The0Self

A limitation that isn’t a belief is what is known as a “question.”

Yeah there’s no higher self. There’s no lower self. There isn’t even a self. Nothing stands on its own without something else constructing it. Though really that’s just words. There is no other, but in a sense there is a self — THE Self. And it’s already perfect. The apparent imperfections are perfection appearing as that.

@Keyhole “I forgive myself/you for not understanding” is the root of all forgiveness. Infinite liberty and infinite just-is, for no one.

Could be. I've been through quite a bit of suffering though. I was a heroin addict 8 years ago, for instance.

It varies, but for just about everybody, 4 to 9 hours... Seriously though if you're outside that range, you might want to look into changing that.

Reality is simply the best possible scenario, which is obvious after awakening. It was obvious to me before awakening though. For no reason.

That's because grasping it is synonymous with death.

Your hands are + There is only everything = Your hands are literally everything. Boundless Unconditional Love is all there is. Reality is the mind's own making. WHAT IS is beyond reality. These words are reality; reality is not the truth.

5-HT2A psychedelics are in a sense "stronger" than cannabis, but they really aren't on the same axis. Apples and oranges. Cannabis suppresses your memory, making you feel "in the moment," it enhances the senses, and it can make for some pretty profoundly altered thought-spaces. Very energizing to the thinking-feeling mind, for me. For many people, cannabis can almost seem to mimic low-grade psychosis -- I mean... that's basically what paranoia is. It's a hallucinogen and effects can vary hugely from person to person -- some people actually trip from weed. Psychedelics are quite different. They're a fucking transcendent experience. And every psychedelic has its own unique signature -- types of visuals; the way things look; the way they make reality seem sharper (LSD) or blurred (mushrooms); how clear-headed they are; how immersive the visuals; how likely they are to cause varying degrees of ego-dissolution, memory-suppression, and ego-death; etc. They can take you places... and sometimes, not all of you comes back from these places.

^^^ some stories get closer than others to this.

Where is decision? In an infinite boundlessness, with no bounds, "who" and "why" is meaningless.

Boundlessness

I dare you to find one thing that isn't a miracle.

Try to find something, and fail.

What would push everything to become nothing. Same thing. Nothing becomes. Ever. Just is.

@Preety_India Oh, and how could I forget.. I also use the voice recorder function ("Voice Memos"), and THAT does take up quite a bit of storage.

4-9 hours... Almost nobody can optimally get by on less than 4 hours. Almost nobody needs more than 9 hours for optimal wellness. Yeah, it's very individual. Stress, amount of meditation, and genetics play a part. Many other factors as well. A good baseline seems to be 7-7.5 hours, but many people can do basically just as well on 4.5-6.5 hours. Some do need almost 9 -- they're rare.

From where I'm standing, if you haven't read The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa (or at least listened to the free audiobook part 1 and 2 available on YouTube), you may be wasting your time. Cultivate the readiness to seriously appreciate the "aha!" of noticing that you're not attending to the (breath) sensations. This is the first and most crucial foundation that can blossom into a beauty you cannot imagine. Well, I guess sitting every day itself is step zero. This is step one though.

I'm happy it worked out for you! I've never had depression -- or if I did, I never viewed it as negative. I'm also not a very anxious person in general, but I did have social anxiety to some degree. I was prescribed an SNRI called Cymbalta (duloxetine 60mg) for social anxiety about 6 years ago, and holy crap can I see that as having potential for treating depression! I literally could not even experience sadness. But I guess I'm eccentric because I love sadness, so I stopped taking it after about a year, which gave me some surprising withdrawals -- laughing and crying fits, insane dreams, ringing in the ears, etc. I experienced absolutely no sexual side effects though. Good luck on your journey! Keep it up, you're doing a great job.

Just know, at the end of the day: what you're truly looking for, above all else, is something you will never experience, because it's already here, and it's all there is.

@LfcCharlie4 Just a suggestion, but not an advisement: if you seek anything sensory, seek the Jhanas. They are out of this world blissful. They make MDMA seem like nothing in comparison. Of course, in the end, who cares?

It absolutely can change, but it seems it usually does not. I used to score as INTP 8 years ago, but after doing a shockingly huge amount of psychedelics and meditation, I now score solidly as INFP. And by a shockingly huge amount of psychedelics, I'm not even willing to admit just how much -- when I trip, I go to war.

@Ananta Me too

@Preety_India not at all. Text doesn’t really take up much space compared to music, images, and videos.