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I think it's only bad if we don't have a choice in the matter. some NDE'rs say we choose our next incarnation (but then they're forced to come back so I'm not sure what to make of it).

Yeah I'm picking career development over friends and pickup atm. Also, my social life has been the biggest thing fueling my weed addiction. So tbh I need to get that handled before I start doing pickup again. My main strategy for making friends in Portland is gonna be Marijuana Anonymous. I've already attended some Zoom meetings and was impressed with the amount of 20 somethings.

Breakdown of the bicameral mind occured around the time of the axial age. Socrates, Plato, Buddha , Lao tzu , Zoroaster Isaiah , Jeremiah

Consciousness is an illusion! Hahahahhaha

That makes sense, the west coast seems very social circle . Okay I just found out the company also has an office in Austin. That's bizarre .

I want to know how I can be God if my consciousness is essentially confined to me and can't be combined with someone else's consciousness. I guess it just doesn't compute . But that's probably because I haven't realized God directly .

I think he's missing the whole point. It's not really relevant whether consciousness occurs when the brain stops working. It's much more interesting to look at the phenomena itself, consciousness becoming infinite and omniscient, and attempting to explain how that's possible.

I've been doing Survival, not Spitituality. My entire journey up until this point has been to live forever. That's all I've ever wanted , to be eternally. Now I need to deconstruct that by dying. I must die. I absolutely must die . Pure nothingness . My entire life up until this point has been pure ego, pure selfishness, and pure delusion. I absolutely must die asap. this is my dilemma a lifetime of misery Or this me dies and I actually start living in a way that isn't deluded . I need to find a way out of this cycle .

I'm gonna visit this summer because I got a temp job . Actually socializing has been the root of a lot of my problems I think so it will be a nice reset. But in the long run I definitely want somewhere to do game . 👍

That's tragic. I guess I'm waiting to move to the pnw until I'm in a long term relationship. Austin actually seems like a place I would like . I guess I thought it was a desert but looks like they have some green space.

Damn I really thought I cooked with that one.

Anyone know if Portland is too progressive to do pickup? I love the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and I actually enjoy overcast weather . None of the big "party cities" appeal to me in ways beyond pickup.

I hear women in NYC will approach you. Can anyone confirm? The angel on my shoulder wants to move somewhere with natural beauty and spirituality, the devil wants to move somewhere it's easy to pickup women.

What do you mean by more? Deeper levels of experience? Better understanding of reality? IMO both can always increase .

That's what everyone on this forum says but how many have actually realized? Seems like a lot of us just parrot Leo without actually becoming conscious.

Yeah . But Sugarcoat made a point that made me re-evaluate a bit. The part I forgot and left out was, my thinking was influenced by Bernardo Kastrup . In an interview he was asked about the afterlife and he compared it to being a total amnesiac in a sensory deprivation tank. That to me would be what I wouldn't want. An experience of nothing for eternity rather than simply not existing .

Father : the absolute Son : consciousness Holy Spirit : divine intelligence what do you think about that breakdown?

My life has been suffering but I feel like that's about to change. I'm moving to Oregon from the Bible Belt . I'm focusing on spirituality again, after a long time obsessed with pickup .

That's actually a really good point. Nonexistence would, in certain sense , be a lot better than life. I think I had a subtle belief that there would be an experience of nothingness, kinda like being in a k hole for eternity. But true nothingness wouldn't entail an experiencer.

I watched a YouTube video about the papaua New Guinea tribes. The interviewer asked what one of the men thought about gays, and he said that if his son was gay he'd kill him. I say this to try to dispel the progressive idolization of stage purple.

Gotcha, I thought you were a no self person. Because of the previous thread where you said consciousness was not the same as the absolute , I guess assumed that meant no continuity and total memory wipe after death. I'm glad you clarified . I feel like you're onto something , but for now it's just a belief, not an experience for me. I want it to become an experience.

I feel like you're on to something. The story of Jesus resonates with me. I'm not a Christian, but it still resonates. I believe he resurrected .

Maybe Jesus really rose from the dead. Still not gonna worship him .

Yes there's a sense that being human is a burden. I can't be satisfied , I have a strong dislike for myself sometimes. I want to open myself to something bigger. I sometimes thought I found it, but it's all belief, it's not experience. Psychedelics haven't worked on me as well as I would like, and I think that's because of my fears and resistance . I love the Christian narrative because there's no identity loss . Being human is a burden but I still crave an afterlife where I can see my mother's face, talk to my friends, still be human but it not be a burden .

No I was indoctrinated by Christianity growing up. Christianity doesn't care if you sin, all they care about is whether you accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. If you don't, straight to hell.