Leo Gura

No

No Just follow the manual. Do not innovate or concoct your own stuff or your own problems.

Yoga is not simple. If you do not want to practice it properly, don't practice it at all. It's like you're asking, "Someone give me one simple technique for being a surgeon. I don't want to go through all of medical school. I just want one simple technique."

75 is dying early? Lol Yogananda died at 59. Although it might have been a mahasamadhi.

@solr I have a video called How To Love Yourself. That might help.

@Paulo Barbosa Then contemplate. That is the method.

@How to be wise Because it is a highly technical book, not for casual readers. It is only worth buying if you are going to commit to a year of practice. Without my video about it, 99% of people would not get much value from the book.

@StephenK Mushrooms can get real hairy at 4g. You've just been lucky. If you do mushrooms long enough, don't be surprised if one day they bitchlap you.

Someone post a Matt Kahn video here

No. Do a ctrl+F search on page 2 for the word "kriya".

If you are mentally unstable or on anti-depressants or anti-psychotics, you should definite not do psychedelics. If you're a normal person without such conditions, psychedelics are quite safe so long as you follow proper protocol and don't do high doses.

@Paulo Barbosa A) You must contemplate and investigate the precise nature of your fear. What are you fearing and WHY? B) You must face the fear head-on at some point. Psychedelics are great because they can gradually expose you to your greatest fears in a way that's very difficult to accomplish otherwise. You can try small to medium doses of psychedelics for this. One trip is never enough. You must do repeated trips to overcome these deep, existential fears. Taking huge doses of psychedelics is not ideal. You want to gradually work you way through all your emotional baggage using small to medium doses. Then, AFTER you've done that, you can take a large breakthrough dose, and you will be ready to fully surrender. This is a training process. You cannot bench press 400lbs on your first attempt. And there is no shortcut to benching 400lbs. You must gradually work your way up to it.

@vanish A) You are basically correct. Except the problem is, how do you get ordinary people to "get there"? Stating the brutal truth is not the same thing as guiding someone to a realization of it. The vast majority of the people are not able to actualize what you are saying because it's too advanced for them. They need a more gradual path. B) 5-MeO-DMT definitely delivers this mindfuck. I have physically died on it. There is absolutely no difference between life and death, and in fact, all I am is just an idea. I was never even born. C) Death is not the end game. There is more to be conscious of, there is more to life. Your vision of this path is narrow and ultimately incomplete. The Absolute doesn't negate the relative realities of life. Actualized.org is not only about enlightenment. We cover many topics here because people have a wide variety of growth needs. D) Contgrats on your awakening. But don't forget, there's probably deeper to go. There are awakenings, then there are Awakenings, and then there are AWAKENINGS, and then there are HOLY MOTHER OF FUCKING GOD!!!!!!

The Kriya book explains all that in more detail than I ever could in a video.

Sedona Method is good for that. Also, positive visualizations.

I didn't overcome it. I just don't focus on it. BTW, physical pain is a conceptual construct of the mind and can be deconstructed with sufficient mindfulness. Fear is only something that comes up if you are actively thinking about the future. If you are 100% present, there actually cannot be fear. There can be pain, but no fear. Fear is always a conceptualization of the future. You just need to practice surrendering more. Why are you expecting it to happens within a few tries? Just try more. You can also deprogram stories by contemplating why they exist, what purpose are they serving? Apply consciousness to the issue. Why is this such a big deal for you? Really get to the bottom of it. ------- You can also attempt to apply unconditional love to this problem. Love the fear and pain to death. Love yourself enough to allow yourself to take the leap of the faith and fully surrender to God's infinite intelligence. Don't try to use your little ego-mind to figure out the universe. It goes WAY beyond that. You must let the universe wash over you. To do that, you must accept whatever the cost may be.

Yeah... it's gonna be hard to be a fascist on mushrooms, lol. The trick will be getting a fascist to actually try one.

A) Kriya yoga is specifically designed to raise kundalini gradually and safely. B) All spiritual techniques come with risks. You can have a kundalini awakening from self-inquiry, etc. C) I have another book on the book list about kundalini, its dangers, and how to avoid them. Do a ctrl+F search in the book list for for "kundalini". Read that book too if you're gonna do yoga.

@Samuel Garcia That's you resisting reality. You cannot become fully enlightened without surrendering yourself to reality. The notion of "evil" must die. And for that to happen, you (the ego) must die. You haven't gone deeply enough into the truth of No-Self yet. You are unable to love evil because ego is unable to love evil. The only option is surrender that ego, which is what you're still resisting. More trips are necessary to clear this up. Or whatever other spiritual techniques you want to use like self-inquiry/meditation/yoga. But regardless of the method, you (the ego) must die.

You are the one creating these definitions.

Sounds like you care too much what other people think of you. What does it matter what your facial expressions are when you are tripping?? A lot weirder shit is gonna happen than that. You should be focused on contemplating the nature of reality, not how you look.

@Fountainbleu No one can answer that for you. You have a unique situation which is part of your unique spiritual path. There's no reason to assume that becoming more aware of the Truth will harm you physically. Although any serious spiritual path will churn up psychological trauma and emotional baggage, which can be stressful and painful to deal with, regardless of who you are or what your health. If you sustained brain injury, I highly recommend you research and start doing neurofeedback brain training. See the book about brain training in my book list in the Brain category. It might revolutionize your life. Neurofeedback brain training is especially effective for brain injury. I also highly recommend you visit Dr Amen's brain clinics. He's an expert in reversing brain injury. They can do advanced scans of your brain and tell you what the problem areas and how to train to fix them. https://www.amenclinics.com Brain injury is something to take very seriously, and it's worth investing your time and money to fix it. The great thing about the brain is that it can be healed and repaired remarkably well. Neurofeedback brain training can bring a brain out of a coma.

Back to the self-inquiry salt mines!

@completegraph Your dose was too high. Drop it down to 20mg. The point is to become conscious of the truth, not to barely recollect it after the fact.