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I’ve had experiences (unplanned) where I’ve directly realized that death is imaginary. I’ll also be literally talking to someone or seeing someone move through a room and realize that they are me. It’s very frustrating that that’s not my default position in life; that these experiences are so rare. If someone can enlighten me on why that is, I’d love to know.

It was a necessary trap to have gone through I think, based on my life circumstances. I was born into a Roman Catholic upbringing, but left religion at 14. Nonduality filled the void from 16-25. I won’t even get into how difficult it was to leave my extended family members a few years ago (I still speak with my immediately family since they are more open-minded). Now I’ve been building my life these past few years (I’m 26 now). Ketamine and cannabis helped open up that possibility. I’ve made lots of progress with my relationships and learning to live independently; I’ve also had to face fear head on many times (I still will, of course). I’ve still got a looooong ways to go, but I’m in a much better place than I was before. — Thank you all for the guidance, I’ll contemplate what is being said. I’m excited for this new chapter of my life. If you’d ask me to question nonduality just a year ago, I would have thought you were foolish. Little did I know that I’m the fool. And I pity the fool

One of my most profound experiences a couple years ago… it literally felt like I felt the pain of millions of people all at once. It was an extremely painful, but also amazing experience of my life.

What would we all be doing if we never heard about enlightenment?

The downside is this: “GPT-4 currently has a cap of 25 messages every 3 hours. Expect significantly lower caps, as we adjust for demand”. GPTPlus still has other benefits, though. - Available even when demand is high - Faster response speed - Priority access to new features I hope that the GPT-4 cap goes away soon.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/africa/uganda-lgbtq-law-passes-intl/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/bill-gates-openai-gpt-most-important-advance-in-technology-since-1980.html ”Bill Gates says OpenAI’s GPT is the most important advance in technology since 1980”

An insight I had today. It’s amazing when you follow your intuition and not just listen to teachers or professionals without question. Even they have blind spots that you are able to see (and vice versa). Great teachers will provoke you to doubt yourself not because you are entirely wrong. It’s so that the opportunity for something even better can present itself - something both you and the teacher would not have been able to discover otherwise. Of course, if you’re closed to feedback it’ll perpetuate the suffering you experience and keep you stuck. However, being open does not mean allowing anyone to dictate how you should live your life. It’s about being able to take another’s perspective and seeing how it fits in with your own life, like puzzle pieces fitting together perfectly. And, ultimately, only you can determine when and how these pieces fit. Has anyone else experienced this? What great teachers have you had in your life?

These past couple weeks have unfolded better than any movie I’ve ever seen. Who is the director? The screenwriters? The actors? I’d love to thank all of them

OCD is scary, in that it’s a bully that you cannot physically see.

Leo’s blog post from today does a great job expanding on this idea of suffering: https://www.actualized.org/insights/what-is-empathy

Agree. I’ve had experienced where I was communicating with my mom and dad, but they were no longer separate from me. It became profoundly obvious that they are me.

A few weeks ago (as some of you might know), I was in a car accident; no major injuries. I was going 35 mph during that crash. Last night, I did some contemplation after I took cannabis. What happened about an hour later was fascinating. I imagined myself in another car crash - this time crashing while I was driving at a much faster speed. This experience felt as real as real gets. It was extremely frightening, yet immediately after the crash I imagined a game of Super Mario Kart on the SNES with my character spinning out of control (like what happens when you run over the bananas). The Pac-Man death sound effect played in sync. Imagination is fascinating.

@r0ckyreed haha! You know, I was really obsessed with Rocky as a teen. That whole series got me through really tough times. At a Thanksgiving dinner, my parents mentioned the Rocky steps and how it inspired a lot of people. My uncle was like, “Who cares? Rocky is just an imaginary character.” That comment really tore me apart inside, yet I pretended like I didn’t care and I said nothing. 10 years later that comment has a different meaning for me. I’m starting to see that not only is Rocky imaginary, but also my uncle.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/18/1164524389/trump-claims-arrest-stormy-daniels

I started intentionally becoming aware of my dreams two nights ago, as well as created a dream journal. So far, I’m amazed at the results. Stuff that I’m dealing with in what we traditionally consider the “real world” translates over into the “dream world”. The difference is that in a dream state, things are much more fluid; you start experiencing things you couldn’t otherwise (closest thing from my experience would be psychedelic trips). I’m not just talking about some crazy visuals or morphing into a different creature, it could simply just be experiencing emotions that you otherwise suppress in the “real world”. For example, I was able to explore how anger works in one of my dream. I felt like a lion who was protecting his land… I felt like nobody could fuck with me. But there was also compassion and an ability to let anger go. One thing I learned from that dream: ya’ll who were bashing Leo last week don’t realize that Leo is you. Even realizing this, say, 5% is a big step. Don’t underestimate that, but also don’t be complacent! Go experience anger for yourself, consciously, and see what happens. Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg of what you can explore in dreams; that’s why I can’t wait to dive deeper! Does anyone else have experience exploring dreams? I’d love to hear your perspective and any tips you have.

@peanutspathtotruth I wish you the best on your journey! Feel free to come back whenever you want. Paradoxically, I think the way Leo communicates actually makes him more human. Do you think someone like Rupert Spira would have an angry outburst in public? Public figures do a great job of showing only the parts of themselves that they want to project. Leo seems to be going against that mindset. How can we improve our lives if we only focus on how we believe we should be acting?

Right now, it can be a powerful tool that would otherwise be too time consuming and resource intensive for humans to do alone. For example, I have ADHD. I’ve been using GPT-4 to help break down tasks I need to do to make them less daunting. Sure, I could’ve asked my therapist or family members to help breakdown these tasks, but GPT-4 was able to do that in a minute, whereas it might have taken ~15 mins away from a therapy session or family interaction. That frees up time to be focusing on other things. So another way to frame it is AI can revolutionize how people do their work; replace the idea of how you believe things should be done.

That hit me hard. My mother was with me the whole time when I was struggling with autism and my mental health conditions. She never gave up, and allowed me to make all the mistakes I needed to make to get to where I am now. We are both in a much better place in our lives, and your work is a major reason for that.

Some of the dialogue in the Star Wars prequel trilogy seems like it was written by AI. Is George Lucas an AI?

People are not stupid, in the sense that majority would vote for DeSantis over Trump even if this arrest story wasn’t a factor.

Mentally ill people like you and I technically shouldn’t be on this forum. We are part of the <1% mentally ill people that will benefit from this work

@LSD-Rumi @flowboy

Life will teach you. For example, I recently got into a car accident. After that happened, I changed my driving habits drastically.