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@Paul92 You have created a duality of heads or tails and trying to make the right choice of which is true: head or tails. Become the coin and you will have a new relationship. You are then free to put that coin down and explore a new coin on a beach full of coins.

@Wisebaxter You identify as a character within the dream you are imagining and are unconscious that you are dreaming.

@Paul92 What you say is true and so is the opposite.

It seems entry passwords are granted as we go deeper and develop mastery.

@Kushu2000 It’s Good either way.

@BreadbuterknifeNinja You are creating this through thought stories. It is as real as your imagination.

@moon777light How does a tree survive?

@Aakash You missed the second part of the statement. @Nahm ♥️ ?

You are already there. The journey is the destination. Rather than climbing a mountain, I think a better metaphor for you would be building a sandcastle. . .

@Schahin Yes, there is value in all dosage levels. To me, it seems like this is very new to you, that you are ungrounded and learning. It sounds like you want immediate relief. I would be cautious, create safe settings and use lower dosages of lsd (or perhaps 5-meo) - and gradually work your way up and gain experience.

To reach beyond Gone, one must even surrender presents ? ? ?

@cetus56 Nice schematic. Just one minor point: the Gone stages on the left edge doesn’t include the final stage: “So far Gone, there is no Gone to be Gone from”. ?

@Shaun You seem to be making a separation between “inner” and “outer” relative to a self construct. It’s all inter-related.

@SQAAD You might be interested in Leo’s series on delusion.

@Schahin I understand the desire to know what will happen on a trip, to avoid discomfort and find solutions to life problems. There are a lot of variables involved with psychedelics including setting, dosage, type of psychedelic, prior conditioning of the mind-body and current mindset. We can do research and prepare the best we can, yet there is also some self experimentation and uncertainty involved. It sounds like your body went into “fight or flight mode” because it felt like it was unsafe and tried to self preserve. If you increase the dosage, you could “breakthrough” this mechanism (if it appeared again) or it could intensify. This can be quite stressful to the mind-body, so I would be cautious. To me, it doesn’t sound like this was a good setting and I would change the setting such that the mind-body feels more relaxed and safer. Perhaps in nature, in a meditation room, with soothing music, with a trusted friend etc. I would also gain more experience on lower dosages and with standard psychedelics like lsd. Or perhaps synthetic 5-Meo and working your way up. Also, it seems like your intentions to heal and help family members is deeply genuine and there is a very strong desire to use psychedelics for this purpose. This can set up strong personal desires and expectations, which I’ve found is not always the best energy with psychedelics. The substances often lead to “trans-personal” nondual awareness in which the personal story and personal problems dissolve and become irrelevant. Many of the lessons psychedelics have shown me seem to be unrelated to personal issues. Yet with spiritual growth, can be indirectly helpful to working through personal issues. This is part of the integration process. I try to relax expectations and desires that I get something specific from the trip. Rather, I make a humble request and intention to orient myself. Then, I try to let go and be open to whatever lessons may arise during the trip. @peanutspathtotruth ? ❤️

How do you distinguish between Truth and Delusion while “sober”?

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Yep.

Consciousness expansion

Perhaps try to mix in some kriya yoga. It can give the mind a sense it is doing something. I’ve found placing attention on very simple things like touching thumb to each finger tip to be help ground the mind at times.

Nice. The first half of the post brings me to lucid states and the melting together of imagination, dream and reality. btw, you’ve expanded quite a bit the last few months. Nice work ??

On a breakthrough dose, the self will dissolve. This is often referred to as “ego death”. In the sub-ego death zone, there can be a lot of anxiety and resistance - especially for beginners. Yet after breakthrough, there isn’t really fear as one normally knows it - since the person has dissolved there is no longer a person to identify with fear. As well, how the trip is contextualized into an experience depends on the baseline conscious level of the person. A fundamental religious person tripping for the first time will contextualize the experience very differently than a high conscious mystic tripping for the 100th time. Many beginners find 5-Meo more intense than other psychedelics. If you did not have anxiety/panic issues with shrooms, you may want to try lsd or a lower dose of synthetic 5-meo in a familiar/safe environment. What is revealed in the trip depends on the person and many variables. Especially for beginners. One can make a request and intention that they be given insights for a life problem, yet it is no guarantee. This is the type of area that generally involves experience and skill with psychedelics. Generally, a beginner is not going to rewire their brain, remove fear conditioning and gain deep revelations to their life’s problems in a trip or two. Early on, issues may actually be amplified. As well, a beginner may get some glimpses into what high conscious states are like. I’ve had many trips that involved uncomfortable lessons. They are not all blissful nirvana. Yet ime with more experience and deconstruction of the ego, they tend to get deeper and more peaceful.

@Danioover9000 No need to play the victim here. As I wrote, this is analogous to someone coming in after a public presentation and then disrupting the Q and A between teacher and audience by asking “what was the talk about?”. It’s disrespectful to the teacher who spent dozens of hours working on the presentation and disrespectful to the audience that actually attended the presentation. It is inappropriate and most adults know this intuitively and don’t need it explained to them. Enough babysitting and spoon feeding. Take some initiative, responsibility and effort for your personal development.

@Malekakisioannis I don’t think you have the right frame here. Imagine a skilled teacher has spent dozens of hours preparing a formal presentation that he offers free to the public. After the presentation, there is a Q and A discussion between teacher and audience. Someone who comes in late (and misses the presentation), disrupts the discussion by asking “What was the presentation about?”. It would be totally appropriate for the teacher to respond “Next question please”. @Danioover9000 Not a big deal. Learn and move on ?

@Bill W Excellent point Bill W. We don’t need a dozen threads complaining about thread locks. I have merged two similar threads about thread locks. For those wanting to complain about thread locks, please read over the forum guidelines and use this thread, rather than starting new threads on this topic.