Leo Gura

@Tony 845 That's kundalini awakening.

There seems to be some kind of odd error with that thread. Can anyone post a link to it if you can?

I will look into it.

Depends on the depth of your enlightenment. Only at the deepest levels will you be conscious in deep dreamless sleep. But it is certainly possible. Plenty of sages and mystics have done it. But don't expect that from one enlightenment. That usually requires multiple enlightenments and decades of serious consciousness work which almost body here will do. Like I keep telling you guys, there are many levels to this. Enlightenment is not a binary thing.

Why do you say it was deleted? It should still exist.

That's what contemplation is for. Much more of reality can be comprehended than people assume. Just not through linear rationality. You can go trans-rational, and then entirely non-symbolic to realms which cannot be imagined.

@Viking You have just been zombified by culture. Take your life back. Stop sucking on culture's stupifying tit. It will be challenging at first, but worth it.

This is a totally unscientific and naive assumption. What you are failing to take into account is that mathematics is entirely dependent on the human brain's specific chemistry and physiology. Even minor variations in brain structure would render mathematics and logic and triangles moot. Mathematics is purely a human invention. There are an infinite number of alternative modes of slicing and dicing reality, each with its pros and cons, each dependent on brain physiology. A bird can build a nest without knowing anything about triangles. Don't dismiss that.

Become enlightened and you will know. These things cannot be explained to you verbally. Or rather, they can, but you will not understand them and only feel more confused. Really think about this: Why would you expect that something like this could be explained verbally? You can't even verbally explain an orgasm.

You're not a victim of Infinity. You ARE Infinity! You ARE God! You created the entire universe and tricked yourself into thinking you didn't. If you only became conscious of your full power and intelligence you would be horrified at its infinite magnitude. You are like a billionaire who hasn't yet realized you are a billionaire because you constantly keep thinking about how broke you are.

Raising conscious is a broad, general solution. But there is still the issue of: How to raise consciousness within a particular domain. There are thousands of domains to develop consciousness in. If you have creative goals, you will need lots of technical how-to information for how to get stuff done (which is independent of consciousness). For example, no amount of consciousness will teach you how to play the piano, solve a calculus problem, or how to speak effectively. When I say something like "All of life boils down to raising consciousness" this is a deliberately over-simplified rule of thumb to make a point. Don't take it too literally.

Hehehe... That's where you went wrong. All THINKING is self-deception. The mistake you are making is trusting your own rationality. If humans are as SUPER susceptible to hallucination and wishful beliefs as you claim, then by your own logic YOU (as a human) are currently hallucinating, and all of your rationality and justification and "critical thinking" is also hallucination precisely because you fear death. So you're half-right. The mistake you're making is that you're not applying your own skepticism to yourself. Classic stage Orange. You are barking up a tree the depth of which you haven't even begin to fathom at your stage of development. Thousands of years of indoctrination is why you are rejecting the things I am telling you. Supernatural views exist because paranormal phenomena are easily experienced by millions of people all around world, and have been for all of human history, including today. This doesn't make sense to you because your consciousness and experience is so limited, and you're a dogmatic materialist. Of course you tell yourself you're openminded, but that's just your ego playing a trick on you. You are not openminded. You're not conscious of your closedmindedness yet. You have to understand that what we're talking about here are EXTREMELY advanced insights which are outside the realm of your current understanding, or society's understanding. Your standard rationalist and skeptic lines of argumentation are not going to cut it here. I've heard them all. There is no rationalist or materialist objection you can raise which I have not heard a hundred times before. What we are talking about is way beyond all that. It's sort of like you're trying to teach 8th grade algebra to people discussing post-graduate calculus. We already know your algebra backwards and forwards. We are interested in something orders of magnitude more advanced.

The same way porcupines mate. Carefully

@Violinpracticerdude Very simply, your mind is stuck in Spiral Dynamics stage Orange. See my video about that. That's all that's going on here. What's required of you if you wish to develop further is radical openmindedness and serious research. You need to have a genuine desire to question your own worldview. The issue here is no religion vs science, the issue is questioned metaphysical and epistemic assumptions which both religion and science hold dogmatically and refuse to question. The distinction you've drawn between religion and science is a myth which you unquestioningly absorbed from culture. What we're pointing you to here is not religion or science, but something far beyond both.

@gilded_honour As long as you want to stay alive for more than 5 days, life forces you to do things. So your only choice is: do nothing and die, or do something. And if you choose to live, then the question is, what should I do with my life?

@Viking What was your childhood like? What did you spend your time doing?

@Nic The greatest gift you can give the world is via your life purpose. Ahem... I created a whole course about it Working in a soup kitchen is peanuts by comparison to how much you will impact the world if you find your LP.

There is no solution to discipline other than discipline. You must set a clear goal and then work towards it every day, building momentum over time. For this, vision is very important. But in the end, you must.... JUST DO IT! Start small and ramp your way up over the weeks, months, and years. If it was easy, everyone would be mega-successful. No one else can do it for you and there are no shortcuts or magic pills. You gotta have the courage to bite the bullet and endure some emotional labor and discomfort. The key is consistency. You must chip away at it every day and not bite off more than you can chew.

That was a light trip. Tip of the iceberg compared to what 5-MeO reveals.

Teaching enlightenment is actually the easiest gig in the world. Any fool can do it. Here's the formula: Step #1: What are you? Step #2: Whatever object you find that you think you are, you're wrong. Step #3: Repeat steps #1 and #2 until enlightenment happens. In fact, we could program a 1980's computer to teach people enlightenment. Or just go do some 5-MeO-DMT and you'll instantly understand what enlightenment is.

INTP is mine! You are not allowed to be INTP. Find some other personality type!

Now you know how I feel

@Sahil Pandit You need a serious mindfulness practice.

@Fuku Most people avoid emotions. This results in a "bad" life. The solution to emotions is not avoidance, but full embrace, acceptance, and consciousness of them. Most people who act out emotions like fear, anger, sadness, etc. are not really being emotional, they are doing the opposite: avoiding emotions.

@Bob Saget Yeah... that's how mushrooms can be, especially when you're so inexperienced and you take a dose of 3.5g. Your first dose should have been 1g. What happened was, the mushrooms were showing you nonduality but it is far too radical for you to accept upon first contact. The Truth is too overwhelming and the ego recoils in horror. The mind gets lost inside itself -- this produces the sense of insanity and hell. As you develop and become more conscious, and as you trip more, you become better able to surrender to Truth without struggling with it, and the trips becomes deeply enjoyable and profound beyond anything you can imagine. The more conscious you are, the more you meditate, the better you are able to control your mind during the trip. People with no meditation experience and monkey mind will get lost inside their own minds on mushrooms. Your mistake was starting with such a high dose. Dozens of trips are required to slowly get a feel for how to surf in the psychedelic headspace. Every trip builds on the previous. No two trips are the same. With each trip you figure out a bit of the puzzle. Mushrooms are one of the most challenging psychedelics at higher doses. They can get really twisted and they can easily butt rape you. Especially if you're egotistical and cocky. Don't get scared off. Just get more serious and lower your dose to something you can handle. Getting humbled by a psychedelic is a very good lesson. It lays the foundation for all future psychedelic work.