How Your Mind Distorts Reality - Needy vs Non-Needy Perception
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- Needy vs Non-Needy Perception - A foundational video about two types of perception or cognition: D-cognition and B-cognition, as described by humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow.
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I'm addicted to these videos.
good one sir
+Peter Ortiz ha!
I take breaks from em it helps
samuel D me too
samuel D me too :/
I think not mentally labeling everything is a powerful key to remaining objective. It's almost like by not labeling it, there is more possibility for new experiences due to not layering a perception over the frame. Even by not mentally labeling people I meet I feel like I can connect with people at a deeper level. Label implies separateness and parts. While seeing everything as an extension and connected leads to wholeness. Great video Leo.
Aaron Doughty Hey Aaron, I'm a big fan! I always see 3:33, 2:22, 4:44, 5:55 (somtimes the 11:11, 1:11, 12:12, etc) on the clock for yrs, yet my life has been so difficult. Any thoughts? Thanks!
But if we don’t label we won’t able find the difference between a narcissist and good person. We will just make crappy friends
@@lisabuckner243 honestly seeing those numbers don't mean anything. Humans love to assign meaning to everything. You could train yourself to see something as random as 3:19 and it still wouldn't mean anything
Life goes by :)
@@harikrishnanchandramohan4209 I guess you are going to decide who is "good" and "bad" based on your own belief system, I guess normal people want some form of control in their lives even if it is a false perception.
You should become a professor in psychology/sociology. Seriously.
We need more people like you.
Is he professing psychology in this video? Seems so.
A professor to teach a smaller number of people? This has a quarter million views!
@@sselfless - (Description above) - Needy vs Non-Needy Perception - A foundational video about two types of perception or cognition: D-cognition and B-cognition, as described by humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow
That would be beneath him.
I'm mean that in the least egoic way.
He is way more effective here.
@@OFFICALMENOFCULTURE tell me about it.
Also, I find it fascinating how truth can only be experienced, not explained. It's the paradox of teaching or passing down wisdom. But true enlightenment is going beyond these illusions of separation and duality and experiencing pure being. But these teachings serve as a very useful stepping stone hat can guide ones intuition...
Its simply amazing that there is someone talking about this stuff on UA-cam. Literally all the coaches and people that help people change that i know, do not practice this stuff at all. Great stuff Leo. I hope to meet you one day.
self actualization is a path I've had to go alone for 22 years now. art and music have helped me along my way while I continue to live and contemplate the state of being in my own mind. I have had similar thoughts and epiphanies to the concepts you discuss, though trying to discuss these to other people never goes well for me. hearing someone else who has clearly been on a very similar journey through the enlightenment process discuss these same topics I ponder daily gives me a sort of confidence I never had before, I'm convinced that meditation leads to a greater way of living and in order to improve my life I must practice it daily, thank you!!!
I only realized this from "being perception" after many years of study and practice, I confess that it was a great turn-key point, that made me improve the way I connect with people and mainly how I interact with reality. Tks Leo. Excellent content.
Leo the transformation you've made just in the last year covering these topics is remarkable, and truly speaks of hope for the human species. You went from stage orange to Turquoise in spiral dynamics terms, and are effectively dragging the less informed masses along with you. Cheers.
Thankyou for this insight, I actually cried while listening. I will keep on going. Turned 18 a few days ago, I've been listening for 2 years now. It's only the beginning. So for now, I would simply like to say thank you. Greetings from Belgium
Long time viewer, first time "commentor". I have watched many of your videos; initially I'd watch them in part and come back to them later; or it would be a week, sometimes weeks in between, and then slowly the frequency became more consistent, more often. So far, so good. I'd pick up tips & tricks along with way; and must be honest with myself about how much I did, or more importantly, didn't absorb. Now to my point, no other video has resonated with me so much. Listening to what you were saying here stopped me in my tracks and literally sent a chill down my spine. I'm the girl who has spent her whole life being scared of monsters (metaphorically). And I still am. AND further, if there aren't any monsters, be sure I"ll create them. Some of the time I know I'm doing it; some of the time I don't realise until much after the impact of my actions/behaviour have been felt and I've had time to reflect (and then regret); but for some ridiculous reason I just never manage to stop it happening. But never before now have I perhaps been more motivated to change. At some point my own currency, my own self-value MUST become something I assess accurately. What I fear the most is my inability to differentiate between what IS real, instinctively, versus what I create. The outcome is I no longer trust my instincts; or ability to accurately interpret situations. Am I right? Or am I overlaying my own fears & perceptions? Who knows? Sigh. I'm going to listen to this again, for the fourth time.
I'm 45 years old next week. On the surface I have a wonderful, fortunate life. I met someone 18 months ago who finally made me realise I've been asleep my entire life. I wish I'd treated him better; and wish I'd been capable of accepting his love; but I couldn't and I've driven him away. What I do; this entrenched behaviour and thought patterns I have, must go.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for sharing your story
I need to learn more about anxiety issues leading into deficiency deceptions. These are causing quality of life problems and this video is the closest explanation I can find.
Look at life with complete Lucidity and being cognition
You will see there isn't a single object or boundary in reality
Thanks Leo!
This is getting deeper and deeper, really enjoy this enlightenment related videos. In school, we had to make a presentation about the search for our identity, the " I " . I actually went there and started talking about spiritual enlightenment, how the " I " was a fiction, and how we add concepts to reality and never actually perceive it as it is. Funny experience XD
+Daramantus As long as you are thinking that way, you will die again and again. Ummmm..... Just like he said, No one can help you. Not even yourself.
Daramantus Nah dude, you're just pointing out that you paid 0 attention to the fuckin video. Rewatch or get out
+Daramantus Well I said for you to rewatch because what you said had NOTHING to do with the video. So maybe what you're saying that is rubbish is your interpretation of the video, and not the real content in the video. Have a good day !
+Daramantus Idiot... Leo isn't saying to go brain dead. He's saying to see what the fuck reality is for itself not how your brain has been conditioned to see it. Example: Seeing someone as part of a group... this guy is a republican so I now judge him as a republican. That's false perception in reality that's a god damned label that is meaningless.
That's funny 😁
To put my previous assertion simply and from scripture, it is written in the second part of Romans chapter 7-- "Therefore it is not I who sin, but sin dwells in me". Profound presentation, Leo. Well done, sir. Peace.
My word Leo, you're right, you'r topics are getting deeper and they are truly wonderful! It is getting better and better and I can't wait to hear your future talks. Yes, the work is brutal and we need constant reminders to apply it. The work I have done so far has produced amazing results, my ego is weaker than it has ever been and I feel such relief after meditating on reality, meditating with 'being' cognition', abandoning my perceptions and barriers. To get to the point where we see the world free from 'ego fog' would be true freedom and true enlightenment. I'm old enough to be your Mum, but I bless you for your hard work, the results it has produced and the wonderful way you share it with people, who even at 65 are not too old to change and to find peace and joy from your words. thank you so so much, Jane
I got so much out of this man, you can't imagine how helpful this is. Thank you a thousand times.
THIS is one of the most pragmatic discussions to date. My son (16) has developed some of those self-deprecating "neurotic holding patterns". However, he has me for a Dad...LoL...and I share and shared this very video. He is and shows interest in physiology and I'll do whatever I can to help him become self-actualized. Although, it's like pouring water on a duck's back... eventually, it's gonna get wet. Thank you Leo...even though you're "independent of opinions, both good or bad"...It is most appreciated brother. ✌ 💙
+You Started For a Reason! Get em whilst they're young, man!
Wow!! That was awesome! I mean......... REALLY LOVED IT! Actually I was thinking about it last week. My little sister was looking at our neighbor's yard and saw a beautiful cherry tree and she said "Look at that tree. So beautiful and look at ours. Ugly and useless with no flowers." As soon as I heard her, my mind clicked into all what you just said. People are so selfish that they can't see anything as just being but comparing and looking something for themselves. WOW!!
Great video! The switch to Being cognition is the most profound and significant step in you self-actualisation journey.
I'm from Romania and I love all your work, you stop only when you're sure there's nothing else to say about personal development. it is possible for you to say, it is always something to say. EXACTLY
Seeing that reality has no objects in it is one of the primary realizations needed to be able to paint and draw realistically. You have to know exactly what you're looking at first, which is and has always been a flat plane of shapes imbued with colors. We think that reality is three dimensional but this is just a projection. Our visual field is actually two dimensional. We're used to labeling reality as three dimensional because we're used to conflating our touch-based sensations with our visual field. So, the idea that reality is three dimensional is a projection and assumption that comes from the left side of the brain. It's a label and not the truth. You could also apply this same lucidity to the other sense perceptions and see that there is no distinction between the content in them. You can also do this with thought. It's very sobering.
+Actualized.org 44:51 Learning how to paint/draw realistically can help you put this type of perception into practice in a practical way. Take a contour line drawing (like from a coloring book) and turn it upside down. Then try to draw the image on a separate sheet of paper, as just a bunch of lines and shapes. With a little practice, perceiving in this way becomes second nature.
+Daramantus Look at your reality objectively and you will see that it is true. Your visual field is 100% two-dimensional. This is why it's possible to replicate images through drawing, painting, photography, and film making. No absurdity at all to my statements, complete and total sobriety actually. Read the message again, consult your eyes (without the assumptions of the mind interfering), and you will see what I'm talking about.
Oh... but on the ultimate level, neither movement nor the universe exists. This too is an illusion... the illusion of Maya to be exact. To see this, however, will take a lot more clarity and radical openness to see than the FACT that your visual field is two dimensional. I'm still working on these insights, myself. So, patience grasshopper. ;)
If neither movement nor the universe exists, then what does exists?
Linda Messier nonduality, ya dig?
If it's only two dimensional, then why am I "nearsighted"?
Probably your best video thus far. Much love and namaste
Thank you Leo.
This is your best video Leo. It hit right on the spot.
When I picture doing this, I imagine losing all motivation to do anything that I don't feel like doing in the moment. Removing all meaning from "life" would feel so isolating, yet strong and peaceful. That may not be so bad.
+Randy Andretti nice picture
Yesteryear's life experiences are the very fabric of our distorted realities. This explains why people can turn from being extroverted to introverted, happy to depressed, self loving to self harming, and so on. My beliefs and your beliefs are a distortion of our current reality. Maybe that's why it's better to just listen, so that we don't exude our egocentrism to others who aren't like us.
leo , I've been thinking about what you speak in this video for the last few days unconsciously and than BANG !!!! your video strike me right in the face in a good way, I'm still the same neurotic bastard , don't get me wrong but it's awesome to know that are people who are in the same shit like me , people who realize it's just some sort of ego game and people who try to help others after dealing with those endless problems .
+Silviu Constantin --- YES ... there ARE others like YOU ... Searching ... Being pulled to THIS ... Glad the sun is shining on you also ...
+Charles Kronmuller It's not a shining sun , more like a few rays lost in my way
ma bucur sa vad un roman interesat de genul asta de subiecte
+AlexSKT99 hai sa spunem ca evit sa imi asum unele lucruri , sa vad altele si tot felul de probleme pe care eu le-am facut , inca le am , si incerc cumva sa cred ca nu e deloc vina mea . Da pai, caut niste solutii , de aia sunt interesat de subiect
Guys, Leo is immensely valuable to your personal growth. This video is freaking fantastic and full of amazing insights.
That being said. Always have a critical mind and don't take his word as gospel.
Wise words. I agree!
Brilliant! I like where you're headed with your episodes.
Thank you for this, Leo. You asked a question around the 54-minute mark about what we as the audience can take away from your discussions. For me, the immediate, reflexive answer was love. This is helping me cope with a very difficult breakup.
Eloquent oration with practical content. I listened to my first recording and hit subscribe 15 minutes in. Keep dropping those jewels, bro!!!
I have made changes in my life after watching Leo.
Sometimes I feel guilty because I am not able to do everything I want. Not just yet.
Also. My cat is currently viewing my bum as a wonderfully soft bed. I think she's forgotten that I exist underneath it.
Great video. As it says in ancient Hindu scriptures that Drashta (Observer), Drishti (Perspective), Drishyam (Scene) are all, in fact, the same: aham brahmasmi ❤️
Thank you soooooo much!!! Love!!! Always QUALITY content. Best channel on UA-cam :)
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. All the time you spend evolving and your will to share it and help so many 🙏 Makes world a better place to be
Leo, you express this topic so well, I made my choice to let go of my agenda, my ego a while ago and since then life has become so much simpler and clearer for myself but also that much harder in seeing how stuck most people are in their victim mentality. Like you said I also have my good days and also my bad days, where I have to work very hard at keeping my agendas at bay and my pain at not being able to wake loved ones to their own negative perception.
I'm slowly going forward in my journey and listening to you describe exactly where I'm at helps to strengthen and empower my direction of actualisation. This video has come at the perfect time in my life, I will share this video with many in the hope they find it just as mind opening and if not now then when they are at the stage of letting go. I'm really look forward to hearing more on this topic. Thank you Leo! Your doing a lot of good man ;-)
+Indigo11:11
"I made my choice to let go of my agenda, my ego"
That's not possible, you are the ego. Seriously don't get too brainwashed here. Listen to some Alan Watts.
What is IMPORTANT is to REALIZE that the EGO (that is, YOU) is an ILLUSION. When a person/ego realizes that he himself is an illusion, one is able to live a more fullfilling life.
"I made my choice to let go of my agenda, my ego" .. you see, who is the "I" that made the choice to let go of the ego? You see the problem here? Sure you have prboably chosen to let go of your previous agenda, but that choice is a new agenda.
+Christofferr Andersen
I see what you mean Christoffer, I have read and watched alot of Alan watts too so I know where your coming from. I guess the "agenda" I'm speaking about is one that is much more free from wants and expectations. It's a less selfish way of looking and experiencing life. It's taken away most of the drama and replaced it with acceptance and appreciation. The ego might always be a part of us but to be conscious of it is a way of not being overcome by it. At least that's how it's worked out for me ;-)
"I guess the "agenda" I'm speaking about is one that is much more free from wants and expectations. It's a less selfish way of looking and experiencing life. It's taken away most of the drama and replaced it with acceptance and appreciation."
great mate, I think I just misunderstood Leo and you
+Daramantus so a person has 'a substance' somewhere? like a free agent inside the body? arggh cmon. You are as a person created by the electrical energy in your brain. there truly is no 'you' anywhere. self implies other - you can't exist without the external world/universe, to believe you exist independent of the rest of the world - that is the ego illusion. We are as persons programs/software driven by the universe/hardware. In other Words we truly are the whole universe - we didn't came into this universe, we came out of it. There truly is no 'you' besides the whole Universe - you're 'just' an extremly complex pattern of existence, and this pattern makes you see the World from a self-centered point of view. Like a wave is just a pattern/structure within the whole Ocean.
Christofferr Andersen We are a part of the universe as much as the universe is a part of us. One way or another every thing is connected and nothing is independent.
Leo, GREAT shoutout to David Bohm. His ideas are SUPER examples of the logical mind connecting with the unconscious mind, not only in figuring out how the universe and consciousness works - but showing how science can step outside of its limiting perceptions to fully understand the bigger picture of the cosmos. Our misunderstandings of the universe are rooted in our rational minds attempting to categorize or skew our perceptions towards our human condition..when we should be looking at the cosmos as a whole organism of which we are a part. Bohm preached that divisions in our language creates barriers in our perception, or cause us to be blind to things. He was also a linguist and deeply understood how intertwined our language/perception was with how we perceived the universe as a singular working machine, rather than a multi-faceted, continual, whole process.
thank you "pixels" and "sound" called "Leo" :D !
Nothing brightens my Sunday morning like the sound of "Heeeeey this is Leo with actualized.org". Great video man, and timely too. I was just having a discussion with my wife yesterday about how she interprets so many things negatively, and that it's just her perception of the events, not reality. Going to let her watch this. You explain it so much more thoroughly and convincingly than I ever could!
Leo gura will soon be Leo guru :D
Tofuriz he's already a guru
LG: Life's Good
I just intuitively brought up this subject in my Mindful Emotion Management treatment group today. I explained how I'm able to step away from my child abuse trauma and see my mother for what she really is, apart from how she treated me, and move on with my life. Also I use this in dealing with my cheating ex wife. I use this in everything actually. It's just recontextualizing. Reframing. Seeing reality for what it is, not what it is TO ME. I love you Leo. Thank you, buddy.
well leo, you throw lot of stuff that takes time to go into deep subconsious mind....what i want you to do is
> review important points at the end of the videos, so that it will be really helpful for taking notes
> recommend some books of that particular issue your talking of
> happy birthday, i have been watching your videos for like 1 year , and i can see my life is improving day by day
Love everything about this channel. The content, language and the visual presentation. ❤️❤️
Thanks Leo. You are wonderful. Have been following you for 2 years now. Happy Birthday Man. You introduced me to meditation.And this is not "the ego" talking.
And Leo do a 30 min video doing nothing just staring into the camera. It will be very beneficial for viewers to test their presence and "always expecting" syndrome.
haha nice one
Thanks!
I've seen one of Eckhart's video where as a joke he greeted the crowd and was completely silent for the next few minutes. Leo should a do whole 40 minutes of just sitting there and staring at the camera as for April's fools
+Actualized.org Happy Birthday!
I love these deep lectures. They really help me understand why self-actualization is important and how I can stay on the path
your camera is so clear, i feel like you are coming out of my computer
"Every problem is a fabrication of your mind"
Can't emphasize how true this is👌
That laugh at 46-47 min, I can totally relate
"It's tough to convince someone who is so unconsciously absorbed in their deceptive vision of reality,
This is what differentiates ordinary human from an actualised being,
Being able to look at reality outside of themselves"
Hit the nail on the head👌🥰
Thanks Leo amazing breakthroughs with this one .
getting to the core .
Hey Leo, I'm not quite sure how or why I found this video. But this fucked up my brain, and is SO TRUE ! You seem to deliver amazing content. I'll be following you from now on, good job.
Reality itself is a projection of our consciousness into the avatars we inhabit in order to have an experience of an individual self. It is not possible from my current perception to not process experiences and use them as a feedback loop to reflect on. By processing the experience and recognizing my biases and judgements, I can become more of who I truly am. This is a never ending process, we will never be totally clear, or we would not be having a human experience any longer. My question for you Leo, is are you expecting yourself or others to achieve a state of total non-judgement and and go through life without any thought definitions? Is there a place of peace that can be attained by accepting the perfection of non-perfection? Yet, simultaneously engaging in a continual process of expansion?
Agreed
Remarkable how this flows from psychology into enlightenment.
How "being perception" as in "perceiving things as they are" flows into "being perception" as in "you being perception itself".
Lol I almost cried a bit there at the end
Saarah I am crying at the end lol
Straight on point ' ...To perceive an object for itself and not the way that it is for you... ' - simple,yet,brilliant. I just stumbled upon my own revelation. Very Sobering, Thank you!
Leo, thank you. My therapist is lacking. She never actually as given me concrete exercises application to apply. Again, thank you for sharing.👍
wow more than an hour of listening to you is not difficult at all, it is a pleasure
I dont know the meaning and or what u are about to say, I've paused it and wanted to say my thoughts on what it is... Becoming happy with in ur self, by ur self. No needs for any external forces to be felt good about ur self, losing everything or leaving everything u know and love. Then letting it go as if it were a distant memory before journeying again thru out life's pathway
I have a figment in my mind: the relationship between this speech and the *"blue or red pill choice"* scene in The Matrix (1999) is awesome. Leo's way of pointing with his eyes to the red one is so inviting. Thank you.
I dooon't knoooow if I wanna live in illusion or reality :((((
It’s always been your choice
"You have to distort reality to create a partition within an unpartitioned reality for there to be space for an ego." - really insightful quote, if you really sit and think about it.
i'll summarize this video for you guys, We are all programmed beings with a typical programmed way of thinking, hence our overall choices may not be as free as we think they are..
so much truth to your words Leo. The only thing that I can't wrap my mind around is all these paradoxes that come up with your videos. You want us to look at life with a perception that is almost impossible, but once enlightenment is reached many of these questions will be answered at least I hope it does
+Joe Wallack Why is it a paradox? Just stop looking at stuff in a selfish way. It's really quite basic. It is very possible. You just don't want to do it because it doesn't serve your direct self interests.
Every time I watch your videos, I can see the wheels in my brain turning:) Thank You for putting out all this content. I don't agree with certain things, especially your views on watching porn (from past videos). But the amount of great content is just overwhelming.
For the last year I have been seeing everyone and everything from a completely different perspective. When I backslid this last month into old ways, namely codependency in a brand new relationship, it was easy to see just how freaking warped I was before. Thank goodness I was able to figure it out. Now I am back to a higher perspective. Lol. I am actually sitting in public people watching while listening to these videos. I now see the homeless man, the well dressed woman in the expensive car, the children etc without the labels. I used the labels to convey what a lot of us see when we see them. They all look so beautiful just they way they are. They all seem like individual life forces that are wonderfully, perfectly, fantastically flawed. I don't feel the need to attach values to them or value to myself compared to them. Everyday is a work in progress.
Leo if you psycological growth can be measurrd by how long you sit in an empty room doing nothing why do we ever ned the maslows triangles. Isnt just sitning in an empty room already actualised.
See my video: Using Maslow's Heirarchy Of Needs To Self-Actualize.
It's nice to see someone being so passionate about something. A truly beautiful thing.
Perfect... I'm very happy to discover a master. Thank you
Leo you’re my biggest inspiration. Will continue to watch your videos and to find my life purpose. Which is to watch ur videos and self actualising xxx
Thank you Leo. I come on this journey too :)
I resonate very much with these ideas. I just realized how distorted by mind is the reality just by simply doing the same things in different days but with different outcomes and my own mood create the perception of those things.
can you do a video on how to correct your behavior thoughts and personality and the traps and pitfalls in doing so, to not mess oneself up
unfortunately you will have to allow your concept of self to die in order to take steps towards the Cure.
I got a new perception of you when the quality went from 720P to 144P ,lol
but really thank you Leo for making this happen ,you provide some deep things that could alter the way we experience life.
Thanks.Keep up .
Maaaaan I fucking love this Guy !
THX for your Work.
You make my Sundays special leo
Leo,
That one hit very close to home for me and someone very close to me.
Ego, agenda and distorted reality as a result of rationalism and efforts control or self-protect from our fear based mindset. Quite the struggle to rid ourselves of those negative aspects that distort our reality. At least now, I know the difference.
Take the red pill
+FishyDnB red pill is quite abusive
U’ve been such a huge help….
Life would have been so different n full of questions if u weren’t here…
Why is this one kind of hard to understand?
Meditation is needed as the foundation to comprehend it ...
I needed this video. I have always been "aware" of my own insecurities and therefore these neurosis or deficient cognition's have always been the root cause of my many upon many self agenda's. I have always tried to rationalize and label and perceive what things will and can mean for me. In this I know that I will never be truly satisfied or happy, because I am looking for fulfillment and happiness in everything else, rather than looking at things objectively. Rather than seeing what objects and people can give me or cause me to feel, I know that I need to look at myself and bring this happiness and fulfillment for myself from myself. Having these self agendas I have always felt would somehow protect me. Rationalizing each and every little thing and trying to "prepare" would somehow save me. When in reality the over analyzing of what each thing means or can potentially mean or what I can potentially do about it has only caused me more and more inner turmoil. It can be so difficult to detach and look at things objectively when the Ego is always nagging and poking at me in the back of my head. I would love to get to a place of inner peace, where I can just let things be as they are and not have to attach meaning to every little thing. Its exhausting. This video spoke very profoundly on a lot of perceptions and emotional triggers I have created. Thank you for this video Leo. Like you have said many times, change doesn't happen from watching your videos, but by us actually doing the work and studying ourselves. I admit I watch, I feel inspired and then I go right back to the same bullshit. I hope in the moments when I begin to rationalize and perceive that I will catch myself and turn it around. Thanks for the homework!
A profound topic yes! Going to watch now.
Leo, are you going to talk about different personality types? I learned yesterday that I'm INTJ, I'm guessing you are too and probably the majority of your viewers are too.
I lost all my friends..all my social relationships...I'm in terrible pain..all that's left are those videos and others, which I listen day and night... The only escape for me is to become enlightened I guess, in fact the strange thing is that without all my pain, depression, anxiety, I would never tried to study this and maybe to become a better person than 90% of population out there who live an unconscious life..but sometimes I really want to be just 'normal'.... Still have hope. Good luck everybody with this journey!
Hey Leo, Nice Shirt !
Soul Cube why exactly?
Wtf u guys replying to 4 year old comment
PETZZz hHahha
In simple words Leo is saying, reality is beyond thoughts.
does projection leads to imagination and imagination towards inventions ???
and if we see the things as they are then how are we are going to find new possibilities ???
This reminds me alot of the philosophy of the ancient buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna. He speaks of the minds projection of svabhava, (or self-nature/independent nature in vague words) - and explains how it is logically impossible for an object, human, or anyone/thing else to posess this ''attribute''. In his words, ''liberation'' of samsara is to stop projecting svabhava, deconstruct your ego, and realize that it is all sunyata (literally empty, or interdependent).
Absolutely beautiful philosophy, and absolutely beautiful video.
+Markus Lilleskare It's more than a philosophy. It's the nature of consciousness, which you can demonstrate in your own direct experience.
+Actualized.org Yeah, i know! However, aquiring the cognitive shift of perceiving the world in a manner where you don't project svabhava onto anything in the world (including yourself) was the ultimate soteriology for Nāgārjuna. It literally was the way to ''liberation'', which in his context was quite different from the classical buddhist notion of Nirvana (which however is a hugely complex and misunderstood concept, even in its original sense). He basically advocated a psychological soteriology. I'm not saying his theories and his soteriology is the exact same as that of which you speak of in this video - just that it's similar. I'm still new at genuinely trying to put this into practice myself, so i don't feel like i have sufficient emic experience to speak of it outside of the theoretical frame.
You're probably not one to take reading tips from random people on the internet, but i would strongly recommend reading Jan Westerhoffs ''Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka''. It was part of the curriculum when i studied World Philosophies at the university a while ago. You probably won't learn a lot of new things regarding your own personal development, but it's astounding to see how wise this man must have been, assuming his over 2000 year old cultural context.
Great video, by the way. I take great benefit from your videos! :)
Every 2 minutes or so I'm going "Fuuuuuck that's deep!" :P
I know right! His videos get like that, I have to watch some parts several times just to catch up.
this is one of the videos that i decided to rewatch it again! a huge deep concept was presented in here and I personally was not aware of it or even think it could be that way. thank you for the eye-opening videos :)
Thank u I appreciate your heart y wisdom...peace...
These are the most advanced personal development videos I have ever come across. While I've come across and investigated many other channels of personal development that offered great, compartmentalized pieces of advice, the advice itself never struck me as being particularly revolutionary and counter-intuitive. In other words, I think that given enough time in solitude and thought, I would have come to those same conclusions offered by those channels and would inevitably - sooner or later - put those conclusions into practice. In contrast, this channel - with every one of it's videos - genuinely challenges my perceptions of myself and the world around me. The videos are very thought-provoking. I have to say however, that these videos are a bit too insightful for me in my life right now. I don't feel like I can pursue and practice what's being taught. The material is extremely advanced. I'm still struggling to establish a business and get some degree of financial security going on in my life - in other words, low-level necessities are my priorities right now. I feel like these videos are for people who have already reached a high degree of personal development in their own lives. I can say with sincerity that I haven't. I will continue watching the videos, but I will have to indefinitely postpone practicing the material. Thank you Leo.
Most of my stuff is not that advanced and you can easily start to apply it, even to get better results in business.
Leo, what is the difference between self actualisation and enlightenment?
+Charlie Crome I made a short summary of Maslow's descriptions self-actualising people here: www.actualized.org/forum/topic/3473-what-is-self-actualisation/ It seems that self-actualisation and self-transcendence are quite related. Self-actualisation appears to be a natural bridge to self-transcendence. Although self-actualising people aren't completely ego-transcended 100% of the time, they have a much higher frequency of self-transcending experiences.
Self Actualization is the way to Enlightenment
You can think of enlightenment as the end-game of self-actualization. Or enlightenment as merely being what is true while self-actualization is more about living a good life. Enlightenment is way beyond living a good life.
I personally think this is one of the most important video's I have listened to in a long time. It has certainly helped me make a lot of good decisions and helped me avoid a lot of bad ones. If you watch yourself very closely you will find you are projecting and getting triggered constantly..it's scary just how much. But as Leo say's you have to live this not just play lip service to it. If you do live it you will definitely reap the rewards...that might entail coming back to this video again and again to get it ingrained and then actually do the work.
How's it after 5 years?
how can you just talk about this stuff for an hour without reading a prepared speech
His human has been living in this plane for a while. It's natural at this point. He does have bullet points im sure, as well as the quotes. He just places them perfectly by the camera so it's all right there. At least that's what my human would do. Lol 😆
You have changed my life. Can't thank you enough, Leo. It is indescribable truly not able to be communicated. (You might recognize me from the forum). I am spreading The Trust to those who will listen...
i need help
As a language-learning fanatic, I had already discovered that the words we use to label things don't equate to those things. It was eye opening, and I'm glad you mentioned it in this video!
I've found that studying different languages is a great way to open your mind to the idea that there is not one way to perceive reality.
A small example: In German, what we call gloves they call 'hand shoes'
It's simple, but a fun way to discover different perspectives :)
Hand condoms ;)
To being perception you have to increase your awareness,Right?
Then why dont you do a video on how to increase your awareness?
You said you will do one
I have given many techniques already.
+Actualized.org Could you tell me in which episodes??
See my playlists:
- Spiritual Enlightenment
- Meditation
- Most Profound
+Actualized.org ehmm i get it.So all the episodes help you to increase your awareness.I have watched most of them.But i wanted something more specific.I mean a whole episode on just focusing how to increase your awareness.
Anyway thanks for the reply and keep up with the amazing content
+El142 D.A You are ignoring all the episodes where I gave you just that. You have to take action on what I talk about. Not wish for a new video.
Thank you!!!! I truly can acknowledge how real all of this is.
I have listened 3 times to this one about ego smog..please give me more examples..i'm following you, trying to study this stuff. But this one was over my head.! Without our mind and thoughts, wouldnt we be robots? Are you saying look at a thing or person without any perception or thought? A blank mind? Seems impossible Leo. Explain like you would to a 3rd grader please!
+Angela DeLotenzo Start a meditation practice. You won't get it otherwise.
Your idea of Do Nothing really helps with this, I'd been meditating for about 2 years and couldn't relate to that until I did it that way. Thank You!
On a separate subject, could you add your subjects in the descriptions of your videos? Thanks!
And thanks for moving the microphone away from your throat, it makes a big difference.
Consciousness.
drive.google.com/file/d/0B1t3dP66nJluS1JrRjB1dGdqMU0/view?usp=sharing
Truth.
drive.google.com/file/d/0B1t3dP66nJluYUtESkZoVDhjQTg/view?usp=sharing
Hi Angela,the way I get my head around this is thinking of ego smog as similar to real smog.What does real smog do? it obscures what is really there, in other words... reality. There is reality and then there is the projection or story that we create around reality to tailor it to the ego's needs and that is the ego smog. Let's say we were friends and i didn't phone you for a month. The reality of the situation is I have not phoned you for thirty days. The ego smog will have you create a story that goes along the lines of...maybe he doesn't like me anymore...maybe I said something I should't have last time we met...maybe he's had a serious accident and is in hospital and on and on and on. Can you see how reality has now been obscured? Hope this helped...anything more ask Leo lol.
I get you some of his topics are quite confusing. I'm not sure if meditation would help, but I'm going to try as well.
just got out of a relationship of 9 years and this all speaks to me on a level that I haven't listened before , thank you !
I'm a little confused and hopefully someone can clear this up. A few things seem contradictory. Firstly, how can one attempt to not have an agenda when that is an agenda in itself? Is this video not advertising the incredible importance of adopting the specific self-agenda of becoming a b-cognitive thinker? Next, you say that values are a product of d-cognition yet throughout the video you make all sorts of judgements on things being good or bad, lesser or greater.. In fact, the judgement of b-cognition being better than d-cognition is a d-cognitive way of thinking! So then you think, alright well if I want to think b-cognitively then I'll simply have no opinion on the quality of either. But WHY did you make that decision? Because you still have the belief that b-cognitive thinking is better and you want it. So the reason you don't have B-cognitive thinking is the same reason you don't have it.
in my understanding when you are in our level there is not other way to achieve losing your agenda if you don't make your agenda losing your agenda
and actually this seems like the only good agenda to have at this point
+ this conversation is happening using d-cognitive thinking right !!
but there is no other way of communicating these things
so I thing the way to go to B-cognitive thinking does not actually happen with thoughts
but I am not sure
Part of this stuff is just deeply understood during a psycadelic experience. Psycadelic reveals the process of mind and with luck what lays beyond mind, emotions, body.. Sunyata
I really appreciate your effort here. I am profoundly grateful for your gift. I am trying to not to try, working without the need of my ego. It is hard.