Leo Gura

Of course it's You. It's All You.

It's more of a money, fame, and skills -ocracy. You don't need to be good-looking to create massive success for yourself. Don't envy people who coast off their good looks. That's like envying trust fund babies. Look at Owen Cook. He's not good-looking and look at all the success he created for himself. If you focus on why you can't, you will never succeed.

Hard to say. It's like smartphones. They are so useful but also ruin your mind. Tasting the Devil's honey.

Salvia has joined the chat.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." -- Sinclair Lewis

I am not talking about any particular substance. I am talking about Consciousness in general. Substance is irrelevant. It is true under all substances and no substances.

Then you're describing a positive mushroom trip

@Judy2 Sure, loss of self/awakening can also come with psychotic or schizophrenic elements. There is an endless variety of trans-human, no-self states of consciousness. Loss of self is not some unique state. It's an entire domain of states. In fact, the self state is a tiny island amidst an Ocean of Selflessness. You're basically describing a bad mushroom trip.

This isn't hypothetical. Mystics and spiritually talented people like Teal Swan have naturally looser default states of consciousness. That's why they become mystics. It comes naturally to them. Yet they are not schizophrenic. So there are dysfunctional and functional versions of porosity of the boundary. The Muhammad of the Koran is one example of such a person, if the stories are to be trusted.

I'm trying to showcase some of the artistry of Consciousness.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. But also, I think some forms of it are more curable than others. They are not all equal. The boundary can have various degrees and kinds of porosity, and for various reasons. The majority of schizophrenia is not going to cure easily. It's a pretty serious condition. But, of course, it's worth a try.

I didn't say that. Delta 9 THC is the most obvious thing to try. You are not going to isolate them. That's very complicated.

The number of ways to be broken far outnumber the number of ways to be functional. Which is why you can't make life by just mixing a bunch of chemicals together in a blender. Sanity requires near-perfect precision. Madness doesn't.

Because it's a band-aid over a genetic defect. The real cure is to re-write the genetics.

@aurum It's a genetic/chemical disorder. The protocol is chemical. Anti-psychotics. Maybe yoga might help with it. Unsure. It needs a physiological intervention, not a mindset one.