Leo Gura

It's not so easy to distinguish facts from theory. If only it were so simple. All facts are theory-laden.

@The Don 1) You can only speak effectively about topics which you are well-versed in. So lots of research, study, and practice with the topic you're talking about is key. 2) You must also be genuinely passionate and interested in the topic. 3) Practice, practice, practice. Don't think too much, just let your mouth move and say whatever it feels like saying. You can polish it up with more practice.

@REALNEGA As the book says, only after a few years of practice. Don't worry about them. You don't need them. The basic Kriyas should be enough if you just do them seriously.

@Nick5050 Shamanic breathing is not a substitute for meditation. Also, don't expect shamanic breathing to fix all your bad habits for you. It can help you release some of the low consciousness motives driven them, but you'll have to consciously and proactively put an end to them. Try starting a Kriya yoga practice. It should be better than meditation.

@Shroomdoctor Don't call it everlasting. Nothing is everlasting.

-- The Buddha

@sarapr Correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawhid

You say that so flippantly because you haven't even come close to experiencing God. That's your ego talking. And ego hates God. The name/word is given so that we can communicate effectively with one another. Right now, you are missing the communication because you believe God cannot exist. And I'm tell you, you're wrong. You are further complicating your error by appeal to the argument, "But God is just a word." Which is like doubling-down on your mistake. Platypus is also just a word. But there is such a thing as a platypus that you can discover. It's a remarkable creature which would shock and delight you had you never seen a picture of it before. Starting a thread on a platypus forum that goes: "Platypus Do Not Exist: platypus is just a word" only makes you stuck. Open your mind to the possibility that God does exist. Then proceed with your practices. And then maybe one day, in 10 years, you will discover something amazing that you couldn't imagine in a million years.

@Betterself Yes, you are alone. As God. Nonduality means there cannot be any "other" who is not you. The deepest levels of nonduality can make you start to feel lonely, as you realize that you created this entire dream all by yourself and the illusion of "otherness" gets shattered. It can feel very solipsistic, but also, as the mind adjusts to your new understanding, the loneliness should dissipate. I do not exist. You created this forum to entertain yourself. And here you are reading all these posts that you yourself wrote to yourself. Seeking advice from "others" who are really just yourself. Try to see the beauty of that. Aloneness and connection are ONE. You can look at it like the glass is half empty, or the glass is half full. By being everyone, you are infinitely connected to everyone. You still haven't surrendered fully to nonduality. Yes, it's very radical and scary to surrender fully to it. The truth is radical beyond words. Your fear of being totally alone is precisely what you must explore and ultimately surrender. The ego-mind hates it of course and will be resistant, trying to anchor itself into something, anything to avoid Absolute Nothingness and Total ONENESS.

@nado "Speed" and "motion" is only possible within space and time, both of which are creations of consciousness. Consciousness itself is prior to space, time, and motion. Absolute Undifferentiated Consciousness is so nondual, it's like an infinite singularity, where nothing is distinct. The distinction between moving vs not-moving hasn't been made yet. All distinctions are part of the Creation. They are all forms.

It matters a lot. God is not merely "existence" or "consciousness". God is God. It's the actual God. Existence is deeply personal. The word "God" is the most accurate word. More accurate than "existence" or "consciousness". The problem is, very few of you here have actually directly experienced God. God is all-powerful, all-loving, infinite, intelligent, omniscient, deeply personal, eternal, formless, awesome, terrifying, magical, divine, singular, deeply paradoxical, has human-like qualities, and utterly beyond the human mind's ability to comprehend. Call it whatever you like, but it's there to be discovered. The word "God" is not confusing because it is wrong, but because it is right, but you have no reference experience for that word in your mind. I might as well be talking about colors to a blind mole rat. - - - - - - - - First, you awaken to discover there is no God. Then, you awaken deeper and discover how stupid you were the whole time for denying it.

@Isaac Ben You can have tolerance to any psychedelic, from what I understand. Just depends on your genetics and brain chemistry. That was my LSD trip report: https://www.actualized.org/articles/enlightenment-experience-happening-in-real-time

@ULFBERHT A few weeks is nothin'. Keep at it. Don't expect fireworks.

It's definitely a thing. We've had folks on this forum reporting natural tolerances, like you. And folks on Reddit report tolerance too. LSD is an awesome psychedelic. I find it second-best to 5-MeO. I've had really deep states of nonduality on just 125ug. You are missing out.

Mentally unstable, like a fox!

That in an interesting clue. 450ug of LSD is A LOT. That should have been a hairy trip. I can trip balls on 125ug of LSD. 3g of mushrooms is a decent dose, enough for a nice strong trip. If 450ug of LSD doesn't work on you, you've either got fake, watered-dose LSD, or you have a pretty high tolerance. I wouldn't be able to walk on 450ug. Seem like this is why the 5-MeO isn't working. You probably need a higher dose.

Enough personal sniping. Please keep your conversations productive.

Rectal or snort, doesn't make much difference, as long as you don't lose any of the substance to drip. Rectal is the far superior method vs snorting. It might take a few tries to perfect the method. Took me about 5 tries to really get the method down. Sometimes, if it's injected too shallow, it doesn't work as well.

@Isaac Ben Hard to say. Some people seem to report that 5-MeO doesn't work effectively on them. I think this is due to two key factors: 1) your brain chemistry, which is slightly different for everyone, 2) your level of mental and spiritual development. I think 5-MeO works much more effectively on certain kinds of minds than others. Also, I think it's not enough to just take 5-MeO, it's also very important to existentially question reality. If you are not deeply questioning the nature of your reality all the time, then psychedelics will probably not be very profound for you. How much self-inquiry have you done? 25mg is a very strong dose for me. It's almost unbearably infinite. At 25mg, I cannot even remember that I ever existed. All notion of personal self disappears in a very shocking way. But also keep in mind, that I had to build up to this. I didn't get that on my first or second trip. It took many trips on various substances to get to this point. And I was doing a lot of existential/metaphysical questioning along the way. Also, people have different tolerances for psychedelics. That 5-MeO powder looks fairly clean. It would be good if you had a sense of how sensitive/tolerant you are towards other psychedelics, like mushrooms or LSD. That would help you understand your 5-MeO experiences.

@Gerhard I have to slowly build up my yoga because I have some issues with chronically blocked sinuses and sore throat. So yoga has proven challenging for me. Sure, lots of yoga can work. You just gotta build up to it. And I did not come at this enlightenment thing from a yoga background, I came at it from a self-inquiry background. But also, keep in mind, a state of Samadhi is not enlightenment.

"Evidence" is virtual.

@Pouya A philosophy -- even if it is true -- is not the same thing as reality. The map is not the territory.

@zikzak You guys are just talking past one another. Using different words for similar things. Also, keep in mind, there are various degrees of liberation and enlightenment. Is Martin as awake as someone like Sadhguru? Obvious not. But that's not something to hold against him. I'd say he's done pretty well for himself given the fact that he hasn't done 40 years of full-time practice. You gotta compare realistically. Comparing yourself to someone like Sadhguru is absurd. You might as well start comparing yourself to Schwarzenegger. You ain't ever gonna get to his level if you're hanging around on this forum. You would have to dedicate your entire life to that. And you should have started back when you were 12 years old. You need to temper your expectations proportionally to how many hours per day you're ready to invest in this work.

Isn't it interesting how that can read two ways? 1) Become enlightened, 2) Create an Islamic state.

Feels more like I got fucked by Matrix 3.