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if it's edible it's undeniably trippy; full on closed eye visuals, feeling like you've entered a parallel cartoon replica of this world, ego deaths and oneness if one's mind is open to it and possibly had previous trips. Yoga on an edible in the sun is out of this world.

it definitely takes you to the void quite reliably; pretty insane, very out of body sometimes too. Extremely introspection with pretty insane ego deaths.

250ug gave me the white light, that’s all you need to know

Everybody experiences these things differently no doubt, DP involves a lot more than just dissociating from ego but also being separated from all of existence like it's "over there" so to speak and you're just watching it as a seperate observer. It's like with DP the void is there whilst the universe is "over there" , vs Enlightenment the void is like infinite empty space that contains everything, and understanding everything is contained within that births the sense of intimacy and connection, like the universe is inside you it's that intimate, vs the deep sense of separation that DP creates. DP creates a deep separation between form and formlessness, like the two have unplugged from each other, whilst in mystical states all distinctions between the two are lost. Connecting absolute and relative, you could say the small self is a part within the totality of the whole, and Enlightenment is resting in that wholeness which includes the small self, rather than killing one part to move to another. That paradigm is still somewhat dualistic. Of course in the beginning dissociating from the ego may be necessary, but later on the two can be integrated together which is my definition of "riding the ox".

Same, they are almost the polar opposite in some ways. Moving into oneness feels like melting into everything, DP/DR feels like you're sinking into yourself and everything is getting further away from you.

#462 as a male, #1 as a female Of course there will always be genetic, unfair advantages in sports, but it is a matter of DEGREES guys, and it is clear that the physical difference between a male athlete with the body composition that results from male puberty and a regular woman FAR exceeds what any logical person would consider acceptable; no matter how much hormone therapy the person goes through it will not erase the physical development that occurred when their body was naturally being pumped full of testosterone in their teenage years. IF, however a transgender male were to compete they would willingly be putting themselves at a disadvantage which is a very different scenario than willingly putting yourself at a monstrous advantage. Not to mention that most sports should have weight/height classes the way that UFC does, and if it doesn't (which is wrong) that is still no licence to continue adding to the unfairness that may occur in competitive sport. TLDR; this is fucking stupid and we all know it.

all of them

eat some mushrooms

Yoga and breath work are pretty awesome for when meditation gets too boring/frustrating.

Lol ? the smell of condescension is simply unreal ?

No, only healing trauma will help (in your case but also in most cases). Beware of spiritual bypassing.

lol

it seems like the "insight" is extremely influenced by ego, at least when outlined in that way. "My mind" ain't the real ground. Not even "mind" in a universal sense is, despite certainly being an aspect.

Hahaha nice

“Unless you are actually looking at it” would still be more imagination, including the experience of a finite, localised POV. Any “something” in existence is nothing, with no thing to which it pertains to. The idea that what is held within one finite mind is all there is is bollocks. That finite POV holds no more reality than anything else.

I like it

Gaslighting is the forum's Modus Operandi. Take a look at Richard Lang's (and Douglas Harding's) style of teaching; everybody is seen as capable of knowing their true nature and nobody is viewed as a "teacher" above others, there is absolutely no hierarchy at all. Everyone is equal to the point that the one who sees this sees everybody else as "awake" too. This type of attitude makes embodiment of the truth natural, easy and simple. This hierarchical enforcement of who's the most awake is purely ego based and only isolates more people, as it will continue to do so in the future. More and more people are leaving for this very reason, and it's a pretty justified one. This discussion seems pretty pointless at this stage though, nothing is going to change and young, impressionable depressed teenagers are going to continue to come to these spaces only to be confused, gaslit and left off worse than when they came, with no one taking responsibility for it. Opposing views about spirituality simply aren't respected on this forum, and is usually what opens the floodgates to more gaslighting, thus reinforcing group think as Adeptus has mentioned. Dogmatism in action. Yep, most likely the depressed teenagers I'm talking about. I would know because I was one of them!!!

@Leo Gura Ah I see. Its a good thing that you have all this background about me, and what I do and don't know. I imagine that's very handy that you can simply call upon that knowledge to make statements about people, you know - rather than dealing with the inconvenience of facts and reality. But hey, if you prefer to fantasize a backstory for me then knock yourself out - whatever helps. Is this not an example of gaslighting?

Brilliant

I mean at the end of the day the game is bullshit but ya still gotta play it…

One infinite/boundless consciousness with no form, many finite localised minds within it. It wouldn’t be infinite if it was otherwise. That’s how I would sum it up.

Single eternal eye ? One eye ?

AHAHAH MY GOD

Lol Yeah that idea is pretty stupid. I hope @Leo Gura you don’t agree with this but I wouldn’t know because I can never get a clear answer. I can get an absolute answer from you, but the question being asked is actually relative. At least some of the questions have to be answered on a relative level, and then see how that relates to the absolute level. For instance, absolutely do I agree that there is only one infinite consciousness, with no bounds or limitations, which’s substance is nothing and can manifest into whatever it likes? Of course! On a more basic, human, relative impermanent level, do I think such a consciousness (for the purpose of creation) could split itself into dualities, which include many unique finite minds that interplay with each other because why the flying fuck not it’s infinite? YES! Absolutely, is all those finite minds with unique experiences completely imaginary? YES! Does it matter? FUCK NO! It’s all imagination anyway, my ego’s finite experience is just as imaginary as anything else, even my microscopic dick is imaginary, who cares? I fail to see a reason to interpret my relative experience of the world as any different than before, despite knowing the underlying unity of it. I can still appreciate the diversity of it all whilst knowing it’s all one at the same time. I think Rupert is simply trying to connect the relative and absolute by saying that one infinite consciousness (the absolute) can imagine many different experiences simultaneously in the relative sense. Don’t see anything wrong here. If one truly cared about erasing duality forever, there would be nothing. If an individual does anything at all, that proves they care about diversity and want to enjoy creation and possibly take part in it. Yes it’s imagination, and?

Go to a physio and check to see that you don't have any form of sciatica or even scoliosis. Sounds like sciatica to me