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I experimented with ayahuasca 9 times in religious settings ("Santo Daime" and "UDV"). When i was doing some research, i found several reports of people who took ayahuasca for themselves in a non-religious setting and it went pretty bad, i read one that the experience went horribly, left most people involved traumatized and one even committed suicide. I am not saying that this will happen to you but maybe there is a reason that ayahuasca is usually taken in a controlled setting with experienced people/shamans. The one time i took a moderate/high dose of shrooms (5g) i found it very powerful and the trip was pretty similar from the ones i had with ayahuasca.

Lots of people next to me seems to be extremely triggered yesterday.

As far as i know, almost everything affects your consciousness, food(big time), people, toxins(air, water, earth, hygiene products etc), environment, water, radiation, medication, nutrients, hell, even planetary alignment( and eclipses) is said to affect consciousness.

@Outer You are in a forum about spirituality and enlightenment, science isn't going to be much helpful. Experience is king.

According to Osho, and many books i read, the chakras location vary from person to person (not majorly but there are minor differences). For instance, most books i read says that the solar plexus chakra is right above the navel but i tend to feel it at least 15cm above, almost where your picture points to. My bet is that it is tour solar plexus chakra and your heart chakra is somewhere in the middle of your chest.

@Cudin @Cudin I think it also depends of the quality of the weed, you said you live in Brazil(me too) and we know that the weed here is usually pretty bad. In places where it is legalized, you can choose a type that's strong, give you less anxiety, or something like this, i also think that it has fewer contaminants. Weed has some side effects like lowering your sleep quality that has so many effects on your life. When i used to smoke, i started to noticed that even days after i smoke, my meditation would suffer, my mind was agitated and a little anxious, it was hard to focus. When i dropped it, i felt a lot of withdrawn symptoms for almost 2 weeks. Have you tried mushrooms? I used to prefer LSD but when i did mushrooms, i loved it and the trip is shorter, which is nice for most people that don't have much spare time. It is also more natural, is hard to find a high grade pure LSD here in Brazil.

I would give him a nice spiritual book.

Sadhguru recommends basically a raw foods diet (with exception of onion and garlic, they make the mind agitated).

Vegetarians that eat only raw foods are rare, as anything, you have to research a little about it because the transition will cause some effects (mostly detox effects) since you are eating the diet that you suppose to eat probably for the first time in your life and your body now its on healing mode (and as all types of healing, you will experience some discomforts). Its not a matter of only take the pasta out of your diet, you actually only eat fruits and raw vegetables (carrots, beets, cucumber, cabbage, greens, herbs, spices etc). I recommend Arnold Ehret books and Dr. Robert Morse and Liferegenaretor channels on youtube. I was a vegan before and i still had lots of problems until i learned about detox/fasting/raw foods, i have never been so healthy, happy, free from aches, pains and i am only in the beginning of the journey, i can only imagine how i will feel some years ahead. It really accelerated my spiritual development, it made me deal with a lot of shit that was being suppressed with food. It is not for everyone, only for those who want to be the best that they can be.

Humans were made to eat mostly fruits and some raw vegetables, herbs and spices. When you go away from it, you will suffer in one way or another. Basically, you will create all sorts of imbalances and blocks in your digestive tract that will spread to your whole body. Inflammations, allergies, aches, pains, joint problems, brain fog, anxiety, anger issues, energy blocks, all sorts of diseases will arise. But don't take my words as a fact, try for yourself, go at least one week on a strict fruitarian diet and notice how high you feel. Yes, i noticed that you are wanting to discuss the moral aspect of it in a non-dual perspective but i will drop my 2 cents anyway.

The problem with weed is that it appears to be a harmless habit so you get conditioned to want to smoke in a variety of situations (feeling sad, happy, hungry, horny, sleepy, awake, bored etc). Its way harder to do this with LSD especially considering that its a 10h trip(so you can't do it anytime), it builds up tolerance quickly, it's hard to build a strong habit of it. The worse i did with LSD was once a week (not even strong dosages, mostly 1/4 of a tab) and as for weed i did several times a day, every day. Although i see how you can become lightly addicted to LSD, in my experience, it doesn't even compare with weed addiction.

When you fail to love unconditionally the one that failed is the next in line to be loved and accepted, as Matt Kahn says. Don't beat yourself for not being able to love as you think you should, just try to accept the one that failed and try again, one step at a time. The answer isn't to say fuck you ego, but to integrate all parts of it, even the one who can't love or the one that thinks he MUST love.

As an ex weed addict, i completely agree. Cannabis has its uses, it gave me a LOT of deep insights, including the one that made me drop it but one has to be careful to not overuse it or use it as an escape.

Exactly what i think and do. I came to a point that i had to admit that i probably don't know shit about what's true or not. I found myself believing things that before i would scream "non-sense!". life gave my humility to be open-minded to anything, now i take everything that comes to me with an "hmm lets try this, who knows" attitude and it is going great for me, learning and growing a lot more, talking and judging a lot less. Ram Dass said something along the lines: All methods are traps and you have to let yourself be trapped in order to work. The only hope is for them to self-destruct in order to go beyond them. He often talked about "professional meditators" and if you ask them what are they, they will define themselves as meditators. If you ask them whether they prefer to be a meditator or be free, they will prefer to be a meditator. In essence, don't be attached, use your inner guru to decide what method you need in the moment and be aware to let go of it at any time. For a long time i felt that formal meditations (like vipassana or kriya yoga) weren't doing any good for me in the sense that i was feeling like shit, totally out of touch with "reality" but i thought that i NEEDED to have a formal meditation practice although it was doing me more harm than good, until i learned that there was a LOT of paths and they all work, i just had to listen to my intuition. Now i focus on karma yoga and bhakti yoga, is more like a moment by moment meditation,just being aware, trying to be loving, accepting and listen to the divine inteligence.

@pluto I am working for it. Recently i learned about fasting and raw living foods and how their higher vibration makes us more sensitive to higher frequencies. As my third eye opens, i am becoming more receptive higher messages, usually disguised as intuition, thoughts, feelings, synchronicities etc. Unfortunately, my body and my nervous system represent a bottleneck in this process, i can only go as fast as their ability to integrate a higher vibration (which causes a lot of emotional purging). But i am ok with it, everything is happening as it should be.

Awesome, mantra meditations need to get more attention, there is hardly any report about it.

I think it's awesome that you can receive such downloads, thanks for sharing.

Maybe because of distractions of the modern world, you can literally spend a lifetime distracting yourself with useless things. Some monk in a monastery has no alternative besides looking inside and investigate the Self. The most valuable asset in today's world is our attention, all companies fight for it all the time, no wonder most people have some kind of ADD. Drugs make you confront all parts of yourself, make you look inside much easier (as you have no choice) since they are shoving it on your face. Also, they alter reality radically so you start to question it and its all downhill from there.

Have you tried EFT? I heard that is effective in removing all sorts of blocks, pains, anxieties, fears, etc, also works with chakras.

You seem a little arrogant. Humility is the great virtue of the wise.

Look, i feel you, i am going through the same stuff, including a recent break up (i was yesterday), you don't have to go "full-Buddha", listen to your intuition, take a break if things are getting too intense, you don't have to sprint your way to enlightenment, you literally have an eternity to do it (but i am not suggesting that you let go of your pursue, i am just saying that you don't have an obligation to do it as fast as you can. After my kundalini awakening began, my life turned upside down, i am a completely different person, all my illusions are showing up(from the "shadow") and losing their appeal on me on a daily basis. I read a lot about this kundalini process (including the book on Leo's list which i highly recommend) and as far as i know, you can't stop this process, if it has begun, you are going to have a wild ride as the kundalini energy will work rapidly on all your energy centers (chakras) and show you all your blind spots, weakness, things that you haven't dealt with yet, there is no place to hide, you are on an elevator to heaven my friend. This will not be a pleasant process but you don't have to make it harder then it needs to be, take your time. Your intuition is your best friend for now on, learn to listen to the messages that the Universe/Existence/God are trying to send to you. The most important tip i have for you is DON'T RESIST IT, EMBRACE CHANGE, you will be surprised on how easier it will be if you go with the flow. As the situation with your GF, you should have noticed already that you will be continuously vetting people out of your life that is not conducive to your highest spiritual development, you will drop people like hit potatoes, especially if they aren't in the same path as you. This is a special lonely path (not without a reason, you have to learn to be alone), most people don't give a fuck about spirituality, not to mention enlightenment. BUT, as i said, if you feel (intuition) that you have unfinished business with your GF, by all means, go for it, even if it is for you to later realize that you two aren't really compatible anymore. I myself broke up with my GF several times and the time i most suffered was when i didn't listen to my intuition and fought the divine flow saying to me to get back to her while my proud said that i had to be single and when i finally give up, we got back together only to later realize that i learned everything that i had to learn with that relationship and our business (soul contract) had ended. Its like a drug addiction, if you simply fight with it, you will most likely lose 9 out of 10 times, but if you remain aware and conscious, observing yourself and your mental processes, the addiction will inevitable loose it effect on you and you will suddenly find out that you are simply not interested in this particular drug that you were once addicted. Another crucial tip: learn to love and accept yourself unconditionally, don't be hard on yourself, if most people were on your place, they would freak out, get depressed, use drugs (including pharmaceutical drugs), place themselves on a victim standpoint while you are taking it like a fucking BOSS. OH, one more thing: you don't HAVE to practice celibacy if you aren't prepared for it, don't make it harder that it needs to be, i also thought i had to retain my semen (vital force) to advance in my spiritual path, i practiced NoFap for 6 months until i read about it in the book i recommend you to read on Leos List that in a crisis, sometimes is better to masturbate and calm those energies a little in order to function like a normal human been. Now i Fap whenever i feel (yes, to porn, shaaaameful dirty porn lol)that i need to discharge some energy and it calms me down a lot. I also naturally lost interest in sex, i simply didn't see the point of it anymore, while a few months ago i had was having sex whenever i had a chance. Follow your intuition.

Someone here has experience with "real" hatha yoga? By "real" I mean the yoga practiced by serious spiritual seekers/yogis/etc. I tried kriya yoga but it only makes my kundalini awakening symptoms (irritability, anxiety, feeling disconnected, spacey, anger etc) worse, as most spiritual practices does (including basic breath meditation). As I am gaining more body awareness, I am noticing all my tensions and aches (energy blocks) and hatha yoga seems a nice way to deal with it. I tried some popular yoga routines on YouTube, saw some benefits but I know I can dig a lot deeper with some real hatha yoga but I don't know much about it. I would love some tips of books, YouTube channels, courses or whatever. Thanks!

Thanks, I will keep this in mind! I would love to do one of his programs, unfortunately I live in Brazil and need some online program. I found this guy that initially teaches hatha yoga in this course, looks like he knows what he is doing:

What is your suggestion?