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@RedLine I Agree. Even the neural process that underlie sensation of pain can easily shut down all other neural transmissions and make brain concentrate only on the pain. Body does everything to avoid pain. Both physical and psychological. And as you said, of course complete enlightenment doesn't sit well with survival! Pain is necessary for survival. And it's ok. We need it. It's not like that if we want to become more conscious, we should get rid of pain. Pain is there. But fear of pain is illusory. When pain comes, let it take the wheel. But when it's not there, it's not there!

@nistake I've experienced something similar. Then it changed. Then another plateau, then a backlash, and then another stage. As you said, you are not meditating in order to achieve something. This is meditation, it's observing, and in time, you might start to see the stuff behind the curtain. My suggestion is just keep going, keep meditating. And try to increase your knowledge about mediation, different forms of it, and then experiment with them and find your own unique path

@Bulgarianspirit Good suggestion

Thank you so much for sharing this. I haven't smoked 5-Meo before, but I had some weird psychedelic experiences which later on turned out to be my most mystical experiences. I can just imagine how you felt. Continue your work my friend, Until you see the Love within the infinite void

Of course the lines between these epistemic stages are blurry. Kinda like spiral dynamics. I feel that I have all of these three attitudes at the same time! but feel mostly at tier 2.

@ZenSwift Lots of similarities with my first mushroom trip on 1g Wish you good trips in the future!

Maybe try to experiment with Huprezine-A. It can kinda induce lucid dreaming sometimes and for some people. A year ago I used this website and they had good materials: www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com

I think God, in the form of every human mind, wants to realize itself through various ways. Infinite ways. Sometimes it realizes itself by an accident, sometimes by using psychedelics, sometimes meditation and chanting. My overall point is, I think it depends on the person and his/her journey through life. You just have be to be conscious enough so that when you experience your true being, you realize it. I believe a man that has walked 100 roads can judge those roads better than someone who has just walked 10, and then judges 100. That's why I always try to very clearly listen to what Leo says, and then use my own judgment, and refer to my own experiences. He has gone down many roads. Many of these gurus and enlightened people are good-hearted and try to help others, but I don't think that they have experimented with psychedelics.

Why humans don't feel the presence of love all the time? What separates the normal state of human mind from the infinite love that is present everywhere?

Charles Darwin biography, called 'The Origin' by Irving Stone. I enjoyed reading it very much.

I am just waiting for it to come. Just making my immune system stronger, both mentally and physically. Listening to Leo helps from mental aspect

@Cineva I have had similar experiences. I had a great run for about 2 years, and then something started to fight back in me. I stopped meditating, smoking cigarettes and weed again, getting lost in my daily job, getting more angry... I believe it's sort of "Ego backlash". The way is to refocus. 1st, restart ur meditation habit. Exercise. Just do it, do what you know is the way for you. You are in a holy war. This doesn't happen to some people, but does for others. You just need to walk ur path, and whenever you go off road, just stay calm, look, be mindful, and get back. wish you luck.

@dude I had same experience as you. lasted for about 12 minutes, and then I just freaked out. took about 5-10 minutes for my body to recover. My fingers were contracted and I could barely move them. Was not very pleasant experience. And also I had no significant mental experience, just some sensations in my body. I'l try it again someday, just need to learn about this technique a little bit more.

“Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, why do you worry? You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi

You are breathing.you feel the hand.you see.you feel your tongue. This is the only real thing.then "I" comes in! trying to understand it,or in other words,turn all of this into symbols.beliefs.this,that. But maybe,this is our blind spot.we dont need to understand anythig.it is already here.all of this is you,we are not alien here.everything in the world,all of the feelings in the world,if become experienced,then they are us! we are our own home.we just need to realize this,and return home.

Journey back to the dark side, back into the womb Back to where the spirits move like vapor from the tomb The center of the cyclone, blowing out the sun Break the shackles of your union to the light I might've had a brother As I was born, they dragged him under To the other side of twilight He's waiting for me now Nativity was lost on me I didn't ask, I couldn't see What created me What and where and how Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth Feel our bodies breathing as you try to stop believing There's nothing you can do about your shadows You can fight us, you are like us And your body will betray you Lay down and die like all the others Where are the angels and their wings of freedom? Jesus had his day off when they pulled you through... Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth (to an accident of birth) Vision's growing dim as the daylight fades away I'm spinning, twisting, black Well, it's your dying day Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth

The primary thing that Ive learned,is that it is very hard to learn something!because whenever I thought that Ive gained some knowledge about a specific part of life,later on I realized that my understanding wasnt accurate at all. So I guess the most important thing that Ive learned till now is that I need to be as much open minded as I can be.

@Dodoster It surely is!

You are completely right.

I agree with all that you are saying.but this is the problem.I know these!intellectually!I dont feel this way.when I'm at a park,I dont feel that I am that squirrel , but I feel that I am this thing standing looking at the squirrel.Maybe sometimes through concentration,meditation,etc,I get a glimpse of unity but throughout the day,I am very much me! And I believe until your reality becomes one with the squirrel,I mean when you feel that way with all your being,that's when you REALLY know that you are one with the squirrel.Before that,I think this is just another story that I keep telling myself.But maybe it's a good story and a good starting point.

Have you ever felt the future is the past, but you don't know how? A reflected dream of a captured time, is it really now, is it really happening? Don't know why I feel this way, have I dreamt this time, this place? Something vivid comes again into my mind And I think I've seen your face, seen this room, been in this place Something vivid comes again into my mind All my hopes and expectations, looking for an explanation Have I found my destination? I just can't take no more The dream is true, the dream is true The dream is true, the dream is true Think I've heard your voice before, think I've said these words before Something makes me feel I just might lose my mind Am I still inside my dream? Is this a new reality Something makes me feel that I have lost my mind All my hopes and expectations, looking for an explanation Coming to the realization that I can't see for sure I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, please save me from myself The dream is true, the dream is true The dream is true, the dream is true I get up put on the light, dreading the oncoming night Scared to fall asleep and dream the dream again Nothing that I contemplate, nothing that I can compare To letting loose the demons deep inside my head Dread to think what might be stirring, that my dream is reoccurring Got to keep away from drifting, saving me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself Lost in a dream of mirrors, lost in a paradox Lost and time is spinning, lost a nightmare I retrace Lost a hell that I revisit, lost another time and place Lost a parallel existence, lost a nightmare I retrace I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself I only dream in black and white, I only dream cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white, to save me from myself The dream is true, the dream is true The dream is true, the dream is true Enjoy the dream and just let go.

@Gopackgo All we can do is love people around us.We can help them to become more aware of their mind and their life,but unfortunately sometimes it's hard for people to understand some deep truths because of their heavily conditioned mind.But this shouldnt make us to reduce our connection with them or act carelessly towards them.All we can do is love,and one that can love everything,is a true spiritual person. I believe her assumption is right.Losing a part of this old self is what we are shooting for!Because,maybe,this old self is flawed.

@Gopackgo You are completely right.and I have to say that Leo helped me a lot in becoming aware of the difference between thinking about something and experiencing it.keep watching his videos,you might get pretty useful insights.

I would enjoy that day very much. There are lots of academic research being done on this problem and all of the results suggest that situation is worst than it seems. And one of the main problems in this "modern addiction" situation is,it is being controlled by Money!big money! and I dont think that its going to change in future,it might just get worst. I think its parents responsibility to observe the environment that their children are growing up in.But again the problem is,lots of young parents have these problems their own too.

I do believe it is fortunate!