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Yeah I think certain personality types are more inquisitive about existential and metaphysical questions. If you look at the Myers Briggs 16-personalities test then there is a personality trait called Intuitive vs Observant...I think the Inuitive trait definitely plays a role...

@Andreas It seems like you may be underestimating the role that 'levels of conciousness' have in these cases. Doing spiritual work (meditation, yoga, psychedlics, contemplation) radically changes your perspective on life. It blurs many lines that you once thought were solid. This has been a well documented phenomenon for thousands of years in almost all cultures and spiritual communities. What is your goal by arguing here on this forum? To get the members of this forum to reflect on their own belief systems? That's literally what we are trying to do to ourselves. That's the essence of spiritual work. I am being skeptical of the most fundamental aspects of reality...including the idea that I even exist. Of course I am personally not perfect and I do admit that I occasionally hold "nonduality" as a dogma. Your skepticism should be directed inward towards the conceptual framework from which you are asking your questions. Sure you can ask people questions, but your questions are only useful if your intention is to learn, not to 'expose' any contradictions that the people on this forum make in their reasoning.

@kieranperez nice lol I had to answer too

@Andreas 1. 2 + 2 = 4 is only true relative to humans because we have decided to categorize the world in such a way. Dolphins would not categorize the world in this way. Meaning the the equation is only true relative to the mind that creates it. 2. There is Truth and there is truth. I would agree that there is no truth because truth with a lowercase t is always relative to your limited ego perspective. However, as your perspective expands from your little ego perspective to the perspective of God (all of existence). Then, from that place of elevated conciousness. You can be aware of Truth. Because this Truth is borne of the meta-perspective of all perspectives. This is why Leo is saying that you don't understand. Achieve the state of God conciousness and then you might. 3. And 4. Are answered by the above statement. Don't entrench yourself in this idea of nothing can be true. That's a bastardization of the notion of relativity and is a serious signifier of an obvious lack of nuanced thinking. Stop trying to refute other's ideas and instead try to understand. If you have any further questions then read what I said again.

What a great case study to see the consequences of too much theory and not enough practice. Try meditating dude...it's not life and death...why you resisting it so much? Oh shit...I guess it is life and death.

How did you feel when you were not meditating?

I've never made tea...but I've also never had a problem just eating em... Also I've had some of my best experiences between 1.5g and 4g. I personally think that about 2g is a great introductory dose in my experience as I have introduced many of my friends to mushrooms and they are usually a-okay at about 2-3g Empty stomach is definitely key.

Be in a positive mindset. Be in a safe and secure setting. Do about 2 grams. Enjoy You will be fine. In the extremely rare chance that you have a panic attack you will learn about some kind of repressed aspect of your psyche so in the end you will grow anyways and will release some kind of psychological burden.

As you may have heard the new God of War game has amassed lots of critical success. For a good reason too. I played this game through and it was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. The storytelling, combat, and graphic design are unparalleled in gaming. This is a series to be released soon about a behind the scenes making of the game. Game director Corey Barlog went through hell and make to see his vision become actualized. This series will surely be a great example of risk taking, facing fear, and creative vision. Definitely a lot to learn from Corey Barlog as his game is breaking records. You owe it to yourself to play this one if you own a PS4 (I dont play many video games anymore but this was more than a video game). Very inspiring stuff!

Hey dude I'm in your exact position and I'm from Canada too! I've ultimately decided not to attend university in spite of getting accepted by my first choice because it does not serve my Life Purpose of being a wizard. If you have ultimately decided that you want to do music then I would definitely check out the music program...I think that going to OCAD simply for the prestige would be a bad decision. The fact that is one year is good because your perspective on life will change dramatically within one year...especially at this age (I'm assuming you're about 19 years old). Dont worry about not getting into other programs in the future. If it is meant to be then you will make it happen. If not, then no worries. Uni is def a tough decision that I had to make for myself and I hope that you make the one that FEELS right for you...make the decision with your intuition...dont let your logical mind disrupt you too much. Just my 2 cents. Good luck!

Seems like a very intelligent and openminded lady but she just misunderstands many of Leo's teachings... In my opinion working w blurring the lines between the samenesses and the differences is the foundation of contemplation and nonduality. If dualities are not broken down (like physical vs nonphysical) then one will have trouble accessing the deepest states of nondual conciousness... Furthermore, I do not believe that Leo believes in a "false self" and a "true self"...these concepts are teachings aids for helping one understand the process of self inquiry. The false self is identifying w differences between you and God (ego) while the true self is realizing those differences are arbitrary and that you are the same as God. The false self and the true self are not seperate but identifying w the false self is limiting and will result in suffering. Also, about universal intelligence...with more contemplation about nonduality and spiral dynamics and ego and survival...it is impossible to ignore the intelligence of creation... What is the alternative? Believing that all these beautiful and complex systems exist by accident? And dumb vs intelligent is but another duality. I intuit that God is constantly learning from it's own experiences...which is why everything seems to be trending towards higher conciousness and deeper integration.

@Enlightenment drug induced, not drug induced... what's the difference? An awakening is an awakening. Even without drugs an most awakenings are temporary as the ego always reforms after a while as a result of homeostasis... One can integrate an awakening from DMT just like one can integrate an awakening from Kriya Yoga... The absolute is the absolute regardless of how it is accessed. Shamans and mystics have been using psychedlics for permanent spiritual growth for thousands of years...dont stigmatize the psychedlics.

@moon777light I have been doing Vipassana meditation for about 2-3 years every day and have been on multiple grueling retreats... The only way I'm going to have any nondual glimpes are with mushrooms (like I had today). The meditation as a daily practice is super super super important and is the foundation but if u want to go really deep ur gonna need some type of psychedlic. Be careful...there are many traps, most of which are adequately covered in Leo's videos. Furthermore, contemplation about the nature of duality and nonduality Sameness and difference has been instrumental in allowing my mind the necessary flexibility to achieve nondual states of conciousness. In my opinion learning and studying nonduality is key... Personally, I put most priority on daily meditation and listening to nondual teachings and contemplating. Then, every few weeks or so I drop shrooms and get fucked by God. Then try to reintegrate. It's working so far because I had a super deep awakening earlier today. Patience, faith, and consistency is key. Also learning and studying everything Leo talks about is also key. Please forgive me for the sporadic nature of my response for I am typing on my phone and am still coming down from a trip... peace and love to you

Thanks for the responses guys... I'm still a little bit foggy on the types of tangible benefits one can get from Crystals... I've been told that certain ones attract certain things? But that makes no sense. Idk maybe I'm thinking of it wrong.

@mandyjw yes I have heard about certain meditations and rituals that are aimed at charging and cleansing the Crystals so that they may be used as a tool for healing, meditation, etc. They seem to be popular in New-Age circles but I still feel that it is very gimmicky and also very easy to be influenced by capitalism. I have seen people buy hundreds of dollars of Crystals because they are marketed to have certain amazing properties such as attracting love. Personally I have trouble buying it.

When u catch yourself lost in the content of a thought...just ask yourself "to whom is this thought occuring?" Keep doing that over and over again...the point is to keep your attention focused on the sense of "I"

So turquoise and so amazing...

Lol if one was that neurotic all day about contributing to "evil" then one couldn't practically live in the world.

Overview This has been my most powerful and profound trip to date. Including the closest I have got to any type of awakening experience. Yesterday morning I did 5g of magic mushrooms at around about 10am and locked myself in by basement bathroom in complete silence and darkness until 4pm. I had hundreds of profound insights about the nature of mind, reality, vibrations, energy and creation...including my first glimpse of the magnitude of infinity. Preparation In the days preceding my mushroom trip, I consulted these tarot cards that I have about whether or not doing this trip was a good idea. I gave myself a reading with the tarot cards and I really like this method for judging whether or not tripping at a particular time is a good idea or not. It's like how Terrence McKenna says in this video: Where he consults the oracle. (skip to 15:50) But anyways I got very good signs from my reading that I did on myself and one of my girl-friends who is a reader also agreed that the trip was a good idea so I decided to do it. I chewed 5g of the mushrooms on an empty stomach and preemptively took a ginger pill to handle any nauseousness. Then I filled up my bathroom in my basement with cushions and blankets and covered the windows so it was as dark as possible. The Trip Begins I sat down cross legged in the dark and meditated as I waited for the shrooms to come on. I set my intention to receive insight about the nature of reality and conciousness. After about 30-40 minutes I began to feel the familiar shroomy feeling of wavy energy enter my body and I allowed my body to sway with the energy as I tried to stay anchored on my breathing. My breathing began to feel more full as this energy pulsed through my body and it felt amazing. For about an hour I was enjoying the climb up towards the peak which was filled with the energy beginning to work its way into my mind and creating long and profound thought chains about the ego, survival, and creation. At one point I called my friend for a couple minutes just to tell him how awesome I'm feeling. I'm a Millionaire Recently I've been reading a lot about affirmations and the law of attraction. As the energy was pulsing through my body and becoming stronger I got visions of how reality creates itself through vibrations at every second and I felt the urge to affirm "I'm a millionaire." over and over and over again. At this point I also started recording myself (in pitch black but I captured the audio of me talking). As I continued affirming "I'm a millionaire" I got super happy as if I had just won the lottery. I realised the power of affirmations and for a good 20 minutes I was in ecstasy at the idea that I am actually a millionaire. I fully believed in the affirmation and I was able to See the vibrations beginning to manifest millions of dollars in my bank account. This is when I got many profound insights about the process of creation and how reality creates through no mechanism but through direct consciousness and that if I can focus my attention on those positive vibrations of "I'm a millionaire" then I will spontaneously create a million dollars. Ecstasy Again, I have this whole section of the trip recorded and I would describe this part as nearing the peak of the trip. I began writhing and rolling around on the floor as the energy invaded my body and brain and it felt fucking amazing. I am just yelling "Holy fuck, oh my God, Holy fucking shit this is amazing, what the fuck is happening to me, holy fuck the vibrations are just creating every second." for like 20 minutes straight as I'm swimming through the cushions and blankets in a complete full-body orgasm. At this point I feel like my whole body is being healed and reborn which was actually predicted in my card reading that I gave myself earlier. At this point I'm laughing and crying and rambling and having the most profound experience of my life... I also had the insight "Being is vibration." but idk how accurate that is but it made sense at the time. "I'm not seeing anything but I'm being everything." Side note: I watched the whole video back and even though its pitch black at certain points you can clearly see white "snowflakes" floating around the screen as if the camera was picking up the enormously high amounts of energy that was invading my being. (coincidentally the power also went out in my town around this time but I didn't notice until later) A Glimpse of Infinity After I turned off the recording I was continuing my orgasmic bliss exclamations of "Holy fuck Holy fuck" and my thoughts spontaneously began to move into even more profound territory. These weren't regular thoughts because they were very vivid and I could feel them more fully than normal so I would feel safe saying that this was closer to direct consciousness than just regular thoughts. There was one particular thought chain that I do not fully remember that basically lead to the realisation that I am nothing more than energy and that I am made of the same energy that everything else is made out of...At this point I felt my sense of ego begin to weaken more and more and I was beginning to contemplate the idea of dying and how it wouldn't be a problem at all because I'm just vibrations...At this point I became aware that I was very close to total ego death but I was not able to go fully over the edge...probably because I haven't done enough spiritual practice or I needed more substance.... Then there was another thought chain that showed me the magnitude of how infinite reality is...I feel like this particular thought chain was very "grand" and it was very charged with energy and I was having direct consciousness of every cell in every life form on Earth and how each cell is its own organism that wants to survive and reproduce and I realised "Its infinite! Its infinite! Its infinite!" and I was completely blown away and at the same time I was on all fours with my head down and I felt the energy spontaneously leave out through my feet with several violent trembles. And then everything was still and silent. Aftermath There was a huge contrast between the loud and energetic thought-chains and the silence that followed. My whole body was buzzing and trembling and I just lay down in awe for like 5 minutes and my mind was very quiet and still. Then I sat up and began to look around and this is where the feeling began that I was not in control of my movements at all and I was just the observer. I looked around the bathroom (my eyes had adjusted to the darkness) and I was tripping out like "What the fuck just happened? Am I enlightened? What the hell..." I was on the brink of tears and I was so gracious to have had the opportunity to glimpse even a little hair on the tail of the ox. (Which is what I think it was) I felt a very weak sense of ego still residing so I knew that I wasn't enlightened but I was definitely closer to ego-lessness than I have ever been. After about 20 minutes the sense of self began re-forming again but I still maintained that sense of being the observer and not having control over my actions. I just sat in awe and silence for another 30 minutes and then my Dad came home and I turned on the lights to realise how distorted and shroomy my vision was...I took sooooo much shrooms. So I just buzzed out in the bathroom for another 20 minutes and then I tried to go up to my room to rest in my bed because I was exhausted... I couldn't sleep and I definitely couldn't get comfortable but I just tried to relax and allow myself to come down from the high. Around 6pm I was feeling a bit better and I was interacting with my family in a semi-normal way and we ate dinner together and stuff and everything turned out well. That night I had a piercing headache that prevented me from sleeping restfully. I'm feeling an ego backlash coming on but I'm just chilling out and not working too much so that I can recover fully. Takeaways - I have a lot more consciousness work to do but idk if I'm ready yet at this point in my life...I need to handle my survival first. - 5g in silent darkness is definitely an amazing way to do mushrooms - Thoughts manifest into reality - I'm a millionaire - reality creates itself every second without a mechanism - reality appears to be infinite - shrooms are a powerful tool for consciousness growth - consult the cards Thanks for reading!

@Rigel @Leo Gura yeah I'll think about it...idk what to expect yet on the lsd trip so I'll have to do more research and then I will decide where to stay

Vipassana retreats are challenging at times yet highly rewarding! You will definitely grow a lot and will definitely raise your conciousness! Go for it dude! Good luck!

Awesome! Good luck dude I'm gonna do lsd soon I just need to a find a suitable place to do it...since I dont live alone i may consider renting an airbnb for a day@kieranperez

Did you expect to hit the gym without being sore the next day?

Great video with fantastic animations! But notice how it explains conciousness in terms of the behaviours of organisms...which doesn't really answer the origin of conciousness or the mind/body problem.

While I was travelling Thailand I often had no choice but to do meditation in public areas... I practice a type of vipassana that includes walking meditation and it looks very odd and many people would stare at me but honestly who cares lol...I just observe myself feeling afraid of being judged and then the feeling passes like everything else.