vladorion

The I-thought is not so easy to keep attention on because it's hidden under a million other thoughts. When you truly feel the I-thought, it's very enjoyable, you'll feel a lot of love towards it. If your feelings do not respond positively to it, it's not the I-thought.

You assume that individuality dies with the physical body, which you don't know.

It's as much a lesson as waking up in the morning. You can use it as a lesson I guess if you go back to sleep.

I originally replied to you when you were asking why someone wanted to awaken psychedelic free. To which I replied that psychedelic awakenings don't stick. To which you replied something about learning lessons on psychedelics (which has nothing to do with awakening). You can't integrate a memory of an awakening. All you can do with such a memory is create an image of an awakened state in your mind and believe that that's awakening, which would take you even further away from direct experience.

Awakening, enlightenment.

All thoughts are essentially about one thought, which is I/me. Every time you find yourself thinking, you can ask "What do I want to say about myself?". It is something positive. If it's not positive, you can ask "Is this what I think about myself or what I think others think about me?" and then move to what YOU want to say about yourself, which is always positive. You'll notice that that image of yourself is very enjoyable, so enjoy it and allow yourself to love it. You deny it love and that's why it creates 1000 thoughts in your head trying to get love. Or if you can, you can go directly to the I/me thought (which is more like a feeling) and enjoy/love it. That is the essence of self-inquiry taught by Ramana Maharshi.

The point of awakening is not to learn lessons... It's to return to your natural state. And it's a lot of unlearning in the process rather than learning.

Have you read A Course in Miracles book?

Also, if you're not already effortlessly living in the moment when having a psychedelic awakening, there's a big chance your ego is just going to co-opt the awakening and identify with the experience, thinking it's God, awareness, emptiness etc.

Because psychedelic awakenings don't stick except in very rare cases, probably when a person was very close to it anyway.

You can give her a more accurate picture of what Christianity is really about.

Doesn't really matter how you describe it.

If an experience doesn't cause a shift in identity that lasts, it's not really an awakening, no matter how profound it seems.

And then you un-became infinitely conscious, once the trip was over.

I'd investigate what makes your current experience unsatisfactory and who is it that wants permanent bliss.

Because women are more devotional by nature which some of these gurus exploit.

Lol. Grow up.

There are a lot of fears that don't serve a useful purpose in situations where people experience them. Most fear is not just useless, it's detrimental to good health, happiness, success in life. Using this logic, I could say: If covid didn't serve a useful purpose, it wouldn't exist. And someone who thinks believing that covid is a threat makes it one is not a psychopath. Might want to check out the definition of psychopathy.

Karmic justice is just you punishing yourself because you feel guilty. The more guilt you have, the worse your karma.

The main obstacle in pickup is insecurity and insecurity belongs to the ego. Very simple. On the other hand, you might lose motivation to do pickup if you're not feeling separate and limited.

Seems like your motivation for awakening is to become better with women, which is a wrong motivation. Pickup is hard to do if you're honest with yourself. Because you realize you're just trying to use women to get rid of a sense of lack and feel better about yourself.

True. It's ego's perception of infinity.

You shouldn't take your insights so seriously. Even if it may feel obvious, you might find out later that it's not true.

I think you need to ground yourself in your body and physical reality. And maybe find a teacher who helps you feel more grounded in the present moment rather than disoriented.

Show me a vedantic lineage that recognizes James Swartz as a vedanta teacher. All he has as proof is his pictures with Swami Chinmayananda. But Chinmaya Mission won't even endorse him.