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I'm very grateful for having narcissitic tendencies. It allowed me to strive for the best version of myself and believe I can access the highest states of Consciousness possible. Becoming aware of one's shadow and inequacies is a crucial part of this work. I have no shame of it and being aware of my narcissism allows me to be extra mindful when making the claims I made today. I check three times more and to make myself accountable, that's why I shared the test with you all in the forum, posting my results, and I find it interesting you took the opportunity to weponize it, says a lot about you. Has nothing to do with Awakening. If you studied hundreds of individual Awakening you should know. One thing is the human avatar and another thing is consciousness. There are important correlations, granted, but it's not an exact science. In this regard Charles Manson comes to mind, if you study him you will see clearly how many crude psychological disorders he has while being quite a genetic conscious freak. It's an edge cases that shows your question to be based on wrong grounds. Regarding baseline consciousness there can be even more correlations but I also honored that from sadghuru, but as you are unaware of how psychology connects with baseline consciousness vs peak consciousness, I have to explain it to you whereas you should be able to reason it out for yourself given medium experience in this work instead of attacking me due to your ignorance of the mechanics of Consciousness.

@Someone here It's quite embarassing to read your posts. I have you in ignored users for this reason. You're an armchair philosopher

For what I see in your posts you are in the beginner medium range of Awakening. I may be wrong, but like recognises like. It's quite obvious when someone knows what is talking about and has Awakenings under its belt, specially if one is experienced in the field. You are a martial artist, just by seeing someone fight five minutes you can tell what his level is moreless.

That's a legit critique of words and language I could use Infinity or God interchangeably But a moment will come where you Realize you are God and that God is all there is and there's no way arround that

No, I am presenting you with a thought experiment to open your mind, to see it from another perspective. Don't take it too seriously Totally agree, we must be adamant with that if we want any high quality conversation to happen

No, I don't need to prove myself to you. Awakening is one of those things that you can watch behind but not ahead. It's not a matter of quantity, it's a matter of quality. Adi shankara was more awake when he was sixteen years old than sadhguru now at sixty. Just look at the Atma Shatakam he wrote at that age. Say I am a phd math student and a someone comes to me and doesn't know the quadratic equation. I just can tell; you don't know the difference between lower and higher consciousness or lower and higher Awakenings, this fundamental to the work. And know you go tell me how can I assume you don't know math. Well you don't know the basics. What do you want me to tell you. Sorry to hurt your ego with truth.

No, that's not what I am God means, hence your confusion. If infinity doesn't include the finite and limitations it's not Infinite. Sat means Truth, Existence or what is now Chit means Consciousness, Understanding and Omniscience Ananda means Love, Bliss and Ecstasy It's quite a claim

This just only shows your inexperience in the field of Awakening. This is basic stuff. If you keep progressing you will see very clearly what I mean. I claim I have reached higher peak consciousness than Sadhguru, no doubt. It's very likely he has higher baseline consciousness than me. That is True. It's just a matter of approach and what each mystic cares about. In the end you want tools for Awakening deeper, to become more Conscious, being alive matters for personal training, otherwise what is the difference between them being alive or not. Sadhguru could be very well dead five years ago, how would you know? I don't see this particular point you made as a valid argument.

Weird claim. I don't understand your position. Why explaining your realizations is ego? Could you explain it to me Maybe ego is also not explaining them. Who knows. It can be both or none, depending on the situation. Maybe ego is realized for what it is when God Realization happens. Oh, God Realization is the ultime Self Joke, it scratchs the unscratchable itch and you laugh your heart out, after all the human drama to survive and your fears of inexistence and identification with the human form. God Realization comes as the ultimate Self Liberation and existential peace. The ultimate joke

@Ishanga It is relevant if you care about the highest states of Consciousness possible. If you're only interested in regular spirituality, improving your human avatar and things of this kind, it's not of much help. On the other hand, if you are to shoot high, for the most holistic realizations and mindblowing Awakenings in Reality. Well, this is of utmost importance. It took me five years of intense labour and sense making of each major saint from all religions and independent sages; to study their work, to understand it and to practice their way. I've done it with Sadghuru of course, quite a lot. It's good for medium mature spiritual seekers, he's not gonna give you Infinite Consciousness, Omniscience or realizations of this kind. He's great enjoy it where he's at, hopefully one day you will over Awake him and see his limitations. That's all I'm saying. One day you love Sadghuru an the other you go beyond him to higher consciousness, that's how it goes. That's how it went for me with my path, with him and with many others. You gotta learn to be unattached to "person" and be attached to Truth, Consciousness and Reality. This is how progress happens

@Ishanga You misunderstand what is being expressed when talking about God Realization. Why? Some people haven't had the Awakening and are just cosplaying. You are right there in your critiques You haven't had any God Realization, therefore you are denying such thing is possible and claming it is delusion, egotism and so on. Just give it a breather, it's okay that some Realization are so far away that seem "imposible" or "incredible" it's fine, each one is where it is just respect the higher phases that unfold in the path, or at the very least be open minded about them. What you think God Realization mean is not what it actually IS. I can guarantee you that. Probably the concept you have about God Realization is delusion and rightly so you critique it, but are you open to the possibility that it's your mind misinterpreting second hand awakenings. Meaning that God Realization is not what you think it is and therefore being in a state of "not knowing" where you recognise, maybe I don't know what this legit people are talking about from time immemorial. This is not jus a forum thing, all mystics from all traditions that have gone the deep end have claimed Reality to Be Ultimately God or Infinity and that is identical to I AM or Consciousness. This should be realized and it's your responsability to do so.

@Ishanga Of course it's my opinion, I determine it. Although I don't pull it out of my ass, I stand on years of tremendous spiritual Awakenings and revelations on top of hundreds of saints that I've studied and cross compared. Sadghuru is legit but it's not "maxed out." Yogis like Lahiri Mahasaya or Tatwale baba are light years ahead of him, to give you an example within his own yogic tradition.

@How to be wise You can be more Awake than sadghuru but your critique is from below and not above

I would really like to see something of this kind. Hopefully Leo does a steel man of Religions and a high quality lecture on Comparative Religion. I've been researching the topic for many years now and there's so many unearthed potential in it that nobody is talking about.

I agree, James is one of the most intelligent, openminded and easy to talk psychonauts in Youtube. I would really love to see Leo in his podcast and I'm sure they would make a great combo. This could be huge honestly.

Oh yes, most surely a similar phenomenon happens for each individual. For example, low doses of 5meo can be more uncomfortable as ego hasn't fully gone, whereas 5mg more would have solved the issue. I consider this theory of sweet spots to be quite accurate. Another example, low doses of LSD are more conducive for spiritual work than higher ones, in my experience, as loopy thoughts and overstimulation impair the quality of your spiritual work. So this is something that each psychonaut has to discover for itself. This framework becomes of even greater importance when combinatng substances.

@Someone here I feel it makes the forum more personal and real. In our online activities it's easy to forget that we are talking to real people with real lifes. Today I had this awakening while watching the sunrise and I wrote the post while on the bus. So yeah, this is it. God is present, always already Present

One looks here and there Inside one's faculties and outside to the world No matter the experience One can feel God is here God is there God is this And God is that In everyone and in everything God is present One is left appreciating God's Gameplay In all coming and going, the eternal One, the Infinite One, Reveals itself in ever new shapes and modes of expression A bottomless end, an unfindable beginning Infinity becomes the naked fact of every breath One is left, to praise the lord To shout it's glory till the last breath Glorious is God! Glorious is God!!! Glorious is God!!!!!!!! Oh my beloved Closer than myself I AM

@Husseinisdoingfine Relieved to see you are starting to get to the other side. See you cannot heal in the same place that made you sick. University has beaten the life out of you. Now it's time for self love

I don't know what you mean. To break down my experiences per dose? Not necessarily, more is not better always, I am a believer that with all substances there are a sweet spots. For example, my highest Malt dose (more than 30mg) wasn't quite a deep trip, it was just uncomfortably energetic and karmic cleansing. Whereas in 20mg trips, I've had Awakenings so deep I cannot communicate. As you work with Malt it's true that some changes may happen in response to it. It's also clear that as a rule of thumb the higher the dose the deeper the trip. That's curious. It could be the case for him. I just can tell him to change ROA, to see if the chemical hits him different. Otherwise tell him to combine it with other substances as it can sometimes unlock dimensions in the experience that will later stick when taken alone.

Wait till you access 🕊️ bird consciousness

That's weird, maybe something to do with the vape idk. Never experienced something like that. Malt is consistent for me in terms of dose. There is always a range and difference in trips but they all fall into a common ground regarding dose.

@Husseinisdoingfine When you hit rockbottom you will kill yourself or trampoline out of this situation. Unless you are wise enough to get out of this downward spiral, ask for clinical help, change your habits and just force yourself to do what you know will make you feel good instead of entertaining this self pitty. Because a point will come where those behaviours will do you instead of you doing them and then it will be too late. Time is running out but you still have some maneuver options. If your life was an airplane, all the warning alarms would be beeping. I encourage you to be the captain of your life and pull the pan out of the fire.

Imo, university is overrated but a necessary step for your human growth. I would have serious doubts about university if I lived in the US or in any place where I had to pay absurd money for my education, putting myself in risky financial situations. You live in Rome, I know Sapienza is a good university so I would pick something meaningful for you and get a degree. It will do you good, so much growth happens in the university ecosystem, as your'e exposed to many new experiences and forced to study hard. As some background I'm studying two university degrees simultanously (telecommunications engineering and computer science) and this is my last year before graduating.