Leo Gura

It is not right for everyone. But if you want to know God, there's hardly an alternative. The horror of it is not that bad. It is manageable because it also comes with many positive qualities. But I at least want to hear people being animated and shocked by it. If the reaction is prosaic, that's how I know it wasn't deep.

I am talking about peak God-Realization. I am talking about realizing that you are God so deeply that your eyes bulge out of your skull in disbelief and horror. Until I hear the shock of God being talked about, God has not really be realized. If God is not totally shocking and horrifying you, you haven't realized it fully.

Of course. How else could it be? Christianity is a dogmatic belief system, it is not about questioning Reality. When you question a Christian, you threaten their belief system and the ego that resides within it. You assume that Christians want to question Reality and get to the Truth, like you. But NO! They have no interest in that at all. Their only interest is in promoting their belief system. Questioning destroys Christianity, so if you do that too much they will call you Satanic.

I say. He is not talking about the highest levels of God-Consciousness. He doesn't exclude it per se, but he isn't speaking of it nor will his ways get you to it.

The ordinary version of God is easy. Try finding the extraordinary one The reason they love to talk about the ordinary one is because never even met the real God.

The epistemic mistake in this example is that smoking 5-MeO a couple of times is nowhere near enough to experience its full profoundity. He would need to do it hundreds of times with serious intent. Imagine if I walked into a Zen monastary, asked them to show me how to meditate, then I meditated for 60 minutes and then made a video saying, "Look guys, I tried this Zen stuff and it is weak-sauce." That is what these videos are like. Such videos are an insult to the depth and seriousness of psychedelic work, treating psychedelics like a toy. If you assume psychedelics are a toy, reality will reflect your assumption back to you. That is what you see in these videos.

Neuroscience does not understand consciousness, so that is a poor source to cite here. Regardless of the free will debate, there is clearly a difference between egoic and egoless action. But actually, neuroscience could tell you there is a difference between egoic behavior and non-egoic behavior. They are neurologically different.

No. There is a difference betweening doing things consciously vs mechanically. When a human builds a nest, he thinks it is his. This is different from a bird. It is a subtle, conceptual difference, not a material difference. Ego claims things. Animals don't have much ego even though they behave selfishly instictively. There is an important difference between ego and just mechanical survival instinct. Humans do things very personally. That's the difference. Ego makes the impersonal personal. You are saying, "Isn't all of life egoless?" And the answer is clearly No, since humans are full of ego.

Animals do things mechanically that aid their survival without consciously knowing what they are doing or why. When a cat pees on a tree to mark its territory, it doesn't understand it is marking territory. But it is still effective at keeping others away. When a baby cries, the baby does not know why it is crying, but it still succeeds at it. You do not need a conscious understanding of property to defend a nest, the nest can just be defended mechanically, which is what birds do. The bird is not sitting around thinking, "this is MY nest!"

Your notion of Platonic is too narrow. Platonic doesn't mean asexual. It means higher metaphysical. Google AI: Romanitc love is a subset of Platonic Love.

An animal does not have a concept of ownership or property, but it does fight over things it needs to survive. I can eat your cake without ever thinking it is "my" cake. You can pee on a tree without ever thinking, "this tree is now mine".

These kind of videos are just rage-bait to get views. There is no meaningful content there. Keep in mind that many comments under this kind of content is just bots creating fake outrage and drama to drive up views. Do not waste your time trying to argue against it.

I never claimed that I am immune to fear or negative emotions. I have a very deep understanding of God, but that doesn't grant me special immunity from horrific things. I have to avoid grizzly bears just like everyone else. Just because I know a grizzly bear is God does not mean I am cool with him biting me. Yogis and monks claim otherwise.

It is not strictly carnivore because it is just impossible to sustain carnivore-only for 5 years straight. But my ideal diet is carnivore. The closer to carnivore I eat, the better I feel. Carnivore is also pricey on the budget.

Good! I see that some of you here are starting to get it.