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Everything is awareness. The body does not produce awareness. It's the other way around. You have these fundamental misconceptions about reality and seem to be trying to fit explanations of awakening into your existing paradigm. In order to understand you have to deconstruct your current way of seeing reality.

@Atb210201 Totally. I used to make attempts and lots of weird paranormal shit would happen. But ya, who cares about belief.

I actually had a similar experience a few weeks ago. Haven't been able to stop thinking about it. At least I think it's similar.(?) It's like I woke up before I woke up. I became aware, and then reality started to appear within that darkness. No out of body experiences or anything though. What you're talking about sounds like astral projection. I recommend doing some research about that. Fascinating stuff!

Was just pondering this same thing. Two thoughts come to mind: - "Oneness" is a way of defining existence. Which puts a conceptual limit on limitlessness. - The path goes much further than an experience of oneness. It might get into deeper paradoxes which is beyond my current level of realization.

Wow, awesome interview! New found respect for Frank.

well, if you're living from the ego (like 99.99% of people are) you are innately afraid of death. I once had a sleep paralysis experience where I thought I was going to die. Had no choice but to fully accept it. I let go of everything fully and got pulled "back" into the void of nothing. Came back and wasn't afraid of what was happening anymore or the possibility of death. But the ego surfaced once again and the fear of death came with it. The two come hand in hand. But if I were to not be a pretentious douche, I'd say I'm at like a 7. Ego shattering experiences like that will definitely shave off a number or two.

So I've been slowly but surely getting more into politics, governments, and keeping up with the world. Anyone have any solid sources for keeping up? I'm not really interested in the whole Fox and CNN thing. It seems like news sources like that are just trying to frame content in a way to get you to go along with their one sided narrative. Thanks in advance

I used to use meditation music. Was nice. But found that I was putting so much effort into controlling my environment and I'd get upset when I would get distracted. Then started to not control anything and embrace everything and my progress skyrocketed. Silence is nice, but letting go and embracing reality is what it's all about in my opinion. I learned that a "distraction" is only what you get bothered by, and the mind labels an experience as a distraction. You don't have to be bothered or label anything. I guess it depends on what your intentions are with the sitting session. I also like having some perception to analyze sometimes too. But at the end of the day theres nothing wrong with using earplugs or meditation music.

100% agree with Adyashanti. 1. he's not demonizing them. He literally said he just hasn't seen a whole lot of good. But theres potential. Nothing wrong with that. I haven't seen a whole lot of good either besides watching Leos videos. And reading some stuff on the internet. But never in real life. 2. Psychedelics CAN cause irreversible negative effects on a person. One of my best friends destroyed his life with mushrooms and 8 years later sill struggling to pick up the pieces. Sill experiences daily psychosis, anxiety and depression. I definitely believe they can be an incredible tool if you know what you're doing and are mature enough. I personally want to go deeper into psychedelics. Also, Adyashanti has had psychedelic experiences. He once said he prefers the sober awakening because it's a lot more grounded. I've only had sober awakenings. But have had mild mystical experiences on psychedelics. Grace only comes when you're truly ready for awakening. There's a lot of huge valuable insights that you will inevitably miss out on if you only do psychedelics.

You'll only misunderstand by trying to understand. Just take it into consideration without believing or denying. You answered your own question. You have to do the work and experience it for yourself. Just do that and stop conceptualizing. The mind cannot conceptualize absolute truth.

Yes, all form is a manifestation of pure consciousness. mind/body is just a tiny sliver.

It gets WAY better. That's not enlightenment though. What makes enlightenment enlightenment is self realization. In Zen they say if there was no becoming then it wasn't enlightenment. So keep digging. Sounds like a nice experience though. As for integration. Don't try to hold onto it. Let it go. Spirituality isn't about feeling good all the time. That just won't happen. Learn to ride the wave of life. Accept what comes, and let it go. If you're constantly chasing the "spiritual highs" spirituality turn into something like a drug addiction, and you'll drive yourself crazy.

Notice the watchingness of the hand. The presence of the hand. The context of it. Also, I recommend switching the focus to your core sense of self. You'll get a lot more breakthroughs from doing that. Notice yourself. Notice that what you are is an object of awareness. What is watching you?

There is no "you." What we really are is consciousness (nothingness), which manifests into form (reality). Reality is consciousness. You are reality.

Why wait 12 days in between sessions? I'm also thinking of experimenting with LSD in the near future. Also, when micro dosing LSD do you just cut the tabs?