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@Colin There is no there, there. And no you to get there

@aryberry Infinity/Nothingness is NOT an experience. Ego ends forever after true enlightenment. It never existed. Life as you know it ends.

The coolest part is when you get to the opposite side of it and realize that the fear of death was literally nothing. Made out of hot air. The silliest thing ever. And then you smile and laugh. Death? Hahahahaha... There is nothing of fear but the fear itself. It's totally hollow. Of course when you're on the wrong side of it, it seems as solid as granite.

@Santhiphap Yes, that's a tiny glimpse. Existential terror is the hallmark of approaching the Truth. It's the ego recognizing that it's unreal, and immediately recoiling back into illusion. The first glimpse is actually the easiest, because the ego is so foolish it doesn't know yet that enlightenment actually means it's death. Now you know, so it will be harder. You'll have to really want it now and really work your ass for it. What you had was a bit of the spiritual beginner's luck. But you can't coast on that luck.

Beautiful!

All thoughts are meaningless. Contemplate that until your mind implodes.

@DrMobius You're probably losing half the dose because it's dripping down your throat, so that 15mg is turning into 7mg. 15mg is a fairly strong dose, although 25mg is about x100 times stronger, and 30mg is like x100000 times stronger. Or maybe you're just naturally less sensitive and need higher doses. Or maybe your 5-meo isn't very pure. Carefully test out the issue. You don't need to wait a week if your trips are failing. Waiting a week is for when you've had a decent trip.

@Lenny Of course. It should bore you to tears and homicidal rage.

Make sure you grasp spiritual teachings at their root, not at the surface verbal level. Passion IS important. Being "run by your passions" means a totally different thing.

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@aidenhall I'd be more concerned about the cult you presently find yourself in: Western rational materialism.

@WaveInTheOcean Such is life Always leave 'em wanting more, heheh....

@Outer Well... by that logic, you should take some 5-meo or LSD with your morning coffee They'll certainly increase your alpha waves. I've taken L-theanine but notice no effect.

@AlwaysBeNice Choosing to help others is one of the ego's favorite ways to strengthen itself. It often leads to devilry. True selflessness is a tricky thing. You're not gonna be able to fake it by having lots of money or giving away lots of stuff. The goal to become happy will actually lead to true selflessness, because you cannot be happy so long as you're a self. Devil = self Make no mistake, you are the devil. The devil is one who acts like he is God. And that's your current situation.

@username I just hope you can maintain your love when one of us pisses in your soup

I also created Hitler, and my dislike for heavy metal

It tastes so nasty, hard to imagine you'll get addicted to it. I just dump a few spoonfulls in my smoothie. Haven't noticed any obvious meditation benefits.

Once you approach 1000s of girls, you will know why they reject you without having to ask. You'll know better than they do. Until then, you'll be scratching your head a lot, wondering WHY? WHY? WHY?!!! If you ask girls for attraction advice, they will more often than not mislead you. It's not the girl's job to do your job for you. It's like you're a lion asking a gazelle how to hunt it. It's not in the gazelle's self-interest to tell you. The whole point of this process is for her to screen you for honest signals of worthiness. This is a serious matter. She's not gonna risk fucking you if you're weak. And she certainly doesn't want to logically analyze the matter with you.

You will do more good with the guitar than with second option. Because the issue is never material. It's psychological and ultimately spiritual. People don't need your money, they need your passion, love, and happiness. If you earn shitloads of money and give it away to charity, you will actually contribute evil to the world. Because you're disconnected from yourself. When you're disconnected from yourself, you're a devil, no matter how much money you give to charity. Once you've betrayed yourself, you will certainly betray others. Because your true sin was giving into ego, giving into fear. That's the reason you betrayed yourself in the first place, and that pattern will only continue. Besides which, the world is perfect as it is, and doesn't need you to fix it. There is nothing you can do to make the world better. It's already perfect. So relax and follow your bliss. Your guilt is contributing to the suffering of the world. Guilt is a low-consciousness motivation with leads to evil. So do the world a favor and be happy, if you dare. How's that for a counter-intuitive move?

Interesting video. Note how he talks about 10,000 hours of meditation to shut off monkey mind. (Just as expected.)

They're all unconscious if you're not conscious of what symbols ARE. Which is why, for millennia, religions have used the most beautiful and conscious-seeming symbols for all manner of evil. The problem is not in the symbols, but in the fact that you aren't aware of what symbols are. Also, this is a problem of the good getting in the way of the great. Notice how you don't want to give up symbols because you like them so much, but what you may not realize is how much MORE you will like the non-symbolic experience of reality. The most beautiful art of all time is peanuts compared to nonsymbolic experience. Doesn't even come 1% close in beauty. It's like a child's crayon drawing compared to a Van Gogh or Picasso. You have to muster the courage to empty your cup before it can be filled with something better.

That's what the worksheet was trying to help dig into. The roles are fused into your web of beliefs and your identity. It can get rather messy, as you created this hodgepodge of meaning and beliefs while growing up. 1) Yes, roles can be messy, containing contrived elements mixed in with some genuine values. 2) There are different levels of personal development work. They can also be useful for manipulating reality. They can be an intermediary stepping-stone. Depending on your level and where you want to get to, you may need to either strengthen your roles or drop them. At the highest levels, you want to drop as much as possible. But not so much that you stop being able to function in the real-world. In other words, keep following your life purpose but don't build too much of an identity out of it. Stop thinking of yourself as "the philosopher", and just enjoy doing philosophy (if you are so inclined). And also enjoy those times when you're not doing philosopher. Even the best philosopher spends more time sleeping than he does doing philosophy. So why don't you identify with being "the sleeper", or "the shitter"? Not so juicy for the ego as "the philosopher".

@Elton Actually, just the opposite is true: the lower self always loses. Not one single lower self has escaped life alive The real head-scratcher is, why do you keep playing a game you're guaranteed to lose? WAKE UP!

Not at all. What is that but a belief? Mantra meditation can be utterly life-transforming. You seriously under-estimate the power of the mind.

@cle103 You don't need to get fancy here. Just sit down and look at the issue in a very sober way: What on Earth could possibly create an identification of you to body? How can one sensation own another? How can you sit there and deny, with a straight face, that all the sensations which are not the body, aren't you?! What the fuck else would they be? You blink your eyes, and the whole world disappears. Obviously it's YOU! Look! EVERYTHING IS YOU! Stop being so gullible and attached to that body. The body is just a zombie. Look at how it moves! Look at what it thinks! You're not doing any of it. You don't control a single damn thing it does. This isn't rocket science. But you do have to look seriously. Stop dicking around with ideas and LOOK at what's right before your eyes. REALITY IS RIGHT THERE! It's not anything to think about. IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE! You don't need Actualized.org. EVERY ANSWER IS RIGHT THERE!