Leo Gura

That's just the natural function of homeostasis. After ups come downs. The key is to see beyond states, moods, and emotions, at what is BEING. Be careful with chasing positive states. All states start and end. They are not the Truth.

@Serotoninluv 300ug would be full-on insanity-mode for me. Deep ego death for sure.

@Wes Thoughts No, I think your brain may just be less vulnerable to psychedelics. Which means you require higher dosages. 250ug of AL-LAD for me is full-blown nonduality, can barely walk or think straight. Deep deep stuff. Or maybe your stuff is weak. Maybe they told you it was 150ug when really it is 50ug?

@Flicker_boy Good researchin'!

@username Ignore all such nonsense. Don't listen to any teacher who tries to monopolize the Truth. The highest marker of mastery is deep deep humility. Masters will not make grandoise claims about themselves. And followers praising their master religiously just shows how little consciousness they have.

Sounds like your AL-LAD is weak or you have a high tolerance for it. For me that 150ug would have 5x the intensity you described and it would have started sooner and lasted longer.

There is a treasure trove of research on Martin Ball's podcasts from his Exploring Psychedelics Conferences. See all the past years recordings. Also see the Change Truth YT channel.

This cheeky fellow's figured out the game.

Sweet!

You DO have infinity. You're inside of it right now. Everything you see is infinity. The problem is you're aware of it. The Truth IS extremely obvious. Once you see it.

@heisenburger Rather than villains, try to see it as unconsciousness playing itself out. Every country has plenty of it going around. North Korea and Russia are no angels. The problem with the US is our rampant materialism driven by unchecked technology and corporatism.

@Franko Well... you tell us. Why is personal dev important to you? What are you working towards? Maybe it's best to just slack off?

@AlwaysBeNice I can see where you're coming from. Your intentions are good, and that can work as a technique. But it also can easily turn into a distraction. So "watch out" is my only point. Many potential traps on this path.

Yes Spells of extreme low consciousness like that can happen after peaks of extreme high consciousness. The mind and body behaves like a natural oscillator. Best solution is to maintain mindfulness ESPECIALLY after a major breakthrough or nondual experience. The important thing is to not never doing anything unconscious, but to maintain mindfulness of while you do it. Ex: if you're gonna pig out on a jumbo bag of potato chips, do it mindfully.

@Wes Thoughts You have to be smart here. Of course 2 solid months of personal development or consciousness work would be a huge boost. If you did it seriously, you might even get a glimpse or two of nonduality. But then what? You go back to working at McDonald's in your half-enlightened state with hardly enough money to pay your next bill? Going for broke is a bad idea. You don't want to paint yourself into a corner. It would be smarter to figure out a more sustainable solution. For example, many Zen monasteries charge a low initiation fee for living with them for a whole year. So if did that, you could buy yourself a whole year of practice. Or you could hatch a plan to save up more money so you have more time later and you don't go broke. If you are SERIOUS about pursuing enlightenment full-time, there are plenty of ways to do it. Society does have avenues created specifically for such people. That's what monks and yogis do. There are entire communities designed for that, and they don't require you to be a millionaire. But they do take serious commitment. So the most important first step is to clearly decide how serious you are and what you really want to do for the next few years. If you have no good career prospects, pursuing enlightenment full-time for a few years might be a really good option. But it must be done seriously.

Be careful with idol worship. Look yourself in the face instead. Kill the Buddha and all that jazz.

@Telepresent Yes, of course, all justifications, reasons, and paradigms are circular. That is their entire function! It's a game. Try not justifying anything for a week. See how that goes.

@Wes Thoughts It's a good idea, but if you only have a few month's worth of savings, that won't be enough. If cash is tight, you need to look for a spiritual community that provides food and lodgings in exchange for some work. Plenty of them around, including Zen monasteries, yogic ashrams, Hare Krishna's etc. But beware, when joining a community, they will indoctrinate you. You'll be dealing with a lot of dogma. Choose your ashram very carefully. Don't get sucked into a cult.

@zenjen As with any business, if you want to earn money doing it, you need to master business and marketing. The writing of content is the easy part. Breaking into blogging is much harder than most people assume. You'll need to have a very solid marketing strategy in place. You're gonna need to take a bunch of online marketing courses to have a realistic chance of success. There are even courses available for how to do blogging. Be sure to watch my video: The Psychology Of Small Business Success.

@MM1988 That's precisely right. But not nearly sufficient.

@Cesar Alba You still aren't grasping the existential significance of this. Ego is you! No ego, no you.

@Max_V You need to draw a sharp distinction between beliefs and direct experience. Sit down and make of list of things you know from direct experience vs beliefs you hold from hearsay. For example: Beliefs: Earth is round DNA Evolution Dinosaurs Big Bang Antarctica World War 2 Molecules etc. Direct experience: I have hands I had a cat I like sushi Water washes clothes Fire burns Salt makes me thirsty Snow is cold Pee is yellow And then realize, 99.9% of what you consider "reality" is literally just words you heard. Stop treating this issue as merely a philosophic consideration, but as what's the case. Your entire reality is a house of cards. The significance of this cannot be overstated. Don't think about this. Actually do it!

Pretty good for just 2g.

@Ariel Have you not been to school? Why is it so hard to take notes on a video? Notes can be very detailed or very short, and anything in between. You just need to tone down the volume of your note taking. This isn't history class. You don't need copious notes on my videos.

Iboga should ONLY be done in a clinical setting, with a doctor. It's a very serious thing.