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@Leo Gura I get your point—Ralston’s ‘not knowing’ is deliberate, and Christians don’t practice that. I wasn’t redefining it, just pointing out that Christians still don’t actually know; they just cover it with faith. So they’re in a different kind of not knowing, whether they admit it or not. I could’ve said: Faith = I do not know. Why I didn’t, I don’t know. I see the conflation, though.

@puporing Do you consider yourself unique in your relationship to Jesus— in comparison to most Christians? — When I was 5, in Sunday school, and they taught me about Jesus, something clicked. I asked, “Why do we not just do what Jesus does? What is all the other stuff and the stories?” I do not remember their response. But I was turned off to religion based on its inconsistencies and how I viewed other’s perceptions or motivations behind it. I became atheist, years passed, I became agnostic, years passed, I found Leo’s work, etc.. I like what I have heard about Jesus. I can relate some of his teachings to my conceptions of God. Jesus is God. I am God. But I often hesitate to even mention this as I view it as an encouragement to faith and could ultimately mislead people. The vast majority of people cannot relate to Christianity on that spiritual level. The system of Christianity does what it is doing… and there are not millions and billions of enlightened people… — Ironically, I have a favorite story from the Bible that perfectly illustrates this problem: the story of the Golden Calf. The Israelites got impatient waiting for Moses and made an idol—a version of God that fit their desires—instead of following what was actually given to them. It broke the First Commandment: “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Which is exactly what I fear when talking about my own views. It’s easy to shape a version of God that makes sense to me, but that doesn’t mean it’s actually God or that Jesus really means anything more than other stories’s attempt at Truth— including my stories. People awaken to what they awaken to. Jesus seemed awake. It only makes sense that people may awaken to him. But— the story of the Golden Calf. “You shall have no other gods before Me.” I view stories, such as Jesus’s, as idolatry. I view Leo’s stories of Love and God the same way. Leo may not point to a clear ‘idol’ but his work could be misrepresented and lead to some serious misunderstandings. Some people take the ‘You are God’ thing too far and make an Idol of themselves— there’s been a few of those. And each framework has its own risks. And some are cleaner or sloppier. Christianity, I’d argue, is sloppy. They’re good at engaging people. But I am not so sure for enlightening them.

@Leo Gura Care to elaborate? What I meant was: Christian faith is a form of not-knowing—not in the Ralston sense, but in the sense that it replaces understanding with belief. Their faith functions as a barrier to knowing because it prevents doubt and inquiry. If they had doubt instead of faith, their not-knowing would resemble Ralston’s—an open, investigative stance. But since they don’t, their not-knowing becomes passive and limiting rather than conscious and liberating. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Ta-Da!

Experience is inevitable, regardless of Consciousness.

If people’s claim is that the admission of Faith and Not Knowing is what leads them to God— fine. But the second you have that God realization your faith will die and become useless. To continue having faith in something once you claim to know it— is self-deception and should be considered an intellectual incongruity.

@Nemra Faith=Not Knowing

@Nemra If you can’t verify it through direct observation, you don’t know it.

@Leo Gura Why so much? I live in a winter state and just take the recommended 400-800ui a day. If I miss a day or if it’s extra dark outside, I will make up the difference and take a few more. I think I feel good haha.

Faith=Not Knowing

Thankfully, I was kidding. It could be a mess haha. I would not be surprised, in the future, though. @Natasha Tori Maru

@emil1234 There are no options, ultimately. No states. Whatever you think he shifted into was just whatever he was continuing to be.

If I’m not human right now then you should have understood my point about what you’re saying being imaginary. Receptors and chemicals aren’t real. They exist in your mind. And when you come down from a trip, it is a metaphysical necessity. You said it wasn’t before, but you also say everything is necessary. Pick. Calling me patently deluded while I can essentially read your mind just makes me giggle.

Downplaying his work and acting like that is all he has done is somewhat rude and pathetic. Superiority is an illusion you have separating you from the Truth. You would be more correct than in your other statements.

@The Crocodile You do not comprehend how necessary it is that you are human right now. Or that when you take these chemicals you cease to be human at all.

Marriage needs a severing ability, like for work in the show ‘Severance,’ to separate aspects of each other’s lives. You could have a ‘new’ partner for any aspect of your relationship and never have to recall or manage or deal with the web that comes with it all haha. Really begs the question: Is enjoyment something that can exist entirely within an isolated segment of experience, independent of all other segments, or does it fundamentally arise from the interactions, contrasts, or relationships between multiple segments of experience?

Can someone please tell me what Christianity even is? Is that the thing where you cannot use electricity and you marry in the family?

@The Crocodile If that’s what you think— you should take those chemicals, safely, at your own discretion and let the results speak for themselves. Alternatively, if you have had those chemicals, and this is your conclusion, I would recommend never taking them again and to enjoy sobriety. 😉

@Vibes It has nothing to do with attachment. You do not have to be attached to the idea of being human to remain human. You do not have the choices you think you have.

@puporing I remember harassing you. You have some of my favorite responses. I do not remember what I was hung up on. ❤️

Mission accomplished?! 😉

Psychedelics are mind catalysts.

Perfection lies in the ability to take itself away from you.

I, I am the one I am the none I am nobody I am no one I am God, I am you I am me I am Gaia, Gaia Giant body parasite Gaia lives while others die I, I am the two I am you too I am the stream I am wind, I am rain I am photon, I am wave I am Gaia, Gaia Gaia sees, Gaia breathes Gaia's needs, incomplete Gaia bequeaths Dirt is deceased Gaia dies No one sees I am Gaia, Gaia Gaia