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Welcome to the forum! There’s no objectivity, only the illusion of subjectivity, until there is only objectivity, so do whatever you like for hobbies. Live as you like. Of course you could watch tv mindfully. You could do anything mindfully. Do you really want to watch tv though? Probably not. Fitness, guitar & singing, writing & songwriting, drawing and painting; flow & creativity can be developed, authentisicm more realized, deeper realizations - very worthwhile. ❤️ Ego is a category of thought.....and just like that - already tricked! Thoughts are things, like cars & trees. None are me, and all are me. Ego says “just these are me”, and Nothing builds a conceptual identity of other-than actuality. The true identity Is, and is unidentifiable! Who is there to identify it!

@ChadT Approaches culminate and reveal, so try the approach that nothing is or isn’t science, is or isn’t spirituality, is or isn’t reality. Instead, these are labels you are labeling you with. Let go of details of what is observed, and focus on how you are observing. Consider the lens itself, rather than the image in it. If there were no labels in play, what would there be? Zoom in with distinctions for clarity, and use of knowledge in life, zoom out for peace & acceptance and realizations.

@Stoica Doru Feelin you bro. ❤️❣️ So perfect in nonperfection, and so utterly chaotic in perfection.

How could you not be? Being, and being with the veil, are nonetheless the One. It is God’s veil. Realized or not, it still Is. The most egotistical, “seperate”, hate filled, spiteful, ignorant, insulting, arrogant person - is as much God as the holy man. Realization is different (often), and varies to a very high degree. There is not “another”, there is One Being. An exercise to realize this might be to write down two columns, “God”, and “Me”. Write adverbs and adjectives in each column. Do practices, until you resolve the differences, revealing the differences are not in actuality, but only in thought (meanings, definitions, etc) God is not an idea of God, and yet it is also that. I am not an idea of Me, and yet I am also that. God even says stuff like “not a permanent state”. How do you see it that the wave is not the ocean?

@khalifa There’s a documentary on some places that do this. People have gone 20 - 30 days even, if memory serves. Nothing we want to mess with at home, but yeah, apparently cures damn near everything. That’s some serious cleansing!

@Alien Ice, choc almond milk, choc raw meal powder, a banana, and cocoa powder is a delicious shake. Great energy and mood.

It’s people, doing it to themselves. It’s not that it’s right or wrong, it’s a caution of the act of perceiving through ‘right and wrong’. The only judgement one could be aware of is their own. @cetus56 Great video.

@lmfao ?

@lmfao It’s the weight of the body on the crossed portions of the legs and ankles causing the circulation issues / numbness: Try this one (below). After a while, the tiny hip and back,etc, muscles should be read for lotus. Then in Lotus the cross is not bearing the weight of the body. Building hip stability; https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/anatomy-101-understand-your-hips-to-build-stability Also, using a pillow and seat generally like this, allows the circulation to continue where your feet are touching the ‘floor’. Consider using something like this, and the feet together position (Chris Fanning pic) , and bringing the feet in closer more and more, and working that into lotus by crossing the feet and raising the cross over time. My apologies if you’re also doing nofap. Excellent diagram btw.

@wakeel55 Fast forward all that and you arrive right back to the infinite perfection of nothing from which you arise. Enjoy the challenges, the contrast, the variety, the growth, and the discovery. ❤️ The bliss / frustration comes and goes, practices are key. I look at it like every increase in awareness, makes you more aware of what the hell you’re doing, what you want to be doing, what you want to stop doing, etc. Becoming more aware of this creates a fork in the road - give up and stay asleep or practice, do the consciousness work, and see what’s at the end of a rainbow.

Cherish the variety! ?

@Berjohansen Thanks!

@Berjohansen Tips on this? It’s ‘happened’ for me twice, both I’ve yet to do it on purpose. Thanks!

I experienced my own funeral, ‘within myself’, and when I saw Leo, I cried and laughed, and he looked over at my body in the casket and said “that’s not it!” And we laughed pretty solid. Thank you for all you do Leo. The breadth and nuance of your work is truly incomparable. ❤️

@okulele I experience that too. My spine spontaneously takes weird positions sometimes. I think both are good; in some meditations, allow the spontaneity, and in others, stay still and disappear.

@MarkusR Those are 3 solid suggestions! @pluto Great list! Here’s a couple outside the typical that I like. A good literal slap across the face is more useful than I think people know. Try it. Get’s ya right outta a mental comfy sleep mode. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ninOz5ValUM An instrument and singing is for everyone imo, no matter the skill level. It’s a solid way to connect with self, develop confidence and the ability to ‘flow’ (eventually). Not to mention the social aspects. Alone. Nothin beats alone in nature for a few days. Ideally with lots of practices and no speaking or technology. The right book, at the right time, can change a life. Seeing the other side of the economy first hand is a potential life changer too. If you’ve come here into lux, just sit on the street in the tougher parts of an inner city. If you arrived here into one of those tougher situations / neighborhoods, do the opposite and spend a day observing a posh town. The other side is very eye opening. And always burn the boats!!!!

@Samra I love where your head’s at. Music is this in my life. ❤️

That’s a deep trap, summarizing psychedelics as a high state. You’re not this dude, this guy, at all. He’s an appearance, along with the whole universe, in a spec in you, and even the spec takes up no space. It would seem like psychedelics of course effect the brain and alter the state, and they sure do, and also, in actuality they can lift the reality curtain entirely, which definitely includes the brain, and person, and universe. You’re apparently that funny - that you’d create a reality with a society which frowns upon the very ‘substance’ which reveals you’re behind the whole show. So the mountain to climb is inherent. It’s brilliant man. Well done. Enjoy! And sitting around meditating for years ain't gonna get you high like a drug. Without a foundation, the trips are much rougher, and the change in default state is negligible if at all. I’d stay focused on the default state, vs the highs. Both, with tenacity, are a solid combo. The word absolute is just one of the most agreeable terms, because it means, absolute, and when you experience it, you’d agree. Once you’ve seen that it is all your dream, you won’t care what word anyone uses.

@onacloudynight I have a close friend who I’ve done most (12 ish) of my trips with. He’s a fantastic trip mate, a great friend and a hell of a guy. We’re polar opposites on practices though. I meditate, eat clean, and exercise daily (used to self inquire daily) - he eats clean but no practices at all. I’ve retained / integrated each trip in a culminating progression until the big ‘me’ reveal and the nonduality is default. He hasn’t retained any insights. He and I were just talking about this. So, imo, the practices are more important. The trips amp things up, but without practices, it’s just fun being had without the spirituality. Hope that helps somewhat at least. @pluto Dude. Get out of my head! Lol So funny. I just went on a few day solo retreat, prepared with shrooms for tea. Did a couple hours meditation each day, and kept contemplating like ‘what is this trip about’, and I kept laughing. I had an intuitive sense that it would be pointless. Your post is right on for me. Skipped it. Got some deep quality meditation in, and plain ol relaxed a bit. Thanks!

Ha! Man I remember a ways back, saying that same thing. Like word for word. Awesome.

@StephenK Both. lol

@Tearos @Truth Addict That’s what I was gonna say!!! Dogma until directly EXPERIENCED. LMAO

A Christian will find God through Islam, and a Muslim will find God through Christianity.

@egoless ?