vibv

I don't like to tell you this. But this world is a trap. The more you're addicted to it the more it will have got you. The only real option is, weird as it sounds, denouncing all pleasures except if something is really needed, stopping all addictions. Furthermore connect to your real body. The body in this world is only a pain-body and every pleasure just relieves the pain. If you wanna connect to your real body : feel the pain body fully. That way you're not completely in it anymore. We may be able to leave this place together, but it will be a long stony road. Everybody has to do the work by oneself.

@meta_male The harder you try the more you'll push someone away. So, maybe try a more laid-back approach. When you feel good other people around you can feel it and can resonate with that.

Psychedelics can't bring you enlightenment, that's for sure. Nothing that "happens" can.

Siddhis are also a huge burden, you can't just use them like magic, that backfires enormously. When you get it without being ready for it I'd rather call that unlucky.

@Dodo Let's take some personal responsibility by questioning our very own style of life. Do we really need to eat stuff with so much sugar in it, which is addictive? Can we reduce waste by buying products that use less of it? Can I use less ressources like water, food and energy? etc. I think it makes a real difference. There may come a time when this will be very relevant. I see it as preparation.

I think you have more possibilities than you think.

You can see it if you just open your eyes. We're on a path into more greed, addiction and overproduction while so many people still hunger. What have we created? Can't we just finally face it? At least we can steer into some other direction. Is this where we want to be and is this the road we want to continue going down? Where's our humanity?

Mediocrity is only suffering if you wish it were otherwise. Usually mediocrity sets in when you have too much comfort and the pleasures that are available to you can't scratch that itch anymore. Have you tried living more minimalistic? Reducing pleasure to get more out of the small ones.

Why is it that every thread escalates into site-long discussions who has the more accurate description of consciousness? Must be the nature of this place, huh? @Dodo No escape is one thing. I talk about unforeseen consequences. We're riding this place like an accelerating rollercoaster into..into what?

i Know! But think about how disrespectful it is to other lifeforms on this planet when we just celebrate our greed and addictions. Eating plants is also a form of domination. It'd be wise to not use more ressources than we really need.

We'll see but to be God-like also means to realize that everything has consequences. Even when it seems temporarily otherwise.

@Ramasta9 Thank you for your kind words.

That also means I'm done with psychedelics for good. I value those experiences, but I needed to take the plunge someday, else I'd continue to get lost somewhere along the way. What I will do now is this: Awareness, Grounding, Breathing consciously, Eating consciously (and not too much), no drugs whatsoever anymore, living human life as conscious of other beings and how my actions affect them as possible. Remember that everything here is addictive. Even personal projects.

I don't know how we ended up here but it is what I suddenly recognized and everything fell into place, no more contradiction. I've never felt more alone and scared than in that moment. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to escape. All alone in this twisted diabolical dream by myself. It's a pretty unique kind of duality. The first half seems completely innocent and all the pleasures are open to you. In the second half it turns completely around and you are the one being devoured now. But it is dependent on what you did in the first half, everything comes around so to speak. It has happened many many times already and here we are again. It's unclear if or when it will be different, maybe never. That means at least we can live a life pretty much like a saint. Because it always goes deeper. That way it can be OK at least. Not directed at you personally, but: Beware of your foolishness. Speaking from experience. My whole life's work and everything I fantasized about goes out the window in one single day. I'd say for the better.

It's a spider's trap. First it makes sure you identify with the fake dream-pain-body, then it lures you in with pleasures. And then it will devour everything—but only after you have given it everything of you yourself by trying to live in some kind of happy-go-lucky fantasy that it is trying to sell you. @Ishanga The surprise is that nothing is free and you can't just live like nothing matters because that will backfire in ways you couldn't imagine. The whole world is under the influence of this and it shows by straying away further and further from god.

I AM BECOME DEATH DESTROYER OF WORLDS

@vibv By suffering it once you can drop it for good.

I agree with every single point here. You don't know what I saw.

@Davino Even staying awake when fear cuts like knifes through our heart. After feeling it through completely it drops like a ripe fruit.

Of course. Thanks for delivering the death blow. Has been a pleasure.

To what? Seriously interested. Awakenings happen all the time, some smoother others not so. But that's no news. If you wanna keep me on edge don't answer

@Leo Gura You created that for yourself. No judgement.

By opening up to the greater mind that encompasses it.

Yeah, I see. That's the nature of this forum in a way. You only see the language that is produced in here, not what is felt and seen.

By the way, I think I have something to tell you