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@Rigel Yes that is good advice. I use Apple reminders for anything like that I hate how society values logical studies as more prestigious than creative or emotive ones. These logical studies are the ones that demand you remember a ton of shit and get stuck in your head

@k-ahmadzadeh I mentioned in a previous post but I hope to have more time to do the simple things in life more often. I also actually hope to get into politics and change the world. Politics is full of people that are deeply unspiritual 40 for me is 10 years away and the world will have to respond to so many more dysfunctions eg climate change, excessive wealth inequality, AI etc. It’s going to be more turbulent for our society the one thing missing that I see in society is people are deeply disconnected and that is the root of many problems. I think Leo should get into politics personally

At 30 I feel that I have worked out the secret to the good life for regular everyday human consciousness. The good life is the simple life. For me that’s primarily bike rides, nature bathing, friends, beautiful women and meaningful work All of those things are not necessarily free because sometimes you need a certain level of disposable income to enjoy the simple things in life. For instance, you need money to buy a bike or to take a girl on a date. You also need work that provides financially, but also offers flexibility and free time, but ultimately, it’s relatively inexpensive stuff To anyone driven by wealth, don’t get hung up on being rich. Even if you were rich you would default to doing the simple things most often that connect you with presence (once you realise this anyway). Too bad for our society that many rich people are needy for the money blinded by their attachment to power and materialism. And thus the gap between the super rich and everyone else widens as they accumulate assets. Look how fucking miserable Musk is and many want to be like him. He is deeply unsatisfied. His Asperger’s doesn’t help but neither does his vast wealth Obvious stuff that the simple life is the best, but then again is it that obvious? To the majority of people it isn’t. Not their fault

I think the main issue is that too many of us, myself once included, are blindsided by the pursuit of wealth. That through wealth we will feel so much better and have all our needs met The simple things help me connect with the higher consciousness

@Princess Arabia I am in no way an enlightened human so it is my perspective but a lot of people will agree with me. I mentioned in ordinary human consciousness so in regular day to day existence. Not when you’re sitting a top a mountain in deep meditation or on psychedelics. This is just how to live your live. Sure everyone is different but I’m closer to truth with this one because it’s coming from a deeper place (my biased opinion) You have however made quite a few assumptions about my position such as getting hung up on beautiful women. I’m not hung up on anybody to the point that I am desperate or needy, I am just attracted to beautiful women and as a guy you get a buzz out of that and connection. Intoxicating feminine energy. This doesn’t cost anything which is part of my wider point Also you have mentioned I hate wealthy people. I have no issue with the wealthy in a personal way. I don’t blame them for grabbing assets they’re just acting out their own survival agenda but this is the cause of major dysfunction in the world so it is a problem if you care about the world. In fact I’m actually starting a business and the business may become very lucrative for me. Ironically I’ve discovered I’m not that materialistic and my younger more immature way of thinking about money is out-dated Second assumption you’ve made is that I am not bothered about being of service to others. I am actually hugely bothered by this and that comes under meaningful work to me. That’s what makes it meaningful to me So I am very conscious of all these things. I haven’t been conditioned to hate money not in the slightest! Quite the opposite I just know that this desperate pursuit of money is bullshit when satisfaction is in the everyday simple things that don’t cost an arm and a leg Andrew Tate asks people what colour is your Bugatti? It’s just so ludicrous and funny at the same time like that really fucking matters

@Ayham when you feel like berating yourself become consciously aware that you are imperfect and vulnerable by the very fact that you are a human being

Forgive me for the title but I recently experienced something so beautiful and on reflection I can’t see how it was anything other than a miracle, or at least, when people say they’ve seen a miracle, I know this is what they mean Of course only you can witness a miracle because you are the universe. No one else which is why they can’t be independently proved by others Anyway, I was sat down after taking mushrooms feeling very sleepy and relaxed and I felt like the universe had something to show me so I said inwardly show me. I have a beautiful painting on my living room wall of a boat moored on a river estuary and whilst look at the painting it became an ever changing canvas of all the infinite ways the painting could have been painted by the artist. The landscape would dynamically change, the water ripples, the shore changed all dynamically and beautifully. It was only after this ballet of art that it dawned on me what I had just witnessed in front of my eyes. It was a miracle Now okay there are people on here like Leo who have taken the 5 MeO DMT and blasted into another realm I’m sure but for me this was a new psychedelic experience. I don’t take large doses though I am very sensitive to these things. I treat any trip mindfully and consciously. Always find them mentally tiring by the end. Lately, I have been doing mushrooms roughly every month and a half when I feel like it but have taken a slightly bigger dose each time. On this occasion it was 0.5g which I know is nothing to many but I don’t need much Now there will be some that will say oh of course you saw it change and adapt you were on drugs but that’s irrelevant. People who don’t understand these things don’t appreciate the deep intelligence and divinity of what I saw. It’s not like some bullshit computer animation where things are a bit wavy. It was a real divine intelligence of how the colours and artistry danced together to dynamically change the painting in an infinite number of ways. I felt incredibly grateful and blessed that the universe showed me this Just thought I’d throw this into the forum!

@r0ckyreed to me ambition is wanting to actualise on a desired vision. The grander your vision the greater ambition you’ll need to follow through

@Danioover9000 Tate is ambitious in terms of being the biggest jackass

Tate is spiral dynamics stage red so very narcissistic, impulsive and aggressive and he has a lot of money so that adds to his power and appeal for those in stage red. it’s no wonder his biggest fans are adolescent kids and immature adults who think that being all of the above is cool

This was a quote by Marcus in Babylon 5 for all you sci fi nerds like me: “Touch passion when it comes your way. It’s rare enough as it is. Don’t walk away when it calls you by name“

@koops Is does give you time but because of that it means you have freedom from it. You don’t need to be on time for anything anymore. Does it really matter what time of day it is if there are no real survival commitments for work and other responsibilities? A liberation from time can help with the spiritual process of connecting with the now

I was recently listening to the Power of Now for a second time and there’s a section where Eckhart talks a lot about how the concept of time keeps you out of the now. Time as a conception will always keep you trapped in the mind. this got me thinking about the unspoken advantage to being rich. Being rich is not only freedom from wage slavery but it’s freedom from time. think about it. If you are just like any other Joe with a job and responsibilities then time has to play a crucial role. What time do I get up in the morning? Is it a week day or weekend? What meetings have I got scheduled? Deadlines? but imagine if you were wealthy enough you did not need to work and let’s say you had no other external responsibilities like having children then time becomes way more optional. It doesn’t matter what time you get up or go to bed. You go with what you feel like. What difference does it make if it’s a weekend or a week day? It’s all the same. You have no deadlines, no meetings to schedule and be ready for with this considered I reckon this is a big advantage to being wealthy how you can practically disconnect from time and naturally over time you find it easier to connect with the now. You can basically cast aside time pretty much altogether if you chose to. Like buddhist monks at the temple aren’t keeping time but us regular working people have no choice just thought it’s an interesting benefit. Of course a lot of wealthy people are not conscious enough to even consider this and have no idea how to use their wealth properly either hoarding or blowing it all obviously you can have all these time commitments and still detach but is it as easy to do so? No it’s not. Time is integral to your survival. You have to work and keep track of time

@woohoo123 In terms of being more authentically you I am also in a process of opening up more i would say it’s about honesty. Honesty with how you feel if you do feel vulnerable. That’s okay we’re only human and we need to show that level of openness to the emotion. To feel it more deeply Being honest with your emotions also means being honest with other people. If they have hurt or upset you or there’s something you don’t like about what they’ve done. You feel this. Then tell them. Like with a woman. If she’s beautiful tell her and express that. If she pisses you off tell her that too. Be honest with how you feel by communicating that to others. If they don’t like it that’s their problem not yours. If you know you’re a good person which it sounds like you are then that’s enough. From that you express and communicate honestly As you get older you care less about what others think. Not in a I don’t give a shit about you way no. You are just no longer afraid to express your true emotions to someone even if it’s painful for them to hear. People are afraid of the truth and the deeper your spirit the truer your honesty

@Nick5050 A lot of this depends on the country you live in. Some countries are hideously difficult to find work in like India for instance. Everyone is overqualified and looking for work in the west you should find something that interests you and start from the bottom. Maybe finance and insurance is not an interest to you? I would expand your horizons and look at other possible routes for example if you want to help people then start out as a support worker for instance. If it’s sales, take a stab at a call centre role. it is really difficult because everything is often a tick box. If you don’t tick the boxes it’s game over. Doesn’t matter how great your presentation is or how well you come across in an interview - that’s my experience. You might need to retrain in an areas of interest also really focus on your professional profile. Do you have a high quality LinkedIn profile? Good quality CV that cover not just your skills but a snapshot of your character. Include a photo of yourself. Heck, do a video of yourself talking about yourself and your experience along with what your after and link to YouTube (obvs one of those links that mean that only those with the link can view). do what others are not doing Worth mentioning it’s not always up to you what happens. If you get a job you get it, but if you don’t you don’t. If you’ve done everything you know you possible can to get a job then there’s nothing more to do. Let yourself off the hook. It’s up to the universe to decide. Most things are out of your control all you can do is control your immediate actions. You are not in control of those that interview you or the quality of candidates they have already seen. Let the universe decide and don’t blame yourself

@flowboy Yeh it’s a real challenge. And people don’t understand. I’ve had to straddle having a job as well as working on my business. It has impacted my career hugely along with relationships and the obvs one, finances. Would have been on the property ladder by now. In terms of my job I work in business development and have been wanting to get a job as a business advisor but they ain’t having any of it. Applied for around 6 business advisor roles and haven’t landed a single one. Around half I got to interview stage. Now you would think they would actually consider someone with lived experience of starting a business as applicable experience but they don’t. Not really. They want you to have done it as a direct employment which is just ridiculous. I honestly hate the system sometimes with your university studies this is part of the technocratic system we live in where everything is a tick box and is ‘skills based’ (in other words have you done this very specific thing before?) it’s bs. Public sector is more inclined to do this and the business advisor roles are mostly for state sector. I did go to uni and I would still recommend it on the whole but I understand not wanting to go. There are other options now but outside of doing you’re own thing you have to follow the rules of the game which is technocracy and tick boxes for the most part. The business I’m starting is mental health based. Developing an app on mobile but also desktop along with a physical journal companion. Going for a B2B model primarily. We still need to develop a HR dashboard for organisation login. As mentioned everything takes ages. I’ve been waiting four months for a grant for the journal manufacture! Now got this and now have to wait another 5 weeks for manufacture and delivery. We’ll be going next year. It’s actually all very exciting when it gets going but at the moment it’s just a lot of waiting for me. I don’t put all my eggs in one basket so I still work but my career ambitions are severely hampered. I actually thought about retraining as a teacher but can’t fucking do that. 1 year teacher training it’s just not practical when the demands of the business could increase very suddenly hope your business goes well for you. You live in the states?

A great idea. I started with Cameroon yesterday

Truth is whatever presents itself to me I just yearn for the next phase of my life. Why am I even here after all? Just so many things. So many things planned but cannot fully be actualised until this stage I’m at is realised. Time will tell

Can anyone else relate to things in your life not happening at a steady and continuous pace? I have been working on a business for the last 5 years and we are getting close to product validation stage, but there are so many things still to do and I am not in control of the time line For instance a grant application takes 2 months. Then constant back and forth to get the product spec right. Then the right is ready, then it’s not because the quote has to say something different for audit purposes blah blah blah and so on. This is just one example in an endless list of examples where nothing is straight forward and everything takes x10 times longer than it should I have sacrificed my career massively for my business. I am underemployed ultimately. As a business development officer this is not where I want to be. Why am I still doing this bullshit? I struggle to progress because my business is a constant anchor holding my career back. Totally fed up recently It’s just me ranting off here. The one thing I’d say about starting a business is all the tropes are true. Majority of people have no idea and they do not consider it valid in their world view. maybe some can relate to this? Wish I could just do the business full time but I cannot do this yet until we are in a position where I can take a wage and that is completely indeterminate as to when and if that happens

@Romer02 The average lead time to start a scalable company is around 5 years. I am in my fifth year and we are edging close to trading. We first need product validation, initial client business for investor readiness Personally it’s a god damn long journey. You will get pissed off multiple times if you’re anything like me about how slow everything is. You wouldn’t believe how long it takes to create something truly valuable to both society and people but also financially

@PurpleTree Love yourself more and your reality and you’ll automatically love others more because you’re content in life. This is why sometimes you gotta look after yourself so you can be a strong position to love others and give back. Aside from that deeply connecting with the pain of others

@Sir Oberon ah yes a bit of Jefferson Airplane. I’d love to have lived in 60s San Francisco before the gov decided no you can’t have psychedelics! The UK is so draconian on these things as well. Our politics is very small minded. Glad I have a reliable source

Curious to know how others compare taking mushrooms to LSD From my experiences I’ve felt more ecstasy on LSD whereas with mushrooms I’m in more of a trance like state. I also believe LSD is more extrospective and mushrooms introspective. LSD I would say is better for lower doses especially given its duration and intensity. Good for productivity and creativity on the low-moderate side. Mushrooms better for higher doses I’ve been on the LSD over the summer months this but I’m keen to go back into mushrooms now we’re getting into autumn. Want to explore higher doses with mushrooms see where it takes me

@Leo Gura Yeh I don’t have a great deal of experience to know for sure with psychedelics. Life experience wise I’m 29, turn 30 in March and would say I’m more mature and experienced than the average person my age. I do know from experience I’m more emotional and creative so I can say that for certain which is why I can do a lot of great things that create impact but of course come with getting overly emotional about things that don’t go the way I want. I’m also naturally introverted though can be extroverted on command. I’ve felt less like being extroverted in the last few weeks as the seasons change (again might just be my mind has created that story). One major lesson I learnt on LSD is the majority of my life is out of my control. I knew that intellectually to a degree but felt more real after the trip I had when I contemplated the next day. If I feel a lot of emotion that’s not in my control. The universe wants me to feel that. People tell others to let go and accept but you can only do that if you understand that acceptance and letting go is also not in your control. The universe will decide if you will let go or not because it’s a conscious shift and can’t be thought out. To truly accept something you hadn’t before is a seismic shift in your life But I guess I have no idea. It is all perspective but what else can you do aside with go with how you feel? At the moment I feel despondent mostly because life is not happening fast enough for me. I also get pissed off that I still have to do things I don’t want to do but this is part of building the foundations for my life. I have to be patient I know I know what you’re saying. I’ve seen enough of your stuff about the relative nature of reality and the self deception of the mind. I do need more experience As Ken Wilber compares, I’ve done a lot of the growing up but not enough of the waking up

Interesting discussions I’ve been feeling like I have a lot of emotions that I need to get out of my body so I’m keen to get back into mushrooms. Funny that for me the seasonal changes do align with the drug I want to use - LSD for the summer and mushrooms for autumn. Naturally I find that’s the case. I’m sensitive to the seasonal changes This time of year generally is more turbulent for me. Things are changing and emotionally I’m more inward. Looking for a new job as my contract ends in December, less motivation to be social and also having to balance it all with the business I’m working on. I get impatient and fed up when things don’t progress at the rate I want them to Mushrooms I found better for emotional catharsis which is what I feel I need right now, though i still don’t have enough experience truly say for certain @Leo Gurawhat do you reckon about my perspective on this?