Question for Leo :-)

[captainamerica]

Hi Leo,

The above is a timestamped video so you won't be needing to see the whole video, you can watch just the couple of minutes I want you to see.

 

 

You said that:  "contemplation becomes spiritual and mystical when it goes so deep that your answers ...the answers you get to your contemplation are not at the level of intellect and thought but you penetrate past the intellect...pass the mind...you actually transcend the mind and you get at the being level of things ...you actually merge with the thing that you are contemplating and your insight is at the level of being ..." 

I have 2 questions:

1.I don't really understand what type of insights does one get at this being level and how(in what ways) do they differ from insights at the mind/intellect/thought level... Can you please let me know ?

2.Can this being level be used to get insights into technology,maths ,science,inventions etc. ?

I would really be grateful to you Leo if you can take out a couple of minutes from your busy schedule to answer my question 

[Leo Gura]

@captainamerica

1) Try a psychedelic and you will immediately understand. This is not possible to understand conceptually. You must experience it.

2) Hmmm... that's a bit tricky because all of those things are conceptual. What you can see is how your mind constructs those things. You can see the metaphysical and epistemic substrate of those things.

Psychedelics certainly make you 100x more creative. But it will not necessarily be productive in the way your ego-mind wants. It will be far more profound than that.

You basically will not care about science and math at this level of depth. They will seem shallow and insignificant compared to metaphysics.

During one of my solo retreats I did randomly invent a cool new patentable invention. No psychedelics were used. Just lots of meditation.

The more conscious you become the more creative you become.

[cetus]

8 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

During one of my solo retreats I did randomly invent a cool new patentable invention. 

@Leo Gura   If it's the Masculine Toliet it's already taken.

[Leo Gura]

@cetus56 Mine is slightly better. It's called the MAGA Toilet. The bottom of the bowl is a large carved relief of Hillary Clinton's face and it has a giant protrusion at the front of the bowl to accomodate one's extra large balls and dong 

[cetus]

@Leo Gura I'm sure you could find toilet paper to match.

[Leo Gura]

 

[korbes]

4 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

@captainamerica

During one of my solo retreats I did randomly invent a cool new patentable invention. No psychedelics were used. Just lots of meditation.

The more conscious you become the more creative you become.

That's amazing how creative we get in these deep-focused states.

When I did my first Vipassana 10-day retreat, two dudes left on the 5th day, because they felt so creative, they were going to start a business.

I also remember myself being super creative and my thinking and dreams became so much more vivid.

[captainamerica]

@Leo Gura

Thank you so much for the valuable insights !