Consilience

The universe is your direct experience. It is the manifestation of formlessness as form. If someone where to become so conscious they died, physical death would be achieved. Yet other people are still occurring relative to their experience so their lives are unaffected. Form oscillates with formlessness. The people we see in our experience were never there and yet they are there, in their own universes which are interconnected and “one” with ours yet distinct nonetheless.

Thinking the universe will end after a mahasamadhi is a misunderstanding of what the universe is. The universe in which a mahasamadhi manifests is not the same universe in which a guru can verify whether someone left their body from a mahasamadhi

Check out the holistic psychologist on instagram and youtube, and look into the technique of future self journaling. Very powerful. Id also recommend meditation as habit transformation will pretty much always require mindfulness and concentration as we feel the ego trying to pull itself back into old conditioning.

Ive seen this before, very interesting indeed. From what Ive observed in meditation, there are more than two. There are A LOT more than two, but these “sub selves” generally appear to aggregate into a single “self” which is how we experience being a self. Yet upon very careful examination, our ego is a collective of drives, desires, aversions, judgements, thoughts, emotions, which are backwards rationalized as being 1 thing when in reality they are many. Not only are they many, they have different motives and preferences... super fucking weird actually and extremely difficult to be aware of as we live daily life.

When you live these “smart things” rather than intellectualizing about them, they most certainly help our situation on Earth. Bliss, happiness, love and truth are available right now, regardless of form. This is a radical possibility many do not see.

The book The Mind Illuminated teaches an extremely robust meditation method centered around developing concentration. As you move through the stages outlined in the book, not only will you make massive concentration gains, but your overall mindfulness will increase as well. Ive personally gotten to the point where I can create states similar to that of a mushroom microdose while sober... pretty crazy stuff. Im not perfect, some days Im more mindful than others, I have ego backlashes, etc,. But the overall direction is profound. There’s a free pdf of the book online. Id read the introduction and see if it’s what you're looking for. Feel like a broken record on this topic, but concentration is the number one skill truth seekers lack. Unless you have a profoundly stable focus, the likelihood of embodying insights and awakening are improbable. Truth resides in this moment. This moment requires you to break out of the illusion of time. Breaking out of time means detaching yourself from thoughts as these exist as a function of time. Detaching yourself from thoughts requires the massive mindfulness/awareness/concentration. We can create and stabilize this mindfulness/awareness/concentration through effective techniques. Ta-da! Insight alone aint enough. Embodiment is the real game.

It’s pretty simple. 1) All you have is direct experience aka consciousness 2) All you’ve ever had or will have is direct experience or consciousness 3) The idea of a material reality is an *idea* a way of modeling, conceptualizing, and thinking about our *experience* (refer to points 1 and 2) of reality. 4) All models, thinking, and concepts exist as mind, they aren't found in sight, taste, touch, sound, or smell. They are experienced through mind. 5) Mind is an experience and therefore consciousness. To think reality is material requires a belief system about reality. If you want to believe reality is physical, that’s fine. The ego mind enjoys building grounding around the unknown, as this provides it comfort and a sense of safety. However recognize that you buying into an idea of materialism requires a belief system. Reality being consciousness is prior to all beliefs, it is what is direct. Your reality is LITERALLY consciousness, has always been, will always be, and could only ever be consciousness. “Something must be wrong with Leo’s theory” you’ve got it wrong here. Leo is pointing to an observation prior to all theories, as all theories fall into the predicament of 1-5. Look at actuality, look at reality directly and recognize that is is quite literally conscious experience. That’s the most you can say with Absolute, unquestionable certainty. I made this insight before ever taking psychedelics so they arent necessary, however they certainly help.

Yessir. A meditation practice with a focus on concentration/attention stability has been leading to a stabilized waking state of what feels like microdosing shrooms. The reason for this is one of the key effects of psychedelics is that they draw attention into the present moment. This moment is where insight and truth resides, so of course the more we can replicate this state while sober, the closer we will be to what is actual, what is true, which is what psychedelics help facilitate anyways. It’s my opinion that concentration is the #1 skill truth seekers need to actively be cultivating if they want to embody their insights from contemplation.

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Funnily enough I was tripping on LSD about 3 weeks ago and somehow energetically felt the damage caffeine was doing to my body, haven’t touched it since and havent had any cravings to. Tbh Im amazed at how much better I feel. Then this video came out a couple weeks layer haha. I pretty much agree with everything he says here. Caffeine is so embedded into our culture, no one treats it like a hard drug but it really is. Society is literally promoting the addiction of this drug too which makes it that much harder to quit. For me once I could clearly *feel* the extent of the damage, something inside of my mind clicked. I now can wake up within 5-10 minutes feeling normal, it’s wild. Edit: just to put this in perspective I was only drinking 1 cup per day. Nonetheless have had crazy results abstaining.

I think Id rather just ride the wave no matter how bad. Psychedelics are a great bullshitting test for people who claim they’re awake or conscious of the absolute. When reality is crumbling around you in chaos or you’re literally conscious of the collective suffering and horror (Love) of humanity, how grounded in Truth will you remain? Why have a safety net when you could use these as opportunities to see practice the embodiment of Love? Moreover, after around 20 trips Ive found that the best perspective to take is that there are no bad trips, just ones that are more challenging than others. Just my 0.02.

Wow... I remember seeing a video of him posted on the forum awhile back and being inspired by his bravery. Very sad news.

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1) You *don’t* know whether Ralston knows what he’s talking about, you aren’t Ralston. This is a basic fact of realty. Ralston is something you’re imagining, creating, and interpreting, what he’s talking about you will only indirectly know. Again, fact not assumption. Basic philosophy dude. 2) Im not assuming you haven't taken 5-MeO, Im making the claim that unless you’ve tried it, you dont have the epistemological grounds to criticize Leo. Nice try there, but read more carefully. Notice you’re incorrectly interpreting my comment through a lens of bias and ego. Your mind sees what it wants to.

You have 0 idea if Ralston knows what he’s talking about. Notice how quick your mind is to project authority and criticize another. Id argue until you’ve taken 5-MeO you don’t have the epistemological grounds to speak. Take the wisdom from both teachers and find your own path. Notice the ego is the thing projecting value and criticism.

Your clear window and stillness is sound an awful lot like a state.

I see this possibility, but according to him this satori is beyond scales, states, or levels. To be quite honest though I have no clue what Peter considers a state. Not sure how he can't see the distinction between the "state" of being enlightened and the "state" of not being enlightened. It feels like a tautology. Idk.

It's frustrating being unable to reconcile these differences in a satisfactory way. Two teachers who have played pivotal roles disagrees so heavily. I do see that as a play of mind though, not really the authentic Self. It seems to me that 5-MeO literally dissolves the entire ego structure, mind, and survival concerns thus allows one to observe reality without any filter at all. Within such a state, the awakening potential seems massive as one is now in more direct contact with reality as it is without the mind interpretations. I've never tried 5-MeO though. This dynamic is what I've experienced with mushrooms and LSD, although sometimes these less powerful psychedelics tend to not remove the mind completely, but change the function of the mind. I see new ways mind can manifest rather than having the mind removed, this leaves me with a lack of clarity that I hear others speak of with 5-MeO. It's interesting that Peter mentions that he walks around in a stabilized Satori and that it is not a passing state.

@Raptorsin7 Good for you for unapologetically speaking your perspective. Seems like people are kinda ganging up on you here and unwilling to listen to an alternative perspective. Oh well haha

The lack of satisfaction with baseline is huge. Boredom and dissatisfaction with sobriety is cosmology, believe it or not. This is the biggest drawback I see too with Leo’s approach, the lack of scalability to sobriety and the lack of understanding into what sobriety has to offer one who is oriented towards Truth. While I use psychedelics and will continue to do so, I do not believe this path of only using 5meo is my path. I seek embodiment and integration as well, not temporary insight and peak states.

I'd recommend the techniques outlined in a book called "The Mind Illuminated." Been doing the practices for close to a year and am reaching what feels like micro dosing mushrooms as a baseline sober state. I also use psychedelics so I have a good reference point as to what is actually changing in experiencing when tripping vs. sober. The super duper watered down version on the method is 1 hour a day of meditation with a focus on stabilizing attention, in other words building concentration.

The mind fundamentally operates within the conceptual framework of time. At least, the mind that we experience in our waking state, although I've had really gnarly trips where mind and time were experienced differently so who knows what's possible. For your sober state though, mind = time. However fundamentally speaking, Absolute Truth is RIGHT NOW. Time is a complete illusion. Until your attention can settle into this fundamental truth of reality, until the mind can truly concentrate on this eternal NOW, you will not have spiritual insight. Period. This is why concentration is damn important. A mind being dragged around by every little distraction will be hopeless at having spiritual insight, much less embodying these insights. Not to mention that a mind with stable attention, aka concentration, exists in a radically different state of consciousness than the normal mind. A concentrated mind is results in happiness, fulfillment, intuition, pleasure, and all sorts of positive mental states. Even though these states themselves are not necessarily Truth, or insight, they certainly are higher quality than the dull, distracted, anxious, and suffering state of mind the default mind is accustomed to.

It is just as deeply mysterious as any psychedelic state... yes such an important insight. Lately Ive been feeling like Im tripping just being dead sober because this insight has been becoming increasingly obvious. Absolute truth is true no matter what the state. The key is having the consciousness, the awareness, the meta view of the contents of all states to see this. There is still immense value with entering into radically altered states of consciousness as these states throw all of your fears up, and show you the many ways you’re bullshitting yourself but eventually, one needs to come down off the mountain and embody the wisdom. The distinction between content vs. structure is very important here. Watch Leo’s video. Basically though, all states are content but what is the structure of all, and I mean ALL (psychedelic, extra-dimensional, being bored out of your mind, sleepy, suffering, etc.) states of consciousness? Leveraging one’s self into this type of understanding allows one to see the lack of change between a psychedelic high and a sober state of reality. This is the gateway into true, embodied wisdom in my experience.

Very nice. Yes breathwork is an extremely powerful technique for emotional healing and insight into the subconscious mind. Great report

Couldn't disagree more. Hasn't been my awakening process AT ALL, but all paths are unique.