Brandon L

I know that you can obtain mystical experiences through taking psychedelics, but are there any other ways besides just taking psychedelics? I know that there are some things like... • Meditation • Kundalini yoga • Samadhi yoga • Shamanic breathing These things I listed are the ones that I hear have similar experiences related to psychedelics. Is there any other ways?

@OBEler I did have some crazy experiences while having obes, like astral projection.

@The0Self The only psychedelic I have is 5 meo dmt. I got the 5 meo myself from the toad here in Arizona. I just haven't smoked it yet. I am interested in psychedelics, but trying to find where you can them isn't that easy (for me personally) but I don't want to get into where you can find more. The 5 meo is good enough for me right now. I was just curious to know if there were any other ways people obtain mystical experiences without taking the psychedelics.

Just wondering. I am a single individual and I live alone. Would 30 hours be good enough for me to survive on my own? or would I need more like 40 hours? I am also a minimalist and I don't spend alot of money on things I don't need.

So I'm looking at the objects around me right now and i'm thinking to myself how did all of these objects ultimately come into existence? Was it all basically hallucinated out of thin air? For example like a statue, someone may say "well the statue came into existence by it being manufactured somewhere, it was not materialized out of thin air" but you can continue to ask the question "ok where did the material to make that statue come from?" You can go on to ask these questions to the point where it's a infinite regress problem to where you are left with the big bang. Saying something along the lines of like "well it all came from the big bang" but it's funny because the hot dense point from the big bang (which is a object/appearance) that appreance in of itself was materialized out of thin air. It's no different from dreams at night because this right here is a dream. When you dream at night the whole dream was hallucinated and materialized like... • The people • The objects • The solid surfaces • The objects in the sky The dream wasn't created by another big bang billions of years ago, also the objects weren't created in some factory. Ultimately speaking it all of it was materialized and hallucinated out of thin air lol. So the same applies here. So wouldn't things like the big bang happening billions of years ago, or us evolving from apes, dinosaurs, objects being manufactured in a factory or even history of the past...is all just backstory within the hallucination that never actually happened? Let's say your dreaming at night and your dream is super vivid, you go to a factory to see a solid object like a car that just got done being manufactured, you see people working in the factory. You say to yourself... "Oh ok, the car just got done being manufactured in the factory; that's how the car was ultimately created was by the machines in the factory, I see there's people working in the factory also. These people are adults that were created from there parents having sex, then they later on came out of their mother at birth. The factory too was created by it being built back in time by some architects." But no... That whole scene would be a hallucination that materialized out of thin air lol. The factory wasn't created by architects, it was created by it being hallucinated and materialized. The car was also not created by the machines in a factory, the car was created by it being materialized and hallucinated. The people weren't created by their parents having sex, the people were created by them being legit hallucinated and materialized as adults lol. I know it sounds crazy and it's a mind fuck. But wouldn't all of this be more logical? That everything was created by it being materialized out of thin air?

I thought I'd share my thoughts on me thinking about leaving my job to be self employed. Currently I work at Frys which is a kroger store native to my state. I work in the pickup department which is basically me going around shopping for peoples groceries. I have to say that my job is pretty easy and I enjoy it, but sometimes i have to go in at 2am or 4am which can be exhausting at times, for the most part I work mostly in the afternoons, but the constant shifting of the am and afternoon shifts I don't like. I roughly get 20 to 30 hours which isn't that bad and it pays my Bills. I also live a very minimalist lifestyle which helps. I've been looking into doing instacart which is essentially the same thing as what I do at my job, but you deliver the groceries, if I do instacart I'd be self employed and I'd be making alot more money compared to what I make at my job. I saw that you can make around $100/$200 a day doing it. If I did that for only three days I'd have around $300/$600 which is pretty insane and it's a hell of alot of a better deal than my hours at my work; plus I would have alot more days off and time for myself to work on my purpose. The only thing is the insurance. My work has insurance but if I were to quit I'd be on my own insurance, how much would it cost to buy health insurance and would it be worth it?

I never had experience with psychedelics but I have had many experiences with lucid dreaming and astral projection; my question is that can lucid dreaming and astral projection be forms of psychedelic trips? Many people who have taken Ayahuasca/dmt reported similar situations where they were out of their body in another dimension, can this also just be achieved through astral projecting and lucid dreaming? I don't have psychedelics, but I want to achieve mystical experiences without them and I'm wondering if lucid dreaming and astral projection is the go to...

@Droo_ Yeah. I recommend watching YouTube videos on it and doing your research, but I'll share my tips and insights on what I do to achieve it. First I want to clear up the misconceptions regarding astral projection and obes. People who are materialist or atheist minded often have these pre conceived notions that astral projection and obes are just neural activity in the brain that cause this. This in of itself is just bonkers. These materialist obviously haven't had any direct lucid experiences what so ever with astral projection. Astral projection is definitely a real phenomenon and not just some mechanical system inside of a brain. The cia even made documents in regards to it, they go on to talk about how consciousness can transcend the brain and body and enter other realms through achieving obes/astral projection. Just wanted to make that clear to anyone that's skeptical about it. As how to do it... the best technique is to go to bed and set your alarm at least four hours later. When your alarm goes off stay up for around 20 minutes then go back to bed. You will then enter in the cycle of rem sleep. When you're in rem sleep you have a greater chance at achieving out of body states. Astral projection and obes can cause you to have genuine enlightenment experiences, they pretty much relate to psychedelic trips from what I heard from people who've done dmt.

Ever since I was little and up until now I've always been fascinated with the paranormal such as ghost and aliens. Before my awakening I grew up as a catholic because my family are fundamentalist catholics, i strongly believed in ghost. The main idea behind ghost in modern civilized culture is the idea that when you die you either go to heaven, hell, or purgatory. Purgatory means that you're stuck here on Earth, as a ghost you still maintain you're ego identity. Ghost are depicted as holographic "physical" bodies that can do each of the following which include walking through walls, flying or walking on physical surfaces; ghost can stand on solid physical surfaces without neccesarily falling through the floor. So my insight is that sense reality is hallucination or another words a "hologram" technically everyone else is a hallucination a "hologram" including you're physical body which in the absolute sense means we are all ghost, you're body is not real and essentially a holographic hallucination and so is everyone else. The idea is that you were never alive to begin with, much like a ghost. A ghost is technically dead but it seems like it's also alive at the same time much like here in this reality. As for walking through walls and flying you cant do it in this "physical" reality because there are rules, laws and limitations such as the laws of physics, because why in certain cases can a ghost just walk on a solid ground without falling through it? because there are limitations. The same principle applies here on Earth, you cant just fly or walk through walls because that is what is being hallucinated. But when you have experiences with obes and astral projection you can in certain cases fly or walk through walls because different realms have certain limitations and laws. Astral projection is no different than here, its just another hallucination like this hallucination were in. It's just consciousness imagining a different realm with your same astral "physical" body. The same principle applies here, your physical body here on Earth is also a astral body because it was never physical or real to begin with, and everyone else is the same, they are all ghost, hologram hallucinations of yourself. That's it I'd thought I'd share my insights on that lol.

I want to talk about death and reincarnation. The first question is being that when you die does the physical world and universe cease to exist? Because fundamentally there was never a physical objective universe, the universe was something you were imagining. How can this be well explained? Because someone may say "no the physical world and universe will continue on and it existed before you were born." But It's a chicken and egg problem. The second question is reincarnation. I have always asked the question of what was I before I was born and did I ever have previous lives prior to this one in some parallel universe. These are deep existential questions for everyone, because what is awareness? and did this awareness exist before you were born? is the awareness consciousness? And when you die do you just rest in this formless empty void forever or do you reincarnate? Another thing that I dont understand about reincarnation is that why even do it even after you awakened? You're just going from one ego form to a next? Doesnt that go against the whole purpose of ego death? I will hear many things about reincarnation, this one in particular I will hear alot from Buddhist and other spiritual teachers... "If you dont get it right you will reincarnate, but until you do get it right or awaken you will stop the cycle" What are they specifically talking about? To love everything?

I wanted to talk about this topic of spirituality and masculinity because I feel like it needs to be addressed. Its important for everyman to have masculine qualities while doing spiritual work but I feel like it's not very well taught. I think there is a misconception between men and spirituality, because typically most spiritual teachings arise from teaching you how to be so calm and peaceful, never yell, never raise your voice or stand up for yourself because everything is love, be the nice guy ect. Typically the category of the new age hippies. Although some of these things are relevant and very useful, but they tend to leave out the masculine traits. Not to be rude or anything but some of these dudes who do new age spirituality dont have any masculine qualities in them at all. I feel Leo is one of the very few that teaches spirituality but also has masculine qualities while doing so. As suppose to these other spiritual new age teachers. Let's use the example of some new age hippie guy getting bullied or harassed by some other dude. What is he supposed to do exactly? Is he supposed to stay calm and peaceful not raise his voice or stick up for himself? OR raise his voice get a little pissed off and even punch the guy if the guy is touching him? What would be the better option? Because if you don't raise your voice and don't have any masculine qualities alot of people are going to walk all over you. So with that being said spirituality and masculinity isn't addressed very well in some of these other new age spiritual teachings, because then again they are so calm and peaceful but hold no masculine qualities. So advice on how to be masculine and spiritual at the same time?

Ever since my awakening I've been having some serious grounding issues. I found when I ground myself back into normal everyday existence, I forget about spirituality. If you take a look at the modern western culture, it is not about spirituality or truth whatsoever. Its predominantly about Consumerism Materialism Religious doctrine Lies and deceptions The materialist paradigm Survival Popularity or having "clout" Toxic food Making money rather than providing true significant value Entertainment and pleasure ect What I'm saying here is basically relating to Leo's episode " 30 ways society fucks you in the ass" and its true that society exploits your lower self. So when it comes to grounding yourself back into normal existence how can you ground yourself more significantly? Because I know that if you don't live the typical western lifestyle that's pertained to the nonsense that I listed in the bullet points above, you're automatically classified and labeled as weird or crazy from people including your family. When I talk about me having grounding issues I dont mean that I'm acting like a full on lunatic madman behaving in a child like matter on social media or in public. I precisely mean that I'm having issues with grounded myself back into reality when the western culture is predominantly about low consciousness nonsense and exploiting your lower self. I also feel like when you ground yourself back into the western culture that you're part in, it can often lead to alot of zen devilry. If Leo could make a video about grounding I would definitely appreciate it. I feel like alot of people go through this when they have an awakening and it's not only me.

To me the simulation is just another metaphor for this dream that we are all in. You could say that consciousness is simulating the simulation.

I just cannot seem to deal with family or people that operate on ignorance and low conscious patterns. My family specifically and most people I know live in the 3rd dimensional materialistic illusion world. The illusion world that is full of false dogma, lies, deceptions, manipulations, politics, pleasure, news and just flat out bullshit. I still happen to live with my family and I am 21 years old, and soon to move out asp. I just ask how do you deal with family like this? My family can be very nosy, ignorant and close minded. An example can be my family finding magic mushrooms in my drawer. They were very ignorant and close minded about the mushrooms and had big super egos. They didn't have a clue what they actually are and what they can do and they just passed it off as "drugs" and that they are illegal. My dad told me "Oh I know all about them son" no he does not know anything about them my dad is 48 year old man that drinks coca cola almost everyday and coca cola is worse. My family hasn't done any research on them at all and haven't researched the benefits of them on how they help quit addiction, improve mental health ect. My mom is a fundamentalist catholic, and I wanted to show and talk about with her how magic mushrooms are depicted in religious and ancient architecture and with her being ignorant and close minded she didn't want to see the pictures. Before they found them I only took a small micro dose of the mushrooms like weeks and weeks before because I never taken psychedelics before, and I actually didnt feel any affects other than a headache, so I should've made the dosage higher. So after they found the extra mushrooms that I had in the bad we had that bullshit "family talk" at the table. The reason how they were found was because me and my dad got into it because he didn't like my spiritual journey and said that i am so disconnected with "real life" and "family" he proceeded to yell at me and told me to get out, after I left I went to my mom's (because I switched back and forth with my parents because they are divorced) I then forgot to get some stuff at my dad's and asked my step mom if she could be able to open the door because my dad took away my key, she asked what I needed and that she would put whatever it was I needed outside, I then told her that I forgot alot of stuff that It would probably be best if I went inside and grabbed it (I knew that the mushrooms were in my drawer) after that she went into my room and looked for the stuff I needed and came across the mushrooms and showed my dad then my dad showed my mom. My family talked to me about how I been isolating myself from them and how I am not part of the family and they just assumed that the mushrooms had to do with it and that I have been taking the mushrooms for a long time. I told them I only micro dosed them and the reason I've been isolating myself self is because my spiritual awakening that I've had without taking psychedelics. Ever since my awakening i decided that I just do not want to surround myself with family and people who are low conscious, close minded, and ignorant like they are. By the way my family wants me to be a part of the family, but I just choose not to because of the low consciousness and ignorance that they operate in. I just dont find pleasure or interest in what they do and I dont want to be around that. Like going downstairs and watching tv with them, or going out to eat, movies, low conscious talk ect. I honestly just cannot stand it, most family members dont give a fuck about truth, its like my family is trying to pull me away from the truth and to go back into low conscious habits. I am not saying that I am better than them but I don't want to be around that low conscious bullshit. I have to admit to my family has helped me and done alot for me. It's just the ignorance and close mindedness and low consciousness that I just cant stand to be around. Does anyone have advice on what I should do or how to deal with family and people like this? Should I just rarely talk to my family or cut them out for good? I would love to hear Leo's or peoples advice thank you ??

So recently I got my hands on some 5 meo dmt from some Sonoran desert toads. I've been planning to use it very soon, I'm using it for enlightment, truth and to experience God. I've done a good amount of research about 5 meo 5 months prior to my awakening back in October of 2019, so I know how powerful 5 meo can be from the research I've done. (I had an awakening without taking any psychedelic substances) so I'm aware what an awakening is and what an ego death is. I want to take 5 meo to have a full experience of it to help me evolve my consciousness more along my spiritual journey. So I have more 5 meo and it's ready for me to smoke, but the only problem is this "trip sitter" dogma that I hear. I will hear things like you shouldn't take 5 meo dmt without a trip sitter. Which I can understand, trip sitters are great and alot helpful but I personally don't know anyone that can trip sit me, so is it better for me just take this substance alone? I've heard and seen people on YouTube do it alone, I'm pretty sure Leo has done it alone. His video "Enlightenment Experience Happening In Real Time" shows him just getting done taking 5 meo dmt and films his enlightenment experience, but he didn't have a trip sitter with him. It seems like most of the psychedelics he's done was alone. I don't hear Leo talk alot about trip sitters, but I would love to hear his thoughts on this since he's very experienced with using psychedelics, by the way I already smoked 5 meo a week ago alone (no trip sitter) but didn't get the full breakthrough, "due to improper homemade pipe" Im aware of the affect, and my body felt like it was dying but I wasn't panicking because I knew that's part of the process, so I got a glimpse of what 5 meo feels like but I want the full breakthrough. So since I dont know anyone that can trip sit me, can I just do this alone? Thanks

@Demeter I just got done taking more 5 MeO around 6 hours ago (still no trip sitter), and it was definitely one of the most intense experiences I've ever had in my life, more intense than my last one, and I still didn't get a full breakthrough, even though that's what I was aiming for. I guess I just need to experiment more with the dosages, I've been weighing the dosages out precisely on a milligram scale to see which milograms can get me the breakthrough, for the second trip I took 9 milligrams which is a good starting dose, but it didn't give me a breakthrough, I guess people's bodies are different from how they react to it. But I can go out and get more 5 MeO from the Bufo toads here in Arizona. There is a shit ton of them that come out. But this second experience I just had was so much more intense (even with no breakthrough), i was on the peak of dying and I was facing death head on. When you're experiencing this, you're not sure if you're actually going to die and if you're going to come back or not, or if it's just the 5 Meo Dmt that's kicking in. This substance is EXTREMELY powerful, what this substance does is it targets you're ego and rips it to shreds. What I felt was my whole body shutting down, I felt nauseous my brain was going all over the place, my heart rate and blood pressure increased, and I felt the need to throw up but didn't (its recommended you fast before taking 5 MeO, but I ate only a few things which I shouldn't and still felt like throwing up). I was surrendering to the experience and trying not to fight it off, even though I was experiencing all of this I didn't get the breakthrough experience which was very strange, and I made a better vaporizer and was vaping it correctly, guess I just need to bump up the dosages. I thought it out as far as a trip sitter/shaman it would be a better option to have one, but at the same time you here some people who've died from their shamans/trip sitters as well. So taking it alone or having a sitter can work in either both ways in my opinion. If you have high blood pressure I honestly don't recommend you take it, because it will raise your blood pressure to the roof. I don't think people should take 5 MeO if they've have problems with seizures or overall extreme mental health/brain problems, people who are just taking it for fun, and people their not fully committed to facing their death. But after the experience I felt a sense of love and calmness, and overall a reality check, and remember this wasn't even the full breakthrough.