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Do a dopamine fast for a week. Cut out all sources of external stimulation, music, tv, video games, phone, internet, youtube etc... A big reason why you can't focus on things is because your mind is addicted to all these easy sources of instant gratification. You need to train your mind to work for things in order to get a dopamine spike.

I am having a hard time finding the proper balance between the two. Lately I have become so present that I have failed to foresee certain negative things that have happened to me because I didn't properly plan for it. Also I have noticed that constantly planning for the future stresses me out and takes me away from enjoying the present moment. I know you shouldn't constantly be worrying about the future, but is the goal eventually to always be present 24/7 and not plan for anything? Doesn't seem wise to me. What do you guys think?

Reminds me of a psychedelic trip I had where instead of entering into a state of higher consciousness, I actually became less conscious than what I was entering into it. I think it was trying to tell me something

@tenta Some good ones I enjoyed were Yu Yu Hakusho, Steins Gate, Naruto, DBZ, Bakemonogatari, Serial Experiments Lain, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya.

Yes! I love Avatar the Last Airbender. I watched it when I was a kid as well. It was also my favorite TV show back then. Now I know why It definitely had more depth and mystique that you didn't really see much in cartoons back then, which is why I probably liked it. I always felt a sense of power and awe every time Aang entered the Avatar State.

I don't see it talked much on here. Is it at all helpful in this type of work?

Blue and Orange!

I guarantee I wont be able to handle it now, but I'll give it a shot once I got like 30 years of consciousness work under my belt. Wish me luck!

I'm saying this because I have had direct experience with these type of psychotic "insanity zones" When I was a teen I did 550ug of LSD in an extremely bad setting. With people who where at a stage red level of development. They kept laughing at the fact that I was terrified and thought it was hilarious, no empathy at all and I suffered through the hell out of it. I was all alone. It eventually went on for so long that I realized that if I didnt enjoy it, I would not be able to handle it anymore. So I surrendered and your right... I was never the same again lol.

This is true.

Let me ask you this. If you were kidnapped and there was no chance of escape and the people there desired to cut off your limbs one by one. Why not enjoy it? Take pleasure in their pleasure as they are enjoying cutting your limbs off. The alternative is to suffer through it.

Isn't being terrified of insanity ego? Why not just enjoy insanity no matter how extreme it is.

I'd recommend 1-2 grams of mushrooms for your first time

Right NOW

Serial Experiments Lain

I really just want to focus on consciousness work for the rest of my life, but my sex drive is getting in the way. A part of me still wants to fuck, but I really don't want to go down the whole rabbit hole of completely changing my whole entire life around just so I can attract women and have sex with them. I've gone down this path before and every time I start going out and approaching women, I can never stay consistent with it. I start getting pulled back into wanting to meditate more and then when I start to meditate more I enjoy it but my body still craves sex! It is so hilarious too. I was on a date with a girl and I couldn't even talk to her normally because I was in this blissed-out samadhi state and all I was talking about was consciousness. She even said, "All you keep talking about is this consciousness over and over again." I just feel like I am so far removed from the "material" world to even be able to begin to relate to people normally, without massive work. It seems like the only material need I got left is sex. So I wish I could just transcend it, so I don't have to live a normal life at all, which is what I actually want. I don't want to live a normal life. The only reason I would is so I could get sex, which doesn't seem worth it to me, especially since I would have to sacrifice my 5 hour a day meditation practice. I have tried denying myself over and over again, but the sex drive is just too powerful. I don't know what to do. I really don't want to let go of all the work I have already done towards meditation and enlightenment. Maybe someone can help.

Is the standard view of mental illnesses correct? What is actually going on when someone is said to have schizophrenia, bipolar, psychosis etc...?

Imagine how awesome this would be! A place where everyone is living together and devoted to consciousness work and it wouldn't be like a traditional stage blue monastery. Everyone would be striving towards turquoise. We could host a number of silent retreats throughout the year and we could even incorporate some psychedelic retreats, which traditional monasteries would frown upon. When we aren't doing a retreat. The daily schedule would be similar to a monastery. Everyone would have the whole day to focus on meditation, yoga, self-inquiry, contemplation etc... You could even have some transpersonal psychologists there to help you with all your inner stuff that you would be going through. Let's sign a petition

I completely agree! It feels like we're all scattered in little subsections throughout the world without being around are own people. We're forced to go with the mainstream culture around us or just ride it out solo, which like you said can be grueling after a while. I recently starting hanging out with people more and I realized that my consciousness was subtlety getting pulled down to their level. It's really hard to focus on elevating your consciousness and staying at high levels of consciousness when the people around you are just stuck at baseline. Your just going to get pulled down. The only way to not get pulled down is to go at it solo, which is hard to do unless you have your own business type thing, or create/join a community like this where we are all raising are consciousness together I remember Leo saying a while back that he wanted to tour the US and do a seminar/workshop type thing. I think something like this would be very valuable as it would allow us to connect with eachother who are on a similar path.

@Leo Gura All jokes aside. I think this would be a very great idea. Would you ever consider creating a place where we could donate money towards this or would you allow someone to create a GoFundMe page?

@MAYA EL Explain...

@Raptorsin7 I would gladly give up my wife to stay at Leo's monastery. Leo can have all the fun he wants. I don't care. I'll just be celibate and focus on meditation. I could also just have sex with celestial elf's on some DMT

I'd clean all the dishes and toilets if that meant making this a reality

@Alex bliss Same here.

@Sage_Elias Maybe so, but it would still be beneficial in my opinion. Especially for people who don't have any idea what they're doing. Like with psychedelics for instance, it would be nice to have someone experienced walk you through difficult terrain.