Carl-Richard

But do you know how to achieve oneness without meditation?

Salvia is fucking ridiculous. My friend took it and became a window and said he had the distinct feeling that "today is the day that windows are for sale!"

Sit in an upright posture in a place that is firm but comfortable with something to support your back on. If you have a good office chair, that's perfect, but also tuck in one of your legs like this: Then you sit like that with your eyes closed and focus on the sensations of breathing: feel how your belly moves and how the air fills your lungs. If you notice that you lose concentration and start thinking about random things, return to the sensations of breathing. Set a timer for 5 minutes and see how it feels. It's OK to feel like nothing is happening or that you're not doing it right. It's also completely OK to lose concentration. Just come back the next day and try again. Then when you feel like it, increase the timer to 10 minutes. Then 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and finally 45 minutes. It's best to meditate earlier in the day when you're the most alert and not straight after a big meal (because digestion decreases alertness). The most important part is to be consistent: sit down at least a couple of minutes every day, no off-days. It's as simple as that

I used to not like school, but that was before I started meditating. I couldn't focus on things that didn't interest me very much. Motivation and focus go hand in hand. When you get very good at focusing, it becomes inherently motivating to simply stay focused (exactly what you're focusing on isn't as important as the fact that you're focusing). But focus requires a calm mind, and daily meditation can help with that.

Transcending Orange by conquering it:

A holistic thinker knows the limitations of reductionism, but he doesn't deny its utility. Therefore, to exclude reductionism at all costs is firstly impossible and secondly anti-thetical to holism.

Like avant-garde, orchestral concept albums shitting on consumerism

When I say attachments, I'm talking about those structures within your psyche that create repetitive cycles of thought. You can have cyclical behavior without cyclical thought. Those are two different kinds of karma, and you can function perfectly fine without the latter. In fact, I would say it's the very definition of functionality.

Please make a new thread instead of reviving an old one.

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@impulse9 There is no reason to dichotomize the path of sober meditation and the path of psychedelics when it comes to stabilizing in non-dual baseline awareness. At the end of the day, no matter how many hours you meditate or how many psychedelics you take, you will never enter non-dual baseline unless you let go of all your attachments, and Leo has explicitly stated that he is not ready for that yet: 6:22:47

What quality? ?

My sober awakenings were better (and worse) than MDMA ?

That is for the musicians to decide . I know about some Tier 2 musicians. However, none of this theorizing captures the essence of music.

@Gregory1 @machinegun I see. I like to evaluate songs more based on aesthetics than just lyrics. For example, when I think of Green music, I think ambiguous/mixed genres, use of self-reference, irony, not taking oneself too seriously, social commentary (often about the downsides of Orange and appealing to the underprivileged). By the way, most love songs have nothing to do with Green This is a Green gem that I found just recently that is an extreme example of all the characteristics I mentioned (except the social justice component ): ...on another note, this song tells a story about a homeless man (Aqualung) and how people like him are viewed by society. It was also considered genre-bending for the time (progressive rock), and yes I'm a boomer :

This is a big oversimplification. It's not as simple as pointing out the exact moment where your fate is sealed. You have to look at it over a larger time scale and what environments you're exposing yourself to. The people you surround yourself with always influence your decision-making and determine the likelihood of being offered drugs. The odds are if you have friends who're into hard drugs, you'll most likely end up doing hard drugs yourself and get addicted that way. If the reporter in the documentary isn't in regular contact with people from the drug culture then the odds of him becoming addicted is relatively low.

What I get from the comments is that spiritual ego likes to project its own ideas of positivity, peace and humility onto no-ego and judge it for lacking those things. Well, of course it lacks those things, because it lacks ego

Right brain Green vs. Left brain Green

What do you mean when you say Green music? Let me hear it.

Substance addiction is a complex problem that often comes in the form of multi-drug use and isn't just fixed by the occational use of psychedelics. I actually believe most multi-drug users have tried psychedelics. They do produce insights and give direction, but again, not everybody has the privilege to follow up on that.

What kills your brain cells the most is the constant sleep deprivation, malnourishment, chronic stress and emotional turmoil from living as a homeless drug addict with no hope for the future. Toxic contaminants is also a factor. Pure methamphetamine is a prescription drug. How much you suffer the downsides of drugs is mostly up to privilege. There is a reason why Jordan Belfort doesn't come off as a permafried tweaker. With that said, don't try god damn meth ? Interesting little documentary though

It's still not enough, unless we're somehow fundamentally different from Israel

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Suffering is separateness. Love is seperatelessness.