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I sometimes think that people just have their old believe system replaced with another one. I think people are still underestimating the believe systems and concepts that are running their lives. Deep as fuck. And ever-changing.

Hi guys, The more I'm developing on this path, the emptier I feel. Now after having some unity consciousness experiences i really have difficulty to be grateful. It feels very fake. Feels like an emotion you have to artificially (non-authentically) create yourself and force it into reality. It doesn't feel natural. I have a question: does gratitude attach your ego to stuff? I can remember that Leo said you should try to be grateful for non-egoic stuff. So not only your personal belongings, achievements and so forth. But.. Being grateful for example for someone else's happiness, for the beautiful nature or even for the most negative things on earth. Aren't these projections by your ego? Aren't we attaching ourselves to these things?

I really wouldn't know the cause of this, but beware of developing a spiritual ego. Subconsciously a lot of us use spirituality to be 'one up'. To be better than the rest. To tell them what life really is all about so you can feel better about yourself. I'm aware i'm doing this myself. The ego is very tricky. You really have to introspect so the intentions will surface. But of course, this might not be the case for you. I have years of experience of psychedelics. But no 5 Meo. Don't know the effects.

Try flying dude! Crazy shit. When i'm aware i'm dreaming, i get waaaay too excited everytime so i'll be awake in no time. But once it lasted just long enough to fly. Try it. You won't be disappointed.

I was thinking man. These questions. They are implicitly nondualistic. By saying "IS there a triality" I actally refer to BEING. It's like you can't even imagine something outside of singularity/nonduality. It's impossible. Like this: is there something outside of being or not being? IS refers to being once again. Maybe once we'll have a good taste of true infinity we'll be able to have a look outside of it.

The difficulty here is that you actually possess everything in a certain way. You project yourself upon everything and everyone. It's probably just as egoic as your "official" possessions and belongings. The world is really your mirror. But the answer to your question: i'm doing my best haha. Gotta work on it. Nowhere near as grateful as i am for material possession or achievements.

Wonderful advice people. Exactly that last thing you said. Afraid of feeling emotions kinda is a part of my anxiety problems. Thank you! Wonderful advice bro. It's so easy to get caught up in the emotional game we play on this path. You even forget the basic things you learned. Emotions are fooling us to keep us where we are. Of course anything out of the habitual zone will feel like resistance. I have very much difficulty distuingishing intuition from the deep unconscious emotions. So I probably thought this must be my intuition guiding me (the arrogance lol). How does that work out for you man? You look somewhat like an expert on emotions. Is your intuition guiding you and your decisions in life? Peace

Nothing can be added to it, nothing can be substracted from it (Tawhid). Given its infinite character: everything can be added to it, everything can be substracted from it? I'm wondering: are there realizations somewhere in infinity where it would mean exactly the opposite? From a singularity perspective to a duality perspective? Is there more than duality? Is there triality? So is there more to it than Nothingness and Everythingness and Singularity? Would this not be possible within infinity?

I really do think everything is connected. I think that frequencies, geometry, music all are interconnected. They all are based on "somethingness and nothingness". Music would be nothing without silence. You need silence for rhythm in beats, songs etc. Geometry would be nothing without nothingness. You need to have the nothingness in which geometry can be shown. Same goes for frequencies. This list can continue to infinity. Life is one beautiful dance between these two opposites, which are actually two sides of the same coin.

Glad to help bro. Though I wouldn't attach to this phenomenon or start go searching for it, because it would be just a conceptualized version of what is. I think the more we try to be extremely open minded the more results will come. Extreme open mindedness helps us not to conceptualize anything. Same goes with dropping the desire to find it. Good luck man. Let me know about your progress. Peace

Guys, So i've reached a point where i feel completely empty when meditating. As if i'm the empty moment where all experience takes place. But i was wondering. Isn't emptiness the experience itself? Think about it: without experience there can be no emptiness. Without emptiness there can be no experience to take place. Isn't this another dualistic game our ego tends to play with us? I've contemplated these questions for half an hour and had some amazing insights. Emptiness is exactly the experience itself. Every experience or qualia has that knowing intelligence itself. The experience is the knowing. Not the emptiness. What do you guys think?

Incredible man. That's absolutely beautiful. I've had a very small taste of absolute infinity 5 years ago after a shroom trip. Did not know anything about spirituality or whatsoever. Hope to experience the same again once. This shiny blackness you speak of. Check this out. the dude (David Icke) starts speaking around 7 min. He also speaks of this phenomenon.

@30secs exactly. Aren't we missing out on the ultimate illusion? Is it not the ultimate paradox that Nothing really is Everything? The "crack" in my head has never been opened as much when focusing solely on emptiness as a pure, somewhat seperate, cosciousness. But indeed. Let's work our asses off.

Maybe that's what they call "the void" ?

Yes! I immediately got panicky and anxious. This is a good sign. The ego doesn't like it Did you also experience that the qualia did not gravitate in a way it normally does around your ego? As if everything remained where it was and your egoic center disappeared. Got a glimpse of it today. Was not a very pleasant feeling. What to do next? Detach from the experience and be aware to not conceptualize anything right? Egoic traps.

Exactly! Once i tried to view the experiential content as the source of knowing (counsciousness itself) it looked like i, as the observer, was gone. I stopped right there because it was a bit too much for me now.

@Tancrede Pouyat isn't this a dualistic point of view? Try contemplating that.

Yeah, i've had the same experience multiple times using my Dre Beats headphones. I don't know how else to put this, but this state feels like the subconscious state. As directly tapping into it. It's like having access to your emotional body/ pain-body. It's that moment before your lucid dreaming starts. You've tricked your body into sleep, but are still awake. You should do some affirmations in this stage if you ever need it. Extremely effective. Directly absorbed into your emotional body. At least that's how it feels like.

There are certain problems you need to work at: - You probably think in values subconsciously and maybe even consciously. Try to spot it and get rid of this way of thinking. It's pure fiction. This is one of the trademarks of the ego. Labeling values on everything and judging on the basis of these values. You rate these women probably higher than yourself in the value game you play. - The previous problem is connected with your self-image. Before you are able to solve the value game puzzle, it would be wise to practice unconditional self-acceptance and self-love. The better you get at this, the easier your approaches will be. You are loving yourself unconditionally. Who cares what her reaction would be? - Another underlying problem is your neediness. Stop being so needy. Of course we're all biologically programmed to desire attractive women. But try to detach from your neediness and desires for that woman. Try to feel as complete as possible before you try to date them. To tackle these problems you need to meditate so you can know yourself better. Know how to handle emotions, thoughts (and how to detach from them). And off course: approach, approach, approach. Without attaching to the possible outcomes. Think this way initially: let's go and FUCK it up. Let's make a fool out of myself. Try to mess up as much as you can, until you really give no shit anymore.

I think that's how the average person thinks indeed. But once you'll develop on this path, you'll drop the value game. You'll be able to see that this game is pure fiction. Authenticity is what you'll be searching for intuitively. To be honest, i don't even think you'll be searching for it. You'll attract it one way or the other on your own path to authenticity. Edit: This path is the self-development path, the spiritual path

Have done it a couple of months ago. Was nothing special. But it had to do with the quality of the tank i guess. It was too small (feet sometimes bumped into the side of the tank), no complete darkness (still some light visible) and the temperature of the water was not optimal. As the names of these tanks suggest: you must be completely deprived of your senses to get into those deep states. Peace

Guys, I'm trying out a couple of new practices including total acceptance of every moment and thus self-acceptance and gratitude. I actually try to be grateful for every bad emotion and thought i experience at every moment. It's like loving and accepting every "negative" aspect of life. AND be grateful for it. This practice seems to help me big time. I don't really look at them as problems anymore. The feelings in my body are so good. It's like certain emotional scars are being healed and some shit that has been trapped there for ages is coming loose. Especially at the back of my neck, throat, solar plexus/chest and my back. So guys: start loving your anxiety. Don't try to get rid of it. Let go of all desire to get rid of it (VERY IMPORTANT!). By letting go your desires you detach from ideal scenario's... how things "should be". It's a sick paradox and very counter intuitive. But let go. And not only for anxiety problems. For every negative emotion you experience. Be grateful for it. Try to love the fuck out of every negative emotion you experience. A daily meditation practice is crucial for you to be able to "play" with these emotions. You need to train your EQ. Mindfulness is key (check out Leo's videos about emotions and mindfulness meditation). And off course the non-duality work will give you a crazy boost. Anxiety is nothing more than fear of rejection. The inner world (ego) fears rejection from the outer world (people etc.). As Allan Watts stated beautifully: try not to view life as a fight between Yin and Yang. Try to look at it as a beautiful dance between the two. Don't be an emotional junkie. You don't need your fix as badly as you think (feeling good, happy, being perfect etc.). Appreciate the "dark" side of reality. Love it. Embrace it. And drop that counter productive desire to overcome this problem. Peace

I think it's very connected in your case. Maybe your desire to not loose your attractiveness comes from fear of rejection. I think it would be key to stop caring what other people think of you. Trust me that's not an easy job. Train unconditional self-acceptance. Try to love your fears. Try to love your problems. And drop your desire to get rid of this problem. If you fuel that desire this can turn out to be very problematic. Desire creates a 'perfect' scenario and thus creates an enormous pressure subconsciously. Perfectionism and anxiety problems go hand in hand.