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Yeah, the left is totally wrong about immigration. They wont admit that, because admitting that would be accepting the far-right premise. Its obvious that the numbers of immigration in Europe and the US is getting out of hand. Some people live in their bubble, but when they travel to some specific cities they realize whats really happening (because they wont accept the data). I know people that vote for the left but admit that the far right is correct about immigration. Its not about hate, its about whats best for your country and for your people. Its about having solid borders, the same way you have them at your home. You invite people in, yes, but there is a solid standard.

Of course its clearly demonstrated A quick google search is enough to find out.

hahah the second paragraph is exactly what most right wing parties propose. In fact if you say that to most leftist, they would label you as 'extremist' or 'fascist'

This is a easy one. You can have an awakening on psychedelics and change nothing in your life. Your baker could have and awakening last year on dmt and you wouldnt know. You dont transform into an Osho-like character.

So, you could have an awakening, realize you are God, Oneness, but still, ''you are seeing/perceiving'' the chair in front of you. Is it really possible to just be, without perception? My guess is that even if you have a (sober) awakening, you can't eliminate the senses. Or with a high dose of 5meo or similar, can you really lose all perception and just 'be'?

Its not an experience. When the self disolves and you realize you are One, there is no experience. You can label that after the fact. The ego can recall it like that. But its not. If you get drunk and somehow you have an insight that your wife is cheating on you, and you are correct, then that substance showed you the truth. Is that a non legit way to get that realization? The truth was there all the time. You couldnt see it. But now you see it.

Mold? lol These people live in their own bubble of health optimization...

but are you genuinely and permanently directly conscious of your true nature or the nature of existence? No. You will just have memories of exceptional experiences that you thought gave meaning to something, and it may help you challenge some conventional assumptions, but it won’t give you a direct consciousness of the nature of you or reality. >Enlightenment is not the same as awakening. Direct means direct, drugs can NOT be direct—by definition they are completely indirect, since they are not YOU! Direct means it must be you, not an experience or perception of any kind that you have, which are actually both indirect >Yes they can. He talks about experiences or perception, but the ''drug'' can get you to Oneness, the colapse between subject and object. It seems like he talks about having cool visions, which of course is not awakening. You can totally understand what you are without experiencing/perceiving nothing new (0 changes in the content, just a change in CONTEXT). Therefore, no drug, no change of state, no perceptive-experience, no matter how fantastic it is, can produce a direct consciousness. >He still asumes that the drug cannot erase (momentarily) the object-subject duality. These are true believers, who may also pursue Buddhist teachings and have lived in monasteries and such. But all of these drug induced experiences and rituals haven’t changed their life at all, except very temporarily, and certainly hasn’t increased their consciousness at all. So, there’s that. >LOL. Cherrypicking. And if someone says to him that he had a proper awakening with drugs, he would dismiss it. So damned if you do, damned if you dont. I know two people who’ve had enlightenments that tried this drug to see what it was about. They report that it is a strong and demanding drug that can have positive or negative effects, but none of it increases consciousness or is enlightenment. >Same as before. There are yoguis who took mushrooms, and said that yes, that it was the same state they reached from years of meditation. So, who's right?

Dan Peña just read 5 books in his life. And one of them is his book lol

Dude, this is so deep. Had the same a couple years back in an awakening. Almost no one talks about this.

LOOL

I guess with age you become a bit more angry (more dense energy like he says), but take George Carlin for example. Hyper funny. He transmuted anger into comedy like no one else.

oh oh Just the first 2 minutes. He always respond to: ''will this approach work?''' '' FIELD TEST IT' But keeps talking about psychedelics, and not testing this.

Owen was so funny back in the day. Damn it. It was better than most standup guys. Also Jeffy, Max, Julien pre-2015 were very entertaining. Maybe RSD makes more money now, but it has no soul.

I see. Maybe trad-cons have it right. Meditate in your room full day, while your wife cooks for you and leaves you the food at your door. Also, she goes to work while you meditate, of course. Someone has to pay rent. Talking about being a spiral wizard.

mmm talking from expereice. 1st of all. Yes, being mindful of your pain. Realizing that is NOT A NEGATIVE emotion. It is a DISCONFORTING emotion. Very different. It may sound weird, but in a twisted way profund sadness is really beautiful. A breakup is a peak experience in life. Its weird that I say that, but if you are optimistic about the future, you can turn it around. The problem is resisting the pain. Also: -Analyze your relationship. -How it started? were you in scarcity? when the relationship start to go south? when the sex life start becoming boring? were you jelaous in the beginning? Are you less jelaous now? -What do you know now about women now that you didnt know before? -What are you going to screen for when you meet new woman? -Which mistakes are you going to avoid? -How can you get a more conscious/hot/better gf? -Become better at socializing, flirting, style, body language. Learn about sex. -Be able to enjoy life more now single. Also: Add new hobbies, new interest. Meet new people. If you feel like it, reinvent yourself from scratch: Thoughts, habits, self-talk, identity, the way you speak. Do the work to move up the spiral. Use your free time and mental space to develop yourself in record time.

LOL I thought about that this week. How the fuck did Ramana or some of these guys in Himalayan caves got food? You can only fast for so long. And I dont picture this guys hunting some damn rabbits.

Yeah, is tough, but its our choice how much time we dedicate to it. But for me monk mode is not about internet. If you are 10 hours per day online, creating a sales funnel, writing a novel, recording & uploading youtube videos, etc... thats a form monk mode. Its not the stereotypical 'eastern monk mode', or a 10 day retreat like you propose. But its a form of creation, not consumption. There is only you, your thoughts, and a medium for sharing them. If you have a 9-to-5 job, you can’t either haha so architecting a life where its possible, at least to some degree, becomes key.

Exactly, thats the problem. It hurt me when I realized that, but it was a chance to face the truth and do some changes. Yeah, that feeling sucks. The thing is that choosen solitude can feel like heaven, but forced solitude can feel like hell. A breakup is a perfect example. After a breakup, socializing is great. Think of group classes for example. But not as a way to scape the negative feelings. Its tough but you just need to purge them out of your system. If you do it right, you will experience tremendous growth. Pain + reflection = Growth. And you will be able to start new higher consciousness relationships.

I think for a lot of guys the terms 'monk mode' and 'solitude' can be very confusing. A lot of people bullshit themselves with those term. They say 'i love solitude'. No you dont. Staying at home using your phone constantly, texting, watching porn, sports, social media. Even if you are PHYSICALLY alone... Thats not real solitude. Thats not really monk mode. Real solitude is not letting other minds enter yours. So, no podcast, no social media, no texting (that socialization, of the worst kind really). Of course some quality book is ok, but at least recognize what real solitude is key. If most people went monk mode for real they will crumble. Just ask yourself: Even in this forum that is super niche, How many people took a weekend solo retreat? Im not even saying a 10 day retreat Leo style. Just 2-3 days alone in a cabin in the woods with ZERO distractions. Not many. The reasons are obvious.

This what I don't understand. If there is no phenomenology, how can you know? Just pure being? But that was my original question. Does that even 'feel/sense' like something? Yes, but in a more practical sense, my ''perception'' will stop if I die now. My past guess was that after death, its all 'blackness' like sleeping. 0 awareness. So even if we call it Pure Consciousness, are we really conscious of something? Like, if we are Nothing, without adapting a human form (or other form) are we conscious of what?

Damn, back in the day I went to a Derek Moneyberg free tour... it was so bad... the free tour per se, and the pitching. At the end the picture was something like this: Derek and 4-5 assistants on stage + 10 guys who bought bootcamp + 20 guys that already went to past bootcamps. We were like 7-10 people left in the audience. And he told us to get to the 1st row. So it was like an outnumbered confrontation. US vs Them dynamic. And he start telling us 'why are you not signig up? I dont get it' ''look at all these people that are going to fuck all your women'. I dont give a shit, I found it hilarious, but man, it was so weird and aggressive. Pure psychopathy. He saw no humanity in anyone. Just the potential for an extra 3000$ At the end he was so gracious, and he let us go lol just thinking we are inferior beings. Funny experience.

I get it, my concern was that even if you have an awakening, there is still 'something phenomenologically' (touch, sight for example), if that make sense. That sounds like reincarnation, or are you talking about something different? Is that what you mean when you say death is not real?

Thats my question. My guess is that is death. You said one of these days that you can shoot yourself in the head and even then you will be more conscious (of something like that). So my point is: whats the phenomenology of that? Pure Nothingness? Just like when we sleep? But then, is that being conscious? I dont get how can you be conscious when there is nothing. Does it makes sense?

haha I dont think Tolle is around normies a lot; just in his seminars, which is teacher-student dynamic and his way to make money. Maybe Sadhguru does.