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This is where being pop-culture savvy has real life benefits. Learning the art of gossiping and chatting shit (in the least unconscious way possible) is essential imo for dating. You can get to the deeper stuff later on, if they're even open to that. If you can't sense any open-mindedness in a potential partner, I wouldn't even bother taking things further anyways, unless you're just looking for a hookup

Reading this is wild to me ngl. The best horror fiction explores so many nuanced topics regarding human psychology and are generally just interesting and entertaining to watch, especially due to the craft required to make effective horror (practical effect work is exceptionally rigorous and looks amazing in the best cases). The majority of people I know enjoy horror films, they are certainly not psychopathic. Some enjoy the more shallow stuff but big time horror buffs know that there are countless titles that stir emotions and explore themes that no other type of genre can. If you have never seen a single horror film, it is likely your assumptions of the medium are very inaccurate. Some of the most artistic and profound films of the past 30 years have been horror or horror-adjacent. It's fair enough not to be into horror, but assuming all horror is the equivalent of junk food cinema is a closed minded take.

@Leo Gura Looking forward to it. I don't wanna get too involved with the debate, but it's pretty clear from my own perspective that this is a natural evolution of your teachings and the spiritual domain in general. Thought you should know that a lot of us lurkers are all for it Leo, keep up the great work. I'm at a point in my spiritual journey where shedding the human is of utmost importance, so I welcome alien levels of mind with open arms 👾

@Leo Gura @Leo Gura There are good writers in Hollywood, but if the writing for a big franchise like Dune is too nuanced, the masses won't get it by default and cause the mindless masses are where the money is, this means the film won't make as much money and thus the incentive to water down the complexity of Dune and any other original or pre-existing IP makes sense from the corpo standpoint cause if the writing is too layered, dense, intellectual and detailed it will be inaccessible to the masses. The masses are gagging for epic fantasy trilogies ala lord of the rings, star wars, pirates of the Caribbean, narnia etc. And Dune is the only film series at the minute which is capturing the essence of those films, so I'm not surprised that these films haven't seen their full potential, the big wigs don't want Dune to be too alienating to audiences so having a fairly arthousey director like Denis adapt it is probs the best of both worlds. Jodorowsky's Dune would have been unreal. The Holy Mountain is a deeply spiritual film imo, he could have translated the spiritual qualities of Dune into a movie better than Denis. Denis is a master at establishing thick, rich atmosphere at the expense of plot. The characters aren't deep but the performances and production are too masterful for it not to spark some emotion out of me.

I'll likely pick up GTA 6 as I'm a fan of the series but I'm skeptical as to whether this games story and characters will be on par with the writing in Red Dead 1, 2 & GTA 4, since the lead writer left after GTA 5 (which I would say is one of the weaker written Rockstar games). I reckon it will be good fun at the least, especially with friends if the multiplayer isn't bogged down by limitations, but for me it's mostly interesting to play to observe the technological qualities of the game itself (graphics, game systems etc.) and to get an idea of where gaming is headed in the future. I'm more curious than excited tbh.

It's defo not in England I can tell ye now

Yeah man. Fucking not that hard to wrap your head around the notion that advanced minds can literally warp to wherever they want in reality. Makes so much sense when you realize the limitlessness of Mind at large. Humans project their bullshit limitations onto the aliens and create a self-deceptive narrative that prevents them from being able to realize their existence. Of course they can fucking beam themselves here, we are like a retarded fish compared to them.

Relate to this a lot 🙏

I've been complimenting my sobriety with cannabis (one mild dose of sativa during the day and of indica at night) and I've found it has been very beneficial for my consciousness. I used to abuse weed so now I know not to and have learnt how to healthily interface with THC. I use a vape, lasts me ages cause I use it so sparingly. It has made me much more creative, in some sense it feels like a nootropic.

Thanks for all the great replies. Love this community!

@Leo Gura One insight that struck me the deepest was the full realization of myself as God being an infinite shapeshifter. This always made sense to me as a child and it was especially profound having that come full circle both experientially and mentally.

@LoneWonderer Much love man yeah gonna take a while to really integrate my experience and make sure I convey it as best I can

I did it. Speechless. There are no words. Cliche, but ultimately true for the feeling of what awakening is like. The epitome of ineffable. This was the ultimate shift from destructive nihilism towards positive nihilism that I needed in my life right now as well. My ketamine addiction completely clouded my mind for many years and my mind would spin delusions as Truth and couldn't let go of the "ketamine consciousness" if you will. My DMT trip just now recontexctualized my whole life and tapped into the mind of God in a way I have never experienced before. I know it goes unfathomably deeper than I can ever fathom, but this was the first of many awakenings in the future and it was finally refreshing to have helped me now make sense of all of my past trips albeit without the chaos. I had fallen back into my ego for many years since I took a break from my healthy psychedelic practice around 2022. This was after my 90mg 4-aco-dmt experience (do not recommend a dose this high at all tbh I actually overdosed it accidentally) my whole life changed for better and worse and I was in a perpetual state of endlessly fluctuating states of euphoria and dysphoria in my mind. Eventually after enduring this chaotic mindset every day and other events in life unfolding for me, I got addicted to ketamine and it ruled my life for years up until October 2025 when I went to Japan for 3 months and embarked on various wellness retreats and to spark magic back into my life. This ultimately ended up helping me recover from ket addiction and has not only been amazing for myself it's now allowed me to have a second life purpose for helping addicts alongside guiding others towards awakening. This trip unlocked a part of me that had been slowly bursting out of me my whole life. I'd like to thank DMT firstly but and even bigger thanks to @Leo Gura for sowing the seeds towards my awakening. I love You. 👁

@Leo Gura I'd be straight on this opportunity if I lived in the US. Will definitely keep my eyes peeled for a future European retreat. Hope all goes well, brilliant idea! I think there will be a super positive outcome.

@Leo Gura Yeah fully agreed, there isn't any need for a sequel when the first is so tightly woven. I imagine it will be good but there is no room for surpassing the original. I haven't seen it in a while, definitely due a rewatch. I quite like Gattaca as well, which is a sci-fi film by the same director. He's underrated.