Daniel123

Looking forward to watching! Do you still upload your episodes on Spotify as well? The newest ones are just on youtube, right?

This was the first book that I read on nondual teachings / the direct path. I would say it is very accessible and also includes easy practical exercises to get the first experiences beyond just theory. https://lochkelly.org/shift-into-freedom Loch Kelly is a student of Adyashanti by the way.

I really like Leo's music playlist! This is a playlist that I created over the years: Also, I took the liberty of creating a Spotify Playlist from all available songs in Leo's two music playlists and wanted to share for those who rather listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Lmj2C4GsPlhmsKN2ogs1k?si=1dbe71be5b424166

I get this as well when I'm by myself or immersed into my work for an extended period of time. I get too much in my head and it makes me self-conscious when I'm around people. It helps me if I direct my attention gently from my head towards my belly and body in general. Being in touch with sensations and feelings eases the discomfort.

Beautiful, thanks for sharing! Proper context and integration are crucial to the experience.

Fortunately, the trip was very positive, but nevertheless I will heed your advice and lay off all psychedelics at least for the rest of the year to process everything soberly. Thank you for the valuable input!

That was a really interesting read, thanks for sharing!

Today, two weeks after my first bufo experience, I decided to do an LSD-trip on a small dose. Let me share some musings. I thought of the recent SpaceX Launch, where they launched this spaceship into outer space and then the booster returned to earth, being carefully caught by the big chopsticks of the tower. This seemed like a neat metaphor for how I experienced the bufo comeup and comedown. Rapidly being blown to space and then coming back down just as rapidly, while not crashing back to earth, but being lovingly and carefully received back by the chopsticks of the human form. No hangover, no headache, no dip in mood, no ship to repair. But cute metaphor aside, what was interesting during the trip was how similar it felt to the bufo experience at times, especially at the peak. It was by no means as intense or significant, but it had this same primal, ancient feel that I had at the bufo retreat and I felt like I was going much deeper than on previous LSD-trips. @What Am I @OBEler I wonder, is this something you experience as well, like a similar "coloring" of other psychedelics? It kind of felt like a new way was paved back then that is now more easily rediscovered? I hope I am expressing myself well here.

@Tboy Thank you. To be perfectly honest, I have no idea how high the dose was exactly.

@Bogdan My pleasure, thank you for reading!

That is really cool!

@bliss54 Fantastic, I wish you a pleasant journey and would love to hear your experience afterwards, if you are willing to share!

That's definitely scary. Good to be aware of these possibilities.

@What Am I I will read through this, thanks for sharing! Up until now it has not been negatively affecting me at least. I was told that the medicine will work its magic especially over the next few days and potentially the next few weeks, but not exactly how or what this entails. I've been told that dreams will probably get more vivid and intense, but this has not been so in my case (so far).

Thank you. For me, there were no visual effects at all, as far as I remember. I am not quite sure what this means. I think about the experience all the time now and sometimes I feel like I relive parts of it, although with much less of an intensity. Sometimes I also feel like I smell and taste the bufo smoke during the day.