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Below is a great demonstration of absolute infinity from Leo’s blog. Ime, simple direct pointers, inquiry and direct experience is most effective. I like to image an absolutely clear crystal. Any thing can arise in that clarity - including constructs about time and reoccurrences - and they disappear into the clarity of the crystal as well. https://www.actualized.org/insights/absolute-infinity-demo

How can an appearance of a facial expression ruin a whole walk? Did the facial expression itself ruin the walk or was it your mind’s interpretation and response to the facial expression?

Who/what is swallowing this pill? There is an assumption here that there is a thing “me” that has 0% control. With that assumption and belief, of course it would be distressing and depressing. Investigate and observe the creation of this story of “me”. Observe how thought impulses appear as thoughts and feelings. Memories and thoughts create a story within a construct of past, present and future that gives rise to a subjective experience that there is a “me” continuing through time. Simply observe the dynamics of this story play out in your mind when it arises. The sense of “me” is dynamic - constantly getting updated and changing. It is fascinating. Letting go and disindentification with that illusory “me” is extremely liberating for the mind and body. An enormous amount of pressure and burden is dissolved.

I don’t have any interest in datura.

@kieranperez I think it depends on the person. I’ve heard so many people resonate with different psychedelics. Personally, I would say my practices prior to the trip, my mindset heading into the trip and the dosage are more important than the substance. Except. . . in terms of insights, I don’t resonate well with strong visuals. CEVs are amazing and I love them, yet they are more entertaining than insightful to me. For big picture integral, creative thinking - a moderate dose of LSD. For introspection, warmth, love and empathy - mushrooms. For trans-human awakening - 5-meo. . . Yet that’s just my mind-body.

@Aldo If you find that helpful, great. If you are planning an actual trip in the future, I would be happy to share my experience if you find it helpful ?

Ultimately, there is an absence of meaning, yet when the mind returns from a nondual psychedelic state there is often a desire to contextualize and create meaning. The mind may think “whoa. . . what just happened?” and then it tries to condense and contextualize into an experience and concepts. It’s just what human minds do. If a turkey or frog tripped, they wouldn’t do this. I try to remain aware if the mind is over-contextualizing and forming attachments and identification with imagery, concepts and experience memories it is creating. Some people like to write things out. I prefer to just chill and stare. Perhaps go for a walk in nature and just Be. Stuff appears and reveals itself all on it’s own. Over the next week or so, I spend some quiet relaxed time - perhaps yoga or time in nature. If the old mind-body conditioning is returning, I will observe it with a new perspective. I will observe the mechanics of the egoic/personal thoughts and feeling dynamics. I may try and let go and allow the essence of the previous nondual experience arise and embody itself into my mind and body.

@Aldo I’m not going to speculate about what psychedelics are like because I’ve actually done them and no longer need or desire to speculate - because I now know from direct experience experience. All this speculation you are doing is fantasy. If you enjoy these types of daydreams, then have fun. Yet it aint it and it won’t bring you any closer to understanding the actuality of the direct experience. I you want the actual size experience, I would recommend starting off with a low to moderate dose of mushrooms or LSD in a comfortable setting. For me, strong visuals are distracting and make the integration process more difficult.

And how much experience do you have with 5-meo, DMT, LSD and Aya to call them “flashy and great” yet limited compared to a drug you have zero experience with? You can have over 100 trips and still be getting blown away by standard psychedelics. You have no idea how deep their power and potential go. Go find out yourself with actual direct experience, rather than going off into la-la land fantasizing what it would be like to hook-up with some drug you find exotic. It’s like you are sitting in the parking lot of the world’s greatest theme park, fantasizing what it would be like to ride a Triple Magnum Double Inverted Flip NonDual Realmed Monster rollercoaster on the planet Xopluxinot. . . For goodness sake, just go into the theme park and take a few actual rides.

There is a “hide” option users can use. It’s a beautiful expression of some wokeness. Is it possible to state “source unknown” and let it ride?

@seeking_brilliance Beautiful ♥️ ?

“Deep” or “Shallow” are human constructs. Ultimately, there is what IS. Yet, humans love to contextualize. It’s part of the human experience. So without further ado, let’s go for it. . . I think this is a beautiful video showing partial dissolution of the construct of a personal story and the construct of time. Notice how there is a different perspective of his person from a more transcendent state of consciousness. I don’t remember his exact words, yet it was something along the lines of “my gosh, I’ve been chasing attention and to be loved my whole life. I don’t need to do that. I’m whole in this moment right now. Just being”. This isn’t on the level of the intellect trying to figure shit out and convince itself that I’m good enough through positive affirmations. It is a deeper level of direct experience and knowing. Integrating and embodying this after the trip is key. As well, can you feel his relationship with Now? It is much much more intimate than “normal”. He is not trying to explain or figure out Now. He is having a direct experience Now and is in awe. Notice how he keeps saying “prescence”, “love”, “Now”, “Being”. He is having a deep connection and experience of presence. As well, I notice how he says “I love you” and other times simply”love”. My sense is he in a moderate nondual state in which separation between “I” and “you” is dissolving. Who is loving who here? What is loving what? There is simply the presence of Love and a quasi-sense of separation. To me, this seems like early realizations in transcending the ego and personal story. “Oh my gosh, I’m not this story I created. I am Now. Just Being””. This can be extremely transformative and liberating - if it is integrated and embodied. It is also possible that the ego/personality re-emerges and regains control of the narrative. After the trip, it can get re-contextualized as a profound experience in which one now questions their entire story and begins to let go and become free. Or it can get contextualized as a whacky trip, something like “ hey guys, I had this whacky trip where I was so connected to a flower I couldn’t tell the difference between me and the flower. That’s some crazy shit, huh?”. The ego mind can blow it off. At one perspective, this is incredibly deep. Now is infinite. . . From a human perspective of what is available, this video is the tip of the iceberg. It’s still mostly within the transition of transcending the ego/person. This can be extremely profound, awe inspiring and magical for a human mind -body to break free of it’s conditioning and experience this. It can be life transformative. . . Now is all there is, yet from a human perspective - there is much more to explore. The potential of exploration and growth is extremely expansive - way beyond what we imagine.

Any meaning is within infinity, so it’s not something one figures out. Direct experience is more impactful. In terms of imagination, it might help to image it as “Everything”. Show me a thing outside of Everything. You can’t. Leo does a nice job explaining here.

Contemplation can have benefits, yet getting too immersed in thought stories can be counter-productive. Sometimes it’s nice to give the thinking mind a break. Go for a walk, spend time in nature, do some yoga etc. Get back to what is happening Now.

Direct experience is Now. It is Free. It is infinite. The mind loves contextualization into an “experience” - which can have many forms. The mind may contemplate what it now calls “experience” and try to make sense of it. It may integrate that experience with other experiences. At the level of the human and human story, it may be beneficial to reflect and “grow” from constructs of experience. Yet the ego / personality structure can take ownership and create all sorts of stories and beliefs of these experience stories and get immersed and identified - and use it in egoic ways. To ask if direct experience can be trusted is from the perspective of the personality structure. Yet there is nothing to trust and no one to trust or distrust. It’s like asking “can Now be trusted”? At the level of the personality, the question is “can my personal interpretation of Now into an experience story be trusted”? “Can I trust the stories I am making up about reality?” I think it’s a good start to question the validly one’s own interpretation as this shines light on the personality dynamic, yet it’s still within the personality. The deeper step is to surrender the personal desire for control and be Now.

@Pateedm Ime, using psychedelics in a mature and efficient manner is a learning process. They can be an extremely powerful tool when used wisely and counter-productive when used unwisely. Psychedelics resonate with each person differently. It’s great to learn from the experience of others, yet also listen and trust your inner guide. Based on my experience, here are a few things I think are worth considering for someone that wants to introduce psychedelics into a spiritual program: 1. For newcomers, I would not recommend a full, solid trip more than once every two weeks (e.g. 100ug+ of LSD). More frequent use like every 7-10 days will cause tolerance issues and the “magic” fades. For someone inexperienced,realizations may pile up and confusion and excessive instability in one’s life. For most people, it’s just not tenable long-term. Perhaps one strong trip per month if the mind and body are stable and there is a “calling”. . . One can do dmt and it’s derivatives like Aya and 5-meo much more frequently. Yet I would be extremely cautious about frequent use of dmt related compounds for the inexperienced. Aya retreats can be deeply profound within a mature, grounded spiritual community, yet I think using dmt related compounds multiple times per week solo for a newbie carries huge risks. 2. Integrate. When I first started out, I had very strong seeking energy toward psychedelic realms and integration seemed like tedious side-work. Yet I’ve found integration work to be really important for the mind and body to expand and grow. I would dedicate time between trips to integrate with whatever method works for you. 3. Have a well-rounded spiritual life. I’ve found it important to do other spiritual practices - meditation, yoga, contemplation, running and time in nature - sober. 4. Try different dosages and psychedelics - find what works for you. At one poInt, I found alternating between mini and strong doses to be beneficial. Strong trips are harder to integrate than light trips. For example, I did a strongish trip about once per month (100-150ug for me). and a mini trip of about 50ug once or twice a month. 50ug mini trips in nature were sooo helpful. They are not very taxing on the mind-body and can help integrate stronger trips into “regular” life. As well, microdosing can be beneficial to integrate into regular life. Since microdosing is subthreshold, one can do it anywhere. 5. If you want to explore 5-meo and can get the freebase form, I would recommend an initial exploration through vaping (not smoking). With vaping a person has control on modulating the intensity of the experience in real time. It can be very gentle. One can sit on their regular meditation cushion and reach states in which the ego / personality partially dissolves. If anxiety and panic arises, one can simply put the vape down and relax into the groundless. Over time, one can go deeper and deeper while being kind to the mind and body. I see so many people watching dramatic videos of people on 5-meo flopping around like fish and reading reports about traumatizing ego death experiences- it doesn’t need to be like that. . . In the future I think gentle 5-meo vaping will be used in chill environments integrated with something like Vipassana and nonduality retreats. For example, a morning sober meditation session followed by a nonduality discussion, followed by a gentle 5-meo meditation session, followed by another nonduality discussion.

@Beeman See if you can stop directly experiencing Now. That’s it. ISness right Here and Now.

Thumbs up, brother

@Truth Addict ? ? ??

You are creating the separation. Sit in stillness and observe your mind create the separation. You are not going to figure it out intellectually, you’ve got to observe it in your direct experience. When that completely dissolves, you will have the direct experience of everything/nothing and know. Yet there are various degrees of dissolution. Once “me” is transcended, the question will lose all relevance and disappear (because the question is only relevant to the person). You will see how you created your self at this transcended, expanded consciousness. Yet the ego will resist going there.

Yes, You are IT this moment and every moment - there is only this moment. Yet the mind is contracted within a human story of life, reality and it’s self that occurs within a construct of time. The ego doesn’t want to surrender that story and narrative. Awakening can only occur Now since there is only Now. Yet when a mind is contracted within a human story of self, the subjective experience is that it is a process that occurs over time because it’s existence is within a timeline. It boils down to the ego wanting to remain in a contracted state for it’s own sense of survival.

It’s not some external entity that wants to find you. You’re IT. You are Everything. The belief that some external entity will one day desire to find you and wake you up will keep you contracted within a limited finite self. From the perspective of the person, there is effort and work involved over time to dissolve attachment and identification with a self. The ego doesn’t want to die and become God.

Delicious ?. There is a special place to be found after cycling 150km or so. ?‍♀️