Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[The Crocodile]

3 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Obviously people have done it.

The closest thing to the Awakened comedian you were talking about was Bill Hicks

Though sure we could do better.

[Nemra]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Whether you can do it depends on your health, energy levels, work ethic, personality type, and many other factors.

Depends very much on your career and how busy/distracted it makes you.

You can do career in many ways. You can also build up a career and then afford some time off for side pursuits.

Makes sense.

I have to understand my situation better.

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Are you going to get Awakened while running a Fortune 500 public company? Probably not.

Yeah, I also think that there will be things that would oppose pursuing that, at least for me.

I'm not even a fan of chasing money or the thought of being some popular or famous person. Not even a typical leader.

I have tasted the forbidden fruit. So it has become way harder to not think of awakening.

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

You have to strategically design your lifestyle around your top values. There will be difficult tradeoffs because you can't have it all at once. But you can space your goals out over 20-40 years.

Mmmm...

It seems spacing my goals is the smartest approach for me.

I need to reevaluate and self-reflect.

Edited Monday at 11:15 PM by Nemra

[Davino]

Lately I've been appreciating the potential of Jailbreaking the Mind. Now I see the scope of evolution this can take.

[LifeEnjoyer]

I’ll remember everyone when I’m famous

[Thought Art]

Leo’s blog has been pulling me back to this place!!

(Or did I ever leave )

This is my response to Leo’s recent post on metaphysical love. 

A fantastic collection of nondual love poems. I LOVE Ibns poems. 

 

“I believe in the religion of love. In whatever direction its caravans may take. For love is my religion and faith.”
“

Edited yesterday at 02:18 AM by Thought Art

[SwiftQuill]

The "I'm not with those clowns" post is very cringe.

I'll make sure to share with the aliens all the woke propaganda that exists in this forum. I'm sure it will change their minds on not eating the bald man.

[gettoefl]

Great post on love.

Love for me is, the hole exposing the whole.

Can I look at you deep enough, to see the opening that reveals the real?

In time it becomes as easy as breathing air.

Cool song in case you don't know it:

 

Edited 17 hours ago by gettoefl

[LifeEnjoyer]

3 hours ago, SwiftQuill said:

The "I'm not with those clowns" post is very cringe.

 

Cringe is a symptom of social anxiety.

[The Crocodile]

The first issue began with The Wherefore of the Worlds (the English following the French), and in it Richard attributed the origin of the world to Desire. They were in perpetual disagreement on this subject, Richard saying, 'It is Desire,' and Sri Aurobindo, 'The initial force of the Manifestation is Joy.' Then Richard would say, 'God DESIRED to know Himself,' and Sri Aurobindo, 'No, God had the Joy of knowing Himself.' And it went on and on like that!

[Leo Gura]

19 minutes ago, The Crocodile said:

The first issue began with The Wherefore of the Worlds (the English following the French), and in it Richard attributed the origin of the world to Desire. They were in perpetual disagreement on this subject, Richard saying, 'It is Desire,' and Sri Aurobindo, 'The initial force of the Manifestation is Joy.' Then Richard would say, 'God DESIRED to know Himself,' and Sri Aurobindo, 'No, God had the Joy of knowing Himself.' And it went on and on like that!

That's such a trivial difference.

[The Crocodile]

11 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

That's such a trivial difference.

Well, desire implies a subject and object, whereas joy is its own thing.

Mirra said her husband Paul Richard was The Devil incarnated into a human, like Brother Justin from Carnivale.

Edited 14 hours ago by The Crocodile

[Majed]

@Leo Gura I have a question, why did God invent the world ? Meaning the physical universe ? Sure i understand it's imaginary as long as we are alive we are in it. Why didn't God just remain in his formlessness, why did he incarnate in form ? 

[Leo Gura]

8 minutes ago, Majed said:

@Leo Gura I have a question, why did God invent the world ? Meaning the physical universe ? Sure i understand it's imaginary as long as we are alive we are in it. Why didn't God just remain in his formlessness, why did he incarnate in form ? 

I don't have a specific answer. You cannot explain God in such detail.

Basically God likes to dream because it has nothing else to do.

What would you do if you were formless yet all-powerful? Would you just sit there in a void? No, you would wanna dream up something interesting to entertain yourself.

God can have both. God can exist as a void forever, and then get bored and start dreaming.

Edited 14 hours ago by Leo Gura

[OBEler]

6 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I don't have a specific answer. You cannot explain God in such detail.

Basically God likes to dream because it has nothing else to do.

So God is like really an conscious intelligent thing that can like things? Or is it more like an impersonal alien force which essence is to create dreams but it's not because it likes it but more because it just can? 

Edited 14 hours ago by OBEler

[Leo Gura]

15 minutes ago, OBEler said:

So God is like really an conscious intelligent thing that can like things? Or is it more like an impersonal alien force which essence is to create dreams but it's not because it likes it but more because it just can? 

God is an infinite ocean of dreams.

It's like you're asking the ocean why it has fish.

Edited 13 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Nilsi]

When it comes to turning metaphysical comedy into a multi-million-dollar career, Žižek is probably as close as it gets.

Whether that aligns with your idea of "awakening," I can't say - but he's no fool, he's hella funny, and he's definitely raking in millions.

Edited 13 hours ago by Nilsi

[Jehovah increases]

And you get it! Leo!

Edited 13 hours ago by Jehovah increases

[Nemra]

@Leo Gura, in your experience, would you say that awakenings happen because your changed state pushes you to realize something without your will?

For you, how do awakening and contemplation affect each other? Which one actually depends on the other?

Edited 13 hours ago by Nemra

[Leo Gura]

@Nilsi Zizek raking in millions? Bro, get real.

Zizek is a confused old man. He ain't anywhere close to God.

[Clarence]

14 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You cannot explain God in such detail.

That's so sad.