UnbornTao

@ExploringReality Kick some ass.

You can start with your name or variations of it and change it down the road whenever you feel a rebrand is fitting. The important thing is starting and setting the pieces in motion. Provide value, let others find your work, have fun and learn. You can also use Claude for brainstorming but no need to get hung up on the name part. This can be done now, with the vision created or refined along the way. Just jot some key points down about what you want to do with the project and what you hope it will help others with, and put it into action.

When someone like Ramana talks about consciousness and such, they're referring to something different from a trip, state, or experience. The likelihood that Leo is labeling an experience or state change as 'consciousness,' 'infinity,' 'awakening,' and similar terms is high. The difference in stance on drugs between him and some of these guys may point to this fundamental misstep - hence the resulting nonsense about absolute mice, aliens, and so on. I remember believing in this and calling my breakthrough trips "Awakening" this and "Awakening" that. But then I got over it - after a few years. They are simply experiences, however novel, powerful, healing, awe-inspiring, loving, "enlightening", or terrifying they may be. I also understand the self-aggrandizement aspect of it. This is why it's said that this path is potentially (or virtually guaranteed to be) deluding. You would be barking up the wrong tree, but unfortunately, dogs get easily distracted by fireworks. Be honest and move on - this is my suggestion.

That's fair. To be clear, it's unnecessary and can serve as a distraction. It's also rather superficial. You can instead examine the truth of things like: What is curiosity? What is stillness?

You don't have the genetics, the epistemic background, or the right attitude required for that Awakening™️. No one here has that Awakening - except Me.

Got it.

It's pushing a narrative that isn't true and is misleading. A loving stick, even when it is disliked.

Oh yeah. Need a hundred-plus rosemary trips to achieve that.

Tiths good

Plastic flowers.

Based

If I am walking alone on a path and see some rocks obstructing the way, set them aside, and continue without interacting with anyone, would that be considered 'not good' according to your perspective here? Just a thought experiment. Oh, I just read your last sentence. I guess this example would still be included in your definition.

They are making a heart ❤️

Welcome to the forum.

Loincloth and streets.

Gotta get over my fixation on Key & Peele but I love being incontinent

The purpose of this journal is to share questions, humor, miscellaneous creative content, and raw reflections on personal empowerment and consciousness. My goals are to deepen my experiential understanding of these topics, improve my communication skills, have fun, and help others see things in a new light.

Let's keep the proselytizing going:

Yes, we care about the truth about as much as fish care about land. Fantasy is what sells, even here. And there can be power and benefit to this, this is precisely the point. It's just not true, as you alluded to. The work that Ralston does is different from what goes around here, to be clear. As for authenticity, we could imagine that Ramana's silent periods are a fitting example of what you mean by "pure." Maybe. Of course, you're right that such a thing (whatever it is, even if it's nothing at all) can't be sold. Still, asking what truth is is itself an abstraction and can easily lead to mischief. We often unconsciously use it as an ideal - "the Truth," loaded with all our stuff, hopes, and preconceived ideas. Don't just take people's word at face value when they claim to be after the truth and when they pride themselves on that, like we all do here. It's more of a self-image and social thing than a reality. The reality of it would have to be, well, real - and increasingly so. It's better to see this pursuit as a direction rather than a fixed place. What is simply true, here and now, in my experience (as a real anchor and "starting" point)? What is pain? What is belief? What is the need for acknowledgment? Why do my attempts at changing myself fail? Why does it seem like my internal state is caused by external events? What is an excuse? What is pretension? How come I lie to myself all the time without knowing it - despite my identity as a "truth seeker"? What is telling the truth?

They're just different, or separate, pursuits. The truth is sought (in a hypothetical case ) while doing survival - maybe despite it, or independent of it.

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