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This is just a thought: If someone had no questions left in their "metaphysical inquiry," they would not be on this forum.

@Someone here What if the question "Why does anything exist at all?" is founded on false premises? What if you are assuming the existence of something in order to ask your question, but independent of your wondering and wandering, there is nothing to rack your mind over?

@xeontor I never said you can be definitely certain of any Truth, be it with a capital T or not. These are cute games, bro. I am pointing to the truth that, in your own experience, you cannot know anything for sure. Knowledge is a hoax. Knowledge is mental masturbation. Knowledge is Truth. Knowledge is GOD.

@xeontor "So, how do we distinguish truth from falsehood? By testing our ideas against reality" Either that, or letting go of them entirely. What if the Truth is completely beyond human understanding? What if it does not care about your fancy methodology? This is the possibility of transcendence, brother. But you might have to let go of your scientific personality to see that

Either there are infinite states of consciousness.... Or only ONE! Pick your Poison

@xeontor you think that any method holds any significance outside of your mind. You think you inhabit a world of huamans collectively trying to understand the metaphysics of the world. You think that there is a right and wrong way to go about things. You think that you exist and anything you say means squat. Therein lies your issue.

I have scoured this forum forth & back in search of a post about someon's experience with opiods. I don't know if that class of drugs is tabboo in this corner or if you guys just aren't fkn stupid... Me, on the other hand, I am a rascal. As such, after getting my wisdom teeth extracted, I decided to have some fun with my painmeds. I'm a teenager, so this is understandable. Anyways, just wanted to share my experience with 25mg off the hydros. It was eerily similar to a psychedelic experience. I also want to try some coke to test this hypothesis, but I have found that, with the exception of weed, pretty much all psychoactive substances bring me closer to God in one way or another Specifically with this experience, my mind just shut the fuck off. I experinced EFFORTLESS ENLIGHTENMENT; even that one voice interjecting spiritual terminology in between every breath disappeared Anyways, wz curious if any yall had experience in this domain. Obviously it's best to not do this or only do this once or twicr because u don't want to be a heroin addict.

@Flowerfaeiry figured as much. Best stay away from that stuff

Reading this thread makes me feel so understood, so heard, like you are my actualized brethren confirming the realities of nondual hallabungus, but jokes on you, you are my cherished fantasies, my favorite beliefs, my toy house

The truth is that I am God, and God is a scared little boy

@Sugarcoat better include a chapter of porn in the middle: Chapter 6: A Well Needed Rest "Dear dear reader, bless your soul for having made it this far. You are making good progress here! Now enjoy yourself a little, and come back to the studies even more serious! Lots to figure out ;)"

Curious: Whar role does your ancestry (grandparents, great greatparents) play in shaping your personality traits, charecterustics, deeply rooted idiodyncrasies e5c.

@Sugarcoat I will buy your book. Good work. Lol

@Leo Gura lmao this had me laughing my ass off on the toilet. Lol

@Sugarcoat lol, idk what that means. It is like me asking, if I have a toe, but my toe is attached to my body, does that mean that I have one body and one toe, or just one body of which the toe is a part? Then you remember, oh wait: I have 10 toes! But even this is wrong as you now remember that u are Every being in existence and thus possess all toes to ever toe This is the Ultimare TOE

Lol, exactly: just a thought 🤣

@jimwell lol I mEANt for my name to be "swamijiben" but fucked up and missed the W Like a yogi, dig it? Thx for your kind words HABIBI NAMASCAR

@jimwell thanks you for that. I think my ancestry affected me, beyond physical appearence, in terms of my general demeanor. Just the way I carry myself. But all of that programming can be easily overridden. If I stay in a foreign country like India for just a few months, I start absorbing their cultural tendencies and my personality and language is transformed just like that. I am very much a product of my enviornmemt. Otherwise, I see my reactive tendencies as stemming from cultural mannerisms of my ancestors. The middle-eastern in me is a direct, dry, politically incorrect side of me that has no respect for politness. The Eastern European in me is... IDFK. Whatever the case, I suspect that, as you said, these things do play some kind of role in our development. Otherwise it's all just imaginary lol 😛

@Carl-Richard lmao

@Clarence this is what I was thinking. My logic followed that it would be highly useful to study the predilections of your ancestors in order to gain a deep understanding of certain deeply-rooted fears and biases of your EgoMind

The problem with Christianity is the same problem of fear and guilt and shame, all of the reasons we dread existence and suffer like flopping fish. Christianity is only particularly prevalent in Western civilization due to the consequences of the dark ages which continue to persist despite the conscious recognition of its victims. The West is a vast, epistemic cesspool of verbose jargon and mental ejaculate. The Church constructs a lollypop world, replete with pedophiles and popes, clowns and clerks, bishops, baptisms, nuns and blasphemy. There are stories upon stories: enough for a lifetime. In it you can find Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. You can find the remnants of the Holy Ghost, or was that the Holy Spirit? Jesus Christ, am I right? These insights came to me after speaking with a version of myself that I consider to be a friend. In this case, I had reconnected with him after years. He began telling me about God. He told me that he had everything figured out and that he would show me the way. He told me he had found God through Jesus Christ. He made it sound so good, so real, so serious. I almost believed him In the end, I realized that the deception of Christianity is not the deception of Christians. It is my own deception. I am the devil. Me.

@jimwell yoooo, Well of Jimmy! What's happennin?! My grandmothers were also sweet ladies, albeit grumpy and conceited at times. I still have one grandfather remaining. He is 96 and sharp as a spade. I did not really mean to ask, however, what role your indivudal ancestors played in your development but rather what role ancestry itself plays. For instance, say your ancestry is Cuban, Syrian, & Hungarian. Does that significantly contribute, if at all, to the structute of your EgoMind? This was supposed to be the original question of this post

@xeontor "Below is a strictly epistemology‑focused autopsy of where (and how) Leo Gura’s method of “knowing” goes off the rails. Nothing here is an attack on him as a person; the same pitfalls can trap any of us when we lean too hard on extraordinary states of consciousness. I use “Leo” as shorthand for the pattern." Just to be sure, Leo does not propose a "method of knowing." He offers many in his line of work but none of them come even somewhat close to what the FUCK he is truly talking about. Truth is not about the best method. Analyzing and dissecting supposed ways to God will get you precisely nowhere. Good luck

Lol. That's a MouthFull

@Salariatu For sure, man. Will definitely give a go at the Shambhavi Mudra. Have you experienced any benefits from your practice? Please do share... Such possibilities make me excited. My cock is hardening at the prospect of reaching enlightenment thru this specific meditation.. @Breakingthewall 2 ug?? Lol you must weigh 20 pounds, otherwise you are floating in outer space! @PurpleTree Vat is Dat? (radical nonduality talks) @CoolDreamThanks Again, your admirable and passionate commitment to studying ACIM is worthy and noble.