ExploringReality

All James wants is attention and validation of it's ideas. Much like a child needing someone to see them perform something because the feeling of confirmation, validation and attention is a deficiency need coated in neo advaita.

Also shout-out to the forum locals lol

What I love about this forum so much is that you can connect with like-minded people that are on similar paths. Also you can reference and read about other people's trip reports, very good for mapping out the psychedelic experience by fellow voyagers and there are gems, gold nuggets in every category on this forum. You can learn from other people's foolishness and contribute your voice and ideas to a tight community.

Okay now were talking. Good stuff, seems simple but approaching the overlooked obvious from an epistemic foundation of questioning and investigation reveals a huge gap in our awareness and understanding. Now the question is, what is this background? Also the foreground cannot be without the background, and vice versa. Now we're talking non duality. The union of separation and unity. If Context metaphorically is the background that determines the foreground, then what can determine the background or context?

The ultimate context is consciousness itself. But it's not what you think, Consciousness is not a thing. It's not even the idea of Nothing.

@UnbornTao that's a beautiful interview video. Context is so important

Context is the entire web of existence! There is no outside context, it's the whole game. You are part of it, your not separate looking at it. Context is a field, a massive web of infinite possible distinctions all in a impossibility space if that makes sense

I did edit that response, you beat me to it lol. Yes I agree

That's still within an experiential context, the sound and the feeling, or the slap and the sting. It's context dependent on their being sense organs to experience a slap, sound, feeling and sting. A context doesn't have to be a story or many stories, it could be the unnoticed background that hums of experience

Thailand would definitely be great per I would cut the skateboarding and just stick to kickboxing and Muay Thai out there. But also I'm very skeptical of the lady boys that are out there lol

I like that! My kind of place to live

😂 I hope there is context for that. But imagine having an experience with zero context, that would be the ultimate mind fuck

I like that, the holographic universe.

We think and talk through a fractal labyrinth colored field of any possible context, but what is context itself for itself?

@Natasha Tori Maru Let's imagine a gun to our heads, lol for shits n giggles. What is context? Am I thinking about this correctly? What am I missing in my inquiry? Am I thinking about this properly? Any image, ideas or ways of explaining the true nature of context is within a context. Dannmm.

It's not wrong but there is a philosophical tension here. It's a model of context but, a way of looking at it but doesn't pin it down. It's a context dependent frame of looking at context because the context depends on epistemological perspectives, frames, space ect... It does reflect a perspective of context but doesn't necessarily grasp the essence of Context. It's a contextual statement, therefore not any final truth about it.

Thanks, it can feel disorienting and scary when the body starts vibrating, getting gnarly bowl movements and feelings of being pushed, birthed or something brushing up against my skin and not knowing how to reassure myself. I knew intuitively that it was from the kriyas and pranayamas but it's hard to believe when it's actually happening. I would get strong urges to connect with big cats like jaguars, panthers and others. My body would feel like a wild cat and I needed to move freely and authentically instead of the usual way. Also a lot of rage and bluntness in my attitude was spiked, like I have a low tolerance for bullshit, games and deception. I will continue to do these practices, and stay open and humble.

@Leo Gura where you at? Sort this mess out

Be careful not to fall into asserting that Truth will reveal itself to you at death, because death is the end of you. Your spiritual path should only be a pursuit of the Truth and nothing else, your survival is used as a means to an end to make sure you are safe to contemplate existence and have breakthroughs in consciousness

Context are the masks of perspectives, a play of unique experiences of experience

Context is fractal, meaning that any possible interpretation, framework, meaning and context is not just one thing, but an entire field of pure potentiality and being. Context isn't something to be defined but is what allows things to be defined. It's the outline of everything

Hey Leo, a few months ago I was mixing Kriya yoga with deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises and at work in the night I would have to sit in a room that was pitch Black because my eyes could not take the light anymore but I wasn't sleepy. My eyes were very heavy but I was filled with so much energy but I just needed to sit in darkness and breathe from the diaphragm, while doing all three body locks with deep inhalations and exhalations while focusing on the third eye. My stomach started feeling very nauseous every night and I needed to sit in darkness in order to recharge. Have you had these effects? It did frighten me a little bit because I didn't know what was happening or if I was having Kundalini Awakening symptoms. There was this part of me that was absolutely certain that what I was experiencing was no accident, and that this energy was moving through my body at an intense rate that it disrupted my daily tasks at work. It was very uncomfortable and it felt like I was giving birth to a baby, my mind was birthing insights into the nature of reality

Perfect!!!! No more bullshit, I'm sticking to these practices. Leo you remind me of the Oracle from the matrix reloaded

Way to stay on track. Context and mind are held by context, but what is context?

@samijiben Not completely, I completely own my own dark side, I embody spiral dynamics stage red pretty well, a lot of that energy is channeled through my intense presence, fighting and being direct with people. I still have a lot of inner psychological work to do. I have discovered that all emotions including anger is not something that happens because of the outside world or other people even though it sure seems that way, anger is something that I am doing as a defense mechanism against perceived pain and hurt. It's something that is done for my ego's survival, it's an emotional manipulation tactic to get what I want or to avoid what I don't want