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I’ll be making the fruit smoothies ? ? ? @Aakash I wish you well, unconditionally, my friend.

@Nahm From what I’ve read, it’s a roughly 1:5 ratio for fresh truffles - so about 20g dried shrooms. Much more if they are dried truffles. @Conrad It is a reckless, irresponsible dose. As Leo stated in your other thread, please don’t discuss reckless irresponsible use of psychedelics on the forum.

You betcha

@Mikael89 You have access to the source. Now is the best teacher. Spend time in nature, let go of thought stories and open to receive that which is freely Now. Just be and observe nature. She is an amazing teacher. Theories tend to be too complex and keep the mind in thought stories.

J@John876 Thanks for the links. Two weeks ago I suddenly started remembering my dreams every night. Yet I haven’t yet been able to enter lucid dream states. I also find it interesting the similarities between sleep dreams and wakeful dreams (of thought stories, memories and imagining). We assume our wakeful thought stories of life is “real” and dream stories are “unreal”. Yet that duality is breaking down the deeper I go. Most of these dreams have been kinda boring with some type of moderate anxiety. Like I need to get somewhere yet can’t get there. I wish they were more profound and spiritual/mystical in nature. Yet, perhaps I’m not appreciating the profundity. I’m thinking about asking a question and setting an intention before I go to sleep

Haha, yes ?

The ego likes to fragment itself into a “Good ego” vs “Bad ego” dynamic. It allows the ego to stay relevant and keeps The Game going. Good ego says “I need to be in control or Bad ego will run riot and cause harm!!” . . . It’s all within human personality thought constructs. Fundamentally based in survival instincts.

The below video from Leo’s blog is great for those learning about absolute and relative. It is simple, yet profound. The tendency of a thinking mind may be to dismiss it as too simple and the mind may want to analyze. Yet if one can relax the mind, simple direct pointers can be very effective in promoting insights. https://www.actualized.org/insights/absolute-infinity-demo

@possibilities You are conflating absolute and relative. Any thing can arise from emptiness. We are not on the same wavelength here. I wish you the best along your path ?

There is no position to understand. You are debating yourself.

@possibilities All positions ultimately collapse. Within a contracted mindset, it will appear as if I am taking a position when I point you to Absolute. I cannot pick up a beach and show it to you. I can point you to the beach or show you a handful of sand. If you contract yourself within that handful of sand, you will not see the beach.

@possibilities You are still contracted within human thought constructs. you don’t “know” the infinite. You *are* infinite.

@possibilities Langan’s theory is within Absolute. One cannot capture it in a theory. The Absolute blows away an IQ of 190-210. That is like asking if a smart ant is more intelligent than a human. . . . Absolute is waaay beyond human intelligence. This is much more radical than you realize.

@Shaun This is a construct that works for me, perhaps it will be helpful - perhaps not. . . I imagine a dream character - let's call him Paul. The entire dream is created within One higher consciousness (my subconscious mind). Paul is not creating or controlling the dream. He is not attracting anything into his life. Yet, Paul is under the impression that he is. That is his subjective experience. However, it is all being created by the higher consciousness (my subconscious mind). Similarly in my waking life, there is a conscious level higher than my personal character. At times, this character appears and comes in handy - for example, when I am interacting with people at work and in the supermarket. Other times, this character dissolves and a higher consciousness becomes more prominent. For example, when I am hiking solo in the woods - there is no need for this character to be active in my mind - it can dissolve to allow expansion for a higher conscious level.

@mandyjw I hope you all feel better soon. ♥️

In addition to all humans, unconditional Love also includes mosquitoes, viruses, nausea and diseases. All ISness.

@john23 @DrewNows I’ve had on and off insomnia issues for many years. Prior to any psychedelics. I have an active mind and I’m a light sleeper. Psychedelics amplify my insomnia and I’ve had to plan accordingly when using them.

@Arhattobe I don’t know Martin, yet I’m thinking positive thoughts for him and his family and I hope he recovers soon. I’ve had a few bouts with insomnia. Not as severe as Martin’s, yet my insomnia caused me a fair amount of pain and suffering. I’ve only averaged three hours of sleep per night this week. It’s awful.

@Paulus Amadeus Good point. Caution and listening to one’s body is wise with this substance. It aint like smokin’ a doobie with giggles and munchies.

There are professional cuddlers that cuddle and love someone (nonsexually) - and they earn far less than a million dollars. I've considered trying it out as a practice of expressing unconditional love.

It seems deactivating the sense of self can also happen temporarily due to life events as well. For example, Pema Chodron built an entire sense of self and identity around being a wife and homemaker. Then one day her husband tells her he is having an affair and is leaving her that day. Pema's entire reality and identity collapsed in that moment and she was completely groundless. Her whole sense of self was temporarily deactivated. She could have created a whole new identity - for example that of a resentful victim. Yet rather, her awakening appeared and she became an awakened nun.

Trapped in a story. . . I know it well. Most of my life, trapped in a story. . . The solipsism thought story is just one of millions of stories to be trapped within. Entertaining the thought story just reinforces the pattern. . . If I believed at midnight tonight I will turn into a worm burning in the sun, then my mind and body would be filled with anxiety and panic. If I believed this thought story, I would be freaking tf out. People all around me could say things like "The worm story is just a metaphor, don't take it literally", "You are already One with the worm", "You and the worm are both a dream and were never born". Yet, if I believed I was actually going to turn into a worm at midnight, none of that would do Jack Squat. My mind and body would still be freaking tf out. . . Even if one lets go of the worm story, the human mind would likely create another anxiety-producing thought story - like "I'm going to get cancer", or "What if I never get a job and become homeless?". The storyline itself doesn't much matter. It's being trapped within the story that produces suffering. And I know how hard it can be to break free of a story trap, especially a storyline that involves pain and suffering. . . At the personal level, there are practices one can do to dissolve and let go of the story - yet the person is often attached and identified with the story and is unwilling to do so. Ultimately, true freedom, stillness and peace is Now. Whatever is happening Now. The reason you are suffering within a solipsism story and Bob Smith is not - is because you are immersed, attached and identified to a solipsism story and Bob is not. The reason Bob is suffering within a storyline that he will get struck by lightening and Shaun is not - is because Bob is immersed, attached and identified to the lightening story and you are not.

@Ibn Sina "Is it possible to be enlightened without psychedelics?" Of course. Enlightenment exists with or without psychedelics. That is like asking "Is it possible to be Now without psychedelics?". Of course, it is always Now. It can't be anything other than Now. Human minds are highly conditioned, attached and identified to a personal story within a time construct of past, present and future. Dissolving that can be extremely challenging and uncomfortable to a human mind and body. It may take years, even decades, of practice for a mind to surrender that narrative and surrender to the direct experience of Now. Psychedelics can dissolve the personal storyline and time construct and allow for beingness in Now within hours. Yet, it can also be done without psychedelics. "Did the Buddha use any substances to get enlightened?" According to the story, no.

Plugging is far superior than snorting. And use the salt form for these ROAs. It’s like trying to smoke a joint through your nose instead of your mouth.

One way to look at it is there are different orientations on how one builds constructs and concepts. They vast vast majority of humans use constructs and concepts to speculate and try to figure things out. Then there are the very small minority that have deep direct experience and awakenings, realize it is impossible to explain via constructs/concepts and also realize that's the main mode of human communication - so they do their best to explain the unexplainable through construction concepts, understanding that it isn't "IT". (Which I am doing now). For example, imagine a planet "Glemdosh". One orientation is to speculate what Glemdosh might be like and build constructs and concepts. Another orientation is to actually go and experience Glemdosh and return utterly speechless. "Holy crap, there are no words to explain Glemdosh. How the heck can I possibly explain that?". This person may do their best to explain Glemdosh, knowing full well the limitations of language and any explanation they give cannot capture Glemdosh. The former person is generally attached to and identified with their view. The latter person is not. They understand the explanation is an imperfect pointer that has nothing to do with them personally. The irony is that Glemdosh is always apparent Here and Now, yet humans get distracted and live within a dream story constructed of thoughts and concepts.