Leo Gura

No, because they are not phenomena. Consciousness itself transcends all contents of consciousness in the way that a TV screen is permanent even though the content it displays is impermanent. The mistake you're making here is thinking of enlightenment/consciousness as phenomena. They are not. That's the whole point. If they were phenomena they would not be worth pursuing. 1) The mind is always changing. 2) The mind will be gone forever with death. It only seems permanent because you're judging it exclusively from inside itself, inside the context of your life. Your mind is treating your life as an absolute standard next to which everything else is judged and understood. But this is precisely backwards. You life could end in a split second at any moment and nothing of it will remain.

Well, that Void is a classic advanced meditation state. Totally healthy and fine. Of course it will be shocking for anyone the first time they encounter it. The ego-mind will perceive it as death.

It's not that big of deal for me. Just don't do it more than once a day, and take some days off in between. A couple times a week seems to work best. Don't forget, having sex actually takes a lot more time and energy. As with most things, a lot depends on how you do it and how you frame it in your mind. For me there is no negative vibe associated with it. You can do it in healthy ways to rejuvenate yourself.

@Dean Walker Figuring all that out is the bulk of your path. We can't tell you want you want and in which order you want it. You have to introspect to get clear about what your priorities should be for the next 5 years, let's say. Usually you want to focus on one key area of life like: business/career/life purpose, relationships/family, health/fitness, spirituality/meditation, education, etc. You can't do it all at once. You gotta prioritize what you're most engaged in working on, what you most need to advance to the next stage. As an example, my first business stage lasted about 3 years, basically full-time. Then my relationship/dating stage lasted 1-2 years almost full-time. Then my next life purpose/business stage lasted 6 years, almost full-time. My fitness stage lasted a few years, part-time, sprinkled within the stages above. Remember, life is long and if you're young you've got plenty of time to pace yourself and plan stuff out in stages. 3 years invested into X, 5 years invested into Y, 2 years invested in Z. If you are starting a new biz, I would recommend planning to invest 5 years into it. At least 3 years. Anything less than that I just don't see how you'll succeed. 3 years is barely enough time for something like that. Not all things require equal time. Something like biz will be one of the most time-intensive things in your life if you want to succeed at it. Competition is fierce and there is a never-ending amount of work. Since biz is such a massive time investment it's wise to be very clear what values your want your business to represent.

Post here links to YT channels, podcasts, & websites which offer high quality political analysis. High quality political analysis is: Systemic, complex, nuanced Holistic Questions the status quo, calls out corruption, speaks truth to power Non-blaming, non-demonizing, non-conspiratorial Grounded in facts & evidence Grounded in historical understanding Grounded in solid non-partisan journalism Attempts to be fair to the other side, avoids strawmanning the other side Non-dogmatic, open-minded, willing to change its mind on issues Not overly focused on culture war issues Shows empathy for all humans and living beings, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, etc. Advocates for non-violence as much as possible Doesn't fear-monger Doesn't scapegoat gays, non-whites, communists, globalists, Jews, feminists, academics, etc. Appreciates cultural diversity and different POVs In-depth rather than merely sound bites Cares about environmental issues Appreciates the importance of balance Understands the dangers of false equivalency and "neutrality" Interested in unearthing root causes of problems Yes! These can be tough subjective calls to make. Self-bias is always a distorting factor.

How is anything possible?

No, depends on how powerful your will is. If you're talking about altering physical reality in a way which affects others, your will needs to be equally powerful. These are not levels of access that the universe grants to most people, for obvious reasons, since there is enormous potential for devilry. Only the most spiritual advanced people might be given such access. Which is why you don't see people walking through brick walls every day. The whole point of "physical reality" is so that ordinary beings could not change it willy-nilly. You won't want people being able to walk through the walls of your house while you're jerking off in there.

It depends.

He is not as progressive as he seems. This is what the Yang Gang doesn't understand -- doesn't want to understand.

I am not well enough informed on this issue to give an opinion. Indian politics is not my jam. If you study the principles of Conscious Politics as I laid them out in my 4 part series and also Spiral Dynamics, that should allow you to make sense of most political issues by yourself. Of course you also need accurate facts about the on-the-ground situation. Which I don't have in this case. Generally speaking I know that Modi is Blue and pushing a Blue cultural agenda. But India is so under-developed that I would be less critical of such things than I would in America. America should know better. India, not yet. Realistically, oppression of minorities and even genocide in India is par for the course. They are not collectively developed yet to transcend that. They must learn the hard way, by causing great harm to themselves and facing the ugliness of their selfish actions.

UBI is a good idea, but it is only the beginning of other much needed reform. UBI by itself will not fix the fundamental corruption at the heart of the system. The systemic corruption is worse than anyone understands or knows how to fix. The corruption is at an existential level.

Hehehe.... All "physical reality" is a hallucination held stable in the mind of God. But that's still not the end of the mindfuck. The mind of God is nothing at all. So the fan doesn't really exist even when you stick your hand in it. It's all absolutely nothing. Nothing has ever happened. You imagine it did. All being is a direct manifestation of Will. As you become more conscious your will is able to materialize physical objects. But this is not the ego's will, it is the Will of Infinite Mind. As thr ego-mind unravels you become Infinite Mind, completely unlimited. If you became totally selfless you would have enough Will to materialize the entire physical universe in the blink of an eye. Well, you already are doing it, which is how it is here, but you're not conscious of how you're doing or even that you are doing it. When you trip you get a tiny, tiny taste of how Will generates physical reality, which is why the visual field starts to warp and the things you think start to spawn "hallucinations". If you think of a devil hard enough, one will materialize.

Now that's how you trip! Great job man @Consilience Namaste

Yes, AA is a bit dogmatic and stage Blue-ish. It's not designed for advanced people, and that's fine for what it is. But there is so much more. It's just a question of where you're at and how high you want to go. You must be willing to outgrow your peers, your support structures, and even your teachers. This is what makes advanced growth so challenging: you have to transcend all invented social support structures (since they don't go high enough). Once you climb to the end of the ladder mankind has built for you, you must chop down some trees and build new rungs yourself. Those who always expect the ladder to be built for them by others won't go very high.

It's a bit odd that Yang argues that we are not yet ready for Medicare For Fall while pushing UBI. Right now we have a wider concensus for Medicare For All than UBI. At least 50% of the public is asking for Medicare For All. Not many are asking for UBI.

@Spiral_Wizardry_Fan The founder of AA cured himself using LSD. That was the whole key to recovery. Now of course they took the one key away, Lol. The key to all recovery is CONSCIOUSNESS. And nothing raises consciousness more effectively than psychedelics.

The Absolute and the Good are identical. It cannot be explained to you. You must awaken to what God is.

@Girzo More people die from lettuce than psychedelics. When was the last time you had your lettuce tested? But I get your point.

The Absolute is not a conclusion. It is. This is not a matter of evidence. This is matter of consciousness. You are not conscious enough so you cannot see what's right in front of you.

I have not read any of Goddard's work so I cannot say. Seems like he has some degree of awakening. The million dollar question is not IF someone is awake, but to what degree?

Depends of course on where you're at.

Why not drop it and go for the big thing? You can't solve an existential problem at the level of the relative. That's the point of transcendence.

Of course

Happy New Year! How was the banana?

"John DID NOT DIE from eating a cheeseburger. He dosed correctly and his friends were in the room to help him." Lol Putting LSD next to heroin and the word "die" is absurd. The only thing that will die is your big fat ego.