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He’s just gonna tell you to do more 5-meo or mushroom trips until you get it ?, probably.

Just look at the price tags alone tells you alot. I don’t know too much about Shunya’s case tho. Same is true with psychologists. Tends to be the more conscious ones who charge less/sliding scale.

Thanks for the suggestion! ? I don't really need a group to meditate with and usually prefer to be alone for that. Was just saying if the goal was to meet likeminded people, the price tag is too high (even just travel and hotel lol), and that's not what those retreats are supposed to be for anyways.. But yeah, I think just keep doing stuff that speaks to you and you'll find your people. We're just on a "hard mode" ?. Like this forum is one of the ways.

Sounds like you're not enjoying yourself there or it's not a 'give and take' situation. Might have to be firm sometimes and state you're only available for such and such.

No luck with that. I may go back to the psychedelic meetup group again.. but last time I went nobody was interested in spirituality, mostly in mental health and having 'interesting experiences'. There's just not many of us out there. Meditation retreats are too expensive for me.

Yeah I get a similar feeling. Being tired really takes a toll.. I struggle with this too.

Um... hard to say. Maybe the limitations of a forum. And more high quality content.

I like them in a cold dish. A very simple/accessible one is just chopped-up squares (raw) seasoned with some salt and sliced green onions! And if you want more elaborate.. look up cold tofu dish (hiyayakko, chinese cold tofu salad) I like them in miso soups too.

Morality becomes a choice because it's constructed. From the absolute perspective, there is no 'morality' as we think of. But when you realize you are everything and everything is you, why would you actively 'harm' yourself knowingly? God gives you the freedom to be what you want to be/create right now and loves you for just being, otherwise it would not be absolute love. You do not have to be any way. But you get to choose.

Truly depends on how much of an 'opening' you think they have. Mine has such a hard stance that they may actually harm me if I revealed such matters and it's just not worth it. If yours has a bit of opening and you feel like it's at least safe to casually bring up it might be worth a shot.

Sneak it in her soup. I'm just kidding don't do that. I don't really know... My parents are the same and have a hard stance. All I can do is accept where they're at.

You simultaneously created a very convincing dream while also created clues and escape hatches to "go back" if you really wanted to.

Well my take is that it's similar to what guys have to do, but guys will try to tell you something else.. Being detached/non-needy, working on your purpose, taking care of your body, having your own approach to life (eg, "philosophy"), knowing what you want, communicating well, taking control of your emotional states, being good at/interested in sex if that's what you want as well (lol), being good at knowing when to be led, have your own sense of dress style. Well overall you just love being this way, and you're not doing all this stuff just to attract a guy, you're doing it first and foremost for self-love and living a great life.

Haha. Can't help it. ? Connecting with parts of myself (I mean as in what's happening right now as I'm doing it here).

Ditto on that. I just had an "omniscient" trip on Golden teacher which I was not expecting lawl.

I feel your struggles. Something of voluntary nature and then being misunderstood on a constant basis. It's more than what most can handle.

Ah I'm glad to hear that resonated with you! It took me many years and many heartbreaks to realize this pattern and where it came from! The kind of unconditional love we crave but struggle to find outside and weren't given (much of it) as a child.. It's all good you deserve more love, I hope you can find that with the help of some good people out there (and this forum) that do exist outside the family systems we were born into. ?

Yes I think the feminine wants to express in different ways. A spiritual woman might express it in ways that is not strictly in the form of a 'guru' so we don't 'notice it' happening. It could be a ballet dancer, painter, etc that are more in tune with the feminine energy.

It may be a beginning : ). Only you would know this is happening. (hint, you may notice that nobody can truly understand you anymore in your personal life lawl). You value being-ness more than much of anything else after your own direct experience. This is when you demand the absolute truth, like deconstructing everything (existing paradigms, systems, conditionings, moral concepts, etc), breaking down boundaries between yourself and "others", absolute truth/love/god realization, transcending your ego and the dream you're in. You can understand where people are at (on the SD stages). Orienting yourself in such a way that integrates the truths that you've realized to aid in the collective raising of consciousness (or not lol), etc. The way you live/think about your life would totally change as a result. All this may take some time to realize and integrate and depends on what you're open to over time. As well there will be shadows from the previous stages.

Reminds me...I think even 4chan is moderated.

Maybe there's no such thing as out of your league except in your mind ?.

Good so far. Read and follow the Guidelines and you should be fine. ?

Hey I totally get it.. you may not believe me but I've been in that kind of state for much of my younger years. Not sure if you can relate to this but the thing I also realized is the chasing of romantic partners was at least partially due to not being attuned to/given attention growing up, basically raising myself on the emotional spiritual level. So the only solution I saw was the opposite sex and romance. I know it's really cliche but I still recommend going to therapy and see if you can get at least some of those emotional needs met there. It helped me alot in becoming a more independent person. I still struggle but it's lessened.. As well of course keep going on your spiritual journey. Practicing self love and feeling wholeness already in yourself. The goal is to become more detached to the interactions you have - which counterintuitively may attract what you're looking for. Mix up your social life, find some goals you want to work on that maybe you can work on with others around. This will improve your overall confidence and also getting some of that social needs met..

You could try the tea method/experiment with (look it up first), it hits you a lot faster but the effect might be different (ie more intense but less time).