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The smaller our own bubbles, the narrower view on things overall. So when people never really find their values, they don't give a shit about beauty or cultures. I can't really relate to "interracial dating". To illustrate: I want to travel the world and by doing that I am open to finding the one for me. Do I care if she's black, yellow or white? Not really. Do I care if she's from Asia or Africa? Nope. I am not saying I don't have beauty standards, I do. I just don't understand what is up with the racial thing. Maybe you want to give it a try explaining? Isn't there just dating?

? This post is meant for people asking deep existential questions on a forum, expecting to get an actual answer. I've been there. Mind is refusing to give credit to itself because of its assumptions therefore it doesn't bother looking inside. Fear, lies and conceptualisations is what this is. I am in a bit of a rage mode..? where is the fucking "wake up" button!?

When you say "think about this stuff" you mean do they share the same insecurities you do?

Don't make a problem out of it. Your preference is what you prefer!

Doing this work have definitely improved me in all areas of life. My mind works in mysterious ways, I can't fully understand it. Consciousness = clarity = understanding = abilities

That's perfectly understandable. I didn't want to let go of my "straightness" so I couldn't express myself. Which is OK. If I would to go into it further, the fact that I didn't express myself is a good thing in a way. Our relationship would have changed for good if I did. These situations are full of nuances.

I'm a straight male. Been all my life. I was living with a male friend at one point in my life. I remember coming back to our place after me going on a mini retreat to my village. After I returned to our place, I smoked some weed and sat down on a couch to meditate. He came into the room, sat down next to me and eventually we started talking. Love poured over me, I was in shock. I wanted to tell him I love him and kiss him. I didn't though. He is into consciousness work as well. I could tell that he felt it too. Preferences can change dramatically depending on your consciousness level.

lol what is this dudes problem? let me just ask a question on the forum or elsewhere. let's just see what people have to say about it and see which of the answers makes sense(fit my pre-existing beliefs) so I don't have to do all that Contemplate. Meditate. Yoga. Psychedelics. bs. That's a win!

What was the video Leo released in which he was talking about how debates don't work? Maybe it was his blog, I can't recall. I suggest y'all to check it out if you haven't already. Oh and to those of you who have already watched it but still had the patience to read through all of this, go watch it again. WTF is this gender war?! Guys, please..?

This really made my day ??? Thank you! Wish you all the best. ?

@WonderSeeker Simply follow the feeling. Do things that make you feel good. Relax, have a lough, go out with a friend or something. ?

@machiavelli It definitely doesn't feel like pixels on a screen you are looking at. It also definitely can't be explained to you either.?

My playlist of fascinating nature phenomenon. I keep dropping in some more videos from time to time. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGQI1P56C3PEZRKghapKVY5o8Wv1K7241 Some of these videos left me speechless. Simply incredible. Enjoy! <3

Distracted much? Get rid of these distractions. Replace activities that make you feel like shit (anything that makes you lazy, unworthy and empty) with activities that make you feel good. (things that make you feel strong, calm and give sense of accomplishment) If you going to suffer, do it properly! Get yourself out of your way, do hard things that make your life easy. Good. Live and feel it all. Really FEEL it. Facts are what? Something objective, independent from you? Is there a chance that the logic you are using for trying to explain things is the reason why anything needs to be explained at all? This too shall pass.

@Striving for more Oh I wasn't referring to myself. I do trust you and the man you recommended looks definitely legit! And while we on it, THANK YOU MAN!

@Striving for more has a legit point there. BUT... who does one trust? How do you decide which gurus are legit and which are scammers? Especially when you have to pay first before u get disclosed with any sort of info. From one standpoint YouTube is a waste of time. From another, these videos (if taken seriously, and not just sitting there absorbing without any kind of actual ACTION) provide some sort of filter where mild understanding of what these people are talking about develops. And once it does it becomes much easier filtering the bullshit gurus out. @Ameer I can not thank you enough for recommending VP. outright badass. He reminds me of Leo in a sense that he says so many things I don't want to hear but deep down I know they are true and it makes me act on them. Like a hard reality-slap-to-the-face kinda thing, makes you wake up.

I feel you bro. Nothing excites, nothing motivates, nothing does anything in that place. It took me about a year to even begin recovering from that. What happened to me was I ran out of money quite quickly and ended up living with my grandmother at first, now am living with my mom. But that's not the point, the point is that when I got in a situation like this I noticed many, many things in which I can help my grandmother, help my mom. Helping even with small things brought me joy. Seeing that genuine smile on their face.. Oh man. That gave me a sense of purpose and direction. It all comes down to sympathy, compassion and love. You do love your relatives, your friends, right? Try doing something nice for them, something genuine and kind. See how they react, see how you feel afterwards. This might reignite the fire, at least give it a spark. You can help yourself by helping others, by helping others you will help yourself.

@deso I was going through something similar to what you describing. Still am to some extent. I am making an assumption that you do not have a life purpose yet and the best advice I can give you is forget all that crap about absolute, spirituality and what not and do what you gotta do - get your life together. Whatever that means to you. Why the hurry to awaken? You got all the time in the world to sit under a fucking tree in bliss but that's obviously not what you want. Do what you want to do. If your life isn't in the right order it's gonna be extremely difficult pursuing awakening or anything in that matter. Leo said something similar to this(can't remember the video nor the exact quoting) but the idea is the same. I didn't listen. Learned it the hard way.

@7thLetter @Striving for more @Ameer Thank you all for recommendations. I have watched quite a few videos on this and have found some valuable nuggets. Shiva Krishnan 10 part series on forex trading is pure gold and have helped me the most. Utilizing all the tools he talks about made me understand the ways in which the market moves. I haven't been serious enough yet to start live trading, but predicting the way in which the market will move became easy at this point. Have some more things to understand in terms of entries/exits but overall it all starting to make sense.

@IamMystic IME LSD lasts 10-12 hours when taken orally. Comeup is about 1-2hours after administration, peak starts 3-4hours in. Only tried plugging it once. Done 150ug. Comeup about 30min after administration, started peaking about 1.5-2h in. Trip lasted around 6hours. Trip was much more intense but way gentler at the same time. After trying plugging I see no point in taking it orally again. Only do it with microdosing.

It's sentient! It is alive and conscious. Deeply, deeply intimate. Everything is entangled. @Someone here

Everything(this word implies things) is Being-ing. Sea is sea-ing. Grass is grass-ing. Dog is dog-ing. I is I-ing. It's all an activity of the mind, which is itself an activity. There are no things! Not me as I imagines, not you as I imagines, not anything as I imagines! It's all self evident. Once the mind assumes "things" the reality gets utterly confused. The more of these assumptions are stripped off, the clearer ones seeing becomes. All that can ever exist is being.

@Fran11 You seem to stand by your pre-assumed knowing of the matter. Doesn't look like you want to find what's true about it though.

You guys are confusing yourselves. Underestimating too.! Do you actually know what it is you are calling pain? Do you actually know what it is you are calling pleasure? What about you stop making distinctions between the two (and in fact everything) and look in there? Just look! Find out what it is. Feeling a sensation you like and calling it pleasure is not it. The sensation is not the label you put onto it.

Are there any factors in ones diet that would make mushrooms ineffective? Are there any psychological factors that would make them ineffective? Maybe antidepressants could cause mushroom inefficiency? I am trying to find out why for example one time i take 1g of mushrooms I am tripping so hard I can't find my tent in the camping and the other time I take 1g of the same mushrooms I get minimal to zero effect.?? Keep in mind that I am aware of the tolerance and i do at least 2 weeks break between the trips. I have a friend who takes antidepressants so I've decided to give her some mushrooms. She took 1.5g and felt nothing. This is unfortunate. Some months prior to this she had a truffle trip which she said was a powerful trip. (She wasn't on antidepressants then) Any thoughts on this? Anyone had similar experiences with mushrooms (one time very potent, other time - nothing at all)? Maybe there is something I am missing here? What's your routine couple of days prior to taking mushrooms? Thank you!