Leo Gura

Deep enlightenments. Or... psychedelics. You must answer the question: What is reality and why does it exist?

Tip #1: Don't Learn to lead yourself. The best gurus are self-made, and they want you to be self-made too.

You must be EXTREMELY CAREFUL when picking wild mushrooms. Don't do it unless you are an expert or with an expert. You could kill yourself.

@Eonn The instruction I give myself for do-nothing is: let go of all control and just observe what is happening. The "just observe" is awareness. Awareness DOES NOT REQUIRE DOING. You can be aware even inside a flurry of monkey chatter. This is a subtle point, but important. As a general rule of thumb: if you're not being aware amidst a meditation session, you're not doing meditation, you're doing something else. Awareness is THE KEY. An alternative instruction might be: BE MAX AWARE. Do anything you want, but be max aware.

@BjarkeT https://www.actualized.org/start And:

There's a staggering amount of research to do into finding your proper diet. It's not really about asking me for answers, but doing the research and experimentation for yourselves. Diet is an individualized thing, and diet will evolve with you as your consciousness increases, so it isn't just about getting it right once and for all. I've been evolving my diet for the last 15 years and I'm still not done. Read some books about nutrition. Not fad diets, but nutrition fundamentals. Focus on health, energy, and clarity of mind NOT gaining muscles or cutting fat.

@Serotoninluv Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Humans have intentions sometimes. A rock falling on your head doesn't. But both are acts of the universe all the same.

https://www.actualized.org/insights/how-to-research-psychedelics

@Dj1 HCl will burn very easily. You have to master the technique through trial and error.

@beastmode If I threw creativity or contribution into the trashcan and you never saw them again, would you care? Do you care about them both as ends, not just means to ends? If one is just a means to the other, throw it out. If you care about each one individually for its own reasons, then keep them both. If you find they are just synonyms for the same basic idea, merge them into one.

All good suggestions above. I will just add: get used to it. Boredom and sleepiness are one of the mind's best defense mechanisms against Truth, so it will use them often on this path. It might take you a year or more to work all that "sleepiness stuff" out of your system. Sleepiness is not just sleepiness. Sleepiness is loaded with a bunch of psychological issues and neuroses. It will gradually get purged as you keep up with your practice. But, also, of course, make sure you're getting enough sleep at night and don't eat anything for at least a few hours before you meditate. Nothing like a full stomach to make you sleepy.

@Ether First few years are pretty slow, especially if your meditation is sloppy and weak. Stick with it anyways. It gets exponentially better with practice. And take some week-long retreats to super-charge your practice. Or add some psychedelics to it and you'll get 10 years of growth in 6 months.

Yes, the infinite intelligence of the All, inherent in everything. It's hard to believe until you experience it first-hand.

@ajasatya The crazy thing is, for a guy in his 40's, he looks ridiculously young and healthy. So maybe he found the elixir of life!

@kieranperez Great!

Serotoninluv's GF: "Honey, I love you." Serotoninluv: *slaps her across the face* "WAKE UP! There is no you or me! There is only Buddha-nature, and it loves all equally."

@Max_V You should name your child Spruce Spyro

In the context of this discussion about this freaky frog, yes. This reminds of another Vice documentary about a guy who injected himself with cobra venom every week for 10 years. Now that's fucking hardcore. He makes the craziest psychonuat looks like a pansy.

You have to learn to recognize consciousness even when it doesn't fit your expectations.

Yeah... don't seem too pleasant. I would stick to regular psychedelics. Putting yourself through hell isn't necessary.

@SirVladimir You can't lay on the nonduality lectures on a wounded, grieving ego. In a situation like that, you apply compassion, then you bring up nonduality LATER, once he's not emotional. The whole point of an emotional reaction is that the mind is resisting reality. So of course at that moment the last thing it wants to hear is a nonduality lecture. That's like talking calculus at a mule.

You know... Adderall is basically Meth.

@Swagala The real you don't exist. Ta-da! So what are you calling "me"?

Hard to imagine humanity not still going. The question is, at what pace? In what condition?

@kieranperez Research, research, research. See my latest blog post.