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@doucey24 Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. What I personally find though, is that I enjoy having more flexibility in my life than following strict routines like that. But as you're starting off in this work, something like that strict habit could really super-charge your results. Later you will want to learn to be more flexible, so that your day doesn't hinge on you completing a mechanical routine.

@stevegan928 Get a SCALE and weigh those bastards and start with 1 gram max. If you can handle 1 gram, then next time (not in the same week), do 2 grams. If you go above 3 grams, get ready to have your ass handed to you so hard that you will forget you ever existed. If you follow that advice, and trip in a comfortable setting, you should do great and have the time of your life. But of course, individual results can always vary. Each batch of mushrooms can have varying potency.

@Wyatt Why did you have a stomach ache? What did you eat before-hand? How long was it before your meal and taking the LSD? If life is so utterly meaningless, why are you depressed about it? That's meaning! Notice this point very deeply. You felt afraid and depressed because most of the stuff you do is a house of cards built on top of an illusion of meaning. So when that rug is pulled out from under you, of course you get depressed. The solution is to slowly dismantle your house of cards. Make your actions and motivations more authentic, more in line with nature. It's like you're a donkey chasing a carrot on a stick, and then one day you realize, "OMG! I was never going to get that carrot! Those bastards!" How would you behave and structure your life if you weren't chasing carrots any more?

That is a gross misuse of the words "spiritual master". You're stretching it a bit too much there. Does Bill Gates have some spiritual intuition? Sure probably. Most people do. But a spiritual master he is not. Not even close. Like really, really not close. That would be like calling me a golfing master because I once went to a driving range and whacked a few balls which veered into the trees.

If you realize that everything is nondual, that means nothingness will incarnate through every manifestation possible, instantly. Which means it will experinece reality from every vantage point possible. Which means reality is perfectly fair. One moment you will experience being shot. The next moment you will experience yourself pulling the trigger. You will experience every horror ever perpetrated, both as victim and victimizer. You will be Hitler and you will be the Jews. You will be the 9/11 attackers, and you will the be World Trade Center families. You will be the lion and the antelope. You will be the human enjoying a fine steak dinner, and the cow getting slaughtered for that steak. Brace yourself for some serious, serious karma! What a rush!

"Children want candy, adults want self-control." -- Rumi

Until you have the direct experience to which it points, yes. Consider, to a blind person, the word Red doesn't mean shit.

Actually, if you nearly get run over by a bus (a near death experience) you will quickly awaken to the fact that materialism doesn't matter. The busyness of "everyday life" cements the zombified stupor of unconsciousness.

He was fairly conscious for a scientist. But still, he did not grasp the ultimate nature of reality, which is possible to do.

@Pierre Of course God isn't a bearded man in the sky. God is Nothingness.

@Serge That is exactly right. BTW, science has gotten to the bottom of matter over 100 years ago. What is matter? Science says it is nothing. Just go look at quantum mechanics. It says that matter doesn't exist. Everything is made of "fields". And what are fields? Infinite scalars, made of nothing but raw mathematical values. And what are values made out of? Nothing.

@Pierre Modern science defines evolution as occurring through random mutations and natural selection. Scientists will get very angry at you if you try to float the idea that mutations are non-random but intelligent. They will immediately reject that as superstitious nonsense. Also, natural selection is not the same thing as intelligence. Natural selection actually works through a fairly dumb mechanism. It actually IS possible to use natural selection to select for useful traits. What is NOT possible is to use natural selection to invent a new useful trait. Because selection needs grist for the mill, so to speak. It needs a pool of already existent inventions to sort through. So modern science has natural selection right, but random mutations wrong.

Of course there is evidence. For one, try writing a computer simulation which uses random numbers to generate a useful invention of any kind, like writing an original 10-page research paper. You will find it is impossible, because the odds against it are larger than the number of atoms in the known universe by several hundred orders of magnitude. If you left a super-computer running for 1 trillion years, it would still not be enough time to produce one original 10-page research paper, let alone something as complex and delicate as a mitochondria or the photosynthetic cycle. Evolution happens, but it is highly non-random. It is intelligent as a motherfucker. As information theory says: you cannot use noise to create information. Noise destroys information.

I know it's tempting, but you're shooting yourself in the foot here. NEVER ask someone to help you choose your life purpose. They are not you! They have zero access to your deepest desires, yearnings, and intuitions. They cannot help you at all in this. The whole point is that you have to do some deep soul-searching, connect with what you really want out of life. You cannot do that by asking someone else: "Hey, should I become a farmer or a scientist? What are the pros and cons of each? Which one will earn me more money? Which one is more realistic?" NO!!! That is not life purpose. That's just you choosing the path of least resistance, lazily selecting the lesser of two evils. The whole point of life purpose is to connect what you want most, with what you'll be doing in your life. If you don't know what you want, that's okay, but sit down and actually contemplate. Don't come here asking us what you want. If you're posting for advice about finding your LP, you should start by posting us a long list of your deepest desires, and things you find most meaningful about life, and how you envision transforming the world. Then maybe some good advice can be given to you. NEVER ask another person, "Hey, I think my life purpose is to become a chef. What do you think about that? Good? You think it will work out?" No! No! No! A person who's found his passion doesn't think like that. He/she knows what he/she wants. The only hesitation is how to make it happen. When you connect with your life purpose for real, you should be here screaming at the top of your lungs, "I don't give a fuck what any of ya'll think, I'm becoming the best damn chef in the world because that's my God-given mission in this life, and I won't let anyone stop me! Now give me all the advice and techniques you know for how to do it. I don't care how difficult the technique is, I will master it if it helps me reach my goal. And if you don't have any techniques to give me, I will find them myself anyway! And if no techniques exist, I will invent my own." You don't ask people what you're passionate about, you tell them. You tell them not like a sheep, but like a roaring lion. To become a roaring lion, you must get clear with yourself what's important to you in this life. What is worth dying for? And if you think there's nothing worth dying for, WAKE THE FUCK UP!!! Look around you! You're inside an actual, infinite living-breathing miracle! The problem isn't that there's too little interesting stuff to do, but too much! Everything is infinitely interesting. And don't confuse life purpose with a business project or a money-making scheme or a way to pay your bills.

Not in practice. Moreso only in theory. There is a big gap between the ideal of science (our cuture's myth of science) vs how it's actually practiced and held. Scientists are no less dogmatic than most people. Good luck trying to get one of these "humble, open scientists" to seriously consider that evolution is non-random, for example, or that consciousness isn't happening inside a brain.

@Nadosa Start practicing mindfulness with labeling. That is the surest way to deconstruct thoughts.

@DrMobius There is no double standard. She started with 12mg. Read more carefully.

That is extremely stupid. DO NOT DO THAT! Giving psychedelics to friends is a bad idea the first place. Let alone 5-MeO. Let alone 30mg. Start with 10mg if you must. If you can't do it properly, then don't do it.

@zikzak Right. Although 28mg is a crazy dose regardless.

@egoless She is not into spirituality or Truth. She just tripped a few times.

I haven't used 5-MeO in nearly a year. I've been using other lesser psychedelics and having trips almost as deep as 5-MeO. One of the reasons I wanted to test other psychedelics is because most of you guys will never be able to access 5-MeO. I have found other great psychedelics which are more accessible and as good for consciousness work. Raw power is not necessarily best for consciousness work. Also, my breakthrough 5-MeO experience from a year ago was so epic and deep that I needed a long time to fully integrate it. Only now do I feel read to return to it, after many smaller trips which have developed my foundation and ability to surrender. Also, at this point, I have complete ego loss on even very small doses of almost any psychedelic. The 5-MeO isn't really necessary for me any more. All of my trips, even the light ones, are profound beyond words. And I have other psychedelics which I enjoy more than 5-MeO. In some ways, the less experience you have with enlightenment the better. Then you can just fully be open to whatever the psychedelics have to show you. But this isn't always true. It depends on the person. My gf was very openminded about it, and just willing to surrender, which is all that is really required. But many people cannot do this. Prior to her breakthrough dose, she had done one light mushroom trip, one moderate dose of AL-LAD, and one small dose of 5-MeO. That was enough of an introduction to handle 28mg of 5-MeO successfully. But of course, that won't be true for all people. In fact, I think most people would be totally unable to handle 28mg of 5-MeO. It would be traumatic experience for many people. You need to ramp yourself up very gradually starting from 10mg (snorted).

@AleksM Okay, once again I have reactivated the old system. Hurry up. This is your last chance guys.

The forum is getting a little bit of improvements. The biggest of which is a new bookmarking system. The old bookmarking tool was quite bugged. I'm not sure if anyone used it. The new bookmarking tool looks very similar, but has no bugs and gives you additional options. To bookmark a post, click the "Bookmark" text link under any post. You will then have options for categorizing your bookmark, adding notes, and the option to make your bookmarks public or private. All your bookmarks are stored under: Your Username >> My Bookmarks People can see a list of your publicly visible bookmarks on your profile page. P.S. The old bookmarking system has been removed, killing any bookmarks you may have made. If you had any important bookmarks there which you really want back, I can temporarily re-active the old system for you to transfer your old stuff. I'm not sure how many people were using it. So let me know if you really need it back. If I reactivate the old system, you will then have about 1 week to transfer any bookmarks you want, after which point it will be gone forever. The new system is much better. I'm excited to have folks using it. Notice 11/21/2017: The new bookmarking system has been temporary deactivated so that people can retrieve info from the old system. DO NOT make any new bookmarks right now, because this is the old system. Notice 11/23/2017: The new bookmarking system has been re-activated. Notice 11/24/2017: Once again the old system has been reactivated so people can save all their old bookmarks. This is your last chance. The old and new system look similar on the surface. How you can tell them apart is: the old system's bookmarks are stored in: Your Username >> Bookmarks while the new system's bookmarks are stored in: Your Username >> My Bookmarks

I have described it to death. But what good did that do you?

@The White Belt By your silly logic enlightenment would be impossible because there would always have to be someone who discovers it first, without any teachers or books.