Developing Introspection - The Solution To The Problem Of Self-Deception
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- The most important skill in life is the ability to reflect and feel inward, into your own psychological processes. Here's what you need to know to develop this crucial skill.
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I started crying when you talked about noticing whenever you’re feeling good, and that it is a very simple formula to live a good life, those were tears of happiness, I think I cried because it’s something so simple yet something I never even thought about doing lol it felt as if a portal had been opened right in front of my eyes, much love. I’m feeling great.
It's very nuanced bcuz the opposite is true as well. Like some things don't feel good in the short run, but feel great in the long run
Music helps me a lot, i suggest you pick any instrument you like and just play for 5 - 10 minutes a day, it helped me a lot😊😊
*Developing Introspection*
- The #1 skill to develop intelligence, wisdom, and to escape all the mechanisms of self-deception and delusion which is LOOKING INWARDS
- how can I tell what's true?
your ability to feel inwards and introspect is the key
- This is a very robust concept
- Introspection is the ability to truthfully observe the dynamics of your own psychology and mind. TRUTHFULLY is a keyword here, it takes practice to develop this skill.
- Truthful Observation: It takes practice to observe something in a truthful, impartial, unbiased, accurate and faithful manner.
- This skill is a meta ability, to observe all the working from such that you are not getting meshed and entangled in the everyday functions of the mind.
- While doing this, you will be *noticing your emotional states and causes*
- You need to be able to distinguish and feel emotions like fear, anger, sadness, frustration, desire, hurt, craving, happiness, afraid BUT ALSO knowing what causes these states are of crucial importance (Most often it's not somebody else but how you are thinking about the situation, belief system, the meaning you are attaching to things you are denying)
- You also have to notice the interplay between your thoughts and your emotions in a strange loop kind of fashion where thoughts can create emotions and emotions can create thoughts
- Notice your rationalization, justifications and excuses.Your Ego mind can make anything justified and true. So the only countermeasure is to feel into it and through it and to see through the sham of it.
- You also need to notice your judgements, your demonization of others, and when you blaming and scapegoating others
- Notice your victim mindset
- You need to be able to see the sneakiness of your mind which is the introspection skill
- 1. When you first feel inwards, it's wage and fuzzy at first. You are not sure how to make sense of it. It's confusing. You don't understand. You might grasp for something but it might be wrong conclusions. But slowly, you will get a sense of balance. You might also discover stuff you don't like.
- Notice how you avoid both personal responsibility and collective responsibility. But why? You should explore this! Notice and feeeeel when you are actually avoiding responsibility
- Identifying and removing all the negative beliefs is HUGE HUGE HUGE
- When you hold limiting beliefs, they feel like truth and reality
- Need to notice your self standard and Biases. The standard that you set for yourself is different compare to the standard you set for others
- Feel INWARDSSS in your DIRECT EXPERIENCE and NOOOOTICE
- Notice when you are dishonest and you are lying to others and yourself. How do you know you are dishonest? You can feel it, it has a dirty quality to it. Also notice, why you lie, what is sourcing and motivating this lie
- Notice your grudges, bitterness and trauma
- Notice your preferences and your deepest needs
- Your attachment feels like a gripping sensation, Any sort of stuckness, constriction, tightness, pulsating uncomfortable sensation, etc.
- You can feel inwards and feel that the attachment is wrong.
- Notice when you are unwilling to let a thing go
- Notice when you are arguing, how you get emotionally triggered
- When you feel inwards and it doesn't feel right, that's a clue that the higher self is sending to you "HEYYY, YOU ARE FOOOLING YOURSELF HERE, YOU STUPID BITCH" (my addition, not Leo's)
- Notice and introspect when your ego uses logic in selfish ways.
- You need to admit when you truly know a thing but you pretend as you do.
- You need to notice when you manipulating another person
- Notice your motives and intentions
- Notice when you are not being authentic in order to please somebody else.
- Notice when you are giving the power away
- Notice when you are irked or annoyed by constructive feedback
- Notice when you have learnt something new
- Notice how you react to failure
- Notice your habits and addictions and notice further what is sourcing your addictions
- Notice the TONE of the self-talk
- Notice your hidden assumptions
- Notice with your job and a career, your jobs and your interests.
- Notice when you are being evasive and avoidant
- Notice when you are being arrogant
- Notice when you are being flippant and dismissive
- Notice when you are unjust or unfair to others
- People treat others
- Notice your own defence mechanisms
- Notice when your project and when you externalize
- Notice your shadow (THE SHADOW WORK EPISODE IS COMINGG!!! YAY)
- Notice when you aren't feeling good
- Notice your gut feeling and intuitions
- Notice when you are closed-minded and stubborn (Check out the episode of openmindedness)
- Notice and acknowledge when you are wrong
- Notice when you cover-up mistakes
- Notice when you feel guilty
- Notice when you feel shame and embarrassment
- Notice when you feel love and spiritual connection
- FORMULA FOR GOOD LIFE: If you want to have a good life, notice what makes you feel love, motivation, inspiration, joy and spiritual connection and do more of that and less of the opposite. (this assumes you know how to feel into this stuff)
- You need to be able to differentiate dirty sorts of satisfactions and spiritual sorts of satisfactions.
- Notice when you are fantasizing. Be able to distinguish between direct experience vs fantasy
- Notice your own privileges
- Notice your interpretations
- Notice you are being peer pressured when you are conforming and when there is social conditioning in you.
- Notice when you are being rebellious just for the sake of being rebellious
- Notice your mind constructing a self-serving narrative
- Notice when you are suffering. Notice different kinds of suffering you have. Notice what causes suffering. Ask yourself, are you truly understanding their perspective
- Notice when a new problem arises and it disappears.
- Notice when you are being selfish, notice your own corruptions, notice when you are being a devil, notice when you are contributing to global evil
- Applications: 1:32:13
WARNING:
- Introspection is not speculation, not rationalization, not belief
- Sit and patiently observeeeeee your mind at work without judging it, without emotionally reacting to it, without manipulating it, without trying to change it
- Memorising and parroting actualized.org concepts is not introspection
- Introspection works in tandem with a genuine intention for truth and a commitment to intellectual integrity
- Value to adopt: Truthful accurate clear introspection
- Introspection comes at a cost. Huge emotional labour. More introspection is more responsibility
- It will take years to develop significant introspection skills
- It is a subtle skill that nobody in society is going to push you to develop
Use your heart as a compass.
Thank you Leo for your unconditional sharing and others for liking and commenting on the posts!!!
Well done thank you
Thank you so much for these notes!
Thank you for thr summary,wow you put some work into it,have an easy day☺
Thanks man! So much to unpack here, a summary really helps.
awesome work man!
We’ve always had the answers we seek within us; we’ve just been convinced that we don’t. Stay blessed everyone!
Very well said Reyna 😊🙏
Right
@@motivationbrute hmmmm
So very true
@@timameye7687 arrogant? What does that mean, didn't you create that concept based on experience? Didn't you create experience? You know and create everything.
Not patronizing but honestly. I am an MD with 3 specialities, one from Brown and from Stanford, listened to many so called spiritual scholars for years. You have a natural talent of simplifying topics. Which appears to be complex to general people. Watching few of your lectures is worth more than couple dozen Ph.D's.
It's literally like blowing up by brains with a cannon ball. You are an Awatar and a modern mystic.
First time after years of listening to Leo's content that I feel the need to post a comment. Great work mate!
How do you know it's been years of listening to him? He "teaches" that all your memories are fictitious; not a single one of them happened at all. Past, present, future, it's all something you're hallucinating, no event is real. Clearly you have yet to truly consider everything he says is the "truth", which of course is nothing more than psychotic nonsense if you understand how insane he truly is
@@jcsmith1467 and you are? 👌 Lol
That feeling brought tears to my eyes
Leo, I've been following you for about 7 years. You've helped me become aware of many monumental aspects of my self and reality. The fact that you're almost a 1 million subs is amazing and a testimonial to how relevant your content is to more and more of us. Many thanks for your insights.
Leo’s content is informative but through a self interested filter, after watching him for a little while I had to distance myself from the “higher then thou” enlightenment content, it’s good info but leo thinks he’s some kind of self enlightenment guru who is above others. A lot of his topics, and ideas, are heavily sourced from Carl Jung and other accomplished psychiatrists and psychoanalysts. He rarely if ever states where he sources his information, and makes it appear as if it’s his own work. If you haven’t checked out Jordan Peterson yet please do, he gives similar lectures to this but it’s all historically and researched based, and he’s got extensive credentials to talk about topics like this. He communicates the information logically and gives sources so you can dive into whatever topics you want. Leo has some decent content but the self-aggrandizing vibe is off, it really shined through in the Enlightenment video he did while on acid, was like an 3 hour long ego trip..
I find Leo about 5 years ago because I had a break up with my ex. So I find the video "how to deal with a breakup". After that Leo become part of my life and help me a lot in my self development journey ... I'm so grateful because that break up made I find this guy.
@@Apress16 Hey. Would you be willing to list off some of these psychiatrists and psycho-analysts? Thanks.
I meditate and record major emotional shifts every day. This has truly helped me to be more aware of my feelings.
Yesterday, I was feeling empty after lunch. I used to numb this feeling with a lot of entertainment shows and food. I caught this feeling, and I listened. The voice behind this feeling is: “You won’t achieve anything. Your dream is too vague. You are too small to make it come true. People don’t find you special.”
I ate some food but it tasted bland. I watched some shows that made me laugh. I talked to friends about my feelings. But I was aware for the first time how meaningless they could be. I felt even more lost after.
So I decide to turn the emptiness into the opportunity to reflect upon myself by journaling.
How do you know what happened yesterday? According to this psychotic druggie, all your memories are fictitious. Not a single one of them actually happened. Clearly, you have yet to consider how dangerously delusional this nutcase and his "teachings" are.
@@jcsmith1467 just take the useful techniques and ignore the rest
@@jcsmith1467 well !! This reveals how your brain ir thought process operates at a lower or primitive level perhaps. You can say, " I disagree " or " I don't get it " or just say nothing. At least entertain the possibility. It's evident from history how people called Copernicus and Jesus a nutcase. 😆 lol.
Was journaling an help to your reflection? Did hindsight play into that like after reading back a month or so later? Or is writing things down just a way for you to expand a thought and go further with it? My experience has been voicing my thoughts about my reflection lets me expand and go deeper on that specific thought, is that how your journal works for you? Haven't wrote down thoughts for many years but when I did it was in metaphors and couldn't read it back because I wrote it when I was young and was embarrassed about the topic and just writing to get it off my chest and stop weighing on me because i couldnt tell anyone the story, I've already got to the bottom of that situation but it took years and have grown from it. Is there a writing style that helps you expand or unravel what goes in your journal, would love an example if you still use this platform, thankyou
I hope you read this Leo!! You have massively changed and saved my life!
I love you so much!! THANKYOU!!!
I just rewatched Learning = Observation. Great timing.
I recommend you learning equals make distinctions!!
Mauri Rodríguez Yeah that’s next.
How do you know you just rewatched anything? In case you haven't really heard or read all of this nutcase's delusional claims, he says all your memories are fictitious, not a single one of them truly happened - Any event you think actually happened for real is something you're merely imagining.
@@jcsmith1467I wouldn't say nutcase because it is true in some degree, it's been known the brain fabricates memories
Profound episode. I will do what it takes to develop this skill in my life. Previous videos that can help you to really understand this topic are
1. The three part videos on self deception
2. Learning = Observation
3. Mindfulness Meditation - A Complete Guide
4. The Power of Self Acceptance
Thank you
Thanks man!
Great list. I hope more people do stuff like this.
A big thank you,
I'm listening to the 9 stages of ego development over and over,
I will also read the whole study after.
You've been extremely helpful man,
Thank you for all your work.
His work is very powerful.
*The self deception is strong...you won’t realize it until you actually become aware of it* 🙏
@allen higgins Anything good is worth repeating. Especially if it is something important.
Yeah because realising and becoming aware mean the same think... I thing
thong
Anger is a secondary emotion.
Humans look external for answers when they need to go inward.
Leo I love how grounded you are, it’s so refreshing. Cheers
I honestly believe that this is the best content and the most valuable lesson i have experienced in my life up to this point.
Perfect timing as always. Thanks Leo.
During the video, I have already begun to notice some of my self-deceptions and bulshits. I feel excited about my new commitment!
Thank you for another life changing video, I'm so grateful for finding you.
I havent missed really any of your videos for the past few years and man. This is probably my favorite video you’ve ever made. Experientially in such a short time , the truth hit and pulled me and Now its something that I’ll remember forever. No words
I listen to every video from beginning to end. I promote this content to everyone that I think will be open to it. I bought your course and will buy others when released. Best ways I can say thank you sir... please keep it coming.
Thanks!
I was actually thinking of you today while I was driving.
😂😂
Was it a sexual fantasy?
I always listen to Leo when I'm driving long distances. I connect my phone to the car stereo.
@@rasmus7400 If you look closer to her photo profile.. She looks almost like a female version of him 😂
No, you weren't. Because according to this nutcase's delusional "teachings", all your memories are nothing more than completely fictitious illusions; they're all something you're totally hallucinating. So if you can't trust a single one of your memories,(that is only if you choose to believe such psychotic nonsense) how could you know?
31:40 becoming aware of my limiting beliefs and the fact that most of my perception of reality is all just other people’s stories, fears, and overlays weaving the tapestry of life for me is huge. Great video Leo!
“Feeling is the language of the soul” - From Book 1 of Conversations With God
Leo you are so knowledgeable and wise I learn a lot! It’s a blessing having you on TH-cam, thank you for this!
23:43 PM in Brazil: "I think it is time to sleep"
23:44 PM: *Leo drops a 2h bomb"
"Fuck it, who needs sleep."
Oh yes not long time ago I was introspecting my depression and realised that I created my depression. My mind fabricated “reasons” just because I wanted to blame it on something so that I have some reason to be depressed.It was such a mindfuck that I was just laughing to myself how ridiculous I am . I am literally bullying myself. My ego loves to create problems. I am 100% responsible for my “problems”. Some of the problems are not even problems, but that’s hard for ego to admit .
We shouldn't blame ourselves and insted do shadow work the best that we can. And also we shouldn't take responsability for things beyond our ego's control.
I love that how you convert all the feelings into words with atmost accuracy... I found that I've been parroting many of your videos without being fully understanding and feeling it...being harsh in me at sometimes... Now I'm in a big aaaoohhhhh...it's so soo soo basic ,yet not really in practice
I listened to the entire episode and it was magical. Thank you for digging deeper and sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. ❤
"All the good ones are taken..." Damn, Leo. Got me at that limiting belief! Great stuff, as always.
"Use your heart as a compass to show you where to go". Leo Gura, 2020.
I found meditation & contemplation using a journal to be essential for my introspection capabilities. Listening to intuition is also great.
@Lara, Hi!, how do you meditate? I just don't know where to start.
May i ask how you use your journal? I havent integrated that into My life
@@isnisse3896 In general I use this approach from Leo: th-cam.com/video/PineU9ZZvSc/w-d-xo.html
However, the more I progressed journaling the more I went into a feeling dimension rather than thinking about something. When I feel something - constructs of any kind like thought, memory, bias, suffering, desire, belief - there is a realm opened of seemingly endless possibility. When you feel something you can use all words and thoughts in existence to describe it. Just start how Leo advised; it is a natural organic process, so let yourself go in that direction if you feel drawn towards that.
Other than that, I highly advise you to journal in the morning. I even get earlier to bed to wake up fresh & to sit myself down to journal. Later the day it would get deprioritized & you end up not doing it.
Discover for yourself what makes you passionate to journal. For me it's exploration & clarity. Feel free to journal about fundamental self help topics, certain friendships or the ways you(r mind) trick(s) yourself to stay in homeostasis.
The most profound example for me was "pretending that you know". It's so astounding how Leo knows us more than we know ourselves.
Wanna hear something weird? Yesterday, I watched these three Leo videos as a refresher because I had already watched two years ago. "Distraction", "How your ego distorts reality", and "self-bias". I needed to remind myself of some things because I found myself dealing with some negative emotions again. It helped watching the videos but then I found myself asking Leo out loud, "ok, I get it. I have been lying to myself all this time. Society has been lying to me and my ego has been deceiving me. So, how do I truly wake up and take control of my self, emotions, and tap into and enbody my higher self? Leo! Make a video telling me how to do this!" Well, I wake up today and... here is the video. Can someone say, quantum physics, energy transfer and telepathy? I needed this information and therefore, as Leo, I created this video. Haha! Thank you Leo! 💞🙏
How are you doing today Lisa Kinoti? It’s really nice having you on here. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, God fearing, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance.
@@geraldruiz2437 yes! Absolutely! I agree. Communication is key. Trust is very important, and being on the same page on world view issues is a great foundation for a relationship.
@@LisaKinoti You sounds absolutely fantastic and brilliant. Yours words are lovely, Thanks so much.
Well, I’m not antisocial due to the nature of my job for a long period of time now. I don’t get the chance to travel sometimes. Well I’ve had to overcome many things in my life and would not be where I’m at today if I did not speak my mind. So the answer is yes, I have no problem speaking my mind. To be an advocate for myself. There is a right and wrong way to approach every situation so I am very careful when I do need to stand up for myself keeping others in mind.
I will love to know more about ourselves if you don’t mind doing that with me via Cellphone number or an Email address to text you more better.
Geraldruiz101@gmail.com or +1 563-200-0895
Wish you a great, wonderful new week 💜, and stay safe always 🙏
Introspection really is the solution to all problems. I was reading that ego development paper again and I understand now that I’m an intelligent achiever that was overestimating my development because of my conceptual complexity
999k!!! Gahhhhhh. Yay. Oh my gosh. CONGRATS. Thanks for making long videos! You said a few videos ago that, after watching a video we are a little different than when we started and that is so true for me, for ALL of your videos! You teach with lots of examples and break down and jokes-- that really resonates with me. So I can understand books, other teachings and even my coach at a deeper/ body level. I'm so grateful I found you a few years or so ago and you never left to go live in a cave.
Every time I see Leos face I feel like I'm tripping even if the video is on pause and hasn't started yet, turns out I always have been tripping, and the saying “life is a trip” took whole other truth along with my “life”. Thank you Leo, you are something else. ❤️
Agree fully with Leo about this subject!
G.I.Gurdieff: "Remember yourself always and everywhere."
Great book, easy to read: Red Hawk: "Selfobservation"
Wow, I have never know anyone personally to know who G I. Gurdieff is...but the stumbling across one of his books about 20 years ago, was my first experience to such ideas..it was the first spark and beginning of my self actualizing. "Gurdieff not will die" as he said. Thank you for sharing because as I was scrolling I spotted the name and I reminisced to where it all started for me.
I am going to look for the book book right away. Thank you!
Leo, thank you, thank you, thank you as always. Absolutely, insanely great video once again. I was mindblown, got goosebumps, felt inspired, got teary eyed...the list goes on.
I know the journey is gonna be hard as hell but I WILL develop this ability.
Reading books opens your horizons on the existence surrounding us. Good job, Leo 💫
How are you doing today Joanna Laguna? It’s really nice having you on here. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, God fearing honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.
I loved his comment, 56 minutes in, he says if religious people were truly honest with themselves, they'd admit they don't know jack shit about what God is, or what the Truth is....We love your naked honesty, Leo!
Leo thank you for all the great videos , your work is like no other! Thank you again
Thank you for your work Leo! It's very inspiring, eye opening, sometimes confronting and super interesting! I really appreciate that you are sharing your insights with us! 🙏
Amazing video! It's hard to really deeply accept that you're a beginner. In a way when you start this work you're too much of a beginner to even admit that that you're a beginner. But I must remind myself that introspection is never personal it doesn't mean anything bad about me as a person, it's game and life is just gonna more fun if I play the game rather than pretend. And my mind seems to want to protest that this will create problems in my life, that this will make me ungrounded somehow. Of course that is the self deception introspection has always been and will always be innocent and the truth can only be an advantage so no more excuses here. Thank you so much for your amazing work
The amount of pain I feel while watching this video is enormous, I can feel my mind and body deny everything you say while I want to accept it or at least think about it.
I pause the video and just sink into it, observing my thoughts trying to convince me why I was always right in my way and why this TH-camr is just a show-off,
But after the pain, There's a great relief, just noticing my attachments is a great feeling as I get to know myself better and take off my defences because as you said, there's no problem, it's all in my head.
Thanks a lot, Leo.
Hang in there. It's worth it :)
When you feel inward, you meditate. When you meditate, you learn the mechanisms of your mind. What you learn, you can influence for the better!
What do you mean by "feeling inward"?
@@brianlittrell797 basically meditation
How poetic and deep you sounded in these last words. Really resonated, Leo. You are being a very original spiritual teacher.
It’s always feels nice to get notification about ur video
2 hours
Holy shit
Thx bro
hahaha
Good thing about introspection is just like any other skill. You become really good at it. You start to learn many different things about yourself. Like how your ego works.
When introspection becomes total, for a long period of time, ultimately introspection itself turns out to be self-deception. For every deep insight changes the tool, the lense you look through. Introspection becomes a loop of forever deepening views, updating, changing, so untrue.
Yes
The EGO also learns as we spiritually develop. The EGO is like a video-game that gets more difficult as the player acquires more skills.
The knowledge that this man possess is immaculate . 🙌
i might not be able to develop all these skills you teach in my lifetime, but I will say one thing, you made me realize how profoundly beautiful life actually is
This was one of my favourite videos in a long time. Right up there with what is the devil.
PS 2k subs away from 1 million subscribers. Amazing work Leo.
Almost at 1M Leo, hang in there.. I know you’ve been waiting 🙏🏿 but it’s obvious in the numbers that you’ve been letting go... and people need you right now.
When you develop this skill one of the coolest things that happen is that you are able to open yourself to levels of perceptions beyond human experience and then you are able to notice the source and the infinite abyss of consciousness, the Big Bang happens now, we are it.
Damn Leo. You're about to hit 1 million subs. I'm super happy for you and proud to see this come true.
Yes I sacrifice my authenticity to please others! Very good thing to think on
Thank You Leo! You're always there, showing me the right way to think. You are so appreciated! Thank You
awesome eyeopening insights , don't stop helping us you do the best
thanks man
I tend to become VERY introspective on marijuana, idk if that's how it works for everyone else... That's basically the reason why I take it now, to be able to understand my subconscious responses and thought patterns better. It's kinda like wearing some google glasses like screen on my eyes that shows the analysis of every thought in detail with pictures/gifs flashing related to it and everything...
Damn 9 mins into this, my ego felt threatened a bit throughout the video. But the more he talked about "feeling into it" I tried just feeling what I was feeling, and kept allowing those feelings, and subtly feeling into it, and i felt a deeper peace than before the video
i am a few minutes in and I watched the controlling and mastering your emotions video before. Trust me guys, if you watched that video before you will understand this video way easier. Go watch it first !! Great video with endless value. Thank you for this!!
Thank You Leo.
The skill of looking inwards to differentiate knowing from believing.
Profound, and accessible.
I do not know, my experience points me towards, the belief, that dreams are manifestations of our minds practicing looking inwards.
I feel that our sleeptime dreams are our minds looking inwards; knowing that all of our thoughts are inwards.
I feel that everything exists in our minds; what we experience as reality, is a synthesis of not just our 9+ billion realities, it is a synthesis of every sentient creatures perception of reality.
I believe what I have said to be real; also looking inwards I do recognise the tickle that I feel on discovering something new, yet familiar.
It feels akin to the excitement of suddenly meeting an old friend, after cycling the route to their home, and ringing their doorbell.
That may sound a bit crazy; yet looking inwards, I know that this is authentic.
Again Leo,
Thank You 😀
The most profound insight's I got by science my dreams...the ones at day and the ones at night and what u saying is exactly the same u talk about it. A dream never should rule u...it causes a lot of suffering. We believe , when we are in a illussionary
state within our dreams...more the dream than the one who dreams .
Always make ur heartself prior 2 all mindplays...at least remember. Aum
Leo can you make video on "consistency"
I think he’s made a few videos on habits and routines.
@@tastybacon101 I think he means the consistency of a narrative
Thank you Leo! You can't imagine how much I appreciate your work.
Me every day at work: I WANT TO GO HOME AND CHECK LEO'S VIDEO'S, GREAT WORK, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Man I promised myself I was sleeping at 12 am every night. Guess that ends today .. sigh
refreshing as always Sir. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Introduction to Introspection - 00:00:04
Synonyms and Terminology - 00:01:02
The Challenge of Finding Truth - 00:02:08
The Importance of Feeling Inwards - 00:03:33
Emotional Intelligence and Causes of Emotions - 00:07:38
Subtle Emotions and Thought Patterns - 00:09:40
Rationalizations and Justifications - 00:16:24
Judgments and Victim Mentality - 00:19:01
Whining, Complaining, and Limiting Beliefs - 00:21:16
Biases, Double Standards, and Logic - 00:35:04
Recognizing Beliefs and Reality - 00:40:24
Dishonesty, Lying, and Trauma - 00:42:50
Attractions, Repulsions, and Deepest Needs - 00:45:18
Attachments and Ideologies - 00:47:11
Arguing and Emotional Triggers - 00:49:04
Manipulation and Ulterior Motives - 01:01:17
Authenticity and People-Pleasing - 01:03:42
Self-Insecurities and Overcompensations - 01:05:05
Denial and Avoidance of Reality - 01:07:23
Constructive Feedback and Intellectual Integrity - 01:08:37
Generalizations, Stereotypes, and Assumptions - 01:10:21
Impact on Others and Ecosystem - 01:14:47
Mind Games, Roles, and Pretentiousness - 01:19:20
Constructing Reality and Interpretation - 01:23:17
Fantasy vs. Reality and Unresourceful States - 01:25:54
Privileges and Perspective - 01:26:29
Peer Pressure and Social Conditioning - 01:27:07
Rebellion and Impact on Ecosystem - 01:28:13
Practical Applications of Introspection - 01:32:51
Avoiding Self-Deception - 01:45:29
Making Good Decisions and Finding Truth - 01:46:01
Becoming an Authentic Person - 01:47:04
The Nature of Reality as a Dream - 01:47:55
Responsibility and Emotional Labor - 01:57:11
Developing Introspection Skill - 02:01:17
Commitment to Truth and Integrity - 02:04:38
The Value of Introspection - 02:05:11
Concluding Remarks - 02:07:06
Leo i just wanted to thank you for all this information. I been on this journey with you too and this information is going to be so important for people who are waking up. Thanks brother
Leo. Been following you since 2012. Always putting out incredible content.
Introspection...such a difficult and challenging process...but so necessary for finding the Sense, so authentic for living Life just for who you really are, and nothing else..F.
In each of my trips i appreciate even more the depth of this contents.
A lifetime struggle to realize that all the answers are in your mirror
@Julia Mikels your greek sounds good, yes with mirror i meant the Self
I love how you didn't bother to say WHY Mars and Antarctica are beliefs until you made it a final point about never having been there. It shows that this is an advanced lesson and that at this point, we are expected to know what you are getting it at without you wasting time and re-explaining it. Really appreciate your work.
The truth is to know thyself so that you can take part and be in service to this endless devine journey we are in.
Really good episode thanks.
I am trained as a counsellor, and I also make use of chemicals every so often to look right under the hood at my human failings and deceptions, so it was nice to get inspiration to do it more often.
Also it is maybe one step removed from inquiry, and is a great supplemental thing to practice every moment to add momentum for people who actually wish to get all the way in their lifetime.
Thanks again.
This is the most important video that I found right now, thank you very much for spreading all this wisdom
Thank you Leo! 🙏
The thing is, religious people wouldn't be searching out these videos. I have, but it was by chance I found actualised, and I'm very glad I did
Here before Leo hits 1 million subs💫
my “mom” wanted to call me Lars:)
Love, love, love this. Resonates so well. The hard path is the easy path indeed. It is shocking how simple and magical life can be once one is honest with oneself - once one feels inwards and aligns oneself with the heart. It takes courage and grace. It is the universe peeling back the layers of "your" delusions... it just keeps getting better... year after year... one moment at a time... one breath at a time... It can be scary to face one's own BS, but Love is it's own reward... there's no other way... Truth hurts, but Truth heals... all is Love... Bless you!
Thank you Leo, your videos are excellent tools
Thanks Leo Gura for everything, now it is time to get things going.
Let's finallllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Make it happen!
Word of the day - "poopooed"
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Was literally thinking the same thing😂
We have to balance Self Accountability with understanding of the intricacies that have been conducive to the formulation of today's world around us. Ty for this video, generously enlightening as always!
Congratulations on the 1Million subscribers!! So many more people need to be introduced to you. I havent scratched the surface yet but would like to know the best way to introduce your videos to my daughter. She is elearning because of covid i may introduce a video or two as a part of her education. I'll suggest a video or let her pick, we can watch and discuss. I dont want to push it but i have always notices she has a very open mind and ive always encouraged it as well as encouraged her to question things. I think your vudeos will be a great addition to her learning. I wish someone taught me these things at 16 instead of just learning now at 40 yrs old
You are helping to develope a very naive, under developed person. im basically a clean slate learning from you... thank you
Leo all I can say is thank you for loving so much.
Today I thought that during meditation and self reflection we have the greatest opportunity to learn and heal ourselves because we are with the kindest and most gifted person for that healing…Ourselves.
I clicked the SECOND I saw the notification 🙏 thank you for this one
Really life changing Content...thanks lot leo..
Thanks Leo, if I spend the rest of my life mastering this it will be a life well lived!!
Один из самых важных принципов жизни. Нет, пожалуй, это самый важный принцип жизни. Важно не просто понять это, но надо жить из этого принципа. Буду возвращаться к этому снова и снова. Это просто, но это грандиозно. Это действительно Life transforming. Спасибо Лео
I was the missionary in a underdeveloped country proselytising others into beliefs I was not sure myself. Yes i was an Mormon missionary. Years passed and i still remember my ignorance from those days and still today i need to be aware to not enter in a state of "now i know it all" even after a couple journeys deep inner in etheogenic plants. This work is life. When sages say is easy they are right and when they say is hard they are also right.
Mr Leo Gura, your video was spot on and convenient for me in these times.
Thank you so much.
One exercise suggested was to go within and feel if Jesus existed. When I do that He lets me know, with a very strong feelings that yes of course He did. Actually that feeling that you get when you Know something is True is coming from your true Self which is God inside you not the 'self' which is your ego self. When I read about Jesus life and listen to His teaching I Feel deep within the Truth of what He was talking about. My favorite saying from Jesus is "The kingdom of heaven is within". This is speaking about our True Self, out true soul, our God soul within in us. Our purpose in life is to realize that this feeling, this all knowing place within us, this sliver of God that we are, that is our True Self. When we realize that, then we come back home to God, we are enlightened, and by this we are saved from our souls needing to learn this from repeating lives on this cruel earth. We realize our True Self is non other than a sliver of the Infinite, which makes us also infinite.
Great as always. Almost 1 million!
How are you doing today Kristina Toliušienè? It’s really nice having you on here. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, God fearing, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance.
I apreciate a lot your teaches, your videos almost always ground me into humbleness and I always end amaze of how much I dont know and tears come to my eyes when your words hit direct into my heart, I can feel the truth in what you say, yet as you say, I donw know, hopefully eventualy I will.
This is the most important skill I've been working with. It's also been the hardest. I am humbled daily as I bust myself in my projections onto others only to find that I am the one who is the often that projection. This skill has cultivated enormous compassion for myself and others. It's getting easier for me to determine what my stuff is and what belongs to others. Thank you Leo for articulating the process as I hadn't put my finger on what I've been doing over the past few years. Byron Katie's work has helped me along with yours in this area.
HEART FEELS WHAT HEAD CAN'T
SILENCE LEADS TO VIOLENCE
WHEN SENTIENCE
IS NOT IN EVIDENCE
WITH TENDERNESS
No greater pleasure
Than to lay in leisure
Into the depth of this treasure
My heart's bounty beyond measure