billiesimon

Thanks for the very nuanced reply I had to read it multiple times to really understand the self deception here. I guess that what you're saying is that I have a limiting belief about the hardship of reaching the feeling of oneness "sober". Yes, I notice that there's a belief that it's really hard and it needs a lot of work and frustration. But I also realize that for some people it was very spontaneous and natural. So I'm pretty sure that there's a way to naturally let go and feel it in "everyday life" The method? I guess I should also let go of finding a method, otherwise I would revert back to the belief of needing a "powerful tool", like psychs. Probably the method is just learning to completely let go of Mind and let reality BE without interference/resistance. As Eckhart says, we have to let the present moment totally free to be, for us to become conscious of consciousness itself. At least that's what feels right for me now

It seems really powerful! How long does a smoked trip last? Leo says that plugged ROA is longer lasting. You mention the disappearing of Maya. What happens to physical reality when you smoke it? Does everything disappear or do you still perceive the room, the sounds and the senses of normal reality?

Yes, that's another way to put it. The contemplation was done by Mind unto itself, but to be more exact it was Consciousness exploring its own facets and features through the ego, or avatar. The avatar is created by the mind, and it is just a costume, a playable character for Consciousness to inquiry about itself. Well, the True I is not Mind, it is the One Absolute. When "I" becomes defined by shapes and characteristics, it becomes the False I, the Ego.

I will try 5-meo-dmt in the future, but right now I'm too scared I've used 1P-LSD and 4-HO-MET to access these experiences. The first one is great for long explorations, the second one is more laser focused and short acting. Did you try 5-meo? Is it hardcore?

Well, yes, there's certainly a lot of resistance to the truth in "sober state", but right now I seem to not be able to completely let go in order to access ego death. It's weird because with psychedelics I start to feel a lot of negative emotions and resistance and then I completely let go and reach "death". From there onwards I generally feel the truth and true happiness. But to me it seems like the "sober state" still needs a lot of manual work, inquiry, meditation etc.... in order to fully let go. Even when I am fully relaxed, I still feel some shapes and distinctions between perceptions. So I guess I need to work on it. Or is there another way? Is it possible to fully let go without "working on it"?

Absolutely yes, Mind is the creator of boundaries. Ahahah I love Batman! My favourite hero. Well, I might be wrong, but in the metaphysical meaning I give to Mind, it seems to make sense. I don't mean the "human mind" or the ability for cognition here. I use Mind in a way broader and existential sense. Mind: a quality of Consciousness, not separated from it, which can create boundaries, forms and time-perception. Mind is completely illusory and it is not attached to any particular form or living being. In fact the illusion of life is created by Mind, which is a "skill" of Consciousness. Mind is not separated from Brahman, it is just an inherent quality. Consciousness to me seems to be like an infinite and transparent cloth, and it is Me, it is the True Sense of "I". Consciousness has the ability to morph and create imaginary boundaries and shapes inside it, this ability is Mind. But I guess this can be taken into the wrong meaning, since Mind is associated with the brain. Mind is basically Divine Intelligence. Mind is like a brush INSIDE consciousness, and it can paint any form and any boundary CONSCIOUSNESS wants. Mind has NO will of its own. It is just like the hand of a human. It is the human who uses the hand and the hand has no separation from the human. What I'm trying to say is that everything is Brahman, BUT the specific feature of Brahman which creates the Ego and the sensory reality is Mind (Divine Intelligence). Of course Mind is just pure emptiness and thus the only true reality is Brahman/Consciousness. There is NO duality between Mind and the True I. I have experienced the absolute/Brahman in four different psychedelic experiences, two were of divine love, and two were of the absolute ghostly nature of matter and the dreamy fabric of reality. Absolute hardcore ego backlashes the days after I'm also working on getting these mindblowing experiences from sober states, with self inquiry and meditation and breathing. But the most I've gotten so far is becoming aware that all sense perceptions are one single undivided block of "inputs" without a real ego behind, but still not a true ego death. I'm working on it and I'm gonna get it sober!!!

Amazing responses, @anaj ! From what I've read, some people attain enlightenment by sudden shock, or sudden realization. People like Eckhart Tolle for example, or some monks from the zen tradition. Others, which are the majority, attain it by constant and persistent use of the techniques and everyday presence in the moment. Can you confirm this second statement?

Yeah, I personally totally agree. From a meta perspective the war had to end this way. Because consciousness moves towards integration and unity, so the two world conflicts had to produce a nuanced push towards peace and harmless diplomacy. The UN for example. Of course this interested only the european nations and north america, since the US kept on messing around with vietnam, korea, the middle east etc.... but definitely the second world conflict HAD TO end in a more peaceful western world order. It's the same as the french revolution. Absolute monarchy was becoming really outdated and low consciousness.

These are my top questions, and also a VIDEO REQUEST: -- What is Mind? -- also: -- How does Mind (and awareness) manifest physical reality from human imagination?

Bashar is a very fascinating kind of channeling. Do you guys think that he's some kind of ethereal entity from Darryl's mind or a "true entity"?

Thanks ?

I have experienced divine Love and noticed the dreamy texture of reality, but never experienced the Void. I'm going to work on this relentlessly Do you mean that the experience of nothingness holds the answer to the dreamed POVs? What's the answer to this dillemma in your experience?

This guy seems to grasp the dilemma of the POVs inside the dream. We all get it that in ONENESS there's no perspective and there's no separation. I have had direct experience of that, yet I still don't understand how POV works inside the dream, in the world of illusory forms.

@Galyna thanks for the explanation I've had some small awakening experiences, but still I can't solve the POV dilemma discussed by other users here. Everything is a dream, except for Awareness, which is is the actual Reality. So every person is dreamed and painted by the mind, like in an imaginary painting. Yet, INSIDE THE DREAM, are there multiple perspectives/POV? I still don't understand whether the DREAMED perspective of billiesimon is the only one or all the others dreamed people have their dreamed perspectives or not. This is the dilemma. Did you find a solution to it? If you notice, we are all discussing this matter inside a dream where we seem to be separate. This must mean that inside the illusion of the dream there must be countless dreamed perspectives/POV. Or is there just one? Do you get what's the dilemma?

@Galyna Amazing insights! Congratulations ??? What kind of formal practices/techniques did you use to reach this knowing? And how often do you use them?

This video is amazing. A great summary and documentary about the evolution of Advaita Vedanta and nonduality in India

Well, reality is actually continually shaped by your level of awareness and your vibration. Which means that if you consistently observe negative situations, you tend to manifest them again. That's also why your shadows tend to attract similar bad situations. Psychedelics boost your awareness and vibration to the roof, so you can experience for a few hours a more flexible and ethereal reality. But generally speaking, normal awareness creates a slowly changing and very solid reality. But you are actually influencing it all the time.

Amazing footage. But why is it that some stage purple communities cover their sexual organs and others don't? Isn't the protection/guardianship of sexuality something that comes from red and blue?

Isn't it that tribal rules and oppressive traditions become too nonsensical for them? Stage red hates being forced into tradition by others, and aims to become free and self centered. Isn't this one the reasons why red despises purple? The tradition/superstition paralysis? Red strives for "improvement" while purple is obsessed with the past and heritage.

Yes. But this makes absolute sense, since the core value of red is power and domination, and not wealth. Wealth is a core orange value, that's why this stage is the best at exploiting the economy for profits. Red has lost its hystorical meaning since we are way past the classic antiquity, and have several industrial revolutions on our shoulders

I've had this MASSIVE fear for years Leo.... And the last girl I've dated has seen me cry and seen my soft side, and still she liked me the same and hugged me. She was disturbed by my self hate and self doubt at the time, but not by the genuine display of soft emotions. Shadow work has healed a lot of this inside of me, but I still have some shadow left. In your experience, do women prefer the grounded stoic man or the grounded empath/emotional man?

Well, simply amazing

I completely agree, based on my glimpses of awakening. It is a dream, but it is so damn clever and well directed that I competely fall back into Mind and believe in the story of my life again. What I don't understand is... why is there a call to awaken? If god wants to play the game without knowing it is a game, why am I (and you too Leo) attracted to spiritual awakening? In fact, I'm so attracted to it that I find satisfaction in dissolving the illusion of suffering and mind. Why is that?

I'm pretty sure that deep sleep is a mental concept. We experience the day, we experience falling asleep, we experience dreams, we experience waking up. There may be no actual deep sleep.

I never said that I said the reverse. Negative and arrogant women tend to always get abusive relationships. I never said that girls in abusive relationships are all arrogant. I was just talking about the arrogant/bitchy type. Of course nice girls get bad/abusive relationships when they are inexperienced. It's very common. I was just saying that the bitchy type can't get an actualized and positive man. ??