Welcome to the CSW Forum!

Your commitment to honesty and intent to become conscious and skillful  is crucial to your work with me.

~Brendan Lea

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See “how to” and “ground rules” below:

 

How to use this forum:
  • Ask a question, voice an investigation, share an insight you have had, or respond to others in the community.
  • Use this forum to further your own work in consciousness and skill.
  • It can help you by giving you a perspective that isn’t your own.
  • You can also see if somebody else has asked a question that you have.
  • When you respond to others in the community please maintain and act on the intent that you both benefit from a process of open and honest inquiry.
Ground Rules:
  • Be honest
  • Get to the point
  • Don’t tell stories or make excuses
  • Work toward a genuine experience and avoid pontification, dogma, and belief
  • No gossip
Notes:
  • Failure to follow the ground rules and the spirit of open, honest investigation will result in a warning followed by account termination.
  • The purpose of the ground rules is to provide a powerful foundation for your investigation and training.
  • They are not in support of your fantasies, beliefs, or dogma.

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    • How Do I Practice Consciousness Outside Of A Workshop?

      Hey Brendan, I was wondering if there were any practices, routines or dispositions you would recommend to keep progress in consciousness work rolling for people outside of a workshop setting? Thanks.

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    • Rethinking Relaxation

      Hi Brendan! I've just been watching your latest video about overcoming barriers to relaxation, and you say that if we can train our automatic mind to respond to stress by relaxing instead of whatever...

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    • Mental Barriers & Effortless Power

      Hey, so of late I've been pretty heavily focused on effortless power. I want any action I do to come from a place of effortlessness and try to implement it wherever I am in...

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    • The Law of Attraction

      Hey Brendan What is your experience with the Law of Attraction? Specifically about the relationship between commitment, focus, and confidence regarding a goal, and what seems like certain helpful opportunities,ideas, people and resources just "magically"...

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    • Distinguishing Doubt From Inquiry

      The classic trap I get into. At times, when I contemplate, I begin to doubt the validity of what I recognize and confuse this doubt with contemplation. But, it seems like doubt comes from a...

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    • Brains & Enlightenment?

      Hi Brendan, One of the core debates I notice these days in “spiritual and enlightenment circles” and also amongst teachers is the postulation that enlightenment, or becoming directly conscious of Absolute Truth (God, Absolute Consciousness,...

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    • What Can I Do About Social Anxiety?

      Brendan, What advice would you give to someone struggling with social anxiety? When around people whose opinion matter to me, like my boss, girls, old friends, or even people I don't know, sometimes I feel...

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    • Contemplation In Challenging Environments

      Hey Brendan. My question: How would you practice contemplation while engaging in day to day activities and experiencing many distractions?( e.g. generating a sense of not knowing in conversation with another person.) I have a hunch...

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    • What to do when I hit the wall?

      Context before the question: In contemplating, there're moments when I feel like I hit the wall. My experience is that I'm just here, I'm noticing the consistent cyclical drive to become different sensations and self-images,...

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