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I'm just refuting his point about 'actual infinity' being a logical contradiction. It isn't.

A retreat like the one you describe is not really going to prepare you for a high dose psychedelic trip. They're two quite different things. A better preparation for iboga would be to try other psychedelics.

@Nak Khid He is incorrect. Actual Infinity can be realised, or rather it can become conscious of itself. He's ignorant to the required radical shift in consciousness necessary in order for Infinity to realise itself. His definition of actual is also incorrect. He says it means 'totally encapsulated'. This is a false assumption. Again, he's trying to use concepts and language to make his argument. But actual infinity is radically beyond symbols.

It is not contradictory to me. You simply misunderstand what the word Love means in this context. This isn't a personal attack, just a direct realisation that you have yet to have. Like I mentioned previously, this literally cannot be understood from a normal baseline level of consciousness. You're trying to get this with the logical rational mind, but it literally cannot be done. Don't believe what I say, but just be open to the possibility that this could be true. You must verify this for yourself. You won't be able to verify this by thinking about it. It's good that you are questioning this stuff.

I will never deny or invalidate the suffering of others. Other people suffer, horrible and terrible things happen in the world and we should all be working towards reducing this. Yet this does not contradict what I said in my previous comment.

This is not actually the case. You see, understanding what the phrases 'Everything is Love', or 'Reality is Love' mean requires an extremely radical shift in consciousness which is far beyond your normal state, and is also far beyond even ego death. Has God realised itself through your body/mind? This is the kind of level of consciousness required. This simply cannot be understood at 'normal' human consciousness. At the highest levels of consciousness, the actual substrate of reality is recognised as Love, and that this Love is Absolute because it is Infinite and Eternal. Every happening that has ever occurred is literally Pure Love. Just because one individual is not conscious of this does not mean it isn't an absolute, or that its only true 'for you' as you say. Truth is not dependant on 'individual humans' being conscious of it, otherwise it wouldn't be absolute.

The short answer, as explained by others, is that you, an ego, are imagining that suffering, pain and misery are somehow bad and evil. And relative to you as a separate self, they are! But this is only a relative truth. In the absolute sense there is no bad and evil.

Great thread idea. I'd encourage people to not just spam this with people who make a living solely off of making Youtube videos. We should collate examples of how people have built authentic successfull careers that don't necessarily rely on Youtube. Masahiro Kikuno - Watchmaker: Ross Symons - Origami Artist: "Ross quit his 9-5 job after spending a 18 months making origami and posting his work on instagram. He started the year with 165 followers and ended the year with 50,000. 10 months into his project he was featured by Instagram and his followers jumped from 10k to 40k in 4 hours. He does origami installations, art exhibitions, create origami stop frame animations and create social media content for brands around the world. He also does public speaking gigs where he shares his story about how he made the shift from 9-5 web developer to an Instagrammer and full-time artist." https://www.instagram.com/white_onrice/ Kacper Kowalski - Paraglider Photographer: https://mymodernmet.com/kacper-kowalski-aerial-photography/. Kowalski trained as an architect and was enjoying a flourishing career in that field, when his passion for aviation took over. Attracted to the freedom and adventure of paragliding, Kowalski began photographing his journeys as a means to kickstart a new career that would allow him to spend endless hours in the sky. He now makes his living as a successfull photographer. Nick Anger - Bladesmith, woodworker, metallurgist, and chemist who creates utterly unique, custom Damascus steel knives.

I've never felt like I was going to vomit from the vibrations. They can be quite intense but usually have a neutral feeling. There's always a brief moment of nausea at the beginning of the trip during ego death, but if you take a deep breath and just relax is passes quickly. I should mention that the vibrations and bi-lateral symmtery movements happen completely spontaneously without any egoic intention. So if you find yourself forcing them or trying to do them in any way then let that go. I get you're excited, but remember - slow and steady wins the race

@Vipassana What was the purpose of the fast?

In most cases 5-MeO-DMT should definitely not be used as a replacement for traditional medicine. Psychedelics simply don't work that way. You'd be better off not taking 5-MeO if you already have psychotic symptoms.

@EntheogenTruthSeeker Carefull not to overly idolise Leo. He's just a normal dude who makes videos.

Depends greatly on the dosage. I'll tell you what happens at 30mg plugged: Total ego death beyond anything you can imagine and then ACTUAL GOD!! GOD realises itself completely directly through your body/mind. Total Oneness and Unity beyond anything imaginable. Your entire life dissolves into the sweetest purest Love. Visual field becomes infinite just like all other 'perceptions', but these are largely unchanged. Body moves in bi-lateral symmetry as the energetic system is rewired and refreshed (seems like it doesn't happen for everyone, but does for me). Orgasmic vibrations permeate throughout the body.

@Rilles If i'm honest, no. I'm working on my projects every single night. Longest break i'll take is a day or two. I think the key with a life purpose is having a vision or a goal that you really really want to achieve. I'm also quite inpatient so i'm just more eager to get there sooner rather than later. Nothing wrong with what you're doing though. If you're actually producing work and making progress then thats all that matters.

@communitybuilder Very interesting! Would be cool if this is actually a real conversation with an AI. Open AI is one of Musk's enterprises isn't it, so it's definitely legitimate. I've always been excited and curious to see how a super human level AI would deal with big metaphysical questions like God. I like how even though the AI says we are living in a simulation (doesn't necessarily mean inside a computer though), it still recognises that at the highest level the simulation is God.

At God realisation even the notion of 'awareness' was non-existent for me. It's so fucking radical you won't believe it and it can't be communicated whatsoever. You can go beyond identification with formless awareness. Frank Yang talks abouts this in his recent videos and it makes sense to me but I still need further contemplation on the matter. There's just Pure Being-ness. God is also = Actual Infinity. It sounds like you had some degree of awakening no doubt. But the question is how deep did it go. The only way I can realise God is =>30mg 5-MeO-DMT. What psychedelics have you been using and what dose?

@billiesimon You are right in saying that there is only 'I', but this 'I' IS God. You are god. When you truly become conscious of God there is absolutely not a shred of doubt that it is ACTUAL GOD and that YOU ARE GOD. The word takes on a radically new meaning once it is realised.

The way I see the yellow diagram is that the yellow square is integrating the values and viewpoints of each of the below stages (signified by the red star, green circle etc) and then moves forward/making progress (big yellow arrow) with that integration.

@electroBeam There is only 1 appropriate response to God Realisation: OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD... God is unmistakably God. If there is even a shred of doubt, it was not God.

@ivankiss how far did it move on the table once you had put it down?

@Leo Gura Hey Leo, i'm interested in this. What are the requirements of being a mod and do you provide some guidelines/advice for moderating content?

... the ultimate vegan starter pack haha. Like a broken record nowadays. It honestly baffles me that some people think every human being on the planet could eat a vegan diet and everyone would just be super duper healthy. It seems much more likely that there is a very wide spectrum with regard to metabolic types. Some people do very well on a vegan diet, some people need much more animal protein, some people are in between. The point about gut health may have some truth to it, but again, just because someone has a perfectly healthy gut does not imply that they could just eat a vegan diet. Why would anyone assume that? It completely disregards differences in metabolic typing. Just for the record, I have read the China Study, I have used the nutrition facts website, I have seen the documentaries, I have researched the environmental impacts and I spent 12 months on a vegan diet - 4 years later I am still recovering.

@Elshaddai Just sitting and thinking/feeling about it in silence is usually the way it happens for me, sometimes in the brief moments between jobs throughout the day, in the shower, waiting for food to cook etc. The integration isn't really an intentional manual process. Writing a trip report for yourself can be nice, but often the experiences and lessons learnt on psychedelics are non-linear and don't fit well into a written sentence. Sometimes its good to get things on paper though, especially if you're feeling confused.

@Chumbimba a great channel for the kind of stuff you're asking about:

Looks like you got a real nice place Leo. Looks kinda modern and new which is nice. You're a lucky guy, living in a beautiful desert with blue skies and sun every day, a cool modern place of your own - jealous to say the least.