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This is what my utopia would look like. Enlightenment In this world the overwhelming majority of people are enlightened. Culture and human behavior has changed drastically because of this. There is no human suffering in the world for the large part. People are not identified with the mind created ego. This is a world where humans view reality exactly as it is. There is no religion in this world because the population knows what God is and that all of existence is One. They do not carry dogmatic beliefs as they see how this can limit functionality in life. Society does not perpetuate the mind created sense of self. The population knows what true happiness is. People here are functionally effective in order to experience life to the fullest. They have no attachment or emotional investment to anything in life. People here are not concerned with an identity or attached to external circumstance thus they can more effectively and efficiently act in life without mental resistance and emotional chaos. All of their actions are done with zero mental resistance. They behave in a free flowing, spontaneous, healthy, loving and compassionate way. They live life through feeling and flowing with events not forcing and overthinking. They see existence is simply a menagerie of forms and is constantly changing like water. Integral Understanding society and moral compass In this world the overwhelming majority of people look at life from an integral perspective. People are able to look at situations from multiple perspectives. There is world peace. War no longer happens. There are no prisons only rehabilitation centers. Egoic competition is no longer viewed as positive and has largely disappeared. Cooperation has taken its place in the world on a global scale. This world has no enforced countries or boarders only different regions to make navigation and travel easier, humanity is one unit. People in this world are not materialistic and would be considered minimalists, but have a very high standard of living, much higher than what the richest person has today. People are intelligent enough and kind enough to only take what they need. There is a huge emphasis on happiness, exploration, fun and unity. People are nonjudgmental. People are compassionate and have a comprehensive understanding of how emotions work. Psychedelics are legal and are safely used as tools to explore the mind by people worldwide. Dreaming is studied to learn more about the subconscious mind. Meditation is commonplace in order to better calm and understand the mind. People in this world have a deep and understanding of human psychology that is far more advanced than what we have today. Veganism In this world the overwhelming majority of people are vegan. Because of this ecosystems have recovered. Forests are no longer cleared away for farmland. Ocean biodiversity has recovered as people no longer go fishing for food or sport. People no longer hunt for food or sport. The only people using animal products are hunter gatherer tribes. And even they have access to modern technologies at any time if they want to. Many diseases such as cancer heart disease and diabetes are extremely rare because people no longer eat animal products. Even if someone does get the mentioned diseases the level of medical knowledge and medical technologies is so high that they can be easily taken care of. Animals are no longer killed in the tens of billions because people no longer consume animal products. Additionally farm animals are no longer bred in the tens of billions because animal farming no longer exists. Many of the dog and cat breeds present today no longer exist because people no longer selectively breed animals for their own desires because many of the drawbacks of this are known. Animals are not used for entertainment. Breeding back programs have started in order to revive species that have gone extinct due to human activates. We no longer have zoos or aquariums, people do not have “pets” either, they have animal friends. Ecotourism has completely replaced zoos and aquariums in how people learn about biodiversity and ecology. Peaceful interactions between humans and many other species are commonplace. Education In this world every person has access to an education. School is free and entirely optional. All education is directly related to real world practicality. Knowledge is freely shared amongst all peoples as education is the best method of solving and preventing problems for the world. All people have access to an education that will teach them things that they want to learn and things that will help them in their lives. There are many more educational centers than in the 21st century and they are nothing like schools today. All subjects taught in school are what one chooses to learn. Schools are no longer places of conformity. Schools no longer force memorization and regurgitation. Education centers in this world actually teach important relevant and real world applicable information to everyone and anyone who is willing to learn. For example if someone wants to learn about physics they simply sign up and attend class, the same goes for all other subject areas. There is no standardized testing, or monotonous notetaking while sitting at a desk. All learning is interactive. Classes are conducted by active discussion and through experiencing the actual subject material in real world situations. One learns what they want in a way that will benefit their mental development instead of stunt it. This way of learning opens up many possibilities for people as far as what they can learn, the experiences they have and the people they meet because of it. There are research bases worldwide in all ecosystems of the earth. Even in areas such as underwater in space and underground. Areas such as geology, paleontology and astronomy are greatly explored. People in this world actively explore the bottom of the ocean, the interior of our planet and have discovered millions of species of extinct prehistoric organisms and have an accurate understanding of the history of our planet. This has been achieved largely through the usage of artificially intelligent robots. Health Awareness In this world the overwhelming majority of people have awareness of their health and listen to their bodies. Everyone eats the healthiest that they can and exercise on a regular basis. Medical technologies have advanced much more than today. More people play sports than ever before yet the societal focus on sports is smaller than today because people focus on things that are more important to global technological and cultural progress. Calisthenics parks are more commonplace. There is a huge amount of thought and responsibility taken into consideration when bringing a new human into the world. People do not have psychological problems because they are raised by parents who have not accumulated psychological traumas; babies are not born with birth defects or diseases because there is an extremely high level of responsibility, knowledge and health in this world. Technological Progress In this world the technological singularity has already occurred and we have supercomputers that are more intelligent than humans. Nearly all jobs that can be automated are automated. Thus humans are no longer required to work in most areas. Technology in every area has greatly advanced. Robots are commonplace and are helpers in society that make life easier for the vast majority of people. Several centrifugal Space stations are in orbit at various places around the earth. Humans have sent both robots and astronauts to all of the planets in the solar system. People can enjoy recreational trips to low earth orbit. Many of the planets and moons of the solar system have been visited and are at various levels of colonization. Bases and outposts on the surface and in orbit of planets have been created throughout the solar system. Post Scarcity Problems such as resource depletion, starvation and poverty have all been eliminated. Everyone has access to basic needs such as food, water and shelter. There are no homeless people. Money has become obsolete and no longer dictates people’s lives. People are not limited to the area where they were born due to monetary constraints. People are free to travel as they please. Because people do not live in a mindset of scarcity and are aware of their environment and the way that resources are used and allocated, it facilitates abundance for all people. Sexual Maturity In this world people are sexually mature. Nudity is not seen as obscene. Women are no longer associated with sex. Sex is used for procreation and fun and is never used for exploitation. Gender roles are no longer existent. In this world there are no rapes, body image problems or pornography. People are not disturbed by nudity or obsessed with any particular body parts. People are allowed to be freely nude wherever they please. The human body is seen for what it is, a biological machine. Because education is widespread there are no sexual insecurities or sexual immaturity. All of society is sexually open and mature. People are not socially labeled as gay, straight, bisexual, monogamous, polygamous, or polyamorous people. There is only love and different ways of expressing it. Sustainability The overwhelming majority of people in this world have environmental awareness and know how their actions affect the biosphere. All technologies used are sustainable. The world runs exclusively on renewable sources of energy to meet its needs. All goods are recycled and reused. Society exists in a symbiotic relationship with earth’s ecosystems. All vehicles run on renewable sources of energy such as electric or hydrogen. The vast majority of cars and other land vehicles are self-driving and electric. Cities and residential areas are powered by wind, solar, tidal, hydroelectric and geothermal energies. Trash does not exist. All unwanted materials are either recycled into other products or are composted and used in agriculture or other areas. There are no landfills. This is a zero waste civilization. Overpopulation is no longer an issue and the human population has dropped and stabilized to around two billion people. Animal populations are healthy and there are no endangered species caused by human actions. Resource based economy Money no longer exists in this world. People no longer have to go to work in order to make money. In this world people spend their lives doing things that they like because they want to do it. Because money is no longer a limiting factor, the moral compass of humanity has grown and many areas of society have grown exponentially in technological development and overall efficiency and effectiveness. Self Governance There are no centralized governments in this world people are intelligent enough to govern themselves. Additionally much of the calculations and logistics are done by computer power anyway. Society works as a unit to accomplish its goals. If an area of society needs to be improved all of society comes together to help to solve the issue. Each person contributes varying amounts to the solution of the situation. People do not have a mentality of separation from world affairs. If an earthquake occurs in one region of the world, people from all over the planet would gladly come and help the situation. It’s not perfect This is not a utopia in the traditional sense that every external circumstance is perfect all the time and everything always goes the way we want them to. People in this world are enlightened and thus perceive all of existence as perfect because they have no mental resistance to reality. However there is still pain in this world but there is no suffering. Suffering is mind created and the result of resistance to external circumstances while pain is simply intense signals crated by ones nervous system and sent to the brain. Natural Disasters still occur however advanced weather systems alert people well in advance of when they are coming and there are no obstacles to getting them to safety. Accidents still happen, bad weather still happens and crazy random events still happen. People still die every day however it is far less due to world peace, higher average intelligence and better overall average health of the population. This is simply my idealistic vision for a world in which humans live at their full potential and are always reaching upward.

I understand that sexuality is a deep subject and there is much that we have to learn about it. Because of this I feel that it would be beneficial for me to learn more on this subject in order to establish a good foundation of understanding of it. Books on the intricacies of sexuality, the psychology of fetishes, subtle nuances, masturbation, sexual intercourse, tantra, gender, sexual orientation, etc are what I look to better understand. Any recommendations or information regarding this topic would be greatly appreciated.

@S33K3R Thanks!

I have been experiencing some strange phenomena in my life recently regarding my nervous system and my meditation practice along with using entheogens for consciousness work. As my enlightenment work continues I have noticed recently that I am getting minor headaches after deep meditations or using an entheogen. (I do not use entheogens frequently. Once a month or less.) Additionally during a profoundly deep mushroom experience I went through what Martin Ball calls bilateral symmetrical fractal energetic yoga positions. Whenever I meditate now I also feel tingling in my spine that slowly spreads to the rest of my body if I meditate long enough. My dreams are also much more vivid than they have ever been. Needless to say these strange occurrences have left me very curious as to what is happening with my nervous system at this point on my journey. Any helpful feedback, information/insights or books regarding this on this would be greatly appreciated.

@Leo Gura Thank you Leo. I will look into books on Kundalini, Qi, chakras, energy work and other things of that nature.

@Truth Seekah Thank you. I needed that more than you know.

The following songs have really helped me on my journey and have at times moved me to tears. I even had a peak unitive experience whilst listening to the last song on this list. I hope that these songs can help you as well.

As much as I think about life, existence and the universe I can't help but think that after we sort ourselves out here on earth and establish technological and ecological mutualism between humanity and the biosphere that our ultimate destiny as a species is the exploration and colonization of other celestial bodies in our solar system and beyond. This got me thinking about where space exploration would be today if barriers such as money, politics and ideology were not factors in space exploration. Does anyone else here think about such things, if so i'd like to know what you think.

I read Robert Lanza's Biocentrism a few months ago and found it to be very interesting. I myself have had a few very profound unitive experiences and his book resonates with me on an intuitive level. I was wondering what do any of you think of the theory that he proposes and how it relates to non-duality.

I need help some help. During my second year of college I had almost no days off between my responsibilities at school and going to work. The only times that I have been able to get a day to rest are when someone can fill in for me at work. This has only occurred about once each month. On top of my very busy schedule I have been dealing with severe depression for roughly a year. Due to my depression and the amount of stress I have been subject to, I have no friends and I spend almost all of my time outside of school and work in my room. The stress between work and school is definitely taking a toll on my psychological health and because of it I now have to see a psychologist. To be honest I don’t truly want to be in college, however I enrolled and stay because of family pressure. I get good grades but I truly don’t think it’s worth it. I would rather be happy in life than have a high GPA. The classes I am taking are irrelevant to my major and I learn much more about the subjects I am passionate about when I take my own time to learn them. School only adds to my depression because I feel that it is a waste of my time. Each time I enter my classes I can feel my soul being crushed. Don’t get me wrong, education is extremely important, I learn as much as I can in my limited free time, however the schooling system is just so broken and I simply want to be free from it and live my life. Does anyone have any advice on how I can get out of this and improve my life?

I have read several books on spirituality and enlightenment and I have also been meditating seriously for the past three years and have had a few unitive experiences. And in my experience all of these labels are essentially pointing to the same thing. However I would like the perspectives of others on this topic in order to gain a more integral understanding of this as I have much to learn.

@harisankartj Indeed it was. This is what I want to architect my entire life around. I feel that knowing the unity of existence is the most powerful thing that a human can experience and instead of going the average route that most people travel on I want to take a radically different direction in my life in which I can spend more time cultivating and learning more about meditation, spirituality, enlightenment, psychedelics, integral theory, self-development, veganism, sustainability, ecology, futurism, health, post scarcity economics, self-governance and space exploration (both outer and inner).

@Siim Land I am currently in college for environmental science and I am actually very interested in the subject. However the current structure of college and the american education system in general is causing me so much stress and I feel like I am going against myself each time I am going to class. I also have other things that I am deeply interested in as well and it is difficult for me to find a way to peruse what I really care about and go to college at the same time. In all honesty I would rather do what I am passionate about than waste time and money doing something that I don't really have a strong interest for. I really want to spend my time learning more about things such as, meditation, spirituality, enlightenment, psychedelics, integral theory, self-development, veganism, sustainability, ecology, futurism, health, post scarcity economics, self-governance and space exploration. Yet I feel that our education system constrains individuals into one area and focuses on hyper-specialization instead of allowing individuals to grow and learn naturally according to their skills, strengths and interests.

@harisankartj Thanks. I have actually been meditating almost every day for the past three years. I actually started when I was 17! Check out this earlier post about a unitive experience that I had. You may find it interesting.

@Morrtiz I understand that you do not mean to come across as mean, however I would like to ask you a question. Have you ever heard of a post scarcity resource based economy? Additionally I understand the fact that for most of human history humans had to fight to survive and that humans today have more time to think than they ever have and I am grateful for it. However the state of this world can be massively improved in almost every aspect? Humans must move past scarcity driven motivations if we are ever to see anything resembling widespread self actualization. Here is a documentary detailing a post scarcity resource based economy and the thinking behind my statement, " In society people can’t just live their life as they want. They have to work to earn money." It's quite interesting.

@ajasatya Thanks for reading and replying to my post. Right now I am doing my best to work through this phase in my life in order to not contribute to the amount of overall suffering in the world.

@Prabhaker Thanks, you're absolutely right. My depression is contributing to the overall suffering in the world. The more I work on myself the more apparent this is becoming in my awareness. I am going to make an effort to break out of this mindset as I can see that it is not only counter productive for what I want for the world but it is destructive as well.

@Visitor Thanks for reading and responding to my post. You're right. I am ignorant and the extent of that ignorance is yet to be known. For If I had more knowledge and awareness of my own psychology and various areas of life I would not be feeling this way. I would know how not to fall into suffering due to external circumstances. I really appreciate the fact that you mention how being depressed is what the ego wants. I never really thought of it that way. However when I do self inquiry and meditation I can see that the ego gets a sort of sick satisfaction from suffering.

@S33K3R Thanks for taking the time to read and reply to my post. It's good to know that there are other people who have felt similarly to how I do. I love your last paragraph regarding collective awareness and individual awareness. Thank you for writing it, I really needed to read that right now. That makes me think about all of the people who are working on self actualization and those working towards making this world a nicer place to live.

@Nahm Thanks for taking the time to read my post and respond. Your references to the quotes of Rumi, Gandhi and Bruce Lee are indeed powerful words and are some of my favorite quotes about life in general. I'm glad that you bring up the fact that I need something like a serious goal or endeavor in my life to focus on in order to do my part to help the world. I really think that I should take Leo's life purpose course, lately I have been thinking about my life's purpose, what it truly is and it's level of importance in my life.

@Michael569 Thanks for your reply and taking the time to help me out. I think that you are absolutely right about finding a personal meaning and ways to contribute. I've been thinking about my life purpose a lot lately and I am beginning to realize just how profoundly important that is in a human's life. I think that Leo's life purpose course may help me out with this. Thanks for helping me to see things in a more positive perspective.

@egoeimai Thanks for taking the time to read through my post I really appreciate it. You're right about perspective being subjective. The more I meditate and read the more I understand this. The difficult part for me is developing the emotional development necessary in order to avoid becoming saddened every time I think about the circumstances of the world currently.

@JustinS That sounds beautiful. I can see how that video can have a deep impact on someone as it is beautiful as well.

I was first introduced to psychedelic substances while reading online back in 2014. At the time I thought that they could be a useful tool for psychological inquiry and consciousness exploration. However I did not seriously begin to research and learn about psychedelics until 2016. It was at this time that I learned of the powerful healing effects of various substances such as DMT, Psilocybin, LSD and Cannabis if used responsibly. Then recently in 2017 I finally used cannabis as my first psychedelic tool. What happened afterwards was one of the strangest experiences of my life thus far. Note I would NEVER use these substances for recreational usage. I seek to learn as much about myself and existence as I can and psychedelics are a tool to help me with this. For the past three years I have been meditating from 20 minutes to an hour each day, I’m raw vegan (I only consume fresh fruits and vegetables), I am a very intellectually minded person and I have also had a few profound unitive experiences via meditation. This was the next step in my journey of consciousness exploration. As far as set and setting is concerned I was in a good place at the time of taking this in. Initially I was nervous however I calmed my mind via meditation and I was around individuals that I knew, although they were recreational users. The cannabis was loaded into a water bong and I took three large hits and used 1 gram of the plant for this experience. Being my first time it was very difficult not to cough too much however I did manage to compose myself. I was determined to go as deep as I possibly could and knew the importance of THC absorption in cultivating an experience. As I took the third and final hit I could feel my perception of reality become distorted. I began to feel dizzy and nauseous. Those around me began to speak about activities to do while high. In my perception their voices became slowed and their movements slowed as well. I tried to participate in the conversation but this simply was not going to happen. I felt my body movements become slower and heavier. I began to stare at the plants near us with much intensity. The same connectedness that I felt in my meditative experiences was present here in this psychedelic experience as well. Within a few minutes I was compelled towards the ground, it was as if I was being pushed and pulled towards the ground at the same time. As I went down I saw what looked like a small bright orange smiling humanoid neon outline in my vision. I knew that things were about to get strange. As I hit the ground I passed out. Those around me at the time helped me up immediately and what follows was beautiful and very strange. It only took them maybe 15 or 20 seconds for them to get me up however in my perception it lasted much longer. My eyes opened and closed. All of the environment around me was heavily distorted and all of the vegetation was brightly colored and had that bright neon outline around it. The intensity of the sunlight was at least twice as radiant to me. As I felt them lifting me I wanted to go deep in this experience I had a thousand questions in my head and wanted to stay exactly as I was. In my mind there was a menagerie of voices from every trip report that I had ever seen online or read. I was various places in my mind such as waterfalls and fields. There was a bit of fear present from the ego, due to the weirdness of all of it, however it vanished quickly. I then heard a voice subconsciously that said, “Just let go”. I subconsciously responded (I was unable to speak verbally) “I will go anywhere you take me”. And so I completely let go of all control. I felt that in order to stand up I had to forcefully will my body to do so. By the time they raised me to my feet I saw those around me as beings of light. Their bodies were a bright blue light and they were shining so brightly it was as if the sun was within each of them. They helped me inside the house I knew that I was walking and awake but everything was so blurry and I was still very dizzy. I passed out again shortly after on a mattress. This time things got weirder. As I was out I felt very nauseous. I saw many strange psychedelic images as well. I don’t know how to explain it but I will try my best. I also had audio hallucinations. I believe one of the sounds that I was hearing was a fusion of my heartbeat and breathing, however it sounded very alien and esoteric yet beautiful at the same time. There were other audio hallucinations as well. As my eyes were closed there were hundreds of shapes, colors and figures constantly shifting. My body also felt very limp and strange. There were entities talking to me although I could not understand them. Although I do know that they were loving. They were not humanoid and their “bodily” shapes were outlined with bright colors. They had no other visible parts only the outline. The audio hallucinations continued. As I “slept” I could hear music from outside but it was so much louder and vivid than it normally would have been. It was as if it was only 20 feet away from me instead of a few hundred. Although the music was a genre that I am not fond of the pure audio sounds of the music and the rhythms I heard were made so beautiful by the cannabis. The closed eye hallucinations continued. The light beings that I saw from before were here again but were present as outlines. They told me about love and showed me love. What they said and how they showed me love, I do not remember. Then they took me through many places which I don’t know how to describe. I even saw the light entity I saw back in 2012 when my mother passed away. This was by far the most beautiful part of the experience. More things occurred after this and then there was just pure blackness. After three hours I somewhat awoke. I was still not fully lucid and reality was still distorted. I stayed up for about one hour. During this hour I listened to two songs that I prepared for this day. These songs sounded more beautiful than I had ever heard them before. I took down some quick notes of the experience and then went to sleep for the night. The next morning I woke up and I was so happy. Happy to be alive, happy to exist and happy to even experience existence. For about half of the next day I felt as If I had just finished a very deep meditation session. My mind was calm and content with experience. I know that this was far from the average experience one gets from smoking cannabis and I feel that this experience occurred the way that it did was due to a few factors. My several hundreds of hours of meditation may have had some sort of deepening effect on the way how I responded to the cannabis. Additionally I wanted a deep experience and wanted to use this as a tool for spiritual growth, mental exploration and consciousness exploration. The foods that I have been eating for the past three years may have also had an effect on it as well. Overall this was the strangest thing that I have ever experienced thus far in my 20 years of life and I really can’t accurately put into words exactly what I experienced on that day. What I can say in closing is this. We are loved. Despite all of the weird forms that I saw there was never anything to be afraid of. All of existence is ONE. I view this as a positive learning experience and hope to delve deeper into my mind and slowly deepen my understanding of consciousness with other psychedelics in the future. So to those out there with far more psychedelic experience than I do, what do you think of my first experience with cannabis? Any feedback would be appreciated. This video gives a good idea of what the various entities I saw looked like. Skip to about 4:15 in. These are the two songs that I listened to during this experience.

@Emerald I actually watch your YouTube channel, The Diamond Net! I really enjoy your videos. It sounds like you experienced a slight sense of unity from it. I am definitely going to look into edible marijuana and see how deep a psychedelic experience could be with it. Would you say that your experience with eating cannabis was similar to my experience?