Ry4n

Shitty* friends. Not that I'm saying one should turn their friends into a therapist because that's a huge problem a lot of people can't figure out, but never saying anything about one's personal life? May as well stop talking to them. The last few years have been hard on everyone.

Sounds like you're already figuring it out dude. A serious observation of others that helped me: If you notice your friends nit-picking on every little thing you say and do then that is a VERY insecure person you are dealing with. Why? Because this reveals the exact thought patterns/mental behaviour that they are doing to themselves privately and subsequently directing to you to feel empowered as a coping mechanism to said set of insecurities. Doesn't matter what your grades or overall life success is when you have a shitty personality. Being a good person is more important than being successful.

We're all dummies!

"It gets simple when you get simple." Adyashanti A thought I had after one of his meditations: It's just the deepest simplicity in all of existence. No peace could ever match that, is there anything else that can even be called peace?

Sorry that did come off rude, it's just that the forum is still full of competitive enlightenment. But the only thing that could compete is ego's of course.

being gentle with oneself right now is far more wise than life purpose. I'd be taking a massive break if it's needed. Follow your gut instinct. Some CBD and exercise, maybe a couple beers in the evening with your mates and reconnect. At least that's what I'd imagine myself doing in said scenario.

Haha, in the absolute sense yes. In the absolute sense there's no you and no thinking, so even in the absolute sense you didn't get that quite right, and on the relative level OCD in human animals absolutely exists. The "gotcha" comment to try and one-up which enlightened monkey is more enlightened than the other monkey is a fat swing and a miss dude. Not useful for anyone.

big false: OCD motivated me to understand metacognition (you are not your thoughts) in a powerful way and that started the entire journey to enlightenment. Suffering period is the biggest motivator for Truth.

wow

Sounds a lot easier than 5meo dmt is that a wrong assessment? I’m too scared to do 5meo dmt, especially after reading about reactivations that can occur.

In your dreams ha! (Literally?) The experience of something pertains to nothing, like music happening in the context of silence. Boarders are an experience of something which pertains to this silent “no-thingness” that cannot have boundaries because that is something. Silence is the only way to really get this.

A few beers after a gram of shrooms is a similar feeling to MDMA. Purely recreational obviously.

@Romer02 Cardio and CBD settle my nerves, worth a shot if you haven’t already that is.

I found psychedelics make any amount of MDMA more authentic of an experience. The first MDMA experience can feel very authentic though imo.

LSD is just so complete in itself. Pure Infinity.

That separation is an illusion and that there’s no inside or outside to experience. That everything in the universe works as one interconnected system, with one boundless open space that’s silent, still and unchanging containing it all, which if one taps into creates a total freedom from suffering, endless bliss and peace forever (forever meaning outside of space and time). That from this unity unconditional love is a natural consequence and that such love/bliss/silence/stillness/infinity is the substratum of it all. That reality is not physical, material, dull and solid but rather fluid, vibrant and alive energy waiting to only present itself as seemingly dull and material for a tiny moment. That there’s so much more out there in terms of the multiverse and other dimensions. That life is a total mystery and that everything is ultimately unknowable, and that unknowability is actually the very essence of what we call “God”. That the true “I” is outside of space and time. Never did I mention the psychotherapeutic aspect of psychs on the human ego but what I learned from that is equally vast as the non-dual stuff but it’s too personal. To use most effectively and safely requires that psychedelics aren’t ones only tool in the toolbox of personal growth because if it is you might be better off never doing them because of the risks. Nobody uneducated in non-duality, spirituality, religion, shamanism, psychology, basic self help, mindfulness and meditation should even THINK of taking psychedelics unless under a therapist’s care. Learn to work your way up extremely slowly and enjoy the process. Do not expect to breakthrough to some grand realisation that will solve it all. That does NOT exist. No grand realisation will solve one’s human problems so beware of spiritual bypassing. Remain open but skeptical, and more than anything watch your ego as it will almost certainly inflate at times. Never hold onto any spiritual statement/teaching too tightly while working with psychedelics, and always rest in the unknown. Be intellectually honest that everything is unknowable, don’t take yourself too seriously because nothing in life is too serious, and enjoy the ride. ?? Have fun! Don’t be too serious.

I'd rather become nothing.

Employers don't care about a major in marketing in comparison to say someone who's done an actual marketing job without the degree.

Yeah metacognition and mindfulness is precisely for this

The more faith you have the less ego there is to be afraid at all!

Evidence is a dream.

Everything is unknowable

That’s the thing…you don’t. From one perspective these things exist, but if I zoom into everything until it’s nothing more than atoms and molecules bouncing around then from that perspective people don’t exist, personalities don’t exist, and thus everything you mentioned doesn’t exist. Likewise from the Absolute perspective (THE most “zoomed in” or “zoomed out” perspective) these issues don’t exist. Everything is perfect and you’ve gone beyond the world. Its more like the metaphysical substance underling it all is bliss, even if the surface images on the screen of consciousness are horrible; they are horrible yes, but it’s just an image within a greater context of bliss. Stop taking non-duality on as a philosophy and interpreting it that way… it isn’t.

How seriously do you take everything? Thats a good start. Anyone who takes anything too serious including their own awakening is full of shit. Awakening itself is also a complete dream not to be take seriously. It doesn’t really matter what other people are up to, what matters is you and what you want. Do you want to experience a deep intimacy with all existence whilst simultaneously free of its bullshit? Do you want to experience profound peace, creative inspiration and a sense of the divine and deeper clarity of life as a whole? All of that is available to you, and that’s really all that matters.

Imaginary in this context doesn’t mean not real. It means that everything that’s experienced is consciousness. Go meditate now there’s no more mental masturbation to be done.