Nemra

I want to remind you to watch John Vervaeke's "Awakening From The Meaning Crisis" series, which Leo recommended in his "John Vervaeke's Lecture Series" blog post. For me, it really brings clarity about why awakening has been pursued and the reason that psychotechnologies, such as psychedelics, meditation, etc., have been used. Haven't you noticed that you hear about psychedelics or meditation without understanding why they work the way they work for you?

I found that doing a deep, intense breathing exercise before smoking takes the trip to the next level! It cuts off my negative thinking and keeps me from getting lost in reactive mode. For me, it’s similar to a 5-MeO-DMT trip—clear-headed, with tingling sensations. That exercise puts me into a non-ordinary state, and then when I smoke DMT, the trip becomes insane, imaginary!

In this thread, I will share my DMT experience. The time has come!

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Lately, I watched the above documentary about their prison, and it is mental.

Merry Christmas and may we have more awakenings!

What movie have you recently watched, or are you now watching? I have yet to finish watching the movie "The Irishmen".

I have been smoking DMT while observing what was happening to my environment. That approach is very limiting, because my ego is waiting to react to what's happening, which makes me paranoid. A few minutes ago, I just zoomed out my attention to everything and OMG, I got blasted into Pure Consciousness and Dream. It's just ineffable. Of course, it also depends on the dose and the frequency of the tokes. I just smoke a very small amount (it's so tiny, less than 5 mg, that I need to do volumetric dosing to understand how much I'm taking in, however, I don't have a vaping device to test it) of DMT after every 2-5 minutes.

Yeah. To be honest, Solipsism can be terrifying beyond the human state.

The first one wasn't too bad. The second one was boring.

@Leo Gura, ok. I think I was worried that if Christian symbols are more salient to you, then you are likely to have beliefs in Christianity. For me, it would be difficult to know if a Christian genuinely had an awakening. Which Christian is open to powerful tools like psychedelics? Maybe very few.

@Leo Gura, I wanted to know whether or not it's because of religious indoctrination or for other reasons. It's interesting that even if you aren't a Christian, you can still unknowingly relate to Christian symbols to grasp yourself.

@nerdspeak, maybe my kindergarten wasn't as religious as yours. Although, I attended church.

@Leo Gura, my sense phenomena get weird when I start tripping, e.g., geometrical shapes form that I couldn't even imagine, melting sensations, etc. Is it possible that my mind likes or relates to the idea of weirdness, and then uses that to grasp itself?

@nerdspeak, what do you think is the reason for seeing those images?

@Leo Gura, when you say that anyone can have an awakening on psychedelics, do you mean that they can have an awakening experience of themselves being God, independent of their cognitive development?

At least the dog can take it without talking nonsense about psychedelics.

@Leo Gura, back then, I couldn't make sense how a Christian or any religious person could have an awakening. I have been treating the cognitive dimension as a given, which made me assume that people at a very low cognitive level could not have an awakening, because their explanations weren't as deep and direct as your explanation, which is not to say that they know what they are talking about or actually have had awakenings. The self-limitation is astounding! This is really mind opening and is giving me goosebumps.

@Leo Gura, the level of your cognitive development will affect your awakenings and how you understand them, right? It seems that people who are unaware of their cognitive development don't see how much they are limiting their awakenings.

It seems like that the video on post-modernism was created with the assistance of AI. However, it is good.

I guess Japanese people would love me.

Well, it's hard. I have suffered through painful injuries and a neurological disorder. I have some experience of going through difficult times. I just try to remain calm as much as I can while observing what's going on. When the trip starts, I start sensing that I can't run away from it, because it's total.

@Leo Gura, have you seen song covers by AI?

It's not beneficial to them. It's relative. I have a hard time convincing myself with their way of living as I was raised in it. Once you get out of their circle, you start to see the nonsense if you want to. It's not only about nonsense, but also about their conformist mindset. If you aren't self-reflective, then everything you were taught is assumed as truth, doesn't it?

@Thought Art, because any construction can be deconstructed. If it assumes that it can't be deconstructed, then it's not self-reflective in the first place. How can you know if it's honest to itself if it doesn't let people deconstruct it, helping people see what lies beyond construction?