Search the Community

teachers are not worth the robes they clothe themselves in instead of speaking on esoteric bliss states tell us what happened when you got up this very morning and how you are maintaining that through the day have you meditated today? or this month? how often this year? yea? tell us about your practice schedule and what happened today; what insight did the time produce stop giving us thousand year old book knowledge to show how holy and wise you are tell us what the absolute shared with you today if you don't you're wasting our lives not just your own are you yourself enlightened? what does that mean and how is that impacting your activities today have you gone as far as possible in the path yourself if so what's your plan for today and if not what are you working on today can we just get real and drop the marketing spiel to the fawning masses be an ordinary example not a scripted caricature this is the only content i pay attention to whether from a teacher or from a forum only tell me about you

I would say (as someone more than twice Your age), that Your a bit fragmented right now, too many goals and those goals probably are not even original too You, but picked up from watching others and what they are doing and supposedly living. I was lucky I accidentally walked into learning Wing Chun, I didn't intend to learn or teach any Martial art at Your age, but it came into my life and basically that is all I could think about for 5 or 6 years, since then I don't practice anymore but taught up until covid hit the scene so that was over 30yrs of teaching and research, so it was great for me. Since then in 2009 I found a Yogic Guru (Sadhguru) and use his practice to find Bliss and Enlighenment, but I research others, both Martial Arts and Spirituality are passions of Mine, I still work for a living, am married to a much Younger woman from a totally different culture than mine (never thought this would happen lol), and live in a terrible big city with all its chaos, I think of it as a spiritual challenge..So hopefully You find one or two things to focus on, that come Your way and Your super passionate about it, but first and foremost start a Yoga/Mediation practice, find a method that appeals to You, do it daily, make Yourself Happy and Healthy naturally, this will be with You your entire life and thereafter, the other things may come and go, but that won't and it will serve You well:)

I would say You had a glimpse of it, as most of us have, but not totally there yet..I haven't done any hard psycedelics yet, just some pot, and a bit of psylocibin, but have had some natural experience of oneness, bliss, and general well being via the Yoga practice I do...Have done a ton of research on trips though, I watch a guy named Shawn Ryan, he's an ex Navy seal/Cia contractor, and has a big podcast channel on Youtube, he went away a couple of years ago to try DMT and Ibogane and recalled his experience in a video, it was very similar to Yours, feeling of Love and Oneness, that everything is perfect..One thing I notice though since coming to this forum, when ppl talk about their trips and their feeling of Love, it always includes I and God and Love is everything, since I have been doing practices and involvement with Spirituality for a long time I guess it is just my education on the subject coming into my mind when I read this sort of thing, but isn't it a feeling of Bliss that You are having? When I feel in Love, I feel Blissful, very happy and excited and intense about it, the thing with Love as most of us know it involves a relationship, You and Object, so when someone says God Loves itself, Reality Loves itself, that is two entities one Loving and One being Loved, how is it that God is Two? But it is good to have these sorts of experience, just root it in practices now and try to get there naturally, its awesome as well:)

This is just silly, stop acting like you’re so enlightened that you see no difference between love and bliss and pain and depression

Yes this ideology of gain "strength" and becoming "stronger" via dealing with stress situations, pain and suffering has been around a long time, "What doesn't kill you makes You stronger", for me when I hear or see this in action and intellectually, it still lives on the level of survival, strength, being strong, going thru struggle, that is survival level of existence and experience, its our low end for human beings, we have much more potential than living via this way or ideology. One can learn and be more creative and have more clarity via the Bliss route, and its more empowering overall for all others and society as a whole imo..Change happens on the physical and mental level, unchanging in the reality of Oneness and that dimension of Reality, the non physical part of existence is Unchanging, never created, never destroyed, always there, the foundations of everything, what was there before the supposed Big Bang...

For me this is crap, I've been in depressed state over period of time, not just one day but for a few months at a time, would never want that for myself or other, been blissed out too for mths at a time, which much rather have that. The ones that say all experiences are necessary are kidding themselves imo, yes if Bliss is possible, Depression is possible, but it doesn't mean I have to experience depression, just because its available. that is like driving off a cliff because it is there and beside the road lol...

I don’t discriminate between bliss and depressed states. They’re both beautiful, and in fact, can both be expressed simultaneously.

This is one of the first videos that really got me on to Sadhguru, he just explains it like no other. Here someone asks if Mediation/Yoga is like a Brain Exercise or something, Sadhguru explains that when You get something or achieve a goal what happens next? You want more, this is desire in action, Desire is Life, without it there is no Doing, but in the end You what You want out of everything, Love, Success, Money, Fame, posting a response, is Bliss, Bliss is not an Emotion, but a State of Being where Your Intensely Pleasant on the levels of Body, Mind, Emotion and Energetically which is the most important, when Your energies are highly intense, active and alive, then Your in Bliss. Its been proven that when in Bliss states vs Depressed states, everything about You works better, more creativity, more clarity, more intelligence, more of everything that makes Life worth living, it opens up Possibility and Potential. Good Video, he basically explains that whole reason why You want to do Yoga and follow a Sprititual Life Path.. https://dai.ly/xij335

Don't Love Life, that indicates You and Life, that's Two Entities, You are LIfe, One entity, so Just be Bliss, as a foundation, many ppl have a fondation of Depression, Sadness, Anxiety and they are just barely making it, many are here on this forum its obvious, so make Your Foundation that of Bliss, this will appear to others that You are Loving, as well for You being in Bliss is closer to Life Source, but when You Love Life, it is about two things, don't divde it and make it more complex that it has to be, just find Your Bliss, get closer to Life intensity and completeness, and things open up:) Good Blog, enjoying reading it:)

This is just intellect dividing things up more and more, making things more complex and such. We are not talking about Spirituality here on this forum, we are talking around it, because language and communication comes from intellect, logic of which is a foundation of intellect, so intellect divides and separates, dark side this, light side that, sub concsious, unconscious, that lables and divides are just there for us to explain, which is intellectual, so that one listening and reading/watching can get curious, on the intellectual level. Most all of Humanity nowadays are highly intellectual, very much into their thoughts, emotions, internal philosophies about themselves and life, none of it is reality, reality is Your Alive, the sun has risen, the atmosphere is provided 02, your able to access the librarys of the world, and your still anxious, depressed, but if those things can happen within You at levels of intensity, so can Happiness, and Bliss, at the same levels of experience and intensity, so make the choice, that is Human Nature, Free Will, make the choice as to how You want to be, don't go searching for Dark Side, Light Side Ego or Super Ego complexes it just gets you further away...

I mean i honestly don't care who is enlightened and who isn't and what it means and all that bullshit, all i care about is who is in the 24/7 state of bliss, and those who are i take seriously, if someone starts talking about how enlightement is great but it won't improve their life and state of being that much and there will still be suffering and pain after it i don't take that person seriously because that person is obviously in hell, and i don't want to listen to someone in hell on advices for entering heaven.

Let me put it like this because you want it binary, Leo and basically no one on this forum is enlightened, she is enlightened. Of course you can realize something without embodying it, that's what most people do in spiritual communities, they realize they are God, love, bliss, blah blah blah and then they aren't any of that in their human life, they live a blissless, loveless, selfish life, everything they have realized isn't showing in practice. I mean psychedelic realizations are a perfect example of that, psychedelics give a high that goes away, it's not constant, it gives you an orgasmic state and then it goes away.

She is more enlightened than Leo or basically anyone that i have seen on this forum, you can't be enlightened if you don't have sacred sexuality (basically the most important thing there is) and some degree of pranic living (2nd most important thing in life) in your spiritual inventory, because without this you may have all the realizations but none of the embodiment, what's the point of all the realizations if your life isn't bliss 24/7 for the rest of your life? And instead is in most cases still hell

The.sweet taste of Bliss https://www.aypinternational.com/commentaries-on-yoga/divine-nectar/

Meditation On Steroids - How To Get The FASTEST Meditation Gains https://youtu.be/cub6kY0oHZc Strong Determination Sitting technique: Leo describes Strong Determination Sitting as an intense meditation practice where you sit motionless for a long time (1-2 hours or more), learned from Zen master Shinzen Young. The practice involves surpassing physical discomfort and mental challenges and is a potential fast-track to Enlightenment. Zen tradition and physical endurance: Leo shares stories of the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei in Japan, who practice extreme physical and mental activities, such as 100-day cycles of long-distance walking in meditation, demonstrating incredible human endurance and potential for consciousness expansion. Benefits of Strong Determination Sitting: Leo expresses that the technique helps one confront the weakness of the mind in Western societies. By enduring the practice, a meditator can experience heightened concentration, calmness, and transcendence, uncovering flaws in one's happiness and understanding of happiness in Western culture. Extent of personal meditation practice: After 2.5 years of meditating for an hour every day, Leo managed to achieve a 90-minute Strong Determination Sit, highlighting the difficulty and transformative power of the practice for those who persevere through physical pains and mental distractions. Conflation of happiness with presence: Leo critiques the Western perception of happiness, asserting that true happiness is not found in entertainment, stimulation, or love, but in complete presence and unity with the moment and reality, an experience that Strong Determination Sitting can offer. Significance of happiness and its pursuit: He challenges the effectiveness of commonly pursued happiness strategies, suggesting that the inability to be still and happy for even one hour reveals a fundamental flaw and misunderstanding of what true happiness entails. Misconception about monk practices and happiness: Leo argues that the intense meditation practiced by monks, which appears as self-torture, is fundamentally about training to be happy and non-resistant in the present moment, regardless of circumstances. Essence of meditation: According to Leo, the ultimate goal of meditation is to 'merge with reality,' suggesting that this union with the present moment enables profound happiness or bliss beyond ordinary experiences. Western worldview challenge: Leo invites the audience to juxtapose the happiness achieved through monastic practices with Western pursuits of happiness, questioning the effectiveness of typical Western strategies for achieving true contentment. Self-assessment of happiness: He challenges viewers to test their ability to sit peacefully for an hour as an indicator of their psychological state and questions the effectiveness of their current life strategies in achieving happiness. Rotten psyche and pursuit of happiness: Leo critiques the modern pursuit of happiness as faulty if it does not lead to peace and happiness in simplicity, suggesting that discomfort with being present indicates a 'rotten' mind or psyche. Litmus test for Enlightenment: He proposes that the ability to sit at ease and happily for extended periods without distraction can serve as a practical, albeit not conclusive, test for one's level of Enlightenment. Reconciliation with reality and psychological resistance: Leo describes the process of sitting still and facing discomfort as a method to align the mind with the ever-changing present moment, countering the human tendency to resist change. Concept of mind purification: He shares Shinzen Young's formula that purification equals pain multiplied by mindfulness, which serves to purge the subconscious mind of resistance to the present. Meditation compared to psychotherapy: Meditation is likened to psychotherapy but performed on a subtler, moment-to-moment basis, purging the mind of past traumas and embracing the present. Appreciation of spiritual disciplines: Leo calls for a reevaluation of Eastern spiritual disciplines, asserting that they are effective psychological tools that can substantially purify the mind and improve well-being. Pain, Resistance, and Suffering: Leo explains that suffering is the result of pain times resistance; reducing resistance to zero can, surprisingly, eliminate pain itself, transforming suffering into pleasure and happiness. Illustration of Resistance Concept: Leo shares an anecdote from Peter Ralston, an enlightened individual, who had a root canal without anesthesia, smiling through the procedure by completely embracing the pain through mindfulness, thus eliminating suffering. Degrees and Measures of Enlightenment: Enlightenment is defined by Leo as full presence in the moment without self or resistance, and he clarifies that there are varying levels of enlightenment, which can be profoundly deepened through dedicated practice. Relationship Between Pain, Suffering, and Spiritual Work: Leo considers the transformation of one's relationship with pain and suffering as a crucial aspect of spiritual work because constant resistance and fear lead to a life of avoidance and anxiety. Technique of Strong Determination Sitting: Leo introduces Strong Determination Sitting as an intense practice where you sit through physical discomfort without movement, leading to breakthrough moments where suffering suddenly vanishes due to the cessation of egoic resistance. Raising the Bar with Meditation: Leo suggests that intensive meditation practices, like Strong Determination Sitting, can reveal how low we set the bar for ourselves and greatly improve the quality of life by embracing and transforming discomfort. Intensive Meditation Recommendation: As a way to escalate meditation practice and progress towards enlightenment, Leo proposes doing four one-hour sits per day for a week, which can super-charge one’s meditation routine and mindfulness capabilities. Purpose of Meditation and True Happiness: The ultimate goal of these practices, according to Leo, is to achieve a state of happiness in everyday life, not just to prove endurance on a meditation cushion. By controlling and knowing oneself deeply, one can experience true happiness and gain almost magical abilities to shape life. Engagement with Actualized.org: Leo encourages viewers to engage with the resources on Actualized.org, where he aims to provide deep psychological insights and practical knowledge for achieving true happiness, self-awareness, and self-control. Riddikulus

My Enlightenment Experience - Exactly How It Happened https://youtu.be/QOsUx9a3UoU Second enlightenment experience: Leo recounts his second major enlightenment experience during a 10-day silent meditation retreat in Virginia, which he compares to his earlier, less comprehensible experience. The challenge of lacking conceptual frameworks: Leo discusses the difficulty of making sense of his first enlightenment experience due to an absence of the intellectual frameworks he developed later, which are essential for interpreting such experiences. Conditions for the experience: He describes the serene natural setting near a chapel in Virginia, with rolling green hills, forests, birds, and a rainy ambiance, which provided the perfect backdrop for deep meditation. Utilizing the 'Do-Nothing' meditation technique: Leo practices the 'Do-Nothing' technique, where he allows his awareness to roam freely without intervention, leading to increased mental focus after initial wandering thoughts. Insight into 'spaciousness': While contemplating the scenery, Leo gains insight into the concept of 'spaciousness', recognizing that in his visual perception, there is nothing behind or in front of observed objects, only the objects themselves and the space around them. Connecting insights with physical actions: He uses the 'well' technique, pointing his finger towards a tree and realizing that there is no tangible point of contact with his vision, reinforcing the insight of 'nothingness' around sensory experiences. Awareness of bodily sensations: Shifting focus to the stone balcony floor, Leo becomes aware of bodily sensations and applies the concept of spaciousness, noticing these sensations are not originating from or leading to any particular location. Application of self-inquiry method: Leaving the 'do-nothing' approach, Leo engages in self-inquiry, asking, "Who am I?" or "Who is the perceiver?" to deepen his understanding of the experience and consciousness itself. Challenges in self-inquiry: Leo points out that asking "Who am I?" without producing honest, tangible answers leads to stagnation in self-inquiry. Genuine responses are crucial, even if they may initially be incorrect. Recognizing fallibility of logical answers: Leo emphasizes that logical answers are inadequate in self-inquiry; what matters is attaining 'conscious traction'. This requires discarding logical conclusions for deeper, experiential understanding. Evolution of self-perception: Initially, Leo's self-inquiry leads him to identify as a combination of body, mind, and observer. He soon realizes this is an ingrained belief, not an ultimate truth, which propels his meditation deeper. Societal influence on identity: Contemplating further, Leo recognizes the arbitrary nature of his identity ('I, Leo') as largely a construct of societal conditioning traced back to childhood. Realization of arbitrary self-identification: Leo's insight deepens as he realizes that identifying with his physical and mental sensations is an arbitrary partition of his entire being, akin to being a slice of the whole pizza. Eradicating perceived knowledge: Achieving a state of genuine 'not knowing' proves critical for progression in self-inquiry by allowing space for new insights and the emptying of preconceived notions of self. Open-mindedness to non-physical existence: As self-inquiry leads to an emptying of preconceptions, Leo becomes receptive to the possibility of existing as a non-physical, non-human entity. Insight into omnipresence: Leo has a significant insight, transitioning from the thought of being omnipresent to an embodied understanding—an experience likened to a 360-degree camera, positioned everywhere. Experience of supreme peace and stillness: A profound moment of clarity dawns, bringing immense peace and bliss, as Leo's awareness expands and equalizes, culminating in a tangible sense of omnipresence and unity with his surroundings. Absolute Now and the Joy of Existence: Leo shares his profound experience of the 'absolute now', a state of profound presence beyond ordinary mindfulness of the present. He describes it as a heavenly sense of existence where you feel like God observing itself, and stresses that this state cannot be reached through thinking but rather through gaining conscious traction. Lucidity in Awareness: Leo details becoming completely lucid in his field of awareness, able to observe every detail around him. Despite a rapid stream of thoughts, he experienced a detachment from them, observing thoughts as separate phenomena without inherent meaning, just existing in the present moment. Thoughts as Phenomena: He gained insight into the nature of thoughts, realizing the substance of a thought is the phenomenon itself. This allowed him to disengage from the content of the thoughts and observe them as mere occurrences, which he considers a significant breakthrough in self-inquiry. Altered Sense of Self During Meditation: Leo noticed a shift in how he perceived his personal sense of self during meditation. He felt his point of awareness move above and behind his head, giving him a sense of hovering above his body while also feeling omnipresent. Questioning Enlightenment and Peak Experiences: Leo wrestles with whether his experience was enlightenment or just a peak experience. He hoped the state would be permanent, but suspected it might be transitory. Experience Wanes but Insights Remain: Leo's state of lucidity and omnipresence faded after about 90 minutes, but he retained a sense of calm and continued to feel enlightened. He maintained the insights gained from the experience. Zen Master Interpretation: Upon sharing his experience with a Zen master, Leo was told that he had glimpsed 'a few hairs of the ox's tail', indicating progress on the path to enlightenment but suggesting the journey was still only partially complete. Long-lasting Effects and Mind Expansion: Despite returning to a more typical state of mind, Leo feels that his mind has been permanently expanded. His meditation practices have become more powerful and he finds himself unintentionally meditating during routine activities, indicating a sustained level of mindfulness. Solidifying Practice and Proof of Concept: Leo is encouraged by his experience, taking it as proof that his meditation techniques are effective. He feels that his mind is now 'zoomed out' and that he is able to recreate aspects of his retreat experience during regular meditation, suggesting that he's closer to enlightenment than ever before. Motivation and Conviction: Leo hopes his experience motivates viewers to believe in the reality of enlightenment beyond just philosophy. He details the step-by-step process he underwent and recorded immediately after to ensure accuracy in sharing his self-inquiry technique. Proper Self-Inquiry Demonstration: The video serves as a demonstration for viewers practicing self-inquiry at home, highlighting common pitfalls and emphasizing the necessity of recognizing thoughts as phenomena without getting lost in them. Response to Enlightenment Video Criticism: Leo addresses concerns about making enlightenment videos without being fully enlightened. He prefers documenting his journey from the start to make it convincing and relatable, unlike distant yogis or Zen masters. Journey Documentation Significance: By sharing his progress and obstacles in real-time, Leo provides a raw and genuine look into the enlightenment process, showing the importance of overcoming doubts and struggles by oneself. Intentions Behind Content Delivery: Leo clarifies his direct and candid style is not meant to be arrogant but to communicate honestly and effectively; acknowledging the ongoing learning and evolving nature of personal development. Encouraging Hands-On Experimentation: Leo encourages viewers to experiment with his shared insights and methods, retaining what works and discarding what doesn't—a call to approach personal development with an open, exploratory mindset. Preview of Upcoming Content: He hints at future videos based on insights from his retreat, aimed at improving mindfulness, meditation, and the journey towards enlightenment. Understanding Psychological Laws: Exploring psychological laws is analogous to understanding physical laws for building a fulfilling life. Leo promises life-changing profundity for those who apply these principles over time. Community Results and Impact: He shares receiving feedback from those applying the principles from Actualized.org, seeing significant life improvements, affirming the effectiveness of his work and encouraging continued engagement. Muffliato

Germany was nearly thirty years ahead in technological advances than the rest of the world. They even had stealth technology and I am not talking about the Horten Ho 229, which is probably where the USA got the idea for the Northrop YB-35 and YB-49, which later became the stealth bomber B21. The Germans also paved the way for more efficient tanks and submarines U-480 which was one of the first uses of stealth and launched the first jet plane in 1939 and much, much more. When the war ended both Russia and America picked from the cream of the crop the best German scientists and gave them a free pardon for their involvement in the war and a new life in the USA and Russia. How do you think you got to the moon so fast? Wernher von Braun helped design and co-developed the V-2 rocket actually the Germans were the first in space in 1944. And no I am not talking about Sputnick or the first animal or human like the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union's Vostok program on 12 April 1961 at the beginning of the Space Race. On 5 May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, as part of Project Mercury. Lesser Known was a Russian Female Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova. On 16 June 1963, Tereshkova was launched on a solo mission aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6 and became the first woman in space. They don't make them like that anymore, unfortunately. A woman after my own heart. What else is never talked about is what the Russians and other allies did to the German people at the end of the war. and how the generations after the war are in a way still paying for it. If look into history you find that the Empire has more Blood on its hands than any other country. The British have Invaded 90 Percent of the Countries on Earth. Where is your precious empire now? Just like the Mongols were the second to use Biological warfare in 1346. Anyway, Wernher von Braun led NASA's development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death. How convenient for him and Nasa. The Mars Project was the first technical study on the feasibility of a human mission to Mars and has been regarded as "the most influential book" on planning such missions Mark Wade wrote in Encyclopedia Astronautica, "What is astonishing is that von Braun's scenario is still valid today. Somehow Musk you were not the first. What have we humans learned from the 2nd world war or any other war? Interesting that Germany invaded Russia I have always wondered if they had become allies with Russia and how that would have played out as well as knowing that Germany was the first to discover Nuclear fission at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in December 1938. The Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science was a German scientific institution established in the German Empire in 1911. How would the world be now if Germany had been the first to develop the atomic bomb? Because they had the means and the delivery system to deploy it. I am sure there is a reality where this exists. Or where there never was a continental drift and it never occurred and the world was one big land mass. How would humans get along then? Or if the earth was bigger and the new world was not discovered until the 1900s hundreds. I am sure the indigenous peoples would have survived just fine without us meddling and pushing unwanted beliefs upon them. Ironically, Wernher von Braun had been arrested by the Gestapo for “defeatism” in March 1944 and was imprisoned for two weeks until Hitler released him to continue producing V-2s. As Nazi Germany collapsed in the spring of 1945, von Braun was ordered to destroy all documents relating to the rocketry program. He disobeyed, hiding the papers in an abandoned mine in the Harz Mountains, where he later retrieved them. Terrified by tales of what the Soviet Red Army did to German prisoners, von Braun and his staff fled westward to the advancing American army. The Nazi SS pursued the German scientists and engineers with orders to kill them and destroy their records. On May 2, 1945, von Braun was able to surrender his entire group to the U.S. Army. The United States government was very interested in German rocket technology, and in June 1945, sent von Braun and most of his rocket team to Fort Bliss, Texas, along with 150 captured V-2 rockets in “Operation Paperclip” (the files of those Germans selected to go to America were marked with paperclips). Von Braun and his team taught rocketry to the U.S. Army and were soon moved to White Sands Proving Grounds (now White Sands Missile Range), New Mexico to conduct live firings. On January 16, 1946, V-2 flight tests began there; despite some targeting problems (one V-2 landed south of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico), launches continued until 1949, when all usable rockets had been fired. Funny how it always comes back to New Mexico what happened there again in the summer of 1947? I guess we will never know or will we😂 In 1950, Wernher von Braun’s team was transferred to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition to directing the construction of new rockets there, he also used his skills in public relations to raise the interest of the American people in space exploration. He helped organize the First Symposium on Space Flight on October 12, 1951, in New York City, which was attended by many distinguished scientists and writers. Papers from the conference were published in 1952 by Collier’s magazine under the title “Man Will Conquer Space Soon.” Von Braun further expanded the public’s awareness of the promise of space exploration by appearing on three Walt Disney television shows on the subject in the mid-1950s. On July 1, 1960, Dr. von Braun’s Army team was transferred to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as the core of the new Marshall Space Center in Huntsville. As the center’s first director, von Braun continued to oversee the development of ever-larger rockets for the Apollo program, America’s mission to land a man on the moon. Beginning in 1961, his team built the Saturn I, the largest rocket ever built at the time, in 1966, the Saturn IB, the rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft into earth orbit, and finally, the massive Saturn V, the rocket that in 1969 landed Apollo 11 on the Moon. On March 13, 1970, Wernher von Braun became NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning. In June 1972, after NASA’s budget had been greatly reduced, he retired to become president of Fairchild Industries. In 1975 he helped establish the National Space Institute. The author of two popular books, Conquest of the Moon (1953), and Space Frontier (1967), Dr. Wernher von Braun died of cancer in Alexandria, Virginia on June 16, 1977. Though his important role in Hitler’s war machine will forever cloud his legacy, many believe that, without Wernher von Braun, America would have landed men on the Moon much later, if at all. The von Braun crater on the moon is named for him. As for propaganda well that was studied extensively by the US amongst other countries no doubt. If you look back at the Nürnberg Rallies (Nuremberg) in Bavaria. The rallies were primarily propaganda events, carefully staged to reinforce party enthusiasm and to showcase the power of National Socialism to the rest of Germany and the world. The propaganda used by the German Nazi Party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship of Germany from 1933 to 1945 was a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power and for the implementation of Nazi policies. The manipulation of the minds of individuals by using Propaganda fear and lies is being portrayed and used today. It is just so subtle and done in such a surreptitious way that it is hard to recognize it. In the 21st century, propaganda is largely disseminated and propagated through the mass media, the internet, social media platforms, and of course, TV. and the news. Modern propaganda still utilizes classic tactics such as name-calling and bandwagoning to sway the audience toward or against a particular belief. Propaganda can also be used as a force for good as well. What is even sadder is that almost 80 years have passed and nothing seems to have been learned through previous Wars. Interesting how those events played out and how a German man became a hero to the Country that had once been enemies. It is a shame they did not give all that gold back that they plundered. To some the Spanish conquistadors were heroes. They bravely sailed into the unknown, gathered untold riches and wealth, and spread Christianity to the New World. To others, the conquistadors were evil villains who slaughtered native empires, enslaved thousands, and cheated and stole great fortunes. They viewed the Aztecs as potential subjects to be conquered and converted to Christianity and for some reason, smallpox comes to mind.

It is only the ego or finite mind that suffers. An Infinite Mind is Absolute Love and Bliss. But the finite mind grasps for infinity - that's why it suffers. This is exaggerated in the mental disorder OCD which is a need for certainly. You aren't wrong- the finite Mind IS God. It is God in finite form. God suffers when it is masquerading as finite. But in its purest form - infinite- it cannot. All states of Consciousness are God - but God is in its most pristine state as just pure Infinity. And then it breaks itself down into lesser forms. That's how it goes.

If this was truth, then there is no hope for anyone, if their belief or present experience is that of suffering immensely, and that is where they "should" be right now then what is the point of anything, where is the possibility, might as well not be alive is suffering is inevitable and that is that, nothing to do about it lol. Yes one must accept things as they are right now, if Your feeling suffering then that is the way it is, but acceptance does not mean you want it to be this way or that nothing can be done about it. Who wants to suffer, really? No one wants to suffer, we are designed to live at higher levels of Pleasureable experiences, everything about us works better when in a pleasureable state like Bliss, so that is the point of it all, one may never get to a point of Bliss, but at the minimum they can be at Peace within themselves as a natural experience, compared to suffering every moment of the lives like many are doing now...

Like You said here, the opposite path leads you to hell, what is hell? Hell represents suffering, Truth represents Bliss, or intense pleasure, pleasure not in the sense of eating a ice cream cone or having a favorite meal, Pleasure in the sense of feeling fulfilled, complete and intensely alive. There is one equation in Life, gain as much Pleasure/Joy/Bliss vs avoiding as much pain and suffering as you can, most all your choices come from this fundamental. You respond to posts because not responding is more unpleasant, this equation is happening every second for every decision you make, just try it now after reading this post, observe your reaction to it and see what need comes up in your mind in how to respond, then resist it, see what happens...

Question: How can one conquer sleep? Mataji: Sleep cannot be conquered, yet under certain conditions, the need of sleep vanishes of itself. When you are keenly interested in something you do not feel sleepy, on the contrary, you remain wide awake without any effort; but afterwards you get a reaction and have to make up for your loss of sleep. When you have not slept enough you cannot do good work. On the other hand sound sleep refreshes you. At least a few out of the twenty-four hours of each day must be spent in sleep, otherwise you feel tired and wretched. Why? During deep sleep the activities of the senses are at rest, and moreover although still covered by the veil of ignorance, you touch your Self. Unless this happens at least once a day, you cannot endure life; it becomes an ordeal. This is so for the average person. However, as one progresses in sadhana, the senses get more and more rest and one draws nearer to one's Self. In proportion to the discovery of one’s Self, the necessity of sleep decreases. When the Self has been realized, when one has become absorbed in the bliss of the Self, then there is no more question of work, of experience or of sleep, because there is only the ONE! Then sleep will not exist for you anymore, you will have gone beyond it. This is why I begin by saying, sleep is not conquered, it ceases of itself. Nevertheless, it is also true that a yogi may conquer sleep by the Divine Energy that awakens in him through his yoga. But for the àtmànishtha, established in the Self, the question of sleep can no longer arise. The amount of sleep a person requires depends on various factors. When tamas predominates one needs more sleep, and also when the body is weak or unhealthy. The kind of food one eats also has a bearing on the amount of sleep that is required. Question: How is one to know whether one sleeps too much out of laziness or because the body needs it because of weakness. Mataji: if you watch yourself carefully you will soon find out. - As the Flower Sheds its Fragrance, p100. Diary Leaves of a devotee Atmananda on Ma Anandamayi.

Love its quite simple, an Emotion, a strong sense of pleasure, you feel it because of the Oxtocycin in your Brain, mostly triggered by subject/object attraction then something clicks in your brain, the hormone is released and you feel a great connection with other. Being Loving is another thing all together, its you expressing what You are feeling within Yourself, which is where all experience and feeling comes from, Love is not about the other, its just stimulated by the other for most. You want Love to feel Bliss, if Love made You feel pain and suffering then you wouldn't want it...

There are others, other bodies, other minds, we as Humans just have the ability to feel/experience Oneness, in a physical way we show by hugging, cuddling, and other such acts, but actors do this all the time with others but have no personal or real feelings towards the others, its just an experience Your having, which is good and fine, just don't make it about "I". When I went thru these states it was just about having Bliss, having Oneness of Experience, everything is me, I am everything, then trying to share it, either one takes it in and accepts it or doesn't, that doesn't involve me. Only in the realm of Oneness, where all possibility exists, there is no individuality there, but here there is, we just have the capability of making our fundamental experience that of Oneness, will still embodied and dealing with everyday life and having to survive another day...

@Scholar You only want Love because it is pleasurable, you avoid pain because it causes suffering over time, non pleasureable, Peace is 0 on a scale of 0-10 on the pleasure scale of intensity, Love is about 7, Bliss is 9, Esctasy is 10, devotion is above Love, its 8 I would say:)

@Davino Well yes but its not the Ego directly that is the problem, its believing or experience it as You, so we have to get more fundamental, if all of us had no Ego, then how would you deal with other ppl, other personalities and identities and situations, its bad enough as it is, but with no ego's, I don't know really how it would be, its a tool and something to use to function in society better, I think either if we had no ego then we would be in a sense of oneness and bliss all the time and our species would not have survived this long or it would have continued to be chaos and such war like environments all the time everywhere and hence again would would not have survived as long..What is saving us is laziness, ppl are addicted to media, internet, entertainment and drugs/Booze, it causes problems but the vast majority are out of touch and do nothing with their lives, hence why we have a lonliness problem as well...