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LOL Only a weak insecure man would say such a thing.

Generally speaking no. Additional work is required.

I would add Universal Law #6: Everything that happens is a manifestation of Love. No exceptions. If you cannot see how this is so, broaden your perspective until you see how it is so. Inability to see it demonstrates a narrowness of perspective.

@outlandish Maybe. Not sure if there's enough demand.

@Riblet Roblet For me personally, meditation does not even come close the power of psychedelics. I could meditate for 30 years and not come anywhere near the deepest realizations I've had on psychedelics. Maybe somebody could do it, but not me. When I look around at most enlightenment teachers, I find their teachings to be shallower than the things I've realized on psychedelics.

Yup, those are all true.

@whoareyou Of course But what I'm telling you is, awakenings can occur at any stage. They will then be filtered and understood through the lens of that stage. This notion of "full enlightenment" that you guys like to use is absurd. It's sloppy and creates many foolish conclusions.

@Brenzo2 Nothing is Everything. Love gets you the whole universe. Yes, you are transformed by Love. But how much exactly is hard to say. Depends on how deeply you realize it. And even so, developing the mind takes work.

Are you seriously comparing a company like Yandex or Baidu to Google? They are not evem in the same ballpark. A company like Google simply could not exist in China or Russia. Google is a highly advanced, conscious company. You don't even realize. They put enormous effort and resources in retaining worldclass talent. Google goes way beyond generating a profit. It is a whole different paradigm. Any fool can be successful, but only Google is Google. You grossly romanticize these 3rd world countries. No serious people want to live there because of how much they suck in ways you can't yet imagine. These countries are corrupt to hell, full of toxic chemicals, censorship, and many other problems. The food is cheap because it's toxic junk and no one wants to live there. If all you value is cheapness, then sure, those countries look appealing. But people who generate serious income have way higher standards. The development level of a country is directly related to the development level of a company like Google, which is an advanced stage Green company. It would never have arisen in China or India.

You guys are conflating enlightenment with other things. Love is part of enlightenment. The fact you gotta face is many serious Zen masters were stage Blue.

@How to be wise It's complicated and nuanced. Take a look at Osho. He was obsessed with materialistic luxury even though he was supposedly very enlightened. Take a look a Zen monks during WWII. They supported fascism and Japanese nationalism, even though they were supposedly enlightened. Being awake does not mean you have an advanced mind or an advanced value system.

I don't waste my money. Someone else in my position would live much more lavishly than I do. I could go buy a Lamborghini in cash tomorrow. But the thought doesn't even cross my mind because it's such a childish desire.

@How to be wise Strictly speaking Spiral Dynamics is tracking values development. Not necessarily moral development or spiritual development. Many stage Blue yogis have an ethnocentric worldview. They could be very partial to Indian culture, holding it as superior to all other cultures. Even Sadhguru seems to not be immune to this trap to some degree. Oddly enough, you can be conscious of Universal Love but still be a racist or misogynist. Childhood attitudes tend to run deep and enlightenment will not necessarily transform them automatically.

It's a mistake to try to map that to Spiral Dynamics. That's not what Spiral Dynamics tracks. Many Indian yogis are Blue even though they could be enlightened or have amazing siddhis. Many Japanese Zen masters are Blue too. Western Zen masters tend to be Green+

That's what psychedelics are for. Of course it won't last. You can't ever be a kid again. You know too much now. You also over-romanticize how great it was to be a kid. It wasn't as great as you remember because your mind filters out all the bad stuff.

@gar-4-field Not wrong. Go enjoy some sex. Will it fulfill you? Will it solve any existential problems? No. But ignoring it would create its own set of problems. Don't guilt yourself for wanting a girlfriend. Totally normal.

@yellowschnee If you asking this question, you might be gay and/or bi, yet repressing it. Such a question does not even enter the mind of a straight guy. There's just zero attraction towards men and zero threat from gay men. When I used to do a lot of pickup, I'd sometimes have a gay guy hit on me. It was never an issue. It's actually flattering.

That's an illusion. You'll see. She is precisely replaceable. Not only that, but you WILL replace her. But for a short while you'll suffer. Because that's the nature of irrational attachment. Notice that when you put something up on a pedestal in your mind, you create your own suffering. The whole key to dating women is: Don't get attached to her AT ALL until at least you sleep with her. Any attachment you create before that will only create needless suffering and usually ends up ensuring you never sleep with her. All romantic love is pure illusion. It's as illusory as jerking off to a celebrity in your mind. Only here you're using a real person to jerk off into -- which allows you to fool yourself into thinking it is real. Nope. Still pure fantasy.

Angel porn?

That's so odd. I wonder why that is??? I've never tried it, but supposedly sublingual is also supposed to work. Just don't swallow it. Stay calm. Give it a few days. It will pass and you'll forget all about it. Psychedelics don't last more than a day or two. Anything else is your own mind at work, perhaps shadow material arising. The substance is certainly long gone from your system. Not that I recommend it, but you could always distract yourself with a TV show or a video game after a bad trip. That can help to take the mind off it until the memories fade away. Memories of a trip significantly fade after 1 week and after a month it's hard to recall much at all.

Las Vegas is a great city. Everything you need with none of the smog and traffic. And good weather most of the year except summer. Close to many national parks. Zero state income tax. The city itself is quite liberal.

Most drugs are illegal because parents are terrified of their kids doing heroin, crack, cocaine, & meth. And to be fair, this is a legitimate concern. These drugs can be extremely destructive. I have an extended relative in Russia who's a life long heroin addict. He's spent a few years in prison and still does heroin. It's ruined his whole life and he's a huge drag on his family because he cannot maintain a job. Psychedelics got lumped in with all that. The issue of heroin, crack, cocaine, & meth is tricky. How should we regulate such drugs? Do we allow them to be sold at the pharmacy? Do we ban them, creating a black market? It's bad either way. Ideally we raise the quality of our society such that people never want to do those hard drugs. But that's going to take centuries of growth. In the meantime it will be a problem either way. People who get hooked on hard drugs usually don't have much of a life and little hope for a good future. They lack a positive life purpose to work towards. Society needs to provide people with more opportunities for success. One thing is clear though, psychedelics need to be legalized and actually put to use for helping those hooked on heroin, crack, cocaine, & meth. That's a no-brainer. It's proven to work.

So there's your solution. Feast yourself on the suffering of your enemies

You will never understand it unless you realize Absolute Infinity and Absolute Love. Then all questions are answered at once. The meaning and richness is infinite. I am not discrediting it. Just the opposite. You don't have any idea yet how rich it all is.

I've never snorted oxalate, but snorting HCl is quite unpleasant. The only thing that takes the edge off is the epic nature of the trip itself. The whole process is inferior to plugging. The nastiest thing I've snorted is N,N-DMT fumarate. Never again.