Leo Gura

But even false things are true (have being). Depends on what you mean by falsehood and truth. But disregarding truth is not going to turn out well for you in the end.

I have extremely clear memories of many of the trips dating back 5+ years. I clearly remember all my most important trips and realizations. I can replay them in my head and get a mild high from it. Including weed.

Simulation is the wrong word. Don't use that word. Because simulation means a copy or a model of a higher reality. But Consciousness/Being has no higher reality and it is not a copy or model of anything else. Being is not a simulation. Being is Being.

Yes. That's my situation. Correct. Although your wording is weird because I see Leo as God. So there's not a contradiction for me. The word "Leo" is a just a pointer to a field of Consciousness which is God. But then within this field of Consciousness there is also a Leo ego/self-image. That self-image could come or go, but God is the whole field and everything in the field. But properly speaking Leo should refer to the whole field of Consciousness, since that whole field is my life. Leo isn't just the body or the self-image, Leo is the entire field that constitutes my life. Leo is everything I am conscious of. And so is God.

But we stereotype all people. "White boy", cracker, Tech bro, hot girl, fatty, hippie, fuck boy, frat boy, bimbo, himbo, bum, cuck, Libtard, geek, nerd, nigga, grifter, etc. You're not going to stop that.

Don't confuse frame with frame rate. These are totally different notions. And your consciousness does not have a frame rate. Consciousness is not a video game. It's infinitely continuous.

There's degrees and facets to all these realizations. And the facets interpenetrate and combine. Emptiness of the self can be distinct from emptiness of the world. But of course then self and world collapse into a unity too. So the emptiness of self and world is the same emptiness. But you will probably realize them as distinct facets at first. And then you can realize emptiness to deeper degrees. No-self has degrees too. There is a degree of no-self that's so deep that you won't even be able to remember your own name. Most enlightened people haven't hit that degree.

Frame is a way of looking at something in your mind. State is the actual physical being of this present moment. What humans call the physical world is actually a state. You entire visual field is a state of consciousness. If you drink a bottle of vodka the state of your visual field will change.

I am happy to be wrong on that point. If you are serious, go ahead and do the research. It is not hard to type in: "ESP research studies" into Google or ChatGPT.

Eventually you'll discover that Truth and Beauty are identical. All the consciousness you experience in daily life is the Beauty/Truth that we're talking about and seeking. You seek a deeper connection/recognition of the Truth/Beauty of your present consciousness. That's all. Don't think of Truth as some far away dark thing. Truth is your present visual field. I both remember very deep states and I'm also very clear that any state I'm in is God. So even though I'm not in a crazy high state right now, I'm still aware that my default state is God. This is different than before because I didn't recognize my default state as God before. First you learn to recognize God in the high states. Then you learn to recognize God in the low states. So eventually all states are seen as God. That's the goal. Do not dismiss the power of memories of higher states. Spiritual teachers love to poo-poo this as memories not being real. But powerful memories serve as pointers to God, much more powerful pointers than any words from a spiritual teacher. I can just think of a psychedelic memory and it shifts my state in the right direction or brings profound new insights. It is much better to have memories of higher states than to not have them.

Yes, fear is a major obstacle. How did I overcome the fear? By doing so much psychedelics so many times that eventually I gradually acclimated to it. If you hold spiders and snakes in your hands enough times eventually you will stop being afraid of them. But the first few times you hold a spider it is scary. If feels like your entire visual field is recontextualized as God. Everything you see glows with God's radiance. That's what you're after. You don't need to think your way to it, just trust that it will eventually happen to you. Well, this is where psychedelics are so useful. If you can get even one short glimpse of God on a psychedelic then you will have a target to aim at and look forward to. I use my psychedelics memories to motivate me to work towards higher states. But also I'm now conscious enough of God that I can get motivation from just appreciating its beauty, and then aiming for more of that beauty. Really, the motivation is Beauty. Try switching your motivation from Truth to Beauty. It's about the Beauty of Consciousness. That's what you're really after.

@shree That's why I've stopped using the enlightenment word. It's hard to know what people mean by it exactly. They seem to use it in different ways while acting as if there is only one binary state called enlightenment. I do not subscribe to this view of Consciousness. From what I gather, mostly what they mean is loss of the sense of an ego self. The no-self realization. But to me that is just a small aspect of Awakening. Keep in mind that people can use these terms in different ways. So you always want to drill the user of the word down on what exactly they mean by it. Don't assume. Force them to spell out the phenomenology of that they mean. What does enlightenment feel like for them? That will give you a better idea.

Basically no. No particular state is required for that. That's mostly a function of time. Time has a healing quality as you simply forget the setback.

This thread is a collection of short illustrative examples of low and high perspectives of all sorts. But do not just post anything here. We are looking for short, potent, clear examples that convey a view in nutshell form. We are also trying to illustrate specific features of views that make them low or high, such as demonization, strawmnning, projection, pig-headedness, etc. Only post exceptional examples which illustrate a point. Be selective about what you post. Less is more. Don't post long videos that meander without a point. Think of this like clips you would show your child to teach about low vs high worldviews. Your child is not going to watch a 30 minute video for this. Be selective!

Body plays a role. But just relaxation is not enough the radically change your state to the levels requires for Awakening. Of course tension in the body is not a good thing, and you should work on that, but that will not change your state significantly.

Yes. That's why many trips may be needed before breaking through to God. The trips are cleaning up emotional baggage before the really deep metaphysical stuff can appear. The mind may need to reach a certain level of internal conceptual clarity before higher states open up. But not always. A higher state could still also just blindside an unprepared mind. That's what a bad trip usually is. Yes, hardcore retreats will be required then. Therapy-type of work. Shadow work. Deconstructing your beliefs and ideology. Basic self-help. Yes, contemplation work is important to lay the intellectual foundation. Awakening/God is not the only objective. You also need to just make other kinds of sense of yourself, your world, other people, and reality. Not everything is about seeing God. A lot of useful inner work can be done without God.

Consciousness comes in degrees, like a volume knob. You can have more or less volume. But volume is not the only quality of sound. Sounds cannot be mapped to volume alone, but all sounds must have some degree of volume. Higher and lower refers to the volume of consciousness. No. But at high volume the ego dissolves. Ego exists at low volumes. Ego is a low volume phenomenon. Like a rat that lives in the basement. The rat does not like to live up on the rooftop.

No. Consciousness cannot be mapped to any linear model. There are higher and lower states, but states differ much more than just by degree of high or low.

Indeed. To be precise, I mean a range of states. Awakening is not one state, it is a vast range of states. Psychedelics. You can. Psychedelics are not effective for some people due to genetic factors. The psychedelic can change your state but doesn't necessarily elevate you into the Awakened state range. This may require finding the right type of psychedelic, which most people are unwilling to do. Some people have such a low baseline state that even psychedelics are not enough, or require very high doses. Some people's minds are so confused and murky that it takes many iterations of psychedelics to clear up the confusion, emotional baggage, trauma, wrong beliefs, ideology, etc. Your state can be stuck at low due to trauma, emotional baggage, fear, or ideological attachment. So that stuff needs to be worked out before one is able to access higher states. Do not underestimate the huge role genetics plays in one's state. State is predominately genetic.

The way I define my terms, unconsciousness is a state of consciousness, just like zero volume is the state of a dial volume knob.

You are always in some state of consciousness. Examples of different states include: Default waking Deep dreamless sleep Dreaming Drunk High on weed Dizzy Sleepy Sick with fever Enraged Depressed Anxious Manic Etc

There is definitely BS on New Age channels. You gotta be selective about it. A lot of credible research has been done on remote viewing and ESP. Check out the work of Dean Radin and others. I will not supply you with studies. Go and make the effort to find it. This is not a topic where I will spoon feed you stuff. Either you are serious enough to put in the effort to research it, or you are not.

@Clarence I understand your point. I was trying to underscore the goofiness vibe of this issue. Politics is all about striking the right vibe. There are serious vibe problems with the trans issue. For example, tampon dispensers in men's bathrooms is a huge vibe problem. And I feel that leftists do not appreciate this vibe problem enough. And then snowflakery on this matter makes leftists very vulnerable to exploitation by right wingers. I understand leftists just want minorities to be respected. But this will not happen so easily. Whether you like it or not, "chicks with dicks" is how much of the voting public sees the trans issue.

Indeed, you will discover that all your ideas about reality are shit. Which is why he doesn't want to look.

Bottom? Market is likely to go much lower next quarter as Trump's chaos impacts earnings. The effects of Trump have not impacted earnings yet. That rain-cloud is on the horizon. Don't be a greedy sucker. Protect your capital.