Brandon Nankivell

Which is to say, If I understand you correctly: Multiplicity IS Unity and Unity IS Multiplicity, because the two aren't separate. There's simply the One Reality appearing as multiplicity. Adi Shankara, proponent of non-duality writes: "There is no multiplicity in the Self. The Self is indeed one, and its multiplicity is imagined due to limiting adjuncts." This to me sounds the same as what you've said, and hence I see no contradiction between non-duality and what Leo is teaching, or at least the way you've stated your understanding of what Leo is teaching. If I understand non-duality correctly, it denies the 'reality' of all dualistic phenomena (which, by nature, is temporary and appears fragmented). But 'reality' in this context simply means 'not-eternal'. It isn't denied that duality / multiplicity / phenomena exist, just that they're not 'real' (eternal). Samkhya philosophy on the other hand seems to describe what you are describing, and I speculate that it's really the same as what Leo is pointing to. Since it acknowledges the reality of inseparability and reality of multiplicity from Oneness. I'm still curious to understand what it is that Leo claims to point to, that transcends non-duality. I've listened to the advanced God realization videos multiple times, the solipsism videos and hundreds of hours of similar content, still yet to see how it differs from the True Self being one, appearing as multiple. Leo often says 'I am you, and you are me' 'understand this...' etc. This is no different to the core teaching of Sufism, Samkhya, Kabbalah etc... Any awakening or insight labelled 'above' this in degree would actually just be a 'wave of phenomena' contained 'within' Oneness, would it not? P.S. Considering making this a new thread

One approach is simply to decide to, but the decision has to be all-in. Another approach is to look within and find the root desire of why you feel the need to speak impulsively.

Can't remember if this coincided with me experimenting with nootropics but a day on the beach I suddenly felt intense joy, and began reading books on joy which lead to Osho, and Osho lead to everything else. But even before all this I had read The Power of Now out of curiosity and gave it a mocking 1-star review out of ignorance. Also had a full blown sartean existential crisis / dark knight of the soul but didn't reocgnize it as anything spiritual at the time. 11 months of negative nihilism.

Nothingness is:

Found this to be very insightful, specifically to what it is not

Isn't nothing neither existence nor non-existence?

I read 550+ books over the last 12 years, 97% various topics in non-fiction, many business, self-help, mind, and spirituality - In my experience, it's true that most self-help and business books are rehash of the same old principles. I don't read self-help anymore. I only pickup a business book and read a specific segment to remind myself of a solution to a very specific problem that I'm currently encountering in business. Health, fitness, and diet books are all over the shop in terms of quality and credibility. I've stopped reading most of those apart from the occasional book, the most recent being Mitochondriac Manifesto by R.D. Lee and soon to look at Astanga Samgraha of Vagbhata (Ayurvedic study). Philosophy I've decided it's not worth the time reading each and every philosopher's main works, only to pick the nuggets. Still yet to finish an entire summary of western philosophy such as one by Bertrand Russell or other authors. Using Leo's philosophy video as a rough guide to how I approach the field. All time currently is being spent researching and combing through source texts on Kabbalah, Hasidism, Sufism, Advaita Vedanta, Samkhya, After death state. Alot aren't fully translated into English yet so I'm finding a partial translations or summaries by scholars will have to suffice for now. I don't intend to read everything in full, I just follow my curiosity and if I have gaps in my understanding, I refer to specific books and parts of books accordingly. And contemplate what I read. I haven't been doing alot of insight from scratch as Leo has suggested above, mainly because using existing insights recorded by others, as a springboard, has lead to embodying the same insight myself through contemplation after reading them, or it has lead to alternative insights that have been very impactful. The from-scratch approach is definitely on my mind to pursue though. Years ago I remember intentionally sitting down at a public bus station, closing my eyes, and just exploring how sounds of the bus, space, and time are related and it was amazing.

Suggestion: Write a pros and cons list of what your insecurities do for you, then decide whether you want to keep them or let them go (there's no right or wrong). Sincerity when doing this task is essential for a meaningful outcome.

It is possible to identify traumas with the aid of journaling. Then holding on to them or letting them go will be your choice. Some prompts I use: Why am I feeling X? What is the source of X? What is first memory in which I remember feeling X? What is the most potent memory in which I remember feeling X? What triggers X? What does feeling X or behaving X do for me? Would I like to keep holding on to X or let it go?

I second Mackler - He has a book and video on self-therapy.

Yes—there are repercussions. You lose the gift of a physical body. You continue to exist but must live out your pre-destined earthly life timeline, but without a physical body. You may still have desires such as eating food and sex, but will struggle to fulfill those desires without infrequent aid from other beings. See Pretas (better to receive this knowledge from a True Guru than trust Wikipedia in my experience but linked for convenience). I hear of deep regret from those who have suicided. I can't 100% remember where I heard that, it may have been in Betty Shine's book Mind-to-Mind or Betty Shine's Infinite Mind. This 8-minute video may help you make sense of things:

Yes. I did it every morning before work for a short period last year. On my commute I would pull up on the side of the road. Tilt my head up at the sky in a vacant field, and let the laughter loose for 5 minutes straight. Even if other cards would pass by, I'd relax my shoulders and continue to laugh. It felt very forced at first, until I learned to consciously laugh from the belly, not from the throat. It felt stupid too, but that's just Ego standing in front of my Higher Self. With persistence it began to feel somewhat liberating. Still some tension. Great pattern interrupt to start the day and steer things into positivity. For it to work I am convinced it requires repetition a fully attentive, truly-let-loose approach.

Brushing gently on teeth and around gums is good. Mainstream commercial toothpaste with fluoride and sodium laurel sulphate not health though. Fluoride is unnecessary and harmful to the body and brain in certain amounts that build up over time (plenty of docs and books on this). Your teeth are 'alive', and connect via pathways around the body. Proper eating and nutrition plays a major role. Also consider looking into oil pulling and essential oils. Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis changed my outlook on teeth.

Music booming from shopfronts, theme parks Subtle or hidden ones that affect perception: 5G radiation, powerline radiation, auras of other people, atmospheric energy

I'm a huge advocate of 'the good shit sticks' which I heard from Tim Ferriss. So basically no process whatsoever apart from simply reading until I get to the end, and the good shit will stick. I do highlight stuff that evokes a significant 'oooh' or 'ahhh' in me. I do on-the-fly internet research or put-the-book-down-and-think if I I feel it's something important to digest so I fully comprehend. This is for most topics I am reading out of general interest. If I were studying for an exam, doing school work, or writing for a work project - I would be more intentional about using processes like copy and pasting to a doc, deeper internet research on stuff I don't understand, cross-comparing highlights with stuff I've highlighted in other books. I often do a general 'book scan' for the nuggets or point of interest by examining the table of contents and reading the first and last bits of each chapter.