JosephKnecht

Spiritual bypassing: Using Spirituality to avoid personal development Attachment to the Method: Getting attached to a Spiritual Method (meditation, Yoga, Breathing, psychedelics) shall be transcended at some point. Victim mentality: Blaming external sources for personal shortcomings.

Only if you can manifest it.

When you get stuck in a rut, do something new to get yourself unstuck. Don't think. Go outside and look at how amazing everything is. Just look without thinking.

Any good book recommendations on leadership?

Yea.. But that which is lost can always be replaced by full metal with some alchemy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malèna_(film)

This usually means Chris Hansen wants to have a chat with you.

Talk with everyone about the most mundane shit. If you can sense the person has transcendent the mundane, talk about some higher order shit. You can only connect with others through sharing.

Some background... Last month I was at a spiritual retreat where I met a girl that was strongly drawn to. On the last day of the retreat, I was able to get into a non-dual state naturally. The non-dual state started when I was near this girl. She told me afterward that she felt like I was taking away her energy and that is why she couldn't get into that state herself. Is this something that is possible? Can I take energy from others? My intent wasn't to take, especially not from her.

@JonasVE12 Great insights. Thanks for sharing.

You need to read Thus Spoke Zaratustra.

The great philosophers should be read in chronological order. They build their arguments using previous thoughts.

@electroBeam That makes no sense, Mr. Niels Bohr. I don't have a girlfriend.

There are moments in my baseline awareness when I go beyond logic. But fear arises within me when I encounter a problem, and I know that using logic can't solve the problem. How to solve everyday problems if I fully transcend logic? Logic has been the way of solving problems so far. The scary part is... if I fully transcend logic altogether, I can't use logic to come back to logic. Does any of this sound logical to you? How have you resolved it?

All this sounds very logical. Thanks, guys

Maybe the moment of discovery is the moment of invention. Maybe.

This is a good one.

Leo is right. At very high levels, you can't function as a normal human. An extreme meditator can quiet the mind so much, that the mind will be completely empty of thoughts. Now imagine living your daily life without having thoughts? It won't be functional for you since you will forget to put your pants up in the morning.

How many awakenings does it take for One to be awake?

If you had no ego, you will have no form.

Psychedelics work. The only question is what is the right balance between increasing your 'baseline' consciousness, vs 'peak experiences'. The bias of Peter is that he hasn't done too many psychedelics, while the bias of Leo is that he has done too many of them. Finding the right balance is your responsibility.

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Seems like you have to contemplate "what is language?" before you contemplate work.

Why don't you try it and tell us? Will an answer be better than your own experience?

Love is acceptance of things as they are. Love is acceptance of yourself as you are. If you can't accept yourself, you seek to be accepted by others.