Joseph Maynor

I was fortunate to recently just start doing LIfe Purpose work myself. I feel like I am out of the newbie stage with Enlightenment work where I’m not having to do as much explicit work there anymore. All I do with Enlightenment these days is maintain keen awareness as much as I can. Enlightenment is about groking the full manifestation of No Self and No World not just conceptually, but actually. That’s what the work of Enlightenment does. It purifies you of false beliefs so you can discover your authentic self. Then you gotta go back into the world and still make a living. That’s where Life Purpose then becomes at issue. Of course, most people didn’t have the good fortune of proceeding this linearly as I have through Enlightenment work first and then on to Life Purpose work, so you do both simultaneously. I thought I understood Life Purpose before, but it was an illusory, superficial understanding. Without doing Leo’s course, I didn’t fully understand what Life Purpose is or the pragmatic work involved to manifest it. Life Purpose work is designing a custom career for yourself. Way cool! I’m on board.

You gonna turn it into a cash-flow engine too? Life Purpose is about career. If you are focused on your own PD that maybe a trap. What value are you gonna provide to the world to get wallets to open for you? Life ain’t free. Do you have a passion to give massive value about PD to someone capable of paying you money? Is that really your passion!

Don’t get hung up on these issues. Find your Life Purpose and then how much you work will take care of itself.

It’s the best strategy for a satisfying Life Purpose — creative contribution to a wider cause other than yourself. Building good Karma does pay off in life, and chasing these kinds of experiences, while Egoic, is still the best way to make a living and also feel less dirty while doing it. Nobody wants to suffer in this life through bad Karma — it sucks and it is soul-destroying, as we all know. You’ll never feel fully pure making a living though, because everybody doing so is compromising their Karma while doing so to a greater or lesser extent. But if you can meet your financial needs while minimizing this shitty effect, it makes strategic sense to do so. I had this epiphany recently that even very noble people are still sowing bad Karma due to the fact that making money is inherently a grasping, a withholding, or taking activity where value is denied someone, often in ways that contradict the do-gooder’s original intent. Business is nasty, but you can minimize the nastiness — but we all need to earn our livings, don’t we. It is unfair to society and others to leach off of their wealth like lousy parasites. So there you have it, we are in a deep conundrum with business. We want to stand like noble men, not snot-nosed boys in this chosen, created life. We gotta compromise very carefully through this minefield, which we have the capacity to do — by mindfully implementing Life Purpose strategies in our lives.

You use the theory, don’t let the theory use you. Stop clinging to theory in unwholesome ways. Take a concept you like from the theory and figure out how to turn it into a budding daily-routine in your life to get some pragmatic dividends. Otherwise you’re just surrendering to the Mind, which leaves you satisfied and frustrated in equal measure.

Enlightenment and Life Purpose. Next would be codifying your Big Vision in writing and updating it on a daily basis. Finally, you need to understand some implementation strategies like building daily routines, building willpower muscle, time-blocking your workday, and achieving peak-performance on a plateau.

Thanks for this video Leo. If I had built one of these earlier in my life it would’ve made a huge difference. Organization is half the battle. I am implementing this great advice and will build my own book on One Note as I do your Life Purpose Course, which I plan to do before the end of this year. Good stuff. Your work helps a lot of people. I am so excited to do your Life Purpose Course finally! I’m surprised I waited so long to do it, but now is truly the right time for me to do LP work, so I can’t whine about that. It’s nice to do things at the right time in personal development. I think the biggest trap with LP is thinking you already got it handled. Maybe you should shoot a video on that issue. LP is just as important as Enlightenment, and just as tricky — full of sabotaging Ego traps. Also, LP may be harder than Enlightenment work because it requires that you get off your lazy ass and actually do something excellent with your life — something scary and out of your comfort-zone — something worthy with your time that also brings home the bacon. Isn’t that what we all want? — that kind of deep satisfaction and connection with reality? That is so important; just as important as Enlightenment work is.

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Absolutely yes.

I think this is what my life purpose is too.

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This is good. You transcended the mind. See? Your mind augments your reality in many ways. When you get in a state of flow like that you can see what reality is outside of what the mind wants reality to be.

We gotta balance everything in smart ways. If you're growing, that's the test. Synergy was one of Covey's Habits for a reason. Ya ever hear of the phrase -- "Two heads are better than one!" Well, there you have it. If you wanna be smart, you gotta learn from everyone. And for that you need to be in an environment where people of all ages discuss ideas. It depends on what your motive is. And what you take to be important to your growth at a particular time. If it's not resonating with you, if you feel too reigned in -- just stay away for a while. But remember: Keep rules, but be flexible with them too. Do rules, don't let rules do you! It's a certain kind of intuitive balancing act. Use all of your tools to the max! And give back! You owe that to your teachers. Give back what you took and then some! That's called contribution: and it's a core element of life purpose work. Contribute to growth -- you'll get it back in spades! It depends on how far you wanna go in this work. If you're a deep-diver like me, you'll wanna hit the deepest bottom there is. For better or for worse! There's a deep backdrop that you can build -- like the stark-white canvas behind the painting. There's something to be gleaned from every experience. Be a sponge -- just wring yourself out every now and again. That's fine! That's normal! Cleanse and renew. That's healthy. I've done that many times myself. That's what life is! https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits/habit-6.html Watch: Watch this one after:

It's kind of a strange place to get to -- to authentically exist. You can't really be too cocky and you can't really be too modest. You know less than you want to know, and that's ok. The most important thing is to be authentic and then most of your problems melt away. And to know is egoic. You can survive just fine without knowing, can't you? This is a paradigm that you probably have never even been exposed to. It's kind of a jump from what you have now. Watch: This is a great explanation by Leo: Another important one to watch:

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