Leo Gura

Nihilism is true, it just isn't bad. It's the ultimate Good! Just opposite ways of saying the same thing. Like no-self = True Self

Yes, this is the difference between relative and absolute truths. The more awoke you get, the more relative truths give way to absolute truths.

That's because there is more to mastery than merely the realization of no-self or nonduality. You'd have to go deeper with your consciousness work and become conscious of what suffering and pain are. Which is NOT the same thing as enlightenment. You can be enlightened, but you do not have total mastery and you are not conscious of everything your body/mind is doing. You are not yet conscious of how you create suffering. Initial stages of enlightenment are very far from mastery of the mind/body. There's still tons of stuff you ain't conscious of. Hence in practice an awoke newbie will still suffer.

For you: it's possible to be enlightened and also still suffer and be depressed, since enlightenment neither guarantees nor precludes a state of any kind. Enlightenment is none other than Truth. And Truth includes all states, all feelings, all emotions. Even enlightened masters can get triggered! They are not superhuman robots.

With a deep enough enlightenment there should be no depression. Depression is mostly the result of improper psychology, not some permanently bad brain chemistry. The bad brain chemistry is mostly caused by improper psychology, diet, and lifestyle. A practice like Kriya yoga will also rewire your brain and can create ecstatic bliss.

Except nihilism is true. Life has no meaning. So by demonizing nihilism you drive people to believe in egoic fairy tales. There is no enlightenment without facing nihilism. Hence the Dark Night Of The Soul. The saddest part of all this is that by rejecting nihilism JP is preventing himself from realizing God.

@Azrael I agree. So let's stop the culture wars that JP and Fox News are waging. Let's stop saying the words "post-modernism", "marxism", "socialism", "feminism", "relativism", "equality", "LGBTQ", and "nihilism" as if they are bad and dangerous things.

Ain't nothing innocent about that ego The devil always considers herself to be an angel.

Mu

In practice most people will need to take several stepping stones before getting to their ultimate life purpose. I spent about 3 years building a business I hated in order to become financially independent enough to start my dream business. That's what being a strategic motherfucker means. Most people never think that far ahead, and so their life reflects that. Most people will not be able to start their dream career right off the bat because there are real-world financial and other limitations. Meaning you gotta plan and work towards it. Build skills, save money, develop social connections, etc.

@dmwrss Nope But I find this statement from the research very funny: Lol, clearly the dude who wrote that has not smoked enough 5-MeO-DMT. But it's very interesting research.

We are going to pass the 28th Constitutional Amendment: "The right to eat with plastic fork shall not be abridged!" And Amendment 29: "Fuck you hippies, go live in Venezuela."

@Joseph Maynor Ever hear of seedless grapes?

@Azrael Of course society has become a lot more liberal in many ways, but politically American government has also become toxically conservative in certain respects relative to the FDR era, especially post-Regan. The highest tax rate has been slashed from 90% to 45%. Corporate tax rates are absurdly low and full of loopholes. Income inequlity has skyrocketed. Average worker wages have stagnated for 30 years. CEO pay has skyrocketed. Money in politics has skyrocketed. Corporate power and lobbying has skyrocketed. Unions have been almost eliminated. Stock buy-backs are legal again. Many industries have been deregulated. Social security and medicare are under attack and would be eliminated if conservatives got their way. Healthcare costs are out of control. The drug war is out of control. Environmental regulations are being dismantled. Public education is being dismantled. Military spending is out of control. Disaster capitalism is rampant. The Republican party has lost all sense of decency, integrity, and truthfulness. Right wing propaganda channels like Fox News and Brietbart are disinforming the populace. The problem is that the world faces newer, more complex problems than in the 1960's, which demands much greener solutions. See Noam Chomsky's analysis of the situation. If income inequality continues at this rate the entire US economy could collapse. Yet here we are talking about a few radical feminist college students who grind JP's gears.

Post-modernist communist hippies taking away our freedom to pollute!

Probably You live in one of the most advanced areas of the world. So cheer up! If you cannot succeed in San Francisco then where can you? College degrees are so overrated. No one's ever given a rat's ass about my degree (including myself). You are what you create.

Remember, the journey is the best part, not the destination. I have some fond memories of fighting to escape wage slavery. It was tough but also fun. And remember, freedom isn't all good. Too much freedom comes with its own problems.

@caelanb All the above will work. Kriya yoga should be very powerful. But you'll have to see what works best for you.

Welcome of spirituality! Where the paranormal is normal. Lol I have no doubt that 5-MeO-DMT could supercharge a psychic person's abilities by 100x. 5-MeO basically makes me omniscient.

@kieranperez Sounds like you got a good vision. A diamond in the rough which you must now polish. Follow those breadcrumbs and something juicy should materialize in the end. Leave some room for improvisation and innovation in your plan. So you're not being a copycat but doing something new.

@kieranperez Hypnotherapy is still viable today. Of course hardcore spiritual practice will increase odds of developing psychic abilities by 100 fold. But still doesn't mean you will get them. Om Swami is a hardcore monk beast. Results not typical (as they say). Intense Kriya Yoga is the best way I know to unlock psychic abilities. Years of it.

@kieranperez Spiral Dynamics is a trademark of Don Beck & whomever else. So you're not gonna find other people selling tests for it.

@Deutsche22 That sounds very difficult. Spirituality is the solution. Psychedelics could help you see the good and love again. She's not really gone. She and you are one forever. Maybe try some MDMA, 5-MeO-DMT, or mushrooms so you can realize this directly. They will reconnect you with divine love and oneness and help you deal with any emotional baggage that remains. Also remember that a grieving process is totally normal. Especially this early into it. Don't avoid the grieving, rather go more fully into it. Explore it. Rather than trying to be all "spiritual" and stoic, dive into the feeling! Feel deeper! And be gentle with yourself. Don't forget to love yourself.

@Gladius Seems your issue is fear of commitment and relationship. Why not just start the relationship and see how it goes? It's not marriage. It's just a relationship. It might work, it might not. The whole point of women is to get into relationships with them! The sex gets 100x better. The relationship is fun and rewarding. You were born ready. Just do it. It will be a growing experience. Do not wait for "the perfect one". Ain't no such thing. Learn to love who she is, as she is -- not as some fantasy you imagined.

@Faye Reflect on your relationship with your father during childhood. How did you get love/approval from him, or lack there of? That might hold a clue. But also rape fantasies for women are totally natural and I would say even healthy so long as you're doing it playfully with your man. There is a big difference between being turned on by that kind of behavior vs actually allowing yourself to be abused by someone you're intimate with. People get turned on by all sorts of weird stuff and it's not necessarily a problem as long as you understand that it's a fantasy. Low self-esteem is also a huge issue for women who get abused by men. Probably the #1 cause. A man will only respect you as much as you respect yourself. You can raise self-esteem through Nathaniel Branden's work.