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You are expecting too much. It's too early for that yet. Be happy with mid to high Green politicians. Politics is a very pragmatic sport. You can't be too idealistic about it. It's not about perfection, it's about gradual incremental improvements. The best you can get is the best you can get. Overall, society is still pretty damn good in America or Europe. Compared to how society was 500 years ago.

@Preetom Still feels like a missed opportunity to not call himself Muji.

@Salvijus What isn't?

Moving this to the Self-Actualization sub-forum so that it gets more views.

Mu-ji Why did he name himself after a cow?

The ego-mind returns surprisingly soon. Like within 30 minutes you're back into standard ego operating mode. But of course shaken to your core. It's often a relief to return to ordinary life. But there is also a deep regret for losing that full-on God-consciousness because nothing in life will ever top that. Sometimes the God-consciousness lingers for a few hours or even into the next day. The saddest part about 5-MeO is that you cannot be that high 24/7/365. Losing touch with God is one of the deepest pains. But as you awaken more, you will start to realize that God is present all the time, even if you're not on a peak. This takes a lot of tripping to start to realize. Enlightenment is right here, right now, at all times. But only if you're awake enough to see it. It does zero good telling an unawakened newbie that enlightenment is right here, right now, at all times. He just cannot see it. He needs actual breakthroughs and mystical experiences to demonstrate it to himself. That's where the 5-MeO comes in so handy. After enough tripping, your whole life will start to feel like a trip. The materialist paradigm slowly gets snuffed out forever. I no longer experience myself as in a material world. The world gradually becomes self-luminous.

@Shin Good luck proving Love wrong, devil! Ahahahahahaha..... You will be dead, and on your grave, Love will dawn.

Weed definitely can raise consciousness. It's been used by yogis in India for this purpose for thousands of years. Of course most people use it irresponsibly, just like they do with food, drink, sex, and pretty much everything else. Blame the user not the substance. It takes great care to use substances for spiritual growth. It's not for kids and fools.

@Naturalist Careful, you are making a subtle duality between man/God, and God/world. There is a deeper consciousness which reveals that God is man and God is world. God is not limited in any way. Anything that is, God is. Seperation is illusion. Look at your hand. There are 5 fingers, but all the fingers are part of one hand. You are like one of those fingers which isn't realizing that it's also the entire hand. There is no boundary between a finger and a hand. Finger and hand ONE thing! Now apply this logic to the whole universe. The one giant Mind has an infinite number of virtual partitions, of which your ego-mind is one.

@7thLetter You need a mystical awakening to Absolute Love. Your heart is still closed. You still do not realize what Love is. Once you do that, it will soften you, and you will discover what life is really about, what God is really about. Intellect without Love is a barren desert. To transcend Yellow requires the greatest leap of all into the realm of the Absolute. You must have many mystical experiences which ultimately lead to the realization of God.

@Zizzero I will soon be adding new books to my book list which go into detail about Spiral Dynamics as it is found around the world. So I was basically quoting that. Personally I have not been to see it for myself. Generally-speaking Northern Europe is starting to dip their toes into Yellow. But it's still very early. There are no solid Yellow governments yet. But they will probably emerge first in Northern Europe. This is rather technical stuff which requires some deep reading. It cannot be philosophized about casually.

Yes, you are permanently changed. But the ego still returns. It's just more purified. The change is subtle but significant. Especially after a dozen trips. Those incremental changes add up to more than the sum of their parts. Basically it's no different than how it works with meditation retreats. One retreat will never totally change you. But the retreats add up over the years to something significant.

You got nothin to complain about. You are an hour's flight away from the Netherlands.

There is Goodness as an Absolute. It's what you would do if you were totally selfless and unconditionally loving. It's literally what God is doing to design this whole show. It is a Good which has no opposite. What you can do if fully align your agenda with that of God. Then your will becomes God's Will. This would be the ultimate way to live, but right now it is totally out of your reality. First you must realize what God is.

Netherlands and the Swiss are starting to move into Yellow a bit.

These days I am basically tripping when I just sit down and look at my hands sober. Of course I'm sure weed would open up my consciousness, but I have no attraction towards it for whatever reason. There are bigger fish to fry.

@CreamCat You are the government.

You are Hitler. You just aren't aware of it yet.

In a recent mystical experience I got a very strong vision that I should spend more time interacting with people face-to-face. Lately I've been feeling the itch to travel more, explore new places more, and meet new people. So I am considering doing some traveling and some touring in 2018. The idea would be to travel to major cities around the USA and give a new speech/video at each one, and also answering questions from the audience, and maybe even doing an informal dinner/hang-out. This wouldn't be a proper seminar or workshop, but more like a 2-hour live Actualized.org video + Q&A. But my time and resources are limited, so I have to start small and nearby. I know many of you are in Europe and all over the world, but that's too far and expensive for me to fly at this time. Depending on demand, right now I'm considering San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Seattle, Phoenix, Austin... in other words, places near me. But it all depends on demand. I have no idea yet which cities have how many Actualized.org viewers. It only makes sense to fly out if there are at least 10-20 people attending, considering the flight cost, hotel cost, and meeting room costs. Not sure about pricing either. Ideally I wanted to make it free to attend, but a ~$20/person admission fee might be necessary to offset the costs involved. I wouldn't be doing this for money. It would take well over 20 people per event to turn a profit, which I don't anticipate happening unless I go on tour full-time (which I don't have time to do at this point). Anyhow... I'm just spit-ballin' here. I wanted to throw this idea out there and see if you guys are interested, and more importantly, are there enough people in some of these West Coast US cities? Los Angeles-area and Bay Area would probably be my first two best options.

Yup, yup, yup! Super-monkey-God-consciousness

"Hi, I'll have a Denver omelet. Extra mushrooms." P.S. Thanks for the links.

Of course, of course. Psychedelics help you discover yourself. And since the Self is all that exists, through that you can discover anything of importance.

@purerogue That's cause Sadhguru's a good guru. Which is precisely why he's so dangerous for his followers. No matter how much he tells them not to worship him, that will only make them worship him more. It's like telling a girl you don't like her. She will only get more attracted. And if you tell a girl "I'm never having sex with you." She will only want to have sex with you all the more. Reverse psychology 101

@CreamCat Hitler in chilling in heaven Joke's on you for judging him.

@CreamCat When you publicly execute a few grunts at random, the rest of the army falls in line. Life suddenly feels so fresh Not only do you take this forum for granted, you take your life for granted.