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@Shanmugam I watched both videos, and I can easily say that they're both untrustworthy. He lacks references, he uses language and his own intuition to talk about history, also he does not know much about Islam obviously, his information is very superficial. Language similarities does not mean connection necessarily. For example: 1) he talked about al-khidr whose name was not even mentioned in the Qur'an itself. The name was delivered to the Islamic culture through other cultures after the death of Mohammed. 2) he said that the word Allah was the name of a pagan. This is completely false, there was a pegan named 'allat' and old Arabs worshipped it (next to many other pagan gods) to get closer to the true God whose name was Allah even before Islam the name was known. 3) Arabic language is not like most other languages, all words are connected to a root word (past tense verb) called the 'source verb' (words are not connected to the same root word, but every word has its root word) for example: the word 'Islam' (which is better written 'Isslam' because the 's' is pronounced ç and not z) is derived from the root word 'salima' سَلِمَ which is a past tense verb. See this link: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/سلم My conclusion: there are many wrong information and many other reference-lacking in these videos. They're not helping to deliver the truth to you. Anyways, I think I might share more information about Arabs and Isslam and Qur'an in the future, but I don't want to commit to that.

In this screenshot you see two consecutive verses from The Qur'an. [Sura: The Cow: verses 190,191] The two verses talk about physical Jihad against others (those who fight with you). And they frankly say that Allah absolutely (not relatively) does not love those who exceed the limits, (though the translation is not very accurate but I'll agree with it) So whenever a Sultan, king, Khalifat,or any kind of religious leader wants to take control over other countries he will say: "Hmmm, I am the true Muslim and all other people are unbelievers of Truth (kaaffir). Let's conquer them." These very two verses are the invention of ISIS, Taliban, and Al-Qaeda. So what would you do if you were a leader who wants to get more power and lands etc..? Of course you would dismiss the first verse and take the second verse literally and actually misinterpret it. So you would say: let's kill all people in the way of Allah, they are all infidels (see how devilry ego works), and then of course you go crusade and slay and cut heads off "in the way (name) of Allah". You can clearly see that The Qur'an itself does not support killing others. And if you spend quite time studying it, you will see that it's all about killing yourself rather than pointing fingers out to others. But again how will that serve your ego? It won't, so the ego corrupts it. In Qur'an, the only crime that deserves death penalty is killing others (killing innocent people) . The family of the victim can forgive and actually The Qur'an encourages forgiveness, it says about this topic: "And if you forgive, it will be definitely more beneficial to you". The point that I'm here to make is how good religions were and how leaders distorted them to serve their ego. The first verse [190] is better translated like: "And fight in the way of Allah (in the sake of Truth) those who fight with you (because you say the Truth), nevertheless, do not go over the limits fighting (do not start the fight, do not invade, etc.. ) because Allah never loves those who exceed the limits. The second verse [191] is better translated like: "And kill them (the invaders) wherever you meet them in the battle and drive them out from whence they drove you out, 'and persecution is severer than slaughter' (I don't know if this phrase is accurate but I don't know any better), and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque (if they hide in it, which means it is a safe shelter even for the invaders), but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers (fighters of Truth)." I am an Arab, I know Arabic language and a lot about Arab history. I was not a big fan of religion until recently although I grew up a Muslim in a Muslim family. Now I started to see the Truth. It's all inside of me. I am Truth. I can see clearly now that I always had a book of enlightenment, it was The Qur'an. I might post more about this book in the future. With the help of Actualized.org I started to know. Thank you Leo ?

Think about it this way: your body will eventually die, but you're not, because you're not the body. You think you need a body to be alive, but where does your body exist? In your consciousness.

@frnsh There's no such thing as a will to be free or not. It's an invention of the human mind. You only choose your destiny.

Sura Al-Mu'minoon (The Believers): verses 1 to 11: ... "In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful: The believers have definitely achieved the true success {1} (The believers) Who are conscious during their prayers {2} And who do not involve themselves in (time wasting and not beneficial) chatter {3} And who clean themselves and their money through 'Zakat' (giving the poor-rate) {4} And who guard their private parts (genitals) {5} Except before their mates and those whom their right hands possess (slaves), for they surely they are not blameable {6} But whoever seeks to go beyond that, these are the unjust people (who exceed the limits) {7} And those who are keepers of their trusts and their covenant {8} And those who keep on doing their prayers (routinely) {9} These are they who are the heirs {10} Who shall inherit the Paradise; they shall live eternal life therein {11}" ... Replace the word 'believers' with 'actualizers' or 'Truth seekers' etc.. Also notice that the verses are talking about the Chakras, and how to best balance them. Every single chakra is involved. I don't know if it fits with the forum privacy. But I felt like posting this because I find it identical to the stuff that Leo teaches. The circle is complete.

From my Arabic background: Shirk literally means sharing; Believing in other Gods next to Allah. Kofr literally means cover, and a kaffir is someone who covers the truth, and does not believe in Allah. Kofr is the rejection of the fact that God exists. The day of judgement also mentioned as the day of Truth, the day of religion, the hour (zero-hour), the day of resurrection; is the last day of this realm according to the Qur'an. It happens suddenly, causing great horror to every creature on earth. Believing in the day of judgement is essential to being a true Muslim. I don't have any non-dual interpretations to share. And I think it can be literal. But anyways, don't you see the motivation? There's nothing more painful to avoid than eternal hellfire, and there's nothing more blissful to want than eternal peace in eternal paradise. ?

The Azan is saying: "Allah is greater. (x4) I witness that there's no other God but Allah. (x2) I witness that Mohammad is the prophet of Allah. (x2) Come on to prayer. (x2) Come on to true success. (x2) Allah is greater. (x2) There's no other God but Allah." ... All the problems you mentioned with Islam don't really stem from the original version (except for the humor thing). Sufism is the most spiritual cult of Islam. It focuses on the relationship between human and Allah, knowing that we are part of the whole. Still, there are many false beliefs that they have, for example, children are not supposed to be punished for their innocent crimes. That's the original version of Islam. Same thing goes for females vs. males, they are not equal, that's true, but everyone must be treated with justice according to the Qur'an. Unfortunately, these new versions of religion are always corrupted. Therefore, you will have to do the research.

Of course he can't. He probably means that he knows everything he ever wanted to know, everything that matters to him he is knowledgeable of. For him there are no more questions. He knew everything back then, he could give you the answers. After all, it doesn't matter.

www.actualized.org/forum/topic/18430-noob-question Here you might find your answer.

"All beliefs are false" Isn't that a belief? This means that some beliefs can be true. Am I right?

Lucky you! Hopefully I will experience that someday.. And yes you can re-experience it through psychedelics. Check Leo's videos, I think there will be a lot of valuable information for you after you realized the Truth.

I honestly don't know. I'm still living an ordinary life, nothing special happened yet.

I agree, but what I'm saying is that beliefs are not totally bad. We need beliefs to communicate, build, exercise, etc.. You just can't be here if you don't have any beliefs. I understand, I'm the consciousness that's conscious of this very moment, given the fact that on psychedelics my consciousness will change, which means nothing really exists. Does that mean also that I need to experience change in my consciousness to understand? Because I understand everything theoretically but I honestly don't feel anything special about it.

So this is the meal that's not on the menu? Still, beliefs are not false necessarily, I prefer treating them as irrelevant from Truth. Otherwise you shouldn't be here using your PC or whatever to tell me about it. You're here because you believe in something (it might be about me or about you or anyone else). ?

It actually makes perfect sense to me. Like when you play video games, what's loading on the screen plus the sounds (what's loaded on the RAM) are what's -you could say- real in the game. But I don't feel any different, life is magical, it always felt that way to me. Nevertheless, I'm glad to see the true nature of existence.

Oh my God, this is very profound. And thus I have to become enlightened. Thank you so much ?

Why dropping all beliefs? Are they all bad? I get your point, but again isn't that a belief too? Or just me doing mental masturbation? This is what makes the world a meaningless place. It is what it is, utterly meaningless. It's cool btw, confusing too. @Joseph Maynor Thanks for the pic and the vids, I'll watch them later.

Oh I see. Thanks.

I encountered many "sleep paralysis" attacks throughout my life. Last time I had one, I completely surrendered and said 'I can do nothing about it, so why fight it, accept it.' Fortunately, I never had them anymore since then. My question is; was that ego death?

Everything you want Is on the other side of fear ??

@Shin Maybe your ego wants to develop more ego. This is homeostasis trying to pull you back probably. I suggest you stop listening to feelings. Just keep seeking the Truth no matter what. Best of luck. ?

How do you know that reality is the whole? What if there's someone aka God not ruled by the laws of reality, not needing to be inside of it and Who also created this reality. Why are you treating God like other material things? After all, God is, by definition, beyond mind, science, logic, experience, etc.. If He can't be then He isn't God. God is infinitely infinite, nor the mind neither "direct experience" can grasp the absolute infinity.

Sorry I'm not arguing for religion here. I was just asking some authentic questions.

Actually there's another possibility that I don't know if we can verify, which is that God can't be accessed or experienced by any means. This means that everything in reality including "Consciousness" is a creature created by God, and God is someone else that we can't reach. What if this reality was the devil? And non-duality was in fact a way to connect with the devil deceiving us that he's God? The fact that we can't know anything for sure suggests strongly that we need a guidance. Which will be definitely some prophet sent by God Himself. What if there are no other teachings that we can trust? What if physical death is the only way to reach God? Where was your consciousness before it habits your body? What if it will keep its memories after you die? What if everything is really an exam? What if religion is true? Non-duality doesn't answer these metaphysical questions: "How do you know if you're experiencing God or someone else?" "What about before birth and after death?" "Will consciousness stay after we die?" Non-duality only cares about the "NOW" which is not the same as religions do. I don't know if what I said was related to your post. But these questions always give me insomnia. P.S. I don't know if these questions are valid.

Very funny ?