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This is how it is for me now, used to be so hard and difficult and grindy, now 20 minutes of meditation (do nothing technique) and I can literally feel - physically feel - my mind rewiring and raising in consciousness effortlessly. Insights and creative ideas flood my mind space. It's like a mini mushroom trip each time I sit. Idk what shifted in the past few years for me but I am beyond grateful after hearing so many here say it doesn't work for them. It may just depend on your genetics and your unique dispositions as Leo alluded to in his recent vids. I have been practicing for a while now though so maybe it's just that raw practice time as well.

Instead of rat consciousness we should call it monkey consciousness

That's great fortune cookie wisdom

Take more action. This was one of the biggest realizations I had pursing my Life Purpose, Business, and Content Creation. You have to just do more. And its not for nothing. It's because there are things you literally can't and won't see until you are further into practicing or doing whatever it is you are pursuing. I know it seems a bit vague at first, but the more action you take the clearer things will get. The only way out is through. Hopefully that helps.

Sharp and potent video @Leo Gura. The recognition of your audience, their intelligence, and the love of your community was quite a profound moment. I also resonated with a lot of the wrongdoings you mentioned. It truly made me rethink a lot of my life and behavior in a deep structural way. Now time to actually make some changes.

Last week I went to the public library for the first time to do some work on my laptop. I decided to sit towards the back of the library so I could see as much as possible (I never sit with my back to the door if possible), and although I was enjoying the comradery of working with high school and college students on important tasks, the homeless coming in and out, wandering, and sleeping next to bookshelves slightly put me on edge, but I ultimately shrugged it off because they weren't bothering me. Lining the wall of glass behind me, in the back of the library, were about 30 or so chairs, which I never expected anyone to actually sit in. Why would they? We are in the far back of the library, and there are about 20 or so desks with open seats scattered throughout the entire place. Well, in comes a mid 30s dude who is walking towards the back where I am. When I look up, he is literally staring at me and my belongings with that tweaked-out stimulated eye that addicts have, and then he proceeds to sit DIRECTLY behind me. And I don't mean, behind me in a chair and off to the side, I mean DIRECTLY behind me, which made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I thought "am I overreacting?", then contemplated for a moment. I looked in my laptop screen to see if I could get a reflection on this guy - and nothing. I realized out of the 30 seats lining the wall behind me, in the very back of the library, this guy chose the one seat that was 2-3 feet directly behind me. I knew something was up. I could feel it. This was a trap. I quickly grabbed my book, laptop, airpods and stood up - then pivoted 90 degrees and faced my desk / chair so I could pack my things while keeping an eye on this guy to my right, and guess what? This guy was sitting in the weirdest and most odd open body position I've seen. His legs and arms were spread wide open, he didn't have a book, and he wasn't working on anything like everyone else in the library. It's as if he was literally just about to try to reach for my bag or try to snatch something without me noticing, but I was too quick to be trapped in his snare. I packed my things, slowly slid in my chair, and then shot him a glance that said "I know what the fuck you're doing" and left. Always be wary of traps!

And yes! I have decided to go to Bali first and buying my tickets are the next step - I'm aiming for late June to early July departure. I will make sure to update this thread as my journey progresses

Awesome. 24 seems like such a ripe age for new experiences

That's what I'm looking for

Quit being greedy! One video per year is all you get ;)

@Buck Edwards - Contemplation / Self Inquiry - Meditation / Just Being - Psychedelics - Spiritual Study / Reading - Creativity / Making Art

The more intelligent a mind is, the more intelligent the traps and deceptions will be.

@Leo Gura That was a great episode. I gleaned a lot of insight and I could sense the break served you well. (There seems to be a meta-lesson there on the power of taking breaks and giving real space to creative endeavors... maybe worthy of an episode in the future?) Regardless, glad to see you back and thriving in your Zone of Genius!

81 years ago on this day, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the first ever dose of LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide). He had discovered its profound hallucinogenic power just three days earlier, when he accidentally absorbed a small amount through his skin while working with it and similar compounds in his laboratory. On April 19th 1943, he intentionally dosed 250 ugs in his Swiss lab to explore its effects. As the trip came on, he quickly knew that he needed to get somewhere safe as the intensity of the trip was becoming overwhelming. Because of wartime restrictions on vehicle use (WW2), he decided to make a very trippy journey home via bicycle ride. This bicycle ride signifies the first ever documented and intentional use of LSD, and stands as an iconic moment and symbol for psychedelic enthusiasts around the world. Today, “Bicycle Day” is celebrated as a remembrance of the late and great chemist, Albert Hofmann, and also a counterculture holiday of celebration - a day to acknowledge and celebrate the impact psychedelics have had on music, spirituality, psychiatry, and culture at large. - It was just last year that I myself took my very first LSD trip, and it was one of the most transformative psychedelic experiences I have had to date. Here is an excerpt I wrote in my journal shortly after the trip: “A profound spiritual aspect of psychedelics is that they show you no matter how much the contents of consciousness can shift, morph, and change, pure consciousness - The “I AM” - is always stable. It’s like the most profound rock in the midst of an ever changing ocean. It’s rock-solid; and from normal states of consciousness, all the way through radical psychedelic states of consciousness, and back again, IT is there. The light of consciousness is always shining.” - Happy Bicycle Day 2024! Without psychedelics I would not be who I am today, and I would not understand the profound depth and possibilities that mind, consciousness, and the Universe are capable of.

This resonates. It's a journey into the abyss.

I'll be 24 in two days. I've never travelled alone and I've never travelled internationally, so there is no way this wouldn't grow me. There is only so much grist for the mill with where you at. Sometimes I think we need to go find new grist!

Good tips here. I plan on getting my hands dirty and not taking the luxury route (I don't have that much money anyways), although I do plan on doing a lot of contemplation and spiritual work as well. This will be my first time actually being alone for an extended period and I want to make sure I use that time wisely to reflect

I feel like its a great reset if used properly as well. Traveling within the states has always done that for me. I'm sure traveling internationally would be even more of a perspective-shifting boost!

That's awesome. That's exactly how I feel about it: that these experiences are waiting for me to actualize.

That’s awesome. I feel the same way. I’ve traveled in the U.S. before, with my family, friends, and girlfriend, but never alone, and never to another country. It’s like the perfect challenge for me, and I know this is exactly what I need. I really can’t explain the feeling. It’s a very deep spiritual call.

Hell yeah.

At the end of his interview with Andrew Huberman, Robert Greene (Author of 48 Laws of Power) discusses how he had a stroke and realized "the self is a construct" and that "the brain creates illusions" I'm sure this flew over most people's heads as Huberman's audience is mainly into science and not deep metaphysical truths, but it was glaringly obvious to me that Robert got a glimpse into true nature through his NDE. Pretty cool. Video starts where he is talking about it:

This is insanity. I can't wait to use it: https://openai.com/sora

One of the hallmarks of true spiritual maturity is the deep sense of humility, of just being apart of it all, and not better than any other part of it. It's as Ram Dass famously said: "I was no longer needing to be special, because I was no longer so caught in my puny separateness that had to keep proving I was something. I was part of the universe, like a tree is, or like grass is, or like water is. Like storms, like roses. I was just part of it all."