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I'm blind as a bat without glasses or contact lenses. Anyone tripped while wearing contact lenses? I am a little bit scared of accidentally sleeping in them and have my eyes hurt like shit for the next few days. When I wear glasses while tripping, I always end up removing them because I tend to lay on the floor in different positions and they get bent and uncomfortable. Does the visual aspect of psychedelics even contribute to an effective trip, por not? I'm taking LSD, so its gonna be long.

@Bruins8000 There are other possibilities, but I mean you did say mortality. Mortality is inherently limiting.

@Bruins8000 If you can do what ever you want? Why not entertain yourself? creation and destruction are both fun.

Jumping from 100ug to 240ug on my next trip. Any tips on how to integrate as much as I can? or refer me to some vid of leo talking about better integration?

@Chives99 The shit I wrote from my previous trip doesn't resonate with me. And that was months ago. Like it made sense during my high consciousness state, but once I sobered up, the answers were mundane. Could you maybe give a more specific ways on how to "... work with it"?

Got an 8. Highest reason was vanity. I think I look good, as a matter of fact I actually am. Otherwise, girls wouldn't stare at me and flick their hair constantly. This was somewhat accurate because I hate glancing at strangers in public because 80% of the time they're ugly as fuck. But yeah, I don't like telling people what to do and hate the spotlight.

@PenguinPablo Don't even need all that shit, I just give her my sexy stare and she'll, fall for me. Also his face looks normal, but he's. built like he has downy; so it's kinda weird to fight a guy like that. But forreal tho, with regards to burning both ends I feel like the "internal end" needs to be burnt the most. There were other instances in my life were I focused on the internal that all the external associated with it literally vanished. But, for some fucking reason this external issue is the hardest, thus far, to erase. I always love the Top-down approach and loved sensing how everything in the bottom just resolve themselves. Also about that psychedelic, I've done a 100ug, and had been planning my 2nd trip, jumping straight to 240ug(hopefully for ego death). Now idk if thats advisable but I don't see any immediate harm from that.

EDIT: Need short term advice(something that would last me for 3 months) I've watched Leo's video on "How to Stop Being Jealous," but most of the techniques are not instant. One of the techniques is to notice the jealous, and I am, but it's still bothering me. Another technique was to meditate and focus on your higher values, and I do those, but it's still bothering me. I'm having trouble staying productive and worst of all I feel bad inside. I even have noise cancelling earplugs(but there's still instances where I don't have them on). I'm starting to notice that it might not be a jealousy thing, but that my sex life is pretty bad at the moment; so that might be the reason why. In any case, I just want a short term advice that will last me for 3 more months and then I'm leaving them. Thanks yall.

@Leo Gura Ill do that after 3 months. Also, isn't that just an external solution? Isn't better to find the solution in the internal world? But to be fair I did say short term. All inner solutions takes more than months. Also, I've told some of my friends about it, and they also had the same experience in the past and felt the way I did despite them having girlfriends.

@something_else Like I said, I'm trying to do something work related right now and for the next three months that's preventing me from going out. I just want a way to not feel the jealousy every time I hear them flirt through the wall for the few months. I tried jerking off, but that doesn't do shit. I still feel jealousy when I hear them.

@Basman I can think of a simple one, which is to get laid. I have no issues with getting laid though, it's just right now I need to focus on something else. But yeah... that's the only way, that I can think of right now, that can make me feel less "insecure"

1st) Leo you should upload some more retreat vlogs. Maybe like once every two years or something. 2nd) Why were transcripts removed? Could they be reasonably be put back into your videos? Spasibo Bratan.

The consciousness feeling I get from an hour of meditation seems to only, for about, last 1-2 hours and then I'm back to being unconscious. I want this feeling to be ideally 24/7, any thoughts? I've been doing "do nothing" consistently, sleeping consistently, and other good habits, but I'm not satisfied with the benefits I'm getting.

@BipolarGrowth Alright so different techniques. I'll keep the "do nothing", but I'll only do it for 20 mins and then the 40 minutes will be spent on other meditations (Mindfulness meditation or Vipasanna) Also,I remembered asking "How to do Vipasanna" before and so many people gave so many references that I didn't know where to start. I ordered the one by Daniel Ingram and then might get Burbea's in the future. Thanks for the recommendations by the way.

But with yoga you can literally split the earth's core in half. Yoga is the best fighting sport.

@Danioover9000 Not disagreeing. The CONTEXT of that reply was so that I could relate with what @Ulax was saying about Mayweather.

@Ulax If I had the chance to be a boxer and made money from it, I would be like mayweather. The guy rarely gets hit, so not only is he outscoring his opponents he also won't get brain damage in the long run. But yeah, I love his counter punching. Especially the "pull counter" he did against marquez. Other exciting boxers are, Crawford, Teofimo, and Inoue.

@KH2 Dude the footwork and angles alone is already just as satisfying, if not more, as the yoga stuff, especially when you're actually applying it in fighting or sparring.

@AtheisticNonduality Bro. I know this is a spritual forum so everything is viewed in the lense of Spiritual > Everything else (generally). But you have no clue how hard it is to control your adrenaline while also being able to think clearly when reading your opponent's movement. Boxing requires a lot of mind games. There is this term by a boxing coach, "countering the counter punch" And this loop of counter punching continous forever. Not to mention you have to study your opponent's body language when you hit them and whether or not you capitalize on it. There are so many complexities in boxing, I only mentioned a couple, so don't say that dancing or your woo woo kundalini bs is better. Obviously it's bad in the long run but you have to realize how complex it is.

I have been doing "do nothing" meditation for 3 weeks straight for 1-2 hours a day. I now just want to sit all day and bask in the room I'm sitting in; I'd even rather enjoy doing nothing than pursue my life purpose. Pursuing computer science to eventually work in Artificial Intelligence("God creating God") is fascinating and all, but simply not doing anything feels really nice. This is a bit of a scary sensation. I have contemplated on a rationalization, which is that I pursue this career so that I can have enough resources to keep "doing nothing" for as long as I live. With that being said, I am still unsure and I am wondering if I am goin down the right path, or if anyone else has any other perspective?

@puporing Good question, but I don't know how to combine being and doing. I mean even pursuing my values doesn't have any semblance of being at all. I am really not aware of any values when I'm just being. Perhaps I value simply existing, because it seems like my "supposed" top values, that could help others, are being overshadowed by it. Like I remember as a kid having numerous moments where I would wake up in the morning and simply do nothing and my parents would always tell me to go play with my friends or do something. Like I don't even know at this point. I might just become a hardcore monk.

It seems to me that the answer is obvious, but is emotionally difficult to do so no one wants to do it. That is, to only use the internet for important things. You could maybe use distraction free apps or go back to the old school ways of going to the bank physically, going to the bus station physically for the bus schedule, etc.. as examples. There's really no other way to fix this until teenagers and people in general do what is the most emotionally difficult thing to do. Leo, Stoics, Cynics, and many more have been advocating to do the emotionally difficult thing for a while now. Again the issue here is that the majority of people are going to keep living a miserable fucking life until they actually bite the bullet and remove news, social media, and any of these distractions from their lives. Leo has a lot of quality videos answering this question (although indirectly) such as, doing the emotionally difficult thing to do, setting up a meditation practice, etc.. Like he has tons of content that answers this question --so please go to his main website and click the "start here" tab and that should answer this question. Also I want you to know that, as long as you just follow everything your culture does without questioning it (which is like 95%+ of the human population) then you will live a horrible life. And this is not going to change anytime soon or ever.

Should I take a philosophy elective about metaphysics in college, or just independently learn it when I am older (by myself using Leo's content and or other resources)? The main topics are, Personal Identity, Mind, Body, Free Will, God and Universe, and more. Most will focus on Free Will, in particular determinism. And Another focus will be on God, Evil, and Cosmology. Reading will involve people like, Derek Parfit, Tom Polger, and other professors and philosophers. 2 main things why I am asking this question is, I am in my early 20's and perhaps i should just focus more on the fundamentals of life(ie. money, career) and I could probably just learn more about it once I am out of college. But then again, it can be good to live life from the top-down way rather than bottom-up. Thoughts?

A link to a reliable source will also be appreciated.

I have been applying lifestyle minimalism for some time now(meditation, university, and a bit of socialization) and I have gradually improved my happiness and satisfaction with it. But I recently watched the "Burning through karma video which lead me to now enabling my self to play video games and browsing the internet more frequently. This affected my schooling and meditation a little bit. So although I will probably be fine having the minimalistic lifestyle, I am scared of suppressing these urges because they might comeback with much more intensity. Also, how does one distinguish between "Doing the most emotionally difficult" vs allowing your urges to control you until you are full.?