Enlightenment Guided Inquiry - The Neti Neti Method

[@demolitionman8276]

I had it.... it was beautiful leo.. I was at peace... I literally cried...

[@DrivingVideosSSH]

+Demolition Man me too!

[@jasksmaree]

Same!

[@DrivingVideosSSH]

yea

[@bushbusiness7604]

shut up it was just a thought!! why do YOUUUUU have anything? THATS NOT YOU, YOU ARE NOTHING, YOU DID NOT CRY BUT THE I YOU THINK YOU ARE BUT ITS NOT YOU because the I is not constant, do you get it? PLEASE

[@andymeissner8727]

BushBusiness jealous much ?

[@thelachstar4294]

I felt fear at first, but then realised that this ‘nothingness’ of ourselves is so frickin amazing and most importantly the notion of it being outside of time and space is absolutely mind blowing to discover

[@Therevolution7]

Heyyy this is Neo, and today I'm going to show you the way out of the matrix.

[@pomtubes1205]

Except we don't really know if the matrix is real or not... we only believe it is.

[@marlonscloud]

James Smith bwahajahahajjaja

[@userMikeforsure1997]

HAHASHAHAHAHASDGADSFHSFDHBNXCVINI8ADFJUADF

[@denisebranquinho2377]

Leo...

[@halweststar]

HAHAHAHA Right on THE POINT

[@daisy2296]

It's all there ....incredible how Leo can make it understandable and workable. This is a gift!

[@funwheels3307]

Thank you Leo for this exercise. The meditation starts at 10:45

[@nelovaz4245]

thank you

[@ytrdg444]

I've meditated for 20 years and of all the meditations I've explored, this guided meditation was the most profound. I did have an experience in which after 'eliminating' the senses and thoughts, there came the insight: I Am The Truth. Then my body sort of vibrated with 'shivers' and my body felt very large, and visually the room became 'small' as if I saw it from the vantage of the ceiling. I just felt literally expanded, and this 'fact' of I AM The Truth was so simple and clear. Profound indeed. Thank you Leo! 😀

[@iammkblv]

What I like is that now I don't have to be anything. My striving to define myself as something isn't what I am, so I don't cling to it. My experience of nothingness has led to losing the fear of death because I know I can be held by the womb of the universe.

[@ActualizedOrg]

Yup

[@KuroYagi124]

+Actualized.org so leo if you had direct experience that means you are enlightened right?

[@MrShabnamabrar]

+arnold traore yes he already explained his enlightenment experience.

[@KuroYagi124]

Shabnam Abrar I know but he said that it was only glimpse of it! so it turns out that there are stages of enlightenment. leo even said he is going to make a video about stages of enlightenment, looking forward to it!

[@MrShabnamabrar]

No stages of it..I am student of an enlightened master..so there are no glimpse..one just merge with reality then everything become known..it is when all questions are answered.

[@ikramansari5694]

Very powerful. When I found myself. I couldn't hold my tears. I just cried. Be very very blessed Leo.

[@joshtjclark]

Start of guided meditation 10:45, I wouldn’t suggest skipping the intro if it’s the first time watching this

[@xbendiistraw]

Leo, I became emotional once I started thinking about how everything about my existence has changed over time and will always continue to change. I've been getting into enlightenment alot and watching your videos for over a year now, and I'm always keeping an open mind. I know that one day this will all make sense to me and I'll have the answer one day. It's all about trusting the path and accepting all your experiences.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+xbendiistraw Cool, yeah stick with it. It's worth it.

[@keyframeguy]

Have been reading 'I am That' by Nisargadutta Maharaj, and 'Be as you are' by Ramana Maharshi, the two rockstars among many in this world, who managed to trigger their enlightenment experience. Advaita Vedanta is quite paradoxical in nature at times, and yet, it makes more sense than anything else in the world. Advaita means non-dual, where-in, a person finds himself as a part of everything that exists, as well as everything that doesn't. As long as one is stuck by identifying themselves with the body or the mind, there is attachment, and that can only lead to pain and suffering. What a wonderful trick the mind plays on itself, using the garb of the ego. The funniest part is that the ego itself is also an illusion. Thanks for sharing your views and experiences here, Leo. Much appreciated !

[@Saidentalvlogs]

Pls do let me know if a book .....about this and how ru

[@kurtericmunroe9358]

I followed your words exactly. They were the map that took me precisely to the nothingness I finally found right in front of my face. My goodness. My goodness. Still processing. I am stunned. So, thank you for the calming guidance at the end of the process. I can't believe how everything is different. It is so obviously forever. Thank you, Leo. Thank you.

[@TigerZer0]

Thank you Leo with all my heart. I was litterally in tears as soon as I realised. My body took over and forced me to breakdown, amazing experience.

[@yomamaisonfire]

I'm glad you joined the club! What else have you learned these last few years?

[@mimisapphire8329]

This really good, thank you! I've listened to a lot of 'self inquiry' vids - Mooji, Spira, Adyashsanti etc - and this is one of the best. More please, it really helps to come at it from different angles 🙏

[@TheZeroManifested]

So what I felt was like that life was this symphony of things. Just things, and the nothing is the backdrop of life. It literally felt like I lost myself for a millisecond. But idk if I actually experienced nothing or not. But my mind is open to it.

[@danalyze]

Holy shit, this was mindblowing... Best Enlightenment video ever

[@kapacxs]

What you say here is very profound, cause you open people (at least me) to the idea that we are actually the same nothingness. I've been following your work for about an year now and it's only now that i understand what you mean when you say there is no difference from you and i. Thank you for the time and effort you put into telling things as clear as possible.

[@IlkaAzize]

18 minutes in and that's it. Best thing i've seen in life. Best "experience" or whatever word they will come up with to best explain this. Just Thankfull . All is me, is like me being concious of me being conscious. No worries, just infinite intelligence and peace of "mind". There is no mind btw; I feel lie everyoneshould try because is the meaning and the answer everyonekeep searching through religion, meditation, faith in something or by science whatever. You can "feel" (again, there is no word that can describe and even "experience" and "feel" feel like is not enough) everything vividly, not like in a dream. The past dissolves, the worries about the future dissolves, ou keep questioning yourself if you look crazy and the ego keeps creepy back in but i just know that if i can do it once i can do it a lot of more times. Thank you Leo!

[@ethannelson2326]

The most important video I've ever watched in my life. Completely changed the direction of my life. Thanks Leo!

[@SouhailEntertainment]

Introduction and Overview (00:00) Understanding the 'Neti Neti' Method (00:30) The Challenge of Overcoming Assumptions (02:17) The Aim of the Guided Visualization (04:09) Setting Up for the Visualization (10:38) Detailed Inquiry into Your Existence and Nature (12:27) Exploring Various Channels of Experience (18:13) Concluding the Visualization and Reflections (1:02:58) Outcomes and Further Guidance (1:03:29) Final Thoughts and Invitation to Continue Exploration (1:12:09)

[@चिदंबरदास]

Thanks to Jagadguru Adi Shakaracharya for this mind blowing method, pun intended ;)

[@peacewolfwm]

Leo, TX 4 all the work U did. B4 I came to this practice, I was using a Dzogchen method of arriving at emptiness. But when I came to the end of your practice, I finally realized that the awareness is the emptiness, & that awareness is who I am. TX.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+peacewolfwm Sweet!

[@Kirkeuglen]

Thanks Leo for this video. Absolutely amazing. I'm shocked to say that I for like 30-60 seconds (around the 1 hour mark) truly got an enlightenment experience/the feel of nothingness. I was lying in my bed with my headphones on, listening to your voice and staring at the white ceiling in my room. Suddenly my vision sort of changed to something I can't really explain - I mean I was staring at the white ceiling but suddenly I did not see a ceiling anymore, but I just saw, yeah well - nothingness. At the same time I got a very intense sensation of fear and wonder in my whole body. "Awe" is probably the best description. Your voice was still speaking out of the earphones, but your words did suddenly not have any meaning anymore, they were just meaningless words. The experience can maybe best be described as floating in an ocean of nothingness (totally losing the sense of who I think I am, while being completetly aware of _it_ happening), however it was coupled with some pretty intense fear. I know others have described this fear as the ego's last defense-mechanism, which seems fitting. My heart started beating faster and I started breathing more heavily. It was extremely intense, but also very beautiful in its own mystical way. Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience. It was an eye-opener, because it's the first time I've experienced this feeling/ego-death 'sober'. It has happened before on LSD for me. It's interesting it happened to me while I had my eyes open. I also tried for most of the video to close my eyes, but it made me kind of sleepy (probably partly because I was lying down). I think for some people (like me) it might be beneficial to keep the eyes open and stare at something in a lit room. It prevents you from getting sleepy (light keeps you awake), and also I feel it seems easier for "my" internal dialogue to silence when I stare at something, instead of closing my eyes. It's like keeping my eyes open sort-of heightens my awareness (as long as I'm staring at something simply (no motion) and not thinking about what I'm seeing). I've for a long time believed it was possible to experience ego-death without psychedelics (namely during disciplined meditation/enlightenment work) and this enlightenment-video truly proved it by making me experience it :) The method of trying to locate one self logically, but failing again and again to a point where you give up, surely is effective I must say. It was like 'my self' saw no other option than surrendering (like you say in the end).., because it actually happened at a point where I was starting to become a bit upset/annoyed of the whole proces,.. and then boom, it happened, and it surely did knock my socks off. Thx a lot Leo, you must put an immense amount of work into these videos. Keep it up man.

[@ActualizedOrg]

Nice. Now start a daily habit of enlightenment inquiry.

[@KuroYagi124]

+Actualized.org if he already had an enlightenment experience why doing it daily?

[@Kirkeuglen]

+arnold traore Well, when it has happened once I think most people would like to experience it again at some point - because it is truly a very, very special moment when it happens. For the next 30 minutes or so after it happened I also had a sort of 'afterglow'-effect in my whole body; I felt all more senses were heightened while my mind felt very clear. Not bad, and it actually felt a bit like a LSD-comedown. It would also be very 'awesome' if it could happen for more than a few seconds, but for this to happen (sober at least) it probably requires a lot of training. My experience was only a brief glimpse into nothingness. 30-60 seconds is probably wrong, it was probably more like 20-40 seconds, because as soon as I started thinking about the whole experience when it was happening, I slowly began coming back into my self. And I probably started thinking about it very soon, because it was so intense (coupled with a bit of fear). If you can 'train your self' to not feel any fear when the moment happens, I guess it's possible to stay there for longer/go deeper. This probably requires months/years of hard practice/meditation/enlightenment work. Also I think when you dissolve your ego, you're able to view your life in a whole new perspective.

[@Kirkeuglen]

+Christofferr Andersen Also all this talk is just labels. It is really difficult to explain it when it happens. It's like Leo say; you become what you've always been, but never been aware of. And to become that (while being fully aware of it) is really hard because of all the 'ego-smaug'. Sure it can be described as feeling like one self is dying. It's like you're the self-awareness/nothingness deep inside an onion. All the onion-layers around your true self is the ego. To peel every layer of the ego away and get to your core self; that's an immense task

[@KuroYagi124]

Christofferr Andersen Thats what i always hear :D imense task and leo says that we will need 1000s of hours of this kind of work, and that is very serious dedication man! what if you actually never become enlightened even after 1000s and 10000s of hours of this kind of work?

[@EmmEmm-333]

Yes... Amazing. The key is not I am whatever I experience, but rather the emptiness between each experience. Life is like a morse message! So whatever I think/feel/imagine I can experience right away, and I am that infinite field of emptiness - silence. Beautiful! That made me smile hugely. I'll deepen it! Thanks Leo!! 🤗

[@aliwashington8117]

Hi Leo! I just wanted to say that while I know you are doing these videos as a part of your own unique journey that has nothing at all to do with me, that you are doing this for your own purposes - I am incredibly grateful that a part of your journey involves sharing this information with us, and I am incredibly grateful that my journey has been interconnected with yours. Thank you for being and doing what you are and do. It is amazing how our interconnectedness works so seamlessly with our individual expressions.

[@LA-ur6bt]

Thank you so much Leo. Your work helps millions of people around the world and I learn so much from you. Deeply appreciated.

[@profileone5655]

thanks man. you have some of the best eye opening videos on the net.

[@1sr0]

I am so proud as an Indian seeing how much of the cool stuff out there came from India. Thank you for presenting this.

[@tmstani23]

+1sr0 Pride is a form of identity identity is a form of ego/self you have much work to do in discovering nothingness! ;p

[@1sr0]

+tmstani23 and you need to relax and not judge people so fast. You have a lot of work to do on yourself too 😛. All of us do.

[@1sr0]

+tmstani23 btw by pointing out my pride and saying how it is wrong, are you showing your pride? Doesn't sound like nothingness to me. Lol

[@tmstani23]

I'm an experientialist. I believe all that exists is experience nothingness is an abstract concept and I don't think it's a tangible state. Reality is constant. Nothing in the universe is constant therefore nothing in the universe is reality. We must be living in a simulation!

[@rajithaerandaaththanayakea8207]

Great experiment, I couldn't find my self though I didn't have a different experience either. I'm gonna be doing this again and again

[@-report1070]

වැඩේ ගොඩද?

[@Seanus32]

When sb told me I was nothing, I took it as the greatest compliment ever.

[@sushanpoudeladv]

“Anything that YOU can grab as YOU, cannot be YOU”. Wow!!

[@jlareaux5504]

This is most definitely my new fav channel. Its great to hear Advaita Vedanta teachings in plain English. Thanks

[@Ernstly930]

Beautify description of something that is non~descriptive. Thank you Leo!

[@MarvTube]

This is by far the best Neti Neti method in the internet. Leo is an amazing guide. ♾

[@dakillah6018]

LEO I LOVE YOU BRO ! I KNOW YOU BRO! i live far away from you but i know you .

[@edwardgyasi1258]

This is true, because I realize that I have always being me even though my experiences have changed over the years and keeps changing. In all this changing experiences I remain the same no beginning and no end.

[@shiva_689]

When you told me to find myself at some point I was like "I can't" and just broke out in laughter. I guess that's some sort of existential joke that I'm not fully in on yet but I enjoyed it

[@ennio7105]

You and Tony Robbins are the best. Thank you so much Leo. This was very profound.

[@HigherSelfKorea]

Strong stuff! One question. When we're in deep sleep where is the nothingness going? Cause it seems to cease to be self-aware during sleep.

[@benjamintronrud1036]

You can wake up in dreams as well during sleep and learn to be lucid. Im working on that to see if its easier or harder to see the self if you look from the sleepstsate.

[@Ak24444]

Sleep is not absence of awareness but awareness of absence :)

[@kellyvaliente6457]

Your question is more like only Buddhist can answer... or you can find in your deep meditation:)

[@dbzeensun5527]

It’s been four years since you asked, but my take on this is that awareness goes on during sleep. You’re just not aware of being aware. Complete unawareness can’t be experienced.

[@quasisentient8970]

What is aware of the alarm when the alarm clock goes off?

[@RJSiciliano]

I got the nothingness feeling like I was in a different place a beautiful place. I was flowing with the words you were saying. It is a very cool experience hard to believe that I can do this now. Thanks for the video leo.

[@kayramen6243]

My mind feels so closed doing this inquiry

[@CJ2K]

wow even as a kid when i was 5 -7 i would ponder on what if nothing ever existed i would get enlightened for like 20 seconds and i was so amazed at this i would always try to back to this magnificent “experience” i literally had to let go of my mind but the older i got and tried to think that if nothing existed i could never get back to what i “experienced” but this meditation gave me a glimpse you literally have to let go of everything (i had to add this in even as a kid i would get scared of this fact but it was something that i felt was Real literally)

[@elisabethdavis1901]

Leo This was very enlightening! Many things I considered before. But went much deeper with the meditation. I enjoy your presentations so much. I can actually say I have grown & changed, sometimes spontaneously, through your teachings in these lectures. I often share them .i go back & listen over & over to certain ones. I value what you have to share. Thanks, it is obvious you put a tremendous amount of work into them.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+Elisabeth Davis Thanks, my pleasure :)

[@kacperwielunski2801]

One of main concepts of Buddhism is nothingness I read about it and knew something but I wouldn't think that I will experience it today... For just few seconds I felt like I was aware yet absolutely nothing was clouding this awareness. When I opened my eyes I saw my legs and first thing that came to my mind was "that is not me" moments later thoughts and labels came trying to describe what just happend but I knew they just can't. And this is mostly thanks to you Leo I mean meditation enlightment work actualisation that I'm doing for past year or so is mostly thanks to your vids and your work. And for that I am very thankfull to you because this past year was a best year of my life and this is just the baggining of my journey to find true myself to understand it and then to teach about it as many as I can. Can't wait for next video Leo!

[@TheDiamondNet]

I went through the process now, having watched the video for the second time and it sort of fortified an idea that I've been trying to solidify by giving me another analogy to painting... interestingly enough. I've been going into the process trying to have an enlightenment experience just like a beginning artist goes into drawing a portrait of someone trying to make it look good or right. They look at the shapes and colors that make up a person, or maybe they can't yet see the shapes and colors and they try to draw what they think the person looks like. The person is at 3/4 turn, so they can't see the left ear of the person that they're drawing but they know it's there so they draw it anyway because they know that a person definitely has two ears. The eye shape is a little off, so they draw it from the front view anyways... it's a football shape right? They know that both eyes are the same size, so they draw them the same size. They come up with a drawing that looks like a Picasso or Egyptian wall art because they were trying to make a nice looking drawing. They wanted their drawing to look right. They wanted something from what they were perceiving, so their mind got in the way. They wanted a nice drawing so they forgot to draw what was true. They were trying to achieve enlightenment so they forgot to seek the truth. So, from here on out, I'm going to go into my meditation, contemplation, etc. practices not focused on the product (enlightenment) but on the process (truth seeking). It sort of dovetails off of your video about non-needy perception.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+The Diamond Net Yes, the artist analogy is a good one. I've noticed that too. The mind needs to be switched from figurative mode into literal mode for this work. Next week's video will address this.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Actualized.org Awesome! I look forward to it!

[@johnnywillian5075]

@@ActualizedOrg But acting in that way (negating all our thoughts) should we programming our thougths towards nothingness? How could I knew that nothingness is a real thing or just another illusionary programmed feeling?

[@spookman123456]

a few weeks before i did this vissualisation i had this experience during meditation, when i cam of it i felt very satisfied and a deep warm happiness, since i had it it kicks in sometimes but there resistance, I am also able to go twoards during my meditation and everytime i do i get realy warm and even start to sweat. somedays I can have this feeling for hours. But when I am not in it at some points I am a bit scared and I am afraid that i will go mad or loose touch with material reality. This fear makes it weaker and sometimes gets very strong but at the same time i am able to see that it is just like watching a movie, just imput so to say. This has changed me and I can at peaks see/feel/sence(don't no any other words for it) it everywhere, in insects, people in everything around me. It gets strong sometimes ( not as often as i am making it seem but a few times a week), but most of the time it is faintly there ( i call it an it as of its outside me but it feels like transparent being). But like i said my fears, my ego, when i get chaught up in a stream of thaughts make it weaker, but i am able to get out of it by breaking the illusions. I dont know what to do and at the same time i feel that i dont have to do anything, but that is what brings me the fear. I know it sounds very weird but i dont know what to, but i want to help people, it feels like a strong urge to help people who i can see are traped.

[@dougcensorabner]

Microsoft: self.exe loading please wait... Leo: Error self.exe not found

[@norji6945]

I was waiting for you to say nothing and when you did I started crying. I couldnt get back to the feeling after the 30sec-1min experience was over tho. Everything suddenly made sense, thanks Leo

[@PhantomZephyrV]

This video helped me so much about understanding enlightenment. Thanks Leo :D

[@youremom5463]

39:22 My "I" thought and my internal dialogue IS constant, I've spent so long identifying with the concept of my past and present experience, all while acknowledging that even the reality of it all is all only a concept in my mind. I've obsessed over it and suffered because of it. For too long now. Im always thinking and knowing and thinking about what I don't know

[@HazyHazyHazy]

Leo, why do we have a ego in the firstplace? Why can't we be born enlightened?

[@Lady_Bug63]

Hazy Music I believe, without it, there wouldn't be enlightenment :) therefore we are lucky to be born as a human, yet also cursed. however, this is just my theory.

[@siropallius]

xNightmareBeta we are the nothingness that is ever-present and experiences everything, so most likely yes

[@ManuelvanderZijl]

I think we are actually all born enlightened but we create our ego in our childhood and you develop it in the years/decades after untill you awaken.

[@vitolibido]

Ego doesn't actually exist it's kinda like an imaginary friend that is so real to us. So you don't really kill your ego because it never existed but it just feels so real..

[@logand488]

my own personal belief is so that our true selves will learn lessons along the way in different lives but that's just my own little theory

[@ramanamurthykrishnamurthy7304]

Leo summary is I am the universe Your steps in finding out your self is amazing very practical.

[@tastybacon101]

this was amazing. I may have been in the state of nothingness for only 3 seconds. insane shit. A little confused but cool.

[@12demention]

WOW! YOU HAVE ARTICULATE WITH WORDS THAT YOU FULL EXPLAIN allow the younger generation to understand.Many teachers LIKE JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI,RUPERTA SPIRA.MOOJI AND MYSELF ARE NOT EXPLAINING THE WORDS IN SUCH SIMPLY WAY.THANKS FOR SHARING I MOST LIKELY TO ADOPT YOU TECHNIQUE.

[@arnold9448]

Ik ga jou verder kijken, na het avondeten!

[@Beetshelps]

+Arnold Hofman Wat gaaf om meer nederlanders te zien op dit kanaal!

[@arnold9448]

Haha ja! Maar ik vond het gewoon grappig om iets randoms te posten, dat niemand zou kunnen lezen. Ik was echter vergeten dat er meer Nederlanders zijn op KZbin :)

[@Granco]

+Arnold Hofman hoooi, ik leer Nederlands, Ik kan bijna alles begrijpen

[@somedudeonearth4978]

Arnold Hoi mede-Nederlander

[@usl7628]

Thank you very much Leo... I wish I could continue with what I felt there, I felt that when I was slipping frm searching who it was, the one who was feeling observing n experiencing and suddenly that was there... I couldn't just continue that... But I really thankful to u for this day!!

[@krazzix]

Holy shit Leo i actually got a glimpse of it, of nothingness. It was like maybe half a second but I saw it, it was there the whole time, it has been there my entire life. It happened when you said something like the thing you're looking for and failing to see, thats it! And then I got it! This is awesome i'm going to do a lot more of this!

[@ActualizedOrg]

+Kaz van Wel Great! Stay with the inquiry. Make a daily habit of it.

[@EricBoston1992]

+Actualized.org Yeah for me this is night 3 in a row I am watching this, I am making it a habit. I've been watching your page (and 2 others) for a year, thank you Leo for the incredible work, your 'teachings' and exercises have helped me change my life, which is exactly what I set out to accomplish a year ago. My first enlightenment experience was about 2-3 weeks ago, And these last couple days I've had: one very brief experience, and last night I had the most lengthy/intense experience of the true self I've ever had. I hope to have another one tonight, Wanting to become enlightened can incline one to deceive themselves into believing they've had an enlightenment experience. I was guilty of that a couple months ago. It can act as an obstacle for true enlightenment. I just had to be honest with myself, that I had no idea what enlightenment was. Enlightenment is really a life long commitment/process, I think. When you have the experience, you KNOW. That experience last night was incredible. Again Thank You Leo P.S. Sorry for the essay, lol

[@jasjeetsingh7850]

Thank you Leo. What a beautiful gift you are!

[@TheLiverpoolDelta]

thanks for the history lesson on early mans reasoning of self, but science has moved on a few thousand years since then: Since the early neurological work of Karl Lashley and Wilder Penfield in the 1950s and 1960s, it has become clear that long-term memories are not stored in just one part of the brain, but are widely distributed throughout the cortex. After consolidation, long-term memories are stored throughout the brain as groups of neurons that are primed to fire together in the same pattern that created the original experience, and each component of a memory is stored in the brain area that initiated it (e.g. groups of neurons in the visual cortex store a sight, neurons in the amygdala store the associated emotion, etc). Indeed, it seems that they may even be encoded redundantly, several times, in various parts of the cortex, so that, if one engram (or memory trace) is wiped out, there are duplicates, or alternative pathways, elsewhere, through which the memory may still be retrieved. Therefore, contrary to the popular notion, memories are not stored in our brains like books on library shelves, but must be actively reconstructed from elements scattered throughout various areas of the brain by the encoding process. Memory storage is therefore an ongoing process of reclassification resulting from continuous changes in our neural pathways, and parallel processing of information in our brains.

[@tmstani23]

+TheLiverpoolDelta Like bit torrent!

[@RodSmith0]

+TheLiverpoolDelta I think you are missing the point. I don't think current science has a handle on this, it is like trying to understand the story in a book by analyzing the molecular structure of the pages and ink.

[@haripatel2586]

+TheLiverpoolDelta Whats the meaning behind this comment? are you saying this is all bullshit?

[@TheDiamondNet]

+TheLiverpoolDelta You're conflating the scientific perspective on the self with the existential perspective on the self. Both of these perspectives are valid. Knowing the scientific understanding of how the mind and body works is great. But it can never help you understand your first-hand experience of yourself before concepts are added on. If you were to run a marathon without any training. Then I came up to you and said "You shouldn't do that, you'll hurt yourself. You have no training." Then you'd be like "It's okay. I studied the physics behind running and I know the science behind how it works, so I should be fine." I'd be right to think you were crazy. So, Leo isn't giving you some primitive science-denying perspective on your existential nature. He's giving you a way to experience your existential nature first hand. Have an open mind and just look for it in your own experience. This is no reasoning on the self, this is a method for experiencing the self without the conceptual framework of the self interfering with your firsthand experience.

[@leomahon9693]

Very interesting, I had always thought memories were stored in a particular part of the brain. I do not think this will get you any closer to finding yourself though. First let me state the the search for enlightenment is the search for truth. As a scientist you have to agree that any theory you come up with may be proven wrong. All you can say is that this theory is the most likely given the empirical evidence. Accepting this means never finding truth. Every theory eventually becomes outdated and replaced; science will never reach a conclusion. Once you have realised that science is useful in many ways but will not bring you absolute truth by definition of the method and you still wish to seek truth then you turn to the people who claim to know where else to look. What Leo is suggesting is that there is some truth that can be experienced directly. You don't have to believe enlightenment as a discovery of truth is possible and there certainly is not much evidence other than hearsay. Even given this limited evidence from a risk reward standpoint I believe the reward of a direct experience of truth is much greater than the risk that It may not exist. What it comes down to is if you personally want to pursue this, it can not be objectively proven to be possible and so I will describe my motivations in the hope that you might gain perspective on why someone would want to pursue such a thing. Nearly all religions have been started by someone experiencing this mystical state and most religions agree that their version of 'God' is omnipresent (as the person who started the religion experienced ego death). Littered thought human history are reports of people experiencing the divine and whatever is causing it I sure as hell want to experience. Perhaps when I do find this truth it will just be a series of neurons firing in my brain to create what I would experience as a 'mystical experience' but It doesn't change the fact that this is a search for an 'experience' and not an attempt to explain anything. The words Leo uses are simply designed to trigger that experience by making you question your sense of self. Maybe you are less excited to experience this thing and that is understandable. You have to be pretty crazy to go in pursuit of something so intangible.

[@chazzat3113]

That was absolutely insane what just happened, I'm so glad I kept up with this because I've done it quite a few times but this time was different I got tingles all throughout my body and I cried and almost had a panic attack cuz of how surreal this experience is, no matter how hard I look I can't find my self

[@Poppy00har]

Leo can you do a video on how to be emotionally independent please!! Great video btw really helped ♡

[@Alex617x]

Tina Arena, why would you want to be? Even if you become emotionally independent, you will only have done so as a consequence of being emotionally dependent and fearing an absence of stimulation or assurance that you are who you want to be. That won’t fix your problem. The you that you think needs fixing can’t fix the you that you think needs fixing. You just need to stop. The only thing you need to do is not do. These KZbin gurus are more neurotic than you. When you were your happiest, you knew less. Ignorance is bliss. Train yourself to silence thoughts and just breathe and you’ll be able to whenever you want. And you’ll see that your problems only exist in your mind.

[@EmmEmm-333]

Just let them flow and pass by: they arebound to desappear anyways, like a clowd.

[@dfdfdgggjhjjh5081]

Thank you for the video. I’m a beginner but from what I understand “no-self” is half of enlightenment. To complete enlightenment is to experience, as Richard Rose did, the experience of being god for some moments. You know everything and can do anything.

[@5starjonny467]

Leo I get glimpses but I can't sustain any length of experience. What can I do?

[@ActualizedOrg]

+Schtick Terse 1000s of hours of practice. This is like learning calculus. You don't do it in one weekend.

[@5starjonny467]

Mr. Philosopher That sounds like great information, you have made me realise I've been clinging to the experience which in turn has been distracting my practise. Thank you I've never heard it put so pragmatically in so few words that made so much sense! Thanks again.

[@5starjonny467]

mark ndlovu Thank you 😊

[@Rajeswar07]

Im most grateful for finding you in my lifetime leo ..thank you soo much

[@marlonscloud]

10:40 visualization begins

[@cre8myreality216]

This was soooo beautiful. Thank you to a new awakening. Love you 💗

[@alexbaigus]

those tai Lopez scam commercials are really getting annoying...

[@jonathanheredia2727]

had to subscribe to youtube red for all the ads in general...at least for the three month trial :P

[@tarnum113]

Alex Baigus knaaaaaaawledge!

[@ladysaff]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful ♥️♥️♥️♥️ love love loved this, spot on ish for me. Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@MrSeenbeen]

Leo what do you think about the concept of being nobody in game of thrones- the faceless men? Are they also talking about enlightment ("being nobody")? Sorry for my english im bulgarian.

[@stkeaha]

+mady bady I think they do. The faceless man always calling himself one man, this could be one sign that he is enlightened. But it is a fantasy enriched version because he can literally "change" his face.. (well it could also be a symbol for oneness..) Arya's storyline is really interesting. Hope it won't be cut off anytime soon. Btw Leo probably won't answer this question because it's about Game of Thrones. Don't think he watch it. :D

[@RaGePr00fs]

+mady bady Yes, it can be a possibility. They are men who no longer want to be somebody in the world, men who want to put an end to the human ego and desires, and finish the unending vicious karma, which is why they want to become nothing, faceless men, void.They are very much behaving like real monks, but there is no particular scene where it shows that they are enlightening themselves, so it may be also a religious sect, which doesn't involve enlightement.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+mady bady Shouldn't surprise us if they were inspired to create that based off mystical teachings from any of the major religions.

[@onelove2890]

The question of WHAT am I...and WHERE am I, whatever the "I" is, located... In the search of this existential self, it truly is "like sand slipping through [my] fingers..." As a child, I always thought that I was strange for asking these questions. I could never understand why my mind was so wrapped up in wanting to understand reality. Somehow, when I was ready, my path, unbeknownst to me, was slowly paving it's way towards something that is more than the "crazy little stories" that I had imagined. Thanks again, Leo.

[@caspexx]

"Just set it aside and do this with me, It won't kill you I promise" So that was a fucking lie

[@memphistennessee4432]

It's a beautiful thing to share your stories and experiences Leo.Sad thing is no one will share or fully understand what you have gone through.Many will claim to see the light but only a small spec of light.

[@DJ71649]

"You" have saved "my" life :D

[@fjpeace]

your videos are enlightening me, little by little I feel myself stronger spiritually and emotionally, independent and more relaxed. Bravo!! you are excellent, please make more videos. Million thanks

[@patrickpaul7248]

I have yet to hear a good readon why I am not the brain. The brain is constant, it has been with me since birth and it will remain with me until death. The brain is also a persiever, and since we are looking for a perceiver, in self inquiry, everytime I ask myself "Who am I", the voice in my head replies: "The brain". This stops any further inquiry because to me this seems to be the correct answer. The sense that I am my brain fits nicely into my empirical investigation and into my scientific knowledge, so how can I challenge this idea, how can I proof to myself that I am not the brain?

[@ActualizedOrg]

Just notice what "the brain" actually is. There is no brain! Really!!! Investigate this closely. I am not kidding. The brain is just an idea you hold. It is a belief. Even if you ever saw your raw brain by cutting your skull open, all it would be is some colors and shapes, which is an experirnce. So what you are literally saying you are is some colors and shapes which don't even exist in the present moment! It's totally absurd! And who is looking at this experience of the brain??? Another brain??? Hehe... No... you would of course say, "I am looking at MY brain." And who the hell owns this brain if it is actually you? It is like if I ask you what supports the Earth and you say it sits on the back of four elephants. And then I ask you what supports the four elephants and you say, a giant turtle. And what supports the trutle? Nothing! Your paradigm is 180 degrees backwards. "The brain" is an experience within consciousness, not the other way around.

[@kennethcason]

Another challenge in regards to “looking at your own brain” that I find interesting is that you can never, no matter how hard you actually look, see the very neurons that that are hosting your mind now. Shut your eyes and look as deep as you may and you just can’t perceive them. I was having a fun thought while driving today, observing all the trees and other objects in my vision realizing that of course because everything you see is just an image drawn in your head, that you are indirectly viewing the structure of your brain based on what it’s drawing. For example, I saw 1000 trees, that all seem to be independent trees, yet deeper in the mind they actually root from common more centralized memories/thoughts that are projected into the multiplicity that you see. Of course, you can have more fun with that metaphor with further expansion. All the while, still never directly seeing the very atoms/cells within your brain that let you think in the first place. This is why it’s difficult to absolutely declare the brain as a precursor to thought and why the mind-body problem hides many levels of complexity that are not immediately evident upon initial inspection. Enjoy the journey my friend. :)

[@kenroy916]

Okay so play around with the assumption that you're a brain. Are you a brain with or without content? The brain is also responsible for processing sight, sound, taste, and so on. Could these also be you? The problem is no one really knows for sure if consciousness emerges from the brain or the other way around. If you figure that one out, be sure to let us all know. Lol

[@stargazegunshady3051]

Even if you could literally see the brain in your skull, You would still not be a brain. And it is precisely because the fact that the brain is a perception. So, who is perceiving the brain? And say the brain was perceiving itself, You do not see from your brain. You do not hear from your brain and you do not think from your brain. It is only an image. It's like saying, who drew this drawing and you replying the drawing drew this drawing. Even if the drawing could see itself, it would still not be the drawer.

[@stargazegunshady3051]

@@theawakeningfather You literally can't see your own brain with your own eyes without removing it from your skull in which case, your body would lose all Sensation and life. And even still, the brain is just a perception in concuousness even if that brain had self awareness or an ego. But, which are you some pink fleshy object or the actual concuousness being Concuous in your experience?

[@siropallius]

It was a giant moment of "yes" for me. Puts a new spin on a song I listen to too

[@siropallius]

Then again at the beginning of the video I was like "if I'm not thought, a mind, body, soul, or experience then I'm either nonexistent or nothing at all"

[@tcihak00]

Leo, if we are this self aware nothing, does this mean we are separate "nothings" or are we all one and the same? I mean I don't understand why "I" am tied to this particular body and my experiences are through this one and no other.

[@pepi357bbq]

+Tony C This one is not Leo, but let me try to answer this.If you investigate the nature of that which you call " Nothing", you will see that it has no limits. So if it is infinite it can not be more than One. Where is - the other- there are many. And many are limited. So I know our separated body/mind can not know the thoughts of another separated mind, and perceptions, and sensations. That doesnt mean that the know-er of my mind and thoughts is a different know-er which knows other minds.

[@mauro2604]

Really deep and profound technique to dissolve the mind into the sea of the unknown and see the world with different eyes, really well done.

[@LIGGYMUSIC]

The most interesting part about this video is that when you started to name what you are not at start at the video, i got real glimpse of nothingness (i was sitting in the chair in meditative like state since beginning of the video) . However, i stayed thru the guided meditation because i wanted to see if i was not bullshiting myself since that is the case 99,9999999% of the time when you are doing this work. But when you mentioned the part of not searching and ''grasping'' the nothingness (i can not explain it properly) i knew i was just playing mental games. I am the Enlightenment work since you started the first posting videos and spent a lot of time trying to get to ''sense'' of nothingness but this method is very promising because it basically tells you what you can not be, so there is no room for mental games. But i have question.... how to solve a problem of visualization that mind can play on you ? I ask this because it is easy to imagine that you are in empty space and it can be really powerful mental image because it is backed up our visual field of blackness (when we close our eyes) for which we can ''see'' it is empty in some way.. i do not know if you get me , it is bit tricky to explain because it is direct experience. Interesting thing that i got that glimpse of nothingness when i watching the video (so my eyes were open) and i was ''doing nothing'' meditation as i mentioned . So maybe the key is to keep our eyes open because the mental image that our mind can create of nothingness is more powerful when we close our eyes.

[@ActualizedOrg]

If and when you get a real hit on nothingness, it will knock your socks off. It is not anything you can mistake with visualization. It is a whole different animal.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+Ryan Arellano Yes, I call that existential terror. It's come up for me in the past. Very normal. It is basically a fear of death. Because the ego knows that at any moment in this work it will be annihilated. And you are the ego as far as you know. So to you it feels like standing on the edge of a cliff about the jump off into the Grand Canyon. When the ego is annihilated, everything in existence is seen as divine bliss. It's a joy greater than 100 orgasms. Then your ego's arrogance and ignorance becomes very clear. It's like you've been a billionaire your whole life but because you assumed you were broke, you were too afraid to look as your bank account statement, and so lived in a homeless shelter for 40 years. And then one day you finally muster the courage to look at your bank account statement only to discover is has a balance of 1,000,000,000 dollars. Doh! How stupid!

[@MikiMaki76]

+Actualized.org "everything in existence is seen as divine bliss" just my opinion... but it sound to me as another term for drug. after all isn't what drugs are for, evading reality for a brief moment and feel great? I fear a lot of "enlightened" people are actually only looking for a new way out, with less side effects and more appealing than heroine, maybe, but still a way out of reality.

[@MikiMaki76]

+Gil Surf "enlightenment is realization of ontological truth" yes that's what I meant... and not "divine bliss" like when you get high or when you have good sex. an enlightened person probably knows that positive and negative emotions are two side of the same coin and they are both like drugs, right?

[@geekinrob_tv7712]

This is so eye-opening. don't really think the experience occurred but I did definitely got a taste of "no-self". Enlightenment work is actually not airy fairy, monk-like magical rituals, it's so easy and it's so practical. All we're doing is basically trying to identify the "self" which is essentially nothingness.

[@larsrichter502]

Hey Leo, I meditate for 30 Minutes every day and I get very good results. Can I do Enlightenment work instead of meditating, but still get the benefits of meditation or should I separate the two?

[@jalissacherie]

+Mr. Pascha PLEASE answer this question I have been wondering the same thing.

[@jalissacherie]

Meaning either or is good ?

[@ΚουτσικοςτωνΚουτσικαιων]

Meditating? Like what? "ohhmmm" and that stuff?

[@CraigOnRock]

+Eternal Power Woah dude, how did you end up here?

[@ΚουτσικοςτωνΚουτσικαιων]

RGL Dream sup?:) what do you mean with "end up here"?

[@brod_pete]

Hello this was a useful visualization technique on neti neti vendata. Like you mentioned Leo it can take a very long time of self inquiry to break through realization the mind can be a very difficult nut to break it has many kinds of layers of me stuff that we are unconsciously attached to. its like trying to find a needle the "I" in a haystack. most people are just not ready to inquire into this deeply it takes vigilance a deep yearning helps tremendously.

[@xxHansxx94]

Two question: 1. How come you're talking about a higher self and lower self, when there is no self? The self is nothingness? 2. And what is nothingness? I am aware that answering this makes it something.

[@jazmingee25]

awesome.. what a beautiful way to experience life. I was halfway there before this video but now this is really some eye opening stuff .

[@MarcelR-mp3gp]

Look at that illusion of an ego trying to help other egos to overcome their illusion XD

[@MrShootman999]

+PROductive BEAST All ppl in the world are oneself. There are no 'others' to help, they are just like dreamcharacters in a dream, called life.

[@MarcelR-mp3gp]

Shootman999 I know

[@kevinvasconcellos2894]

+Shootman999 "all people are not "oneself". I am my oneself, you are your oneself.

[@ryanpowell1513]

Vibrating feeling in your forehead, perpetual chills (like the kind music can give), and CLARITY. I have always had lots of questions for you Leo, now I just wanna say thanks. +Actualized.org

[@ActualizedOrg]

Welcome

[@slappinmignu4786]

Leo, are you enlightened?

[@BeastLordofMetal]

No one is enlightened.

[@silvershadows10]

släppinmig nu I

[@AlternativeWayOfLiving]

I was following the whole video with my eyes closed dissolving part by part of who Im not. Once there was nothing left I suddenly felt the exactly same thing as when I ''got lost'' with myself after consuming ACID 2 years ago. But I must say that this time I was somehow in full control, very sharp and confident, unlike the ACID experience which was dreadful. I already experienced that nothingness before in my meditations, but this one was very deep. Thank you.

[@ActualizedOrg]

+Mayan Gabbay Great, keep going.

[@raquiab96]

This whole video is terrifying

[@AisleofSosu]

+Arqhe Yeah, I had to take breaks while watching this.

[@Shouzeegestof]

+Arqhe It's the rite of passage. I scared myself shitless the first time I was introduced to enlightenment work.

[@nerad1994]

+Shouzeegestof why is it scary for you, is the ego death scary?

[@ummmwhatnow]

+Deeken Wheeler Oh yeah, ego death is terrifying. Put it this way, if Leo made a video telling you the only path to enlightenment is to jump off a building and die, any sane person would tell him to go fuck himself. But that's what he's saying more or less in these videos, except you don't kill the body, you just let go of everything that you are and hope there's something on the other side. It's the ultimate surrender in that you don't know if there any anything on the other side, and what we're told is there is actually 'nothing' there.. it's a bit of a mindfuck

[@Shouzeegestof]

+Deeken Wheeler Yes, ego death is not a pleasant experience at first. I haven't experienced it full on, but I have "approached" it a couple of times through self inquiry, and just feeling it creep up on you as you do it is scary enough. Once you get used to the feeling though, that's where the real fun begins. It becomes a game of "how deep the rabbit hole goes" and it's fascinating.

[@vikisridharan1345]

I'm so blessed and lucky that I've got your Guidance

[@thicktankrider]

This has been pretty hardcore

[@XOX-ZOMBIE-XOX]

Leo, thank you so much for everything. Hope one day I can meet you in person. You are truly great. Enlightenment did not go away, it seems permanent. This is day 2. I now live from the perspective that I'm endless nothingness. My ego got dismantled yesterday, and today my ego seem to keep falling apart more and more slowly. 20 years ago I started meditating. On and off. But since I started watching your videos I krank it up to an hour a day, then I discovered your enlightenment videos and BAMMN.

[@erikmedina2010]

I don't know if you already read it, but I highly recommend you "The Ribu Gita". To me is much better than Bhagavad Gita. Even when you read it takes you into another state of consciousness. Again, thank you for all you do. Is a great help for all of us.

[@yuris993]

Interesting video, I had an enlightenment experience the first time I ever mediated in my life, I was not even trying to do it , I didn't even knew what enlightenment was, I was simple focusing on a specific point and suddenly something happened, I felt that I was not in my body anymore like I had no boundaries, like I was the entire room, of course I didn't understand what happened, it lasted a few minutes I suppose. The second day I meditated again and it happened. I stopped to meditate after because I was kinda scared and for other reasons. It's been more than 3 years now, and I started to study about enlightenment and non duality and now I want the experience again but it isn't happening

[@iannmassoud]

I experienced "nothingness" for 2 seconds and that was enough to make me cry... HOLY SH*T, Leo For everyone who didn't get it, as cheesy as it sounds, you need to have faith in yourself when you try again. You have to surrender to get to the truth of yourself. Don't create an ideal situation of what it's going to be oike for you, I guarantee that's never going to work because you're only going to be clinging on to another experience; just let go!

[@jannesprzywara3658]

I am getting so jealous at other people who say they got it but don’t encourage others 😂 thanks for the encouragement 🙏🏻

[@walk.]

The world needs to be enlightened but we can all start with ourselves individually...😊😊😊

[@bobann3566]

I really liked this. Ken Wheeler, aka, theoria apophasis, says the easiest way to find a needle in a haystack is to burn the hay stack. So when I go through Neti Neti, with each thing that I am not, I burn it. All that is left is a Toroid with an empty space with in it, and so I burn myself up and sit there, ether. Ken also speaks of Dielectricity and Magnetism and now they relate to metaphysics. Really good stuff. Thanks. Sub'ed All.

[@ethiomart6319]

You are our Greatest gift bro! thank you for helping us

[@jess5660]

A while back I disconnected from the world as much as possible, that included social media, friendships (the kind that invade your life), close bonds, TV etc. I found not sharing my thoughts with anyone on a regular basis, though tough to start with, has enabled me to realise this nothingness I am in my every moment. It's pretty cool, takes the pressure out of living. Allows you to just be, somewhat magical :)

[@survivormanable]

So simple, that's why most people don't realize how. Everything explained in the first few minutes. The quest is discovering the full spectrum of what it takes to know that beyond this 3D reality. Expanding the inside out.. Don't just honor the subtle but honor the dynamic equally. It's not just meditation.