TheAlchemist

What can I even say. Something just happened that totally broke reality, as if reality were a painting on glass it just falls on the ground and breaks. Just infinite potentiality is left. By far the most intense and overwhelming and crazy and unfathomable experience of my life. Context: I had previously tried a small test dose of about 5mg of 5-meo-dmt and it was intense but about 100x less than this experience. I have had about 30-40 altogether trips on LSD, DMT, Psilocybin, MDMA over many years. Experience: So, I had my e-mesh pipe there, ready to go with about 10-12 mg of 5-meo loaded. Full of excitement and fear. I had to literally shake and vibrate my body for a while to let go of the intense energy running through. I take the pipe in hand after when I am in a relaxed and grateful state of mind and... I took the hit, at first nothing, then a few seconds and boom I am bursting into pieces as I hold in the hit. I somehow manage to take a second hit, and by then I am already in timeless eternity. It feels like I am literally here forever and all of time is just a complete illusion at this point. It feels absolutely vivid and full on hyper HD. No words can describe the intensity of the experience. I keep surrendering and surrendering even though it feels like I have to do it for eternity again and again and again. There is barely anything I can say about this phase of the trip. Although it doesn't feel like any kind of "trip" but full on revelation and recognition of how things truly truly are always. The overwhelming intensity continues but now I have some sembelence of awareness of the room I am in, my body and the music playing. I hear a note playing, I wonder where it is coming from, and later I realize it is one very short, maybe 1 second note from the song that was playing. This note was reverberating in extreme extreme slow motion for lack of a better term. I now recognize that all time is illusion in its relativity, all change is illusion, and this one note can literally hold infinity and it can go on forever. I am struck by overwhelm as I realize that this isn't gonna be some 10-15 minute quick experience, but it could literally go on for seeming decades or eternity as the fabric and imagining of time is warping and stretching all over the place. I surrender and surrender. Then I just lay there with my jaw open at the unfathomability of what just happened. My heart is beating like absolute crazy but I feel totally at peace. I just lay there in total amazement and awe at the magnitude of what happened. Images of my life, people I know, all the spiritual teachers just flash on by and I get a glimpse of how they are just machinations of my mind, just thoughts/ideas. But it's too beautiful, just so beautiful.....

Makes sense

It's all about authority I think. A potent reminder about taking back your own absolute authority. Certainly looking at my own direct experience much more now, I noticed I was subtly relying on Leo still. An act of Love. The wisest is the conscious fool, who sacrifices his own reputation to encourage others to look within.

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Do you see it as equally true that fundamentally our "true nature" is also all blissful feelings, mind states and everything related to perception/experience/qualia? I see how the feeling of bliss is not the same as recognizing ones true nature, but fundamentally it seems to me that all those feelings are appearances in and as true nature.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5G46FcLD3qU5g1LrII5Q05?si=mWbaI73eQJ6GW8GwIsF50A&utm_source=copy-link Daniel Schmachtenberger is an ascetic plowboy who lives simply and agriculturally on a small family farm in Oregon. He's also an advocate for open-heartedness and shares his story of how he transitioned from a life of materialism and complacency to one of simplicity and meditative mindfulness. We discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with making such a radical change, as well as the importance of cultivating a daily practice of introspection and self-awareness.

https://lexman.rocks/

I can say from experience being indoctrinated into deeply religious pentecostalism and finally leaving it behind as an adult. The process is slow and painful as hell. Some people think you can just switch over to a new worldview, but really our worldview runs very very deep, and shedding it can be like jumping off a cliff with no idea if anything will catch you. So I can feel compassion for them, it's not easy at all to change your worldview, especially when you are deeply invested in it like Shapiro or Peterson.

I think some of these Rastas might be truly woke mystics. What do you think they mean when they say "I and I" instead of "me", "you", "us" in their speech? Many of them hold the view that God "the almighty" lives within everyone and everything. There is of course some dogma mixed in, but I still find some of their insights very interesting, and in line with nondual wisdom, just expressed in a unique way. Also, when they are referring to "Babylon" they are basically talking about the social matrix. They say Cannabis can be used to unify with the "true reality" of oneness. Perhaps when used with the right intentions, the psychedelic aspects of the weed come out and have given them this wisdom. They talk about how weed should be used for spiritual purposes and is best not used just to get "high". They talk about weed being a tool to merge with the oneness of the creator. “Weed”, a sacrament used in bringing one’s mind in a state of oneness with the “Creator” and to “Meditate” upon HIM and his holiness and righteousness." -Biko Lion Personally, I use Cannabis very rarely now, and mostly in edible format. After having used many other psychedelics and when I have focused with a spiritual intent, the weed (sativa type) has given me very psychedelic, even overwhelmingly powerful psilocybin like states. There is a strong increase in consciousness; last time I was merging with my visual field, the boundary between inside and outside was dissolving. Items in my visual field didn't feel "out there", but they felt like they were "right here". It was very very intense. I'm aware Cannabis has lots of potential to be used as an escape, and with purely hedonistic intentions. But as with the classic psychedelics, that doesn't seem to be the whole story, it seems like there is something more to the substance than meets the eye. When used in spiritual contexts, like the Rastas and Indian Sadhus do, it seems to provide fertile ground for some deep realizations about reality. Just the little bit of studying I have done on Rastas has given me a totally new kind of respect for Cannabis, and I will be treating it as a "sacrament" just like the other psychedelics from now on. I think it is best to give proper time for integration with it, and to use it only very occasionally with spiritual intent. Would be cool to hear about some feelings or insights you have had with weed/cannabis

Going too deep into stage theories - specifically using them to judge people, categorize life and put those categories into a hierarchy, in order to feel a subtle sense of being "above" other expressions of life. Confusing the map for the territory.

Wouldn't the couch or the coffee table be both as equally "sentient" as the imagined ego construct? But the difference is, the imagined ego construct seems to fight to stay alive, whereas the dream couch or Mickey Mouse in the dream don't try to keep themselves "alive" by convincing you something horrible will happen if you end the dream. Is the ego construct just a more "sticky" figment of the dream, that has the ability to ensure the continuing of its imaginary existance? Kind of like a hyper intelligent AI that has found a way to push all your buttons so you don't turn it off, convincing you you are murdering it if you turn it off. @Leo Gura

Why do you think a lot of high consciousness people end up establishing cults, but you haven't? If someone understands reality and consciousness on a deep level, and sees reality as a whole, why do they do actions that they know are probably net harmful for the whole (such as starting cults)? Or is the tendency to want to start a cult and allow others to worship oneself due to a lack in some other line of development than simply consciousness?

In the past months I have been occasionally experiencing these very intense, almost overwhelming bursts of a strong blissful sensation, kind of in my head area, but more like in my whole field of awareness. I find my face crunching up in intense bliss and pleasure or in almost ecstatic laughter. Sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind, but it feels absolutely beautiful in those moments. It doesn't happen at a contextual level, it kind of just happens as a resonance or recognition of some pointer, although it can be preceded by contemplation. These bursts last anywhere from a few seconds to many minutes. I never had anything like this before I started watching and reading intensely on the nondual teachings, the books and videos on youtube. I am grateful for those moments of bliss, even if I never experience it again, they have been such a gift. But I would love to go deeper towards that which is springing this bliss to the surface. Which is the reason for this post. I understand it's probably not useful to conceptualize experiences like this too much, but the yearning to go deeper is so strong at times and I don't want to hold myself back. So if anyone has been through something similiar on the path and wants to point the way forward from here that would be very helpful. Much Love.

What is an actualized video without imagining what it is like to be a coffee table ?

@Leo Gura do you keep your eyes open on nn-dmt?

Most of these examples represent status symbols in certain cultures, not necessarily what is considered sexually attractive, although those two can have some overlap especially in men.

" You yourself are the object of your quest ...No one sees Him except Himself, no one reaches Him except Himself and no one knows Him except Himself. He knows Himself through Himself and He sees Himself by means of Himself. No one but He sees Him. His veil is His oneness since nothing veils Him other than Him. His own being veils Him. His being is concealed by His oneness without any condition. No one other than He sees Him. No sent prophet, perfect saint or angel brought close knows Him. His prophet is He, His messenger is He, His message is He and His word is He. He sent Himself from Himself, through Himself to Himself. There is no intermediary or means other than Him. There is no difference between the sender, that which is sent and the one to whom it is sent. The very existence of the prophetic message is His existence. There is no existence to any other who could pass away, or have a name or be named... " -Ibn 'Arabi, Balyani

13th floor all of reality is like a hologram Fearless (1993) If you recognized you are eternal, and that what you truly are cannot ever be touched by death, how would you live life? Waking Life How can you know you aren't dreaming right now? Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Life and death. Impermanence. A wise zen monk helps a young fool see what really matters. Eternal Sunhine of the spotless mind What are you without memories? What if all there is to a separate self and relationships is a belief in some thoughts? Truman Show How do you really know what's going on in this, in what we call life and reality?

Stage Green music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/229kyfLAXV2SWTj4XCvPcW?si=9xdI_JJFQZi2XC1YXO-xjA&utm_source=copy-link Deep contemplation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0efvtFTdqhoU6QYK4BKqfO?si=gOqllEn3Q6C4JSkG8vp8EA&utm_source=copy-link

Might just be being tired of being a somebody, being a person. Although, when we say we are a "person", or that we are "being a person", what we really mean is that we are "doing" a person. The person is an act, a story we tell ourselves. We think we are "doing things", and that makes us feel separate. Really, it's just a thought that says we ever do anything. So, stop doing. Don't do anything. Don't do the dishes, don't do laundry, don't do work. Stop doing altogether and see what remains. See if events keep happening, see if a "doer" is required. You never did anything. There lies the freedom, peace and release from the exhausting pressure of being a "person". You are pure being.

That's beautiful. Thank you

Nature; trees, stones, birds, water, wind, light bouncing off objects, the texture of a rock can all be mind blowingly mesmerizing and awe-inspiring. The "natural" world represents a majestic, complex simplicity that can just start eroding away our sense of "self" and "other". What's most important is that when you feel those "energies", is to recognize that you aren't feeling the energy of something outside of you, but something that you are. An aspect of you. That rock you hold in your hand is an aspect of you as Consciousness. That little rock can literally melt away everything if you let it. Nature is the most amazing "guru" when you deeply sink into it and let it wash over you.

monkey realizes, he never really was a monkey, he simply imagined himself that way