Does Leo Gura Say That To Be Able To Self Actualize One Must Leave Their Romantic Partner?

[awareemptiness]

Hello,

I  am a bit confused here I suppose. I heard one of Leos mp3 that says that to be real and pursue your higher purpose in life you have to  have the guts to leave your romantic partner and go be a yogi. Serioiusly? So all guys in a relationship should leave their partners and go be a yogi to self actualize. Really? I feel confused.

sincerely 

awareemptiness

[Ajax]

It's just an example or opinion not advice or facts... learn to differentiate between them. I would highly recommend that you continually review leo's video on beliefs?

[awareemptiness]

Ok thank you Ajax. I will definitely check those out. 

[Capethaz]

@awareemptiness No. You can have relationships and work on Enlightenment.

[Telepresent]

@awareemptiness Have you ever hear of the phrase 'Kill the Buddha'?  The idea is that you should not treat the teachings of the buddha as sacred.  Instead you should try to find the things the he was trying to find.

In the same way, Leo is offering a perspective.  It is limited, it is filtered through his particular life experiences, his particular cuture, his particular all kinds of shit, before it even reaches your computer, at which point you start to filter it through your particular life experiences, your particular cuture, your particular all kinds of shit...

So, in answer to your question: fuck us and fuck us what we think.

It's meaningless.  Do what you need to do, pursue what you need to do, and if that contradicts a video Leo posts, so the fuck what?

[aurum]

No you do not. There is no reason you need to give up on relationships in order to be happy or achieve whatever you want out of life.

However, I will add the cavet that for me, large periods of solitude have been something I've needed at certain points in this journey. That may have been difficult with a romantic partner. 

[Xpansion]

Everything Leo Gura and any other life coach or guru for that matter says can be taken with a large grain of salt or not. It's all basically just his own thoughts, beliefs and opinions that he has formed from his own experiences then recorded in such a way that it sounds very compelling as though it's some kind of ultimate truth but it's not. You don't need to take it on board. Learn to form your own opinions and trust in your own intuition that way you won't be as susceptible to taking on someone else's views. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest.

Edited October 22, 2016 by Xpansion

[Prabhaker]

On 10/19/2016 at 1:42 AM, awareemptiness said:

So all guys in a relationship should leave their partners and go be a yogi to self actualize. Really? I feel confused.

The moment love becomes a relationship, it becomes a bondage, because there are expectations and there are demands and there are frustrations, and an effort from both sides to dominate. It becomes a struggle for power. There is no relationship really, it is just mutual exploitation. As the relationship settles, love disappears. Once the relationship is fixed, instead of love, something else takes place: possessiveness. They still go on calling it love, but you cannot deceive existence. 

Don't leave your partner, leave possessiveness. Stand aloof as the pillars of a temple stand aloof, but support the same roof. Don’t destroy the individuality of the other, enhance it if you can; otherwise, at least leave it as it is, uninterfered with. Freedom is not to be destroyed in the name of love. Freedom is a far higher value than your so-called love.

 

 

[Shin]

If you clearly explain why you need some time alone, and your girlfriend/boyfriend still doesn't respect that and bitch about it,

Yes, of course you should leave her/him.

 

[awareemptiness]

Thanks guys.