Are there methods other than meditation or psychedelics to be an observer?

[jdc7733]

I can’t just sit and do meditation, don’t always have access to psychedelics, what else is there?

[An young being]

31 minutes ago, jdc7733 said:

I can’t just sit and do meditation, don’t always have access to psychedelics, what else is there?

You can try expanding your ego the natural way by practicing compassion, gratitude, forgiveness and love in everyday life and doing 5 minutes of meditation everyday. Also, try practicing mindfulness.

[vibv]

1 hour ago, jdc7733 said:

I can’t just sit and do meditation, don’t always have access to psychedelics, what else is there?

Meditation doesn't need you to be sitting down. It's at its core a letting go / dropping of the mind. Usually by connecting with your breath as a sort of grounding in the present moment, but other means are possible as well.

[PurpleTree]

Inquiring 

[Breakingthewall]

Simply all the time try to feel the now, realize the depth of this moment. Once you get out of the mental bubble and realize that you can see through the mirage that surrounds you and realize the bottomless depth that this moment is only once, doing it more times begins to be easier

[Zigzag Idiot]

The Fourth Way is largely concerned with Self Observation or Inquiry. Self Observation shows a person how  "asleep" they are at times. When we're reactive and act simply as stimulus response mammals,,,,

[Yimpa]

Observe conflict within yourself and notice how terrible you treat yourself and other people. In subtle and obvious ways 

[Leo Gura]

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Osaid]

Self-inquiry.

Edited October 10, 2023 by Osaid

[LSD-Rumi]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

 

Do you think this really work? Did you try it?

[StarStruck]

2 hours ago, LSD-Rumi said:

Do you think this really work? Did you try it?

I've tried and it is really a psychedelic exp. You numb the brain so the heart can take over.

[OBEler]

Look for astral projection /out of body experiences. There are good tutorials out there

If you are in the astral realm you are the total observer. 

Edited October 10, 2023 by OBEler

[something_else]

You can try holotropic breathing. I got some very interesting observer effects from it.

Don't do it if you have heart conditions or breathing problems though. And start small and build up over time.

[Razard86]

On 10/7/2023 at 6:08 AM, jdc7733 said:

I can’t just sit and do meditation, don’t always have access to psychedelics, what else is there?

Watch this entire playlist....lol if you can. It's like a low grade psychedelic.

 

[LSD-Rumi]

1 hour ago, StarStruck said:

I've tried and it is really a psychedelic exp. You numb the brain so the heart can take over.

Did you feel any nausea during or after whirling?

[LSD-Rumi]

1 hour ago, something_else said:

You can try holotropic breathing. I got some very interesting observer effects from it.

Don't do it if you have heart conditions or breathing problems though. And start small and build up over time.

I tried it, but it is quite hard, I couldn't do more than 5 min.

[something_else]

49 minutes ago, LSD-Rumi said:

I tried it, but it is quite hard, I couldn't do more than 5 min.

What issue did you have?

[LSD-Rumi]

4 minutes ago, something_else said:

What issue did you have?

All my body and muscles start tingling severly to the point I cannot take it anymore.

[Yousif]

Listening to videos/ lectures from Leo Gura ,Alan Watts,Ram Dass, Sadhguru does it for me, dancing just letting the body dance to the music however it wants without judgement, walking for the sake of walking, I guess that’s walking meditation, being very active physically gives me that mental clarity and allows me to be able to sit and enjoy silence, handling my worldly affairs consciously like the way I work and live my life allows me to be more conscious, having integrity, maturity, patience, accepting things as they are and even if I couldn’t accept them I would have to accept not accepting them, that allows me to stay conscious, it’s a lifestyle, you can’t just sit and do one thing one time and expect to see results, it’s like you go to the gym once and expect to be any good at lifting or look like Arnold, same thing applies to living consciously. So it also takes time and effort, You work at being conscious and the more understanding,integration, capacity for being/staying conscious you have, the more conscious you will be.

[Yimpa]

Laugh at how cray cray humanity is