Like you said, it takes a lot of time, experience and deep self-inquiry to find direct answers for yourself and piece the puzzles together. For myself, lack of patience and jumping into the deep end was a big hurdle that slowed down my progress in the past, but life eventually forced me into a rude awakening - just like many others, especially when you ignore the fundamentals of natural Law, spirituality and ego. It was definitely a humbling experience though, and teachers such as yourself who points to a rough guide map makes the walking the path a bit easier. Never take somebody's words as absolute truth, but confirm with direct experience.
What is ... - Meaning - Science - Evil - Ego - A concept - A belief - Truth - Evidence - A symbol - Language - Fear - Happiness - Identity - Thought - Conflict - Duality - A boundary - Reason - Culture - Judgement - An object - Value
Its AMAZING to keep a journal. I have an app on my phone. It's now 5am in the morning and first I'll meditate and then do breathing exercises. I'll write in my journal what I'm celebrating that day and why I'm feeling great. Ill write about what inspired me and what my purpose is. In the evening I'll write what I'm grateful for. That is a good start to get myself to actually build the habit. Ill grow into writing and in the end do more with contemplation and what you speak about. Making a cup of tea, and listen to the rest of your video. Thanks for sharing!
Leo, brother - just want to say tha you've helped me so much in life. I had no access to wisdom and didn't know where to start. And many years ago I just stumbled upon your channel a decided to give it a try (with doubts). And you were the one who helped me to start believing in myself and improving in many aspects. Thank you, brother - I wish you all the best and I respect you so much!
I purchased the life purpose course and can say it's been nothing short of life changing. It's the price of the course is minute in comparison to the value that you get. But you need to put in the work...if you are not going to work on yourself and do the exercises then dont waste your time and Leo's time. I still have so much to do but I chip away every day at myself and in the course...and when you "finish" the course...you're not really finished! Ever!! It's just new level to reach, a new bar to raise. So much time and effort on Leo's part...make the leap and do the work you wont be sorry.
_ Introduction - first 3.5 minutes of this video is the most essential "knowledge" that one must "take to heart". It is the beginning of the journey of true humility and the first glimpse of who or what you actually are beyond what the conditioned mind tells you.
Nice video Leo,you are helping me improve my life on a daily basis. But if you are reading this can you please make 2 more videos or touch on these topics if you have time: 1.How our childhood has effects on what we grow into (until we change it). 2. More videos on awareness and the ultimate guide on mastering emotions ( I watched all of your videos on emotions). Thank you for everything and keep fixing lives !! :)
This is really important and as an academic I find it difficult to find direct experiences when everyone around me is all theory theory theory . Every day I struggle with myself when the entire world wants me to be someone else. To an academic there is no worse than direct experience because it is unverifiable and unobservable. Science is successful because of this, because of the empirical constraints. And the cost of this success is my inability to think with direct experiences.
Who is it that wants you to be someone else? Usually, such people are only saying that if they know you & see how it might better serve you through going in that the direction they're thinking about. It is only a suggested path, but it's not the way unless you choose it to be such. I only had my parents that chose for me to be someone else. Nobody else gave a shit. If you think the world thinks that much of you, that is just a mirage.
_ The academic mind will never get it because it is "space-time" biased. _ Direct experience is not in space-time and is not comprehensible to the any mind! _ mind is simply the activity of thought. _ experience is NOT a thought, although after an experience one can have thoughts about the experience, but all such thoughts are biased based on psycho-somatic, educational, and general societal conditioning of various sorts. _ Thus the 'mind', any kind of mind, cannot comprehend a direct experience itself _ It is more accurate to say direct 'experiencing' rather than 'experience' since the actual happening is a 'perceiving'. _ The 'perceiving' is assimilated through the sensory process of perception and then thinking about what has been 'percieved' is stored as a memory based on conceptual biases and the memory is recalled with the stored bias and any current bias that may be of influence at the moment. As research has shown, memory is often inaccurate and subject to tiny changes over time.
Leo, my hero. From another brother of this beautiful world. I've been watching so long through the burning bushes... my thirst will never be quenched but your information cast shade over this hot seat of a fallin society.
I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses for laziness, but at this point there are too many practices (various meditation practices, self-inquiry etc), that I cannot possibly do all of this every day and still keep my day job and responsibilities. This video definitely makes the case for the importance of this kind of contemplation. But I often find myself having trouble prioritizing practices properly.
I have the same issue. If you didn't have to work, you could spend all day long just doing self-development. This wouldn't even have to be life purpose material. If you added self-development and life purpose, and still no job, that's two lifetimes worth of ground to cover & work on: self-development & life-purpose training & action.
Select one that resonates with you and do it for a year. A lot of the practices are pointing towards the same objective. And many of the practices can awaken you to various things. Go deep not wide.
Thank you. You're right. I think I often feel overwhelmed by a sense of urgency:"I need to get this right soon, because I don't know when I'll die". But it doesn't help to try to do everything at the same time
I was relying on you for months Leo but now I have to go deep into myself, I need to let go, we all need to do it, thanks for everything again, "This is not the only way to make me whole, and I won't ever turn my heart to stone" (:
I’ve been a viewing Leo’s videos for quite a while now, this is the newest video I’ve seen - the others being at least 2-3 years old. I must say, the way he articulates words now is...meaner, in his older videos he comes across bright, happiness in his voice. I’m quite surprised.
Leo i never fully agree with what you say but this video was just perfect! I loved it. Journaling is so important to me, mostly because i tend to forget the insights that i get. I feel like the psyche is really fragmented and when you write it's more easy to put it together, just by thinking i can never be too coherent.
Thanks for the video, Leo. I found this one to be very practical and helpful, although my first round of contemplation has proven to be very....exhausting to actually implement. I would like to document it here for future reference because I ran out of paper :) As I began my first attempt (I made it about 45 minutes in before I had to stop myself), I began to feel an intense anxiety/panic that has been lingering in the back of my mind for months now that I have been distracting myself from and repressing for quite some time now. I then had the most counterintuitive idea: instead of trying to eliminate this anxiety as I have been, why not face it head-on and contemplate it? Within about 5 minutes of serious contemplation, I concluded that, through my direct experience in the present, I have no idea why I would be anxious about something. And just as fast as it thrust itself upon my mind, it was gone completely! This occurred at roughly the 45 minute mark, and I stopped because I broke down in tears of pure joy/relief, which has NEVER happened to me before. I have now decided to block out time every god-damn day to practice this. Thanks again for uploading this, Leo.
Neo, I love how the questions you pose this episode and in others intertwine. While I was contemplating relation, meaning and what is personal development the evolution in how a persona relates and interprets came back to me trough my memories and the presented models supplied by you. Thanks for your pointers to the essence of growth. I will likely come back to this one often.
This is invaluable. It’s going to be a massive, massive help to me with some self doubt issues. Want to go one way but keep getting pulled back by majority going another way and it’s hard not to wonder if you’re going to make a mistake in relation to the pressure of the norm. I’ve been flipping this backwards and forwards getting nowhere. I’m going to contemplate on why I am so bound by what others think, which is ultimately my present problem. Meaning is a great one too. Thanks very much Leo 🤖
It's hard to explain, & I'm not well acquainted with all of this... but. I've been acknowledging my past child self daily as his own person for over a month now as an exercise. He exists to me right now in that place & time, separate from me. I lost my sense of self for a brief moment when my view of my child self & potential future self detached from my current perceived self; my child self is not me, yet my present self is here shaping his future. All my actions in improving my life today is giving my child self a brighter future, & it's this time in my life I'll be looking at 20 years from now as my future self, acknowledging me with the same compassion, love & understanding, because of what I'm doing now! I made this connection with everyone & everything else as well. Perhaps in some convoluted way I've obtained a small piece of understanding oneness? I felt a love I've never felt before. I cried like I had never cried before. For myself, for everything & everyone around me. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I now somewhat recognize the significance & completeness of the present... ! I hope this makes some sense... I'm not sure of it all really...
Been journaling for about 4 years now and learned a lot about myself, had very profound realizations and became very self aware specially after getting out of an abusive relationship, researching about psychology and connecting the dots. At first I had high hopes that this knowledge and deep feelings and insights would make me a better person but my intellect and awareness gets trumped most of the time by other dysfunctional parts of my brain and I can't apply them in everyday life.. like dealing with social anxiety, chronic procrastination , alcoholism and sometimes going off on my family who don't deserve it.. It's always a struggle.. I feel like a prisoner of the brain and being hyper aware seems to make me more crazy and also more depressed and disappointed in myself for always resetting and going around in circles. Sometimes I feel like I need a futuristic brain surgery to really get better:( And it sucks because here in my country most people aren't really educated on psychology and most are unempathetic, judge or ridicule those who have issues. We can't control our genetics, childhood brain development, brain physiology and chemistry etc.. w/c dictates how we think,feel, react, behave, our drive and level of capability to change or improve. Just thinking about myself, the future, the big picture, reality just puts me in a state of despair.
I did it for the first time and wasnt easy haha, i been thinking about meaning, and i saw how the one word can go deep, like how much power it has, it was mind blowing for me, i will try to make it a habit, i need this.
Thank you Leo for another great episode. I have started contemplating many times without success even for ordinary basic questions but in this episode I understood where I was stuck in my study. You basically covered all my questions. Also, you used to post a section for "Video Transcript" at actualized.org. It was very helpful for me to take notes and read it at times where I cannot watch a video. That would be great if you could bring that feature back in your new videos. Cheers mate...
While I was listening to this video, I posed my own question, "What is motivation" and just brought to mind an activity I was motivated to do and just observed my mind. I felt a strong pull towards the activity in my mind and I had a sort of "aha" moment where I realized that motivation is just your mind pulling you to do something. Sounds pretty simple, I know, but the realization felt so profound. I can't wait to try this technique out with my journal.
Was so pleased to see this posted, the quote at the beginning and the first 5 mins hit home hard and it feels like you read my mind Leo 😱👌🌱thank you as always
There are believes, and those you may not even notice that are believed for the longest time while you are doing this work. I may have to complete whatever is left before transcending my position, and I will do my homework as everyone else that wants to develop will have to. I will get the life purpose course for many reasons, or maybe none, you never know.
Leo, I have escaped wage slavery, and I really love all the techniques that you show for self-actualization. I have been doing some of them every single day already: meditation, shamanic breathing, visualizations, affirmations, studying theory, body awareness, mindfulness. I´m just wondering how to do everything else that´s required among all the other daily activities. Sometimes I get really disturbed wondering if I will have enough time to do everything that´s necessary to self-actualization...
The best method is get in touch with your intuition and inner awareness then you can ask the questions ( if one chooses to ask) and then you will receive the answers you requested. How you ask the question and whether you have the guts to ask the real difficult ones!
I started watching you cause I related to what you were saying because of my own experiences. after some enlightenment experiences I started looking for information about it and I found your videos, and I was like, OMG he SAW the truth I understand whats he is talking about cause I have been there and I relate what you say with my own experiences..
Im doing the life purpose course now. First I tougth, O Leo is much further now with his subjects etc, so the course will be a little outdated...Its NOT, its timeless and I can very recommend it.
At the end, Leo finally reveals how tired he is of people commenting things like "Actualized.org is the best Sunday School ever" and "The church of Leo!" And lets not forget my personal favorite....."ALL RISE!!!!"
I was doing this as a teenager (with thoughts on life and reality since I was heavy into Buddhism then) , and then stopped when I got a job and got married... Need to go back to this powerful tool. Thanks for inspiration. Your videos really help in so many ways. I used to be terrified of public speaking, and now I'm volunteering to do public presentations at work in front of 100 people (that's a lot for me). You make me rethink everything.
I started writing journal in OneNote at the time when Leo said about it in his commonplace video. Now at this time when I look into it I am totally awestruck and unable to fathom the depth of information I had within myself.
You are really good explayning/teaching the things. I consider myself a really ignorant person (I don't really know anything neider what's happening in my city in this moments with the laws or the dangers in the streets, etc) So, you made so easy and at the same time really complicated understand your point, but with your examples it is more easy. (Sorry my english, I don't really know well the language)
You can approach any subject using the five “W”s - Who, What, Where, When, and Why to get a handle on contemplation, hitting your focus of contemplation from multiple angles. Going further, use each of the five“W”s thinking in terms of all time periods, from the dawn of man until now, or earlier than man in some cases. Mind Maps can also be helpful in contemplating various subjects.
Contemplation in a nutshell is all about figuring out which questions are relevant for your life, then asking yourself those questions, and then becoming aware of all the ramifications that they bring about, staying on track with that whole process for hours upon hours.
I was contemplating a lot but just in my mind and at random times , NOW I will install a new morning or evening journaling contemplation in my life , thank you ! ❤️
Hi Leo, I watch you videos very often and messages you convey are very helpful for my personal development. Thank you so much.Could you post a video on being vs doing?
I will have to admit for a while I did just believe you. I would watch your videos over and over again. That worked up into a certain point. I was surprised how painful it can actually be to question yourself and reality. I had to swallow my pride and admit I don't really know much. Thanks for this new method. I tend to get stuck in my head and my mind likes to go everywhere. Sometimes I do find actually talking to myself to be helpful when trying to clarify things. Thanks again Leo! Also, your thumbnails are really cool. I am wondering if you make them all yourself?
Leo, are you intending on making a video about mental illnesses, their stigmas, the hopelessness that comes with them and what can we do to detach from them, is that in your plans any time soon? I'm sure some people are still stuck in that obstacle since therapy seems to be sucking people out of their money rather than being any beneficial, let's also not forget about the fact that they adore shoving medicines in their patient's mouth just to make them feel "better", so I'm mentioning this whole trap thing, How do people overcome them? Is it with sheer will power, pretending, spirituality...etc?
Hi Leo.. Reminder that I responded to the email regarding my invite for you to speak in Berkeley as well as other info.. Hope you can have the time to find it. Just sent it again now... Extremely excited about this. Thanks As Love Cory
Thx Leo! I should have started journaling long time ago, but I never knew how to do it properly. I felt that I'm too stupid for this, and gave it up every time as soon as I realized that I'm full of shit... Since this episode I never leave home without a pen and a notepad.
What am I defending? What am I not accepting? What am I afraid of? Who do I think I'm? Why am I think I'm this? Why do I want someone? Why do I really want this? Why? Why do I feel this way? What is bad? What is good?
A video on epistemology and ontology would also be interesting. And one on theism, atheism, deism, pantheism, panentheism, etc. perhaps? Just some ideas...
What is: - Meaning - Science - Evil - Ego - A concept - A belief - Truth - Evidence - A symbol - Language - Fear - Happiness - Identity - Thought - Conflict - Duality - A boundary - Reason - Culture - Judgement - An object - Value
Who else feels lost when Leo said stop building theories? 😢 I LOVE this episode a lot. Now it’s good to be aware to be careful when you build ideas and theories, but I have the impression there is a limiting belief on the journey of the creator we could become. What do you think about it?
Mastermind Question: I agree with you but I wonder if it is not a little bit limiting only learning and contemplate from your own experience, would not it be more efficient to contemplate with experience from others to build on them. Besides, that is it even possible to contemplate without any external information? I would say external information is necessary for you to process your direct experience. Looking forward to mastermind with you all guys!
Like you said, it takes a lot of time, experience and deep self-inquiry to find direct answers for yourself and piece the puzzles together. For myself, lack of patience and jumping into the deep end was a big hurdle that slowed down my progress in the past, but life eventually forced me into a rude awakening - just like many others, especially when you ignore the fundamentals of natural Law, spirituality and ego. It was definitely a humbling experience though, and teachers such as yourself who points to a rough guide map makes the walking the path a bit easier. Never take somebody's words as absolute truth, but confirm with direct experience.
Every time Leo doesn't upload in time I always think he reached full enlightenment
SUB C came for this😂
Good one. :'D
What is ...
- Meaning
- Science
- Evil
- Ego
- A concept
- A belief
- Truth
- Evidence
- A symbol
- Language
- Fear
- Happiness
- Identity
- Thought
- Conflict
- Duality
- A boundary
- Reason
- Culture
- Judgement
- An object
- Value
Its AMAZING to keep a journal. I have an app on my phone. It's now 5am in the morning and first I'll meditate and then do breathing exercises. I'll write in my journal what I'm celebrating that day and why I'm feeling great. Ill write about what inspired me and what my purpose is. In the evening I'll write what I'm grateful for. That is a good start to get myself to actually build the habit. Ill grow into writing and in the end do more with contemplation and what you speak about. Making a cup of tea, and listen to the rest of your video. Thanks for sharing!
Leo, brother - just want to say tha you've helped me so much in life. I had no access to wisdom and didn't know where to start. And many years ago I just stumbled upon your channel a decided to give it a try (with doubts).
And you were the one who helped me to start believing in myself and improving in many aspects. Thank you, brother - I wish you all the best and I respect you so much!
+Eugene Gurevich Glad to be of assistance :)
Love you Leo! I always struggled contemplating just looking in the air because I have literally zero focus. But now everything will change!
Did everything change ?
I purchased the life purpose course and can say it's been nothing short of life changing. It's the price of the course is minute in comparison to the value that you get. But you need to put in the work...if you are not going to work on yourself and do the exercises then dont waste your time and Leo's time. I still have so much to do but I chip away every day at myself and in the course...and when you "finish" the course...you're not really finished! Ever!! It's just new level to reach, a new bar to raise. So much time and effort on Leo's part...make the leap and do the work you wont be sorry.
_ Introduction - first 3.5 minutes of this video is the most essential "knowledge" that one must "take to heart". It is the beginning of the journey of true humility and the first glimpse of who or what you actually are beyond what the conditioned mind tells you.
Nice video Leo,you are helping me improve my life on a daily basis.
But if you are reading this can you please make 2 more videos or touch on these topics if you have time: 1.How our childhood has effects on what we grow into (until we change it).
2. More videos on awareness and the ultimate guide on mastering emotions ( I watched all of your videos on emotions). Thank you for everything and keep fixing lives !! :)
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This is really important and as an academic I find it difficult to find direct experiences when everyone around me is all theory theory theory . Every day I struggle with myself when the entire world wants me to be someone else. To an academic there is no worse than direct experience because it is unverifiable and unobservable. Science is successful because of this, because of the empirical constraints. And the cost of this success is my inability to think with direct experiences.
Who is it that wants you to be someone else? Usually, such people are only saying that if they know you & see how it might better serve you through going in that the direction they're thinking about. It is only a suggested path, but it's not the way unless you choose it to be such. I only had my parents that chose for me to be someone else. Nobody else gave a shit. If you think the world thinks that much of you, that is just a mirage.
not necessarily, you can have direct experience without language. Just don't produce words inside your head, or visual imagery.
_ The academic mind will never get it because it is "space-time" biased.
_ Direct experience is not in space-time and is not comprehensible to the any mind!
_ mind is simply the activity of thought.
_ experience is NOT a thought, although after an experience one can have thoughts about the experience, but all such thoughts are biased based on psycho-somatic, educational, and general societal conditioning of various sorts.
_ Thus the 'mind', any kind of mind, cannot comprehend a direct experience itself
_ It is more accurate to say direct 'experiencing' rather than 'experience' since the actual happening is a 'perceiving'.
_ The 'perceiving' is assimilated through the sensory process of perception and then thinking about what has been 'percieved' is stored as a memory based on conceptual biases and the memory is recalled with the stored bias and any current bias that may be of influence at the moment. As research has shown, memory is often inaccurate and subject to tiny changes over time.
Leo, my hero. From another brother of this beautiful world. I've been watching so long through the burning bushes... my thirst will never be quenched but your information cast shade over this hot seat of a fallin society.
I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses for laziness, but at this point there are too many practices (various meditation practices, self-inquiry etc), that I cannot possibly do all of this every day and still keep my day job and responsibilities.
This video definitely makes the case for the importance of this kind of contemplation. But I often find myself having trouble prioritizing practices properly.
I have the same issue. If you didn't have to work, you could spend all day long just doing self-development. This wouldn't even have to be life purpose material. If you added self-development and life purpose, and still no job, that's two lifetimes worth of ground to cover & work on: self-development & life-purpose training & action.
Select one that resonates with you and do it for a year. A lot of the practices are pointing towards the same objective. And many of the practices can awaken you to various things. Go deep not wide.
Thank you. You're right. I think I often feel overwhelmed by a sense of urgency:"I need to get this right soon, because I don't know when I'll die". But it doesn't help to try to do everything at the same time
I love devouring these insights of wisdom! 2 full length actualized videos in 1 day might be getting a tad obsessive? Really loving these techniques:)
I was relying on you for months Leo but now I have to go deep into myself, I need to let go, we all need to do it, thanks for everything again,
"This is not the only way to make me whole, and I won't ever turn my heart to stone" (:
Deepest channel on youtube.
You're so Smart!
Ignacio Medina no hes a sage sages are beyond intelectual
I’ve been a viewing Leo’s videos for quite a while now, this is the newest video I’ve seen - the others being at least 2-3 years old. I must say, the way he articulates words now is...meaner, in his older videos he comes across bright, happiness in his voice. I’m quite surprised.
Leo i never fully agree with what you say but this video was just perfect! I loved it. Journaling is so important to me, mostly because i tend to forget the insights that i get. I feel like the psyche is really fragmented and when you write it's more easy to put it together, just by thinking i can never be too coherent.
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Its because u believe that brains are real. If only u knew the ultimate truth that brains do not exist, ud understand leo
Urban Dropper yeah when someone doesn't use their brain for too long it's almost like they don't have it, i get what you're saying
^That's not what he means though by saying "brains do not exist" lol. Has nothing to with how often you utilize it.
Rick James yeah i get it, some people are born like that
Thanks for the video, Leo. I found this one to be very practical and helpful, although my first round of contemplation has proven to be very....exhausting to actually implement. I would like to document it here for future reference because I ran out of paper :)
As I began my first attempt (I made it about 45 minutes in before I had to stop myself), I began to feel an intense anxiety/panic that has been lingering in the back of my mind for months now that I have been distracting myself from and repressing for quite some time now. I then had the most counterintuitive idea: instead of trying to eliminate this anxiety as I have been, why not face it head-on and contemplate it?
Within about 5 minutes of serious contemplation, I concluded that, through my direct experience in the present, I have no idea why I would be anxious about something. And just as fast as it thrust itself upon my mind, it was gone completely!
This occurred at roughly the 45 minute mark, and I stopped because I broke down in tears of pure joy/relief, which has NEVER happened to me before.
I have now decided to block out time every god-damn day to practice this. Thanks again for uploading this, Leo.
Very good systematized self-enquiry method but also explore the experience as well as the idea.
Hi Leo! A video about boredom would be really helpful. Love your work by the way :)
Neo, I love how the questions you pose this episode and in others intertwine. While I was contemplating relation, meaning and what is personal development the evolution in how a persona relates and interprets came back to me trough my memories and the presented models supplied by you. Thanks for your pointers to the essence of growth. I will likely come back to this one often.
Oh Leeeeooooo , Where rrrrrrrrrrr you? It's the next Sunday after you released this videeeeooooo. We're waaaaiting for you Leo :)
yeah,,.i hope he is fine
This is invaluable. It’s going to be a massive, massive help to me with some self doubt issues. Want to go one way but keep getting pulled back by majority going another way and it’s hard not to wonder if you’re going to make a mistake in relation to the pressure of the norm. I’ve been flipping this backwards and forwards getting nowhere. I’m going to contemplate on why I am so bound by what others think, which is ultimately my present problem. Meaning is a great one too. Thanks very much Leo 🤖
Guys, I had a non-psychedelic enlightenment experience this morning... nothing like it.
Michael Briseño what part of noself did you experience?
It's hard to explain, & I'm not well acquainted with all of this... but. I've been acknowledging my past child self daily as his own person for over a month now as an exercise. He exists to me right now in that place & time, separate from me.
I lost my sense of self for a brief moment when my view of my child self & potential future self detached from my current perceived self; my child self is not me, yet my present self is here shaping his future. All my actions in improving my life today is giving my child self a brighter future, & it's this time in my life I'll be looking at 20 years from now as my future self, acknowledging me with the same compassion, love & understanding, because of what I'm doing now!
I made this connection with everyone & everything else as well.
Perhaps in some convoluted way I've obtained a small piece of understanding oneness?
I felt a love I've never felt before. I cried like I had never cried before. For myself, for everything & everyone around me. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I now somewhat recognize the significance & completeness of the present... !
I hope this makes some sense... I'm not sure of it all really...
Been journaling for about 4 years now and learned a lot about myself, had very profound realizations and became very self aware specially after getting out of an abusive relationship, researching about psychology and connecting the dots. At first I had high hopes that this knowledge and deep feelings and insights would make me a better person but my intellect and awareness gets trumped most of the time by other dysfunctional parts of my brain and I can't apply them in everyday life.. like dealing with social anxiety, chronic procrastination , alcoholism and sometimes going off on my family who don't deserve it.. It's always a struggle.. I feel like a prisoner of the brain and being hyper aware seems to make me more crazy and also more depressed and disappointed in myself for always resetting and going around in circles. Sometimes I feel like I need a futuristic brain surgery to really get better:(
And it sucks because here in my country most people aren't really educated on psychology and most are unempathetic, judge or ridicule those who have issues. We can't control our genetics, childhood brain development, brain physiology and chemistry etc.. w/c dictates how we think,feel, react, behave, our drive and level of capability to change or improve. Just thinking about myself, the future, the big picture, reality just puts me in a state of despair.
Research childhood trauma and how to heal from it.
I did it for the first time and wasnt easy haha, i been thinking about meaning, and i saw how the one word can go deep, like how much power it has, it was mind blowing for me, i will try to make it a habit, i need this.
Thank you Leo for another great episode. I have started contemplating many times without success even for ordinary basic questions but in this episode I understood where I was stuck in my study. You basically covered all my questions.
Also, you used to post a section for "Video Transcript" at actualized.org. It was very helpful for me to take notes and read it at times where I cannot watch a video. That would be great if you could bring that feature back in your new videos.
Cheers mate...
While I was listening to this video, I posed my own question, "What is motivation" and just brought to mind an activity I was motivated to do and just observed my mind. I felt a strong pull towards the activity in my mind and I had a sort of "aha" moment where I realized that motivation is just your mind pulling you to do something. Sounds pretty simple, I know, but the realization felt so profound. I can't wait to try this technique out with my journal.
Was so pleased to see this posted, the quote at the beginning and the first 5 mins hit home hard and it feels like you read my mind Leo 😱👌🌱thank you as always
I really respect this phenomenological approach to everything. My intuition has always urged me in this direction.
Ive been doing this every day for the past 6 years. It really does work......
There are believes, and those you may not even notice that are believed for the longest time while you are doing this work. I may have to complete whatever is left before transcending my position, and I will do my homework as everyone else that wants to develop will have to.
I will get the life purpose course for many reasons, or maybe none, you never know.
Leo, I have escaped wage slavery, and I really love all the techniques that you show for self-actualization. I have been doing some of them every single day already: meditation, shamanic breathing, visualizations, affirmations, studying theory, body awareness, mindfulness.
I´m just wondering how to do everything else that´s required among all the other daily activities. Sometimes I get really disturbed wondering if I will have enough time to do everything that´s necessary to self-actualization...
I’m proud of you hope keep on the path! I hope to one day be there with you
The best method is get in touch with your intuition and inner awareness then you can ask the questions ( if one chooses to ask) and then you will receive the answers you requested.
How you ask the question and whether you have the guts to ask the real difficult ones!
Thanks Leo, adding this to my daily habits. You are changing my life for the better. One of these days i will buy your life purpose program
I started watching you cause I related to what you were saying because of my own experiences. after some enlightenment experiences I started looking for information about it and I found your videos, and I was like, OMG he SAW the truth I understand whats he is talking about cause I have been there and I relate what you say with my own experiences..
Looking forward to more videos from you. Thank you. I started mediating regularly but some of the experiences have been freaking me out 😅🤷🏽♀️
thank you for every word i am so grateful , you contributed in enlightened my mind and soul , and helped me to change my life. god bless you
Meaning comes from values and what gives something value is its importance, its scarcity, length of its life, convenience, history.
Nice! Breaker from reading your first book ever mentioned. "So Good They Can't Ignore You"
Im doing the life purpose course now. First I tougth, O Leo is much further now with his subjects etc, so the course will be a little outdated...Its NOT, its timeless and I can very recommend it.
At the end, Leo finally reveals how tired he is of people commenting things like "Actualized.org is the best Sunday School ever" and "The church of Leo!" And lets not forget my personal favorite....."ALL RISE!!!!"
The greatest selfless self help hero
I have develop an internal clock indicating me new video releases 😃
Luis Zuno No. You simply have no life and you watch youtube all day.
Same 😂😂😂 Every sunday(in sweden it uploads on sundays) I watch Leos videos in the morning 😂
Damn right! 😄
Same
certainly works better than youtube algorithms hahahaa
Looking forward to see you talking with people face to face ✌
I was doing this as a teenager (with thoughts on life and reality since I was heavy into Buddhism then) , and then stopped when I got a job and got married... Need to go back to this powerful tool. Thanks for inspiration. Your videos really help in so many ways. I used to be terrified of public speaking, and now I'm volunteering to do public presentations at work in front of 100 people (that's a lot for me). You make me rethink everything.
I' ve already used this tecnique before, very helpful.
Next time i would like to contemplate order and chaos, very interesting question
It's Leo time!😎
Have been waiting for this video for a looong time!
this is the information ive needed. i seemed to reach a stalemate after making alot of improvements. this method is sure to break the plateau.
I FINALLY GT FAREWELL GOLDEN! THANK YOU LEO!!
I started writing journal in OneNote at the time when Leo said about it in his commonplace video. Now at this time when I look into it I am totally awestruck and unable to fathom the depth of information I had within myself.
You are really good explayning/teaching the things. I consider myself a really ignorant person (I don't really know anything neider what's happening in my city in this moments with the laws or the dangers in the streets, etc)
So, you made so easy and at the same time really complicated understand your point, but with your examples it is more easy.
(Sorry my english, I don't really know well the language)
You can approach any subject using the five “W”s - Who, What, Where, When, and Why to get a handle on contemplation, hitting your focus of contemplation from multiple angles. Going further, use each of the five“W”s thinking in terms of all time periods, from the dawn of man until now, or earlier than man in some cases. Mind Maps can also be helpful in contemplating various subjects.
I love my Sundays mornings with Leo..thank you .🤔🤗😉
Doing my homework Leo ! Everyday! thank youuu :)
Contemplation in a nutshell is all about figuring out which questions are relevant for your life, then asking yourself those questions, and then becoming aware of all the ramifications that they bring about, staying on track with that whole process for hours upon hours.
Hurry leo we need your insight into reality.
I was contemplating a lot but just in my mind and at random times , NOW I will install a new morning or evening journaling contemplation in my life , thank you ! ❤️
🙏 I was sleep walking before these teachings and meditation.
Hi Leo, I watch you videos very often and messages you convey are very helpful for my personal development. Thank you so much.Could you post a video on being vs doing?
Malayali ??
I get the suspicion that Leo is testing us...to see how long we can stay patient.
Self = to view life without judgement = Experience
I love step zero! Thanks for spelling it out.
I will have to admit for a while I did just believe you. I would watch your videos over and over again. That worked up into a certain point. I was surprised how painful it can actually be to question yourself and reality. I had to swallow my pride and admit I don't really know much.
Thanks for this new method. I tend to get stuck in my head and my mind likes to go everywhere. Sometimes I do find actually talking to myself to be helpful when trying to clarify things.
Thanks again Leo!
Also, your thumbnails are really cool. I am wondering if you make them all yourself?
Simply Brilliant, Thank you Leo
waiting for next video...
Exactly what I needed, Leo. Synchronicity :)
Leo, are you intending on making a video about mental illnesses, their stigmas, the hopelessness that comes with them and what can we do to detach from them, is that in your plans any time soon? I'm sure some people are still stuck in that obstacle since therapy seems to be sucking people out of their money rather than being any beneficial, let's also not forget about the fact that they adore shoving medicines in their patient's mouth just to make them feel "better", so I'm mentioning this whole trap thing, How do people overcome them? Is it with sheer will power, pretending, spirituality...etc?
Hi Leo.. Reminder that I responded to the email regarding my invite for you to speak in Berkeley as well as other info.. Hope you can have the time to find it. Just sent it again now... Extremely excited about this. Thanks As Love Cory
So fucking psyched to watch another video by Leo Gura the king
Leo you should do a Q&A session
Genuinely good material. Great advice.
I feel a big video coming soon :-). That always happens when Leo dies and comes back to life.
When you fully understand what contemplation is, installing this habit in your life becomes the most self-evident thing ever
The problem is that most people's desire for Truth has been drowned out
Much needed episode i admit
Thank you Leo! That's all I have to say for today
Thx Leo! I should have started journaling long time ago, but I never knew how to do it properly. I felt that I'm too stupid for this, and gave it up every time as soon as I realized that I'm full of shit... Since this episode I never leave home without a pen and a notepad.
What am I defending? What am I not accepting? What am I afraid of? Who do I think I'm? Why am I think I'm this? Why do I want someone? Why do I really want this? Why? Why do I feel this way? What is bad? What is good?
This channel is so damn underrated
I love your practical stuff
A video on epistemology and ontology would also be interesting. And one on theism, atheism, deism, pantheism, panentheism, etc. perhaps? Just some ideas...
Main structure of contemplation :
1.Question
2.Discover
3.Clarify
Do you practice contemplating.
You made my day, Leo ☺
You plug the forums and the life purpose course in every video. ☺️
He needs to put in some new training programs or add a few updates to the Life Purpose course. I'd pay for updates.
What is:
- Meaning
- Science
- Evil
- Ego
- A concept
- A belief
- Truth
- Evidence
- A symbol
- Language
- Fear
- Happiness
- Identity
- Thought
- Conflict
- Duality
- A boundary
- Reason
- Culture
- Judgement
- An object
- Value
Well said Leo, thank you! 🏆✌🏽
Watching this video while on the toilet.
No, I'm no longer full of shit.
I was waiting for you leo , hello
I wish I have had seen your videos couple of years ago, then today I would have been a very different person.
Thank you Leo!❤️
Sunday night, always at the ready 👌
Who else feels lost when Leo said stop building theories? 😢 I LOVE this episode a lot. Now it’s good to be aware to be careful when you build ideas and theories, but I have the impression there is a limiting belief on the journey of the creator we could become. What do you think about it?
thanks Leo! I try to listen all your lectures. your videos are very helpful!
Leo has returned to his planet, I think.
so soooo true. Love you. Thanks a lot!
Perfect timing!!!
Mastermind Question:
I agree with you but I wonder if it is not a little bit limiting only learning and contemplate from your own experience, would not it be more efficient to contemplate with experience from others to build on them. Besides, that is it even possible to contemplate without any external information? I would say external information is necessary for you to process your direct experience. Looking forward to mastermind with you all guys!
He is THE BEST!!!
47:30 is gold!!