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Not very many of them They contribute in other ways They see reality as not having something (evil) outside of it to oppose it, so are not driven to "do good" in the same way -- at least not in very public ways since they don't depend on admiration in the same way Perhaps

@ilja I guess you could say another answer to your question is: Infinity. But that's not an answer with much explanatory power. It's a mystery, ultimately. Infinite intelligence. God is only everything, so if there is an assumption that someone sometimes see's something other than it -- that assumption is a hidden knowing or belief about God/truth, and knowing the unknowable is a contradictory dream that seems real.

The certain one attempts to crucify the awake one within -- but the awake one is untouchable, and the certain one is imaginary. Imaginary since, by definition, one can't actually be certain of something that's unknowable, so if this illogical possibility seems to happen, it's just an illusion. This doesn't mean one can't colloquially "know"/understand things about the mystery -- there just won't be any certainty or doubt. If one is ever certain of something, they could notice that, and realize it's impossible -- well, if they are certain but being certain is impossible, then that identity is clearly impossible -- they're in a circular dream. Apart from that delusion, all-that-is/God doesn't delude itself, it just fills emptiness and empties fullness.

Deeply reflecting upon past, and inspecting present, occasions wherein you experienced knowing something to be one way, but later found out it was not that way.

The obstruction is beliefs about your self that you’re identified with, which are not up to “you” to change, simply because “you” are defined by that belief in the first place. My God, it’s a strange loop... As far as, “what practices have people done that seem to lead others to assuming they’re enlightened, in a story?” Many pretty much boil down to seeing that what appears is concocted by you, including the idea that the appearance somehow at-all-accurately signifies something real behind the appearance, which hides as a belief. It’s not really possible to stop believing this just-like-that, but what some seem to do is just see over and over again something along the lines of “oh wow, I fully believed X was _____ way, but I was actually totally wrong, and yet I believed it; experienced it, as reality... What else am I experiencing as real when it isn’t?”

Or any other permutations of belief. The mind can believe every which way, and evidence for that belief will arise. When the belief apparently no longer arises, evidence for it no longer arises. The mind seems to build experience through a process like this. When building is seen, the party is over in a sense. You can’t believe in Santa Claus anymore, try as you might. There’s nothing to get, really — it’s the opposite of knowing “I know that’s true.” I’m not telling you anything, it only seems that way; these are just words happening. There’s nothing I know that you don’t know.

Exactly. Truly. OP: Not that I’m saying you’re definitely trying to debunk anything. I’m taking you at your word that you just want the truth (or at least you think you do). I guess you could believe reality is hypnotized — it’d still just be what apparently happens — that never changes and I’m unsure how that could be argued against, but I suppose one could try.

We have to either defend or give you the answer. But there’s no one here to defend, and there is no answer that can be given, friend.

It’s almost too simple. It’s not really something to get your knickers in a twist over. Hence, the unrestrained laughter and profound safety and freedom. The truth is beyond you, or me, since it is by definition the only thing.

Perfect ?

Agreed. I don’t see why it’s not possible either.

You’ll never find it, because there’s nothing else. Cup cannot be completely filled unless it is completely empty. “Stop believing in X and start believing in Y” is not at all the same as “stop believing.” Not that beliefs don’t arise. No one has them.

It’s the loss of something. Was it self hypnosis when you stopped believing in Santa Claus? The beliefs about your self just stop happening. You’ve misunderstood enlightenment if you’re asking this question you have. Nothing wrong with that.

you’ll never know as in “I know that’s true.” Yet an intuitively obvious energy persists after a liberation event that is beyond any understanding. We’re all possessed by a demon brought to the light of God. 1. This is Freedom 2. No one knows that paradox. Can’t be understood

^^ This There can be a distortion with thinking that appearance and knowing are the same. The knowing that is not real is the knowing “I know that’s true.” Not the appearance, which no-one makes no judgements upon.

The devil brought into the light is beautiful, and served to God.

The devil is cast out of heaven to deceive the world. The ego is The Lie.

@Leo Gura Btw: "This channel has no playlists."

FUCK yes

No. That's one of the biggest misconceptions in spirituality, in my opinion. Desire-longing ultimately has oneness-love as its source.

7-10 days for ~80% restoration of tolerance/sensitivity. (closer to 7 for mushrooms; closer to 10 for LSD) 12-14 days for 99-100% (closer to 12 for mushrooms; closer to 14 for LSD) Not really a seriously prominent difference, but the exact numbers are almost certainly not the same for both LSD and psilocin.

No problem! Yeah what you describe is somewhat characteristic of the 3rd jhana. The first and 2nd have extremely powerful exhilaration, pleasure, and euphoria, while the 3rd still has the latter 2 but not the former. The 4th doesn't have pleasure but maintains and even purifies the euphoria in a sense, in the form of equanimous super-stillness.

FWIW: Those calculators give the exact same tolerance offset values for LSD and mushrooms, when it seems to be quite clear than LSD has a slower offset than mushrooms. So it can't be correct for both, if my assessment (LSD has a stronger tolerance component than psilo) is accurate. I can experientially verify: 7-10 days for ~80% restoration of tolerance/sensitivity. (closer to 7 for mushrooms; closer to 10 for LSD) 12-14 for 99-100% ("")

Yes. 7-10 days for 80% restoration of tolerance/sensitivity. 12-14 for 99-100% Wait at least 7 days. You can dose sooner but you'll have to take a much larger amount.

Read The Mind Illuminated. And/or listen to its audiobook! You can find part 1 and 2 on YouTube. You won’t get very far with less than a 45 minute sit every day btw. Just so you know. Build up to 45min. Then build up to 1-2 hour sit once a day. If you want to split them up into 2 sits a day that’s fine as long as they’re at least 45min each.