Aaron p

just beware of spiritual dogma. by that i mean spiritual "information." when moving towards enlightenment (even slowly) the problem becomes getting rid of subconscious spiritual bullshit youve accidentally adopted. also dont fear confusion, its actually a good sign at certain points. confusion shows that you are putting effort into actually thinking about the concepts. your gona get a lot of conflicting information in the spiritual domain and confusion is going to be your best friend during certain times. it is not the enemy. you must also become highly eclectic with your gathering of spiritual maps and information knowing that nobody, not sadhguru, not allan watts, not leo gura, is immune from inaccuracies. Of course different teachers will have varying degrees of bullshitery (leo is definitely the best imo, he himself is extremely eclectic). but you must be the ultimate authority, your fuckin god man. there is nobody else haha. just dont do what teacher say just because they say it (also dont do that< unless you deem it to be appropriate). other teachers dont exist. also if your experiencing confusion and dont know what to do, just remember the entire essence of enlightenment work: find the no-self so that god can return. and if your experiencing confusion still, just sit and watch the ego being confused...be amused by it trying to figure out the universe. in fact, you could even intentionally confuse yourself just to drill home the point that what you are remains in the mist of confusion, depression, ecstasy, breakdancing, a storm, an interdimensional trip through DMT realms and anything else. you remain. and thats what the entirety of enlightenment is about. now go smoke some dmt you silly goose

@RightHand LOL I NEED MORE PPAAAWWAAAAA

well...you should know this skill is very rare and you will largely be alone with it. most cannot entertain the idea that an opposing party could be correct without subconsciously harbouring underlying motivations that they simply still want to destroy your argument. you possess the rare ability to entertain the possibility that you are wrong. however you should also be open minded to the possibility that some (or many) people around you are just wrong. This is a very real possibility, one that i am discovering for myself. while i know that i deceive myself on a regular basis and that i cannot even tell when it happens, i am also [at a more simplistic, realistic and pragmatic level] aware that a lot of the people that exist around me are just complete dumbasses. and this isint a judgemental statement, its an objective observation of the state of reality for me. It should also be noted that "masters" and great teachers knowers of wisdom must (by logical deduction) have eventually met the same realisation at some point in their journey to being someone who a certain demographic of seekers recognise as someone who possess particular skill in obtaining truth. It perhaps points more to the increased intelligence of the master as opposed to the decreased intelligence of the general population. also, your not going to get very far being a pushover. the reality is that hard headed people with strong dumbass opinions exist in HIGH numbers all around you and notice...you are the only one who can authentically entertain the possibility that they might be right and you might be wrong...but it is this very skill you possess, that makes you 100x more likely to in fact be correct. look at leo...is he being unassertive of what he knows is true in spite of an ocean of morons telling him hes deluded? Study his style, study the style of assertive empaths and skilful epistemologists. the short answer is; people like you have to learn how to anticipate the dumbassery of dunces and love them regardless. (kind of like how you treat children)

i have had billions of children, i release them into the world at a rate of around 250 million once every 24-48 hours

heres my collage for people who question authority:

i dont need photos i just have as many mirrors dotted around my house as possible

just like psychedelics there is massive potential for harm in porn. highly developed minds might not see the potential, but holy shit...ch1dr3nexposed to porn for example (common) is very bad. there are so many ways it can be bad. it should be treated like a legalised drug. not illegal but extremely carefully managed

lol here, yous do realise that this whole donald trump thing is happening because people are tired of political correctness? (im well aware that i am not learned enough within this remit to talk authoritatively about politics, especially USA politics)...but yo, i mean, im not a fan of political correctness myself. would it not be fair to say that a shake up of the system might even bring about the climate for a reconsideration of policies and governing methodologies after the donald is gone? like the ones leo suggested in his conscious politics series? like i dont think there can be massive reform and systemic adjustment (of the prison system in USA for example) without something to shock the system into change. also seeing as reality is a self adjusting system that moves itself inevitably towards perfection, there is no way the universe isint trying to tell us something here

no

depends which now your talking about...smoke 20mg of you know what and then your now will be...significantly, closer lol ;0

women are naturally less authoritarian because of biological factors. men have hormones that make them naturally more inclined towards obtaining dominance. dominance of a country, dominance of money, dominance of knowledge...hence why you typically see less women in positions of power. This naturalistic phenomena is being combated in professional settings in the name of equality but spirituality is not a professional setting (or it is, but it isint recognised as such) and its less formally structured...meaning that nature has more control, so you'll likely see far far less female spiritual teachers (of what i call "true, off the deep end, enlightenment"). in this area, nature is mostly unchallenged.

i like the hexagonal manifestation of temporarily crystalised hydrogen and oxygen particles: theyre my friends lol

its a good job there only is one square

in absolute terms? i donttttttt think so, everything is ultimately perfect, even hitler. but i see what yout saying and yes...especially with psychedelics, just like any extremely powerful tool, you need to be very careful with them because (while they wont cause you to overdose) you can get some seriously bad experiences. It can go very badly and continue going very badly lol. it takes skill and poise and a degree of cleverness and mastery to navigate psychedelics. one small example of it going wrong in a completely unpredictable way is: you tell all your friends about the wonders of psychedelics so they start using them and getting into trouble at parties when they mix it with alcohol, Then think "well ive tried drugs now lets see what else im now able to do" and start trying mdma or ketamine (addictive) frequently or sure lets try some cocaine...sure its all just "drugs" and i do drugs now. There are many many many ways it can go wrong when psycs are used without wisdom. One simple piece of wisdom (as an example) is recognising when psycs and spiritual practises are going too far too fast...you want to bend, not break. another analogy in understanding egoic and mental strain (as some strain is expected and normal) its like working out a muscle, you want to intuitively feel the difference between good pain (that breaks the muscle down in preparation for growth later) or bad pain (that is pulling tendons and ligaments or tearing the muscle)

@Inliytened1 its difficult cuz there also is a distinction lol. the distinction is actually super important to realise at a certain point. its real, as an illusion

i cried today lol

Just in case anyone hasn't seen this I definitely think some people here might appreciate it. I know its extrapolated and limited but its 30 minutes of inspirational space visuals in 4k, cool for a trip or something: absolutely stunning

yeah bro dont attack the grand master like that. Leo (jokes aside), i think i represent a notable percentage of people here in saying that a video or series on taste or masterful appreciation of any area of life would go down a treat. This is especially considering the fact that, after one becomes extremely materialistically successful and even enlightened...there has to be something for the mind to continue doing to occupy itself. Just like your appreciation and taste for african artifacts and nature, I'd like to learn how to be a person with taste, and character. my observation of art (painted, drawn, manufactured, natural, social, philosophical and other.) is that it is very similar to existence (obviously beauty being a component within metaphysics). Art has no objective "point", and neither does existence. Art is created for pure pleasure, so is existence. Art is made with the design that *you* as the observer develop your connection to it to give both you and it a sense of purpose, the same could be said of existence. Reality and art have many similarities and areas of synonymous overlap. could be a cool video

actually Leonardo Da Vinci made it

@Davino no idea

bro...haha...WHAT?