Leo Gura

Mixing and matching IS what produces original ideas! You're selling consciousness short. It is a creative force that creates new orginal insights based off past acheivements. It's literally intelligent evolution! And here you are discounting it as mere mixing and matching. Well, this mixing and matching has created the dinosaurs, the bird wing, the eye, the automobile, your smart phone, your dog, your brain, Albert Einstein, Michangelo, and every piece of art every produced. Evolution is NOT random. Your brain isn't random. It functions by way of infinite creative intelligence! You have no idea yet just how intelligent it is. It would take your breath away if you only knew. You want original ideas? Become conscious of reality.

Dark Night is when you have a deep spiritual breakthrough, you see God, and you realize everything you've known was wrong. It's not your run of the mill depression. Dark Night is something a fundamentalist Christian or Trump might experience if he snorts some 5-MeO for example.

Well, in the ultimate picture, everything matters. Every hair on your ass plays a role in the functioning of the world. Politics, as smelly and ego-infested as it is, is a necessary part of the whole system, in the same way that the ass hole is a necessary part of every mammal.

@How to be wise Enlightenment will not remove every selfish tendency deeply wired in your mind. Far, far from it.

@Principium Nexus No, I try to stay away from weed. It seems to become a chronic crutch for many people.

@Elephant You should read the side effects of prescription drugs.

5ml seems like too much liquid. 1ml should work.

@username I am probably more sensitive than most, which is why I'm in this biz in the first place. My working theory is that all brains have highly variable degrees of spiritual attunement. Which is why someone like Donald Trump probably couldn't recognize God if Jesus reincarnated and slapped him across the face.

That's just the natural function of homeostasis. After ups come downs. The key is to see beyond states, moods, and emotions, at what is BEING. Be careful with chasing positive states. All states start and end. They are not the Truth.

@Serotoninluv 300ug would be full-on insanity-mode for me. Deep ego death for sure.

@Wes Thoughts No, I think your brain may just be less vulnerable to psychedelics. Which means you require higher dosages. 250ug of AL-LAD for me is full-blown nonduality, can barely walk or think straight. Deep deep stuff. Or maybe your stuff is weak. Maybe they told you it was 150ug when really it is 50ug?

@Flicker_boy Good researchin'!

@username Ignore all such nonsense. Don't listen to any teacher who tries to monopolize the Truth. The highest marker of mastery is deep deep humility. Masters will not make grandoise claims about themselves. And followers praising their master religiously just shows how little consciousness they have.

Sounds like your AL-LAD is weak or you have a high tolerance for it. For me that 150ug would have 5x the intensity you described and it would have started sooner and lasted longer.

There is a treasure trove of research on Martin Ball's podcasts from his Exploring Psychedelics Conferences. See all the past years recordings. Also see the Change Truth YT channel.

This cheeky fellow's figured out the game.

Sweet!

You DO have infinity. You're inside of it right now. Everything you see is infinity. The problem is you're aware of it. The Truth IS extremely obvious. Once you see it.

@heisenburger Rather than villains, try to see it as unconsciousness playing itself out. Every country has plenty of it going around. North Korea and Russia are no angels. The problem with the US is our rampant materialism driven by unchecked technology and corporatism.

@Franko Well... you tell us. Why is personal dev important to you? What are you working towards? Maybe it's best to just slack off?

@AlwaysBeNice I can see where you're coming from. Your intentions are good, and that can work as a technique. But it also can easily turn into a distraction. So "watch out" is my only point. Many potential traps on this path.

Yes Spells of extreme low consciousness like that can happen after peaks of extreme high consciousness. The mind and body behaves like a natural oscillator. Best solution is to maintain mindfulness ESPECIALLY after a major breakthrough or nondual experience. The important thing is to not never doing anything unconscious, but to maintain mindfulness of while you do it. Ex: if you're gonna pig out on a jumbo bag of potato chips, do it mindfully.

@Wes Thoughts You have to be smart here. Of course 2 solid months of personal development or consciousness work would be a huge boost. If you did it seriously, you might even get a glimpse or two of nonduality. But then what? You go back to working at McDonald's in your half-enlightened state with hardly enough money to pay your next bill? Going for broke is a bad idea. You don't want to paint yourself into a corner. It would be smarter to figure out a more sustainable solution. For example, many Zen monasteries charge a low initiation fee for living with them for a whole year. So if did that, you could buy yourself a whole year of practice. Or you could hatch a plan to save up more money so you have more time later and you don't go broke. If you are SERIOUS about pursuing enlightenment full-time, there are plenty of ways to do it. Society does have avenues created specifically for such people. That's what monks and yogis do. There are entire communities designed for that, and they don't require you to be a millionaire. But they do take serious commitment. So the most important first step is to clearly decide how serious you are and what you really want to do for the next few years. If you have no good career prospects, pursuing enlightenment full-time for a few years might be a really good option. But it must be done seriously.

Be careful with idol worship. Look yourself in the face instead. Kill the Buddha and all that jazz.

@Telepresent Yes, of course, all justifications, reasons, and paradigms are circular. That is their entire function! It's a game. Try not justifying anything for a week. See how that goes.