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@egoeimai

Let me know if this goes against the forum guidelines. I see a lot of people posting here looking for like minded people/groups to talk to, as well as accountability partners and whatnot, and it has made me think: Why hasn't someone made a discord server so we can talk in voice channels together? Forum posts are limited and misinterpretations are common. You can't really connect with someone by looking at text on a screen. Thoughts?

Awesome. Be careful not to conceptualise it too much.

For those of you who have closed-minded friends that you have somewhat detached from while on this path, you don't need to lose faith in them completely. Especially if you still care about them. Last week I was a trip sitter for my friend who had never had a spiritual experience, and who thoroughly believed that money / material reality was all that mattered. He also got into alot of street fights and had friends that were in gangs, etc. I seriously thought we weren't going to talk again until recently. While he tripped, I spoke words of wisdom that once blew my mind when I was at his stage of development. I explained how everything other than the experience he has right now is thought, and how thought is often deluded and grounded in nothing. There is nothing else going on other than his awareness. He begun to realise how closed minded he had been, and I didn't even put the words into his mouth! He was shocked at the beauty he had been ignoring in life. He began to laugh hysterically, but he almost seemed terrified. He kept saying; " Oh my god. This is too good to be true. No fucking way.. ". We re-bonded that night. Since, he has started changing his entire attitude towards life, and stopped being influenced by people who aren't going to lead him anywhere. This experience was profound for me too. Showing someone else the light is beautiful. I understand now why Leo does what he does. Helping guide people towards their true nature is the most loving and life changing thing you can do for them. TLDR: By teaching others, you are also reinforcing your own understanding. No one is ever completely lost.

I don't like half of them either

@TheHealer You are viewing these bigger-picture perspectives from a limited vantage point - your mind. Open your mind a little. Leo obviously isn't condoning murder! This entire website is based on helping people.

Probably POCD. It is literally nothing to worry about, let it go

If you are confused it is not intuition.

@Franz Ferdinand II The process is nearly done, I'll probably be in pretty soon. Even if I regret it, it will certainly not be the end of the universe

Although this isn't really in line with my current goals in life, like self actualisation and self improvement, I have always wanted to join the army. There is nothing anyone could tell me that would stop me from doing so. However, I was thinking: If I start to make some major progress with self development, will I suffer when I am enlisted, as I wont really have time to focus on myself anymore? Or will just finding the time to meditate be enough to stop severe backsliding? As well as watching a few videos and reading books etc in the spare time that I may rarely get...? TLDR: My vision for my life is to self improve and be in the military, simultaneously. Is this achievable? Or at least, plausible? Any advice will help, especially if there is any ex-military here.

I have had half-assed attempts at Kriya yoga, shamanic breathing and a few different meditation techniques. But I feel as if the one thing that is slowly guiding me toward truth is meditation. Specifically, doing nothing. ( Along with journaling and psychedelics ) I feel as if by keeping it simple, I am preventing myself from clinging onto / creating ideas and concepts within my mind that will waste time that would be better spent doing nothing at all! I also feel as if meditation fixes literally all of my problems. However, I am open minded enough to consider that I am falling into a trap, which is why I am asking; Should I keep it simple? Is lengthy and well disciplined meditation all I need?

@YaNanNallari I don't 'need' to do anything, really. But I do love being aware, hence my username

@Nahm That answers my question pretty well. Meditation and psychedelics it is

@LfcCharlie4 Having a spiritual tutor does sound good, probably not for me though. Thanks for the detailed reply I can agree with what you're saying about beauty being in every moment. I also broke up with my girlfriend of 2 years 2 weeks ago, and even though I am sad, I feel more peaceful and connected with being than usual

@inFlow Not too fussed about being creatively impaired @John Doe But if it is a potent psychedelic, couldn't it be used for consciousness work? I've heard 5meo is just better

@Leo Gura It's very rare where I live. Would normal DMT suffice?

@James123 4 hours? Wow. I agree with that one. After a good meditation, I feel like I am in a similar state to the come-down of a trip. It's beautiful

Better yet: Are you existing, or ignorant of the fact that you exist

To my understanding, you can begin to realise non-duality without having a complete ego death. ( Sounds contradictory ) Obviously your ego was somewhat in the picture, it wasn't completely obliterated. That is very uncommon with weed alone. The blissful state you are describing sounds like Astral Being ( a term Nahm introduced to me ) I have used weed to enter similar states, but IMO it isn't as real / profound as a proper psych.

@Someone here As I said, it is in the sense that a dream is indifferent to waking reality. Dreams and 'real life' are part of the same dream. The real answer is, you are dreaming everything and nothing at the simultaneously. Infinite potential / mind. Consciousness. I was refraining from saying that though, because giving you the answer straight up isn't gonna make any sense until you have the foundations.

@Karas How did you gain such wisdom?

@Someone here I think you are missing my intention. That was a thought experiment. Which was intended to make you consider that your specific 'version' of reality is not any more real than any other, without getting you to believe anything other than what you already do.

Also, you are capable of changing the energy, rather than returning it

Subjective / assumption @Someone here Heres a little thought experiment If you truly believe the mind is a material thing, run by neurons, then you could say it is like a computer. There are different types of computers with different circuitry / components to one another, which serve different purposes. Some can be used to auto-pilot a plane, or take a photo on your phone. So in theory, a different 'cocktail' of neurons could create ( dream ) an entirely different reality in which science is redundant! This little thought experiment shows that the materialist paradigm, and science is essentially imaginary. You can disprove the materialist paradigm... within the materialist paradigm? Your currently state, what you call reality, is NOT special! There are many other states!!!! Now of course, the mind is not run by neurons. Those are imaginary