Joseph Maynor

The only person that exists is you. You’re the only thing that can become Enlightened. There is no other. What’s happening is your Awareness is stuck in Maya and wants to get free but doesn’t quite yet have the experience to do that. I can see myself in you as well. This is where compassion is born in me. That’s the kind of suffering that goes away post-Enlightenment. And man is that a relief. You’re no longer gonna be cutting off your nose to spite your face post-Enlightenment.

You’re only fighting yourself — that’s what you don’t grok yet. It’s ok, not many people do. But one day you might see it. And when you do, that will change everything for you.

Leo’s video on Shadow Work is so long overdue. Seriously, I can’t believe he’s waited so long to do a video on Shadow Work.

There you go. First find out what Enlightenment is and then come tell us about it.

What about your worldview? To me your worldview seems kinda out of balance, at least as evidenced by your conduct. How old are you?

Look at all these people forming excuses not to have to educate themselves more hehe.

Trump is you.

No. Non-duality is all you.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MY DAILY MEAL PLAN MIGHT GO -- AND I VARY THIS UP TOO, I DON'T EAT THE SAME THING EVERYDAY -- IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AND MAKE FOOD AS PART OF YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK Snack 1 -- Some raw carrots Breakfast -- Four egg plain omelette Lunch -- A plate of beans Snack 2 -- Some steamed veggies Dinner -- Meat (Pork, Chicken, Fish) and veggies cooked in the oven as a side Snack 3 -- A few Greek olives

You just gotta jump in there and start working. Maybe practice here on the Forum like I did. That's what I did. You need to take 100% responsibility to just jump in there and start working. You're not gonna know what to do up front. What you do is just start working hard on your Life Purpose Work every day -- it should come natural to you if that's your Life Purpose. Start doing personal development bigtime on yourself. Start teaching personal development as you have insights. Start writing about personal development. And then stuff will start to emerge for you as to what you should do. You're not gonna know much in advance. Life Purpose Work is a life-long project -- it's the main project of your life.

Trying to remove Ego from experience is clinging to the 'Paradigm of Self' because what you're doing is trying to pick and choose experience. BE-ing is surrendering to the moment without pre-judgments or pre-expectations. I wouldn't say the Ego needs to be integrated because that's something a 'Self' would say, I would say that the Ego needs to be accepted as part of Experience.

I’ve done all the worksheets myself. Super valuable. That’s where you do the real work.

Perhaps Leo can create a link on his website with all the worksheets. That’s a good idea.

You can't love doing great things for yourself until you love yourself.

I used to feel that when I felt sorry for myself. I used to relish in feeling sorry for myself and I would get that feeling you're describing behind the chest.

You gotta realize that you're never mature enough for a relationship. Nobody is. Relationship management skills are like any other rare and valuable skill, you gotta work on them your entire life. Be willing to fail in relationships. Go into all relationships with the assumption that sustainability is never a guarantee. This also includes your relationship with your 'Self'. Friends come and go, relationships come and go.

Read 'Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius' by Ray Monk This book had a huge impact on my life when I read it in my late 20's. I also re-read it in my early 30's too. https://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittgenstein-Genius-Ray-Monk/dp/0140159959 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Maybe facing your fears is unnecessarily torturing yourself as well. It's the 'Self' that wants to face its fears. This is not how an Enlightened person talks: 'Remember, this is your individual journey, your demons, your fears. Do not avoid any hard work, such as facing your deepest fears. You cannot get there without facing them.' This is what I call cultivation of a 'Spiritual Ego'. The idea that Enlightenment is something for you. Enlightenment is not a destination. Enlightenment is surrendering to BE-ing right now in the moment without pre-judgments or pre-expectations. Videos on point to watch:

KEEN AWARENESS IS HOW YOU TRANSCEND FEAR OF ENGAGING IN CONFLICT WITH PEOPLE The easiest way to enter conflict without fear is when you're keenly aware of your micro and macro-level actual problem situations in your life. It takes a lot of Personal Development work to get to this place though. The reason you don't want to enter conflict is because you're not keenly aware of your actual problem situations or what is needed to sustainably solve them. One of the best places you can get to is when you enter conflict knowing deep-down that it's a battle worth waging.

I use apple cider vinegar as my key acid when I make food. I use it on almost everything I eat. Sometimes I'll use balsamic vinegar instead or I'll blend the two 50/50.

Enlightenment is tricky because it's all about surrendering to BE-ing -- and the Mind kicks up every obstacle to distract you from doing that. One of the biggest obstacles is clinging to 'Need to Know BE-ing'. Another obstacle is assuming BE-ing is a butterfly that you need to catch with a net. Enlightenment teachers talk about this as 'setting Enlightenment as a goal to be achieved'. The problem with that is it tees the Mind up to create a concept of Enlightenment or BE-ing. But see, BE-ing is not a concept. BE-ing is right now. Enlightenment is transcending the 'Paradigm of Self', and eventually all paradigms as well. Asking your 'Self', 'shouldn't I be Enlightened by now?' is a trick question. It's a distraction from surrendering to BE-ing in the moment without pre-judgments or pre-expectations.

No way. I entered UCLA at 23 years old and graduated when I was 27 years old. It was actually weird because everybody around me was 3-5 years younger than me, and I lived in the dorms too for the first 2 years. Even though I was only 23 years old, I felt super old at the time. Now I'm 40, and I look back on that and say, 'how the hell did I think I was so old at 23'? When I was going to UCLA there were a few undergrads that were there in their 40's! I sh*t you not! The grad students were all around my age though, which was cool. I actually hung out more with grad students and people off campus than I did with the kids on campus. I was playing music at that time, and most of my friends were musicians off campus.

Wow. That's something I think is worthwhile to do. I gotta do that at some point.

But see what's weird is that you're actually giving advice in this post. Can you see it?