The Lucid Dreamer

Don’t worry about him. Worry about your own development.

Sorry, can’t live forever. Not in form anyway. ;P

I definitely like him. He helped clear up some things I hadn’t quite worked out yet in the past. I think it’s certainly important to listen to all different teachers because they all have their own unique communication style that may jive better with the way you think on certain issues. Rupert Spira has especially clear communication skills.

Sure, it’s speculation. But every hypothesis is speculation. The difference between a good hypothesis and a bad one is the amount of unwarranted assumptions it has. I’m sure you are familiar with the philosophical principle of Occam’s Razor: The problem solving tool that states that when forming a hypothesis, one should not multiply entities unnecessarily. In other words, the more conservative or simple hypothesis is the most likely. For example: when forming a hypothesis on how it is that people are experiencing memories that aren’t their own, you shouldn’t posit something else that would need a completely separate explanation of it’s own such as the existence of a soul that gets past on from life to life. That only further complicates the issue in a way that is not warranted given what we actually know. What we know is that people are experiencing memories of lives that aren’t theirs. We know that they are remembering “A” life. What we don’t know is if they are remembering THEIR OWN life; A life that no one else could necessarily remember by virtue of that life somehow belonging exclusively to them via something like a soul. That is an extra wrinkle that we have no real reason to assume at this point. My hypothesis isn’t positing anything that we have absolutely no basis for. At least I believe that there is a basis for tapping into infinite intelligence given all of the evidence for psychic phenomenon such as telepathy and clairvoyance. Leo and many other mystics I think would even agree that tapping into infinite intelligence to ascertain information that should be beyond your reach is possible.

I’m fine with this data, but I’m afraid it does nothing to prove the past life model how it is normally thought of by most: That is that each person has their own unique string of past lives, suggesting that their is something specifically about them that gets past on from life to life like a soul. What seems more likely to me is that this suggests these people are tapping into what is known as the Akashic Records which is thought of as a compendium of all human events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future. In other words, their consciousness may be tapping into infinite intelligence so to speak, and in doing so they are able to recall lives that HAVE been lived(by God). Not lives that THEY necessarily lived. Just a hypothesis, but I’m open minded to the traditional past life model if someone has a good argument or evidence for it.

Yeah but there are people (and even studies) that talk about the pineal gland being calcified over time through poor choices of diet and drinking fluoride infused tap water and whatnot. From everything I’ve read about it, the only ones really saying you need to decalcify your pineal gland are the gullible new-age hippie types who just sort of believe anything and everything they hear within their hippie community echo chamber. And just about every study I’ve read on the matter says that there isn’t any actual evidence that your diet causes any further calcification that wouldn’t have happened on it’s own. The pineal gland certainly gets calcified as you age, but it doesn’t seem that your diet has much effect on the amount of calcification. Besides that, we don’t even know for sure that the pineal gland is the part of the brain responsible for spiritual clarity. None of this is to say that you shouldn’t watch what you put in your body, because your diet certainly effects your cognition and brain health overall, and a poor diet can/will hinder your ability to fully embody awakening.

@Dazgwny Haha, well I’ve been ruminating over it for a few years now. It wasn’t until just recently that I heard Leo making remarks suggesting that he buys into the past life model, so I’ve recently been planning on creating a thread about it. But you beat me to it. ;P

This is almost word for word the thread I was just about to create, haha. I would have downplayed my frustration, but if I’m honest with myself, the past lives model makes so little sense to me in light of non-duality that it actually does irk me quite a bit when I hear people(whom I assume understand the truth of no-self and God) talk about it as if it’s definitely a thing. I mean I’m willing to have my mind changed. In fact I would love it If someone can tell how it is that you have no real individual identity, yet there is something about you specifically that gets past on from life to life. Obviously, you as God get reincarnated from life to life infinitely, but it’s something else to say that I have my own string of past lives and someone else has their own string that is somehow separate from mine. I’m open minded. But at the moment I don’t know how you can make much sense of this idea when you understand that you are God who lives all lives.

@Tanuj I’m positive that the difference was not due to dosage, because I went back and forth between using the 1P and 25 several times to make sure that it wasn’t just in my head. Also, I ordered all of my 1P from a reputable online research chemical store. (Which, much to my dismay, went out of business a few months ago )

“Do metaphysical realities exist in between material reality and conciousness?” Consciousness IS material reality and metaphysical reality, and it is what connects all things.

Most of my trips have been on 1P-LSD(at least 50 trips), and I’ve done LSD-25 about 7 times. I can tell you with certainty that there is a difference. 1P-LSD has a much more rough come up, more intense visuals(color enhancement, tactile patterns, morphing), and I personally think it takes you into a deeper headspace but it is much harder on you in terms of anxiety and muscle tension. LSD-25 is much easier on the body and has a much smoother come up, and it makes my body feel almost numb in a way. Not that I can’t feel things, but I don’t seem to identify with my sensations. I personally prefer the headspace that 1P puts you into; I feel like it can take you deeper. And I prefer the more intense visuals that comes with 1P, but in terms of bodily comfort, I definitely prefer LSD-25. It’s just so much smoother. Each have their pros and cons, and each will effect every individual differently, but for me, 1P wins just because of the deeper insights that are possible, and the more intense visuals. As long as I can make it through the come up and deal with the physical discomfort, it’s worth it.

Trying to get at what consciousness using more contents of consciousness such as symbols and concepts is like trying to look into your own eyeball with the same eyeball or touching the tip of your finger with the tip of the same finger. You cannot get at what consciousness is by using more contents within consciousness, because it itself is the substrate of all that content and symbolism you’re trying to use to explain it. It is absolutely fundamental and prior to any concepts or explanation.

The separation you’re making between yourself and the rock is completely imaginary.

Yes, experiencing yourself as God makes you happier and more at peace. And the question about the long term benefit can only come from the ego. In the experience of eternity, the long term benefit is completely irrelevant as there is no self to be concerned about the benefit of. Either way, the Truth is it’s own reward.

Yeah that is super strange. Could be that he just never really truly grasped non-duality, or it could be a simple clinging to the world view he was raised to believe. Or it could be that he had some kind of experience where Jesus appeared to him. It’s hard to understand how that kind of relapse could happen if one truly understood non-dual teachings.

This is rather fascinating to see. There’s not a ton of Actualized.org reaction videos out there coming from this low down the spiral. Sheds some light on the psychology of stage blue.

Well shoot, that’s my bad. I tried to look and see if someone posted about it, but I guess I somehow missed it. Oh well, they’ll probably lock it here pretty soon, haha.

No it certainly is delusional. This is just from sheer lack of metaphysical study and contemplation on his part, even though he says he’s “thought about this quite a lot”. I mean I understand his thought process, because I’ve been there. I guess what’s sad to me is that he’s come this far and has lived this long without realizing the primacy of consciousness, and that he probably will never realize it. His blatant dismissal of the mystical nature of consciousness surprised me just a little bit, because I always kind of thought of Brian Greene as one of the more open minded main stream scientists. I stand corrected.

After years of meditation, psychedelics, metaphysical contemplation and listening to teachers such as Leo, this video is like a comedy skit to me.

I’ve suspected in that past that he has been preparing himself to do something like that, but in one episode he mentioned that he didn’t want to do that because it only fuels the ego. I’m not sure how open he is to it, and I find myself daydreaming about him doing that at some point, but then I realize that a lot of the reason I would want that is for reasons that would only work to serve my ego. I feel that part of me that just wants to “Show those arrogant rationalist/materialists how stupid they are” and it reminds me of how I felt about fundamentalist religious people when I was an atheist/rationalist/materialist myself. So when I think about that, I feel that maybe that shouldn’t happen, but then I think “Well, these ideas are going to have to be presented in the public dialogue at some point, otherwise nothing will ever change.” These debates that we partake in can be egoic, but they might actually be necessary to evolve the consciousness of the species. Or can this evolution take place naturally by some other means without that sort of aggressive approach? I’d love to hear Leo’s take on that question.

I’ve seen a few of his videos in the past. Judging by some of the terminology he uses, I’d bet money that he watches/has watched Leo’s videos.

You say you are not interested in the true nature of reality, yet you want an answer to a question such as this? You won’t find the answer to this question without a desire to understand the nature of reality.

That made me LOL.

Only one who hasn’t had a non-dual experience could think this. Not that being possessed by inter-dimensional entities is impossible. It could be. But the non-dual experience is definitely not that.

It’s mainly triggering schizophrenia that you need to worry about. If your family has a history of schizophrenics, you could be susceptible to contracting it yourself through a mind altering substance, even if it’s just cannabis. When it comes to things like anxiety or depression, they can help alleviate those things, especially if you go in with the intention of dealing with those issues. It can happen by accident too, but if you do struggle with those things, you’d best be mindful of the risks going in and go in with the intention to heal. They do have the capability to make it worse, but only if you let yourself succumb to negative energy and let your thought be taken over by your neurosis.