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Comparing the first moments after the shift of perspective, is there a difference between an awakening experience and an actual enlightenment? From what I understand, the ego structure crawls back after an awakening experience but it doesn't after an actual enlightenment. Directly after the shift of perspective, will one be able to tell if his "experience" is a awakening or an enlightenment?

Abolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing this with us

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Thank you for this post Leo!

The majority haven't done any psychedelics, let alone 5-MeO haha

@ValiantSalvatore @Serotoninluv As far as I know, none of the claims about this subject has been proved in any fashion. It's been known for a long while that sensory deprivation for extended period of time can cause hallucinations. Are these hallucinations caused by the release of DMT in our brain?

I've never done it, but I like to do lots of research on the subject so I might be able to give a somewhat coherent answer to your question. Taking DMT won't look like what you see in the video. There should not be this much darkness, everything should really colourful and hyper-saturated. Everything in your field of vision is moving constantly. There's also the geometry aspect of it that I think was left out in the video you posted. Here's two high-rated post about DMT visuals that can be found on reddit.com/r/replication https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FancyConstantAmmonite-mobile.mp4 https://giant.gfycat.com/LiveIdioticIslandwhistler.webm There also cognitive effect involved with what you're seeing. Some users report being able to see perceive inner workings of consciousness through a sort of non-verbal communication with geometric structures appearing in their environment. But I'm not really familiar with that last part, don't take my word on it, see here for more details : https://effectindex.com/effects/geometry

The length of the video isn't a nuisance by itself. The length of the video simply is. You being bummed out is a projection of your mind, you are creating suffering where there isn't. I'm not blaming you, I'm in the same situation. Just sharing an insight that I got.

drug /drəɡ/ noun "A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body." Heroin is a substance which gets introduced into the body by the bloodstream. Porn get introduced into the body by the eyes. At the end of the day, there's really no difference. When you've had a bad day, you watch porn, just to get that hit of pleasure. When you can't sleep, you watch porn again. When you're bored, you watch porn. When you're coming back from your job, you watch porn, everyday, all the time, no exceptions. It becomes a habit, now you can't normal without porn. There's always this latent energy/subtle anxiety building up inside you up until it becomes unbearable, like, about only 5 fucking hours later, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING HEROIN. Oh and there's the tolerance also, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING HEROIN. When you started watching porn the videos where kind of normal. I mean, normal looking girls, normal looking bedrooms, normal softcore porn. Now you watch some weird fucking shit don't you. Hentai, Bondage, Revenge Porn, Bukkakes, single woman orgies, what tf bro this isn't softcore. But you can't jerk off to softcore anymore so you say your tastes simply changed. You're fucking bullshitting yourself. You know it because when your day has been particularly shitty you need to watch more extreme stuff to get satisfied. This shit has to fucking stop. Porn addiction is making you and me his bitch. What kind of half-assed people are we gonna be if we stay in this condition. I got a vision to be someone a fucking mile above who I am now, and I'm not gonna get there if I let this addiction kick me around the way it's doing now. Even if my reptilian brain is screaming right now, I'm never touching that shit again.

This is a good one!

I guess you're right. Being overly emotionally engaged in something is rarely good

@nikolay I stand with @outlandish, sounds like you followed the path that was authentic to you, that's great!

Very very powerful post, I love it

@khalifa Yes, you can use 5-MeO Oxalate rectally, but as others pointed out, Oxalate doesn't dissolve in water as well as HCL does. Be sure you use hot water and stir the mix a while longer so it really dissolve completely.

@pluto8 Yes, vaping is generally considered safer than smoking because there is no carbonization involved. While the amount of nicotine contained in a Juul cartridge is about the same as the amount contained in a 20-pack of cigarettes, or so they say, here's a few other things to consider when using a vape : Vaping is easier than smoking. Before you can smoke, you have to dress up, put your shoes, go outside, sometimes in bad weather, get yourself a cigarette, light it, then finally smoke it. If you use a vape, you only need to turn it on and vape it ; the gratification you get from the nicotine is obtained a lot faster. When it becomes too easy to get pleasure from something, you tend to get addicted really quick. Vaping is still causing harm, we simply doesn't know the extent of it. Juul oil in particular contains a couple of volatile organic compounds, lots of flavouring chemicals, and every vape contains some amounts of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing substance that may form if e-liquid overheats or not enough liquid is reaching the heating element. It cost a lot of money. Let's say you smoke one cartridge per week, at 30$ per cartridge that's about 1560$ in a year. If I gave you 1560$ right now, what would you like to do with it? Go on a trip, buy that nice computer upgrade, invest in a car, or buy some Juul? Aside from that, one of the very first things you want to do when starting personal development is eliminating addictions. Everybody has addictions. In some people they may be very apparent, in others not. Addictions really weight you down in your day to day life : you can't think clearly, there's always some part of you that's distracted and thinking about doing the activity you're addicted to. Battling an addiction is not an easy thing, I'm struggling with some right now. If you're just starting to use nicotine, please take a moment to contemplate what you're getting into. Yes it might feel good right now, but try to picture yourself in four or five years, trying to quit but now being able to. You have the power right now, right in this very moment, to save yourself from a lot of anger and frustration, and helplessness and suffering that could happen later in your life. I'm not saying you shouldn't take nicotine, you do whatever you want, but you doing this assignment would make happier than you think.

No questions are ridiculous questions. @khalifa Here's the video in case you're still searching for it https://www.actualized.org/insights/how-to-plug-psychedelics

While I haven't encountered it yet, I'm starting to understand that absolute truth could be a "thing". What about absolute falsehood? Does it exist? What does it look like?

But I can say right now that the sky is blue, which is true. Wouldn't absolute falsehood prevent me from doing that?

Plain and simple

I find that mindfulness helps me a lot in my everyday life. Since last year I've seen my life greatly improve with the help of my vipassana practice. I also have ADD, my mind is pretty much always in monkey mode. I've heard from various places that the "do nothing" technique works really well, better than vipassana meditation, when used by people who have ADD. So I figured I'd give the technique a try. Will "do nothing" meditation help me improve my mindfulness? Thanks

Considering this forum's ideal administration route, this is just so wrong >_> "Time to see God my child"

Weren't you the one who wasn't sure he wanted to marry like 14 days ago? You sure meet a lot of girls!

Up to my 5th grade of high school I was always considered by others to be one of the nerd/geeky. It came from the fact that I always was hunched on my computer or playing videogames, etc. I mean, I liked it for couple years, but you get tired after a while. I wanted to change, but met the same fear as you encountered. It's like this social "tag" has been there for so long that it became part of what I was. It's like I don't want to change because if I do, I lose a part of myself. Because if I lose a part of myself, I lose the balance that I have right now. Things will get weird for a while, I'll have to explain to everyone why I wanted to changed, people will look at me differently at school, parents won't have the same attitude towards me, I bet I'll be even more sad there than where I am now, why did I even think about trying in the first place, no, I won't do it. I'm sure there was a version of this in your head back then haha. That's called homeostasis, you should try to learn about the subject, it's really cool. It'll help you in the future when you encounter other such blocages. Remember, self-actualization is 10% theory, 90% practice. Practice, practice, practice, things will come easily in no time.

@winterknight I was simply curious, but I understand why you don't want to answer. I also think it's best to find the answer by myself. Have a nice day

Do enlightened people have dreams while sleeping? If they do, are they different from regular layman dreams? Do you identify as the dreamer, as the dream itself, or something completely different? Thanks!