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@Haumea It is really interesting how mushrooms for me have a very African/Maori/Hindu vibe. Even though I'm not well-versed in those cultures.

Do you realize what infinite means? Its means EVERYTHING. Neuroticism and suffering are two things within everything. If there was no neuroticism or suffering, there could not be infinity. Why do you overlook the beauty of neurosis and suffering? Are these not beautiful things? The reason your life is filled with suffering is because you haven't yet learned the lessons which that suffering is trying to show you, so that you could realize the nonduality of existence. Suffering is meant to lead you to infinity. If you would just listen to it. The mechanism is PERFECT! You have no idea yet just how perfect it all is. It is perfectly designed to lead you to Truth. You just can't see that yet because ego clouds your perception. That is the cost of egotism. Your suffering is directly proportional to how egotisical you are. So do the work, and you will one day experience the infinite beauty of everything (heaven). Or don't, and stay in hell.

But what created the cultural memes in the first place? Just random fantasy? Or something more? Maybe trolls live under bridges and throw stones cause that's where the lichens grow?

Yes, that's where self-inquiry comes in. It is helpful to clarify what exactly you're identifying with when you say "I". Find that identification and question it to hell. Don't let the mind be vague about it. What is being identified as "the pilot"? Is it the world "I"? The inner voice? A feeling in the chest? A feeling behind the eyes? What? Whatever it is, once it's found, notice that it's just a feeling/sound/image. And then wonder, "Why would that feeling/sound/image be me?"

@zunnyman Keep doing your practices. Chances are, you're still far from enlightenment. Do you want to know what reality is? How badly do you want to know? << Hone that.

@Vladimir The point is to align your passion with your career. If you separate these two things -- like 95% of people do -- then you will be miserable 8hrs every work day. And after 8hrs of work, you're not gonna want to do anything else but crash and watch TV. Raising your own consciousness is fine. But how you gonna pay the bills? Working at McDonalds?

You can certainly rake in millions of dollars with consciousness work. The one thing every human being needs more of is consciousness. There is nothing more valuable to human beings.

@heisenburger There are several ways: Work 9-5, develop skills on nights and weekends. Work part-time and develop skills. Find someone to support you, like parents or friends while you develop skills full time. Work 9-5 for a year or two, save up all your money, then quit job and develop skills full time. Start a business which makes money right now. Find a job or internship which helps you build the skills you want. You have to be strategic about finding high-paying jobs, or jobs which have low work hours, or low stress/energy jobs. You have to be strategic with you money expenses. Save up every dollar you can, stop wasting money on stupid shit. This is a bootstrapping process. Expect it to be challenging. Expect to work a little harder than most people. You're not gonna be doing it forever, just a few years.

@zunnyman Your physical and mental health is already fucked up. Enlightenment will make things better, not worse. Assuming of course your mind is open to and desiring of the truth. What fucks up your physical and mental health is unenlightenment. No, your current conceptual understanding is not good enough. That won't physically harm you, but it will lead to you wasting a lot of time chasing your tail, and you will fall into all sorts of conceptual traps. By all means pursue enlightenment. But read at least 5-10 more books about it, so you know what you're pursuing and all the intricacies involved. You don't need to do anything to prepare for it. It's already true. It's already you. Just have a genuine desire to know the truth nature of reality.

@Telepresent YOU DO NOT EXIST! Cut all this "I", "I", "I" business. It's a word that points to nothing. Just a story. Just a word pointing to other words. You might as well be spending your time figuring out how the Flying Spaghetti Monster is piloting that body. There is no pilot.

@limun Just practice, practice, practice. All spiritual techniques require massive practice. Like learning to golf. It helps to approach all this with strong commitment and mastery mindset.

If you like that, you'll love the real thing

@TJ Reeves If you're writing a serious book, it's probably best not to publish chunks of it on a public forum. You'll want to maintain copyrights and all that. Just an FYI.

I chose life purpose over girls. But that's just me.

Or so you believe.

You haven't experienced extreme skepticism until you've doubted whether existence even exists, never mind your "brain". When your skepticism causes the floor under your feet to disappear and you tumble into the gap, that's when you know you're on the right track

@Alex K It's hard to help a person who lacks desire. I bet you're just disconnected from yourself and have been brainwashed by culture to such an extent that it's hard to start doing anything but watch TV and the like. If that's the case, you're gonna have to spend some years cleaning yourself up. Like a junkie. If you start visualizing what you want every day, you'll start to build desire towards it. Getting started is often the hardest part. It can take a few years to build momentum with personal development. Start with just reading books and journaling about where you want you life to go.

@momo If it is, you better see a doctor

Some people fall out of a plane. Some people get run over by a train. Some people burn in a car. Some people get shot from afar. Some people choke on a cherry. Some people eat a poison berry. Some people drown in a tub. Some people die from a club.

@Key Elements Then they kill you

@Shin Donald Trump is a man-child

Tell that to a lobster People have died, for example, from improperly run sweat-lodge ceremonies.

@Moreira You're still thinking selfishly. You're thinking about how to get what you want, rather than how to give value to the world. And so ironically, you will end up unable to get what you want. Having what you want is not nearly as fulfilling as giving what you have. You've taken the best part of life purpose and flipped it upside down to serve your personal desires.

You ask that, and you have a picture of Ramana for your avatar? Lol

37.5ug is a pretty high dose (for microdosing). The biggest concern is that you might become immune to it (and most other psychedelics) after a while. The brain does tend to build up tolerance. And that would be a shame. People who overdo psychedelics report that they lose the magic they once had.