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A dream is any use of imagination. Look throughout your day today and report back anything that didn't happen in imagination. Really think about it too... like for example a cow mooed next to you. That seems undeniable right? But was it even slightly colored by imagination? Be honest.

I would assume the great awakening includes this orange and green awakening which we are experiencing now if we look at this particular time-stamp. Your answer is not reflecting the whole of the experience, right? Do you really not see a great awakening if you step back and look at the whole? I suppose this all hinges on believing in the story of human progression?

((Reading music, or you can listen to it before reading to settle the mind)) Authentic Experience Chapter Five: 8-15 5:8 The first cornerstone is like the carrot on the end of a string. It's what propels the whole inquiry- the pursuit of what's authentic and real. This will be benefited by daily practice of seeking out what's authentic about any situation or stimuli, and not subscribing to beliefs about them. 5:9 It can also refer to 'having a direct conscious experience of being'-- and the author equates this to awakening or enlightenment. However, as with anything, results may vary and at the very least the questioner will have a direct experience of what's true in inquiries. 5:10-11 In cultural knowledge, there's two widely accepted ways of obtaining knowledge. That's either the scientific method, or the 'spiritual' one of hearing what someone says and adopting as a belief. (how ironic, that's not spiritual at all lol) Either way, though, a belief is adopted if one is not getting a direct experience of what's true. 5:12 One must acknowledge that the truth can be found in the object of inquiry, that it’s the thing's inherent nature and can't be found by beliefs or conclusions. Author acknowledges something that I've been skeptic on… how can one pick something at random and experience the direct truth of it, without adopting any beliefs or hearsay? I guess we can only continue and find out… 5:13-14 However he does promise this is possible, and must happen completely 'independent of our perceptions.' And even this claim he does want us to accept as true (belief) but to experience the truth of it ourselves. 5:15 I have already been getting used the idea that I don't know jack shit-- but I sat back and let it set in again. I am so tired of pretending to know things. All that misplaced energy maintaining that could be put to better use elsewhere. Honesty Chapter Five:16-22 ~~Anything more than the truth would be too much. ---Robert Frost~~ 5:16 Honesty is integral to an authentic experience because pure honesty is a call to drop our reactions to the subject, and be open to what is authentically there. Often, we hear the word honesty and mistake our reactions to that word as the real authentic experience of what the word represents. 5:17 We are habitually not authentically honest. Like clockwork, any times an unaware experiencer encounters an experience, it is so overlaid with thoughts, beliefs, biases, etc. that we don't typically ever experience anything in its pure authentic form. Not without giving up cultural knowing, that is. We are not searching for the cultural definition of honesty, but 'aligning ourselves with what is already true.' 5:18-22 Basically just learn to be honest with yourself. This inquiry can't begin without it.

Don't move a muscle including your eyes and see what happens.

I think you are seeing the reflections... As above so below can apply to social structures, I would assume. As if the human race(/Earth) is on some unified hero's journey... Hey that would make a good novel ??

What is a 'yesterday'?

? And to think we got such a bubblegum mindless sequel trilogy ?

@Adamq8 I had same notion... The ones that aren't black hole like are definitely void-like

@IndigoGeminiWolf ah thank you!

can you help me install python on windows 10? I have it saved to my desktop and I have my terminal open, but after that I'm lost

I have an abundant source of safrole if only I knew what to do with it ?

@Zigzag Idiot lol who knows if anyone is reading this thing... I would think a presentation on the Fourth Way would fit well in the first two forums. Maybe just post a few chunks at a time for easier digestion

Four Cornerstones of Discovery Chapter Five: 1-7 5:1-2 Having an insight can be exhilarating because it can alter our perceived reality so much it's like stepping into a fresh world. Its an "authoritative experience that begins with a state of not-knowing." Our beliefs and assumptions lock us into a reality that's not open to other possibilities. This chapter will teach us four principles that will empower our inquiries into what's true about anything. 5:3 One main goal is to gradually step aside from our notion of being into discovering what is actually true about being. 5:4 To strip away everything I 'know' about myself would bring me closer to the real me. It starts with not-knowing, otherwise the inquiry only confirms what is already known. The investigation into my self must begin with what I presently experience as myself and then work my way from there. 5:5-6 For now we are to imagine what it might be light to experience our authentic self, free of all the labels and beliefs, and just rest in what would remain. We will be looking much deeper into how a self is created and maintained. 5:7 There is a certain principle of discovery we are attempting to adopt here. The author has identified four cornerstones of this principle: Authentic experience, honesty, grounded openness, and questioning, These foundations of inquiry are not to be taken as moral codes, but as catalysts into true discovery.

@Into The Void you don't have to take dmt or be an enlightened sage to stop speaking about that which you don't know. You can begin now, by investigating what you know or don't know. When you ask questions on here, no answer, even from leo will be satisfying. They can only be used as guideposts for your own journey. Forget about what leo says his consciousness has achieved. It's a cool story but go and live yours. For example, do you know your brain? Have you seen it and experimented on it? You are going off of what you've heard about brains. Perhaps the brain isn't limiting anything, you are.

What Is an Insight? Chapter Four: 40-45 4:40-41 An insight is not a thought or belief (though I guess thoughts and beliefs will build themselves around insights if you aren't careful). Its an actual genuine experience of what's true regarding your inquiry. 4:42 Insights go beyond belief. They are defined by author as "a sudden awakening in our consciousness when we realize something is true and authentic." 4:43-44 (my only skepticism is what if many insights are still only based on cultural programming and not getting to the source of truth? My baptist preacher father and brother have insights left and right. They are still biggots.) 4:45 (It seems to be about discovering what's true in your own experience… I can see that this could bring some kind of altruistic insight eventually, but how many are duds along the way? Just my own thoughts… That being said I get that there's true value in foraging insights for yourself instead of taking what everyone else tells you for granted. I just feel like so far, this is only half the battle.)

Just be patient. We are talking about entering another world so it won't happen over night. Your first goal should be to induce the hypnagogia

@Nate0068 do the method, explore beyond what you call this world and your physical limits and we'll see if that feeling remains

What do you mean by soul?

@Nate0068 Best streamlined method I've found. My notes are that he prefers to lay on his left side, but I don't personally think it matters. Many people do this on their back. Also he doesn't quite say it well enough but it's imperative to keep your eyes still at all times. The pictures in your mind will begin to turn HD and start moving like movies, and its important to let it happen without moving your eyes. Even a small eye movement will fade the images. Tratak meditation will train you for that. Have fun!

I'm not talking about meditation, I'm talking about entering the 'dream or astral realm' fully lucid and with God powers. No it won't make a pigs fart in this 'physical place' besides the changes to your psyche. Perhaps you'll see you don't need God powers 'out here' with 'us' . Perhaps your idea of what God powers are might change. Either way, I'm talking about learning to explore other realms of your own creation in full hd visuals and the ability to do literally anything. It's a personal problem if you don't consider that 'real enough'. If interested I'll post the method. Also what's going on 'out here?' what's got you upset?

@Nate0068 you can enter realms without drugs. You don't need anything but solitude and patience. But like I said, this realm persists so you need to navigate it well for the luxury of time to explore. First things first you need to learn full body relaxation and meditative mind.

@Nate0068 you can learn to explore those dream lands on demand. Would that change your opinion of this 'physical whatever place'? Problem is you can learn to explore your created worlds but while this one persists you will need to navigate it too to have the luxury of laying down and entering realms. Everything OK? Tell us a bit about yourself.

why? where would you rather be?

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