Joseph Maynor

I've been religious in the past. I'm fully aware of the delusion of belief in God. I also went through the God Stage on the Enlightenment Path as well. Been there, done that.

No, when I say mechanism I'm pointing using a concept.

God is a concept. The Ego is not a concept, it's a mechanism. God doesn't exist. The Ego does. It's odd that you have these things backwards.

The Ego is not a definition, it's a mechanism. If I put a gun to your head, your response to that will be a mechanism not a definition.

The Ego is not really a concept, it's a mechanism. It's not a concept though because if it were, Ego would disappear when no thought is present. But that's not the case. Ego is a mechanism that you can transcend but can't completely remove.

What is the nature of everything? I think I'll have a slice of delicious pizza. Zen.

Getting stuck in metaphysics. Not fully transcending the Mind. Of course you also need to transcend the Ego and locate being as well. But that getting trapped in metaphysics thing is a huge trap that I see all the time.

Let Leo detox from all this sh*t for a while.

I think your practice is way too neurotic. I would just sit and do Do Nothing Meditation only for 30 days straight. 1 hour per day.

I don’t think it quite works like that. You’re projecting a kind of mental schematic on reality and assuming that reality must work that way.

Describe your meditation practice.

I know, i’ve heard people that I think are credible talk about it and swear by it.

No no no no no. I don't want to take anything away. I'm just putting forward a point of view for consideration. I'm in favor of all on-ramps onto the Path. I cherish all of them. But I've also become somewhat of an ornery teacher too always pushing people to question their sh*t.

What if Kundalini is just a thought-story? Something for the Mind to cling to.

Your inner infant is troubled.

Do Enlightenment work. Start by doing Do Nothing Meditation every day for 1 hour. Don’t skip any days.

I’m a fan of taking meds unless you’re absolutely sure you’re better off without them.

Even though I don't really resonate with Rupert Spira, I appreciate the sentiment of this video, especially when he gets out of his metaphysics in the second half of the video. Being is not alive or dead -- that's the Mind's labels, see, the Mind's talk. Dualities lay on top of being, thought lays on top of being. Once you realize that being doesn't depend on thought or talk, you can divorce being from being dependent on thought; which is what the Mind is doing with your metaphysics: making being dependent on the Mind's talk.

What you want to do is escape from the Mind. That's the key matrix at issue ironically. Of course the Mind will do everything in its power to keep you from noticing that.

Yeah, the video is excellent.

Wow, I never realized how similar Mooji and Sadhguru come off.

Wow, I didn't realize how similar Leo and Teal Swan are personality-wise and also theory-wise. I kept being reminded of Leo when watching the below video:

I'll watch that video tonight.

I think the different systems of Enlightenment appeal at different stages of the Path. For example Advaita Vedanta appealed to me much more when I was still somewhat trapped in the Mind, whereas Zen appeals to me much more now that I've made a lot of progress transcending the Mind.

I'll watch it tonight. Thanks for video.