What Is Perception? - The Metaphysics Of Perception

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  @aitorjauregui6541 · 7 years ago

  I try to talk to my friends and my girlfriend about these topics and they call me frikie and lost. Society turns its back on me. That's why I know I'm on the right path. I´m tankful you read this.

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  @Alecestes · 7 years ago

  The whole time I was watching this video I was experiencing a deep fear, so deep my body was shaking non-stop. I have had this realization many times in the past - on psychedelics, Mooji pointings, and contemplation - but was not able to fully see it during this video. My person was desperately holding on, and I kept inquiring into, “Who is the one who is holding on?” but, this time, the attention was directed toward attempting to recontextualize my entire life from start to finish, without a perceiver. I was running through memory after memory in my life and realizing that I wasn’t actually there the entire time (similar to the Fight Club analogy used in the Radical Recontextualization Episode). It was extremely terrifying for my ego. The consequences of the Truth was so viscerally frightening that I was not able to sink into the insight like I have in the past. <br><br>All “my experiences” and “my issues” had no owner, they were just pure consciousness floating out in space the whole time. Spooky.<br><br><br>Also, just recently I was contemplating my earliest childhood memory for some reason, and I realized that my first solid memory was when I was like 4 years old, which was odd to me. What was I before I was 4? Where was I located? Why are there no memories before this? <br><br>So, along the lines of Leo’s explanation, I had the insight/personal hypothesis that I was Source Consciousness the whole time - which is Pure Being without a commentator or ideas or even words at all - and the first memory I have only came AFTER I had gradually (and innocently) taken on the assumption that I am the one that is experiencing and owning these perceptions. Before I adopted this IDEA, I couldn’t remember anything because there was no “me” there to attach a referenced story to. That is why there are no memories before the idea that we are a person has been accepted as truth (with a lower case t).<br><br>Likewise, an old person in a nursing home that has lost their mind, they are actual Source or Pure Being but their whole “life” disappears. Their life doesn’t end when their body dies, it ends when they lose the idea of themselves as the person. When they lose this concept then their “person” goes away and they just Are, without any previous reference. And btw, at this point you can see just how fragile their whole “life” is. The “life” they assumed they owned disappears completely and the only thing left is Being. Everything they thought they were the whole time is no longer there, but their body is still there. They “die” before they “die”.<br><br>Not sure if this makes total sense, I just thought I would share with everyone my experience and also an insight that may contribute to Leo’s explanation. Any thoughts?<br><br>Thanks Leo. You da man!

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  @miguelduran5335 · 3 years ago

  I used to think you were in the middle of mental health and insanity for such radical understandings but recently I&apos;ve been gifted with very relevant epiphanies/awakenings that are life-changing. Every time it happens I come here to re-listen this information and everything starts to match and to have a completely different meaning. All of this starts to make so much sense to me. Thank you really!

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  @xrpmaxi8839 · 7 years ago

  A few years ago I would seriously hate that Leo&apos;s videos were 30 minutes long. &nbsp;Now I get frustrated when he doesn&apos;t hover around 2 hours.

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  @boris9784 · 7 years ago

  Little bit of weed, little bit of yoga and a little bit of Leo. Perfect Sunday.

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  @TanvirAhmed24 · 7 years ago

  Leo, you changed my perception of the world. You changed my whole perception of my very existence. You changed my perception of who I am. I used to think I am a slave to my emotions, you taught me otherwise. You showed me power within myself that I didn&apos;t know I had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Now, I try to distribute my knowledge that I gained from you and many others, mixed with my own emotional journey and experiences with other people through my videos on my channel. Thank you for helping me grow, Leo! :)

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  @inaamAtal · 3 years ago

  After watching 70+ of your videos, you have fully changed me Leo . Love you and thank you ❤️

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  @liveWillvol23 · 7 years ago

  This one is really deep, had to listen to it twice. Good work.

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  @marc_uk79 · 7 years ago

  I don’t get it

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  @gogo311 · 7 years ago

  For glimpses of things like this, I often revisit childhood memories. That&apos;s when we were all enlightened, more or less.

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  @michaelwentz3539 · 7 years ago

  Leo is god. I am god, so I am Leo. So, hope you guys liked the video (:

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  @sarahruff2731 · 7 years ago

  I finally glimpsed it for a moment!!! I was able to really see the oneness of all, and realize I am not a separate being watching reality but that I AM REALITY. This is the second “Leo” video I watched, but I have been on my enlightenment path for a few years. You explain and word these delicate topics quite well 👍👍👍

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