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@Robby Look up Joseph Rubano in San Diego. He's enlightened and leads retreats there.

No! All communication is dualistic. Contemplate what language is.

It is an idea but it is also a state of consciousness. Which is why it's so difficult to drop. It doesn't really go away even if you stop thinking for a few minutes. Because there is an entire egoic state of consciousness which makes it feel as though you are real. It takes a lot of deconstructing and focused concentration to break down that egoic state of consciousness.

Only if you want

@FredFred It's all relative. Importance hinges on what is important to you at which time in your life. Enlightenment is most important for me. But that's me and I already resolved my life purpose a long ago. For some people, paying their mortgage is most important.

@Serotoninluv Yes, you have yet to realize that all form is none other than void. That would be the ultimate integration. Take smaller doses and don't lay down or close your eyes during trips and you should see it. Try contemplating: What is form? while you do this.

I don't recall saying that. If I did, I have since forgotten what I meant. I have said so many things at this point that I cannot keep a record of them all in my head. There are entire videos which I have forgotten I even recorded. It's way too much information to keep track of without a computer database.

You need to distinguish awakening itself from changes to one's sensory field. Psychedelics tend to alter the sensory field a lot as well as produce awakening. It is possible to awaken without any change to the sensory field at all. And this is usually the case in non-psychedelic awakening. Or it's possible to have radical changes to the sensory field, such as the entire sensory field disappearing or morphing into fractals and all sorts of other stuff like a DMT alien hyperspace landscape. If you are in pure void with no sensory field at all, then that would be pure void. Obviously there's nothing there. No perceptions, no forms at all. Like deep sleep. Obviously there are no colors and shapes in deep sleep. BUT! That is not strictly necessary for awakening. You can awaken without your sensory field changing at all. In fact, you can realize that "the void" is ALWAYS the case! Even when the sensory field is fully here, it is still void. The sensory field is not other than void. All of these possibilities are possible with or without psychedelics. But with psychedelics you are much more likely to get radical alterations of the sensory field.

You can! It's like I'm saying the glass is half empty and you are saying, "But why can't we say it's half full?" Yes, you can. It amounts to exactly the same thing. It's both. Anything said about nonduality will always be a half truth because all language is dualistic. No self = The Self Just understand that The Self is NOT ego, not the biological creature you always assumed you were.

@2018 You are void. Which is why you are so hard to find. How does one find a void? It's like trying to grasp the vacuum of outer space with hands.

There is no perceiver. The perceiver would be the ego or sense of self or "you", which does not exist. Perceptions exist in an empty vacuum or void. This void is the "True Self" or God. This void is not seperate from the perceptions themselves. Perception ARE the void! Which is just another way of saying that perceptions happen to no one. God is no one. The feeling that there is a perciever is the chief delusion that must be deconstructed.

There is a causal strange loop relationship between sense organs and perceptions. Sense organs are themselves perceptions which have a global affect on other perceptions. If you lose an eye, your perceptions will never be the same. No self and universal Self are identical. Appearances don't need to dissolve. Appearances are already nothing. Nothing is not merely an empty space. It is that, but it is also all matter, form, shape, color, etc. The very room you are sitting in is what Nothing looks like! Nonduality means that the distinction between something and nothing is relative and must ultimately collapse. Yes, the bubble dissolves in deep sleep but you currently lack the consciousness necessary to know the deep sleep state. After a deep awakening you can be conscious even during deep sleep. It will be a consciousness of formless infinity. I explained intelligence in the What Is Intelligence video. Intelligence is an aspect of consciousness. The universe has infinite intelligence, which it used to design itself.

@MM1988 You are failing to take full responsibility for your life and falling into the trap of victim mentality. What you presently think of as "bad luck" is actually likely the result of egoic ways in which you live your life. Which can be changed. Suffering is NOT an accident. There is a big component of it which is self-inflicted. So starting thinking about how to change your ways to align more with truth, goodness, love, and selflessness.

@Wyze Realize there is no other way it can be. Everything that happens is inevitable. Reality is perfect no matter how bad it may seem to the ego.

Nonduality includes duality within it. Therein lies the full circle. See image of ying-yang.

Absolutely Law of attraction baby. Whatever your heart most desires to know it will ultimately receive an answer to. And if you desire nothing you will get nothing. Metaphysical curiosity is a damn powerful force if you can cultivate it.

@youngshinzen See video: How To Contemplate Using a Journal That's one good way. But there are many ways! Like the Shamanic Breathing technique I shared in the Shamanic Breathing video. Or the yoga I shared in the The Important Of Real Yoga video. Or psychedelics. I've shared dozens of the best techniques with you. Psychedelics are the most powerful technique ever if you use them right. You could use them to deprogram all your viruses over time. All of the questions being asked in this thread could be answered with a couple of solid psychedelic trips. During a psychedelic trip you can literally communicate with the universe and ask it any questions you want, and you will get more reliable answers then from the best human gurus, because a human guru can only talk, not show you. A psychedelic can actually modify your field of consciousness to show you the answer.

Think of the mind like a computer hard drive. The hard drive can get loaded with all sorts of viruses and bad programs which then need to be uninstalled and defragmented. That is the function of therapeutic and self-help techniques. They make the computer run smoother. Obviously a computer doesn't need to have an "I" for this to happen. Neither does your brain/mind. Think of yourself as a malfunctioning robot:

Adding a "feature" tag to this thread because it has some really solid summaries. Great work!

It's a real thing and you can do it if you want. But if you do it in a repressive, neurotic, or egoic way, it will backfire on you. Sexual desires must be genuinely transcended through spiritual work. You cannot just suppress or deny them mechanically without expecting problems. Which is why many of these no-fap people and Catholic priests suffer & struggle so much. They are doing it dogmatically.

You're conflating types with stages. Regardless of your type (Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, masculine/feminine, etc) you can be at various stages of Spiral development. You can be a 5 Blue, 5 Orange, 5 Green, 5 Yellow, 5 Turquoise just like you can be a feminine Blue, feminine Orange, feminine Green, feminine Yellow, feminine Turquoise.

If you can't enjoy some porn responsibly you ain't woke

Sounds like a lot of folks in Toronto. I guess I'll have to pay it a visit. Although last time I traveled to Toronto the customs agent in the airport almost kicked me out of Canada for giving him lip.

@ULFBERHT I address this point in the LP course. The bottom line is, you will not have the perserverence to master a thing unless you enjoy doing it. There has to be an underlying love/passion/fascination. It just isn't always glaring when you start. Check out the LP course. It will change your life as far as building a career goes.

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