SeaMonster

Mahasamadhi is mahasomebullshit. Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical death. There is no human/enlightened dichotomy, that's a particularly stupid and dangerous dogma. Enlightenment is being fully human, without ego hangups like hating the body.

LOL. Using that logic...progressives are racist because they protect actual racists by labeling any perceived minor linguistic or ideological/policy transgression as racism. Hilarious lack of self-awareness there.

Anyone who needs to be spoonfed sourcing information on this forum may be too lazy, immature, unresourceful (is that a word?) and unprepared to do psychedelics. If they want it bad enough, they can do their own research.

I think you are actually at the point of a breakthrough. Those happen when you feel like you're getting nowhere; like you're beating your head against the wall and nothing is working. So now you are ready to surrender. Before you can discover what will work for you, you must first cease with what doesn't.

I don't think you get the fundamental nature of spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening is not awakening to a conceptual understanding. It is a state of being that you can imperfectly describe, but you DON'T HAVE TO. It's how you exist in that state that matters. Talking about infinite love ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ANYONE INFINITELY LOVING. Let's get fucking real on this forum for once. All it does is give you the opportunity to break down limiting and harmful ego defense mechanisms. The nature of reality is fucking irrelevant unless you awaken and then seize the opportunity to become "whole." HOW DO I MAKE SURE I'M RIGHT is just ego talk. Only the ego cares if it's "right."

You miss the point, I think. "Openminded" doesn't mean anything in this context. People aren't motivated because they are openminded. You have to answer a fundamental question: what is the motivation for people to become spiritual seekers/practicioners? The most common motivation is suffering that is not easy alleviated by common societal practices. Mental illness, existential angst, etc. Another motivation is that people want the benefits of a better life - yes, MATERIAL BENEFITS. They want a better state of mind that will get them love and money, to be crass. Most people could give a rat's ass about the philosophical dimensions of this issue if it doesn't directly address the above. That's the bottom line. And if they get these things, they DEFINITELY couldn't care less about the philosophical dimensions.

To have success, one must understand the human condition: 1) Many people are lazy/complacent. 2) Many people are scared to leave their comfort zone. 3) Some are both. The people most likely to become spiritual seekers are those who are in great suffering. Focus on those before you worry about cultural change - that's ego talk. Make your goals realistic and achievable.

The message is simple: if you want long-term relief from suffering, you have to go into temporary discomfort. Here's how. The rest is just unnecessary. In other words, be closer to Buddhism or Taoism rather than Western philosophy.

It's necessary but by no means sufficient - and a little of it goes a long way. Otherwise you get what some people in this forum do, which is a vicious cycle of mental fapping. That's kind of the peril of too much philosophy, it becomes just more mental baggage for people not motivated or too scared to do work like meditation. That's kind of the bottom line, again: many people are too lazy or too scared. They don't want to face reality. And it's easy for them to engage in spiritual bypassing of all types, of which philosophical rumination is one.

Spiritual awakening is not about conversion to a set of ideas. That is the territory of religion, philosophy or ideology. Spiritual awakening is about understanding the proper relationship between reality and ideas -- namely that the map is not the territory, that you can't simply digest or circumscribe the infinite. The reason Leo doesn't want to debate is because he can't -- he wouldn't be taken seriously by people like Destiny because he'd want to fall back on mystical revelation as a last resort, and would be seriously challenged. You can be a philosopher or a mystic, but when you try to mix the two, people suspect you're trying to pull a fast one.

The ultimate test of a theory is, does one act AS IF the theory is true? Leo is clearly not acting as if the theory is true -- in other words, he does make adjustments based on negative feedback. If he really believed the audience were not real but his own projection, he wouldn't give a fuck but would pursue his impulses and keep teaching it. So, no offense to Leo, but I don't think he deep down believes in his own teachings -- certainly not enough to act as if he does.

You have to analyze your lifestyle and see if something can be improved to better support self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as self-care. Being liked by women is a secondary effect of this, you don't need to focus on it.

Oh ok, I don't find anything wrong with that.

It means you're being a lying prick and chopping a quote to change its meaning.

I think I read some of Sacred Mushroom, but it was too ridiculous to continue. There is a market now for this Terrence McKenna originated theory, but the problem is that it's not rigorous and tries to retcon the 1960s culture backwards (Jesus was a hippie! They all tripped, man! The apes got stoned!) You need a certain level of evidence not merely throw theories around. I mean, it's possible that psychedelics were involved in the history of spiritual development of mankind, but then psychedelics aren't the only factor. You can induce trance states without psychedelics (e.g. shamanic dance.)

Wish there was a "thumbs up" emoji. They're just amplifying your own ruminative tendencies.

Frankly, many of them are highly speculative and low quality imo. I was not impressed with the Immortality Key.

That IS very young in this context. A lot of college girls want to be free to have summer flings. Telling her she needs to decide is fine, but really if she doesn't decide quickly you need to, so you can disentangle yourself from a potentially sticky situation.

If there's an insecurity/insecurities, follow these easy steps to remedy the situation: 1) Figure out what the insecurity is, e.g. I would be more secure if I were/weren't X. 2) Make sure X is something remediable -- if it isn't, you've got the wrong X -- think deeper. 3) Methodically remedy X. Requires a shift in your lifestyle, usually. It's pretty much that simple. Sometimes you need psychedelics to have clear insight of X.

Maybe the problem is that you haven't yet adjusted your dating strategies to reflect your current values. If you know what you're looking for then you need a more practical way of determining whether a girl meets that criteria.

It "feels" what? Either it's an appropriate reaction to the situation you find yourself in or it isn't. If you're conflicted then either something in the equation is missing or something extraneous is present.

FIFY. What is it this behavior that you can't do anything about, I'm curious?

OK, I have a logical answer for you. If you don't believe in a full-blown relationship or legal marriage/kids, then you are committing sins of omission rather than commission, but they are still "sins." Yor are still being selfish and hence "immoral.' It's simply that you've arbitrarily drawn a line where this passive type of selfishness vis-a-vis society is acceptable to you, and the more active one of "ruining women" (I'm paraphrasing) isn't. But it is an arbitrary line and presents an irresolvable problem. The only way to resolve it is to realize that your morality is arbitrary and fix it so it is more coherent and doesn't create cognitive dissonance.

Maybe there is a pattern of behavior that turns women off that you're not fully aware of or don't know what to do about. If you don't know what causes women to react negatively to you then you put it into a vague, non-actionable box like "hated by all females." It smacks of blackpilling.

You both look awfully young. A lot of girls that age don't want a long-term relationship. So either find one who does or be ok with not having a long-term relationship with her.