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Awesome, I'll be following that tomorrow for 2-3 hours and see where we can get, much appreciated, your time spent answering my questions will be well worth it

Ahhhhh okay okay, I guess when I kept thinking "I am" and I didn't notice too much pop up in my awareness, I tried to hunt and hunt for it. When I couldn't find it, and I felt like I was being redundant, I tried to figure out everything that I for sure was not to separate that out in hopes that what I am could sneak through. What I am not is my perceptions and senses, at least that's what I believe right now, so I hoped that scooting all that to the side would allow me to put the pieces together as to what in my awareness I was aware of that wasn't a perception. That being said, I will spend the whole two hours next time solely looking for my treasure, and not where the treasure is not.

So I did my two hour meditation, in the way you recommended, and yeah it was great, insightful and I felt like I was separating myself from my perceptions well, I just wanted to ask some questions so I can continue to improve on my use of this technique. I intend on doing it this weekend for a day with a big ol bag of mushrooms and would like to get a handle on it. 1. I found myself a few times asking whether I should continue to build the intent of figuring out where the "I am"ness and trying to separate myself from the perceptions that enter my awareness vs. going out and searching every corner of my awareness for things that I can separate myself from. Should I be actively looking for this sense of "I am", or just building the intent for that "I am" feeling to come so that once it's at the front door of my awareness I can simple observe it with the knowledge that because I am perceiving it, it's a perception and not me 2. On a fairly similar note, could you give me the name of the game, or tell me if I have the right impression. I feel like there are two options, I can intently focus on one aspect of my perceptions such as my visual perceptions and separate myself from those to a high degree if I only focus on that perception. Or I can do a mediocre job trying to separate myself from my visual, inner/outer audio, outer touch, and emotional body all at once. Am I going for depth or breadth? 3. Also quick, I did eyes closed and that seemed fine, is there any reason that one is better than the other (I know there are people who do eyes half open as well)? Otherwise I'll just get a feel for what seems to work for me

My mother knows zero about my acid use or any mystical experiences I've had. I know its nice to talk about yourself to others, but if you are going to hate them as a result of it, leave it be. They may be ignorant, but they also weren't as lucky as you to stumble upon such a beautiful path. Love them, or leave them be, this path ends in love from what I can tell so far, dont expect to get there hating

@aurum I believe you're right, the egos job to protect, defend and survive. That doesn't imply that every action we do protects, defends, or leads us in some way to survival. The way the ego gets us to survive is by rewarding us with temporary pleasure when we eat, temporary pleasure when we dominate others. We are chasing pleasure, not the things that cause it. Think of people who do heroine, they aren't protecting, defending, or leading us to survival. In reality it's clearly killing you but because it's bringing you pleasure, you do it. I think there are likely two types of humor, humor which solely seeks after pleasure for the sake of pleasure, and humor which seeks to expose the truth. Ego dominates the world, yet there is humor everywhere, I think it's a stretch to say that all humor is a letting go of this. I used knock knock jokes, and I can see your argument there as something childish and raw, let's think of a more intense form of what some people would consider humor. Think of all the people who called Barrack Obama a monkey, or jokes that aim to put people down. There are people who genuinely laugh at these jokes, but it's a stretch to call them honest in nature, raw, or childish. Just like pleasure, humor probably has it's hedonism and surface level pleasure, as well as a deeper form of shredding off the ego. @Samra I hope I addressed both your points fully!

Could you run me through just one potential doomsday scenario that you could see happening with one low conscious person, so that I can get a better grasp of the worry people have over AI?

That's beautiful, I think this is the definition I like the most so far, or resonate the best with. I'm still not sure this fully encompasses humor. Think of your classic "knee slap" humor, knock knock jokes, etc. I don't think all of these have as deep of a significance but still lie within the realm of humor

I'm about to do my morning meditation, this morning I have two hours. Are there any specific meditation techniques that you developed yourself or endorse strongly that not many people know about? How would you recommend I best spend these two hours meditating?

After your body and mind dies, will "you" go back into the delusion and suffering in a future life?

I certainly certainly agree this has something to do with it, but I could punch someone's kid in the face and it would be unexpected, but not funny. Well funny to some, but imagine arbitrarily heinous acts. I think we are just naming facets of humor, and I don't know if we can define the whole gem at once, or have to piece it together via it's various facets

"Eliminate mast all together especially when having a GF that performs sex" I agree and disagree with this, for him this might be good advice. If I'm having sex everyday and then my GF or whoever i'm having sex with leaves for 2-3 days, and they come back and I've blue balled it for 3 days. I'd be lucky if I got my pants down

In a one on one self-help session, would you consider lies or half truths if you knew that the full truth would turn them off the path of enlightenment forever. Does the truth come over all, or does reducing the suffering of other people come above honesty?

That's so beautiful, I've been reading through this, thanks for that insight

Because humor is meaningless and fun, just like life

I agree, it's actually how I usually relate with people at different levels of the spiral. If you can get someone to laugh, you can probably get them to listen. That being said I think there is slightly more insight to be had here other than just pleasure seeking and getting people to like and trust you, I'll meditate on it in the morning as I think it's also an expression of love. Of not wanting the other person to feel stressed in your presence, and I think some of that positive emotion is actually a release of some social anxiety. That being said, so many people use humor, not just who we might traditionally consider nice. I certainly use it to make light of serious issues, and to bring up serious topics in less debby downer way. Hmmmm, yeah back to sleep

Do you happen to have a more indepth analysis of why humor let's go of the ego? And while I agree it feels good, other activities like meditation which let go of the ego can be uncomfortable depending at what level you are at. Im not sure how to put those pieces together. Any insight would be much appreciated

What's the biggest thing keeping you back from helping even more people? Be it financial, lack of expertise in some field, human needs, etc Is there reincarnation/past lives?

That sounds awesome, if you need advice on the future in terms of spiritual work on acid, me and a lot of other people on this forums have experience and would love to lend a hand. On top of that, Leo specifically did a video on how to use psychedelics in a way that is based off of spiritual growth rather than just having fun, which I also recommend, music with eyes closed is so beautiful if you give yourself to the experience. Also we all use language like that, I totally get it, I just wanted to make sure, sounds like you'll be kicking ass

I actually have some more questions now 1. What are the benefits from further developing through the various degrees of enlightenment to society as a whole? 2. If it were an option, would you do this journey again by being reborn? Or would you never go back into the life that we live even after an eternity of bliss? 3. Does it make it difficult to teach people who suffer how not to suffer, when you aren't suffering? Is there an advantage to teaching that comes from being in the same position and delusion as others? 4. Is there a path that can benefit humanity and raise the consciousness of society as a whole more than enlightenment?

I don't want to overuse spiral dynamics too much because I feel like it already is over applied. However, my thoughts are just where does this road lead for you. Some of the language used like "work in an office with a bunch of apes?" makes me think that there is a fairly strong negative attitude towards these people. This road leads to love, and not just love of love, but love of mankind. I understand the darkside of orange, but there is also a lot of beauty to capitalism. It brought wealth and technology, which in turn gave us the money and time of day to be on these forum discussing these "orange apes". I really believe moving forward will entail being able to love these apes, and truly seek to raise their level of consciousness. Remember, while they may come off as apes, a lot of them lived loveless childhoods and only ever learned about achievement from their parents. Some kids don't get affection, and some kids grow up in other parts of the world that don't have the niceties we have to develop as far as we have. You've been blessed with a gift, you are on a forums with multiple enlightened people, and access to any knowledge from the internet you could possibly need. I think me and you should use that blessing to help instead of complain that we have to deal with others who weren't as blessed as us. I would totally recommend taking psychedelics, doesn't hurt to work into them slowly, really depends on how confident you feel and your mental state, although maybe you've done them? Anyways, much love and I wish you the best in figuring this out

Your wisdom is much appreciated and will certainly be put to good use, hope you stick around on these forums at least a bit

I think if you do Zen you can get full on ninjutsu but you'd probably be hunted by the Akatsuki

That's kind of what I figured, although I had heard of attempts from people like Tom Campbell to use consciousness and virtual reality to do so. Or at least say that these laws and strange behaviors point away from materialism and into something bigger, I wasn't sure your take on it. One last question if you wouldn't mind answering something more personal. If there was one defining moment or day in your life that contributed the most to you eventually becoming enlightened, what was it, and what lesson could I Iearn from it as someone seeking full enlightenment?

This is awesome that you're doing this. Anyways, I had seen one of your comments about the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, and I'm not here to grill you on that. However, I'm curious how much you've looked into the "sciences". In terms of the physical laws of the universe, gravity, quantum mechanics, even the initial state of the universe I.E. big bang. My question is do you see any use in studying these laws in understanding the universe and it's creation, or do you think that studying these laws outside of benefiting humans and technology is a waste. For example, quantum mechanics is an interesting field because we really don't know what the fuck is going on. We did the measurements, and then created the model that matched the measurements we got, and it worked in terms of predictability. However, we have very little insight into why the hell the quantum world acts so strange when compared to the Newtonian world we live in. Do you think there are insights to be had her in understanding why the quantum world and other laws of nature are the way they are, or do you think that the only way to get at the absolute Truth is through experience?

Arriving Dec 4 - Dec 7, you got me with all your heart. I've been looking for a few good books anyways