ExploringReality

As a young boy, I had anger issues, always appreciated beauty and excellence in the world. During highschool, I started reading the book by Michael Talbot "The holographic universe", that led to "the structure of scientific revolutions by Thomas Kuhn which eventually led to non duality teachings and then finally at the end of my highschool years I got hold of LSD and Psilocybin which pretty much lead me where I am today.

Definitely sounds like a night to remember 😉.

We can go for a hike, grab some breakfast and look at the forum from the moon 🌙 😁

@Natasha Tori Maru @Princess Arabia I definitely love hearing from y'all, and would love to meet you gals. I understand that the female perspectives has value as well. I appreciate you. I can come off as hard

True dat, but I wasn't going to give him dry male advice for dating. I did suggest a powerful practical and deep book, resources and inviting to introspect on his own experiences. Do you think he only wants male perspectives?

@czar24 There is a really profound book titled "psychocybernetics" by Maxwell waltz. I suggest reading it, it's very short and small. It's the author's journey from being a plastic surgeon turned psychiatrist and psychologist because he noticed this strange phenomenon on the people he did surgery on for their looks, aesthetics and attractiveness, that when he would perform a nose surgery or whatever the client would usually tell him that they noticed no difference and that they couldn't accept the fact that they looked different from the surgery because they have a self image of themselves. The key in this book is understanding what the self image is and this plays a very important part in sexuality and dating. No matter what surface level change you may make on your personality, if you don't get to the root of your subconscious self image then confidence and being yourself being attractive is going to be hid behind fear of judgment, anxiety and overthinking because shyness, anxiety around women and people, or being nervous or doubting ourselves and being not free in our bodies in directly tied into our core self image of ourselves. We have a poor self image, but changing that at a deep emotional, visual and psychological level will yield amazing results in being spontaneous and attractive to women because you will be free if yourself limitations and fears.

I never said that it wasn't. I didn't say intelligence doesn't require recontextualization. What does your last sentence reference too? It was quite random and just curious as to what sense your making.

@czar24 what is the core problem you are trying to solve overall?

Spot on. You gave me a flashback when I was 15 years old I was talking with a friend about his recent research into quantum physics about how reality is constructed by the senses and he was explaining to me what reality is from a materialistic / quantum physics point of view and there was some deep conversations about Consciousness and what's really opened my mind as to studying and discovering for myself what Consciousness is and being really fascinated about understanding reality and understanding my consciousness. I say this because eventually during high School I stumbled upon the holographic universe book by Michael Talbot and then that led to the book the structures of scientific revolution, I forgot who wrote that one. That did lead to my interest in channeling, but I always stayed skeptical and kept an open mind at the same time. There was value in there but I eventually moved on to psychedelics and then that's when I stumbled upon Leo's work was during a psychedelic trip because during the come up while my eyes were dilated and my Consciousness was going up, I quickly went on YouTube and searched for people who could explain the phenomenology behind these experiences and found Leo's episode on his experiences on magic mushrooms. That's when I knew this was the real deal, because all my path taking psychedelics and having these crazy mystical experiences and God realizations, I'm grateful to find Leo because he really adds and gives structure it keeps me grounded because of the life purpose course and also he has a lot of very very practical and invaluable material for free and he talked very well about the dangers and traps that come with this work which is very useful because it's easy to get sidetracked and lost. Sorry for the ramble

@Princess Arabia To each their own. Men definitely are hooked by looks, but when we obsess over our own looks and worrying about being attractive it can throw women off. Doesn't mean you don't take care of yourself, look good, workout, but your not doing it for external rewards, sex, compliment. Your doing it, whatever it is because you want to express yourself, and you love yourself so much that you don't seek that in others, but you radiate that to others instead without needing anything to fulfill you, and that counter logically attracts people around you. Hope we didn't jump in a deep end when we're all walking along this thread ahah

@Princess Arabia I walk around at 145 lbs. I'm lean but not overly buff, I'm shredded. But seeing the guys at the local gyms, it's literally a circus of people playing out their inner worlds. It's absurd how they walk, talk and workout. It's all for outer validation, well it seems that way. Or people play extra hard at the personality game just for sex and relations that it's not authentic.

Anywhere there is boxing gym, MMA gym or skateboarding friendly, I'm there quick

I love beautiful women. We'll all women are beautiful actually even the ones we judge, but I am attracted to personality, how someone speaks, the depths of their communication. I would never search and Chase validation. That's like chasing a high on a drug. That's the problem with these gym bros, steroid heads, that it's all for validation and a sense of security. It's really hollow trying to get a girl through looks when coming from a place of lack.

@Leo Gura how do you feel about Yoni mudra? Also do you combine Kriya pranayama, Maha mudra, and Yoni mudra into one practice? Also what are your thoughts on Kriya supreme fire? Is that one a banger? I did the first combination above last night, I'm gonna keep doing it especially while training for my fights. You gotta check out Rickson Gracie diaphragmatic breathing, combine his breathing with Kriya yoga and oh man! and also while reading I see that the purpose of Kriya is to attain the parvastha state, the after effects of these practices. The point is not to just do kriyas but to use it as a means to an end and most people get hung up on doing the techniques that they don't even know why they are doing it.

Yes, it does help with our survival. But what is context metaphysically? Not how it serves us or deceives us. What is the true nature of context?

Stay humble. There is so much ignorance that remains. Ask yourself, what are you after? It's not about chasing some Awakening or enlightenment. Have you read any of the books on Leos Booklist on Consciousness and spirituality? There is a lot of work to be done so don't get it twisted or think you understand when you only had a taste. You had a taste of no self, now work to integrate it, reflect, keep doing the practices, build a solid theoretical foundation, study and keep questioning your own assumptions, interpretations, beliefs and watch out for your mind deceiving you. You got this. No self is a classic enlightenment experience, but it's the starting zone of non-duality. You can master it, but remember there are not just one high mountain top, there are many. And don't neglect the valley's.

Good stuff

I have realized absolute solipsism. I have realized that there are no others. There is only God.

Your definitely on the right track. Similar in my case, psychedelics kicked me to a whole new level of consciousness that is unimaginable from ordinary survival consciousness. People will gaslight you for taking psychedelics but have no clue what they are talking about and talking as though they knew. At this point I just push anyone aside that smells like dog shit and not let anyone try to undermine my insights and reality. There is nothing wrong with sober meditation and there is nothing wrong with psychedelics. But people dismiss psychedelics because they are ignorant, arrogant and outright full of shit. The psychedelics can be misused and there is a danger of falling into delusional traps which is why you have to build a solid epistemic foundation first when exploring consciousness. And not fall into the delusional traps of projecting any authority onto visions, hallucinations, mystical experiences or deity's. You must realize you are god imagining everything so you don't get lost in fantasy. But to realize you are God is not something to fuck around with and not a belief system but can be turned into one.

A context is a thought. A thought is a symbol. A symbol is something that represents something that it itself is not. Therefore context is not a static thing that we can pin down. All language is dualistic and created by thought and tries to explain how reality is. But how reality is is not limited to one or many contexts or frames of reference, or representation, or symbols, or thoughts, or language. I suppose, do you think that context is holarchical? Context is infinite and also not a single thing. A context is a bubble of reality. I recall Leo's previous episode " what is perception?" He used an analogy of a huge sponge. And within the sponge are whole independent bubbles within it that are distinct and whole unto themselves. I like that analogy, or also you can think about it like a television program is a context, and imagine there are infinite channels and each one is a context, and furthermore each channel can be interpreted in many different ways and the context could change invariably.

@Leo Gura I take coredycep mushrooms, ashwagandha, lion's mane, and magnesium chelated glycinate at night. Leo you got to make a short blog video of all the supplements that you take, I'd like to know and try some of the ones you have.

@Natasha Tori Maru Yes there are many traps in this inquiry. Meaning is framed by context. Context is what gives flesh and meaning to the bones of reality. Meta inquiry into the nature of context throws beaming light on the context of our lives and experience. What is context? Then what is that? Then what is that? And then we question even that thing that explains what context is. I don't know.

The mind is a reality generating hallucination machine that is not bound by context, but is what allows any context to be. Context is Infinite and not anything in particular at the same time. Mind and reality are co-connected. Notice how this conversation is contextual. We're trying to understand context through contrast of contexts in ordinary situations, linguistics, social domain and metaphysically and of course, epistemically. We're trying to grasp context using context. That's a difficult feat, it feels like trying to roll our eyes back and looks inside your skull.

Danm!! This has me on the edge of my contemplative seat. I don't want to fuck around and stop at a seemingly deep conclusion. Keep pushing this inquiry through the wall.

Now this conversation is moving to a more practical area of our lives which makes it juicy. I have personally observed a lot, that people in the same room or just a conversation between you and one other person whether they are a loved one, a relative or a friend, when you tell them something that's coming from a deep philosophical place and not just surface talk, they can easily misinterpret, misunderstand and not have the same reference context for what you just said to them which leads to confusion and misunderstanding. Especially when they don't ask questions or to summarize what you just said to them out loud to make sure that they are on the same page, many people avoid this because they have been trained early on to avoid confrontation and question what people say because they may think it's rude. I know someone personally that will just go off their interpretation of what you're saying rather than asking because they think it makes them feel stupid if they have to repeat what you just said back to them, just to make sure that there is clarification and that everyone's on the same page. They also said they felt embarrassed for their ignorance or being exposed as to not know. Context is something that makes up every single distinction of our experience. Every sense perception from our five senses, don't just read these words, actually become present in your direct experience right now! Look around. Notice how every object is itself a field of distinctions. Everything, like looking at a window or refrigerator for a moment is itself layered with contexts that makes up the entire refrigerator. What's the context for a refrigerator? Notice that context is like that Russian doll that is layered upon bigger ones that encapsulates itself. Psychedelics definitely blows context out of the water. It's literally metaphysical recontextualization to the ultimate degree. But metaphysical recontextualization is a whole domain that can easily be misinterpreted, misunderstood and lead to delusions if you don't have a sharp epistemological head on your shoulders.