Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[r0ckyreed]

18 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

What blog topics would you like to see more of?

I liked the blog posts about contemplation, how meditation is not awakening and multimodal learning. I read every word of the long writing on your blog posts. I would like to see more about critiquing rationality, going meta-rationality, and teaching us how to think/contemplate more deeply. You do a great job in pointing out the criticisms and highlighting the limits of a certain thought, but I think more could be done on how to actually go meta on rationality for instance or how to go meta on postmodernism. My favorite blog post was your one of contemplation that you wrote a long time ago about how the ultimate game is contemplation. https://www.actualized.org/insights/the-metamorphosis-of-my-work

My biggest struggle is still deconstructing rationality and science. I see the limits of rationality and science, but I cannot help but firmly believe that these are our best methods of deriving general knowledge about the world. Science is superior to Mormonism, rationality is superior to belief. I cannot be unconvinced, but I can see the limits that rationality alone may miss out of intuitive insights that may not make logical sense. But my mind wants to understand truth and for it to make sense.

Edited October 4 by r0ckyreed

[Ulax]

6 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I recorded a video in a strip club for you guys but one of the strippers got angry with me and threated to have me kicked out if I didn't delete it.

So no strippers for you.

lmao

[RightHand]

35 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

What blog topics would you like to see more of?

How reality is a psychedelic journey, spirits, cool stories like Rumi's Origin Story.

I love it when the post has the vibe of a story that you would share on a campfire under the stars.

Edited October 5 by RightHand

[Thought Art]

Leo juggling!

[Ulax]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

What blog topics would you like to see more of?

Speaking personally, I would like to see more blog posts made with the intention of motivating and instilling hope in readers.

I think quite a few of us are going through rather adverse circumstances, and having messages of hope/ inspiration from a trusted figure is really helpful.

[CARDOZZO]

I would like to get your insights about science and technology.

Apply your visionary skills to share insights about transhumanism, science, technology, science fiction, geniuses, inventions, engineering, nanotech, robotics, IoT, brain machine interfaces.

Edited October 5 by CARDOZZO

[RendHeaven]

SR-71 blackbird video made me spiral down a 3-day rabbit hole of cold war technology and politics

[UnbornTao]

Learning and creativity, writing, art and cooking/nutrition.

Edited October 5 by UnbornTao

[Vibes]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

What blog topics would you like to see more of?

I miss your own videos on the blog.

[integration journey]

more of your psychedelic insights and what you learned from them. 

[LoneWonderer]

@Leo Gura Would love to see more of those videos you used to film of just yourself talking behind the scenes of a video you'd shot or just discussing things going on in your life such as your health or the 30 day fasting challenge.

[Davino]

4 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I recorded a video in a strip club for you guys but one of the strippers got angry with me and threated to have me kicked out if I didn't delete it.

So no strippers for you.

Leo's Ultimate Porn Collection strikes again

 

 

[Davino]

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Could you imagine understanding Nazi Germany from inside vs outside? That's though. But wait, it gets worse. Could you imagine understanding the Holocaust from the inside vs the outside? Ahhh, there's the rub! Now you see the problem. Does anyone really understand the Holocaust from the outside? Then again, how much would you have understood it from the inside?

Genius

Top level insight

 

[Leo Gura]

5 hours ago, RendHeaven said:

SR-71 blackbird video made me spiral down a 3-day rabbit hole of cold war technology and politics

Watch out for that Nazi tech rabbit hole

[Princess Arabia]

7 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I recorded a video in a strip club for you guys but one of the strippers got angry with me and threatened to have me kicked out if I didn't delete it.

So no strippers for you.

Should have given her a big tip. No, cameras aren't usually allowed. Next time go outside and film yourself outside.

[Clarence]

18 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Entirely.

I only share a fraction of what I watch.

Impressive.

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

As an INTP, learning new stuff is like my breathing.

The challenge these days is finding new stuff worth learning. There's not an unlimited supply.

So I moved into the social/political/historical/sociological domain a lot.

You fully embody your personality type… That must be one of the secrets to why you're able to achieve so much in this field.

I'm an INFJ-T. I'm not driven by goals or routine either, but my feelings, emotions and sensitivity are major components of my life. I'm very analytical still, but I'm not inspired to acquire detailed knowledge about the entire world. I'd love to have that knowledge, for sure, but sitting and studying for long hours is not something I'm willing to do. It doesn't fulfill me; it actually kills me inside.

Eight years ago, when I first started listening to you, I was feeling terrible that I couldn't do all that you were doing (I really wished I could because I was so inspired). I still can't do everything, but now I understand it's not because I am an idiot, but because I have a different personality type, a different mind, and different drives. It took me a very long time to realize that.

What is great though, is that I have the kind of mind it takes to understand God – very open, contemplative, inquisitive and questionning, and very receptive to psychedelics. At least, I'm on my way to meet you there!

[Leo Gura]

19 minutes ago, Clarence said:

You fully embody your personality type…

Unfortunately so.

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but my feelings, emotions and sensitivity are major components of my life. I'm very analytical still, but I'm not inspired to acquire detailed knowledge about the entire world.

I don't like trivial knowledge or study. I only study things of ultimate significance. I cannot do scholarship.

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Eight years ago, when I first started listening to you, I was feeling terrible that I couldn't do all that you were doing (I really wished I could because I was so inspired). I still can't do everything, but now I understand it's not because I am an idiot, but because I have a different personality type, a different mind, and different drives. It took me a very long time to realize that.

That's one of life's top lessons. Which is why I keep repeating that you must customize this journey to your personality type.

You must do you, not me.

Edited October 5 by Leo Gura

[Clarence]

45 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I don't like trivial knowledge or study. I only study things of ultimate significance. I cannot do scholarship.

Of course… I don't get that wrong. Your understanding and knowledge about the world are extremely detailed and vast from my point of view (one example: thinking about all that must be learned to have a proper understanding of the conflicts in the Middle East; this is just wild to me).

45 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

That's one of life's top lessons. Which is why I keep repeating that you must customize this journey to your personality type.

You must do you, not me.

I hadn't missed the message, but I didn't know myself well enough. It took a lot of time to get to know my own mind better and learn what was right and what wasn't right for me. 

That self-knowledge didn't come easily, which is why I was struggling. It felt like I was supposed to be doing something similar, but I couldn't put my finger on why it couldn't work the way I wanted. Now I understand why. It took some time, but what matters is that I understand now.

[Leo Gura]

8 minutes ago, Clarence said:

Of course… I don't get that wrong. Your understanding and knowledge about the world are extremely detailed and vast from my point of view (one example: thinking about all that must be learned to have a proper understanding of the conflicts in the Middle East; this is just wild to me).

I exhausted most of the basic self-help and spirituality material so I started going more technical now with history, politics, sociology, etc.

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I hadn't missed the message, but I didn't know myself well enough.

It takes till like age 40 to really know yourself.

Edited October 5 by Leo Gura

[Davino]

I'm so satisfied with the new ratio of blog posting.

It has made me a 1% happier.

Edited October 5 by Davino