takes away this torturous constant dialogue it's a form of peace and liberation. So as bad as I felt for my uncle at that time he was in the hospital and he was sedated I thought to myself hey I was lying my head on this pillow but, my thoughts wouldn't let me feel peace they just kept going and going and going and going. So then I thought about him in the hospital and I said he doesn't. That gave me some sense of peace. Other than that 2 weeks ago I felt great with all my printing projects and I was having so much fun. Then his situation kept getting worse and worse and I felt so bad for him. Then when he finally passed I said to myself well we all gotta confront this. No one in this world is immortal and I think his passing also acts as a wake up call. To wake up and make the most of what this thing we have called life is before it leaves us. I miss him but, I take solace in the fact he isn't suffering anymore and nothing can bother him.

Unfortunately this terminally ill family member has passed away. We are going to miss him.

@Nahm not quite sure what you mean? Proof of what? what am I experiencing that I'm repeating?

@Lynnel I get where you are coming from. Like on the plane when they tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself in case of an emergency before you put it on anyone else. I myself though my life has changed for the better it's not perfect right now but, it is changing. I used to have a lot inner frustration and anger but, since I have started meditating and thinking about certain things it's starting to go away. I'm just wondering if the people in the Civil Rights movement like Martin Luther King had the same attitude. MLK I'm sure wasn't perfect and must've had some form of human flaws but, what if he never made his "I have a Dream" speech and fought for Civil Rights? I'm sure things would've probably gotten better eventually on the other hand though because of the actions he took he sped up the process. Also I was overweight and I went to the gym just like Leo and I lost the weight. So it all depends on how dedicated a person is into making changes in his or her life. As for the education system I'm not saying that I'll create a perfect one far from that but, I'm hoping to create a more reasonable one. As it is now it's just so wrong on so many different levels and dimensions. The most obvious one being that there is no talk about money in the education system which to me is amazingly stupid because so much of a persons life in this modern age is about how he or she can manage and maintain their personal finances. All I'm wondering is if you can read this article and tell me what you think http://bakshandehariel.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2017/01/03/Execution-of-Solutions

@Epiphany_Inspired Yes for a long time I wanted to change the system but, things like this take time you have to learn about all of its ins and outs first. I was always really bothered of how I wasn't making any progress with my main goal of reforming the education system but, now I have pushed that frustration aside. In fact I joined something called the DLA which stands for Digital Learning Academy and I started learning about 3D printing and I'm having the time of my life 3D printing things. I really like it because I get to be creative and as Leo mentioned in the video always be learning about new things and where the future is headed or you'll go extinct like the dodo. 3D printing AKA additive manufacturing is a field that's about to boom in 1 or 2 years and when it does I want to be on the cutting edge of it. Also I've gotten involved in my local government by attending a town hall meeting and talking to my congresswoman about the education system that is outdated and stuck in the past. I got a card of her district director with a phone number on it so I can contact the school board. I also made a video about what I always wanted to say about the teachers and the education system filled with logic and common sense. Although I do admit I condescend a lot

Some things that I 3D printed.

It's like a son that's so happy to see his long lost dad. Anyway I just saw that picture and started laughing hysterically. What are the odds though that there are two people with the same exact haircut, same exact black background, and same exact idea of making different body gestures for their thumbnails both talking about self actualization and life improvement topics. It's just so fitting and I find I'm wondering if Leo and Brett personally know each other and if not maybe I can introduce them. Anyway it's funny how we think the universe is so random yet we can find such amazing patterns and similarities. I just wanted to put this out there because seeing this made me happy in a comedic sort of way. What do you guys think?

Depends on how you think about it.

Read this article and tell me what you think. http://www.salon.com/2013/07/31/living_in_america_will_drive_you_insane_literally_partner/

I have a hunch. The voices of ego, anger, and insanity are loud but, the voices of humbleness, kindness, and reason tend to stay calm and collected. The idea I have are people who are loud with their kindness and reason. People who changed our world for the better were kind and humble they still knew how to find a way to make themselves loud enough to listen to their messages. When we embrace voices of kindness and happiness when it gets amplified enough we can at least give that the most attention and deprive the ego and anger driven people from what they crave the most. I was also thinking that we can write RIS on the graves of people like who do this kind of damage to our world. RIS would stand for Rest in Sh*t. Do that so the other person who thinks when he does something nasty will know he wont be remembered or cared about. Once these kind and reasonable voices are amplified enough and reach out to people hopefully those other voices of ego and anger will be ignored by most other people and it'll hopefully make the world a better place to live in... This is just a hunch.

@SOUL I think that video you've shown doesn't represent the average Trump supporter just a lunatic at the airport who's racist.

Well I think the main cause of all this is a system you grow up in that wants to build a fake version of yourself. Schools are factories that produce docile unhappy workers. When things get bad enough people snap and go insane. I think that all people who value being happy and doing what they enjoy should be working to have a revolution. I'm not talking about that as in a bloody coup but, more like a revolution of ideas and speaking to people about what we can have instead of what we have now.

@Leo Gura OK so if I did it out of the kindness of my heart then it wouldn't go full circle? I guess I'll make a living doing 3D printing that I'm learning in that case. Also ironically the circle gets fuller because you're charging for your life purpose course. So you're your own enemy too. I'd tell you to put your money where your mouth is but, in this case I guess put your money where your mouth isn't then it's not monetized.

@Leo Gura It's goes much deeper than being spiritually bankrupt it's full on stupidity. How can we have a public education system that is stupid enough not to teach young people about their passion, how to make money, and how money works. That being said how could the citizens be stupid enough not to question such a stupid system. I guess it just goes full circle. Even for the most anti-spiritual super practical person in the world. The current system of education we have isn't even practical and nobody is up in arms about it. Our society is a brainless dump... I just needed to put that out there. The question is though my life purpose is to bring this to the attention of the public and somehow monetize my efforts as well. Will your life purpose course help me with that?

I'm thinking more along the lines of what was said in the article. Like working a job that you've checked out on and have no desire to do. I could only imagine it's much worse over there though.