Transcendence vs Integration

[No-Thing]

Leo recently shared this video on his blog: 

 

 

I watched the first half of the video and my seeking voice flared up saying, "I need more psychedelic experiences, I need to go deeper".

The second half of the video struck a very different chord in me. In most spiritual seekers there is a deep yearning to transcend this world, to go back to the source. It's the first spiritual movement, it's what adyashanti calls "up and out". It's the recognition of your divine nature.

The second movement, "down and in". Is the integration of this recognition into your current physical form.

What I want to bring to you through this post, a realisation that Christopher Bache also shares in this video, is that the point of this physical life is not to transcend it but to integrate the transcendence in your current form. 

In his blog post Leo mentions the 70+ trips and depth of this mans experience and compares it to his pursuit. When Christopher Bache talked about his trips, it was something very interesting to my mind and it even reactivated my seeking energy. But now after finishing the second half, what I am left with is a sweet energy of a loving and tender being. 

Maybe we can have a discussion about this here: Transcendence vs Integration

Even though Leo has probably gone further than 99,999% of all human beings in terms of transcendence, I would still say someone who integrated divine loving energy even without these experiences is further on the spiritual path than him.

(So maybe you don't need push the envelope as far as you thought, and rather work on anchoring stillness and love in your everyday experience)

 

 

 

[Leo Gura]

Definitely this is the biggest challenge of the path: embodying it deeply in everyday life. This is especially difficult with psychedelics because they take you so high so fast, no one can live from those places of infinite consciousness and still interact in the social world.

At high doses of psychedelics you are not a human any more. It is like venturing to new alien dimensions.

[No-Thing]

@Leo Gura Looking forward to your (our) integration process.

Through sharing content we are already linking up our minds but I sense there is a deeper link to be made where the whole system of a group of people or species is vibrating at the same frequency.

Are you planning to meet groups in physical form?

If you allow me feedback on one aspect of your sharing. There have been a couple of moments where you shared something and clearly strongly felt in the moment what you were sharing. These moments often have a greater impact than creating mental constructs. I feel the more capable we are to feel a sensation or emotion while speaking, to communicate a message not only on the intellectual side but also the body side, the more powerful of a communicator we become and the greater the capability to connect with people through sharing body sensations.