Shadowraix

Reminds me of this: Moving without thought but with instinct. Does sound like this scene sort of takes after such teachings of meditation.

When it comes to things like feminism and a lot of agendas, you have many layers. Maybe this person has true green-like intentions but express actions more associated with blue? Maybe they are using a green stage idea to push orange stage motives. People REALLY like to play fair when it benefits them, so many may try to push the play fair agenda to raise their status and even topple the seesaw the other way showcasing their orange intentions. Super interesting stuff. Strawmans are very common through blue stage manipulation. "If you don't support feminism then you must be anti feminist and therefore hate women!" ignoring the incredibly complex dynamic of language definitions vs political climate. This kind of vs mentality is extremely common I find when I discuss an extremely sensitive and taboo topic. If im not on the 'kill them all' bandwagon then you are sympathizing with them and must be one yourself! They make you an enemy where no enemy exists.

I don't think understanding once pursuing nonduality is ever lost - but I do think one can not think about that understanding and focus solely on more materialistic dualistic perceptions of life. Going towards this path means a lot of alienation from a major portion of unconscious society, and well, im sure there are plenty of people who went back to fit in before finally being able to break the shell.

Its one thing to side with a perspective. Its another to cling to it as if you are its parent. Clinging causes all sorts of issues like denial of evidence and even backlash on those opposing your perspective. Not clinging to a perspective is not being so grounded in it that you feel like you must defend it. Clinging is very halting to growth.

I feel like I have a reply to this, but its solely a feeling and can't really express it in language. I'll contemplate on this a bit.

@Mikael89 Enlightenment process is often a part of self-actualization. I wouldn't call striving towards enlightenment to be necessary up to a certain point in self actualization. So self-actualization has very useful "down-to-earth" material for those in the materialist paradigm.

He sounds like me when I went from Christian to Atheist. He seems to have brought spirituality to a more traditional materialist atheist-like mentality.

@Flow With Life From my view, to eliminate suffering means to eliminate happiness. They are 2 sides of the same coin. Suffering can often be seen as a learning mechanism.

We don't agree. I said you can change, but you're creating an obstacle to prevent that. Good and bad don't even have any solid definition (That goes for all of language) so it only exists in the relative view. But those are really illusory. Im beginning to think its you don't want to change. You don't want to be better.

Don't expect the forums to bring you all the answers. Sit down and do the contemplation. The solutions are already in you. The most we can do is share experiences that disproves your generalizations and one sided outlook on who you are and how you appear to others. But that doesn't get rid of the reoccurring thoughts and fears.

Alcohol is a tool. As all drugs are. Tool is useful for some, not so much for others. I'm not so much a beer person as I prefer liquor. I drink for the psychoactive effects. Sure being more open on it is a sign of needed development work, but that doesn't mean its useless.

Natural fallacy. GMOs aren't inherently bad. Depends on the modification made. Us modifying nature is a part of nature in of itself.

I love when the media has no idea what a drug is.

You can't and won't change as long as you hold such a self limiting belief. Break that and you can change. Notice you are holding yourself to either your own standards or the standards of someone else. All of which vary among the entire population. Your self destructive thought process is all flawed in how it justifies itself.

You don't remove the ego. You become aware of it to acknowledge and intervene when you see it start to grab influence.

Whats positive for one is negative to another. Real tricky thing.

Beat me to it. I find people prioritize the sober mindstate by default and have much harsher criticisms to altered ones. On OP question, generally any insights you get on a psychedelic makes sense sober. You have to be able to integrate it in order for it to be useful. Such insights don't require drugs though. Think of packing 30 years of meditation into a 6-12 hour trip. Gets results much more quickly than self inquiry and meditation by itself.

@Andreas At the end of the day all distinctions must collapse. This includes nothing vs something. Different sides of the same coin. Its the same, the difference is just based on how you look at it. Infinity is everything which includes nothing.

Always seems to be nofap vs addiction. No middle ground here?

The whole concert stuff seemed like one big manic episode stalking drake justifying it.

When you dictate the worth of something, you dictate based on the criteria of how well it aligns with your beliefs and values, as well as how well it benefits you. If you are picking from somebody you know and some killer, you are going to pick based on a very subjective criteria. Its all about how we wish for other people to be and act. What Hitler did can only be deemed as 'wrong' when compared against some set of beliefs and values. Truth polarity. The absolute would be yes, everyone has the same worth. (or lack thereof) Relatively, you could get a dozen different answers.

@Mikael89 Those traits are likely not your authentic self. We often become influenced and shaped by various things like environment and experience. Because these things shape us, it does not mean that is who we are. It is simply a mold we have taken on, one that can definitely be changed. Accepting that you can't change is the epitome of a self limiting belief. Its much easier to accept 'thats who I am' than to put in the work to dig deep into yourself.

There is a reason this path focuses very heavily on self inquiry. It is not about figuring out and obeying what other people say. Its about figuring out what YOU want. What YOU need. How YOU feel. A lot of so called 'unconscious behavior' leads you to not really pay attention to yourself. You aren't figuring out what you want. You follow thoughts and emotions blindly without truly thinking about their cause. You can end up in self destructive traps. Leo isn't telling you that everything he says is ultimate fact, truth, or will always result in the best possible outcome. But see taking in information and then inquiring to yourself about such information is how one can dissect and filter things beneficial and not beneficial from them. Its like getting a TV show recommendation from a friend, you check it out on the possibility that you may or may not get enjoyment out of it. After you watched it you do the judgment on ultimately if that show was or was not entertaining to you and if their recommendation is well suited to you. Self-actualization has a high probability for a fantastic life because you ultimately will end up more aware of how you feel and think and what things do and do not work for you.

At the end of the day, we meet a very small portion of the total potential people in the mating pool. Using previous experiences and projecting those on everybody you meet will be self destructive.

Ever since my LSD+DXM experience I have really taken an interest in this nondual path. Now I rarely practice meditation, and its something I need to work on. But I do practice a lot of contemplation. I've been a huge contemplater even when I was young as a kid, a lot of the social programming I grew up questioning which I am extremely grateful for. As someone nearing the age of 20 and has suffered through many mental issues in the past, I feel like I am on the edge of breaking a shell. I feel something shifting inside of me. I still feel like there are things I don't know consciously and it almost feels like its just waiting to burst up to the surface. I've seen tremendous progress in who I am as a person and my outlook on life. My career pursuits and intentions improving. My potential is waiting to be unleashed. Its so liberating. My overall satisfaction in life has skyrocketed. My open mindedness has skyrocketed. I can experience a sort of euphoria and satisfaction I needed drugs to experience before. Psychedelics and teachers such as Leo I am so grateful for. For making me aware of the tools to seek out answers. I'm young and have much work to do. I won't deny I am still naive. I love you all.