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“Suffering is the way.”

@Chumbimba Though I’m no follower of JP, this is the most insightful thing I probably ever found on ADHD after 16 years of homework.

Ralston is not a Zen master as he is not part of any tradition. So no.

As someone with really difficult ADHD I can tell you that it’s not as big of an obstacle that it appears. I found Culadasa’s perspective rather helpful but as far as enlightenment goes, yeah it’s not an issue. I have found Hatha yoga shatkarma practices very helpful as well. I study with a Very highly enlightened Zen master who had ADHD so bad in the 60s he resorted to methodone to try and stop his internal craziness and yeah... when I look at him it’s very clear it’s not an excuse or anywhere near as much of a setback. It really is just a matter of doing the work though. I recommend cleaning up your diet to what works for you. Again though, as far as enlightenment, it’s not an obstacle. Truth realization is not dependent on state as crazy as that may sound.

WATCH THIS. WATCH THIS NOW. @Leo Gura

@kag101 awesome stuff. You sound very similar to me. What kind of psychotherapy are you getting? Inwould also point out that though, as counter intuitive as it may sound, that even enlightened people can feel very depressed. I actual have a friend I made out in Boulder, CO who has gotten very far in her consciousness work but still suffers from waves of what seemed like depression and even suicidal episodes. What’s important to understand is that these events are applying to a particular person that doesn’t exist. Or to put it more properly, Absolute Truth is true regardless of what is going on. You can still have suicidal moments and in a twisted sense still be totally fine with it all at the same time. In the end it can’t really be explained but it happens. Personally for me my biggest breaks in my own enlightenments happen during waves of deeps spells of depression.

Whose the one saying that? Look man, if you want to heal, then experiment with what effective resources you can utilize to facilitate that aim. There is no right path, right direction, right trajectory, etc. in the end. I suggest you get honest with yourself about that and also with what you want. The likeliness of 1 trip “ruining” your life is unlikely. I would bet you most people who’ve gone into 5-MeO are still more or less the same self they were before they took it. Also, don’t confuse states for Absolute Truth. What’s true is true NOW and you don’t need some far out state to become conscious of what’s true. However, that takes responsibility and accountability to own that and do the work despite of that. Working on the person is done in the world of relativity. When you get honest and listen to your heart and follow what your heart knows (and not how your mind interprets the knowledge of your heart), you’ll know what to do... and when you do, DO IT.

Meaning is a human perspective that serves as a utility for survival and is not inherently true. Meaning is something that’s used, not something that is.

From a third person perspective, I would say it depends on a lot of factors. What the person whose being bullied is dealing with internally and also externally. How it’s effecting their mind and so on and also what their tendencies are when dealing with confrontation like this. For example, are they someone who just tends to take it and internalize it? Or do they stand up for themselves? So on and so on. Is this a guy whose getting bullied or a girl and also what age we’re talking about. Is the person that’s getting bullied someone whose dealing with a short term period of getting shit from some bum who or is it a long term pattern of continually being stepped on and not knowing how to set boundaries? The truth is that there is no set in stone universal way of dealing wit this. Sometimes you do need to stand your ground and punch someone in the mouth and run your mouth back at the person. Sometimes you need to go to a superior to deal with the situation. Sometimes you need to learn how to fight. Ultimately, if it’s a situation you can take personal responsibility for by handling it purely yourself and directly, I would recommend that route.

Yes. Here's a good question... how is knowing and not-knowing the same? If you contemplate for example who you are and it's a real honest inquiry (rather than some mechanical technique), notice how you actually honestly don't know anything because all knowing is predicated upon the illusion that there is a separate "I" who knows that. Not-Knowing and Absolute Knowing are the same.

Interview with the man behind the film on Rebel Wisdom.

First off, I want to be clear on a few things: I have not made any committed decisions yet Even if I do commit to this, this will still be a few years down the road before I really pull the trigger on this I’m not interested in the spiritual dogma of why this yearning is a distraction. If this is what I want, and I’m still clarifying that, I will commit to this. @Leo Gura I’ve taken the life purpose course so many times I can’t even count at this point. I’ve gotten in touch with what I really want out of life and it’s really simple: I want to know what everything is and live that. I don’t want to frame this as “I want to become God” because for me personally (I’m not talking about anyone else here. If that resonates with any of you, that’s fine as long as you’re responsible) I just feel like that’s narcissism. Consciousness has been its own reward for me. I’m just honest and frank here in that, there is no sort of contributive motive from this. I don’t want to sit here and say something like “I want to awaken mankind” or some such thing as that wouldn’t be authentic for me to say that. I don’t want to be anybody. If as a result of doing this work I’m able to really contribute to the world, that would be icing on the cake. The only thing I want is to know what everything is. Not just Absolute but relative. You and Ralston really helped open that door for me that consciousness work doesn’t just have to apply to Absolute Truth realization. I want to know what is an object, what is science, what is the mind, how did it come to be, what are my emotions, what is self, how is self different from ego, etc. I have at least a thousand questions on just relative matters. Though I don’t prefer to word it like this, I’ve had a lot of recent enlightenment experiences and glimpses recently. The other day I was driving doing inquiry and realization dawned that what I am is nothing. The rest of the day for several days there was no one there to communicate that. There was no even experience of a person named Kieran or a mind (same thing) that even came up. There was a moment where I almost died while driving (no accident) and there wasn’t even an emotional in the moment leading up or after because fear only occurs when there’s the belief that there is even a person here. The more realization dawns, the more clear it is that this is all I’ve ever wanted. There is no agenda beyond this. I’m starting to make plans on going to travel to India and give a look around to kinda see if the whole cave thing is something I feel would be right. We could call this me making small bets. I really have no desire to follow anyone. I have no desire to follow any guru or teacher (which is not to say I don’t want to get their POV so I can expand my horizon). I have no interest in even subscribing to any tradition or system. I, like you, go from psychedelics, contemplation, meditation, to yoga. I really don’t have a desire or feel any real honest truth on my end to still live in this world. I’ve done a lot of the fun crazy shit that’s come with being a human. Sex, parties, raves, some degree of athletic success, met the famous people of all walks of life, etc. and the more I do, the more indifferent and irrelevant it all is to me. Which is to say I feel indifferent to people. I want to love, accept, and be good to all people but I still have a lot of shit I need to work on. And that motive to be more loving, accepting,, etc. is simply the case because I feel happier when I am in line with that and I actually feel like that’s what I’m the most truthful and honest. Not because I want followers. I don’t want followers. All I want is to know the truth and understand and know what everything is. I’m not trying to be Superman or some Jesus fantasy and save the world. If there is any contribution that’s going to come from my life, it will be after. The Buddha’s goal was Truth, the contribution came as a by-product. As was Sadhguru, Mahavira, Christ, Ramana, and virtually every other sage that came after. Like I said above, I’m still holding off pulling the trigger. I have A LOT of emotional work I need to do, shadow work, etc. that I’m actually in the process of doing that will take time. I plan on still testing this by going to some retreats and meeting more sages (going to meet Wilber and Ralston soon) and what not. I understand I don’t need to “reach” enlightenment by living in some cave (or whatever it is I do. I’m not stuck on a cave - open to other ideas and aternatives). This is simply what I want and I’m tired of the distractions. I want to work my ass of in this and put in the work. This where I want my hard work and deepest efforts to be put into. With that said, I’d appreciate feedback.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/09/20/jordan-peterson-enters-rehab-after-wifes-cancer-diagnosis/amp/

Leo’s response above is different from the case in that video.

This is just getting ridiculous https://www.christiantoday.com/article/is-jordan-peterson-the-new-messiah/124312.htm https://medium.com/@amandalouisegleaves/is-dr-jordan-peterson-a-post-modern-messiah-1f703631af0b https://theweeflea.com/2018/01/23/is-jordan-peterson-the-new-messiah/

Profound, inspiring, and series of books but no energetic transsmissions. Agreed that though energetic transmissions have nothing to do with space and time.

I already asked a post about this matter when I asked about free will in yet I was just ridiculed for suggesting that there is a free will. Can you please be clear on where you stand on this?

Sounds like me with running lol. My hips are so knitted up after all these years of running that it’s been difficult to get mobility I didn’t know was even remotely possible for me. My real issue that I seem to have in body when I sit how tension I have in my lungs when I sit, particularly without backpack support. To be metaphorical, my lungs feels like I’m grabbing onto a rubber chew toy and I’m squeezing it and I can’t let go. Can’t even really do pranayama because of the amount of anxiety I have in my system. Reichian therapy like morning gagging help a little bit but not much. It’s been a huge challenge for me.

If he’s the Messiah then I’m god himself... oh wait...

Excellent stability throughout that whole routine. Didn’t see a bit of instability. Looks like you’re striking the hard balance between mobility, flexibility, and relaxation with solidly foundational core strength. Keep it up man! Good to see faces behind these profiles!

Again, you’re relating to your own ideas. Not competing with you nor do I care to. Project whatever you want about me.

If you spot it, you got it. Whatever you see in Leo or anyone is what you yourself have. So check yourself on that Actually you do. If you wanna play the game of thinking you know someone deeply by “seeing his unconscious behavior” and thinking that YOUR extremely limited interpretation based on what you see on someone forum profile or videos and fraying conclusions about that, that’s just pure arrogance and naivety. That’s about you. What you’re not admitting here is that you actually DON’T see any of those things claim. You can make certain extremely limited conclusions but that’s about it. The rest is your own projections and fantasies about him as a person. If you want to pretend you’re a psychoanalytic expert that pretends to know how to read people, go ahead and play that game. You seem to lack an understanding of how much your own minds conclusions can’t be trusted. If you wanna be loose with the titles you give people, fine. Calling someone a master though tends to have certain criterias that come with that. Spiritually MASTERY has very little do with just having cool experiences and even insights.

First off, just going through his channel and his content speaks for itself that this young guy ain’t some enlightened master. Second off, you speak as though you know this guy personally. Let’s be clear, if you have never met this guy, you’re mostly just relating to your own ideas of the person. In truth, if you haven’t met him or any teacher, you don’t really know them. No one here who watches Leo and hasn’t really gotten to know him personally in person actually knows Leo. They just pretend to know Leo (or any other teacher). No one is saying this guy may not have something valuable to say, however, all because you have something valuable to say and you talk about spiritual stuff doesn’t make you a master whose put in the tens of thousands of hours.

If you’re serious... 3 Volumes of Capital by Karl Marx

This chubby Conor McGregor clone ain’t an enlightened master . Sorry lol.