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you have to understand that God is all of “this” too though.

Depending on what you mean by “too high” I will sometimes just give into it all. Which for me means becoming absolutely paranoid and terrified of everything in my life but then I come back and realize it’s not all so bad after all.

This is good.

Hey I agree with that. Nothing wrong with creating a healthy ego

You’re overthinking it

God chose to materialize otherwise there would be nothing. How else would you describe it

Your soul chose to materialize for some reason. God doesn’t make mistakes.

it doesn’t matter how many psychedelics you’ve done or how many hours you’ve meditated or how many self help books you’ve read. What matters is how deeply and fully you can love. And sure those things can help you reach higher levels of love. They can also create a monster of an ego. And it’s very difficult to tell the difference between the heart and the ego, because the ego is so so good at masking as True Self. We have to continually bring ourselves back to higher states of consciousness. Goodness, love, joy.

@BlueOak absolutely. AND there is something to be said about states of joy and loving kindness and their importance in the higher evolution of our species.

@theleelajoker You can absolutely make a difference between real and false self. And no, there really is something to “figuring it out”.

I’m not really entirely sure what you’re saying but yeah this didn’t change my mind.

@ChrisZoZo wrong about which part. Something special?

I would say a lot of it is in your felt experience. You feel like there is more to this existence for a reason probably, right? Maybe there’s nothing to it, maybe there is! I’ve personally always felt like there was something “more” probably much of that was due to my religious upbringing and then later on psychedelics sort of “told” me there was more…but lately I’ve been going through a faith crisis and realizing that much of what I believed was unconsciously just due to what I’d been taught by my parents and society. But I still deep down feel like there’s something special here so I’m going deeper so that my faith is based in something more real.

@UnbornTao I would say there’s more to understanding real and true self beyond intellectual understanding

@Ishanga I read that book a long time ago and still don’t get it after that. Probably confused me more haha but I feel like I would really get something out of it now

@LifeEnjoyer I’m not a master in this subject but yes I think the ego is a construction. What are you trying to understand? For me learning about the ego has helped me live a more heart-centered and loving life because I’ve been able to distinguish between the two. You have to understand that this is nuanced, because while yes we are all living in a construct, we are also made of the divine unseen All. Everything comes from that Source and “good and bad”, ego and heart, are all divine. What are you trying to figure out by learning about the ego? For me I wanted to learn about the ego so I could be more loving because I saw that my ego was not as loving as my heart. And yes, all is love, AND there are distinguishing qualities of living in love vs. living in fear.

Bro of course. To be completely without ego is to be dead

@Hojo 👍🏻

I wasn’t talking about the dreaming part.

Well it’s a nice way to look at things but it’s not technically true

@Hojo does that happen during the REM cycles? Haha just kidding

Honestly no. It’s very freaky to me to think that everybody alive now will literally be gone in the next 100 or so years. I mean our lives are a blip in the echoes of eternity. I think about it all the time at this stage in my life and it does actually help me create action. Since this is the only life I have and I don’t know when it will be over or what happens next I do try to live to the fullest. It’s not that easy and there’s a lot of twists and turns to get there but this impermanence really does drive me. I still don’t accept it but I do try.

@DreamScape you’ll figure it out in the moment. If love is your guiding principle you’ll be guided to love. It’s not easy per se but it is a way to live.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using this plant as a teacher. It’s super powerful. It can be a “tricky devil” so to speak like others described it’s very addictive and easy to misuse. It’s in its nature to be so if you think about it the plant itself is sticky, referencing its “sticky” qualities.