Question For Those Who WOKE UP

[Recursoinominado]

How did it affect your life in a practical level?

Your motivation, ambition, discipline, earning money ability etc

I realized i am afraid of awakening because i don't want to lose the grip on day-to-day reality so i kind of backed off from all spiritual practices because of this.

I know, chop wood carry water, but in my explorations with psychedelics, lost my motivations, practical life became a mess, took years to recover.

I still want to realize stage orange goals like having sex, travel the world, making money etc.

Is awakening realizing all of this is a illusion or awakaning would help accomplish all of this since i would drop all uncessary delusions and ego fears?

Some people say that life just becames "easier", other seem to lose interest in life.

Please tell me what happened to you.

[Sincerity]

The more conscious I am (my state varies), the more motivated, disciplined, intelligent, creative, accepting, peaceful and authentic I am.

I find that being more awake & grounded in that state actually tightens your grip on day-to-day reality. You're literally MORE AWAKE. And day-to-day reality is, well... REALITY. That's what You're awake to, after all. And yes, life is much easier.

Note: here I'm talking about being more awake "soberly", as in not after intaking a drug. I'm pretty sure living from a state of being mindblowingly awake on LSD is not sustainable and yeah You do lose the grip on daily life. I recognize I'm making a distinction between sober and psychedelic-assisted awakening but well, to me sober awakenings have been the most grounded and allowing me to enjoy everyday life, so... sue me haha.

Edited May 17, 2023 by Sincerity

[JellyDogShoe_1Mil]

Nothing really changed. 

I still have my desires and habits - good or bad. 

If anything, psychological suffering is completely gone. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by JellyDogShoe_1Mil

[Razard86]

I have become addicted to just observing life, I am surprised at how little I noticed about life. I would definitely say if you still want to be an achiever go do that. Spirituality and truly awakening is counter to all that. But be careful, the more you gain financially and through relationships the more you have to let go to fully awaken. 

It's harder for a rich person to awaken than someone of more modest means. It isn't impossible but harder because you are going to be more attached. Also the business world and moving up requires you to scheme, lie, and make justifications. So your self-deception is going to be tougher to unravel. In fact the biggest barrier to awakening is to overcome your own self-deception. Self-Deception is infinite intelligence pretending to be stupid, pretending to be a human. You have no idea how powerful self-deception is and how deeply rooted your delusion is.

Self-Deception is DESIGNED TO MAKE SENSE!!! It is deeply tied to pragmatism. God's level of pragmatism is completely indifferent and radical. The words I am typing cannot covey the radicalness of the love of God. Your ego cannot and will never agree to this, so it must surrender to PURE INSANITY. If you are too attached to being practical and being what you call a good person, you will never awaken. You must surrender morality and practicality. In fact if you think you need morality, you are disconnected from TRUTH because all your morality is really self-serving hypocritical bullshit tightly and neatly wrapped in a pragmatic sensible story. 

My guilty pleasure is destroying said story but ehhhh I'm toning it down lol.

[Yimpa]

Pro-tip: don’t tell your significant other “I Am God”. 

They will not approve of that statement, but they will still love you 

[Recursoinominado]

15 hours ago, Sincerity said:

I find that being more awake & grounded in that state actually tightens your grip on day-to-day reality. You're literally MORE AWAKE. And day-to-day reality is, well... REALITY. That's what You're awake to, after all. And yes, life is much easier.

Amazing, this is what i needed to know

15 hours ago, Sincerity said:

I recognize I'm making a distinction between sober and psychedelic-assisted awakening but well, to me sober awakenings have been the most grounded and allowing me to enjoy everyday life, so... sue me haha.

I will pursue sober awakening and, maybe, a few trips here and there to see what's possible.

 

14 hours ago, JellyDogShoe_1Mil said:

Nothing really changed. 

I still have my desires and habits - good or bad. 

If anything, psychological suffering is completely gone. 

That seems awesome!

 

9 hours ago, Yimpa said:

Pro-tip: don’t tell your significant other “I Am God”. 

They will not approve of that statement, but they will still love you 

lol don't tell anyone outside this forum  

[Yimpa]

5 minutes ago, Recursoinominado said:

lol don't tell anyone outside this forum  

No need to