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@Cat Enlightened is what people call themselves when they've jailbroken their mind to the point where it might as well not even be there. Liberation on the other hand is just what is.

There will be another. And another. And another. Until there are no more insights. There is only insight. The present moment is defined as the thing that seems to be between the past and future, which are both absent from reality. So what is the present? What is me?

@SoonHei Yep. There can be no wrong. Wrong is impossible. What is wrong? What is right?

@Lews Therin I have to say though, while it can bring about incredible insights, ego death brought about by psychedelics is quite "manufactured." It doesn't even relate in the least bit to liberation. When the self-construct collapses, memories can arise as they always have. They just aren't real. Or unreal.

If it didn't last, how can you know it wasn't your receptors being boggled by chemicals, causing the apparent experience of profundity and total understanding? Just wondering. Happened to me quite a few times as well, and later awakenings apparently revealed those experiences to be completely devoid of any reality whatsoever.

@Moksha One could say it's the only illusion, yes.

I know some may disagree, but weed really can enhance the trip by a fuck ton. Especially at a fairly high dosage. The mechanism by which this happens, however, is unknown to many. Here's the mechanism: weed impairs long and short term memory -- why is this significant? Ego death is why. Ego death doesn't occur by magic, it occurs by nothing more than simple memory suppression. When your memory is entirely suppressed, there is absolutely no context for whatever seems to be happening, thus revealing heaven/God/truth/no-self.

@Mvrs Overlooking is how things appear to happen. That's where the fun lives. If you know everything, you aren't there at all. If you know something (by overlooking everything), you are there.

You could also say there is no consciousness. At least, no consciousness as anyone knows it. There's only _______. Emptiness; unconditional love; nondual awareness (appearance); etc. There's only is, which is and is not.

My intuition is that you will reincarnate (if you still experience life as an individual) after death. But of course this is moot given by the fact that you are already reincarnating and don't notice it. So basically you have absolutely nothing to worry about or look forward to. It's hopeless. I've had far too many past life experiences to discount the idea. But of course there's no one here to reincarnate now so... idk.

@mandyjw Men try to get. Women try to be. They both try though, and that's the human condition. (Obviously that's just a story; just rings true to me in a sense.)

Yep.

They are the truth. You are the truth. There is no truth. That's the truth. The truth is not the truth.

I'd recommend at least 5g if you had no difficulties. Feel free to disregard that recommendation, however. I've taken 7 grams quite a few times and that's the point where ego death becomes quite likely. Though it's actually quite a bit more likely on even mild doses of 5meo, or even 110ug LSD -- perhaps because mushroom visuals kind of keep you grounded to perception, even if it isn't normal perception.

Being separate from your idea of "all of reality" is inherently unsatisfactory. There's always something that seems "needed." This unsatisfactoriness is both the problem and also the point of existence. There can be no existence without this apparent separation. Existence isn't real. Or unreal. You think you know things, but can't, because there's no separate self that could know something other than itself -- thus, there is just infinity; emptiness; love.

Unconsciousness is impossible. That's all you need to know. Possible objections include "but what about deep sleep?" You aren't unconscious in deep sleep -- not even close. THIS is "after life/death;" this is death; life; before life; the afterlife. It's just what is: indescribable (perhaps disguised) infinitude.

Probably... In all seriousness though I've noticed almost no distinction between men and women in actual maturity. Sure, women are far more apparently mature at any given age, but they're also just as ego-driven as any man. This is coming from an abundant perspective -- I haven't felt "slighted" by anyone in probably half a decade. There's just what seems to happen, and I have no fucking clue how to describe it. The man/woman dichotomy is a funny thing, isn't it?

Fast Silence (plus the sounds of nature) You’ll be good to drive in like 6 hours probably but play it by ear Prepare with whatever relaxing spiritual practices you do, if any Significantly less than 1 gram could induce anxiety due to a sort of “one foot in the door; one foot out” phenomena so I’d err towards ~1g or more

You don’t think, thoughts arise. I’ll assume you’re past that though and can play along: perhaps try thought replacement in the form of Metta and self-compliments. Or just meditate, but don’t full-stop meditating when you arise from the cushion. Recharge that mindfulness throughout the day and when each meditation session (even if it’s 5min) ends, try to continue it somewhat in your daily activities. Or just relax, not that “you” can, but if you could, that would be a pretty wise action.

I think trying to make something inherently dualistic (namely language) into something it's not will leave you disappointed.

I never noticed any correlation between masturbation/porn and success with dates, personally. Maybe a tiny bit, but it would be what one could consider expected given placebo from all the talk of nofap being so beneficial and all. I rarely look at porn or masturbate, especially when I have a gf (my last gf and I had sex multiple times a day for a year, and I just broke up with her), but I used to a lot more -- hell, I'd masturbate right after I got home from their place, or even right before seeing them, sometimes. I really, really don't think it matters but I could be wrong.

I had a hypnotherapist years ago. A very good one. It was fun. Didn't really help my life though. Just my experience. Maybe I just didn't have a lot of trauma at the time, so there wasn't too much to heal. idk.

I'm thinking of leaving evolutionary biology for transpersonal psychology.

Fuck yeah. Studying for my ecology exam can wait.