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Actually most people use this forum to challenge him here.

@flowboy Thats interesting. I mean the part of no ejaculating while still having an orgasm. Did this happen to you by accident, or was there a specific technique involved?

Leo also talked about how you could even get a psychedelic indused tinnitus. I have this condition since about 6 years, and my tinnitus even decreased since im meditating/doing psychedelics. However this "visual tinnitus" or visual snow increased with the trips. Interestingly during the trips its totally gone. Only after a few days it comes up again. Sometimes annoyingly bad, but sometimes just subtle.

Even the most atheistic people, (like I was) can have a God realization. Actually the belief in some sort of a God, would even delay the realization to a point. Of course depending how conscious you are.

Its normal to be confused when you grow in all directions. Deep spiritual work will transcend your need to be succesful on the financial level or with women. However if you still feel this desire to accumulate wealth and have a lot of sex, dont fight it. Go conscious into these desires and watch how they transform naturally over time. I can just talk for myself, but I notice that once you really have the inner growth going (spirituality)y your outer goal (sex, money, fame ect.) is a natural byproduct. But only if your spiritual work is your number ONE goal in life - not the other way around. So if you can't feel this to be the case, follow your outer goals, without psychedelics. However, keep yourself on a conscious level. Meditation is probably the way to go. You can't forcefully climb up the spiral (Spiral Dynamics) you rather elevate up naturally over time.

I even see the climate change as a necessary part of the "evolution of the universe", with its ultimate goal to make itself more consciouss towards itself. And the number one tool to make someone more consciouss is to make him suffer from his unconsciousness. The universe is a pretty "big brain" thing.

Shouldn't the ability to be lucid during sleep dreams increase your chances of awakening in this sober dream right now? After all, in both cases its just increased consciousness leading to this realization. Any opinions?

@Brandon Nankivell I get what you mean. It's so short-lived that you can't really crasp what was going on. But trust me after you had you're first real awakening, which you can't conflate with something else, you notice the same consciousness state again. What's fascinating about the nitrous experience is, that you can see directly how consciousness is build in a way, that after recognizing itself it will directly forget it self in order for this dream state to work. This "recognizing-forgetting" principle is a main theme in consciousness. Without that, consciousness would just be half as fascinating for itself.

@OneIntoOne If you're really serious about this work, don't be satisfied with weed. It has so many side-effects and makes you lazy after all. And even if you had a spiritual breakthrough with weed, you would never know what substances in the weed was responsible for that. Progress will be very hard with that. Meditate a lot. And if you feel mentally mature enough, try some clean perfectly dosed psychedelic, with ideal set and setting. After that you can evaluate better how weed made you any more conscious or not.

If you're really serious about this work, don't be satisfied with weed. It has so many side-effects and makes you lazy after all. And even if you had a spiritual breakthrough with weed, you would never know what substances in the weed was responsible for that. Progress will be very hard with that.

The big picture issue with weed is that it activates so many neurotransmitters on so many levels, that its a rightly called a "dirty drug". I once heard it has over 20 difference messenger substances, which makes it a terrible tool for self-inquiry and meditation. After all real psychedelics are so useful for spiritual work, because they open op your mind through breaking "filter mechanism" in the psyche. Weed would just clutter these filter mechanism together, which leaves you anxious and confused. Studies are also very foggy about the neurological benefits of weed.

Yeah, i have to correct my evaluation about n2o. Here in Germany and Austria its totally legal and there are even bars, who offer you nitrous for the whole evening. But the neurological damage is too serious as to just be ignorant about it. But in the end, i think most people, who get to take psychedelics correctly are so conscious and aware of dangers, that they will naturally want to inform themselves about new substances enough. I just had never any issues with taking it two or three times a year. Thats why this post is here.

That sounds cool. Although, complete lucidity seems to be necessary for you to even think about yoga while dreaming. Can you dream lucid on a regular basis?

It all comes down to why you do it in the first place. Here, its meant to be a useful tool to have spiritual insights, when the classic psychedelics and methods wont work well for you. Thats the main point of this forum section. To share ideas and concepts, which might help someone, who searches. And if you are serious about this work, nitrous wont make you addicted what so ever. At this level of spiritual work, the only addictive thing is truth. Nitrous is not truth. Its a tool to gain glimpses of truth at best.

The argument was about the structure of a fact, rather than the content of a specific fact. I think he took this radical example because he talked about structure vs. content so often that really wanted to make it clear now.

@OBEler depends on your dose. If you took a large dose you can enter absolute nothingness and God realization even when your trip seems to be over. I've never tried it during peak, but even hours after the peak it will completely shatter your materialistic paradigm.

@Leo Gura Of course LSD can be enough - just depends on the dose. But with a common dose of 200mcg of LSD you won't really have an ego death right away. Let alone an entire God realization. And because most people start with low doses, but want to experience the God head anyways, I find this combination very suitable for beginners. And let's face it - most psychonauts are just beginners.

@The0Self thanks for the deep clarification. I have never used it more than once every two months. I will be aware of this issue from now on.

@Thought Art Im 100% behind what you said. But as I pointed out in my reply this combination can't really mess up your trip. Because after about 20 seconds everything is over. There are no long lasting effects. You even forget directly what you just experienced, just this incredible feeling of love will stay there for the rest of your trip. That's the only reason I bring this combination up.

Because God wants to know how it is to be you. Maybe he has a big plan or no plan. Anyways he loves to be you. Thats why God is so persistent in imagining you. He absolutely loves everything about you.

I also want to point out what im usually strict against combining psychedelics with other substances. Only because I have done both substances often enough and many times in combination i dare to propose it here. However do it at your own risk. Be extremely careful with it and do your research about both substances.

If you just want to have fun and enjoy the visuals, get yourself an amazing trip playlist, some fruits and go into nature. If you want to have deep, life altering insights, forget about all that. Meditate, calm your mind and watch the video linked above. Thanks @TheAlchemist for sharing it here - this one on a psychedelic will knock you through the floor. One tool i always have prepared for a trip is nitrous oxide (N2O), which can be consumed out of capsules after about 2-3 hours into the trip with a balloon and a capsule crusher. If you inhale the nitrous out of the ballon for as long as you can (till you really have to breath again), you can have a feeling what 2000 mcg of LSD would feel for about 10 seconds. You will become directly conscious of infinity, eternity, nothingness - GOD. Its legal and its quite easy to consume. However do research at your own and read some trip reports about that. Its worth it.

Of course there is this linear explanation of sleeping for the body to replenish its capacities. And even more important is the role of sleeping as a mechanism to set up your brain for the next day. You even feel this "freshness" in your brain after having a good amount of sleep. But as we know the brain is actually an illusion and doesn't influence our ability to be conscious by the slightest. So i expect there to be a more profound and spiritual explanation to sleeping. Maybe during sleep we have some sort of ego death, which allows our consciousness to re-connect with infinite consciousness for a while, in order to be conscious normally, without getting eaten alive by the ego mind. But as im writing this, there are many more explanations coming up. So I wonder what Leo has to say about sleep and why its such an integral part of our lifes.

Detached self esteem from others. For example their husbands, children and friends. Even though it seems nice to be "help" others, ultimately it stops a woman from reaching her maximum potential of creativity and love - which i find most attractive. This one is hard for most women to actualize, cause women have this strong urge to derive their value and self esteem through how "social" and "supportive" they are. Likewise men derive their value and self esteem subconsciously through how competent they are in being the "breadwinner" and having a powerful influence on others. Both attachments will lead to a decreased growth in creativity, joyfulness and ultimately love.