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Thoughts suddenly cease and ‘I-I’ rises up equally suddenly and continues. It is only a feeling, not a thought. Can it be right? Ramana Maharshi: Yes, it is quite right. Thoughts have to cease and reason to disappear for the ‘I-I’ to rise up and be felt. Feeling is the main thing, not reason. http://www.coursnondualite.com/Download/Teachings of Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words.pdf

These things can come naturally if you stop chasing anything, but why go for such feats when awakening dissolves your suffering anyways.

Don't forget to mention your high doses of 5-MeO to begin with ^^

Absolutely love David Spero as well, the idea occurred to me to listen to this at 0.5x the speed, pretty cool I think

You can search for 'ashram' on helpx and you get a few results of one's in Europe. I agree, such a community needs spiritual practice as a high value, else the community really won't be so different from how regular people act (I've been to a big one as well). Growing some of your own food is good of course, it's creates value, it's exercise, it's connecting with nature, but it really shouldn't be a main priority to become mainly self sufficient if you want to have a spiritual community. Trying to become almost completely self-sufficient is quite hard since you need a lot of land for that and a lot of time, like working full time(!) and having to deal with a lot of challenges. Whereas farmers have the equipment to work much much more efficient. The money should and could probably easily indeed just be made by having guests, giving retreats, workshops, services etc.

I heard of a long time sanyassin that it was also a routine of Osho to shit talk all teachers because he didn't want devotees to jump around from teacher to teacher, but that he actually held them in high regard.

You mean you don't want chronic fear/emotional suppression (and the fearful thought streams it creates). Thinking in and of itself is no problem, but it usually is because thinking is used to avoid certain feelings.

Those gadgets haven't been very succesful. In my experience consciousness work continues, sometimes at a profound level (for some reason more so after psychedelics in my experience, but probably the same would go for a deep meditation experience), but never through my choice and luciddreams I had wherein I did self-inquiry myself wouldn't particularly more successful though I could see they might at some point. Practicing self-inquiry or self-abidance is practicing a lucid dream technique by the way already, the only technique I would recommend to get into is doing WILD techniques, but it's really hard to get up at night and not want to go back to sleep. It could be good alsso, if you go take a nap, to put on a guided meditation on a sound not too intrusive but also not too soft sounding and have it melt into your dream

You can couch surf and hitchhike and travel cheap that way Also, if you are good with women you could maybe just hop from girl to girl using tinder or something

You contribute by working on yourself, finding and radiating the love of the Self is the greatest service you can render the world, also if you live in the west, we need a relatively low amount of jobs anyways to ensure basic goods for the people. You love peace and joy the most I think, but anyways, what avenue would grant more freedom you think? Aside from having or making a lot of money in a short time through whatever and then living of that for some time. Or maybe find a job that would allow you to meditate.

- Become a monk Upsides: dedicated schedule, friends, maybe a master (maybe a +, you might get interesting people visiting the monastery) Downsides: maybe dogma, probably you'll have a difficult time having sex or doing drugs, you're not so free to roam around (though you might have trips/exchanges with other monasteries or places). - Do work exchange (for ashrams/spiritual retreat centers), work 4-6 hours a day (maybe more in some places) in exchange for shelter/food) Upside: Friends, free-er than a monastery, you can travel, maybe you can also make some money on the side through creative efforts or what ever - Become a beggar People will think stupid of this probably but honesty not such a bad choice if you live in a western civilized country/city, some beggars a lot of money too, and you could meditate all day, maybe with a sign ('addicted to meditation'). Upside: free time, free as a bird, money, adventure, Downside: might get harassed at times, not legal everywhere. - I'd recommend everyone to do this if you don't feel like you have enough time to be dedicated to spirituality with a 9-5 or w/e, it will make you rich in true worth beyond belief. And after a few years of dedicated spiritual practice it's probably quite easy to be successful in whatever you do, because it will make room for your natural talents to open and be expressed, and through your trust, love and synchronicity it will be easy and successful. In fact this is already the case, that you are supported very well, but we tend to be supported in lack and failure because these are the ideas we still hold on to. But you can be successful if you dare to express yourself and see the abundant synchronicity, but it needs to be based on truth for the sake of your own happiness, peace and integrity and for everyone else's involved.

I've experienced psychosis and openings. Spiritual opening consists of emotional openings, perception opening, sensing opening, consciousness opening. It is what it is, an opening. Psychosis is just believing strongly in thought/story (usually related to fears around the mystical/God), which can project itself perceptionally from the subconscious through imagination sometimes, you just have to learn to get to know yourself to distinguish whether you are doing so or whether it's genuine perception.

You've opened yourself up with 5-MeO-DMT, Martin Ball says that normal trip afterwards become like hours of 5-MeO again

So with plugging the stuff just stays in automatically? Except if you fart I suppose. Anything else we should know? I guess some papertowels in your underwear shouldn't hurt.

Wow that's fucking neat, how did you find that out

This guy is actually a perfect incarnational deity on how to socially interact

Looking at some of the teachers can make me so happy and be so reassuring. You can see clearly the joy, love and truth of our being when looking at their eyes. A great meditation tool! And remember, the light of the screen is also the light of the Self. Shinzen Young, David Spero, Adyashanti Mooji, Ramana Maharshi, Papaji

This one's also really good Pamela Wilson

It's not so much about me or them, looking at their faces opens my heart, and it's a very easy exercise as apposed to meditation sometimes, I find it incredibly useful, also the light of the universe (of your computer screen, pictures) also is God/intelligence, it's also not an accident that I think all religions have meditation practice along with worship in them. Love you Leo

Mama Mukti