PolyPeter

hahah i felt like that too, but upon deeper contemplation, no. he is addicted to science, the old science. the positive is that more people know about 5meo today than two weeks ago (and maybe thats a good thing?)

"This sentence is not true"

To ask "why is there something rather than nothing?" already presupposes a questioner, a question, a structure of inquiry, all of which are something. The question smuggles existence in through the back door while pretending to ask about its absence. The deeper answer is that Nothing is the ground, not the alternative.

It's always the em-dashes

You're conflating levels of analysis. Of course survival matters relatively. I'm not arguing otherwise. I'm here, writing this, eating food, paying rent. The relative level is real and functional. The point is specifically about what the void experience reveals, and what conclusions Bryan drew from it. At the absolute level, which is what 5-MeO gives you direct access to, "Don't Die" is category confusion. Consciousness doesn't die. It was never born. What dies is a particular configuration of filters. "Save Soil" is actually a decent parallel, honoring the relative without confusing it for the absolute is fine. The problem is when you use an absolute experience to double down on a relative project as if that project now has cosmic justification. Bryan didn't come back saying "I'll keep living because life is functional and I enjoy it." He came back saying he's a warrior and caretaker of consciousness in the galaxy. That's a different claim, and it doesn't follow from what he experienced.

hahahahah on point

There's something deeper worth naming here. The entire "preserve life" framing assumes a definition of Life that is quietly, completely humanized. But consciousness didn't begin with biology. Biology is one of its expressions, a extraordinarily complex filter through which the Absolute experiences itself at a particular density level. A rock is not less alive. It's less complex. Those are not the same thing. When Bryan says "protect the candle of consciousness that has miraculously emerged in this part of the galaxy", he's describing consciousness as if it's a fragile flame that humans are somehow responsible for keeping lit. As if without us, the Absolute would go dark. That's not humility. That's the most anthropocentric claim possible, dressed in the language of cosmic responsibility. The void doesn't need protecting. It was there before this universe. It will be there after. What Bryan experienced wasn't something rare and fragile, it was what's always already the case, briefly unfiltered. "Don't Die" makes sense if the human vehicle is the source of consciousness. It makes no sense at all if consciousness is the source of the human vehicle.

The issue is ontological. He went in with a framework built entirely around preserving the human vehicle. So when Pure Consciousness showed up, his mind had exactly one folder available: "this confirms that existence is precious and must be protected." The experience was real. The interpretation was pre-loaded. This is what happens without ontological preparation. The psychedelic doesn't override your framework, it runs on top of it. And if your framework is "I must not die," you will find a way to make even ego dissolution confirm that belief.

his whole endevour IS meaningless already this trascendent experiences show you what death actually is, which is not what he think it is

Like someone finally sees the Matrix code and their first thought is "cool, now how do I patch immortality into this build?"

The conclusion is kind of tragic. He became Pure Consciousness, and when he came back, he talked about doubling down on his quest to live forever as a species. damn he is stubborn.

your body will tell you When you engage in an activity, put a lot of effort and energy into it, and then after you are finished end up shining, that's where it is It feels like your body fully gets recharged from the interaction between you and the activity, regardless if it took some energy, mind or physical effort It happens to me everytime I make music. I open up Ableton Live and time just fucking flies. And after hours of hard work and being in the flow, I get immense amounts of satisfaction. But also happens to me when i study deeply and understand something. I love understanding for its own sake.

cheers!

In fact, if studied deep enough, it will erase your identity as a limited human being You can become God, living as a human which is different than just being an endoctrinated human