Consilience

It seems to me people who are against psychedelics don’t acknowledge (or kbow) that there’s a shit tone of work outside od the psychedelic trips themselves. Embodiment and integration is critical to the psychedelic path but um... all of that work is done outside of tripping itself. There is wisdom in facing reality completely transform and disintegrate during a trip but facing the fear with love and acceptance. Part of why psychedelics are so effective is they force your fears into awareness, sometimes whether you’re ready or not.

It's also an illusion to think that things are just happening without will. This is a tough one to become conscious of though... Basically shit isn't just happening randomly, and the most fitting word I can find to describe it is as Will, but it is not the egoic, individual sense of will everyone thinks they have.

The process of creating a self and knowing The Self are not mutually exclusive. Peter’s work is just trying to show you that this dynamic is going on, but it isn’t your true self. You’ll notice Peter has a very distinct personality and ego, yet... there is still enlightenment. This dynamic is the force of survival at play, but survival is always at play regardless of whether you have become conscious of who you are. Even Maharshi continued to eat, sleep, shit after his enlightenment - the force of survival persisted. But survival isnt purely physical, it's also psychological, it’s the way we communicate, the emotions we feel, the thoughts we have, how we hold our body and posture. The object we’re surviving in this example, the ego, is free to be anything or anyway. So yes, you can engage in the process of this creation. But often we get so enthralled in the play, we forget Truth. Too much energy spent playing and not enough energy trying to become conscious is generally the issue with knowing and embodying our true nature.

The work isn’t about coming to conclusions. So any conclusion you think you come to is still not it. Leo’s communications are not the actuality of what Leo or this work is all about. Leo is attempting the impossible - to communicate the incommunicable. Everything Leo writes or talks about is falsehood, by default. However, it points towards something. Find that something. Maybe one day your language will be different than Leo’s, who knows.

Yep that’s part of it You can become conscious of structure through extremely focused and persistent contemplation that has the set intention to become conscious, or it sometimes arises during meditation or sometimes totally spontaneously. You may set the intention to become conscious as your attention, mind, and entire being focus in on the question at hand. Leo’s list is a great place to start. This is an example of becoming conscious, specifically of the structure of life. This a-ha moment was a breakthrough, but it sounded like it spontaneously arose. Contemplation is like the way to have more of these a-ha moments but it’s more directed. Anyways, this was all great! It sounded like a beautiful experience and Im sure you’ll continue to have breakthroughs with and without psychedelics

I know this was directed at Leo but I remember this insight quite well. I would say contemplate what is a trip? What is actually happening during a trip? You’ll realize as you already experienced, that your mind and senses are all manifesting differently. You still have sight, taste, touch, sound, smell, mind while tripping as you do while sober, so what is actually changing during a trip? Well... if you recall Leo’s video on content vs. structure, you should notice psychedelics change the content of your experience, they don’t change the structure. So what is that overarching structure that remains the same across tripping and sobriety? And since structure isn’t changing, this means that the distinction between one set of content being different from another set of content doesn’t really mean much, experiential content is in a permanent state of impermanence regardless of the specific content. Sleepy, hungry, happy, excited, tripping, high, drunk, sober, bored, flow states, etc. So then again, what is this structure? It turns out that when certain content is being played out in experience such as tripping we can more easily see what this structure of experience/reality really is, and this is where the profound insights from psychedelics arise, they arise by becoming conscious of structure at deeper and deeper levels. AND, you realize this structure has always been true, even while sober. And so from a certain pov, you’re really just going through one big trip as you live life.

Amazing ❤️

Intro: God almighty this trip was so beyond anything I’ve ever encountered on psychedelics… It’s like all of my prior trips have been preparing my energy systems (whatever this even means) to handle deeper and deeper experiences of what consciousness really is. This trip was beyond enlightenment and in fact had literally nothing to do with absolute truth. Instead, it felt like a hurricane of information and energy exploring various facets of what form is at an individual, collective, and existential level as well as the dynamics that are propelling evolution forward… I’m still deeply shook at how much of a mindfuck this was. During the absolute fury of the peak, a poetic line came to me “Be with the breath of opportunity unsung” which will make more sense after reading the report. There were also more minor insights regarding divine feminine stage orange attraction and seduction that I’ll discuss… Which were interesting in that I saw their connection to the greater intelligence running through humanity even though on the surface it feels unrelated to the larger themes that emerged. Overall this trip was dark but so fucking beautiful. Set: To understand what it truly means to let go and how to do it (see Leo’s video on letting go) Setting: My room, my music, and my cat Themes that emerged: - Letting Go for the Collective Consciousness of Humanity - Healing the Collective Through Life Purpose - Impermanence and True Death - Divine Intelligence - The Nature of Detachment - No PMO and the Divine Feminine - Attraction, Seduction, and Evolution Letting Go for the Collective Consciousness of Humanity: As I was contemplating what it truly means to let go, the psychedelic effects were starting to build and build. Suddenly, rather than receiving any clear insights as to what letting go was, I started having visions and I mean VISIONS about other human lives, and the tragedy that befell them. I started seeing how much suffering was never actually processed upon their deaths, how much regret has accumulated on the death beds of millions perhaps, and how much opportunity for growth and actualization was never actually manifested. I felt the magnitude of how many souls never got to be their best self, and how much sheer sadness was felt by the individuals in these circumstances. I had 3 particularly powerful visions, one was of a middle eastern holy man who was searching for God, for Allah, but who had seen through the dogma of orthodox Islam and was instead searching for God within himself, aka enlightenment. Unfortunately, he was beaten to death by fundamentalists, his journey towards enlightenment never fully actualized. I saw a girl in Syria whose life was utterly demolished by the civil war and who will never quite heal from the tragedy. I saw a man on his death bed who died alone, crying because he never told the woman he loved how much she really meant, and thus never had the life or family he so deeply desired. Interestingly, I saw these not only as visions but as myself. I was that holy man, that girl, that hospital man. Perhaps these were past lives/alternative lifetimes I’ve lived, I’m unsure. As I felt this infinite sea of regret, and lost opportunity, I started crying and crying and crying, as though my body and mind were letting go of the anguish through my tears. It was like by acknowledging and fully feeling the suffering, I was healing a collective wound in our collective psyche. It was as though the body and mind system were letting go on behalf of humanity. I know this sounds weird as fuck, but it what the experience authentically felt like. In this storm of emotion, the line came “Be with the breath of opportunity unsung.” It felt like God was speaking to me, and finally told me how to let go. You just have to be. Be with regret, be with sadness, be with suffering, be with whatever arises, and it shall pass. Healing the Collective Through Life Purpose After the line came to me, I saw how absolutely lucky I was to be where I am. I saw how utterly appreciative I am for finding my life purpose and having the life I have. Like fuck man… There is so much untapped potential in humanity, so many lost opportunities for beauty, actualization, truth realization. While I was mulling over this situation humanity has found itself in, I was struck with what felt like an insight, that by living my life purpose, by living my best life, I was healing this particular wound in humanity. I am humanity. Every human life that’s been lived has been mine. So by taking this time, this life, to truly live, to truly actualize, I am honoring my past regrets and mistakes as other souls, and other lives. And somehow, if I can just live this life to its fullest, that will help heal humanity. Whether this is true I don’t really know. I don’t really understand what this collective domain of consciousness I stumbled into is, but all I can say is my life purpose work no longer feels like it’s simply to help me live my best life, but it’s an way for humanity to actualize. My work feels even less like its for the greater good of human potential and opportunities unsung, so to speak. Impermanence and True Death Interestingly, this trip very much solidified how absurd the notion of death is. I have zero doubt anymore that I will continue living lives after this one, and that we are all on a journey of experience as God. So no there is no such thing as true death, and yet… there is. You see, there is no more Consilience after I die. Everything that constitutes my individuality will be lost to the void of nothingness. I will never, ever, EVER as God, get this lifetime back. Impermanence is final. This lifetime, all the quirks of this body, mind, and spirit will be gone upon physical death. And there was a deep existential sadness to that. As I was wrestling with this fact, I felt like my consciousness kept slipping between ego and God, and I remember reflecting from this phase of the trip that God is actually somewhat sad about its creations truly coming to an end. But somehow that it could be no other way.. I’m not really sure exactly what I was experiencing here. On one level, I could feel ego sadness, sadness that this life would end because selfishly, I love this life, I love the journey I’ve gone through so much… But it felt more than that. There felt like an existential sadness beyond the ego that acknowledged this creation’s end, and acknowledged the sadness, as though a parent hugging a child who lost their most beloved stuffed animal. Sure, it doesn’t really matter, but does matter. Death is really it man, this life will be gone. Divine Intelligence So throughout these previous three themes, it was as though consciousness kept slipping around between what felt like individual egoic consciousness, the collective consciousness of humanity, and existential divine consciousness. I become consciousness of how much intelligence is at play with the form of ego, humanity, and god. This felt very… shallow in that all I could tell was that there IS an intelligence doing something. Evolution is building towards something, presumably enlightenment, but even that I’m not really sure. Something is moving the collective energy of humans forward though into something beyond description or understanding. Humans are evolving towards some kind of divine actualization, but what this end game is really all about, I remain unsure of. I was left feeling the threads of this intelligence pulsing through my body and mind, and through the psyche of humanity… And that this suffering and movement we humans have gone through is part of this plan. Yet plan as we humans traditionally think of the word is not what I mean by the word plan… I’m unsure how to communicate this anymore. The Nature of Detachment Detachment is like a principle at play which drives letting go forward. It became so obvious, however, that if detachment leads one towards being unemotional, dry, and neutral towards life, that this was in fact a twisted form of attachment. Shutting one’s self off from care, desire, lust, and expectation is a form of attachment; one is attached to the denial of these things. True detachment is being with whatever arises, including those aforementioned feelings. As one does more consciousness work, these types of feelings will begin to fade, but even when they arise, it’s important to simply be with them, feel them fully, and let process through the body/mind on their own. No PMO and the Divine Feminine A bit of a random turn on this trip. Quitting PMO has been a pretty big focus in my life right now so I guess it makes sense that it came up. Well I was thinking the habit and what it actually represents. And I noticed something interesting about the nature of women attracting men. Women love seducing men, they love being able to be sexy, and grab the attention of men. And yet paradoxically, a woman loves it when a man doesn't actually need her and can say no to the seduction. If you succumb so easily to her seduction, this will unconsciously be seen as weak… In order to attract a woman, she wants you to be able to be extremely turned on, but have the groundedness to not need it. And I realized that porn is like a collective manifestation of the divine feminine seducing men and that by succumbing to this habit, I am essentially telling the divine feminine I NEED her. Which is not honoring the masculine energy inside. I know this is kind of a twisted thought story of an explanation, but these were the dynamics I felt. Saying no to porn is the equivalent of acknowledging the beauty of feminine but not needing her, which is the most attractive thing I can do as a man. When I feel the energy and need to cum with porn, rather than falling prey to this seductive feminine pull, saying no leverages me into masculinity, into the non-neediness that a true man possesses. The pull to jack off to porn is the creative force, the shakti, the divine feminine seducing the devil inside of me, but a true man can sit in the face of this creative energy, because he is strong to face it, to be with it without action. Perhaps this was all just a poetic, psychedelic framing for why I should quit PMO lol. I will continue to work on eliminating this habit. Attraction, Seduction, and Evolution So I realized various nuances of attraction and seduction. I saw how flirtation strategies through speaking, body language, touch, eye contact, and texting literally infiltrate the mind and get the other person to think about the other. It’s not necessarily worth getting into the specific here because quite frankly, a lot of the information I gained was entirely intuitive and I would need to spend more time processing to put it all into language. Somehow, I’ve walked away from this trip with more knowledge on to be attractive and seductive to a woman, as well as how to respond to the attractive and seductive tactics of a woman towards me. These mind games feel very SD stage orange. I saw that by participating in this game, I would be necessarily acting devilishly. And yet, this is entirely fine. As long as I am respectful and kind hearted in the end, there’s nothing really wrong with this game. Moreover, during the trip I kept seeing how these tactics of attraction were literally propelling the future of humanity forward through its evolution. It’s like I kept zooming into the nuances of attraction, and the zooming out to the long term consequences of this game through the creation of families and future children. It t’was weird. Outro: If you’ve read all of this, kudos. I’m left feeling a stronger pull to self-actualize, not for only for myself, but for the humanity that resides inside my consciousness, inside of all of us. The last thing I’ll leave you all with is a poem I wrote at about the 7 hour mark of the trip that I felt encapsulated the experience: Be with the breath of opportunity unsung I write this for those who’ve lost their lives For those that never saw their souls shine This serenade out to the divine feminine Who creatively wrought out our end in sin But through this end, and through this death We see through her eyes consciousness yet Yet here I am, a single witness to this all This sea of infinity This breath completely unsung

The predication that brains don’t exist and the lack of brains existing are two different things. Notice the distinction? The first requires philosophizing and mind, the second is when the mind and reality are seen for what they actually are. This is perhaps the biggest hurdle to cross if you are scientifically minded and grew up in a western education system. Probably most education systems indoctrinate children and students with materialism.

Me too ? It’s funny but has some serious profundity. Low key expected more responses from the forum but ah well ?

It depends on your goals. If you’re trying to sharpen and refine your attention, it’s a great tool. If you’re trying to become conscious of existential truths, mantra meditation won’t get you very far. If you’re trying to cultivate awareness of the body and it’s energetic components, probably not the best. If you’re trying to activate kundalini, probably not. If you’re trying to process emotions, maybe?¿ The first year I started a 1 hour per day meditation practice I used mantra as one of my techniques. The word was “sunflower.” As of today, Ive changed my point of focus to be either the breath sensations at the nostrils or breath sensations through the entire body at once. My main goal with meditation is to get my attention span at super human levels of stability to help with contemplation and psychedelic work. Interestingly, psychedelics can sometimes stabilize attention to these super human levels, almost like circumventing my meditation entirely haha, but I still find it helpful to process and later integrate heavier moments during tripping.

I highly doubt it. Psychedelics have been nothing but a blessing in my life. It almost feels like I got lucky with good karma for them entering into my life in the first place. Forever grateful. Also, from what I observe karma is not some binary force like this. Are psychedelics spreading love and truth or are they spreading hate and illusion? Or perhaps each possibility exists with the way they're used?

@Dylan Page that’s awesome... can very much resonate with this.

Wow yeah very subtle dynamic at play here... thank you for pointing this out and sharing ??

Yes you can. In fact, much of my resistance to embodying truth has come from creating shadow elements out of parts of my ego. Which ultimately stemmed from a lack of self acceptance and self love, because I wasn’t accepting and loving all parts of the psyche, there was a shadow being created. Im still working through this. You have to recognize the illusory and self deceptive nature of your ego without turning it into a shadow, that’s the challenge.

Id stay openminded to the possibility that Truth may not be found through logic.

I can’t explain why exactly, but the longer I do this work, the more I feel that 1 individual has so much more influence than we ever give ourselves credit for. You affect life in an infinite amount of ways, and maybe the effect will never be as “big” or obvious as MLK, somehow it feels like this doesn’t matter. Your life, your actualization, your journey towards Truth, is supremely important both individually, collectively, and cosmically. Evolution can’t skip steps, there must be many, many, many micro level amounts of change before a ginormous leap in collective consciousness takes place. All life and all of reality is interconnected. It’s one giant butterfly effect. No idea if this words resonate or spark inspiration. Either way, my meanderings into consciousness have lead me to this position, that all lives are infinitely important and are all playing a role in something much bigger. The key takeaway - your individual journey is a necessary step for the evolution of humanity, treat your life as such despite how the events may or may not play out. Basically focus on your awakening and actualization and let life unfold how it will.

You’re welcome And yes absolutely. Meditation is a close second. Meditation helps me embody insights, contemplation is what helps me get them in the first place. @RevoCulture you’re welcome, Im glad!

The 6 principles of contemplation discussed at Peter Ralston’s ENB workshop: Focus: You keep your attention on the question at hand. If the mind wanders, bring it back again and again, don’t let up your questioning. Intent: Actually intend to become directly conscious of what you’re questioning. Don’t let yourself ask, but in the back of your mind put off becoming conscious for a later point in time. Intend to do it NOW. Now is the only time and way you can do it anyways. Openness: Be open to whatever truth may be. Enter contemplation without predisposition or opinion, contemplate from a space of pure not knowing and total openness to what is. Truly open yourself up to possibility and be ready for anything. Presence: Bring yourself into the practice. Be present with the practice. Tap into existential nowness and be with the question. Observe the question from the position of real presence, as this is the most authentic mode to question and contemplate. How does your question and topic at hand exist right now? Clarity: Clearly understand what your questioning. For example, are you contemplating who you are or what you are? Notice the distinction. Clearly define what you’re trying to grasp! If you don’t, attention and mind will wander at subtle levels. Possibility: Actually hold it as a possibility to become directly conscious of your question. Often we unconsciously hold that we cant become conscious or we hold the position that it requires x amount of effort and y amount of time. Don’t let yourself take this belief on. Truly hold the possibility that you can become conscious. Tbh I don't usually formally contemplate these days, Im more focused on embodying the many insights Ive had on my journey thus far but this outline as a technique has worked very well for me. I had a pretty big awakening experience at the workshop using these principles and since then keep these in mind as a probe and question. These also apply for contemplating while on psychedelics which is an absurdly powerful combo.

Very interesting pov! This resonates with what Ive experienced, especially interacting with others. Thanks for the write up

The youtube videos Ive see going over this are overwhelmingly pro Bernie. I don’t think Ive seen one pro warren comment. It also appears that Bernie’s poll numbers are actually on the rise since this hole situation went down.

Yes but it’s pointing to something existentially true that helps the op understand simulation theory. All claims with language are existentially false but some claims hold more value than others - more value if you start with the goal of trying to understand reality.

@Eph75 Thank you

OK. As long as you see how your point is existentially false, have fun with the mental masturbation.