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Enjoy the Maya while it's here for days are short and disappear.

Now you can fully appreciate how this work isn't for the faint of heart. But you have crossed a milestone in your journey and there is no turning back. Trust in the fact that there are higher levels of consciousness that are beckoning you to move onward. Trust is key.

Yes! Trust in it!

@Princess Arabia What you experienced probably qualifies as an episode of depersonalization. I've been there and yes, it is scary stuff the first time you experience it. But now that you've had your first taste of that why not use it to your advantage? What I'm saying is make friends with that feeling you experienced. I've been doing that for years now as part of my practice. Sitting here now typing these words I can feel that same feeling you felt coming over me. This is when it's prime time to meditate by just closing your eyes an letting that feeling sweep you away. It can open totally new doors in your perception that you may not have experienced before. And it is totally amazing to say the least. I'm not going to say what exactly happened. But I will say it was wonderful. And I'm so glad I did it. Some here may call it a "breakthrough" experience.

Ironic you should post this. Just this morning while looking over the forum I was thinking "Wow that's a LOT of brain work going on there." Is that what enlightenment means to you?? More Information? I mean a certain amount of information is fine as a pointer. But that's just the launch pad to discovering more nuanced states of consciousness that are only present when the mind is still. In my experience higher states of consciousness will come naturally to anyone who sets the right conditions. And none of it has anything to do with the brain and information. But to each his own.

I know. It's like, O.K. I busted a cosmic nut. Now what? Jk

Wake up Take a pee Get out of bed

That's what I meant when I said "minimization of the perceiver."

When you die you wake up. But why wait?

This can also happen in the waking state when the mind is quiet enough (minimization of the perceiver). For best results find a secluded spot in nature and just sit.

Chap-stick anyone?

Now for the good news: It's all your creation.

That's an illusion. What's really happening is the Earth moved to the chip.

@Yimpa It's a joke. "lay on the floor without holding on" Get it?

If you can lay on the floor without holding on, you haven't done enough.

When I had my first taste of Truth I thought: How am I ever going to deal with this? Then it occurred to me that nothing in reality had changed. Reality was exactly as it has always been and the only thing that did change was my false views.

I've never done 5MeO but I would think a breakthrough may be an important factor.

@Ninja_pig It's a safeguard to keep the sacred knowledge out of the hands of riffraff. As the old saying goes "Nobel wines are not to be tasted by drunkards"

What difference does skin color make when the focus is on the spiritual body.

@AerisVahnEphelia

@AerisVahnEphelia Strikr

@Ninja_pig https://ia903103.us.archive.org/23/items/theartofcontemplation/The Art of Contemplation - Alan Watts_text.pdf