Joseph Maynor

What must one become and how does that relate to being?

Being is fulfillment enough. That's what Nirvana means and points to.

But you get wiser too don't you? How do you make sense of that within the context of what you're saying?

Be careful about doubling-down regarding Life Purpose. I see kind of a trap where the Ego-Mind clings to that life purpose in a way that can set up a block to being. But, at the same time, appreciate the paradox that you wanna do Life Purpose Work too. Be guided by your life purpose but don’t double-down on it with the Ego-Mind. There’s a balance. It’s like driving a car, you’re not gunning the gas all the time. It’s a more organic, subtle, loose guidance by your life purpose, not a white-knuckled, neurotic, hard clinging by an insatiable, striving, needy Ego-Mind.

What's with this word "deep"? Being is being. What does "deep" have to do with it? "Deep" is the mind looking for something. Also, how can you be Enlightened if Enlightenment is all about transcending the Ego-Mind? The Ego-Mind wants to become deeply Enlightened.

Is simply being wasting your life? Or is chasing significance wasting your life ironically? Think about all the time you're stuck in work and in your head rather than just being present. I think it's good to contemplate this issue of fear of a wasted life.

Look and see if you're happy right now. That's the test.

It's all the Ego chasing significance. When you can be happy with just being, that deficiency need drops away. But this is something you'll have to find out for yourself. And not everyone does. There are plenty of people that spend their whole lives in their heads. And maybe my way of living life is not your way of living life and that's cool too. There are many ways to go through this life.

Do I have a strong urge to revolutionize? Not now. All I want to do is live a peaceful, happy life. I found out a while ago that the intellectual life is not where it's at. But see, I'm 41 years old. When I was Leo's age I was just like him. That's why I can totally empathize with what Leo's going through. But everybody has to go through that for themselves, see. It's like Emerald said in one of her videos, you can't force a plant to grow faster by tugging on it.

Leo seems to have a strong need to make a significant impact on knowledge areas in order to revolutionize them. He wants to fix culture.

Sometimes I think Enlightenment can be used as an Egoic distraction. This whole idea that I get to become Enlightened is not quite right. Oh when when do I get to become Enlightened! Wouldn't that attainment be great. Notice that word "attainment" too is kinda dodgy.

No because they have not been down the Path. Animals are stuck in an unenlightened Ego-Mind. Only humans can mediate Ego with No Ego to develop an Enlightened Ego. Only humans can see that the Ego doesn't fully encompass me. Babies aren't Enlightened for the same reason, they haven't walked the Path that Enlightenment requires.

Meditation by far, although I wouldn't label meditation as a "spiritual practice".

Every time Leo makes a video and posts it on YouTube he's advertising Actualized.org. And all the old videos on YouTube are also advertising Actualized.org. The Forum also advertises Actualized.org. The Actualized.org website also advertises Actualized.org.

The only mentor I have at this point is myself. And I was even reluctant to say that, but that's the closest I could come to an answer to this question.

Exactly.

This video is definitely in my top 5 of your videos in terms of the influence it had on me over the long term. It would be interesting to see how you think this video and your God videos relate. How does your God theory aid practice? How does practice aid your God theory?

How so?

Theory is for the first part of the Path. The second part of the Path is where you're not obsessed with theory. You gotta lure the Ego-Mind onto the Path with theory, because that's what the Ego-Mind understands. But if you're clinging to theory, that can develop into a trap because being doesn't give a squat about theory. It's the Ego-Mind that is obsessed with being right or possessing the one right truth. Being doesn't care what theory the Ego-Mind clings to.

When you're learning how to drive a car you study that little driving test booklet like your life depends on it. After you pass the driving test, you just drive the car. Same thing goes for all this intellectual sh*t. Once you've gone through this conceptual stuff ad nauseum for years like I have, the issue just dies on the vine after a certain point. Babies love baby food, but adults have moved beyond that. No adult buys baby food just to reminisce a prior taste. That never happens. It it did, that would be kinda eccentric behavior to say the least.

Do you need any answers?

I'm not seeking any answers. I don't need any answers.

That's a good point. I've thought about that. Clinging to not clinging is indeed a trap. Am I doing that? I don't think so. But any kind of position that one frames in language is a kind of clinging to the extent that one is preaching it. What I'm trying to do is provide a counter-balance to try to deal with the larger issue of the Ego-Mind clinging to these kinds of beliefs at all. This whole intellectual game is no better than snorting coke off a stripper's hip.

Yeah but don't cling to it not being good or had either. It's just not that important to have an answer or a judgment either way. Even if you do say it is good or bad or not good or bad, that's just one Ego-Mind clinging to some thought about reality for better or for worse. The bottom line is it's just not that important or healthy to cling to a one right answer about these things. It just doesn't matter much. You're gonna die soon and have all these very practical interests about how to spend your remaining time. None of those interests involves you clinging to some kind of oversimplified judgment about reality; unless you just wanna be lost in your head your whole life, which is kind of a sad fate if you sit down and think about it.