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@Someone here There is no "POV". There is no "you" looking at the world. There is no "me" looking at the world. We don't inhabit our bodies. You're not inside your head, although it seems to be so. That's the illusion. You don't exist and neither does anybody else. No amount of philosophy or theorizing will dispel this for you, you have to realize it directly.

Is that so? Is that so? Are you sure about that? Oh? Yes, drop your assumptions about who you are.

He doesn't. He explicitly states that functioning hierarchies are hierarchies of competence, not power/dominance. He certainly tries to promote his bias, but that's mostly limited to his political views (you know how he's always ranting about "those bloody neo-Marxists"). His psychology lectures are actually really good, I highly recommend them. Just stay away from the political stuff.

? @Vittorio We've had countless threads about solipsism in the past few months, wouldn't be surprised if Leo or one of the mods would lock this thread. Use the search function, some of the already existing threads provide very good answers and discussions.

@Phyllis Wagner Just get a trip sitter and you'll be fine. Don't take too much and stick to the other rules (set, setting, etc.).

This reminds me very, very much of something I heard Alan Watts say:

But wait a minute. If I know that death isn't real, why "prove" it? Or is it just sorta... for kicks? The ultimate gamble? Just really wanting to find out what lies behind this alleged "death"?

@Leo Gura Are you for real? Besides... I think in your episode about death and immortality you said something along the lines of "okay, so if death = love, then why not just shoot yourself in the head? Because that would require an identification with the body and that ""you"" can be killed (like that) in the first place". So.. if you know that you can't kill yourself by killing your body, what's up with that jumping urge?

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Beautiful, peaceful, whole, free, @Gesundheit Where are these images from? I really like them

Peace is the absence of lack

It doesn't really "imply" that. Infinity is just one aspect of consciousness. Infinity means that there is nothing but infinity. You're not "a consciousness in the universe". Consciousness is not something you have, neither is experience. There is no "your experience" and equally there is nobody else "having" any experience. Look at anything around you. Look at the colors. Are they something you "have"? Listen to the sounds around you. Is the chirping of the birds something you "have"? Of course not! It's possible to see reality in such a way that you and your experiences are one. Which if it hits you is a shock at first, because you thought that you were an individual entity inside a world that is not you. But there really is no difference between reality and "you". You are reality, the universe, consciousness. Think about it. Can there be anything but reality? And if not, what would that imply? There's the implication you're looking for. When Leo says that God is alone, this can be easily misunderstood. It's true that you as God are alone, but as everything. And since you are essentially selfless(ness), you can't be "alone" in the ordinary sense of the word. Al-one. Ring a bell? if all is One, you can't be "alone", only Alone. Hope this helps

@BipolarGrowth Why?

@SoonHei Lemme get this straight... you're "planning" on doing some acid tonight, but you know neither how much a normal /full blown dose is, nor do you know how much a microdose is? Is that correct?

@Identity Thanks, you too

@Identity I never disputed that?

This is just such a good example why people think that spirituality is nothing but woo woo... @Identity If anything, the third eye is probably the pineal gland, not some little skin bump. pinterest.de/pin/177540410295025717/ Any choleric has larger veins popping out of his angry, wrinkled forehead than the most enlightened yogi. @Gesundheit Don't take the idea of a "chakra " too literally as something that actually exists in your physiology (I mean as in "separate Chakra which is some part of the body existing in its own right") Guys I'm all for open-mindedness and exploring strange hypothesis, but please, let's maintain some level of intellectual hygiene...

@Identity Sorry bro, but that's just your skin? did you actually think some weird, eye-shaped bulge would grow out of your forehead?

What an image??

Exactly, it's just a thought. Become aware of it for yourself: is there anything but "now"?

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@Holygrail Enlightenment has nothing whatsoever to do with belief. It's no guessing, no speculating, no assuming and nothing else of this kind. If I hit you, you don't have to believe in anything in order to feel the pain, do you? If I play some beautiful music to you, you don't have to have any assumptions in order to hear and enjoy the music, do you? If I show you some colorful object, you don't have to think of anything in order to be aware of the colors, do you? It's also no "just knowing" or "intuiting". If somehow you should suddenly slip into an actual enlightenment experience, i.e. a nondual state of awareness, it will hit you with the might of a freight train. It is so immensely powerful, that all of reality will be vastly different in terms of the way you see it (nothing about the appearance of reality itself changes). Yes, people sometimes think that they are "enlightened" when in reality they are deluding themselves, but when the real deal hits you, it's going to be as obvious as obvious can be.

I want to give you a little exercise to make it easier to understand the actual unity underneath the appearance of all differences. Take a look at this: Normally, we'd say "Black VS White". There's a black field and there's a white field and they are clearly not the same. Now, I want you to physically point with your finger to the place where black and white are separated. Are you pointing on the line in the middle? Good. Now ask yourself, what color is the line between black and white? Is it black? Well...No, otherwise it would simply be part of the black field and therefore you couldn't see it. So maybe it is white? But then again, if it would be white, you simply wouldn't be able to distinguish the line from the white field. Ahh, so it must be both! Right? Well, no. If you think that it's both you're actually still looking at the two colors, so go deeper! Go deeper, look closer, as close as you can into this boundary, imagine you could zoom into it infinitely, what color is the "line between" black and white? And eventually you'll find - that there is no line separating the two but actually uniting them, in such a way that black and white are identical. There literally is no boundary/difference between black and white. It's a "no-line" if you want to think of it that way. If you don't understand this it at first, that's fine, try again. Just keep looking for the alleged line. The above is a very simple example for how to recognize unity underneath appearing duality, but once you got the principle, you can see unity underneath the most intricate multiplicity: This is the visual aspect of recognizing Unity. Of course you can apply the same principle on every other aspect of perception, for example with sound. Try to hear the boundary between sound and silence. What is it made of? Sound or silence? You can also take this a step further; look for the difference between "you" and "the universe". Can you see the difference between the one who sees and that which is seen? Can you hear the difference between the one who listens and the sound? Try the latter in your meditation practice, put on some "Om chant" or "singing bowl" or something like that, and with a bit of luck, you might even suddenly merge with the world

@rnd Of course you can fathom it. On some days you're dumber than on other days and that's how it feels. Nothing special.

I suggest you experiment with one substance at a time, that way you get to know them better. Concerning the dose you're going to have to adapt/calibrate it according to the effects. Don't take more than recommended (at first, see how it goes).