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No need to apologize @Charlotte . My somewhat short answer made it easy to interpret it as a sarcastic comment.

@How to be wise Most people experience the flow state to various degree. Don't you play an instrument or play video games? If there is no resistance to what is then it becomes effortless. The question is how to remove resistance? Isn't that resistance to resstance?

10 years of depression which lead me to see a therapist. That made me see that the depression was from my own thoughts, that was constantly feeding me negative stories about myself. Seeing that those thought really had no truth to them lead me to contemplating about what truth really was and so the truth seeking began and another 10 years after that I began looking into self development on youtube and there was Leo..

@Charlotte It wasn't meant to be sarcastic. I said it because I really believe that they do it because they care. Also what you are doing might feel scary to them because they don't know what it is and people tend to be scared of the unknown. It might feel alittle easier to handle the negativity once you see it's out of love. To me it was anyway. Although I was really sensitive to negativity and people in general.

What a loving and caring family you have.

@electroBeam Do what works for you. Don't get caught in following certain traditions. But maybe that's just me. I always had a hard time listening to people telling me what to do.

@Peace and Love You can't get through this with gaining more knowledge about enlightenment, you get through it by listening to yourself. Let yourself feel confused, angry or frightened. From what you've written it seems that you feel confused and you don't want to feel that way so you are trying to seek your way out of it. But the confusion shows you that this course is working. You're doing great, keep doing what you are doing.

@Psyche_92 Yes it sounds like a glimpse to me. Wonderful! You won't be able to get back to it. Just let it go.

Does it talk about the benefits as well? If not it's probably quite biased toward the "knark är bajs" (drugs are shit) movement in Sweden. I'm not saying that you should take LSD or not just that to get a complete view on LSD you probably have to do more extensive research.

@zunnyman Have you ever been depressed? I mean really depressed for months or years? If you have you probably can deal with the depression that a big realization can bring. Otherwise take things slow, no need to rush things.

@Nahm it's probably nothing.

@Samuel Garcia Yes it is here now. There is only now so how could it be in any other way? The brain has nothing to do with truth. It can't grasp the truth but it tries to figure it all out. When you start to see the way it does it's thing is the day you start to see through the illusion of the mind cause the mind is everywhere but here now. It thinks of the past and the future and even on the now. It distorts what is into that which it isn't. So conditioning the mind to get enlightened won't work. Transcend it.

@Brimstone I've walked into that trap many times! But now I know better. I don't exist.

@Cesar Alba The egoic drive of never being satisfied and always being unhappy with what it had was great for survival. When we lived out of scarcity it makes sense that the one accumulating more stuff had a better chance to survive. But now times have changed. We live in a world of abundance so it makes no sense to live in that old paradigm. We can see that the same egoic drive has caused major concerns both from an individual and worldly perspective.

@electroBeam The boring answer: Structure and routines in your day to day life. Each day eat, sleep and wake up at the same times. Daily exercise. No drugs or alcohol.

Not during sleep. Yes in the beginning it's constantly like that. You forget the practice. You slip into your old habits again and again. Just reapply the practice whenever you become conscious. After a while it will become second nature to you.

@zunnyman as pleasant as these experiences can be they are not important. They come and go and what you might be experiencing now is resistance to those experiences being gone or not as strong as you would like them to be. Do you have any practice you use when not sitting and meditating? It helps carrying over the meditative state from formal practice to real life. I used to practice surrender 24/7 pretty much.

Yes it can be powerful depending on what type of answer you get. Just a logic conclusion about it reality is not as powerful as a full blown realization. The most powerful answer I got contemplating about reality was a deep existential fear of not existing. Which is perfect. You can't really ask for a better outcome.

Just submerge yourself in that. Something to read. Something to watch out for.

So much love

It makes sense based on that. We have to base it on our direct experience what else can we base it on. Why don't you think you are a two-headed mutant riding through space on a giant mushroom? It doesn't really match your direct experience. Right? If you identify with the body/mind it makes perfect sense to make those conclusions you've made. It has nothing to do about beliefs or thinking. It is beyond mind, thoughts and perceptions but don't take my word for it. Find that out for yourself if you truly want to know. Consciousness is beyond mind. How am I sure? I can't tell you how. But after realizing it's like being the body/mind is about as likely as being a two-headed mutant riding through space on a giant mushroom. Of course I'm exaggerating (a little)!

@john5170 Before the realization I was never really into meditation. It just wasn't my thing. What I did do was going for long walks in the woods. That was my meditation. It was not something I had to force myself to do, it was totally effortless. That is still something I enjoy. What is meditation for someone might not be for someone else. It can be anything from long walks to doing the dishes, it might even be meditating . Maybe playing video games or playing an instrument. It is something that feels really natural to do. Effortless being. Find that and practice it daily.

@AlldayLoop How many percent of the people in the world are actually trying to become enlighted? One percent or less? Let's say 1%. So it's one in a hundred chance to get enlightened. Besides that I think it's like the teacher of Adyashanti put it. "Only the phonies don't get enlightened" Meaning if you really are into sprituality for the truth and not for everything else then you'll find truth.

@egoless Maybe this video will give you some insight into the enlightenment endgame.