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@egoless Go live in Alaska. Watch Life Below Zero on Netflix to see how such people live.

@Space All that stuff is helping. Sometimes you gotta clear out emotions before you can dig into the existential questioning. The psychedelics will def help you with self-inquiry if you keep exploring them prudently. You've only scratched the surface of them. Any kind of retreats are good. I find meditation helps with self-inquiry, and vice versa. Of course a week-long 24/7 self-inquiry retreat would super-charge your practice, and likely get you a glimpse of nonduality. 1 weekly retreat is worth like 365 days of practice.

@Space You're in luck. See today's new episode. I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but psychedelics would help in this case a lot. Also, doing a week-long retreat would help a lot. But also remember that progress on this path isn't linear. You will have some plateaus. Don't quit.

The authentic self is just being closer and closer to no-self. The more ego you purge, the more authentic you'll feel. There's no conflict here at all. No ego = full flowering of one's innate personality without cultural conditioning and other learned nonsense. There is no self, but there is a personality.

@phoenix666 That was just the intro. 1.5 tabs is when things get real interesting

@kieranperez You're making it too complicated. Too much overthinking. Just do it.

@egoless They are different, but both can take you to similar places. I find AL-LAD (very similar to LSD) better than mushrooms for doing consciousness work. Mushrooms are more volitile and murky for me. It really is worth exploring various substances to see which you resonate with most. With psychedelics, you just never know until you try a few different sized doses.

@Ryan_047 That's right. Welcome to freedom.

@egoless They contain the exact same active indredigent: psylocin. So the trip should be the same. But they are dosed quite differently. Truffle weights are much bigger.

@How to be wise Of course that technique of doing nothing will not cure your addiction instantly. But by the fact that you did that 4 hrs of sitting, you have already made a good stride towards curing it. By sitting there, you were becoming conscious of it. Even by failing to sit there, you became more conscious of it. It will take more of this kind of back and forth, on and off, for you to get consciousness enough to stop it, or at least reduce it significantly. Curing an addiction is no easy thing. It's also important to find some other healthy activity to replace it.

@Alenka Both ways are possible: you can stay in the relationship and apply consciousness to it, or you can leave the relationship, isolate yourself, and do some serious consciousness work that way. Isolating yourself tends to actually be much more effective. Which is why retreats are so important. Spirituality demands lots of uninterrupted focus. But either way can work. It just depends on your goals and values. If you seek enlightenment, relationships will be a distraction.

@faith 1 gram of dried mushrooms or 75ug of LSD (half a tab) are good newbie entry points.

@Alenka Suffering is something you create. Spirituality is not about enduring suffering, it's about becoming conscious of how you create all your suffering. So this "enduring of suffering" game you're playing is not real growth, it's neurosis and ego monkey-business. Apply consciousness and spirituality to your relationships until you learn to stop creating that suffering.

I never really tried. I'm sorta over the whole convincing-people-of-stuff. I already spend enough time talking calculus at mules. I did manage to administer 5-MeO to my gf. She snorted 28mg, surrendered like a champ, and landed in Paradise. Best experience of her life.

@Timotheus Sounds like you're doing good (you're growing), it's just that you had a traumatic childhood and so you have a lot of extra emotional baggage to work through. If you seriously feel suicidal, then take the process slower. 15 trips in 13 months might be too much for you.

Yes, we'll cover this topic in the future. Mainstream culture's understanding of physics is 2 centuries behind.

Your question will be laid to waste once you experience Absolute Infinity. It's Absolute! Like... really!

Keep in mind he was only starting his journey. His ideas weren't mature yet. Sharing happiness is certainly rewarding. But it's not the essence of happiness.

@smd You have no idea what you're missing. You're speaking about nonduality or 5-MeO as if it's a fad diet or a new TV show. It's not easy, but nothing life-transforming will be easy. "Looking into Zen" isn't Zen. Sit down and start doing some serious self-inquiry and go do some serious meditation retreats. If you ever try 5-MeO you will realize it is the single most important human discovery in history.

@smd You only really get something out of it after the 3rd or 4th reading

@kieranperez There can be a difference, but they usually come together. A person with low self-esteem will likely let life and other people walk all over them. And a person who is stuck in life, especially in relationships, usually is stuck because of low self-esteem.

That's YOUR job to discover. That's why you're alive! There is no static balance here, it's a dynamic balance, and it will all depend on your particular situation. See video: The Role Of Balance In Personal Development It's like you're asking: "Tell me how to balance on a unicycle. Should I lean left or right?"

That would a cool discovery for me. Just another mindfuck in a sea of mindfucks. I like getting my reality overturned.

@Dan94 Just keep in mind, Peter Ralston's life purpose was to become a world-class martial artist. And he did that! One of the best in the world. Trained for many years. Alongside enlightenment. I once asked Ralston how he managed to navigate this conflict. He looked at me funny and said, "What conflict???" So both can be done, and the conflict is really just in your mind. Notice that many enlightened people are also masterful at many other things in life, and have thriving careers. The motivation, commitment, discipline, flexibility, passion, long-term planning, and striving towards excellence which is required to reach the deepest levels of enlightenment are exactly the same qualities required for mastery of any other field of life.

@Elephant I don't recommend getting your stuff on the streets.