Leo Gura

It's probably possible. But there are degrees to all this, and this notion of removing all negative emotions is far-fretched. Realistically you will still have negative emotions, suffering, addictions, false beliefs, attachments, and so forth. People love to idealize this whole thing into some fantasy of total perfect enlightenment. But if you actually look at how these so-called enlightened people live, they are not so perfect. Psychedelics temporarily raise your level of consciousness. That is all. However, this rise can lead to all sorts of crazy realizations which you would otherwise never have. There is wild variety to the kinds of realizations possible. Do not expect psychedelics to permanently remove your ego. The function of psychedelics is to give you a massive gain in consciousness for a short period of time. That is how you should think of them.

That is true. But there is still the question of whether that is temporary or permanent. And if it is permanent, what degree of it became permanent. Some aspects of self could still be operational, and most likely will be. It's not a good idea to treat ego as a simple on/off binary. Although certainly there can be a state in which ego is just zero. Whether you will attain that as a permanent state I cannot say.

What you guys should understand about me is that I have very different priorities than most spiritual people. I do not care about ego, or maximizing a joyous life, or any other thing that spiritual people care about. I care about pure consciousness and understanding. So that's my bias and focus. Frankly, I don't know what will create the most joyous life because it never even occured to me to care. But I am fine with you having your own spiritual priorities. Ego has many degrees to it and could be defined in various ways. You have a sense of human self that Consciousness is imagining. This goes so deep that it even includes your memories of your own name. If your sense of self was wiped out deeply enough, you could not even remember your own name or that you were born from a mother. Consciousness could even replace your sense of self with a totally different sense of self. For example, you could adopt the Leo sense of self. Your sense of self is a very complex and sophisticated thing. I suggest that you stop taking the word "ego" or "self" for granted and actually investigate in your experience what "ego" refers to for you. For example, when we say that Trump has a big ego, what exactly does that mean? What is the difference between a big ego and a tiny ego? Generally speaking, reducing ego should increases joy. So that's a simple rule you can follow. In general, the human self is quite a bottleneck on your Mind. You want to move out of the human self into identifying with all of Consciousness.

5-MeO is very serious. If you are scared so easily you probably shouldn't do it at all. Trying to race your way past this is not a wise idea. You need a serious intention to face truth, not an avoidance strategy.

All pornstars are Coral queens.

I don't consider Bibi Red. I consider him squarely Orange/Blue. Red is Hamas.

This is a fantasy sort of scenario. Doesn't really happen. The core fantasy behind all these fighters is that these fighter skills will somehow be necessary in the real world. They won't. This is just an excuse to play macho and justify your training. Realistically your kids will get shot in school by some nutcase with a gun while you are at home watching YT. And that's about it. All your training will be useless and is done to feed your own insecure ego. Alpha bro fantasy sports.

The people in power are too selfish to care about the freedoms of others. What they care about is power and money. "Freedom" is really a code word for "power and money for me and my friends". This is then wrapped in a patriotic or even religous veneer, so it doesn't look like pure self-serving greed, as that would look too crass.

@bambi That video is quite old and my understanding of things has significantly evolved since then. I apologize for making it seem that way. Dissolving ego is good, but there is much more to consciousness than that.

Plenty of mindless New Age zombies were kissing Osho's ass while he was alive. If he was so against worship he could have put an end to all of it. Instead he got off on it.

From what I can see the CIA and DOD created a US/Irsael/Saudi axis against Iran and the rest of the Middle East. And now they play out that chess game. They are too invested in it to change. A similar situation stands with NATO/Ukriane vs Russia. And all the public talk and policy is just posturing and PR to quell the plebs.

The commom value is rampant capitalism. Palestinians too poor to join the country club, they are the servants cleaning the toilets.

All good stuff, but consider not doing psychedelics for a year so you can build up your momentum on manual work. Psychedelics are great for insight, but they cripple your manual momentum. And manual momentum is where the material results are. You need to build up a sizable foundation for your life through sheer manual work, because psychedelics cannot do that work for you.

Frankly, the way all these fights break out is when two fat egos clash and neither one wants to step away. The best way to win a fight is to just not bring your ego into a situation so no fight materializes. When it comes to fighting, ego is the biggest trap.

It is not permanent.

Those were shameless Republicans from what I saw. Birds of a feather flock together. But yeah, the US foreign policy deep state is real. It does its thing regardless of which party or Pres happens to be in power. There is extremely deep group-think when it comes to US intelligence and military stuff. There is no changing their minds.

Stab him in the balls it is.

@What Am I That's not merely a matter of discomfort. You could seriously injure your brain if you keep doing that. Pay attention to the signals your body is sending you. A good solution is to change to a different chemical which doesn't cause you such obvious pain. Ketamine is not a very pure or healthy chemical to begin with.

Certainly explore it, but beware the trap of regarding all your fears as illusory. Some of your fears are keeping you alive and healthy.

The most effective martial art is to kick a guy in the balls.

By popular demand, my new course will include 5hrs of screaming like a maniac. Saves me from actually developing intelligent content.

Good

Of course you can do it. But it is not wise to judge the necessity of a thing by its popularity.

Doesn't surprise me. It's more of a systemic issue.

Yes, but humans don't really get that and can't really live it.