Gesundheit2

What guided you out of college and into the rabbit hole? Let that guide you again.

@KatiesKarma Lose the victim mentality and replace it with responsibility. Train yourself to become more responsible everyday, especially of your emotions. It is possible to become unaffected by external events. It just take some time and a little bit of incremental effort everyday.

I don't think what I think matters. At least I suppose it shouldn't.

Inside the mind of Leo Gura

@Leo Gura I thought you wanted intimacy.

Go to any Islamic country. You're legally allowed to marry up to 4 women.

Why would I not believe you? I just don't think what you experienced was properly interpreted. But of course, non-duality, everything is connected, I am you you are me, etc.

Reminds me of when Leo claimed that telepathy is real while tripping. Alright then, so prove it, demonstrate telepathy. Read my mind and tell me what I'm thinking in real time. Oh, well, non-duality, everything is connected, I am you you are me, etc.

Only bargain when you have the advantage, and always make sure that you have some tricks up your sleeve. Never enter a losing battle.

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It mostly comes with the new-age religion as a one package deal. A few, however, claim to have experienced it. And while I don't necessarily deny that, I still doubt the interpretations they give of what they actually experienced. I think most people who reach these experiences necessarily lack the proper metaphysical or even just logical foundation to ground their interpretations in. Most of the times the interpretations are flimsy and vague. Materialism on the other hand does not deny reincarnation. This is clear in genetics, but not exclusive to it. But what materialism denies is the concept of a soul that gets incarcerated to begin with. In a sense, it seems materialism has reached non-duality in this specific matter.

Drama is the feminine version of pragmatism. Respect survival and it will respect you.

There isn't a right way for doing anything or living life. But there are many wrong ways.

Don't worry about it, El. I'll just donate to you whatever they tax you.

It's personal. Always have been.

Slower thinking for me is associated with meditative states. I've experienced serious lack of thoughts in certain states. But I don't think that slower thinking equals higher consciousness necessarily. Most of the times, slower thinking rather just means lower intelligence. But still, it's a lot easier to contemplate and dissect thoughts if they're few and not too overwhelming, which is why meditation is a very effective and useful practice. It probably takes a supermind to be able to handle the monkey mind at full force with high consciousness. Higher consciousness has more to do with quality and clarity of thoughts, regardless of speed. And if you can process a lot of high quality thoughts with enough clarity in very short time, then you probably have the supermind. But it's a skill that can be developed, and not entirely genetic, even though genes play a big role in my experience/opinion.

That's not necessarily true, even though extremely likely. This perspective you're suggesting is not the whole picture. Life doesn't necessarily equal falsehood, even though it does for most people.

Does anyone have an experience with a psychotic loved one? Can you offer me some tips? Should I take her to a psychiatrist or just comfort and contain her? She's paranoid and hallucinating, and talking in a nonsensical way. What to do?

Source is a bitch. Appreciate the advice. Will take it into consideration.

@Gianna Thanks. That's exactly what we've been doing over the past few days. We took the whole week off to stay with her. All five of the family members have been extremely supportive and understanding. My role mainly was to direct them in how to treat and talk to her. The doctor said none of that matters, but I think he's wrong and closed-minded. He's putting all his bets on the medications and assuming that she's chronically ill and without a cure. We are proving him wrong. She almost recovered within less than three days of meds, and we'll probably start decreasing the doses very soon. I taught the family members some CBT and they're doing their best. My mom was her closest friend and they both have soft spots for each other, so I gave my mom special instructions for dealing with her. The truth is that the episode was triggered by my mom abandoning her for a reason that I don't feel comfortable sharing. I've been investigating with the family the possible causes and solutions the whole time. I think the situation is easily reversible. She was basically mainly deprived of sleep and stressed by several things that have been going on for some time in her life, like overworking and worrying about what other people think and drinking lots of caffeine, and other things. We are trying to uproot all that as much as possible and as quick as possible, and I think we've been very effective at this as a team for the time being, so we will continue down that path. We'll also try to eliminate the stressors out of her life so that they don't trigger her anymore. @Loba Thank you for your concern. I'm sorry I didn't contact you as I said I would. We are devoting most of our time for her at the moment, and I don't feel very comfortable sharing things about my sister; and that's because I worry she might not want that, so I'm saving that option until it's absolutely necessary. But anyway, she's a lot better now, but I was wondering if it's okay to stop the meds. I am very doubtful of the mainstream medical view on psychosis, because in a sense she awakened, so her mind got upgraded, opposite to what most psychiatrists suggest. She said she died and came back to life because she loves us. She mentioned astral projection, now believes in karma and God, and thinks she's become a channel/translator of some sorts. I don't want to deny her these possibilities, so I am trying my best to explain to my parents especially that all of this is okay. I think she will calibrate soon and then she will be able to filter out these esoteric experiences from daily conversations. She's already improved a lot and explained a lot to us in a more understandable way. It's interesting how all of this is working. On the more brighter side, I've never been this close to her. I almost avoided eye contact and real emotional connection with her for most of my life. The past few days, I held her close to me for hours, reminisced about the past with her, sang with her, comforted her, etc. She even kissed me and asked me to kiss her between her eyes, which we've never done before. I think everything is improving all at the same time.

The word "everything" is itself the theory of everything. It encapsulates all of reality in one word.

@Loba Thank you for your advice regarding my sister. We took her to a psychiatrist two days ago, and he put her on 4 different meds. She's becoming more in touch with us and less afraid, but I'm noticing some things and similar themes, and I have some questions and concerns. Can we discuss and explore this topic further? I wish the best outcome possible for both of you. And I think that we both can benefit from sharing thoughts and experiences if you have time. We can talk in private if you prefer it that way. Let me know if you're in.

No, not the source of questions as in ALL questions. That would be a bit abstract, which would distract from the direction I'm pointing out. I meant the source of the questions in a more down-to-earth way, like the reasons why you ask those questions to begin with. Did it occur to you that there might be a driver behind the questions? What is that driver for you? What is the motivation? For example, why do you want to know the origin of life? Why do you have that desire? What is the value you're looking for out of such inquiries? Imagine you actually got the answers to all your questions, now what? How would you feel? And what would happen next? You know, come up with your own questions on a similar theme. Dig into the desire to know without suppressing it. That way, you will end up fulfilling the desire and in result relinquishing it, while at the same time finding some really fulfilling answers to your questions.