EvilAngel

OK thanks for your reply. I just watched your Zen Devil video again earlier today, which I thought was appropriate to my situation, a "half-assed" enlightenment. But believe it or not (supposing i'm not deluding myself) I have done some serious spiritual work. I have been meditating every day since last April. Is that not serious enough? I am aware I have a ridiculously inflated ego, so I guess that's why I was so positively effected by your video, because it was able to knock my ego down completely. Thanks for the advice.

….is what I heard a homeless guy shouting when he was walking down the street. Has anyone else found themselves relating to Jesus and actually considered themselves Messiah-like. Or is this a huge trap of the ego?

That everything comes down to direct experience. the illusion in my mind is gone. it is just "me" here and now. nothing else. ………...beauty and pure bliss.

and wish you all the best.

Perhaps your brother is enlightened. He is not lost in concepts, maybe that is why he doesn't respond. He laughs while you cry. I'm sure you have already considered this possibility. Why do you put yourself above your brother just because he is autistic? He's probably already enlightened, don't you realise that?

I went ahead and took it. No incredible effects. My head didn't explode. Just a pleasant sense of wellbeing. Everything is ok as it is. No matter what I do, I am loved.

OK, so I've got a tab of LSD. I've booked two nights in a chalet 13 miles from my home address. I thought it would be a nice, quiet, picturesque rural setting for a psychedelic experience. I plan on doing some self-inquiry and meditation during my stay and hopefully have a mind opening experience. Does anyone have any advice on what I should bring with me and how I should approach this?

Right, it's not happening because I've done some research and it turns out that LSD doesn't have any effect with the medication I'm on.

Can't tell me there's no point in trying, I'm at One. And I been quiet for too long. Marshmello ft. Khalid - Silence

Yeah life is a tragedy. There's beauty, but it's like God gives us candy just to snatch it away from us and watch us cry.

This is great, but you are going to go back to sleep. It's inevitable. Just warning you.

@winterknight That is something I have been doing, experiencing the pain without making a personal story about it...I sometimes sit for hours and it feels like I'm being tortured. But of course, if there is no "I" to be experiencing the pain, then I guess there is no problem. Easier said than done

Brilliant.

which episode of black mirror?

Thanks, that helps.

Suffering is just, like, a pain in the body...like a visceral feeling in the nervous system.

@winterknight Can you explain how all suffering is illusion? I don't understand how it can be so convincingly REAL, and yet according to people like you, it is not really real. Sorry if this has already been answered.

I have not been diagnosed with this condition, but I relate to the experience of having periods of elation followed by periods of severe depression. Is this a simple brain disorder or is it a disorder of the ego? What is your opinion?

Just checked him out, looks very interesting. I'll try it out. Thanks!

Woah, that's one of the best videos I've seen in a long time on mental illness. Bookmarked! She is amazing.

Google says it's 4.4% of the American population. Go figure. But yes, I have spent a lot of time with a lot of mentally unstable individuals.

That's interesting, thanks for sharing. I only wish that that perspective was held in Western culture, instead of over-medicating people who have mystical experiences. And I'll check out that book you recommended, thanks!

I lean towards the 'nurture' side of the nature/nurture debate and I personally believe mental illnesses are *mainly* caused by experiences people have rather than an inherent chemical imbalance. I believe that trauma is the root cause in 95% of mental illness. Basically what I'm saying is the trauma occurs first, then the chemical imbalance follows. It doesn't make sense to me that such a high number of people (and I'm going by the number of people I know personally) would be born with a faulty brain that biologically doesn't regulate it's neurotransmitters properly. It makes more sense that it is caused by traumatic life events,

I see what you're saying, but the "genetics" argument could be explained by learned behaviours from said sibling/parent. I personally believe it is too prevalent to be a solely neurological matter. I believe there is a spiritual component and it is probably the main component. But I could be wrong.

Thankyou, Is it possible to be completely isolated from other human beings for a long time and still be content?