Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Leo Gura]

4 minutes ago, LambdaDelta said:

Premium doesn't let you get rid of Shorts

There is now an option to hide Shorts if you click the three dots near them.

Edited December 31, 2024 by Leo Gura

[LifeEnjoyer]

22 hours ago, LoneWonderer said:

Thank you Leo for the new music playlist! 🙏

If any tech Savvy forum member can make it into a spotify playlist and share would be greatly appreciated as ads on YT suck.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uouPz7CuPKMlc98sgTpTI?si=9d46558c55304eb7

[Extreme Z7]

Not gonna lie. I ended up deciding not to turn off Shorts because there are still some truely well-written comedy in some of them.
I don't think Shorts is really all that close to TikTok, YouTubers tend to be much more creative and intelligent.

 

[Extreme Z7]

Here are a couple more Shorts that I really loved.
Leo says his guilty pleasure is watching police footage, for me lately it's been videos of gambling addicts losing their shit from losing tons of money.

 

This guy is the worst of them all. A true legend of gambling addicts.

Watching these videos has given me a real glimpse of the foolishness of Gambling.

Edited January 1 by Extreme Z7

[aurum]

Some early morning contemplation on the question of why insanity exists within Consciousness:

Consciousness is absolutely infinite. It must have the potential for all forms / states of mind. As a human existing within a "sane" state of mind, we might naturally assume that most states of consciousness are like this. After all, this is what we know. It's difficult or perhaps even impossible to imagine what an "insane" state of consciousness would actually be like from a "sane" one.

But this belief that most states of consciousness must be "sane" could be a wrong assumption.

Why? Because sanity is a subset of insanity. Insanity is default.

You constrain insanity in order to get sanity.

Most states of consciousness are incompatible with structured life as we know it. 

[Ulax]

On 01/01/2025 at 0:32 AM, Extreme Z7 said:

Here are a couple more Shorts that I really loved.
Leo says his guilty pleasure is watching police footage, for me lately it's been videos of gambling addicts losing their shit from losing tons of money.

 

This guy is the worst of them all. A true legend of gambling addicts.

Watching these videos has given me a real glimpse of the foolishness of Gambling.

I can’t even watch that shit.

I end up feeling too depressed. I could watch liveleak for a whole day and feel better than watching those vids.

[integration journey]

The music playlist is a huge clutch. Thanks Leo 

[gettoefl]

Thanks for the playlist Leo. Here's one back at you:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zSzG7Ikui1e3vUISwDGAv?si=25b9182978a04698

[Rafael Thundercat]

When you live a fantasy Truth burns like Fire. 

https://www.actualized.org/insights/actualized-quotes-106

The question is what constitutes fantasies and what corelated truths burn that specific fantasy. For every fantasy there is a flick of truth that burn that fantasy away. 

[Davino]

Counting down the days until 2026 for the jaw-dropping revelation of Leo's Ultimate Porno Collection, worth at least a humble million dollars

[LoneWonderer]

11 hours ago, gettoefl said:

Thanks for the playlist Leo. Here's one back at you:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zSzG7Ikui1e3vUISwDGAv?si=25b9182978a04698

Thanks for sharing 🙏 

[_Archangel_]

https://www.actualized.org/insights/actualized-quotes-105

This is the best observation on reality you can make discussing to a materialist to turn them to spirituality. It's so undeniable, so easy, yet so easily overlooked.

[Leo Gura]

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

Edited January 4 by Leo Gura

[Mirra]

6 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

Not really. It's like a philosophic version of tiktok, like little bites of something to tantalize. It's like philosophical consciousness porn. I'd like some longer-form content like a book from you or something though, with whatever format or creativity or structure you want.

[Whitney Edwards]

18 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

I find them very valuable. I often use them in my journal and they act like reminders. 

 

[Exystem]

19 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

Some of them are a bit repetitious but generally I like them. They are sometimes quite inspiring, I like that you are more frequently posting!

[Marcel]

22 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

 

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

 

Yes. It’s healthy food for thought. You may want to keep them. 

[Daniel Balan]

Definitely yes! I've put some of them in my common place book and even shared the direct photo of the quote on my twitter account.

My favourite quote is "By realising you are evil, you become good. By thinking you are good, you become evil"

To me the blog itself is a gold mine! In my spare time I go back on your bloog as far as 2017 and I extract the main takeaways of each post and I write the takeaways on my commonplace book! But the quotes itself are great, but even greater of value are the long blog posts! To me the post that impacted me the most was about Political Lessons which you published after Trump won. Please keep up with the blog, I find the blog almost more important than the videos you do on YT.

[Mirra]

I think an 800-page book from Leo would do people better.

[UnbornTao]

44 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Do you guys find the blog quotes useful/valuable?

I do. Gives one something to think about, consider.