Yimpa

The way I see it is that emotions are not a fixed, rule-based way. A simple example is that someone could appear happy, but deep inside they’re miserable. Start to observe little moments in yourself when you’re also misaligned in such a way, without judgement. If judgements arise, also don’t buy into its stories. It’s not about finding something wrong with you, but rather, being open to experiencing emotions in a broader and more nuanced way. My therapist once said that there are no rules surrounding feelings. Contemplate that. Start by consciously facing your fears at least once a day (big or small, up to you) even if just for a few minutes. Sit with that fear as openly as you can. Notice your distress going up, but don’t try to remove it by doing what you’re used to doing. Go against your programming, so to speak, and you’ll be surprised what new information can come about.

@Vibes Of course it’s painful and you hate living like that. Yet, it’s not the only way that reality is. Suffering can actually be deeply recontextualized, even after the event that you associate with suffering has seemingly long passed. For example, I recently was able to do this with a childhood traumatic event that happened 20 years ago; I was stuck with a stubbornly fixed version of that story for that long. Yet, when I contemplated deeply (way beyond my comfort zone), my entire framing of that one event was able to change drastically! And this is only one example out of an extraordinarily many! I didn’t plan to do this at all. It’s as if a power beyond my human/rational mind took over and began revealing what needed to be revealed. But it was not easy by any means… ha! I surely would not have been ready to face this even just a few months ago. It took enormous trust in myself to breakthrough. And nobody else could have done it for me - they can only help point in the right direction.

Taste and see.

Start by not needing to change or stop it. Your giving it more life by giving it any credibility to begin with. This opens the possibility of your mind expanding and seeing new perspectives that would have otherwise not have been available prior.

Can you open your mind to the possibility that how you perceive others’ and your own feelings may not be accurate?

There are valuable lessons everywhere. Start by noticing the greater wisdom at play here on this forum as objectively as possible. See this forum as if you’re seeing it for the very first time. Let’s expand our mind beyond our comfort zone, and especially be radically open to dropping all notions about what is true and what is false. — Now let’s talk about Mr. Gura for a second. Leo appears to have more valuable lessons than everyone else here. But consider that that’s exactly the internal and collective bias at work! Who says Leo is more authoritative than your own mind? Because Leo says so? Because he has hundreds of videos on spiritual, metaphysical, and practical topics? Because he’s taken more psychedelics than you? Because he has more life experience than you? Because he actively engages on this forum almost daily and says a bunch of beautiful shit? Can you not see that this is a major trap - to be putting all your trust onto Leeooooo? Yet, it’s not just Leo. You do this with other favorite teachers, friends, colleagues, professors, family….. the list goes on. Let’s start trusting ourselves more instead of always relying on some higher authority(s) outside of ourselves to “figure out” reality for us. Also, stop the game of claiming that your version of reality is better than another’s version of reality. Because more likely than not, you’re full of yourself!

Well, let’s not get too obsessed with each other. Let’s keep it professional.

As am I. I felt like we had a similar conversation like this before. Déjà vu?

Yep, that’s where radical open-mindedness comes in.

God is helping God is helping God is helping God is helping God is helping God……………..

Probably for the best, then.

It means you are a fish who just saw food, only for it to actually be bait. Hook, line, and sinker.

Sure, but just like with sex there needs to be balance. Too much and your dick might fall off.

Awww, shit. I thought we were done obsessing over Pete Davidson!

What about when you’re by yourself? Do you ever experience emotional distress then?

Yes, and that can go on forever if you let it. Let’s focus on contemplation, rather than condemnation, brothers and sisters!

That’s the trick. If you have to constantly be defensive about what others are telling you, then that is a sign that something within you needs to change. Just like how NBA teams don’t face high school basketball teams. That would be counterproductive and lack growth for everyone involved (assuming they both played at peak performance).

The point I’m trying to make is why does it concern in regards to how they go about spirituality? And besides, how would you know that your methods would work best for them at the stage that they’re in? For example, what if they need to still go through a nondual / enlightenment phase, and forcing them to drop their nondual / enlightenment beliefs actually hinders their progress in the long-term?

If you were really awake, then it wouldn’t matter what any member on this forum says about you. Because you’re ultimately talking to your damn self, lol. Nobody (I mean, no matter) what is being said.

So that’s what this user kept hammering on about, aha:

Let’s remain humble.

That’s the irony of human logic. Alien consciousness is beyond that, so the very notion of understanding, knowing, or experience (again, as a human) flies out the window. It’s so massive, beyond size, that everything becomes alien. Anyway, I’ve only experienced it very briefly once or twice. Maybe I will experience it again, maybe I won’t. I’ll let God decide. I’m currently not alien conscious as I write this reply.

I’ve never done 5-MeO once in my life and I understand what he refers to by alien consciousness. I wish I could give a rational examination, but it’s beyond rational. Let’s not make Leo into a cult leader. That’s against this work.

You are the best teacher. Seriously, look into your direct experience. It’s Self-evident. All these teachers are just prodding you until you finally are able to let them go.

I’ve had experiences where matter didn’t exist, but right now it does for me. I wonder which is more factual. Maybe matter won’t exist for me tonight when I take my medical cannabis and I’m outta here. I’ll let the medicine decide.