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@graded24 I think I love you.

@Preetom Well that is how all our beliefs operate if we don't check them.

I disagree with the notion of burden of proof in general. No matter what situation I'm in the burden of proof is always on me.

I didn't even know that was a thing. So I was there just sleeping and in my sleep started to remember what @winterknightsaid about how thoughts themselves are a subtle form of dualism because they imply that there are two things: the thought and whichever perceives the thought (I hope I got that right). Then the question "What is reality?" popped into my head and then I "understood" the question and everything disappeared and I realized that this is it and that right now I'm actually dreaming. From then on I was awake and observed my dreams as if I was sitting in a movie theater until at one point I drifted away into sleep again.

Thanks It appears that questions about the nature of reality themselves are fundamentally misleading because of the hidden wrong assumptions they are based upon. Can we actually gain something by asking you questions?

After I had genuine glimpses and insights how do I not let those become barriers ?

@Leo Gura I see, Thanks.

@Leo Gura Doesn't the kundalini reside in the root chakra in the hindu system ?

I feel really left out

watching shows and mentally masturbating on this forum doesn't get us anything either... but here we are.

In my opinion I would say that the reason for that is that the advice Leo gives is based on his life and his past and current struggles.

I can relate. Does it feel like most shit people that people care about and things even you cared about are pretty empty as well? I'm considering the same thing actually.

Hey I like a definitive guide on body language by alan and barbara pease. It doesn't mention awakening at all but I still highly recommend it. It is structured well and doesn't overhelm you with too much information at once but is still very detailed.

He feels threatened, I guess. I would say show him a shorter video of Leo and make fun of him together in his videos and check out Leos blog post where he enumerates all the things he has been wrong on. And make sure to not praise Leo too much in front of him we men are fragile like that...

@Roman Edouard 1. So the destruction is as necessary as the creation? Because another conclusion from your statements are: For something to go on forever it must be destroyed over and over again. 2. That doesn;t answer why physical reproduction has to be the most fundamental meaning. All you said could be completely true and I could just add that this entire dynamic just serves in order for mental reproduction to take place.

That seems kind of arbitrary to me. You could just as well argue that physical reproduction is only done to enable mental reproduction of ideas. And the real meaning of life is to have your set of values and ideas persist and reproduce.

@MM1988 I just experimented a lot and looked into a mirror to see what looks and feels right.

What has helped me improve my self-esteem is 1. fixing my posture 2. breathing correctly 3.being mindful whenever I get automatic negative thoughts and just observe them. The most note able and almost immediate boost was when I started to stand upright and walk properly.

@universe So subtle.

@hundreth my man!

@Serotoninluv Again with the pseudo answers either your spirituality level is over 9000 and you can't be bothered to answer or you answer choose one. "Dig deeper. Keep digging" doesn't even mean anything in this context...like imagine if my first response to your first post was "You don't have the whole picture, keep seeking and you shall understand"

@Serotoninluv That really isn't a response to anything I said though...

@Serotoninluv It's not that I made the assessment of whether those people were enlightened or not. Look at an universally recognized teacher like Joshu Sasaki roshi so all those people he thought and led to become teachers and masters are also not enlightened? All the other master who recognized him as a master also were just bullshitting?

@Tony 845 If we are just speculating then I would argue that means that even the therapist would be enlightened meaning the field of therapy would evolve into a whole new thing. And I don't know about how they "could" but it's fact that they were enlightened and still had issues. I don't see why those things have to be mutually exclusive.It's not like the second someone becomes enlightened their entire ego vanishes.

@Serotoninluv That is demonstrably incorrect. As someone pointed out Shinzen went to a therapist before. And also there are well documented cases of enlightened masters abusing their power by sexually exploiting or raping their followers.