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1. Not tripping 2. Not trying ecstatic dance 3. not meditating 4. Not doing Qigong or Tao Yin or Breathwork

Doing too much self help, and not taking tangible courses and developing hard skills

She has done something impressive with her life, even if she is imperfect like everyone else lol

@bambi You could try a low dose

Man, Malt did not work for me ahah dang Wait, Snorting it works??

1. Dwelling on your past 2. Letting your mind be ruled by distraction 3. Only listening to people, gurus, teachers that you like 4. Not allowing in confusion or paradox into your world view 5. Needing something to be true or false 6. Abusing psychedelics (including over use and eyeballing, and improper environment and setting, thinking what a dose does for you will do to another, pulling others into your trips, causing harm etc,) 7. Demonizing others for there mistakes 8. Not being able to find the balance between being the ultimate authority and the need to learn from others, books perspectives etc 9. Needing to be recognized for your spiritual achievements 10. Thinking that seeing the "bad" in yourself is a "bad" thing. 11. Not realizing that being a human is more radical than being a unicorn 12. Thinking you need to be like anyone else but you 13. Not realizing you are the greatest miracle in the world 14. Anything that isn't aligning yourself with the highest, truth, health and love and integrity 15. Not fully accepting your sexuality and figuring out how to express it healithy and in a non-abusive way that promote maximum health, beauty and alignment 16. Thinking that one teacher, book, method, skill, or technique is enough 17. Not realizing that gnosis don't buy you the groceries 18. Trying to change others 19. Giving others advice, psychedelics, etc when you aren't really aware of their mental health or education 20. Giving up too early 21. Not learning from past mistakes (we all make mistakes on this journey... and have many may of the mistakes in this thread) 22. Listening to a spiritual Guru for hours and hours and hours but never sitting down to contemplate, meditate, Qigong/ yoga, Trip etc on your own 23. Poisoning the body or lungs 24. Buy books and not reading them 25. Not socializing enough 26. Thinking everyone else is the same 27. Failing to apply realizations of absolute love, forgiveness, peace and understanding to everyday life 28. Not loving yourself for any reason 29. Not being in integrity with your highest values 30. Thinking that just because you have had awakenings and realizations and love that other people will forgive or ignore your bad behaviour of the present, past or future 31. Confusing your minds mental constructions as reality 32. Not developing a system of habits that balance both your survival pursuits and social life with your spirituality 33. Thinking that spirituality will end all suffering without taking care of your survival needs 34. Impatience when it comes to understanding God, Love and awakening 35. Going full Spiritual new age woowoo without proper reading of science, epistemology and systems thinking 36. Thinking there will be some grand END or FINISH where everything is perfect 37. NOT going META enough! 38. Not taking all spiritual groups, epistemologies, teachings, teachers, gurus, practices, tools etc as aspects of your own mind 39. Not gaining direct experience in spiritual things and instead collecting beliefs and creating and identity 40. Getting caught up in petty human gossip, behaviour, fighting, spiritual dick jousting etc 41. Not being patient with how reality tends to recontextualize over time 42. Demonizing the thinking process 43. Demonizing certain feelings, thoughts or sensations because you identify with being healed, when you are not 44. Needing to teach, profit from, or be known for any spiritual achievement 45. Not seeing everyone and everything as your teacher 46. Letting your own egoic fantasies distort teachings 47. Thinking that teachers or Gurus need to be perfect in their personal lives 48. Abusing others or letting others abuse you 49. Not petting a dog or smell a rose or crying when the sun sets 50. Not taking a gram of mushrooms and rolling around in laughter in a field of grass on a warm and safe summers day for all of humanity and eternity. 51. Not being in love with all peoples, cultures and countries 52. Becoming a cult leader or creating a cult 53. Trying to create your own spiritual teaching without a proper foundation I feel like I have more They say it fades if you let it Love was made to forget it I carved your name across my eyelids You pray for rain, I pray for blindness If you still want me, please forgive me The crown of love has fallen from me If you still want me, please forgive me Because the spark is not within me I snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom The only thing that you keep changin' Is your name, my love keeps growin' Still the same, just like a cancer And you won't give me a straight answer If you still want me, please forgive me The crown of love has fallen from me If you still want me, please forgive me Because your hands are not upon me I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom The pains of love, and they keep blowin' In my heart, there's flowers growin' On the grave of our old love Since you gave me a straight answer If you still want me, please forgive me The crown of love is not upon me If you still want me, please forgive me 'Cause the spark is not within me It's not within me, it's not within me You gotta be the one You gotta be the way Your name is the only word that I can say You gotta be the one You gotta be the way Your name is the only word The only word that I can say Only word that I can say No, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no

I would say, if you need to support yourself then do the basics of running the numbers financially, matching that with a job you can do while you are in school. Focus on getting a education because... if you spent 7 years sitting and thinking you may be the kind of person who benefits from structured learning. There is not shame in that many of us do. I know I do. Focus on your education, building some experience and supporting yourself through it. If you continue to sit and do nothing your life will pass you by. Go to school. Meet people. Get experience. Take small bets with creative ideas.

I’ve noticed his YouTube videos mirror actualized

I think one of the major problems is that we are so complicated as humans, and all of us are messed up. I was never attracted to Teal's teachings. I honestly think everyone is so messed up. Gotta focus on awakening, truth seeking and dancing in this mess. Currently reading a book called "Full Catastrophe Living"... very suitable ahahh.

@Natasha Yeah, Ralph Smart is concerning…

Safe dosage is really important. We are better to trip small and wise than large and “macho”. Psychedelics win every time you are not macho. I ate 2 grams but spread out over an hour. I wait till I felt it to slowly munch more. Shrooms can mess you up. A small dose (1g) can unlock a lot of love. I think Golden Teacher is a good kind. Blue Meanies can be very mean and very strong. Different shrooms have different personality.

Nice, I did 2g on Friday and it was very gentle and helped to lift some of my depression I was experiencing (that and socializing with my artist friends again… going to open mic’s and performing…)

So far I have discovered there are no quick or easy fixes in life 99% of time

Maybe a balanced diet for you includes some high quality animal products. I eat vegan 95% of time but occasionally eat animal products like cheese and I find I feel pretty good usually.

This is why need need psychedelic stores on street sides

So, ive been noticing a popular spiritual thing people are into… these “energy healers” who wave their hands in front of the camera and claim to be healing peoples energy etc… why?

Now

@Benton I believe placebo actually works my ex did distance reiki on my. I didn’t feel it maybe it works just seems fishy/ silly to me because the healer is sitting in front of a camera and doesn’t see any of the people just named and comments on a screen. Idk…

@Realms of Wonder He is trying to better this life. A job that aligns with you values is… a luxury. Though maybe also foundational to the big picture of life. It’s the rich who do what they love

@Benton why not just fly around

@Benton hmm, if there like like 1000 people watching from various locations how they gonna heal me… I don’t know. Im open but it just seems odd. I do energy work. I just am not that open to distance healing.

Hmmm, right now seems like bs

@Benton so does the camera do something? I don’t get it

I’m currently facing a lot of survival challenges. So, right now that’s all there is. This survival game.