Spirituality Revealed

How do you know you're not the one being delusional and your belief of having no beliefs is right?

Leo, your ego is afraid to explore the Flat Earth theory because then you'll discover that we're in a simulation.

There is really no universe somewhere out there beyond but here, we are the universe.

Watching while reading comments… its hard to focus…

Leo, you make the most in-depth videos about self-improvement I've seen on YouTube. Thank you so much for your work.

You can't tell me this stuff is not real lol 💙

Leo, I like how you define spirituality, congratulations for 763.000 subscribers!

Leo i love you! You have really helped me ALOT! Thanks!

Hey Leo 😀
I get that meditation and psychedelics can produce some really cool experiences but, as I've said before, you are taking these experiences to be reflections of the nature of reality beyond the brain, which they are not.
Around 28:47 you are talking about whether we can access the Truth. You dismiss Kant's arguement about phenomena and nomena without properly arguing against it, and go on to say that the only way to know if we can access the truth is to "try really hard". I take this to mean that if we meditate properly, thoroughly observing the nature of consciousness, we will find the phenomena/nomena distinction breaking down. This exemplifies your belief that introspective inquiry and other mental experiences are capable of granting access to the Truth, or the true nature of reality. The point is unconvincing though if anyone takes the time, as I have, to take your words seriously, which is something you don't have to put up with much from the looks of these comments XD

I am unconvinced because I ponder a SHIT LOAD about consciousness and subjectivity. The fact that mobile organisms, like ourselves, evolved with the ability to perceive and interact with our environments in some amazingly complex ways, and that existence as one of these organisms has a quality about it, which we have come to call consciousness. Its literally awesome. But you are suggesting that these brains of ours are not only great for living on the thin crust of ONE planet, but that our puny awesome brains are capable of forming valid conclusions about what reality actually IS throughout the countless lightyears of the universe, if we just think hard enough, or in the right way, or with the right chemical help. You CAN now see why I am unconvinced.

All the while I share your view that humans need a sort of consciousness stimulation, which you call spirituality. We get bored with our efficient filtering of stimuli, and can even end up missing out on lots of great experiences because of our ability to participate less and less in reality while maintaining our ability to have kids. Raising consciousness to higher levels than our resting state is inherently rewarding, whether we meditate, contemplate or medicate to get there, it usually feels great and opens our minds to the possibilities of well being and joy around us. BUT no one needs to believe that consciousness is the basis of all reality or that we survive death or that god exists or that we've got an eye in our foreheads on the spiritual plane or whateverthefukgetoutaherewoooooowooooooooowoooooooo. We can, as lots of us do, simply acknowledge that brains do some stuff well and others stuff not so well, and sometimes need help to do stuff better, like be happy or aware of our common existential CRISIS (hehe jk it's just a lower case crisis :3)

Anyway I hope you consider my words. I've said before that I really like you and I hope that this fuck-rationalist-scientist-atheistic phase doesn't hang around too long.

You should engage with the works of one SAM HARRIS, he pretty much got me here.

Leo, when are you going to go on the Joe Rogan Experience?

Hey there, name's Yoshimi.. I'm a cat – use my paws to type on the keyboard.. Anyway, I've been meditating for 16 hours a day for the last 15 years, being that I'm a house cat, and you all should listen to this guy Leo about meditating. I'm not gonna say I've found the ultimate Truth, but man it's good – beats working 9 to 5, that's for sure 🐈

Leo, are we really living in a simulation?

I find that the problem that I have with spirituality is that I’m primarily motivated by happiness, not the metaphysical aspects. I practice vipassana and I find that I’ll meditate very consistently for a few months and then I’ll feel super happy, to the point where I feel that I don’t need to meditate anymore because I just feel so happy … then I get depressed again and get reminded that I need to meditate. I feel like I’ll never see the truth because I am only aware of my ego when I’m very unconscious.