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All those apply, go hand in hand, but how i'm thinking of the questions in my mind might be too far from how you're thinking of it, hence misunderstandings there. Regarding the second question I'd say it's more so the opposite way, more openness makes altered perception more possible. And it's predominantly internally "based", your state will determine what you connect to externally, what you're able to percieve and access too. But ofc anyone can have some "woo woo" experience but less likely, based on observations. Theres variety of experiences, Im not talking about "random hallucinations", which from the very little I've heard about schizophrenia seems to be big part of it. Having deeper and more subtle insights, yes I recognize those terms as I've use them myself in this regard too. Being able to have them depends on your internal state too. I didn't "reach" for anything I just wrote where such thought seemed to be inspired from for me.

Can’t get more “Neo advaitian” than this😂😂😂

Regarding perceptual openness, yes it’s a broad term ig so that can mean a lot of things. I don’t claim I know all about it, but what I mean is that I’ve experienced how when the ego structure loosens up its like an open enough state that made it possible for me to have more more “woo woo” experiences. It’s not the whole story but I noticed clear correlation there. Also the combination of my own experience there and the fact that most people in society and media don’t talk about these phenomena barely at all, suggests most aren’t having those experiences, and since average people have average dense egos I feel I can draw that correlation for more than just myself. That’s funny you mention😂 I may or may not have seen that post, but occasionally when I think of this topic of infinite possibilities or how some say reality is chaos etc and I think of some “random thing” as an example for it, I’ve thought of pink elephant before, it may be picked up from somewhere where I’ve heard it being used as example in similar contexts, don’t remember clearly. I get your possible explanation there, could be yea. The last part I meant that average people (I’m not firm on what that means but it’s useful term for now), their reality entails having such an obvious daily experience of being real human and it’s almost as if everyone around them confirms it and also all the information they can consume, just society in general. So for us it’s obvious the ego structure can dissolve more or less it’s not completely rigid, but a lot of people would consider ego dissolution insane concept, they wouldn’t even get what you mean at all, because it doesn’t match anything in their experience. I meant there’s some similarity there imo to how you are coming at this topic of psychic phenomena, I’m not at all saying you’re like those people obviously but just that you don’t experience the psychic stuff (or in a way you’d think is obvious) maybe you also have somewhat stable solid like sense of reality daily, so the science paradigm makes sense to your experience. But if you had different experience you’d change your view, but you speak as if you need science to change your view. Science btw doesn’t say pseudoscience isn’t true, it says “we just can’t prove it” or am I wrong? I kinda go all in on my replies now but let me know if it’s too much if I’m not reading the room properly

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So not infinite torture reincarnations??? That’s the best news ever. I hope you’re right (I’m convinced you’re not but I wish).

Thats like David Goggins saying anyone can be like him if they just “toughen up a little”

Altered state is still a state im in, sober too. Ok and I don’t have control in general either? So I have no say in anything then? ?? That’s you writing from your conviction that psychic phenomena is equally as unlikely as something like a holographic pink elephant wearing a robe with panda sitting on top of it and eating cake while despacito is playing from a speaker on its lap appearing in your room right now??? No I’m not just speaking of “anything in the realm of possibility”. Tell someone on the street that dissolving the mind ego is possible, they will think you’re insane because they experience themselves as undeniably real and stable in reality. What you’re doing is like another version of that

What kind of mind are you having telepathy with for it to be scary lol

Some people are not close minded. They are just closed perception wise.

I get what you mean, I also tend to not try to look for it because it can be very confusing because everything that’s going on is just so messy and you could technically find connections everywhere, but then there are some things that really stand out in our experiences

“Unfortunately” 😂😂😂😂😂

Are you familiar with the concept of synchronicities? It’s something I’ve been thinking about recently and been experiencing things that seem to fit that description but I’m not super keen on what it means exactly because sometimes the standard definitions don’t apply to everyone’s experiences exactly, but the word resonates with me. It seems to be in slightly different category than the typical psychic experiences but it’s probably related I think. It’s a word that really rings a bell for me in my experience at least

IMO you don’t have to believe in the psychic stuff for it to happen. Even if you were convinced by one example doesn’t mean you’ll experience them yourself because of it, but maybe don’t resist those “telepathy thoughts”, just an idea

You have like higher standards than the scientists themselves, how many more examples do you need😂😂😂😂

He is not reacting the way you think, that’s misinterpretation on your part, you could’ve finished the sentence after “I don’t understand” period, would’ve been the most accurate response