Addiction to Leo

[itachi uchiha]

u all sold your soul to leo

[softlyblossoming]

I don't think the problem is even that Leo's teachings are the most effective ones for the individuals addicted to them, but that these individuals are feeling depressed, anxious, burnt out, guilty about not self-actualizing fast enough, or are stuck in a rut. I believe this because I've noticed that when my mind is equanimous (i.e. self-satisfied without force/effort, non-reactive, grounded, relaxed and alert, having basic sanity and common sense, free of its own accord from unwholesome thoughts and emotions and comfortable with not knowing), it naturally/automatically doesn't tend to latch onto highly specified teachers or teachings. The equanimity gives me enough clarity around my life, my problems and the next steps I ought to take in solving them, that I can cope with my world without need for a continuous drip of outside support or inspiration/motivation. From my experience, it's been the quality of equanimity that moves actualized.org from sickly over-indulgence to the small bowl of dessert Leo recommends it be. As a little dessert bowl, actualized.org no longer distracts me from my main meal of enjoying life to its fullest.

The biggest issue that tends to lead me to over-indulging in theory is beating myself up for not self-actualizing as fast as I can and the overwhelm I feel when observing how far I am from my ideals. I think the antidote to this is just to calm down and let ourselves develop in our own sweet time, such that we cultivate more equanimity and so are less attached to Leo's (or whatever particular teacher's) work, but can be passionate about it proportionately to the rest of our lives, which we might start to enjoy living.

Hope this helps, @John Paul and others sharing our issue.

Edited February 21, 2022 by softlyblossoming
simplified + clarified

[Ulax]

13 hours ago, softlyblossoming said:

@Ulax Hahaha. I'm just hoping not to get banned for making this t shirt because the forum is so powerful a catalyst for my own growth.

Lool. If you want the t-shirt I say, why not. There's worse things to do. live and let live and all that.