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@Myegolikestacos It seems like you have several questions wrapped up into one that don't really mesh, but I'll try my best. "How does time work?" It doesn't. It's an illusion. "Does time only make sense on Earth?" It only makes sense to homo sapiens. That means it goes wherever we go. Because we created it. Now about your sleep question: our need to sleep every 24 hours is biologically hard wired. We all have certain chronotypes that make us function the best at certain times of the day. Even if you move underground and never see the sun again, you'll still need to maintain a sleep schedule. If sometime in the distant future we inhabit a planet with a 48hour day, that would actually be relatively easy. We'd do one day in light, and one day in darkness, roughly 24 hours each. Different gravity and exposure to light would evolve us over time. Now if there was other life already on the planet, then those species would evolve to live in the 48hour day. Those species would have to process energy differently and who knows what else... "Is it similar to a fractal?" Reality is like a fractal. Time doesn't exist.

Yes. Wake the fuck up!

The country will disintegrate due to sex robots and/or virtual sex machines. Japan won't be the only ones, but I think younger generations of Asians are more susceptible to this behavior, you can see it already happening. Technology will just accelerate the problem.

This. A UBI would free us to do the work we want to do, and even reward the tough work already being done like caregiving and parenting. And economies function better when people have money to spend. Notice where the free rider argument comes from. It fundamentally misreads what drives people. It comes from a distrust of people, a division between you and "free riders" because YOU certainly wouldn't misspend it . It comes from a scarcity mindset. I would propose that there would be fewer freeloaders than we have now if a basic income was instituted. This is because our welfare and disability programs have created millions of people unable to get a job or volunteer even if they wanted to, for fear of losing their benefits.

I am you all

Don't take psychedelics, you'll die!!!

They simply don't exist. Plenty of anecdotal evidence though. To each his own. I believe we're on the same page in spirit though. And just because nootropics didn't work for you doesn't mean they don't work for other people, just sayin.

Even if that's true (which it's not), they are still helpful for jump-starting you and getting out of a funk. I've had amazing benefits for about 2 weeks so far. Substances like Bacopa Monnieri have been shown to make lasting improvements to your memory after taking it for a month. You could paint psychedelics in the same light and also be partially correct. They are hacks and pseudo-growth if you don't actualize afterwards. Every technique on Actualized is a "hack" in fact. Hack away...

@EntheogenTruthSeeker wow incredible, thanks for sharing! Isn't it funny how conscious you can get relative to society? I laugh sometimes, it's like a superpower. I can basically look at anything and see how it fits into the larger picture (like you and those construction workers). I can see exactly where society is headed and why it is the way it is. And you and I are just getting started! But with respect to your psychedelic life purpose, Leo is right. It's not as simple as giving psychedelics to people. Half of silicon valley takes LSD and the vast majority aren't woke. Sam Harris has taken psychedelics and still has a limited world view in many respects (even though I respect him and think he's good for society, like a stepping stone). Personally, I was lost, my world shattered after taking psychedelics, and I'm extremely thankful to Leo for helping me making sense of my experiences. I could still be hateful and judgmental. Lots and lots of personal development work is required to really make the best use of psychedelics. So, let's zoom out for a sec. Psychedelics WILL be decriminalized then legalized eventually. It's a matter of time, and this shift is at the level of government. It probably wouldn't be the best use of your skills to fight for this directly. That being said, psychedelics can definitely be part of your life purpose. An artist whose work introduces substances,for example, will have a much bigger cultural impact than just trying to physically get psychedelics into people's hands. Think about what you REALLY want to do, as if culture didn't even exist. Your life purpose must be FOR YOU, as your gift to the world. As your expression of love for the world. But you might say, "I want to help people!" Yes, but that's actually a secondary effect. An external motivation. You must connect inwards. Help people THROUGH giving your greatest gifts, something only you can do. It's up to you to create what that is.

@Conscious life certain subreddits can scratch that itch for you.

Yes, but the work isn't done. The real reward is the actualization.

@peterspike DMT raises your consciousness and can be a hell of an experience. He enjoys it, and it brought you here. I see that as an absolute win lol. I mean I've done a bunch of psychedelics just for fun, and even without a higher reason it was beneficial overall.

@kieranperez nootropics have been amazing for me. Leo has a video on it. Heavily research and do them smartly.

Yes, some of my suffering could have been avoided. And I'm continuing to suffer because of past decisions and karmic patterns. It's unavoidable for me now, but I'd like to give you some advice so you may steer clear of some big and obvious (only in hindsight) traps. Please save this and refer to it. You will forget. Your ego will constantly try to pull you down. 1. Get fucking serious about your health. This is only something I've recently started to prioritize, and let me tell you, doing a bunch of psychedelics while living an unhealthy lifestyle is pure hell. Read "Game Changers" by Dave Asprey, take notes and start living it. Clean up your diet. Eat consciously with gratitude. Learn to sleep like a boss. Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day. Heavily research nootropics and start taking some smartly (Leo also has a nootropics video). Incorporate movement into your daily life, don't sit too long. Start daily meditation. Make a short list of "non-negotiables" you MUST do every day and reward yourself for staying on track. Do not set up negative incentives. Cold showers. I like to start hot for cleanliness and opening pores, do all the washing, then end on 1-2 minutes of COLD on face and chest. 2. Practice conscious awareness at all times. You will go unconscious dozens of times throughout your day, but when you remember, keep awareness on your machine (ego, yes you are a machine like me). Wear a wristband so every time you see it, you're reminded to be conscious. Over time, this will have remarkable benefits. Do not judge. Do not criticize. Compassion for others. Just observe and be present. "Be like water." Go with the flow. When you get angry or agitated, use that as a trigger to be hyper conscious. Question why you're doing that, and practice letting go. (This is basically Leo's recent video called letting go). When you practice awareness everywhere, try to see how mystical this experience is. If you get good at this, it'll be like you're on a microdose of LSD when you want to. In my experience, colors will slightly brighten and I'll feel happier and even laugh. 3. Life purpose. After coming out the other side of the hellish nightmare (often after deep trips), everything will lose meaning. This is inevitable, also known as the dark night of the soul. I've experienced several. What I understand now is that these can be alleviated or even stopped if you work on your life purpose or are working to identify it. This is because EVERYTHING you once took comfort in has been stripped of absolute meaning. You'll understand that material possessions, and even other people, will never bring you fulfillment. If you're not working on something greater than yourself, your calling, you will feel miserably empty, thus prolonging the Dark Knight (hehe). 4. You're not going crazy. Yes, if you're reading this after an awakening, you're just fine. It's a sign of growth because your ego is fighting these new realizations. If you're able to look at yourself from a bird's eye view, you made a giant step in your journey. Crazy is a relative term that only close-minded, unconscious people use. 5. Essential practices: Journal. Contemplate questions with a journal. Use Microsoft OneNote to keep a commonplace book (watch Leo's episode on that). Affirmations. Read + audiobook. Listen to Jim Quik podcasts (Quik Brain podcast on Spotify or iTunes podcast app) starting from episode 1 (they build off eachother). Zoom out OFTEN!! It's so easy to get stuck in your head and your little problems. Visualize where you want to be in a month, then a year, then 5 years. 6. Psychedelics. If you want the most out of your trips, do these things. Leo talks about this stuff, but these are tips I've personally verified. Each trip requires prep. Gather a few important questions with a theme, and set an intention for the trip. You should already have a good diet, but especially the day before the trip, eat only plant based food. Fast 4+ hours before dosing. Chill music during come up, no distractions, and smile and feel love as best you can. The come up sets the tone, it's extremely underrated. On plant psychs, you can literally ask "it" direct questions and receive answers you never thought possible. Be conscious of your anxiety and resistance and let go. Let go. Let go. DO NOT take more than 300ug LSD ever (even less if you're smaller). You're not missing anything. (Nearly all my nightmare trips came from over 300ug. That's the magic number for me personally. Plant psychs are psychologically safer in high doses). 7. Love. Spoiler alert, your only purpose is to Love. That's it. If you are wise and you listen, your search for the meaning of life is over. Congratulations! Your life purpose is how you give your love to the world. Align your life in all areas to Love. "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." -Rumi Good luck my friend.

@Peo the catch is you die. You undergo such a radical transformation you have no idea how to integrate it. You'll be convinced you've gone crazy. You can no longer relate to friends and family. And best case scenario, it will still take years of struggle to clean up your life and take the call to the hero's journey, if you ever do. So no, it's still a brutally difficult path. Source: my own direct experience. Yes all I took were psychedelics for a couple years and I'm awake as fuck (relatively, I'm still in my early journey), but it was a hellish nightmare for a long time. Only recently have I started seeing fruits from it.

Yup. If he's not open, there's no point whatsoever. He has to show curiosity in something outside of his worldview. Show him this. If he doesn't bite, leave it alone

@LeoIsMe69 if you're wondering why you're being ignored, you are prodding for a certain reaction and not asking in good faith. This is because you told Leo what he believed then threw a question mark at the end. This is childish behavior and thus not deserving of a response. Try asking a genuine question next time with humility and good heart, like you're here to learn, not here to make a point. Namaste.

Nope. Your dream still has limits. Your dream still has walls and floors, and behaves remarkably similar to your waking experience the vast majority of the time. The masked character with a knife in your nightmares still stabs you and you can feel pain, even if you wish it not too in the moment. The mushroom is a perception that alters a very special perception called your brain. Neither are "physical." Think of it like a line of code, the mushroom algorithm, that influences or activates other lines of code when executed (eaten). Physicality is not a prerequisite for altering perception. Your hidden metaphysics was to assume that the mushroom was physical. "The mushroom you eat..." What if "you" and "mushroom" are not physical nor separate nor existing in time and space?

@Schahin only when you become conscious of suffering and understanding of what it is can you begin to transcend it. Until that point, accept that you are a literal machine with no control over yourself. Observe the machine.

Notch, the creator of Minecraft, has openly admitted to taking up to 1500ug of LSD. Wonderful game.

@EternalForest Trust me, THIS ONE! I just watched it recently and was amazed how he kept the perspective of stage orange materialism in mind the whole way. Fantastic video.

If "understanding the whole" leads you to use it as your only rebuttal, as a justification for not questioning further, then I would be very suspect of it. The root of all self deception is thinking you know something which you do not. Your entire original post is an emotionally driven reaction, based on your deep-seated discomfort with the idea of using psychedelics. This is based on your belief that "it lowers the level to man-made things" and makes it somehow impure. But if you were to question this belief, you'd soon realize that most psychedelics are directly natural (mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine, DMT (it's naturally produced in our bodies), etc) and the rest are synthesized from natural plants (like LSD from ergot (wheat)). Using this label of "man-made" to dismiss psychedelics only leafs you in the dark. In fact, your belief that psychedelics would be a barrier between you and God is actually THE THING that is separating you from God. See, if you were to take psychedelics, you'd realize that you ARE God, and you'd realize you've been praying to yourself this whole time. Barrier broken, the veil lifted. Ta-da! Of course, you will probably deny everything I've said and call it Devilry. From your perspective, that's exactly right and I can empathize with you. But if personal investigation and research isn't in the cards for you, then alarm bells should be going off in your head. Maybe you don't know what you think you know, if you're too scared to look at and admit your own biases. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with you believing anything you want to believe. If you want to keep practicing your faith and purification, that's great! What I won't stand for is projecting your narrow worldview onto others in a negative way, which I felt was my duty to point out to you. Everything I've said here is constructive and written out of love. Does it hit hard? Yes. Is it nasty or dismissive? Actually, no. If your interpretation of my words are negative, you have an opportunity for growth if you question why that might be.

@Alex bliss also watch Leo's video on Godels incompleteness theorem.

@Angelite "I am drugs." -Salvador Dali He isn't, that's your projection.