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@kai0 in a way, you could look at Intuition as the wisdom of the ages, all the experiences and lessons learned, passed down by all of your ancestors through DNA memory (or instinct) , very much like how a spider is never taught to build an intricate Web, but inherently knows exactly how to do it.

Intuition. It runs through all filters and none at all. You are trying to think too logically about this. You won't get a satisfying answer if you keep trying to take the trip literally

@rav don't ruin poetry ? shhh, God's speaking!

So your doubts stem from not trusting the hallucination you had of your dead friend being alive. So balancing on that, it invalidates the possibility that psychedelic insights are truth. Well let's investigate it... For one simple and possible answer, you could say that not everything that happens while tripping are insights or to be taken literally. Perhaps you simply slipped into a waking dream where you dreamt of your dead friend. Perhaps he provided you with an insight but you weren't listening. On psychedelics it kind of all blends together and I would think the point is not to pick apart every detail of the trip and say 'well that seems legit but this other thing is totally bogus'. You assimilate it all and the take-away should be very intuitive and holistic.

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@Someone here I wasnt pointing out anything, just being curious. I could never validate or invalidate your experience... I just like to ask questions don't mind me

Perhaps it's cultural programming that has made some kind of 'autonomous human'. And this human wants to share all its found. In this case, it's culture / society who needs Zen

@Someone here what's the difference between my mind and your mind? I hope you know I'm asking curiously, not trying to be facetious or anything.

Is the body actually doing anything? Why would it do that? It seems really intelligent!

@Someone here ah gotcha ? the body is rather showey, huh

Now this is not to be rude at all, but why did you feel like sharing? But also, ❤️

Honestly some of the worst suffering is human interaction. ? Sorry bad day at work ?

Here's a great example of how it could be made into a companion toy, (along with a stuffed animal body and AI voice) although it looks like some kinks need ironing out... ? https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/i-killed-a-venomous-snake-and-now-im-scared-wh-283cb1 (holy crap I just invented the teddy bear from Stephen Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence

@Leo Gura and @ all the moderators Sending love... I know this can't be easy. But someone's gotta do it

sounds like a whole lot of complaining about nothing jk, in other words, there is only presence as long as there's experience. Now that you are present and aware, you are somehow still not satisfied with reality. This has led to awareness not being as sharp because your mind is once again divided. Meditate the hell out of it. Contentment rises, (or unveils) you don't find it. Be aware now so you won't miss it. Then latch on and explore it.

please join in my book study, I think this will be right up your alley https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/52939-study-group-the-book-of-not-knowing/?page=1 lets explore identity together

Creating a Conceptual World Chapter Six: 1-10 6:1-3 Play is an inherent nature for many mammals. We observe it in cats, dogs, squirrels, monkeys, rabbits, etc. For human children, it is also inherent to create imaginative worlds in which to play. But make-believe is not merely playing, its like an autonomous life-training for the ability to conceptualize. "Just like kittens becoming cats, what are adult humans good at? Conceptualizing!" 6:4-5 Along with play, the imaginations of children allow them to soak up cultural knowledge like a sponge. This time in their life is when they learn many of the things that will haunt them into adulthood- like that "knowledge, talent, and possessions are evident of a "deserving" person…." 6:6 These lessons are internalized and then present themselves in the play. They invent roles to fulfill these cultural life lessons, such as playing doctor, mommy, store clerk, etc. 6:7 This carries into adulthood, except we forget we are make-believing. Its true that most of what we "know" is make-believe, but we've been doing it for so long - (in fact childhood precedes our memory of it) -- that we no longer recognize it as such. 6:8 Simple acts like dinner time are not inherent truths of reality, but merely cultural phenomenon, something passed down through the ages. (although its definitely starting to break down if you notice). So lets just say "eating dinner". Its not an inherent truth. We have been told when to eat (three times a day is most popular) so we think that between 5 and 7 we should eat dinner. Its all made up! 6:9-10 Its good to root out many other make-believe that we take for inherent truth, such as: 'I am thinking', 'emotions are what we say they are', 'disease can be cured', 'animals have emotions', 'my self is unique and meaningful', etc. It's important not to take this information as conceptual evidence, but to continue to explore this and have continuous experiences and insights into how much of our reality is make believe.

Last night, I had an inkling that I was dreaming, and decided to jump around and see if I could fly. This is a less common reality check for me, but whatever. I didn't exactly fly but while kicking my legs in the air I didn't immediately fall back to the ground. OK... Now I was pretty suspicious, so I went ahead with counting my fingers. Sure enough I had 6 fingers. I was dreaming! But it all felt so real. I truly thought I was awake. I counted again. 7 fingers now! But the strange thing was I couldn't remember life outside the dream. This has happened once or twice before. So I knew I was dreaming, yet was not lucid. I thought my dream self was dreaming, but had no memories of this life, such as in a typical lucid dream. I ended up just flying around and showing off my aerial acrobatics. But wow... That feeling of realizing it's a dream....

Ah I've got to try this in a lucid dream! Sounds like when you meditate yourself into a WILD, but backwards

It's not without its advantages. But must be balanced and not let to rein wild. I also observe neurotic thoughts which sometimes can be great at problem solving, when it's not actually creating more problems...

could you describe the feeling you had as a child, and are you sure you aren't incorrectly associating with your adult idea of depersonalization?

Morality is a bitch lol. Trust me, I have come from nothing, to a childhood of ultra-moral protestant Christianity. From a family and missionaries, we believed every word of God and couldn't wait to join Him in heaven, after living a long healthy and moral life, of course. And after saving as many lost souls as possible. I left religion cold turkey when I turned 20, although it took a few more years to really stop believing in God, as the christian's view it. In fact I only recently started referring to "God" as it instead of he, because that's how deeply ingrained the personhood of God is for us. At least at this point I can say I have no idea what "God" is. But I've been on a path of self-discovery, and it turns out I'm pretty awesome, so I'm pretty content with that. Slowly, over time my morals have unraveled a bit. I still know what it takes to navigate this physical realm, and the cultural idea of morals is ABSOLUTELY necessary if you want to to be afforded any luxury of personal work. I don't have to believe in them to use them to my advantage.

((Reading music, or you can listen to it before reading to settle the mind)) Embracing Paradox Chapter Five: 47-53 5:47 The tools presented in this book are not to force any type of conclusion upon the reader, the author just hopes we will use them to actively engage in questioning all aspects of experience. 5:48 Authentic is the first and last of the principles. It is both a major part of the questioning process and also the end result. It's what honesty, groundedness, openness and questioning leads to. 5:49-53 The four principles are necessary for an experience of real-being. But also, paradoxically, they are also necessary abilities to grasp or to use the principles of each one. In other words, I guess, they lead (fold back in)to themselves. We are now equipped with the only thing needed to go out and question everything about our experience, in search of an authentic experience.