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Yes I do. I’ve been through that phase, and it lasted about a year. You are referring to when all distinctions between self and other collapse into a singularity of “I AM” / Infinity. What happened next cannot really be expressed or understood, unfortunately.

It’s not just semantic. There is an actual misapprehension going on. “I can hide here…” the I said to itself, as it closed the doors of the red and sealed itself inside. “They’ll never find me here.” Rooting the self out of the appearance is almost impossible, but not quite. Some apparent people get “lucky” (it is actually quite terrifying and anxiety-inducing when it first happens) but it will elude the vast majority because it is exactly like dying, and no one wants to die badly enough. The notion and the sense of self as reality / infinity is the final hiding place for the illusory ego. It’s as simple as that. It can be completely deconstructed. No-self is not merely some Buddhist philosophy, it is reality. It’s just a very rare realisation because it is 100% counter intuitive and seems like it must break all the laws of simple logic and / or science (all constructions of the self, of course - hence the problem..) You won’t believe me, but if no-self realisation has happened, it is very obvious that something different is being discussed when someone says “you are infinity” or “you are red”. The word “you” in this context is seen as completely meaningless and is no more suitable a word / idea to describe red than any other word. Red is just red. Red is not you. Red is not blue. Maybe it is worth pondering why the word “you” is being used at all. Could it be because the qualitative essence of a “you” seems to have remained essentially unchanged all the way along your “path” from small self to big Self..? The answer is yes. Big Self is simply the small self in disguise, on a tightrope, enjoying the thrill but being very, very careful not to fall.

@Thought Art Observer and observed are two entirely distinct ideas. There is only one facet to “God”. Appearance. Anything else added to this is dream-building. The reality is, there is only appearance. The appearance is without a self or a Self. It is singular. This is the oneness you are referring to. Not observer and observed somehow bundled together. Simply appearance. No taxonomies, no distinctions, no multiple facets. No room for you. Just this.

We don’t need leaders. God consciousness exists as an idea. You know this already.

You seem to be annoyed. I apologise if anything I’ve said here is frustrating or triggering. It is still true though. Death is truth. Death is “God”.

@Thought Art How did the observer appear?

All the better. The self must be given nothing.

Less, not more. Unless you want to bind spirituality with politics. Remember, all differences are imaginary. They are worth exploring only to the extent you wish to dive deeper into the dream. Discard the relative.

Because it’s true. God is only an idea. A beautiful idea, but just an idea.

I didn’t get the impression that @RMQualtrough is basing any of this on anything Leo has said.

Yes, sounds about right. There is an appearance (not an experience) of two thumbs tapping a screen. That could be called God. It could also be called this or that.

It doesn’t have to, and that’s OK

When it comes to enlightenment, there is no “how”. If the word “how” - along with the accompanying sentiment - was completely eliminated from a seeker’s vocabulary, it might solve a lot of apparent problems ;-) Whenever there is a question of “how?” the truest answer is silence… or perhaps a prod with a sharp stick! If someone offers you more than this, they are not helping you. Rather, they are humouring you by tending to the dream, watering it, keeping it alive. Any sort of prescriptive answer only ever perpetuates the dream. Truly there are no answers. Answers only exist in the dream. Receive enough answers and you may never escape.

You don’t go about it. It happens on its own.

There are no higher stages in meditation. In the same way, there are no higher stages in TV-watching. The best practice is making coffee, going to the shop, watching tv, meditating, socialising, taking psychedelics, whatever it may be.

What most of you are not getting here is that Leo has awakened to Troll Consciousness

It is totally irrelevant what Leo says or thinks. Leo is for entertainment purposes only. Find out for yourself!

You're definitely not insane. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

What's wrong with eating shit? Notice your bias.

Of course not.

@Leo Gura How about getting an outfit of the kangaroo-mouse made? And then dressing up in it to record any future videos?

You actually do resemble Scrat from Ice Age. Maybe he is your spirit animal Or maybe you caught sight of yourself / your reflection from a weird angle mid-trip (including your movements, writhing about etc) and, seeing yourself from this altered state, you realised for the first time your striking resemblance to a mouse / kangaroo.

When I look at my family tree two things are obvious: 1. For centuries my Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors were forced to move from place to place, always trying to find somewhere that they would be tolerated, or at least not directly persecuted. Quite a shocking number of them died in concentration camps circa 1941 / 1942. 2. A large proportion of my ancestors and living relatives are successful academics (a few are quite famous) or self-made millionaires. I myself am in the latter category. The reason for this pronounced asymmetric success in the Jewish community is a very, very strong genetic tendency to overcompensate for threats to survival. Basically an almost constant pernicious anxiety that around the next corner everything will turn to ashes.