theleelajoker

Ok. The way I see - no you can't. Example: I am disappointed that I did not get/achieve/know XZY. But I am not aware of it. Then Person X asks me: Are you disappointed? And I say "no". Sometimes I truly don't know "the truth", here meaning disappointment. It's authentic for me to say "no", because I am not aware of my disappointment manifesting in my organism. But other times, I have a feeling but I ignore it. Sometimes I feel "something is not right" but I still continue. Because I am lacking presence. Thin line IME. And a lot is attitude, it's authentic for me to look for truth even if I don't know it now. The answer would then be: "Hm..don't know. How can I know if I am disappointed or not"?

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Only read your post and agree with almost all of it. One exception: "It’s the relational interaction with a therapeutic guide in the psychedelic state which heals." For me, it's has definitely been the case that taking micro doses -psilocybin or cannabis - has led to sustainable positive effects for me WITHOUT any therapist at my side. At least at stages where I already was more developed. For me, the key is presence, awareness. Other skillful people can help shine light on stuff, but re somatical experience you can do a lot on your own, too. It's also no surprise that a therapist says that therapists are crucial haha 😂

Well said IMO. I have one ex I'm friends with, but we had a clean cut, we both wanted to go separate ways and we had a long break of zero contact before talking to each other again. Also, no more sexual tension between us so that makes it easy. At the same time - it's the only one of my ex where I'm still in touch. And it's different with each of them. There are still emotions with some where the break up was less clean. In your case: I would stay away from friendship with your ex until you had at least one other relationship and/or a significant time has passed. Then you're very likely to see things with more clarity

I'm a big Alan Watts fan, and I agree on the koan stuff and the absurdity of all. On more thing though: my comment above is also based on my own experience. There are quite a few examples where this principle happened to me

Finally someone that agrees with me 🤣

You get it as soon as you stop desiring to get god realization

Thx for replying. You do you :) Only thing: IME/IMO we don't really choose to walk on a "spiritual" path or not. Whatever we call it, it's simply experiences happening, and whatever happens depends on our current psychological/ energetic structure which in turn can only be changed by - you guessed it - experiences What changes it how we label the succession of those experiences and that's about it.

+1 Similar experience for me.

I seriously question this narrative. You can make the exact opposite point. Being authentic allows the herd (=others) to enable change and reach full potential. The more authentic I became, the better my interactions - with friends, at work, but also with strangers I met for the first time. For me it means: I think A, I say A. I feel B, I express B. I feel like doing C, I do C. Etc etc Not being authentic means for me: What I feel like and/ or what I am aware of is NOT what I am expressing. I suppress my self expression. Typically because I fear a reaction, want to control my environment, want to create a narrative etc

Yes, you have some points that aling with my experience. I see yoga and similar practices as "attention control training". It's like a skill and can be learned.

It serves as an example and enables others to be more authentic as well.

@Joshe I can - to a degree - relate to what Natasha describes. Can't answer for her, but in my impression, you're overthinking stuff. For instance, I would question the assumption that shaping reality has to come with friction or they that it requires thought. I would also question the assumption that there's no long term strategic action without thinking. It's not that there's no long term thinking - it's just not "you" that does it. It's a higher intelligence you're aligning with. Ask yourself: where do your long term goals come from? So which will are you actually executing? My advice: Set your (long term) intention, don't think about the "how" and follow the path that is being created while situations, opportunities etc happen. Approach it like an experiment, like a research project. Will be fun

Haha yeah. And also, the problem can be that having a problem is seen as a problem. If there's no problem to solve, what the fuck you're doing until eternity?

You're consciousness is so high, Chuck Norris looked up for the first time in his life.