Carl-Richard

Well, when Leo talks about God-realization, he talks about sticking 5-MeO-DMT up your ass. That is why the term doesn't mean anything.

These terms mean nothing. Do they also talk about entheogens?

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The topic is also an example of self-bias. "Look how self-biased people's worldviews are. Let me try to sell you my worldview."

Tl;dr: words ≠ concepts.

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Let it come and let it go.

Some people talk about "God consciousness", but it's thought of as a transitory stage.

Psychedelics might trigger a psychotic break in pre-disposed individuals, so I would discourage you from doing that.

Wrong. We need to stop perpetuating this myth that schizophrenia is somehow equal to mysticism or psychedelics.

Steve Vai.

I would've said this about myself some years ago as well.

If you're taking opioids regularly, there is something wrong.

Wut ?

I just had a huge blast of nostalgic memories from wintertime around 5-6 years ago. It's weird how there is a distinct emotional signature for a specific part of your life that has such a strong impact when you experience it, and that you can really only experience it retrospectively after a certain amount of time (you can't really feel nostalgia for today or yesterday). Nostalgia is not just one memory. It's a mood, and it connects several memories together. There is a flood of memories that captures the essence of an era, of yourself. You get to re-experience how it was like to be you once upon a time. The mind is an incredible thing.

Infinite formlessness (spaceless, timeless void). All limited forms (experiential qualities) spring out of that void. Your personal dream is one of the many ways that these qualities manifest themselves within this larger dream. While it may appear from the perspective of your personal dream that certain qualities are off-limits (e.g. you can't experience hidden aspects of others, yourself or the world), this is not a problem for the larger dream, because again, it exists beyond any notion of space and time. It's everything everywhere simultaneously. Space and time is a very general way of talking about how the personal hides from the transpersonal.

Waking reality and sleep are both your dreams, happening within a larger dream, like circles within a larger circle.

That's such a great way of distinguishing between the transpersonal Mind and the personal mind. You're having thoughts, feelings and perceptions that I don't have. That is your dream. I'm dreaming a different dream in that respect. But we're also part of a larger dream; the space between the thoughts, behind the feelings and perceptions.

There is an element of that for sure.

You're right. It's just more subtle, as it's there all the time, meanwhile recalling a memory creates a contrast with the present, and it stands out more.

@zurew The last couple of years I've been working on identifying and expressing emotions when they arise. I used to be super-agreeable and would hide emotions like anger. Now I see those emotions as tools to stand up for myself, but they're defensive and reactive rather than proactive. This energy I'm talking about is more like a drive which is always there. It's assertive in a forward-moving sense. It's the energy that makes you approach a girl, or address a conflict, or claim what is yours.

Why? Imagine if you lived in the probition era discussing legalization and you said "I don't think we would see alcohol dispensaries or anything like that".

@zurew It's one thing to know these things intellectually. It's another to connect with that impulse. I've always known I've been lacking in some areas, but I've never truly felt a strong drive towards those areas either. That's what the strong lights are for. They're a clear embodiment of the type of energy you need to get there, and you can tap into it and feel it move your body.

Probably I think it started to hit me after my childhood friend got a kid and when this girl from school started appearing as a news anchor on TV