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Never tried it.. has he talked to a therapist or hotline?

Yeah it's better if you are not in a dire survival situation, I mean it would be easier to integrate it more fully and then embody it. And if you do have survival sort of handled, then it's about your values possibly shifting as a result of the change in perspective if you choose (eg personal to universal). And that might change what you do and how you show up in the world, etc. Also your baseline consciousness most likely still has lots of room to grow. Like you can get to a point where you're just in awe of what is here right now, and be filled with love more often than not, embrace more fully what reality is, etc. This one might be helpful to you, what later stages look like:

Notice all the false ideas you might have of who you really are, notice they're mostly adopted from others as you were growing up. Make a commitment to discover who you really are, who are you when you drop the conditioning, projections from "others"? Keep looking and looking until you can't go further. What you are before the thoughts and stories of who you are, and more . And then one day you are free from "the other" and their projections and you notice them for what they really are, just more projections that have no real bearing on your true nature. You can still play along at that point but deep down you know yourself as radiant perfection.

Yeah.. was thinking Shunyamurti but I honestly don't know how much awakening he had either.

You could always just try imagining it Focus your attention on like your skin or a wall, try to imagine a pattern, it should start to pop up . Coz you can imagine anything really haha.

You can understand it, either a psychedelic or a plain ol' beer will do.

@RMQualtrough it's cool I like that you're honest about things. I too have almost an allergy with the silly 5-meow. Well I wish it produced cats. But no.

Ok nobody talks about this but I fricking love the colors and patterns I see when I'm on mushrooms.. wtf some of those patterns are so beautiful I can just be in awe with that the whole time.

@Jacob Morres ??? ?

What's freaky is I was literally thinking that he's going through a "rebirthing" process. And then BAM there goes the latest post about "metaphysical rebirth".

Everything is consciousness, you can fall in love with consciousness. Ta-da! You have all the freedom to choose.. to immerse yourself totally in anything.

I get it and yeah part of me feels similar to you too... it pains me to think of the other scenario like you say. It's good that people care.. it's always better to care more than it seems necessary in these kinds of situations. Wonder if anyone on here is in touch with him...

"P.S. I'm gonna be sharing more artsy and odd-ball stuff on the blog. Just for fun. As I become more conscious I'm becoming more spontaneously creative. I'm not gonna be the stereotypical dry, boring guru." idk that prob tells you about most of what's happening... maybe

@Realms of Wonder Aw... He's a symptom of what's not going well in our society... my heart goes out to him..

It doesn't give me the physical problems (me guessing dose is a lot lower) like it does otherwise....much much more gentle, not strong and if you're looking for that it wouldn't be considered a good value per dollar.

I feel like the Japanese are more in touch with spirit and the depth of their being despite still having alot of social problems. Based on their anime, music, films, the way food is consumed, mannerisms like not overly relying on language, etc.. they're also more appreciative of classical music. Their world seem to be transforming more and more into art which is synonymous with Beauty. The French comes to mind in terms of open-mindedness...

@Cammy yes depends on your sensitivity but 1g was pretty powerful for me..

I don't mean the guy, I mean when a guy talks on and on about sex it's like he's talking to a sex doll who has no other dimensions to them, (the girl might feel like a dumb animal). And also yeah the mystery of it is lost... Sprinkles works best ;).

There's more ofc but "getting started" seems to be sufficient. Maybe just get the Awakening course when it comes out.

@NoSelfSelf You can also embrace being a shapeshifter depending on the situation to an extent or another... I mean not many options, we're all actors when facing egos, just some realize it some don't. Just have fun with acting when you can't be "yourself" ! Actually wait... why can't you just be yourself anyway? Well "yourself" is kinda infinite so the options are endless... but you might have some natural tendencies.

Book: Book of not Knowing by Peter Ralston. Deconstruct all your beliefs and conditioning (while still maintaining ability to function..), notice what is being constructed in your awareness (and in others) when you're going about your day. That paves the way for self-realization..

Because you're trying to wake yourself up and those things are all leading you to it.

You're attracted to what you're attracted to.. can't really force that..

It's not even about creepiness, just lacking substance and depth I'd say.. like.. that's the only thing you can talk about or see value in, in relation to the other. It makes you feel like you're just some dumb animal. Edit: it really really depends on how you're talking about it and whether there's already chemistry or not, and whether that's the entire conversation or just sprinkles.. basically if no chemistry it becomes creepy.. and the challenge would be to gauge that/receptivity.