Sandroew

One time I took LSD I barely felt anything, but somehow I was still really good at contemplating about stuff. The next day when I woke up I was in a state of toughtlessness for an hour or so. And the world felt beautiful almost in a way what you feel when you take ecstasy. One of the best experiences of my life. Later I read about this, The Buddhist call this experience kensho. I was pretty surprised but that basically confirmed to me that they are not full of shit and neither are people who take psychedelics.

Hey, so here are my thoughts about me tripping 2 weekends in a row. First of all I would not call this a trip report, I did both times only about 2 grams which was not sufficient for me to get relevant insights. I will talk about the circumstances of them though. 1. Tripp: I went hiking in the countryside. Had a good time overall. At some point I sat down at the riverside and I could have gotten contemplative here. It was supposed to be raining so the annoying mosquitos would go away. But they did not bother me that much. On the other hand I could not concentrate because I was constantly thinking about how hungry I am. I am doing a diet and I barely ate anything that whole day. I do not recommend! Definitely eat something if want to go tripping. Just don't eat a heavy meal before you take shrooms. It's interesting tough because usually I can get away with feeling hungry, but this this I could not. 2. Tripp: I went to see the north sea here in Germany. Had a great time again. This time I decided to take the shrooms on the beach. I ate a bit of a lemon beforehand. It really helps! So this was just 7 days after the first Tripp. Did not feel any less potent than the first one! If anything it was even more potent. I don't know if that was entirely because of the lemon, but yeah. Again, it was only 2 grams thought so I was not tripping my balls off anyway. I got a little bit anxious though getting high on the beach. I'm usually anxious around a lot of people anyway. Shrooms did not help that. I was pretty tired too (somehow I walked 34 km that day). So I decided to leave. Anxiety went away a little bit later and I got in a great mood like most of the time I do when I do shrooms. Again did not get any insights though. So even though I did not get anything worthwhile out of these tripps - except good times and the experience - I don't think It was completely a waste of time. I learned that eating lemon boosts your Tripp, you don't necessarily have to wait 14 days inbetween tripps and not to do them completely starving, especially if you are hiking lol. (And they are beneficial for me even without the insights, because it helps with my mood) So that was my experience, I know I could have been more "serious" about it and the next time I'm tripping I will make sure to be able to contemplate more. (probably with a higher dose ofc)

@James123 A lemon? Why? You know what, don't explain let it be a surprise! Lol But surely you don't mean a whole ass lemon do you?

@Porphyry Fedotov me personally after a bigger dose I can't even look at psychedelics for a while... It's just too intense for me. I'm not sure how could I describe it better, but it's not really physically tiring but rather mentally.

I'm almost always anxious from weed and I used to have fear from ecstasy for a long while. Have not taken it ever since, but I think Im good to go now. By the way, ecstasy is something I would advise everyone to try at least once. (within reason of course! Don't take them if you have mental illness, etc!) But I'm against taking it regularly just to party. With psychedelics (shrooms and LSD), I never had a problem. But I always did everything by the book too.

Hello everyone, thank you for the answers! (sorry for getting back to you so late) I'm going to test it this weekend and I'm going to write a little trip report too after work today.

The keyword here is ! transcend ! Which is not so simple as you think, i assume. If you could just "delete" religion starting from tomorrow, it may cause more harm than good. Religion is a way to find common values and therefore unite people. Thats what Spiral Dynamics tells you too. Without religion, some people would just revert to Stage Red. The whole Gender war shebang is an interesting example from the Western World. Religion used to tell you about these values and now, where religion is not important in the culture anymore, its a source of all kinds of issues. Now in opposition of many, i dont think its the sign of downfall of western culture, exactly because we are working ourself through an important problem, whereas before, with religion you were kind of just told by culture how to be. BUT it is easy ? No! Do we have issues because of it ? Yes! Now that is a problem from the rich Western countries, just imagine what would the abolishment of religion in the Middle East do.

A little treat i thought i would share with you guys for some reason

Could you elaborate on that ? Im interested why do you think that.

Where do you guys find Leo's communication aggressive ? Do you mean in the videos ? I would say he is brutally honest in them but not aggressive and he has stated before that he's examples he brings are deliberately on the "offensive" side too so he can poke at your ego. Or do you mean on the forum ? Im only asking, because if you think he is aggressive in he's videos, i would point out that there is a difference between aggressive and brutally honest.

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You guys are being needy and proving the point that you are not mature enough to get the video. Truth be told you dont need Leo to get enlightened. But you are not serious about it... then why cry so bad about this video.

@Joel3102 Mans gotta function on multiple levels at the same time. If hes youtube channel gets in trouble because of the comments its not worth it. Or if he deems it too dangerous..

I literally just got the notification ... Maybe make it available somehow for a smaller audience ?!

So perception = experience - ego, right ? In which case perception = Being. But Leo said in the new What is Truth video, that Truth is not experience and is not perception either. Did he mean: 1.) Truth is not perception as a deluded materialist perceives the world, or 2.) Consciousness is not the same thing as perception, even if perception means it is already without the Ego. Like in the Screen of the TV and the movie thats being played example. P.S. (not important) I follow Leo and this forum for several years now, but this is my first post. Reason being because i always thought finding out the answer yourself is way more powerful. But of course getting teaching, help and scaffolding has a huge significance too! (Noone could find the techniques and teachings out themself with our lifestyle) So i just wanted to say Hi to everybody and thanks for being awesome - especially for Leo, you changed my life forever, but maybe i will write about this in another post. With Love - Sandroew P.S.S (also not important) I cant sleep right now because of this, but i need to go to work tomorrow (today lol). I hope you guys will clarify me this one or else i have to contemplate on this (or meditate) for a long time.

@Nahm Thanks dude! Good advice, just by trying to word the question in english, it made me thinking about it. So for anyone who reads this topic, Leo explains the thing i was misunderstanding in his video: What is perception @32:00-36:00 min. Ofc you are better off watching (and rewatching) the whole video. @Truth Addict I recently watched a documentary about Sri Ramana Maharshi, it is pretty interesting if you are interested in spirituality and it might help you.

@Truth Addict If i had to answer you i would say ultimately thats true, since in the end everything is one. BUT you got the main thing wrong. Your Ego is not the True Self, which is Being. Sorry i dont got too much time right now, gonna explain it better later. Or you know, Leo will explain it to you.

@Leo Gura Ahaaa, i get it then. This factual error on a logical level shows me my understanding is still surface level, even tho i feel like im quite good at this pratice. This is why the forum is useful to us. Thank you!!