Consilience

The Mind Illuminated

Thank you and for sure. Do it alone. Sitters can be cool but they will without a doubt influence your trip. Empathy is always on overdrive with psychedelics so I prefer doing them alone without the influence of another’s emotional state. Make sure you have music planned out before the trip and recognize the tone/energy of the music deeply affects where your mind goes during the trip. Three, meal prep. My mind is so torn apart while tripping (Unless I do smaller trips) the idea of having to manage food seems impossible lol. Finally, Id stick with 150ug max for your first solo trip. Too high and your body/mind wont be able to fully process what the hell is going on, plus it lowers the risk of bad trips. You also build up your energetic tolerance the more you trip, not in terms of the physical effects, bur how well you can stay centered and conscious during the peak. So be patient with yourself and allow yourself time to adapt.

Agreed but overall I enjoyed them all, even the dumb ones haha. They all had their charm and were all very artistically novel which is one of the things I found so impressive.

Interesting read. I don’t necessarily disagree with anything posted here but I wonder, if you were to explain this to a teacher such as Mooji and he asked you at the end, who is the one that is aware of this absence of knower, how would you respond? Im basically curious as to what your perspective is between the distinction of the True Self in Advaita Vedanta vs. the No Self in Buddhism. Overall this sounds like a powerful practice. Tbh it almost feels like the more mindful and stable attention becomes in meditation, the more I contemplate in the background what the hell is going on in my daily life. Its as if mindfulness and stable attention has become the contemplation itself, a steady noticing of direct experience and what it really is all about. Thank you for this post ??

I love this video. Ive always interpreted the video in that the real trap is not seeing the truth of both perspectives. Both bears are correct. Though tbh brown bear is being a bit more stubborn imo and between the two, id prefer living in gold bear’s perspective. Beauty is just to beautiful to not experience. Plus beauty is the Being brown bear is talking about, he doesn’t seem conscious of what Beauty really *is* I also appreciate Jeff Fosters ocean/wave model of non-duality.

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Acknowledge the anger fully, feel it fully, but let it go. Just let it go. If you pretend you aren’t angry, you’ll turn that anger into a shadow. Shine the light of awareness on it, which it sounds like you’re doing. Next step is to literally let it go, let the sensations pass and don't bother projecting importance onto them. Your anger for this girl is completely unimportant. Also let her go; let the need for you and her to be together go. I know it’s difficult, Ive been there multiple times, but it’s really the most conscious decision you can make. Keep in mind she isn’t an object for your pleasure nor is she needed for your happiness or fulfillment in life. Respect her autonomy as an individual being. And as counter intuitive as this is, letting her go is the best choice. If you let go of your neediness to be with her, it’ll either help attract her or you’ll attract another woman. In either case you win. It sounds like she may be into your friend, so just be prepared and ready for that. All is good. Good luck dude.

Of course. There are many paradigm locks within society. Yet this one is on you. You’re trying to assert that a form of physical activity doesn’t have any room for skill improvement when it clearly does while also appealing to no authority other than “because you’re wrong” while ALSO acknowledging you’ve never experienced sex. Its a clusterfuck of a rationality. Yet when people give you analogies that parallel your assertions, you brush them off as being bad analogies. You are paradigm locked over the silliest of topics while also refusing to see your own fallacious reasoning. This lack of clarity, open-mindedness, and self-analysis for your own position is indicative of what society is doing on multiple levels across multiple domains. Whether you realize it or not, you’ve created a great example of paradigm lock for the forum to observe firsthand. You’ve provided a fantastic example of just how stubborn, close-minded and irrational the human ego is when it comes to defending its own position, even when the defense has gapingly obvious holes. I don’t say this to be mean, merely to point out to others (and hopefully yourself) how ridiculous and yet indicative this example is when it comes to other positions within society, much more nuanced and complex topics beyond “this is act takes skill to get better.” If an ego can defend a position like this post in such a bizzarre way, imagine the lengths an ego would go defending more emotionally charged topics like religion or politics.

This thread is teaching me so much about how paradigm lock ?

If you’re wanting to live in a psychedelic state without having to take psychedelics Id recommend taking the long road and learn how to meditate.

Merry Christmas you guys! ❤️

Im just trying to help you see the oversight you’re making by explaining different scenarios that have rhe same structure, but are different content (see Leo’s structure vs content video) but Im starting to think you're trolling. Done replying. Good luck with your future sexual encounters ??

Intellectual knowledge =\= experiential knowledge. Knowing how to aim a gun and hit a target intellectually =\= knowing how to aim a gun and hit a target experientially. Man this is hopeless...

And this right here is what will hold you back from being a great sex partner one day.

You know it intellectually, not experientially. Just like you know the surface of the moon intellectually, not experientially.

@the-philogynist Maybe save your opinion until after having had sex?

Of all the thought stories to be lost in ?

@the-philogynist I encourage you to be open to the possibility that sex requires practice to master, and there are skills within sex by which you practice achieving mastery.

Yes! Great analogy. Im sorry @the-philogynist I wasnt trying to insult your intelligence.

For me it seems to... the lighter my mind’s become (less thoughts, less judgements, more self acceptance and self love, more gratitude, more joy, etc.) the less food I want to eat... my bodyfat has gone down and I dont feel as hungry. It’s like I naturally feel the need to fast. This change has been completely involuntary though but it feels like as my baseline consciousness changes, it has been reflected in the way my body wants to fuel itself. Also Im vegan and feel 0 need or craving for meat or diary. I feel like my body responds very well to high vegetable and high fruit diet. I also focus on protein intake too though, just non animal sources obviously.

? alright buddy. Feel free to believe that. When you try to eat a woman out and get confused why just “licking” isnt enough, dont say we didnt warn ya.

I already have. Since you’re a virgin that probably explains your beliefs on the matter. I dont say this to be mean, just as friendly constructive feedback. As you gain experience with sex, you’ll understand how sex is in fact a skill. There’s a lot more that goes into good sex than humping. But if you view sex as completely mechanical, it’ll more than likely limit your sexual abilities in the future. Anyways I agree... porn feels pointless other than to remove energy from the body and mind. It actually feels harmful sometimes.

There are techniques you can practice with sex and get better at. For example, giving oral to a woman, or a woman riding a man - there’s a skill, a finesse, a rhythm to these sexual acts that can improve over time. And after you’ve been with different partners with varying skills, you can observe the difference. Even staying with one partner, you can improve your ability to give pleasure based on feedback and thus, improve your skill. You can also get better at tuning into non-verbal cues as to what your partner enjoys. It’s an intuitive skill you can develop, being able to read what your partner enjoys in the moment without them actually having to use normal language. There are a lot of details to sex you can improve upon. This has been my experience anyways.

Uhh... This is incorrect.

The documentary “Ram Dass Going Home” deeply impacted me early on the path... it’s bittersweet to hear he’s now finally gone. Very inspiring soul and a true spiritual leader.