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Why is it that you experience form when all of reality is ultimately formless?

Sounds like an ego death is on the horizon my friend

That dude lost the plot somewhere down the line...

Because "doing" is the primary mode of operating for the ego; by doing nothing and letting go more and more the ego has a chance to fully dissolve. Whilst doing is the primary function of the ego, BEING is the primary function of non-dual consciousness. Surrender more and you'll realise this.

@electroBeam Since when are enlightened people beyond the dream? Literally everything of form is within the dream.

Nice man

@Red-White-Light Give this a shot, Just stop thinking, you’re way too in your head, way too closed to suggestion, this whole post just seems like an excuse to complain rather than finding an actual solution. A good dose of humility and surrender is what u need my friend. The guide from Leo I linked above will help with that. Nonduality is void of all conceptual framings and ideas, it’s a purely intuitive primal “knowing” at the core of one’s very essence. Everything about your mindset screams over-intellectualisation and close-mindedness, none of such qualities is going to help you but only forever leave you separated from this understanding. I don’t wanna come off as a dick but it’s the truth, a certain kind of attitude is required for this understanding. If you want to understand nonduality in the same fashion as learning mathematics then fucking forget about it.

There’s definitely no real absolute with this as others have said but I think at least most people would agree that it is past the 200ug mark where things start to get truly profound and allows someone to transcend their ego.

Dying can be an unbelievably painful experience that I think deserves more compassion in this community.

@PenguinPablo immediately popped into my head upon reading the title lmao

@outlandish Hey, I was curious to know if you've had any of these kind of "clear light" 5meo type experiences with LSD? I've had experiences with LSD at the very peak that sound very 5meo like, the sense of complete merging with everything for all eternity as my whole experience dissolves into that light, but I've never had 5 meo and I'm very interested, I resonate a lot with people's 5-meo reports (more so than reports with other psychedelics) but since I have never done it I feel I could still very well be missing something, perhaps it's just not of the same calibre as 5meo I have no idea. I'd bite the bullet and just do it, but...I'm only 20 lol. You seem much more educated on this subject than me so I was hoping you could help me here, regarding the similarities and differences of nondual experiences regarding a whole host of different psychedelics but specifically traditional psychs like LSD. Sorry if I came off a bit vague aha. Personally the experience felt completely undeniable but I'm still humble enough to recognise how little I know compared to many other people on this thread. Thanks ver much

@khalifa Not sure if I already asked but did you ever explore MDMA? I used it for issues I later realised were related to trauma and it helped a lot, may help you too. Helped me be more emotionally open to the ego dissolving experience on traditional psychedelics e.g. LSD. The trauma may have closed your heart and needs an opening before any other work can be done.

Human is just more consciousness, you're living my life right now, you must be bored as fuck.

@ShugendoRa haha yea as a producer myself (music) I can attest to that lmao. But it's only highlighting what's in oneself; I've seen plenty of people who have done psychedelics with shit work, so it ain't a magic bullet. @Call Me Whatever I was in the same position as you, you're telling yourself this story that you lack creativity; you're judging yourself before really trying. Believe in your ideas and take risks, be as vulnerable as possible. Lessen your attachment to your work; whatever happens, happens. When the ego gets too involved in the creative process it ruins it from my experience. Try to be more open and less judgemental (mindfulness helps here). Try to explore areas of your field you aren't used to (e.g. if you're in music try listen to genres you wouldn't listen to and try find something you appreciate there) and try see if you can incorporate those elements into your own work. Keep things fresh always. Also do things that you get you OUT OF OUR HEAD. Exercise and meditation is a solid combo but whatever does it for you will do. Hope that helps.

You don't need modafinil, nor should you want it. It's too powerful so if you feel like you're struggling with focus and you take it dependency could very well creep in. The caffeine/l-theanine stack is more than enough for most people I think, and it's far more sustainable. Best coupled with running and meditation. Social media is also fucked for your focus; I'm still recovering from that addiction and I can tell you it messes your focus to a profound degree.

alternating between 3-4 different techniques kept things interesting for me, although sometimes all you can do is take a break. The benefit of stopping for a while is that you'll see what it does to your mind and you'll want nothing of it; all the neuroses and monkey mind start creeping back in like crazy. Also not being too hard on yourself helps.

I don't understand the question; the more wisdom I gain the more creative I am! They're very interrelated for me.

Currently enjoying a big fat glass of whiskey to this haha, cheers!

LSD can show you the light too, certainly did for me.

A big dose of that before a meditation should prep u nicely I'd assume; I'm yet to find anything that negatively interacts with l-theanine.

@Carl-Richard well said.

It's a meaningful purposeless existence

The last of us and uncharted games taught me a lot about developing strong relationships with people actually; great games would recommend

I'm surprised pretty much no one could tell the reply was flippant; felt obvious to me...? People read way too much into everything

@lmfao Hey man, I'd recommend ashwagandha and l-theanine, as well as yoga nidra (it's awesome btw) Generally speaking most insomnia's caused by some amount of anxiety, although I won't make assumptions, just food for thought. I was taking ashwagandha during a particularly stressful time in my life, and that stuff was amazing, so amazing that I eventually had to stop because it made me TOO relaxed to the point of being lazy aha, just goes to show how well it works. The L-theanine's also really good especially for racing thoughts you might have at night. "Meditation in a pill" I've heard it called, I'd venture to say that's pretty accurate. Nootropics depot's where I got both if you're interested.