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Thank you for sharing these words with me. This is what I am trying to do. To be mindful all the time. To be present all the time.

But are you sure that @Leo Gura has said that he stopped meditating? Are you 100% percent sure?

@Mikael89, can you give me a link where @Leo Gura said that he has stopped meditating?

Okay. I would like to understand that.

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You can be aware of being aware. You can be aware of your sight. You can be aware of your hearing. You can be aware of all at the same time and that is amazing! These philosophers knew how to meditate effectively.

Hello there. I've found this video on YouTube. It talks about Western Civilization and how these ancient Greeks were able to realize God. It's also talking about an advanced form of meditation that we really don't know about. Knowledge without practice is useless.

Thank you for sharing that with us. I will try to do that. Also, please give us some examples.

Thank you, guys. I will do what's necessary to raise my consciousness so I can identify the unconscious problem of resistance.

Hello. I'm into self-actualization since March 2018. I've been meditating on a daily basis for 30 to 40 minutes straight and sometimes I meditate while I'm working. My journey looks like this: keeping an open mind as I'm being open-minded; only the present moment matters; direct experience is supreme; no dogma, ideology, and beliefs; not taking reality for granted and questioning almost everything and studying psychology (the studying of one-self). Of course, I have other subjects in mind but this was a small example of how my itinerary looks like. The only problem I have while doing personal development work is that I feel a lot of resistance and pain when I'm studying and trying to retain information. Why is that? It's been over a year and the pain doesn't seem to go away. Studying should be a process of enjoyment, especially if I'm studying what I like. Anyway, it's a strange feeling that keeps me distracted; it's something like discouragement and a feeling of giving up. This feeling I have doesn't feel good at all in the sense that it's like an inner conflict inside of my psyche. I'm doing my best to overcome it. I'm being mindful as much as I can but this shitty resistance doesn't seem to collapse on itself. On the other hand, I have a few questions that I need to ask myself and of course, you guys: Should I take a 10 days retreat and meditate the whole time? Should I try psychedelics; would psychedelics remove this awful resistance? Should I take a long break and contemplate this problem? As I'm feeling stuck, I'm looking forward to your answers with great interest.

I'm 26 years old and I've never had sex. I think about sex every day as my brain is making me do that; it's not something that I'm very interested in. It would be nice to have sex, of course, but I'm doing my best to keep myself a virgin until I get married. I'm happy without sex. I truly am. Meditation, writing, studying and sports matters more than sex to be completely honest. Sex is just a form of hedonism that creates misery. Logic, reason, and spirituality is the way. Realizing God is also the way. If you want to engage in sexual behavior, do it for health purposes if you can manage to keep your mind in a calm state; away from regrets. Because believe me, regret is a poison; it triggers unhealthy emotions.

Hi. I'm doing personal development work four days a week. I can't do it every day because I have a job and I work three days a week; 13 hours a day. That means Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I'm busy working and I can't do self-actualization work. In one of his videos, @Leo Gura said that it's important to do it every day. I can't get this out of my mind, so I wanted to ask if it's OK to do it in the remaining time.

Here are a few points of what self-actualization means to me: I meditate four times a week. I study psychology. I think (contemplate) about reality. I keep track of my thoughts using a journal. But it is not possible for me to do all these things while I am working. I say this because @Leo Gura said that it is important to do self-actualization work every single day. How can I do that if I have to work three days a week?

In this video, Mingyur Rinpoche explains the essence of meditation and describes some common misunderstandings about practicing meditation. He also shares some tips for bringing meditation into our day-to-day lives. What is your reaction to Mingyur Rinpoche’s statement that you don’t have to be calm and peaceful in order to meditate? Is he right?

Yet so few of us are creative...

Hello. Since I began my journey to personal development I've made some progress. A year has gone by. I'm pretty thankful of my actions. A problem that I still have is that it's very hard to keep in mind (remember) what I'm studying. I struggle to memorize things. Why is that? Can I do something about it? How can I become a better learner? Should I study slowly and for longer periods of time? How about @Leo Gura? I'm always intrigued by his ways of learning, although I don't know them. I just know that Leo is able to talk very well and that he remembers a lot of stuff. How is he doing that? Is memory a part of our brains that grows once we keep memorizing stuff? I need to become a better learner and I want to memorize what I'm studying.

Hello. I wanted to share with you what's happening to me while I'm at work. Many of my colleagues talk behind my back. They gossip about me all the time and I'm not exaggerating. For example, I'm used to eat one meal and day and when I take a break, I eat a little bit more. But when they see that, they start laughing and gossiping about what I eat. "Ohh, look how much is this jerk is eating!", "What?! Did you see how much butter is he eating at once?". I hear stuff like that all the time. I also see them laughing. Sometimes they make really ugly remarks about me. The fact of the matter is that I don't eat carbohydrates and I eliminated the sugars completely. They think I'm a weirdo. Anyway, why are they behaving like this? I've never been mean to them.

This "I" is just an illusion. You're absolutely right.

Hello. Today I sat with myself. I observed myself fully. I finally could meditate well without having thoughts; it was total silence & only the present moment. At some point, I was starting to feel something strange about my personality. I think it was my Ego, trying to preserve itself by hitting back and by not letting me enjoy the present moment. It was an odd feeling that is hard to explain. Anyway, what I wanna ask is this: would I be able to maintain my personality as I'm furthering away from my Ego? I wanna be able to relate to people while I'm becoming selflessness; I want to be able to smile when I'm interacting with them. I wanna be "liked" but not in an egotistic way. I need some basic social skills and knowing when to smile in an authentic way, not forcefully. The reason? To be function in this world while I'm at my job or anywhere else. I was reading this book (The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution) and the author, Ouspensky, mentioned the importance of personality and essence. He said that 'personality and essence' need to go hand in hand. Ouspensky explained that both essence and personality must be developed, otherwise the human being cannot function properly. I wanna be able to function properly as I'm becoming selflessness and more empathetic with people around me. How do I preserve my personality?

I agree with that. They should behave as they want and for that matter, I shouldn't be bothered by any of their actions; even if they speak badly of me. Anyway, thoughts can't hurt me. I know that thoughts are just a figment of our imagination, so why are we so afraid of others? We definitely shouldn't be afraid of other's thoughts. When we realize this, we walk freely and without worries. What can be more pleasant than that?

Be mindful. Observe yourself. Notice when you have a thought and let it dissipate. Remind yourself to be mindful; after a while you'll become mindful automatically. You can write in a journal about your thoughts and how they appear in your mind. Also observe your thoughts as and how they appear while you write. Just try to stay mindful continuously. At some point, you'll see that it takes effort but in the end, it's worth it.

I understand what you're saying but I'm never criticizing their diets. Most of the time I'm politie to them. I respect everybody. I don't hate anyone, even the people who talk behind my back.

Thank you folks. I truly don't give a damn about what they think, speak or do. I just want to understand why are they doing what they do. Why are they behaving like this when they shouldn't.

I agree with that @Leo Gura. Happiness is earned. Happiness cannot be possible without effort.

Because I want to access reality directly. Direct experience is king, as @Leo Gura is saying. Direct experience is reality itself. I don't need an Ego because I don't wanna live a lie. As long as I'm guided by my Ego, how can I experience absolute truth? As long as I'm following my Ego, how can I become more conscious? You get it, right? This is what I mean when I want to drop my Ego.