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Potentially more powerful than 5-MeO-DMT? Could be anything. My guess would be ketamine, salvia, ibogaine, or datura. Perhaps peyote/mescaline. Or some dissociative/psychedelic combo. Datura probably should not be used under any circumstances, in my humble opinion. It’s extremely unpleasant, and dangerous.

@Bulgarianspirit I used to have some wicked HPPD and the only thing that helped was pregnenolone 100mg (Life Extension brand). It actually worked so well it was like cotton balls were taken out of my ears. And the visual snow completely went away. And the effects lasted for almost 3 days.

The belief that distance doesn’t exist is untrue. The belief that distance exists is also untrue. Distance is just what it is — an empty perception that can be rendered meaningless once the apparent context for it is absent. Where exactly is the visual field? It’s exactly where it is. Where is that? Exactly where it is. The whole thing. So where is distance? You can’t find it. It appears to be where it is, but is it actually there? You don’t know.

200mg dissolved in tea chilled me out way too much even with the caffeine. I think it’s quite anti-serotonergic, so SSRI’s could have easily blocked its effects.

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No idea if it’s permanent, it’s not really a state though. There’s just what seems to be happening. I can get into some pretty awesome states if I choose to but I usually don’t these days. I did the other day though — inclined my mind to have an experience of nothingness, for instance, via the 7th jhana. Many different kinds. Started meditating 20 minutes at a time, then did The Mind Illuminated, then some of Kenneth Folk’s teachings, then read Rob Burbea’s Seeing That Frees (probably my favorite). I’m not enlightened. It’s all just experiences. There was an apparent collapse of the individual but I can’t say anything I did caused it to happen, and I can’t even tell you when it happened. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention self inquiry. That probably provoked the most change.

Probably just bad mushrooms, though it could be a medication you're taking. Seroquel, SSRIs, and quite a few others can pretty much stop trips from happening.

Yes. Contemplation, meditation, seeking, suffering, psychedelics, etc.

Not an object that is perceived subjectively, which is the only object worth talking about. There's nothing objective. Not to mention all there is is consciousness (or whatever you want to call it; it certainly isn't an object by any means though).

Hmm. I don't know. What arises dependent upon conditions does not actually arise though. They only appear to. But those quoted phrases don't mean anything to me. An object needs consciousness. Consciousness needs an object. They have no independent existence. Everything is leaning on a vacuum of nothing.

Sure, you could say perception is all there is, but the perceiver is merely implied. The perceived is perception. No perceiver required.

All I know is bitcoin is likely here to stay. There will probably be blockchain apps that completely replace Uber and Lyft.

3 days a week. Same routine every time (except for adding reps/weight each session). Definitely don't do a leg day, arm day, etc... Make sure it includes a push, a pull, and a legs/hinge/squat. i.e. 3 sets Chin ups (weighted), 3 sets Dips (weighted), 1 set Deadlift (all after considerable ramping up in weight, for warm up, so you'll be doing a lot more than just 7 total sets...) 5-15 reps per set, stopping short of failure so you don't tax your nervous system. But only 5 reps per warm up set, of which there should be at the very least 2 for each lift, and each should be heavier than the preceding warm up set. Can potentially sub dips for overhead press, and deadlift for squat. There isn't really a good alternative to chin ups though.

The vast majority of traders lose money. Try conscious investing maybe. There's a podcast called InvestEd and an associated website (the guy's name is Phil Town) that goes pretty in depth on how you can do this effectively. Seems to be a pretty stand up guy -- used to be a river guide for decades or something and then got quite wealthy just investing and apparently he only started with like $5k. Now he teaches people how to do it, mostly for free.

Don’t we all...

The only truly correct answer to every question. And no, I don't know that.

Time functions as a source of meaning/sense/purpose for an individual to be able to appear to traverse reality in the form of a journey in which something can be attained or brought about in the future, to benefit itself or others with which the individual identifies with.

Everything is only precisely as real as it seems to be.

Looking at a screen Sitting in a chair It doesn't have to be anything, yet it's exactly what it is !!!

Emptiness, too, is empty of itself, and is therefore full. Theme of things going full circle applies here.

Object is, by virtue of there being consciousness. Consciousness is, by virtue of there being object. Which came first? If one came first, well... that couldn’t happen, because it is dependent on the other being there, which hasn’t arisen in this example. So does either exist? They’re interdependent and arise out of each other — empty of existing as themselves.

This is what gets one un-stuck. Seriously. There are about a million things you could do, but if what you are is "stuck," maybe try this: By Kenneth Folk " Forget about the tips and tricks. Forget about the centerpoint. Forget about the 3 characteristics. Forget about whether you think you are concentrated or not. Forget about what you think you know about meditation. Every time you discover the "problem" with your meditation, note your reaction to that thought. Note the thought itself. Note once per second, aloud, for the duration of your sitting. Note catastrophizing, dramatizing, histrionics, self-pity, evaluation thoughts, impatience, despair, self-loathing, joy, triumph, scenario spinning, longing, desire for deliverance, irritation, doubt, bliss, absorption, distraction, fear, anger, rage, disgust, euphoria, hope, contentment, anticipation, softness, hardness, coolness, warmth, pulsing, burning, itching, throbbing, stinging, tingling, hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, pleasant, unpleasant, neutral, petulance, futility, dullness, fatigue; what have I left out? Of course you would like some kind of a shortcut or a tip. There is no such thing. There is only the mastery of this simple technique. By the time you master this technique, you will be an arahat. If you distract yourself from this technique by trying to tweak the recipe, the warrantee is void. "

When people start a meditation practice, the experience is often pervaded by distraction. When some skill is acquired and distraction subsides and focus gets more stable (via repeated positive reinforcement; appreciating that AHA! moment when you realize you're not focusing on the meditation object), one can get pretty sleepy, as there isn't a lot of distraction energy to keep one awake. What you could probably do now is focus on arousing and maintaining energy, via a broad awareness of the whole body. Fill your whole body with awareness, as if you were blowing up a balloon -- in the center of this awareness, maintain a light but constant focus on your meditation object. If something seems to pull your attention away from the object/breath, briefly tighten up on the breath until the distraction pull subsides. This is a balancing act that can turn into a flow state and will very likely be impossible to fall asleep during. In other words, you might want to sharpen your mind before you do do-nothing meditation again. Or if you want, you could do what I described above, but instead of using the breath as an object, use watching-for-intention-so-you-can-ignore-it-and-let-go-of-it as the object. But still use the aforementioned balancing act.

@Inliytened1 Only the relative exists. The absolute is existence. And furthermore, the relative and the absolute are the same thing.

@Moksha Opposites are dependent on one another, and so don't exist in themselves.