Shadowraix

@Andreas At the end of the day all distinctions must collapse. This includes nothing vs something. Different sides of the same coin. Its the same, the difference is just based on how you look at it. Infinity is everything which includes nothing.

Always seems to be nofap vs addiction. No middle ground here?

The whole concert stuff seemed like one big manic episode stalking drake justifying it.

When you dictate the worth of something, you dictate based on the criteria of how well it aligns with your beliefs and values, as well as how well it benefits you. If you are picking from somebody you know and some killer, you are going to pick based on a very subjective criteria. Its all about how we wish for other people to be and act. What Hitler did can only be deemed as 'wrong' when compared against some set of beliefs and values. Truth polarity. The absolute would be yes, everyone has the same worth. (or lack thereof) Relatively, you could get a dozen different answers.

@Mikael89 Those traits are likely not your authentic self. We often become influenced and shaped by various things like environment and experience. Because these things shape us, it does not mean that is who we are. It is simply a mold we have taken on, one that can definitely be changed. Accepting that you can't change is the epitome of a self limiting belief. Its much easier to accept 'thats who I am' than to put in the work to dig deep into yourself.

There is a reason this path focuses very heavily on self inquiry. It is not about figuring out and obeying what other people say. Its about figuring out what YOU want. What YOU need. How YOU feel. A lot of so called 'unconscious behavior' leads you to not really pay attention to yourself. You aren't figuring out what you want. You follow thoughts and emotions blindly without truly thinking about their cause. You can end up in self destructive traps. Leo isn't telling you that everything he says is ultimate fact, truth, or will always result in the best possible outcome. But see taking in information and then inquiring to yourself about such information is how one can dissect and filter things beneficial and not beneficial from them. Its like getting a TV show recommendation from a friend, you check it out on the possibility that you may or may not get enjoyment out of it. After you watched it you do the judgment on ultimately if that show was or was not entertaining to you and if their recommendation is well suited to you. Self-actualization has a high probability for a fantastic life because you ultimately will end up more aware of how you feel and think and what things do and do not work for you.

At the end of the day, we meet a very small portion of the total potential people in the mating pool. Using previous experiences and projecting those on everybody you meet will be self destructive.

Ever since my LSD+DXM experience I have really taken an interest in this nondual path. Now I rarely practice meditation, and its something I need to work on. But I do practice a lot of contemplation. I've been a huge contemplater even when I was young as a kid, a lot of the social programming I grew up questioning which I am extremely grateful for. As someone nearing the age of 20 and has suffered through many mental issues in the past, I feel like I am on the edge of breaking a shell. I feel something shifting inside of me. I still feel like there are things I don't know consciously and it almost feels like its just waiting to burst up to the surface. I've seen tremendous progress in who I am as a person and my outlook on life. My career pursuits and intentions improving. My potential is waiting to be unleashed. Its so liberating. My overall satisfaction in life has skyrocketed. My open mindedness has skyrocketed. I can experience a sort of euphoria and satisfaction I needed drugs to experience before. Psychedelics and teachers such as Leo I am so grateful for. For making me aware of the tools to seek out answers. I'm young and have much work to do. I won't deny I am still naive. I love you all.

I think you misinterpreted me. Language starts to break down here. If you have watched Leo's video on "What is Consciousness" or "What is intelligence" or read the Kyballion you will get a firmer understanding of what I mean by mind. By everything is a creation of mind, its saying everything is mind/consciousness and when that manifests itself you get humans, animals, all of the perceived reality. Imagine a person in your head walking around a park. Its sort of like that but on a much more infinite limitless scale. In this case Mind != human perception but it does include human perception since that too is a manifestation of mind. If all is mind and a manifestation of mind then everything we do is nothing but a product of such a mind. Hence why its all intentional. It very closely relates to simulation theory. I was first exposed to this notion through the Kyballion and later saw Leo too had some interesting perspectives on it.

Why limit yourself exclusively to web development? For me personally web dev is a major cluster fuck of technologies and consistently shifting design standards and its more of a headache to keep up with than other parts of programming. But I have a bias for game programming. Also have mercy on your soul if you intend to use PHP for all of your projects. The design of that language is so so painful to look at. Who thought global namespaces was a good idea?

This seems like an extremely naive generalization.

Half truth. God is in the earth worm but the earth worm is far from God.

I feel like this comes from the idea that: All is mind and you are a creation/manifestation of such mind. Literally everything and anything you do is purely 100% intentional. But to us the meaning ultimately boils down to: Just exist.

This is a very difficult thing I am currently working through. Say somebody is blinded by societal conditioning. I may get frustrated because it seems so obvious to me. They may be perpetuating their own suffering and then I wish to break them through the illusion? Should I? The fact I even ask such a should shows I must be off track. I may develop a goal for the world to be whether its to move up a stage or whatever, but that isn't inherently evident others should follow my goal or that I should put any effort into what other people see to align with what I see. Is it a trap for me to get people to conform to me for a sense of belonging? I go on YouTube and see a dumb comment and I may write a in depth reply as I calm down my emotions to give my point of view but I always question why I do it. I quit a lot of social media like Facebook so I could explicitly stop getting frustrated on what other people say. I could think my sharing of ideas might give something to make people happier or it may just serve to frustrate me in a endless battle typically of being attacked and lashed out at. Then I think of the the intelligence that is imbued in everything. Everything is as intended. In this present moment my post, you reading, my thoughts, their thoughts, nothing is ever unintentional. Including my replies and sharing of information of others, and so are others attack on me. This inherent nature of should, should not, good, bad etc being all some construct can often leave me feeling groundless. It ultimately comes from a big conflict in either me prioritizing my own development and growth to if I should give no, some, equal, or more consideration for the well being on others and when would be most suitable to just let it be. I see when things are counter intuitive to what people want, or they perpetuate their own suffering and it causes me a great deal of pain. Do I really want their well being or just to remedy my own pain? I think I feel a deep sense of care for others (which is funny because its ultimately me caring about myself and changing myself but I digress) I'm kind of rambling at this point about my own conflict of interests in often what I wish and if those wishes are deceiving me and/or if I should even give it time of day at all. This is excluding those who come and seek what I have to offer to them but more about replying to a comment or some statement in which interjection is allowed but is not requested of me directly.

Are you really human? Or is that an identity you've created through thought? Identifying yourself as human comes through distinctions which must collapse to become infinite. A lot of religions used the idea of a "spirit" that inhabits the body to try and point this out.

Not sure I get this? The relieve of sexual energy is not ejaculating per se but the orgasm itself. An explosion in pleasure. Women may not ejaculate but they orgasm too and orgasm isn't "free" just like running or walking uses energy. Orgasms will use chemicals and functions of the body which is converted energy.

@Rilles Sounds good. One of the benefits of extracting is you'll be able to dose more accurately. How much mescaline is in each cactus varies so you end up possibly under or over shooting your intended experience just going on a "30g" "20g" etc dose of cactus. And by the time you figure out what dose works for you the supply for that particular cactus will be low.

And some people will just not be able to follow nonduality no matters how much they try. Does that mean the work itself is pointless? No. Yes there is potential such shadow work may just not 'work' but that doesn't imply its a waste of time for everyone. Its more accurate to say what intentions such shadow work can satisfy and for people to decide if those satisfactions are what they are after.

I've heard a lot of good about mescaline. I'd do an extract if possible. Eating 30g+ of cactus/powder can be nauseating.

I know dumb is a very subjective thing. Ultimately I am trying to refer to aggressively defensive, hypocritical, and any kind of fallacious logic. I had a conversation with my grandmother who perpetuates her own suffering by saying "thats just who/how I am" and I tried explaining this most likely not who she is and is just a following of cultural programming and her restricting her own thinking and self change by just accepting shes static. A self limiting belief. My responses to her excuses like "I am happy this way" (Happy to cause yourself suffering?) "Can't teach an old dog tricks" (Self limiting belief) etc etc seems to stump her but ultimately ends up not getting her to really think about what she is doing. The constant justification perpetuating your own stress and problems seems to be obvious to me and not for others. I give solutions and answers but they don't truly take in and think about what I am offering. That was significant frustration and I knew I can't make them change nor is there any fact she "should" change. Its like watching a person in an abusive relationship that fails to see the abusiveness in it. Good points. Those might be significant points of change, but I do see potential in being successful in helping individuals lives and that changing their lives which can change others lives. One small change chaining into a bigger change. I'd like to be expressive on my own YT channel so that those who can see value/benefit in what I say seek it out for themselves. My structured speech is pretty poor though and I am working on it. Being expressive always has some sacrifice and ultimately a big dilemma comes from realizing there is no should or should not, so then it comes down to do I put in the effort or just let it be. There are pros and cons to both sides.

Correct even the most minute details. But I am talking more in the perspective of the ideas humans follow or practice and the expression of those ideas to expose it to other people. When we share ideas it is often so other people can see our view because say one might think their ideas is a better way of living. Being enlightened vs being a blind cog in the wheel (Yes I am aware of the illusory dualism of that vs) Enlightened or stage green,blue, turquoise is just another stage. It can improve on the problems of the previous if you say its a problem which has to have some defined clear goal which can differ among others. People like me who are fairly early in this kind of work may feel frustration to those who don't see the more subtle manipulation of society, yet there is no should not to them being blinded by it but nor is there a should. So it can cause a fundamental conflict on if one would put any effort into showing others this path or just to let people do how they do. Its a conflict of interest. One can share ideas for very counter intuitive reasons in this path like trying to force those to belong with you. Or projecting your ideas of a better life on those already satisfied. I'm really having trouble conveying this dilemma

I made a comment to him that he hearted which showed to me he does recognize benefits for other people, he just didn't receive them when he used: "Cg Kid Psychedelics can be like packing years of meditation in a half day experience. Then you come back to baseline and have to deal with all of your usual thoughts and egoic behavior. They are most definitely tools for recognizing and stopping self limiting behaviors of the ego, but that requires one to use the experiences from the psychedelic and cultivate and grow it even in a sober mindstate. A lot of people don't want to put in the hard work to retain the mindset they held under psychs."

@Serotoninluv One core problem the thread title creates. Thread Title: "This why you should never do psychedelics" Video Title: "Why I will NEVER take psychedelics again" See the difference here? He is talking about his own personal experience to explain why he will never do them again. So the over simplistic nature of how he is describing his points is from how his experiences go and isn't inherently trying to sum them up as that being applicable for everyone.

Full and total enlightenment would be like all of your restrictions to the consciousness and intelligence of the mind that you are, being stripped away and having full and total access.

Its like breaking a bad habit. The more you give into fear, the more it is likely going to happen. A lot of our behavior you can track down to being very pattern based. Meditation is a very good tool at learning how to watch your own mind. What you're looking for initially is to not eliminate the fear, but be able to interject between the emotion and response to the emotion. Learning to watch the mind and not respond to every little thing it does can allow for such interjection. Once you stop responding to the response, not doing so will get easier. Your fear is ultimately because you are attached and grasping onto things. Fear is very manipulative for as long as you keep grasping onto them.