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It’s apparent many here have misconstrued the power of what Leo explicated. Ultimate Love is not simply a doing that fulfils the patriotism of an agenda, it is to love all as it IS. That’s not to say nothing can be done but to understand that the action which follows is always tainted with limitation. It must, as it is self deriving from a finite self. The love people here seem to be espousing, is a very self-aggrandising love which upholds survival in the name of human rights. Human rights is not the act of love, it is the act of survival. And a democratic moralist one at that. That’s not to say it’s not useful or applicable. But realise it’s extremely conditional and limited. Not applying to anything beyond a western human construct for that matter. The love Leo is pointing to supersedes human rights and the action and change which proceeds on behalf of survival. These are nothing more than merely stage green utilities. Stage green can be acted from for the purpose of a conditional love but understand, this is a limited skewed version of love, over aggrandising a human-species bias. Love is universal and surpasses any agenda which prioritises the human.

Agreed. And so that was my point I was attempting to insinuate. We must seek to understand and serve those we despise just as those we revere. However, this must not come at cost of our ignorance. We must apply diligent action where it is most required. Relative reason may not trump Truth, nevertheless, Truth must still account for relative reason since reason is stemmed from it.

The mind and all it’s contents. It is is by definition, the only this that can be unimagined since it is the only thing that has been imagined in the first place. In other words, “you” and the entire existence of a self could be unimagined. The problem is, the mind tries to use the mind to eliminate the mind. This cannot be done. To dissolve the mind one must start to experience and perceive reality beyond the mind. It’s illusion can then begin to fade and Being can be indefinitely experienced. Your analogy of a cat is but merely another construct of mind. The mind imagines a cat, therefore it could by all means imagine itself to be one. However, this is just more circulatory delusion. The most powerful thing one could do is unimagine them self.

That is a limitation of mind not consciousness.

Only one: The illusions of mind of which are projected onto it. Consciousness is so incredibly and ineffably powerful the mind is threatened by its utter impenetrable nature. So it projects onto it in an effort to obscure it, only to realise everything it projects stems from the same consciousness it denies.

As always, Rupert formulates eloquent wisdom. We must love both the perpetrator and the victim. Since both victim and perpetrator stem from the same source and ultimately, are self created. We must love the racist just as equally as the one discriminated by it. Unfortunately, the recent protest and campaigns have not reflected this. They have only ensued more division. We require cohesive togetherness and this has only and will only ever come from the depths unconditional being. Our world operates on a very limited compass of morality good/bad. A toxic duality which requires ultimately collapsing.

Indeed. We do not experience the world, we experience our perception of the it, and the world is pure perception and perception is pure imagination.

Well that’s great to hear. A good start as well. Many here criticise psychedelics without even having done them. I’ve done them only once before but had a truly powerful first experience full of many insights. Of course you are worthy of them. You are existence itself after all. The question should be is the psychedelic worthy of you? Maybe it’s more a question of whether you have properly primed yourself for the psychedelic experience. Sometimes psychedelic experiences require having done plenty of practices prior to them. They can be difficult to integrate without the proper preparation and dedication. The lacked feeling of genuine “high” you speak of I haven’t experienced perse. But it could be that you are not use to the psychedelic state. Most of our time is spent sober after all. Try very small doses this should help with stabilising a more palpable experience.

Be patient with yourself too. The greatest developments often take the greatest work. You’ll get there

Right back at you

You’re thinking of this way too limited. Psychedelics are far beyond biology and psychology. They supersede every known territory of the ordinary state you could imagine, reaching levels of awareness which are unfathomable. The power of the psychedelic is that it allows you to access forms of imagination the mind is usually unable to access. You enter a state of heightened imagination. Hence why, there is a huge proliferation of imagery and insight. It is not merely you projecting onto the psychedelic. It is more the psychedelic unpacking the entire construction of reality you have created. Every flaw, inadequacy, fallacy is seen for what is. The psychedelic is doing a rigorous experimentation on you and revealing every aspect of the design you got wrong. It is rather a process of deconstruction. To the point you may deconstruct down to the essence you really are, infinite awareness. Psychedelic states are accessible through contemplation, mediation or self inquiry. However, this very unlikely for the ordinary being since the mind has a monopoly on every segment of your experience. Every aspect of your experience is mind dominated so the psychedelic reveals this to you quite glaringly. If you are open to this, the process of realisation can begin.

Don’t be hard on yourself when you notice these felt inadequacies. Love them, nurture them and strive to understand them. One thing the mind enjoys is self criticism because it is then well entertained. You should watch Leo’s Self Love video. Provides some pretty fundamental approaches to these type of situations. Another thing, try to always do the very thing you least want to. If you least want to socialise, go do it. If you least want to be caring to yourself, do it. If you least want to mediate, go do it. If you least want to prepare a healthy meal, go do it. You will be surprised how much this will help to breach the inflection point of resistance.

This is indeed true. Art should be loved for the artistry it exemplifies. The artist loved equally for who they are regardless of what they have created. The problem in our world is that it is built off competition rather than collaboration. Hence why, authentic appreciation is hard to come by. One who loves something for what it is unconditionally, is one who is operating beyond what they can get out of it. This is the real beauty of art. As an artist myself, this is my deepest wish.

Hey there Jessi, I can relate at times. I’ve found that socialisation is a complicated activity. It fluctuates and can feel different depending on our moods. I would say our discomforts can arise when spending excessive time alone, as this further increases our inability to have competence or comfort around others. You could say it’s due to a lack of proximity (as in, lack of interacting often enough) this can reduce our capacities to feel adequate in social situations. Less time around people can produce declines in our confidence. Socialising and solitude must be struct with a fine balance. Solitude is important but it must not saturate our ability to meet and encounter others gracefully. Take it upon yourself to track your future encounters and how they unfold. Journal this at the conclusion of each day. It may help you gain some clarity and awareness when rebalancing is required.

Exactly right my friend. Some months back I had a mystical experience that illuminated this very realisation to me. It left me in fits of laughter I could not comprehend. Existence is so irreducible simple had we just see it for what it is, but this is far too threatening for the ego-mind. The mind cannot help but to create dualities to entertain itself. It cannot exist without a story. Even just heading to the fridge must pertain to a story. I must get there to feed the “me”, the “me” is in need of comfort etc. It all collapses when the mind is seen for the utter amusement park it has constructed. Without story, the mind and self dissolve. No story = no context from which to place the “me”.

Agree with your idea here, in needing to appreciate these elements of life. Just as a pointer, there are two threads on the forum: one called ‘Art Never Ceases to Amaze Me’ and ‘Show Us Your Art’. A lot of people discussing the beauty of life and human eccentricity. It’s here you just have look for it. Also there are many various threads stipulating these kinds of topics. Just as a side note, consider the art and beauty in what is maybe assumed cold. There’s an indiscriminate profundity in the darkness we shun.

You should. It will do you wonders. Hard to get until you go to the reality of that experience

Because you only know yourself relatively. You exist as one but must differentiate in order to know it. Infinite consciousness doesn’t know itself because it is itself with no contrast, that is why a seperate self exists - to know infinite awareness. A bottle that is communicated with is a different aspect of yourself communicating with its self. This provides you a “relative” self knowledge. Meaning, you become aware of your own infinite awareness through realising different aspects of it.

Reality remains the same however your interpretation of it becomes completely recontextualised. The is no longer a “you” navigating reality, there is just reality navigating itself. Almost as if you were a spectator. You become depersonified, acting on behalf of reality rather than a finite self. Your processing and actions are much more elaborate and sophisticated, they stretch far more richely than an individual being could ever exert. You move fluidly and adaptively. If you’ve ever had a state of no-mind, it would be almost reminiscent of this type of experience. Hence why, many who have awaken initiate bold moves, often for the greater good of existence not some limited human ideology.

Existentially speaking, each person is limited in specific abilities. What one is deficient at another is competent, what one is competent at another is great, what one is great at another is impeccable. We all range in skills and abilities not because there exists a rigid hierarchy but because each being compensates for what another lacks and vice versa. This feature allows for greater innovation, complexity and collaboration. Because think about it, if all were good identically equal we would be limited to the one skill and ability, getting absolutely nowhere. We need varying skills and abilities so a multitude of perspectives can evolve the sentient existence. This is the very equilibrium and multiplicity of reality. All parts must be finite, limited and specialised differently in order to equate to entire the whole. The reason one is equipped more skill than another in a specific field is not a mistake. It is the space that allows all individuals to complement one another. This is the profound balance of finality. Leave behind the illusory notion that all can exercise equal competency. This is a highly limited perspective. We need diversity in skills for the central purpose of ascendence. Hence why, multiculturalism is a powerful force.

Interesting points you’ve made. I am open to the possibility that this conception of physics could provided some implications in the relative domain of human existence. However, in the Absolute domain this is all redundant. Because fundamentally all distinctions collapse, dogmatic physics and non-dogmatic physics would invariably dissolve. Nonetheless this could be a use of tool in a dualistic sense. My question is to what extent is this useful in the relative sense? What implications would this have for a “living” human being? Mathematics is completely arbitrary, this is one of my biggest sticks with the mathematical sciences. They assume mathematics is a quantitative measure inherent in reality. Yet they undermine the fact that the mind projects mathematics onto reality and assumes it absolute. No mind = no mathematics. It’s the minds language in numbers. All math is relative and dependent on the context, that context turns out to be the mind.

I’ve followed this guy previously and known of his social media fanatics. He was extremely consumed by a public figure ego. However, I still doubt he is actually enlightened. He seems far more interested in the conceptual semantics of enlightenment than “it” in itself. Couod he be enlightened? Possibly, but I highly doubt it. Besides, who has authority to measure ones awakeness? No one. It’s a subjective matter. This dude could be more deluded than any typical civilian or the contrary could be true. It’s all approximate speculation. Nonethless, thank you for sharing he had some interesting words to share.

All this charade is nothing but a story to entertain the mind. The mind uses itself to entertain itself, not realising it must ultimately dissipate into the void of nothing’s from which it arose. Over conceptualising is the ego’s most central self defence mechanism. It uses it to substantiate all its absurdity, which of course cannot be any more validated than by the thought that first created it.

We will see, thank you Just to refer to your earlier point. Simply because they are one in the same. The paper ticket is as real as the character receiving it. Hence the synonymous relationship. They only appear divided until the ticket is received from which they then become one again. Consciousness is nothingness and so is a psychedelic experience. However, the mind has obscured this singularity by ascribing them different values since they appear relative and different through the lens of mind. Once the mind, the “I” realises its categories are illusory the “self” creating the division will dissolve and the psychedelic state becomes just as synonymous to the nothingness of consciousness.

Depends on what you qualify as long haha. I’ve done several hours or so. But not a full day or anything. Im using aspects of my experiences as well as testimony from others. I personally have not had a meditative state produce depth equal to a psychedelic experience. I would require enormous amounts of solitude and sitting. I plan on doing a long days sitting doing then contemplation psychedelics and self inquiry on my mid semester break. Also plan on doing a vipassana in the near future. My hope is to experience what I can on a psychedelic in mediation. Probably not going to happen however.