I just watched Leos vlog about why his videos are so long, he talks about the trade off in specialization, and Actualized.org content being the skeleton key (insert TES thieves guild reference here).
I had a cool insight because of that. My whole life I've been an artist, I didn't do anything besides drawing and painting from a very young age. After I grew older I kind of lost interest in it, I haven't made anything in... 6 years now? I haven't even touched a pencil. I sat down to draw, out of curiosity, some time ago - Just to see if I had lost it. I was prepared to experience a skill decrease, but to my huge suprise my technique had progressed  immensely - Without doing any practise at all. I was mind blown by how this was possible. Drawing is so dependent on technique, muscle memory, a sharp eye, stuff that needs continuous practise - But I slowly began to connect the dots.
During my time off, I had studied human anatomy because I wanted to become a chiropractor for a while. I had also begun to work out and explored/befriended my own body by moving it (I've never been a fitness person, more of a computer nerd). I had studied human psychology, architecture, learned 3D modeling, dived deep into spirituality, self actualization, philosophy.. And I concluded that by progressing in all of these fields, it added to my artistic skills as well. 
I had never thought of this as a possibilty at all, that you actually can progress in one field (especially a field like drawing) by developing your skill in other fields - But ofc it makes perfect sense, everything is connected. 
I don't know why I'm posting this... Just wanted to share my insight, I got excited 

Of course that will help greatly. But don't expect to be perfect at it.
Yes, he's very good at teaching how to love.
I don't know if merely saying such things will trigger an awakening. To be safe you'd want to supplement with psychedelics or other methods. But of course such affirmations and visualizations can be great.

This is precisely incorrect.
You guys need to appreciate that I am pointing to something deeper which you are as yet missing.
I would not make such a big deal out of this if it wasn't really fucking important.
Not all spiritual paths lead to the same place. Some paths and teachings lead deeper than others.
If I am emphasizing something to this degree, it's not a mere word game, it's something massive you're missing.
I can lead a donkey to water, but I cannot make you drink.
The word Love is used precisely because that's what it is. No other word is correct for this aspect of consciousness. To use other words just to appeal to egos would be a corruption of the highest truth.
This corruption comes from lack of understanding. The truth is just too radical for people to accept. Even so called enlightened people. They can still deny love.
How can God reveal itself to you when you are so adamant in denying it?

Many people live with a lot of repressed emotional baggage and truama that they have been in denial about for years.
It can be painful to open those old wounds.
But this is by no means unique to psychedelics. Intense meditation can also cause such problems.
Purifying the mind is not always a walk in the park. Especially if you have a dirty mind.

Yes, it is very hard.
Yes, it does point to deeper systemic economic problems which need to be reformed.
But, it can still be done. Success requires a lot of trial and error and persistence. Remember, you only need one thing to pan out. All those courses have laid some foundation. Now you're ready to pounce on some new opportunity.
Success in business requires being opportunistic and creative. You can't just copy what everyone else is doing. You must always be on the lookout for your niche. Always be thinking about how you can provide massive value to the world.
3D printing sounds like an exciting new field with enormous future potential.

Yes, but also be careful not to develop a blaming victim complex on this issue. If you want a passionate job, you can work to create one based around your LP. It's challenging but worthwhile. Become a massive value provider, a powerful creator.

@Phoenixx The point of human life is become more conscious of what you are and what reality is.
This requires raising awareness of oneself through self-reflection, contemplation, inquiry, meditation, disciplined practices, etc.

Yup, that accords with my own experiences with psychedelics.
At some point, after enough trips, you'll work through all of your personal psychological baggage and all that will remain are deeper and deeper levels of nonduality.
There is no one to heal because everything is Perfection. And, yet, the world is badly in need of healing. That's the paradox.
Being a healer also does not require being a shaman or using psychedelics. The are many ways to heal the world. Just by talking to people about awakening is already healing the world. Just by raising your children well, that is helping to heal the world.

Hey guys, I want to ask you what are your main, best, deeper, most useful lessons / "rules" / advices / things you've learned, either personnally or trough personal devlopment.
I will list mine, and will add more when I remember :
- Never let any outside circumstances direct how you feel. ( of course it's a lot of work ) If you don't like something, either CHANGE it, or be OK about it.
- Take responsability for EVERYTHING in your life.
- Don't want ANYTHING from people/women, you are 100 % COMPLETE.
- There is no failure, only learning in life.
- What others say about you, or about anything, is only a reflection of THEIR views/ their inner world.
- We are here to learn and evolve, each difficulty, each problem is a call to transcend our ego. When we let go of all of this, we are true LOVE.

I have never seen or reliably heard of anyone manifesting a physical object out of pure will but i certainly wouldnt say it was impossible. It just means that it might take a more evolutionarily advanced consciousness/being than just the most advanced ape on one planet.
Affecting the material world via magick is usually done with creating what is normally called a thought-form that is charged with a certain intention. I conceptualize it like a ball of energy that contains information that exists on the astral realm. One of the principals of Hermeticsim is correspondence - "As above, so below". While it seems like any effect would be causeless empirically, the "cause" is the ball of information/energy on the astral realm that influences the probable and possible futures. Many people bring in Chaos Theory as a way to try to describe what they believe is the mechanism.
This is why people can do stuff like heal cancer through visualization. The visualization is your direct connection to the astral realm and manifesting magick.
When people astrally project, they start off visualizing. It is literally nothing more than imagination. Then, things start to take a life of its own that is increasingly beyond your imagination. With practice, many people claim that it becomes more real than real. You start interacting with beings that act on their own autonomy completely. The further I go into this, the more I ask what is real. I think it makes more sense when I remember the real self is not physical anyway.
This is why all energy working traditions use visualization. The breath builds the power through gathering chi. You infuse the energy with your intent. You release the intention charged energy onto the astral realm with your visualization. If the energy is strong enough and is infused with the right intention, it effects physical reality due to correspondences resolving between the realms.
According to occult philosophy, you are God but you are also simultaneously an individuated conscious entity that is evolving for eternity. Non-duality doesn't mean that duality discontinues its manifestation. When that individuated awareness is no longer focusing its awareness through a human body (physical death), than it focuses its awareness somewhere else beyond the human body. The subjective experience continues unbroken. The individuated being continues to get closer to merging with the One but never quite does fully imo. Kind of like dividing distance in half for eternity. 
Regarding manifesting as God-  when I created a spirit (albeit, in God's name) and then it showed up saying he really wanted to talk to me through my fiance's body, isnt that god-like in many ways? It doesnt make me more of a god than anyone else. We are all sparks of god in duality and can create in duality. It just means that Ive studied and practiced the Occult so I know how to manifest my god-like abilities whereas many others never know how (or care).
I have shifted through many layers of consciousness but have not been conscious that I was tapping into the collective consciousness. But that just may mean that its not there. I suspect a clairvoyant might be better at that but not sure. I did combine weed, a half tab of lsd and mdma at a concert in a sold out massive stadium once and I swear I totally tapped into collective consciousness at that time. That feeling was so far beyond what ive ever experienced, its hard for me to remember what it felt like.

Sounds like your trips were very mild. Seems like you have a toleramce to LSD or weak blotter.
Your intention is fine, if that's what you really want. But the real power of LSD will shine once you get over all your psychological needs and start setting metaphysical intentions. Like, What is reality?
I would trip sitting up, not laying down.
Tripping outdoors is tricky. Start by doing 10 or 20 trips indoors where you have full control of environment and isolation from disturbing people.

For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must die.

If you want serious answers to such questions then your best bet is to ask them on psychedilcs.
Verbal answers will simply not help you.

Nothing would happen.
I've gone for 5+ months without psychedelics. There is no backlash or dark night.
I have to force myself to take psychedelics. I often forget they even exist.

Psychedics are not required.
However, I must be honest with you guys. Most of you are so lost in your minds and so unserious about doing concentration practices and/or yoga, that you will never grasp the deepest things I talk about without psychedelics. The psychedelics are recommended because you are not motivated enough to do the manual legwork.
If you refuse the psychedelic path, you must work your ass off doing concentration practices and yoga.
This dabbling bullshit does not work and you will waste years of time.
Spirituality is the most hardcore pursuit that man can undertake. Start treating it as such. It will be worth it.
Or just forget about spirituality and do basic self-help. You need to be very clear with your intent. What do you want? Do you really want Truth? If you do you should be willing to sell your mother into slavery to get it.

I don’t think psychedelic therapy will be psychedelics + traditional therapy/analysis. I think psychologists will need a lot of new training to adapt. 
At a population level, it’s not as simple as take a psychedelic and fix yourself. There is more to it and I think support and guidance through inter-personal relations can play an important role.

@lukej Sorry to hear that.
You should know that cancer recovery rates can be significantly improved through proper daily visualization technique. This has been validated by clinical research.
So I highly recommened you learn it and start doing it daily.
PM me if you want some further instruction.
Godspeed.

@ethanb121 Then you should be excited to wean of SSRIs so you are free to seriously pursue Truth.
SSRIs are not good for you. So you should have a plan for weaning off them regradless of psychedelics. You want your mind as free as possible for this work.
I know weaning off them is hard, but see it as an investment into your future.
For stuff like mild depression, psychedelics will be way more effective than antidepressants. Psychedelics will address the root cause of depression and will help you find peace.
If you kick antidepressants you can do weekly trips and that will help you stay grounded.
You can also experiment with microdosing LSD. Although I prefer large bi-weekly trips vs microdosing.

@Jed Vassallo Daily visualization for a couple of months straight. Make visualizations intense and emotional.
What you're talking about in your example isn't a belief per se, it's a goal / intention you want to have.

Study & awakening solves that.
Awakening solves that.
Find your life purpose and learn some business & career skills.
Awakening solves that.
- - - - - -
Psychedelics will directly address #1, #2, and #4. And they can even help you find your LP for #3.

It begins as armchair philosophy, and as you become more serious, it turns into true contemplation.
Of course there is no clear line between the two, as that would be just another duality.

@Leo Gura @Nahm @Serotoninluv
So I had my first insight / 2nd awakening experience.... I've never felt this way before... it's so much more clear than before and it's like I'm more awake and real... it's hard to even put into words... I can see how this work can cure mental illness of the mind. It's like all these thoughts were lurking and from my place of conflict before I was fighting with them and automatically believing them at the same time. Like a civil war of various issues over the years mixing. What it took to get here was just experiencing some stuff in my shadow I've been fighting with and I've realized ther rus no need to fight it... it's not bad. It just wants to be heard and acknowledged and it isn't even entirely "me" persay just an aspect that wants to be recognized as part of my experience. When I stopped giving all my power to these sort of silent thought devils this feeling of clarity washed over and I could feel this feeling of peace and strength in my heart like there was a barrier holding in this sense of peace and truth. I can still see I have much further to go and I still have this worrying/neurotic side to continue observing and integrating but I'm never knew this is was possible in life until now to see that these sort of negative aspects I've been fighting can be accepted and the puppet strings can be cut. The meditative journaling really helps. 

@SunnyNewDay Facing your fear is the crux of this work. Can't really avoid that.
Use Google to find people and communities.

The key to confidence is massive personal experience. You must sink 1000s of hours into those things you wish to be confident about.

@winterknight I just had a mini-epiphany.
When you recommend psycho-analysis to supplement this work, that's exactly why I recommend psychedelics. Just like psycho-analysis the psychedelic's function is not primary to enlighten you but to clear out lesser blockages, shadow issues, and to show you what is getting in way of awakening.
The benefit of psychedelics is that it's faster, cheaper, more direct than months of talk therapy, and gives awakenings as well. But of course for those who cannot access psychedelics, I can see the value of psycho-analysis.
I've not done formal psycho-analysis but I'd guess 3-12 months of psycho-analysis = 1-3 psychedelic trips. The cost savings would also be very significant.
I've noticed that most people who take psychedelics don't have very deep awakenings on them because first the psychedelic must clear out psychological baggage (AKA, psychoanalysis). The existential insights require a purified mind and heart. The deep existential insights tend to come in later trips, after the mind has been purified a bit of its human baggage.
Just a useful insight I thought I'd share with you guys.
The oversight I made in the past is that I tended to think of the psychedelic purely as a gateway to nondual states. But that's only half of their function. The other half is the psycho-analytic resolution of psychological baggage.