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Depends. Taking a more bird eye view of life could free you from most petty human issues. But it could also lead you down a path of nihilism, existential anxiety (about death for example), sense of hopelessness and meaninglessness. It’s no guarantee of happiness. But I think it’s a preferable view because it puts your priorities straight

I assume enlightenment is a kind of end to the sense of self. Or maybe the sense of self is still there in enlightenment just that it’s not seen as “real”, which in our current reality it is: the self is experienced as absolutely real. Maybe that’s the illusion : the self seeming absolutely real. But then in enlightenment it’s seen as just a kind of form, but the non dual nature of reality is recognized, so you see how nothing is actually separate. But all the form remains the same, just not seen as absolutely real and separate That’s my guess I have wondered about the self I think the average person has moments where they forget about themselves : such as when they’re immersed in something. But it’s not a non dual state, because they’re still immersed in form: in duality (like watching a movie) For the vast minority of people they’ll have a self all their life, ask someone on the street: do you feel like you exist? They’ll most likely say yes. So enlightenment is really rare

You guys need to update your methods lol. Do you think she’s gonna reply like “oh yes I am!!” if she happened to be her

Lollll you guys are funny

A woman could simply be horny enough, in combination of being open to the idea of casual sex meaning she doesn’t judge it from some religious standpoint or something, and maybe she also is craving some ego boost (some could use it as an addiction for a self esteem boost). Especially in the west where culture is very sexualized and a woman’s sex appeal is put on a pedestal, so engaging in casual sex could feed her self image of wanting to feel sexy. Now that I’m thinking all that I wrote could be achieved in a relationship too. To that I could explain that maybe yes she’s craving intimacy and affection, but the one she gets from casual sex might be “enough” for now in her life. And emotional support and social company she might get from friends

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Because brain produces self illusion and psychedelics act on the brain to break down that mechanism that imagines a self Ive experienced how changes in brain changes self. So the brain and self go hand in hand. Mind creates self (maybe not all of it), but what produces the mind🤔

I wonder the same. Like if the self is the veil wouldn’t all of reality be revealed when the self is seen through or “drops”. The non dual nature of reality. And devoid of a veil what could be hidden? If awakening includes realization of infinite love, nothing, infinity, wouldn’t that all simultaneously reveal itself after self is dropped because it’s the only thing that has ever veiled it? Its one of the deepest questions you could ask

Years and years of self inquiry led me to a point of being almost devoid of a self. Stuck in this “in between “ state of life and death

It seems to me letting go is a big piece of the puzzle because there’s a lot of energy that goes into maintaining the self But I don’t feel like it’s the entire puzzle. It seems to me like my mind/brain somehow maintains a kind of core self without my own effort or doing

That’s what this community is for

I think the openness you describe will lead to a gradual dissolution of the human structure, and all the neurosis that comes with it. Some non dual people talk about how there’s natural change to the human structure that happens after enlightenment. So in the end it will lead to what spirituality talks about, the elimination of the human structure, at least to significant degree. Because the human structure is deeply flawed in the way that it causes a lot of suffering, almost any pleasure except sensory pleasure comes with attachment, so it has its backside, when someone is on vacation they’re afraid of having to go home. When someone is performing well they’re afraid of failing. Even the sensory pleasures that has not to do with self image has a backside: addiction. It’s wise to want to eliminate this structure. Because a lot of what you are , are your attachments. So to undo the attachments goes hand in hand with undoing what you are. It’s attacking the source of your suffering : you. It’s just that the approach fails. Because spirituality becomes another idea to get attached to, another identity, so it’s acting from the same structure you’re trying to dissolve. Unless it’s seen clearly it won’t be transcended. You need a kind of different approach, and the openness you talk about is an example of a different approach. That goes beyond the human structure. And it will lead to its undoing because there’s no longer energy directed into its maintenance

Smooth rizz .

Same that’s why I changed my profile pic to a more anonymous one because if someone who knows me looks for me they can’t identify by picture

My parents found out about this forum as they’ve asked me and I’ve answered , otherwise I wouldn’t talk about it. Some of my family have a negative view about it, like they have a stereotype of this isolated person disconnected from the world that hangs out on online forums, like a loser or someone who risks getting radicalized. Some of it is close mindedness, like they have a set idea about something in society and views it negatively because of that. Also judging some aspects of spirituality as just being people’s delusions, which could be due to a lack of spiritual experiences themselves. Also a judgment of psychedelics as just feeding into people’s delusions and viewing anything significantly mind altering as “dangerous”. It’s like they have an idea of what’s normal and things that deviate are judged

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I’m still waiting for the full alive and love part lol

It will all be intellectual if you don’t experience it yourself, regardless of what anyone said. I have had some spiritual experiences which have showed me what’s possible so that’s what I’m going from

Lol the insecurity

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I also thought it’s like “SOS mite aaaah” like someone is warning that there is a mite and is reacting by screaming aaah

It takes a special woman to recognize special men sometimes… Ceo as in Leo? LOL I swear when I was like 16 and started to watch Leo I have fantasized about him. I guess I’ve always been a special woman To not derail the thread….. Leo gura is a cool name because it sounds like guru

I find I can’t make my self “turn off”

How do you know they are imaginary?

It’s quite meta