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@Inliytened1 I missed the bit where you talked about leos video in my original reply but Ive edited it. I already watched the video, I just wanted to know the way you do it. I found his instructions to be a bit vague, so Im not sure if im doing it right.

@Hojo I said that because I recall him saying in some recent video that maybe if you spent your whole life meditating and you were spirituallity gifted youd reach the higher levels of enlightenment with classic techniques, but otherwise probably not. I think he changes his opinion on a lot of things so a lot of the things hes said in his previous videos he doesnt agree with anymore. But thanks for the video, Ill watch it.

@Inliytened1 Thanks for the reply. Is there any particular way you recommend doing self enquiry? I have already watched the video on it, im just interested in learning how other people do it.

Honestly I dont think it matters at all.

I've never rly been able to dance. Whenever I ask people how they do it it seems that it comes naturally to them, and they react as if you were asking them how to do a very obvious task which comes from simply "flowing with the music", but its not that way for me at all. I know social anxiety plays a part in my inability but I think a bigger part of it is simply not understanding how one is supposed to dance, and I dont know how to learn. To me it feels as if you were trying to learn how to levitate, an activity which no matter how much you practice you'll never be able to attain. This makes events like parties uncomfortable because I feel very out of place just standing there. Anyone with the same difficulties that has overcome this issue here? I would like some help because even though I've tried practicing I can't seem to grasp it and i don't know what to do about it.

@Leo Gura Its not inaccurate to call me autistic. I know what you're saying and I've thought about it before, but its very hard for me to let loose around other people, even if im very drunk. @Sugarcoat Yeah, I'd agree that I tend to live in my head too much. I do sometimes get the urge to move my body, I just feel like i don't really know how. Maybe I just lack confidence.

@Sugarcoat This is what I was talking about in my post. Some people talk about it as if it's natural and intuitive when it's not that way for me. Just because something is a certain way for you doesn't mean it's the same for everybody.

@Osaid Yeah, I guess maybe im approaching it from a place thats too logical, but thats usually how i tend to interact with and understand things so I have issues thinking differently. Maybe I just need to get shitfaced and it'll come naturally too @mr_engineer I was thinking about this possibility too. I have a friend who teaches dance so ill try to convince her to teach me.

So what do you guys actually do? I mean for certain ones like dmt or salvia you don't realy have a great degree of autonomy while on it, all you can do is just lay there and trip balls, but with ones like lsd or shrooms in which you have hours before the effect wears off and unless in very high doses you have a fair bit of autonomy, what do you actually do while under the effects to reap the most out of it? Just lay there? Meditate?

Anyone have any experience with mixing LSD and shrooms? I've done both individually, and they seem like pretty similar substances to me, but I'm wondering what the difference would be between mixing them together and simply taking higher dosages of each individually. Also, as a more general question, what combinations would you guys recommend and which substances are better not mixed together? I've done candy flipping before, and it was not a good experience, got way too horny but I wasn't able to handle my own emotions which led to some very ucomfortable situations with other people lol.

As the title says, according to some of leos videos, LOVE (in all caps) is the highest teaching. As i understand it, metta is basically a form of meditation aimed at cultivating feelings of love, compassion and kindness towards others and yourself. I see a kind of similitude, perhaps the love that metta cultivates is not the same leo is talking about, but isnt it at least a step in the right direction?

Yeah, Id say thats my goal. Deep down I probably just want to escape from my mind though, and I see enlightenment as a form of suicide without death and all that it implies for yourself and others

@Holymoly I dont rly have a lot of experience, I mean I have a few trips under my belt but nothing too much compared to some of the people here. I feel now that my question was kind of dumb (maybe just me getting insecure or something) but with all the talk about using psychedelics as a form of spiritual practice or way of "achieving enlightenment" I was curious as to what kind of things people did when taking them.

Hello. I'm currently undergoing psychiatric treatment which stops me from taking any psychedelics. What spiritual practice would you guys say is the most effective aside from psychedelics? Meditation? Kriya yoga? Im aware reaching god realization is going tl be hard without psychedelics, but perhaps a different type, more easy to achieve type of awakening like no-self is still achievable? Currently I'm more interested in alleviating my suffering and feeling good than reaching absolute truth.

@Yimpa you can take off that giant stick up your ass and use it as a broom

Alright guys, what you say makes sense. Perhaps I should currently focus on stabilizing my mind. As for meditation, currently im trying to cultivate a habit followinf the book "The mind illuminated". Any particular methods you might recommend?

@Thought Art Im trying, man. I've been interested in reaching enlightenment for a while though, and I get the feeling it might help with my mood issues too.

I find gymnastics pretty beautiful and sometimes impressive, especially rings

Not sure if I should post this on dating/sexuality but I'll post it here since the question is mainly about the effects of the shrooms. I have plans to invite a girl over to my home tomorrow and we'll each have half a gram of mushrooms and probably have and stuff (teehehe) Anyways my question is, how do shrooms affect sex? I'm not sure what to expect as I've never taken shrooms. Will I feel more love or connectedness? Will it make my dick go limp? I would like some information about it from someone with experience before I go into it.

To continue on what Jannes said I've heard of people not getting very horny on LSD or weed. Personally I'd say weed usually dissipates any sexual desires I might have while I smoke it. Probably depends on the individual.

I'm a 21 year old male. I struggle with depression which in turn messes with my libido. I also have a history of porn abuse. I think I kind of abused my dick too much because my erections are kinda weak, even when I'm horni. I understand that if I'm not very aroused I won't get very hard erections but for the past few months even when I am it doesn't get very hard. Also, I used to get morning woods in the past but haven't for the past few weeks. What can I do to improve this? I suppose stuff like raising my testosterone, which I'm already trying to (I strength train, try to have good sleep habits, generally try to have low stress levels)

@Leo Gura Thanks for the reply. I think my hormones might be a bit fucked, esp testosterone. Honestly I'm not sure what's the cause of the problem because I think a 21 year old shouldn't be having problems with ED, but eh. Makes sense it's an issue that lies somewhere in those 4 things you mentioned, probably a combination of the 4. It kinda messes with my head having to rely on a drug to have sex. I don't know, I guess I find it kind of humilliating, though that might be the only option for the time being. If you don't mind me asking, why do you recommend cialis over viagra?

I recall reading a study in which the testosterone levels of the participants were measured. It raised bit by bit until the seventh day in which the participants' testosterone raised to something like 400%, then slowly decended over time.

I generally suck at social interaction. Through practice I think i've managed to achieve some decent level of competency in conversations between few people, though my weakest area has been large gatherings of people for a while. I'm a bit socially anxious and I'm sure that contributes to it, but for some reason I always seem to get a mental block at parties specifically. I just sit there and have a really hard time speaking or doing stuff like cracking jokes, like I get drained of energy or something. Sometimes drinking helps loosen me up a bit but most times it doesn't. I'm not sure how to overcome this, I've been going out more but the problem doesn't seem to improve and I'm starting to get really frustrated.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm sure some of the factors you mentioned like overuse of porn or performance anxiety play a part, but I think it's mostly just anhedonia. There was foreplay and everything, but I just felt numb. I'll try addressing that issue and maybe buy some dickpills for the next time the opportunity presents itself. As for my sexuality, I believe I'm straight. Well, at least I've always used straight porn and never really wanted to use gay porn or anything. Lately not even porn really does it for me. I guess I can coom but I don't really feel anything and I barely keep an erection.