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I haven’t read much. I just have ideas of it. And some partial experience of it which gives rise to conceptual framework of it

I just think your desire to quit has to override your desire to do it. Or alternative route develop crazy presence/mindfulness ability to distance yourself from the craving so it doesn’t lead you but instead being observed. Third is that stopping is accessible in any moment, there is apparently a book that tells binge eaters to “just stop” as a method. It’s available anytime. It’s a form of use of willpower. And willpower is limited for the average person unless you’re exceptional. But it’s accessible always (after it gets exhausted it can be regenerated)

Torture could lead to ego surrender Try at your own risk

Thanks you too!

Reality can dream several dreams being connected to each other, I think

Ofc I don’t know what nothing is, maybe it’s unknowable! Thanks you too with whatever you do!!!

There could maybe be be spiritual value to it

I love dreaming. I am fascinated by what my mind can create. I wonder if there can be spiritual symbols/signs in dreams. If dreams, the hypnagogic state, sleep paralysis can be psychic /spiritual . I have confirmed it directly in my experience (of clairvoyance in the hypnagogic state for example). If you just calm down it can be a good experience

Omg I can relate to this. I wanna try more psychedelics but when I tried 5 Meo dmt it felt kinda like melting into enviroment, into “death/nothing” (yet the room you’re in is still the same) and it feels like your temporarily stuck in a way Was kinda uncomfortable but I guess it is because there’s ego left reacting

Lol if there’s a place for writing odd existential things it’s actualized .org I dont mind nightmares so I don’t wanna stop them

Nothingness doesn’t have to mean absence of the current appearance. Limitlessness is nothing, because everything that is something is limited. So this moment may be nothing, meaning if you awoke to it you’d still perceive this moment but without the sense of “something” (limitation) Well when we dream at night, it’s like we are conscious of nothing EXCEPT the activity of our own mind. You don’t see anything with your eyes when you dream, or any other sense. So it’s almost close to that hypothetical “nothingness” state I wrote

I get occasional sleep paralysis. Some years back I had it like every week, and I very quickly learned to enjoy it. I enjoy weird hallucinations of the mind. I think I’m perfect candidate for psychedelics… I have made significant improvements to my everyday state compared to a year back. But yes there’s potential for more. I feel some resistance to studying ngl , started studying recently, so would be cool to develop myself in that area. But then again some things are “supposed” to be hard. The process of learning requires a degree of friction for most (because it takes effort to understand) It’s a self (something) in nothingness I’d say (it’s nothingness from the pov of the self) Maybe there is an objective world that exists even if our perception is off Btw I don’t really wonder much about this sense-less state, I’m more fascinated by dreams in themselves (or just altered states of mind in general)

There seems to be two kinds of fears of death. One is fear of ego dissolution and another is fear of physical death. The fear of ego dissolution is more so common in every day life and it’s when we have attachments to self images so we are (maybe subconsciously) afraid to lose that self image, and we engage in activity to try to maintain that self image (which has a certain neurotic fearful quality to it for many). The other, fear of physical death, is more so fear of your idea of death, and the unknown, also fear of pain of old age and disease. Both fears have commonalities but are not identical. I think both dissolve in true awakening

I find overcoming shyness once and for all requires dissolution of that aspect of your identity that is the shy/awkward self image.

If you happen to be in a lifetime devoid of torture. I think it’s wise to try to prolong this life by being healthy, both in mind and body (also helps in not developing torturous diseases), so that you stay in a decent reincarnation for as long as you can. Also taking necessary precautions in how you deal with people so you don’t end up with a serial killer or something, and choosing to live somewhere safe etc. But not in neurotic way, that’s just unnecessary suffering. You don’t have to accept torture to find peace. You don’t have to do anything about it actually. You just have to stop thinking about it. Or if you happen to think about it: delete the negative charge of your mind. Why would you be scared of a mental image? It’s just an image, you could never actually imagine torture, so the imagination is cut off from the real thing.

I think running long distances is a kind of sport that has a lot to do with pure hard work. More so than genetics. If you were chased by something dangerous, you could run wayyy longer than you run on your work outs. What separates the pros of long distance running from the average is that the pro simply works harder, gives up way later than the average does. It’s a mental sport primarily. How much you can push the body consciously before you give up. Theres some exceptions to this, like for example Dean Karnazes who has something genetic where his body clears lactic acid much faster or something, giving him a significant advantage. Short distance running on the other hand is more so genetics though.

Your experience is limited, it’s particular appearances/forms appearing for you. For something to be limited means that it is something: and thus it ISNT something else, it excludes everything else that it isn’t, because otherwise it wouldn’t be limited

I mean it was to do with this forum so I get your concern…..🤫

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Yes I know for a fact it’s possible because I’ve experienced it. It happened spontaneously. I have a special mind that’s why in my case

I know I am extra obsessed hehe I’d say in this current state I’m in I can’t know if I’m truly grasping/experiencing something exactly how it is

I think you’d need to be devoid of self to know how torture is in its pure form….

There could be ego boosting pleasures that directly highlights the self, so what u said doesn’t apply in all situations

We could almost say nothing exists without a self, because the self is that sense of existence and reality I think self solidifies and stays like that for the rest of life with a little bit of breakdown slowly like how a mountain is getting broken down over millions of years

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