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if to compare with the desire to have sex for example. when that feeling suddenly pops up that you want to do it. do you have it about your work? are you addicted to it? what else makes this dopamine rush in you?

@Joseph Maynor that cleared up a lot for me, thanks.

there is that thing that makes you want to do something in the present moment. the counterpart of it is the mind, which rationalizes and comes up something with reasons not to do a certain thing. for example to initiate a conversation with someone. sometimes you kinda get the feel to talk, but then the mind comes and says "what will i get out of that" or "it will bother that person". so my question is, since there is so much talk about the "higher self", are we supposed to be doing as the higher self feels 100% of the time? or should we balance it with our mind's judgement. that is i guess what is being pointed to with campbell's "follow your bliss". this is also what was pointed at by carl jung with his ego idea i think. he said i think that we should always listen to that higher self. another question is how to distinguish that from deceitful thoughts, that are not your higher self, but just unconscious motivations of fear. or maybe its the samr thing, i dont know.

what makes a person experience joy and delight doing a certain thing while if it were to be another person doing the same thing, he wouldnt experience anything? what can one do to increase the probability of experiencing joy and delight?

lol I had a dream where I met Leo near a restaurant and he gave me self actualization tips

How do I make my goal to grow right now? how do I not pay much focus on future goals? My mind simply wont let me to be motivated by the now. all it wants is future. how do I make so the more I grow the more im motivated to grow?

@Joseph Maynor i had that question precisely because im doing the course

I currently study physics, i wont have any loans, but for the next 6 years after the degree I will have to work at something related. I dont see any deep meaning in studying physics, which is why its not deeply interesting, but interesting enough. I dont think I will do anything related to physics later in life, but currently i dont have a vision and im doing the life purpose course, so in order not to waste time im doing the degree. in your eyes do you think thats a smart thing to do?

In my opinion learning a language is a waste of time unless: it's your life purpose you're going to use that language frequently it's necessary for other reasons In my eyes a person has a limited amount of time in his life and the best use of that time is to experience growth in the most rewarding and fulfilling way. The time spent dabbling around learning languages one doesnt need I think would be much better spent pursuing a life purpose, raising consciousness or a million other more worthwhile things. I agree that learning languages may present some opportunity for growth but other activities I think are much more worthwhile. I think learning languages for the sake of being proud that one knows a lot of languages is a distraction.

What is the difference between the original and the 3rd edition except that the 3rd edition in kindle costs 70$ and the first edition costs 1$?

@Richard Alpert can you send me a link? or is it only in your country? on amazon the hardcover costs 30$ and the kindle 75$, extremely strange.

it motivates to see some advancement in other people, thanks for the share! btw in the LP course leo said one of the hardest thing to do is going to be the markeing, why dont you pick up some books on it (in case you didnt already) seth godin and such, great stuff.

I tried to do nofap carelessly and actually what it did is strenghtened my desire for certain sexual activities that im not even interested in, when i actually tried to do them they weren't exciting at all and it was all just empty anticipation. i actually experience a bit of fear right now realizing how dangerous it is playing with your brain and I want to get some information as to how exactly do rewire my brain to positive things. as i understand it, the more i think about something the stronger the network about that thing is the more desire i have to do it. thats what i guess happened with me. if its true then no pmo means more thinking about wanting sexual experiences and that actually creating addictions that werent even there. how do i turn this to my advantage for example to want to read books, study, do life purpose work, raising consciousness, etc.

I think a really great idea would be to keep the possibility to thumb up comments, but to not show the number of votes, instead, show incremental jumps in thumb-ups. like a purple color is 5 thumb ups, blue is like 10 and so on. that way, people would be able to tell the most agreed on posts, while eliminating a substantial amount of judgement about a post. I completely agree though with removing the reputation underneath the profile picture.

maybe mention it in your next video at the end, make some poll and put it in the description. I dont live in the US but I would like to see the video of it. Also I think you need more videos with your legs for the purple cow concept to work better

almost every time I have a tiny break like going somewhere, eating, or basically things that dont require mental energy, I contemplate about stuff. I was wondering if thats any use, because its kind of scattered sometimes and the concentration is not fully on the contemplated subject.

"the power of now" by eckhart tolle. introduced me to spirituality.

If you're willing to spend the next few years meditating from morning until night, like the buddha did, you may have some progress, not guaranteed. Though if not, without any guidance your chances I think are extremely small. dont let your ego say "I can do this by myself". consider the possibility that you dont know something about enlightenment. I also think that gurus are not only for knowledge, you may have a lot of knowledge, but still gurus can offer you plenty, consider that possibility. also, the youtubers you mentioned arent teaching enlightenment 24/7, consider that too. I think its just ego stuff.

@Cjaryo yeah, that, but the problem with that is that people are also advocating being aware of breath or being conscious during these breaks, so I wondered whats better, if thinking about stuff during the day is just monkey mind or not. if theres any use from that

im actually going through the same, those thoughts of "how can i be this blank". though the more im aware, the more i realize thats just monkey mind. if you don't meditate you have to start. i dunno how to deal with it except accepting yourself and loving yourself. consciousness work does this.

it's my 1000th time posting about this, sorry. I was watching this video of terence mckenna and the message was conflicting with other advice i've got. he says basically that in order to experience a psychedelic truly I shouldnt try lower doses first, that he recommends to take an average dose and just dive in. I was recommended to go 1g then 2g then 3g, while he recommends I guess just going 2g. what should I do? is it recommended to for example to just try at 0.5g and then go to 2g? he also recommends to do it in the darkness. Basically there are 2 approaches which I see: the badass exploration one and the enjoyment/bliss one. badass exploration is the one in which I guess would grow me the most and is just in silence with closed eyelids meditating. enjoyment one is with music on, just vibing. my goal really is growing so Im attracted more to the badass one but it may be counterproductive in the end. maybe the most growth is when you enjoy it the most. I dont know. how do I utilize this substance to the maximum?

You have to raise your consciousness. watch leo's vids, read books. what would happen if you say got a girlfriend now? maybe at the start it would be nice, but judging from how bad you want it, long term it's not gonna be pretty. READ BOOKS AND EDUCATE YOURSELF. this is crucial, you dont realize how ignorant you are, knowledge is crucial to play the game called "life" in our age. There was a time when I too was craving a girlfriend and then I read a book (called the way of the superior man) which said that girls get attracted to guys with a purpose, that what's most important to them was their life calling, and from there I realized there's no gold in that mine called "seeking a relationship". Just focus on developing yourself and find solace in being alone, you wont have a fulfilling life depending on other people. I recommend doing nofap. you're going to have to face your demons one day, we all have to. watch that vid, nothing that will send you to hell there, just pure logic, try to be openminded. remember if you ever get stuck in life read a book that is relevant to your situation. best thing ever. I recommend buying leo's book list. There are books that you find usually, because they're not popular, because they were not marketed greatly, but the things that are said in them are extremely profound.

From what I can guess, since beauty is absence of a seer, enlightened people can always access beauty? are there degrees of beauty?

if you are asking literally, yeah, im at the university away from my family during the week and usually I dont interact much with people.

I have a ton of excess energy that just makes me want to move my body, its like a desire to contract muscles. on top of that theres speech impulsiveness, which means I spew words and sing while almost yelling. I can control it, but sometimes I just let it do whatever it wants to do. I am able to concentrate if I want to, but it takes some willpower to control myself. this may be because in the last month I masturbated maybe twice and currently im on a week roll. it's quite annoying honestly, and it just makes stuff harder. Can I use it somehow? or can I stop it? edit- forgot to add, there's also food craving, I feel like I want to eat all the time and even if I do, it doesnt stop, my diet is pretty healthy with a bunch of vegetables.