Carl-Richard

Projection

@MarkKol When you fast, your digestion shuts down, and your body literally becomes "quiet". Your digestion actually creates noises and movements, and you will notice a difference when meditating. You also eliminate the fluctuation of blood sugar and bloodflow to the brain (digestion uses a lot of your available blood volume). Those are the immediate effects after entering ketosis: summed up it creates more stability and mental clarity. Long term effects will be a reset of the gut biome and increased cellular efficiency due to cell autophagy. Overall, it has a cleansing effect on your body and mind, and this can help in facilitating spiritual progression.

Contemplate these questions: Where do I go after I die? What existed before I was born? What existed before the universe existed? What is outside the universe? What is nothing? What is infinity?

I personally would try to limit the amount of schemes you have to keep straight in your head before doing psychedelics. In other words, lying to your parents opens up a world of neurotic patterns that you'll sooner or later have to work through in this work.

@Jacobsrw I think you're being overly cynical about this whole thing. If he said he discovered spirituality 3 years ago then I see no reason to not believe him. However, what that entails for his depth of awakening is another question entirely. Regardless, I personally wouldn't care about gatekeeping the realm of spirituality or judge the validity of someone's statements by eyeballing their spiritual purity, but you do you.

Actually quite on the contrary, a peak stage orange/green person is the perfect candidate for entering spirituality, seeing how they've exhausted that stage and truly seen it for its limitations. He has been successful for many years, which means he has had that potential for a long time. Purely based on that alone, I don't think it's unreasonable that he has been on the path for 3 years like he is claiming. Also, why would he lie about that? I strongly disagree about the claim about hedonism. I was ultra-hedonistic when I discovered spirituality, and I still kept that up for a couple of years. They go hand-in-hand. It's only after maturing in your spirituality that you truly out-grow the pathologies of the past stages (even so, you never quite leave any stage behind).

When I sit still for a while, I tend to get this build up of pressure around the bridge of my nose and in the middle of my forehead. It also manifests itself as a jolting or spasm in the upper neck (it slightly turns my head to one side), like there is a tiny discharge of pent up energy. My mom who is a doctor has commented on it and tries to make sense of it within her paradigm, but I believe this isn't reducible to physical science, mainly because If I meditate deeply to the point of losing my sense of self, it vanishes completely. What is this energy and what is it doing to my neck?

Learn to identify psilocybin mushrooms and go pick em (it's illegal btw)

Be fucking careful. That movie scared the living shit out of me. I'm not kidding. It's like the most accurate cinematic representation of a bad trip.

I've heard 2C-B is the best beginner psych, but after that would be LSD. Then again, a beginner should be more concerned about picking the right dose rather than the substance.

@JessiChell Don't bother about Nak Khid. He has been on a constant crusade against absolute love for quite some time now, and infact it's getting quite ridiculous.

Try meditating naked outside in a blizzard. That is peace.

What "sense of spirituality" would you expect to pick up from a fitness prank channel?

A friend of mine is starting an engineering master program at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) called "Energy and Environment" (roughly translated), which is working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (pretty much the definition of green). On another note, if you base your understanding of green on your personal experience with stoners, then I understand why you think they're lazy (I'm an ex-stoner myself). However, green is so much more than that. Afterall, the leading edge of science and technology and academia in general, which is the pinnacle of goal-oriented efforts, is arguably where you'll find the greatest abundance and diversity of stage green.

Never underestimate the strength of weed nowadays, especially if you've done psychedelics or meditate regularly. 5 months without smoking will make you super sensitive. When I had a 1 year break and wanted to try it again (my last time ever), I experienced ego death instantly after putting down the joint.

@Conscious life Why separate yourself from God?

"Care" is attachment-based thinking. God isn't reducible to that.

I believe young teenagers who get into spirituality coopt the greenish "freedom" aspect to suit their red inclinations. That was atleast the case for me.

So it's 9 years to 2029. What are you gonna do in the meantime?

Here we go again... Don't you just "love it"?

It's funny: the less I worry about ego, the less thoughts I have about it, the less thoughts I have, and the less ego I have.

It's so simple, but it's also so hard

@Superfluo It's not a turquoise value,

The 3rd time I meditated I experienced the dissolution of myself, but I reacted in fear out of not knowing what was going on. I thought I was going insane or that I was about to disappear. I was aware of the idea of enlightenment, but I had no idea that it could happen after barely starting a meditation practice, or that it entailed actually dying.

Imagine taking anything RationalWiki says seriously.