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Thank you for your answers. How about Psilocybin mushrooms? After doing some research I found out that the probability to find pure LSD where I live is pretty low. So, if mushrooms are suitable too, I can grow them by myself from spores. That way I won't be intoxicating my body with shady components.

Thank you guys. @JuliusCaesar @thisintegrated @OBEler I checked "Erowid" On @JuliusCaesar advice and few questions came up. 1. Is LSD suitable for getting new perspectives and insights on practical stuff in life, such as the professional direction in life? Or are other psychedelics more suitable for that? 2. I am worried about the purity of LSD. The following quote is taken from "Erowid". So apparently, test kits can only confirm whether the blotter has or hasn't LSD, however they are unable to detect NBOMe compounds in it. Other tests like the fluorescent test, are inaccurate. The only way is to check it in a lab... How do you tackle this issue? 3. Is a guide necessary or is it safe to be done alone? 4. You mentioned food, do you eat during the trip or is it better to fast through the whole experience? 5. What was your initial dose?

Researching the web for resources regarding guides for taking LSD - dosages, how to prepare to the session,how to deal with things that can potentially happen during the session, integration and etc. The amount of info found on the web is overwhelming and I don't know which one to trust. What resources can you recommend for a total newbie in the field? p.s Typing "LSD" in the search bar of actualized forum doesn't produce any results, even though I've seen posts regarding that topic. Is that a bug or I need to change something in the search settings?

In your case, I don't think it should be black and white as you portray it. If you do all the course all over again, all at once and non stop, then yea it may seem as a waste of time. But, if continue working on your skills, while each day doing a small chunk of the course (break it down in a sustainable way) then it could be a good investment of your time.

@Spence94 It's hard to review a product which its performance is heavily relied upon the customer. Nevertheless, here are some of my thoughts: the course validated my intuition that there is more to life than what people normally experience. However, the bottom line is: 1. I didn't find my life purpose with the course. 2. I didn't feel it provided me any concrete value. 3. On the spectrum of pragmatism - idealism, the course made me less pragmatic and more idealistic. 4. The actual part of the course that focuses on finding your life purpose didn't feel practical. It got me into overthinking for an extended period of time. I mean at the end of the day (Leo says it too by himself in the FAQ section of the course and in some of his Actualized.org videos), in order to find your life purpose you need try things out until something clicks. It's not a rocket science. In conclusion, the people I think that can benefit from the course are those who already got something and want to take it to the next level by instilling the right mindset and concepts to their lives. I don't think it's for people who want to find their passion. You don't find passion in a course, you find it by doing stuff.

@Leo Gura Can you please clarify what should I exactly do during the savoring stage in general, and specifically in the above-mentioned scenario I wrote in the beginning of the post?

@peanutspathtotruth Thank you for your answer. Sorry, I forgot to mention that my question is based upon Leo's video about mindfulness (link below), which is based on Shinzen Young's work. Do you have a detailed explanation of the technique you are using? Because I didn't quite understand Leo's explanation regarding the savoring stage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4

The moment you notice something in the Inner - Hearing or Seeing category (aka auditory or visual thoughts), it ceases to exist. What do you do then in the Savoring stage? Do you replay the thought in your head and watch / hear it without judgement?

I don't come with answers but I can definitely sympathize. A shared sorrow is half a sorrow, right? For me the change was very drastic. I came back from my travels around the world just before the pandemic started. Imagine taking an active and social guy who enjoyed being outdoors, meeting hundreds of new people on average per month, covering lots of distance a day AND one day seating him on a chair in front of the computer for a whole year to study through zoom. The effects were detrimental to me. My social interactions diminished almost to zero and instead of crossing countries I crossed my living room to get from the chair to the fridge. I felt I am closing myself off even when there wasn't a quarantine and even from my best friends. Like isolation was my new homeostasis. I know that this is not me. Give yourself some credit that you are passing through unusual times, it is temporary and that too shall pass (I saying this advice to myself as well). P.S I would say take out from your head this idea of introversion and extroversion. These are just tags. In reality, people are much more fluid and they move on the spectrum depending on the situation. Identifying with one of them will just make you stuck ( just like Charlotte advised you to not hung up on a term like 'social anxiety').

Hey Leo, can you please make the "Guided Satisfaction Meditation" video clip (The link below) a downloadable audio file or upload it to Spotify? Would be helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_L0GZMaQk

@Flowerfaeiry Thanks:)

How do you make it a more present, pleasant, relaxing experience rather than "bringing there your problems with you" and having negative nostalgias? Basically, how to truly disconnect?

Going soon on a 7 day retreat in nature in order to clean my head, exit repetitive thinking loops, disconnect, vent, regain energy and relax. Any suggestions for the retreat would be greatly appreciated (besides disconnecting from tech). Again, the purpose is not spiritual but rather to get some peace of mind and re-energize. The beautiful crossing from Chile to Argentina

The world needs now, more than ever, coffee stands on top of mountain peaks or in a middle of a trek. Just imagine the long line of people waiting to take an energizing sip from your hot coffee on their way to the Everest, Mont Blanc or Kilimanjaro. Now imagine you'd open a worldwide chain of that.

Wow you clearly analyzed the situation wayyy too much. Spiral dynamics? Self esteem? Really? So it's 185$ for one month and then for an additional one week you pay an extra 160$? What? Anyway, In my opinion, paying for more than one month from now (if that's a standard in your country) is not an act that comes from being kind or thoughtful but rather a people pleaser.