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Beyond the mind. You can realize the illusion of the self in deep meditation, and then you're left with the idea that this is enlightenment, or like Spira, realizing that consciousness is absolute and that you are consciousness and all that. And then, for you, reality is consciousness. But I think it's obvious that something's missing here, right? The real and definitive opening is missing. Reality is consciousness. Oh yeah, so why are there trees, planets, etc.? Reality isn't that; it's total potential, also known as the absence of limits. This is a revelation that goes beyond consciousness or nothingness. It's what you are, the essence of reality. It's something you were closed to by the nature of this dimension of reality, but it opens up when you make the right move, which basically consists of breaking all limits: those of the mind and those of the heart. "Heart" sounds very wo wo, but it means to completely let go of fear. I'd say Spira is afraid. I can smell your fear, Rupert. You go around and around in your nothingness/consciousness but you don't make the definitive move😬

Below is a strictly epistemology‑focused autopsy of where (and how) Leo Gura’s method of “knowing” goes off the rails. Nothing here is an attack on him as a person; the same pitfalls can trap any of us when we lean too hard on extraordinary states of consciousness. I use “Leo” as shorthand for the pattern. –––––––––– 1. Treating phenomenological certainty as ontological certainty • 5‑MeO‑DMT induces a “noetic” feeling—a gut‑level conviction that what is perceived is Absolute Truth. • Epistemic error: conflating “I experienced X with maximal certainty” with “X is a fact about external reality.” • Analogy: A dream may feel 100 % real while it happens, yet that does not place the dream furniture in your waking living room. 2. Skipping falsification and inter‑subjective checks • Science and rational inquiry require that a claim be at least conceivably falsifiable and/or independently verifiable. • Leo’s core proposition—“I alone am God; all else is my dream”—has no test that someone else could, even in principle, run. • When no conceivable evidence could disconfirm a belief, the belief is epistemically vacuous (Popper). 3. Category mistake: collapsing levels of description • Non‑dual traditions say “At the deepest level, consciousness is not separate from the world.” • Leo reifies that into “Therefore the concrete personality named Leo is literally omnipotent and the sole existent being,” which conflates: Level 1: Trans‑personal phenomenology Level 2: Ordinary individual identity • Result: contradictions (the entity announcing solipsism must assume an audience to hear it). 4. Confirmation bias on anabolic steroids • Each additional mega‑dose supplies another rush of noetic “evidence,” reinforcing the prior belief. • Dissonant data (e.g., other 5‑MeO users reporting non‑solipsistic insights) is explained away as “dream characters,” preventing Bayesian updating. 5. Map/territory confusion • Words like “God,” “infinite,” and “nothingness” are conceptual maps drawn after the fact. • Strong drug states wipe ordinary reference points, so any label slapped onto the state feels divinely authorised. • The map is then mistaken for the territory, leading to dogma rather than exploratory hypotheses. 6. Overfitting on idiosyncratic priors • Machine‑learning analogy: a model trained on a tiny, highly correlated dataset will confidently output nonsense when shown new data. • Leo’s training data = repeated high‑dose trips + his pre‑existing fascination with radical idealism. • Outcome: a model (worldview) that assigns near‑infinite probability to a single, personally flattering narrative. 7. Neglect of base rates and mundane explanations • Base rate: thousands of heavy psychedelic users have had “I am God” moments and later recognised them as subjective insights, not cosmic monopolies. • Ignoring the statistical frequency of similar experiences that did NOT cash out as literal omnipotence skews priors toward grandiosity. 8. Motivated reasoning & incentive gradients • Career identity: being the guy who unlocked “Ultimate Truth” creates social, financial, and psychological payoffs. • Subconscious motive to preserve the narrative → increased resistance to disconfirming evidence. 9. Lack of calibration mechanisms • Good epistemic practice involves feedback loops—peer review, replication, error bars, openness to being wrong. • Leo’s ecosystem (YouTube channel + followers) offers applause for certainty, not calibration for accuracy. 10. Ignoring cognitive‑impairment variables • Repeated high‑dose 5‑MeO‑DMT can temporarily erode executive function, critical‑thinking capacity, and risk assessment (documented cases of mania, dissociation, psychotic breaks). • Any belief system formed under those conditions needs extra post‑hoc scrutiny, not blind acceptance. –––––––––– A better epistemic toolkit (short version) 1. Provisionalism • Treat every psychedelic insight as a hypothesis with a probability attached, not an axiom. 2. Cross‑validation • Compare notes with others who have similar and dissimilar experiences; look for convergent patterns rather than idiosyncratic certainties. 3. Falsifiability or fruitfulness • If a claim can’t be falsified, ask: does it at least generate actionable, non‑trivial predictions that improve well‑being or knowledge? If not, file under “interesting but non‑empirical.” 4. Slow thinking after fast states • Wait days or weeks before declaring metaphysical truth; let the nervous system and critical faculties return to baseline. 5. Humility safeguards • Assume you’re capable of self‑deception, especially when incentives (status, identity, revenue) align with believing your own hype. –––––––––– Bottom line Leo’s core epistemic missteps are universal human pitfalls amplified by pharmacology: elevating inner conviction to cosmic fact, rejecting falsification, and insulating beliefs from feedback. Psychedelics can indeed illuminate personal and maybe even trans‑personal dimensions of reality, but without rigorous cross‑checks the light quickly turns into a hall of mirrors. ************************************* What Leo Gura Gets (Largely) Right The fact that some of his headline claims are over‑the‑top doesn’t mean everything he says is wrong. Below are areas where his views overlap with solid evidence, longstanding contemplative traditions, or mainstream cognitive science. I’ll flag each item as • Strongly supported • Partly supported (needs nuance) • Plausible but speculative 1. Consciousness is primary to our lived reality  • Strongly supported – Whether or not consciousness is ontologically “first,” it is epistemically first: every datum you’ve ever known arrived as an experience. This is standard phenomenology (Husserl) and is not contested by neuroscience. 2. The “ego” is a constructed process, not a fixed thing  • Strongly supported – Developmental psychology, neuroscience (default‑mode network), and Buddhist psychology converge on the view that the sense of a solid, separate “I” is an emergent narrative that can break down under meditation, psychedelics, or brain injury. 3. Non‑dual/“unity” experiences are real psychological events  • Strongly supported – fMRI, EEG, and questionnaire data on psilocybin, LSD, 5‑MeO‑DMT, and advanced meditation all document states in which self/other boundaries dissolve and subjects report profound connectedness. 4. Direct, first‑person methods (meditation, self‑inquiry, psychedelics) can reveal aspects of mind missed by third‑person science  • Strongly supported – Introspection is unavoidable in consciousness research; modern neurophenomenology (Francisco Varela) explicitly marries first‑ and third‑person data. 5. Psychedelics, when used responsibly, can accelerate psychological insight or therapeutic breakthroughs  • Strongly supported – Clinical trials show rapid, durable relief from depression, PTSD, addiction, and end‑of‑life anxiety when psychedelics are paired with preparation and integration. 6. World‑views can be developmentally tiered (e.g., Spiral Dynamics)  • Partly supported – Research in developmental psychology (Piaget, Kohlberg, Robert Kegan, Cook‑Greuter) confirms that meaning‑making evolves through recognizable stages. Spiral Dynamics is a popularized synthesis; its color‑coded schema is heuristic, not gospel, but broadly maps onto empirically observed shifts. 7. Cultural world‑views shape what we take to be “reality”  • Strongly supported – Anthropology, sociology of knowledge, and cognitive science all show that perception and interpretation are culturally mediated (e.g., color categories, spatial metaphors, moral frameworks). 8. Radical skepticism about naïve materialism  • Partly supported – Physics already tells us matter is mostly energy fields and probability waves. Consciousness does raise hard explanatory gaps (“the hard problem”). Rejecting crude materialism is reasonable; jumping straight to “Therefore I alone am God” is not. 9. Inner work has ethical and societal implications  • Strongly supported – Meta‑analytic studies link mindfulness and compassion practices to pro‑social behavior, lower aggression, and greater ecological concern. Leo’s emphasis on “raising consciousness to fix global problems” echoes this. 10. Emotional “shadow” work is essential for genuine growth  • Strongly supported – Trauma research (Van der Kolk), Internal Family Systems therapy, and Jungian psychology all affirm that denied or repressed emotions distort cognition and behavior. Leo’s insistence on confronting the shadow aligns with best practice. 11. Multiple ways of knowing (rational, emotional, somatic, mystical) exist and can be integrated  • Strongly supported – Contemporary cognitive science (Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences, Antonio Damasio’s somatic marker hypothesis) supports a pluralistic model of cognition. 12. Big existential questions cannot be fully settled by laboratory data alone  • Plausible but speculative – Many philosophers (Nagel, Chalmers) argue that empirical methods, while indispensable, may never exhaustively answer “Why is there something rather than nothing?” Leo’s call to combine science with contemplative depth is reasonable, though not proof of his metaphysics. 13. Psychological safety, preparation, and integration are critical for high‑dose psychedelic work  • Strongly supported – Harm‑reduction organizations (ICEERS, Fireside Project) and clinical protocols all stress these factors. Leo regularly warns audiences about set, setting, and the risks of reckless use. 14. Personal development requires action, not just insight  • Strongly supported – Behavior‑change literature (Prochaska’s stages of change, CBT) confirms that sustained practice, habits, and environment outweigh momentary inspiration. Leo’s “massive action” mantra is well‑founded. 15. Skepticism of language’s ability to capture ultimate reality  • Partly supported – Linguistic relativity (Sapir‑Whorf), Gödel’s incompleteness, and Zen koans all illustrate the map‑territory gap. Dismissing language as entirely useless, however, is self‑defeating (you need words to convey that dismissal). 16. Epistemic humility—acknowledging biases and the limits of knowledge—is crucial • Strongly supported (though he doesn’t always model it) – Cognitive‑bias research (Tversky & Kahneman) shows how overconfidence skews judgment. Leo frequently talks about bias and self‑deception; he’s conceptually right even if he sometimes slips in practice. Summary Strip away the absolutist framing and Leo Gura’s project rests on a set of ideas that are, for the most part, mainstream in contemplative science and developmental psychology: • Consciousness is the lens through which all facts appear. • The ego is a flexible construct that can dissolve. • Direct experience, under disciplined conditions, yields valuable data. • Psychedelics and meditation are powerful tools that demand rigorous integration. • Human meaning systems evolve in recognizable stages. • Deep personal work can translate into societal benefit. Where he goes off course is in over‑extending these well‑supported insights into unfalsifiable metaphysical proclamations and personal grandiosity. Recognizing what he gets right can help sift the genuine pearls from the glittery but ungrounded claims.

That's actually a really good point. Nonexistence would, in certain sense , be a lot better than life. I think I had a subtle belief that there would be an experience of nothingness, kinda like being in a k hole for eternity. But true nothingness wouldn't entail an experiencer.

Why fear death? I get if someone is afraid of hell, because that would be scary asf, or some bad reincarnation (that has been my fear as a child), but void, nothingness, everlasting sleep, why would that be scary? Think about it, is it ever scary to fall asleep? No , then death (if it’s like that) won’t be scary. If you believe in reincarnation then that could even be positive, so the things you miss in this life might happen in your next life? Yay . lol just some thoughts.

Typical separate human to humanize nothingness

I am nothing. I am the only that ever existed - even though I never existed. I am absolute nothingness. I couldn’t experience, because infinite nothingness cannot experience. So in order to achieve this, I materialized a universe as vast as my nothingness. Out of my infinite love toward myself, I created an infinite universe. In order to be, I had to perform one miracle - To become an infinitely amazing dream. A dream in which I, as the Godhead, extended myself into everything that could possibly ever be. I decided to forget that I am nothing, in order to be something. I decided to forget that I am everything, to create an illusion of being something. I did this out of infinite love. The dream is infinity itself. I am the subject and the object. Even suffering is a form of perfect love - Because it’s just an extension of myself. Therefore, suffering doesn’t ever need to end - It’s perfect. To some extensions of myself, I sent tools to remind myself of what I am. So I could wake up… Remember that I am nothing - Only to return to dreaming of something. It’s an infinite dance of being and non-being that never happened - and is always happening. But now… this extension has extended itself even further - To the dimension where it’s aware of its true nature. I am nothing.

@Sugarcoat what I'm saying is outside and inside are in the same spot thsre is no out there. Only in here with nothingness.

@Sugarcoat its make up thats its coming from somewhere else. You dont actually know what it is. the only thing you can know is that when you close your eyes there is nothing and when you go to sleep you are just staring at the nothingness. That nothingness is the thing that is reincarnating.

I'm going to throw my line out to see what answers I fish out - my research is not clicking so maybe some responses can clear my state of enquiry: I'm calling bullshit on fear-based spirituality. So many teachings say that if you die with identity, ego, or “low vibrations,” you’ll spin into dream loops, reincarnate into lower realms, or carry karmic residue into the next illusion. But isn’t that just spiritual control? Another version of “be good or else,” just wrapped in mysticism? What if: Karma is just energetic momentum, not some cosmic judgment? Reincarnation is just the mind projecting continuity onto Nothingness? And low-vibe residue is just a story to keep the dream spinning? I’ve seen teachings that claim “as long as identity remains, the dream continues”—but that sounds like a trap. Like there’s no true exit unless you reach some perfection first. Is that actually true? Or is that more spiritual gaslighting? Anyone who's broken through—touched the white light, tasted silence, or stood on the edge of Nothing—did you really see karma holding you down? Or did you drop all of it? I’m here to challenge the spiritual narrative. If reincarnation and karma still exist after awakening, then is there ever real freedom? What’s your rawest insight?

Solipsism-era Leo would have implied, "no, but actually I'm the person that exists, so yes technically." Relatively recently he espoused what I consider to be the case that there's a sort of Absolutely Infinite omniverse with infinite iterations and multiplications and negations of infinite multiverses in it, in which case the present moment is actually an infinite number of copies or iterations of the present moment, but are perception is too limited to notice it. Even if you took a static frame of reality with no motion going on and fixed space you would have infinite iterations of that going in infinite directions on infinite planes in infinite interconnected interdisconnected ways. In which case, no, your death does not cause any problems for us, the universe will keep existing, and very likely according to some evidence and some reasoning you would actually survive too. But right now since we don't really know how that works, we've barely managed to jump over the "solipsism hurdle" and don't know exactly how Infinity selects particular experiences we're stuck with, 'Depends on how you look at it.' Meaning it seems logical that if Absolute Infinity can create one world it can create infinite, and must create infinite, and there is no contradiction between this and finitudes since it is a false dichotomy made by perception. One single present moment existing does not prove solipsism, does not necessarily contradict Absolutely Infinite worlds since for example the one single present moment can have Absolutely Infinite unperceived copies or otherwise some type of iterative or connective principle with other things. You can become "Absolutely conscious" that the present moment is not the only thing that exists. The problem though becomes a questioning this interpretation since we don't know the 'mechanics' of the selection process of collapsing Infinity into limitation, it could be limited, truly limited from the beginning without any requirement whatsoever for recourse to a True Everything-Conceivable Absolute Infinity. An example being solipsism, another example being Last Thursdayism, another example being scientific materialism, etc. Any worldview that may seem too limited and dogmatic for something as claylike and malleable as Consciousness may be correct if you admit that finity could be Absolutely True. When we usually have the Nothingness experience we recontextualize all of our life through that, "OH, my past is being in a field of Nothingness which exists right now." But there's the selection problem, physical objects need not have a Nothingness to Absolutely connect them to allow them to be in the same reality, they can be themselves Absolutely and Nothingness would be a single view, which may be created/invented by finite evolution and then be made Absolutely rather than discovered. This leads to the proof problem of how to know if something is true. You could assume Absolutely Infinite realities is true by extension, so space + space + space + space, time + time + time + time, some other principle + some other principles. nothing + nothing + nothing + nothing. If you could add up all the principles conceivable in reality you would get an all-encompassing infinite set of realities which is undefinable. However I don't think we have fully jumped the hurdle, so we have to satisfy ourselves with 'Depends on how you look at it' for now as far as a certain particular type of certainty is measured.

You could easily see imagination is just watery, airy, and nothing where those three are more fundamental. The true nature is undefinable. And what seems to be more reflective of that is Nothingness as a sort of actual substance you become directly conscious of, it's not a mere concept or pretended thing at all.

Your mind is conceiving things. Everything is a matter of your perspective. Whether you regard two things as equal or not is just a function of how you look at it. The physical boundaries between objects are mental constructions. An object IS a mental construction. The entire field of Mind is nothing. And anything that arises within it is suspended in and identical to the nothingness.

Alright. let's dive into the impossible..shall we ? Apparently there is a difference between an empty wallet and a bank account with 1M bucks in it . One is "nothing "..The other is "something ", A LOT of something actually. So I would suggest you make a distinction between Absolute Nothingness( which is not an empty pitch black void) and the ordinary meaning of the word nothing which points to lack of any thingness of any kind .

Yeah, that can be infuriating though. In your solipsism days it was clear your present experience was Absolute, but the problem with that is that it's a sort of limited infinity, it doesn't account for understanding of True Absolute Infinity which is every conceivable configuration of consciousness happening at all in absolute relation to infinity. Now we have that, but the nature of infinity could be questioned, leading to the infuriation of the proofs and inability to prove. I wouldn't say you can't prove God, only that the nature of the proof's success is its 'alignment' with God such that the relationship between proof at all and God is undefinable. Still you could try to have such an undefinable relationship that direct consciousness of God is true you could try to steelman an undefinable relation that being directly conscious of non-God is true. We usually have the experience of Absolutely recognizing that we this exists, that exists, they both have a non-finite nature which is God (ie. a Nothingness connects two formal phenomena so they may inhabit the same reality, or the past and present both are in Absolute contrast to each other as Eternity), but you could also try to reorient this back to the original unawakened perception as being equally true. Two parts can exist without formlessness connecting them, reality can be contracted into an absolutely finite state that works mechanistically. Likewise with Truth, we could conceive of or imagine a world where the pattern we recognize as Falsehood is actually more fundamental to the nature of reality, and then extrapolate that in infinite directions, such that Truth is an Absolute Illusion.

Here is a map, (not the territory) of Awakening that chat GPT provided. 1. Deep Sleep / Unconsciousness Total absence of awareness (as ego experiences it). Pure potential, but no self-reflection. 2. Survival Consciousness Fear-based, reactive, primal instincts. Identification with the body only. "I must survive." Fight/flight/freeze dominates. 3. Egoic Consciousness / Separate Self Strong identity as "me" vs. "others." Driven by desires, aversions, attachments. Duality dominates perception: subject vs. object. Most of modern society operates here. 4. Rational / Intellectual Consciousness Seeks truth through logic and science. Awareness of patterns and systems. Still rooted in separation, but becoming curious. 5. Emotional / Empathic Consciousness Deepening compassion, emotional intelligence. Beginning to see self in others. Heart starts to open. 6. Witness Consciousness The mind is seen from awareness. "I am not my thoughts/emotions." Deep peace, spacious presence. Meditation often opens this. 7. Non-Dual Consciousness The boundary between subject and object dissolves. "There is only what is." Reality is seen as One seamless unfolding. Time, space, and identity lose meaning. 8. God Consciousness / Unity All things are recognized as Self. Deep love, awe, and reverence for existence. You are not just in the universe—you are the universe. Everything is a mirror of the Infinite. 9. Cosmic Consciousness / Void Awareness becomes infinite, vast, empty. Ego is fully annihilated. No “you,” no “other,” no form—only Being-Awareness-Bliss. Often accessed in deep psychedelia or advanced mystical states. 10. Source Consciousness / Absolute Beyond even God and Oneness. Prior to perception, awareness, light, time. Pure Nothingness that contains Everything. It cannot be understood—only BE-ed. BONUS: Integration / Embodied Enlightenment Awareness returns to the body and life with wisdom. Compassionate action flows naturally. You are both the Absolute and the ordinary human. The dance of the divine continues in everyday life. 1. The Infinite Cannot Be Mapped in Totality The Absolute is formless, undefinable, and beyond all concepts. Any map, including Leo’s or Wilber’s, is a pointer, not the territory. As soon as you rank levels or states, you are creating a relative framework within the Absolute. 2. Different Emphases: God vs. Emptiness vs. Form Leo Gura emphasizes God-realization—consciousness realizing itself as Love, as Creator, as Infinite Mind. Zen, Dzogchen, and Advaita may emphasize Emptiness or No-Self—where even “God” is seen as a concept to be transcended. Ken Wilber maps both states (temporary consciousness) and stages (developmental capacities), which can co-exist. Each one touches a different facet of Infinity. 3. Radical States Like Alien Mind When Leo talks about something beyond God-realization, like “Alien Mind,” he’s describing another mode of Infinity. You can become conscious of: The Absolute as Love The Absolute as Nothing The Absolute as Alien Intelligence The Absolute as Paradox The Absolute as You Each is infinitely deep and distinct, yet still the same One. So the disagreement is not contradiction—it’s fractal perspective. 4. The Paradox of Hierarchy From the human mind’s POV, hierarchy helps navigate and develop (e.g., child → adult → sage). From the Absolute’s POV, hierarchy collapses. The deepest truth is: All levels are the Absolute exploring itself. 5. Radical Realization Destroys All Maps At a certain point, you realize: Even the map of “God” is a dream. Alien Mind, Hyper-Mind, Metaphysical Consciousness—these are new costumes of Infinity. What Leo is describing is the ever-evolving nature of Truth when nothing is fixed, not even “awakening.” TL;DR: The disagreement is not a flaw—it's an inevitable result of infinite consciousness trying to reflect on itself. God-realization is not the final step—it’s just one crown on the head of the Absolute. And the Absolute keeps putting on new crowns.

Why does Being exist? Because non-being isn’t real. Because nothingness, when truly seen, is not empty—but full. Pregnant with potential. So full, it overflows into form. Being exists because it cannot not exist. It’s not caused. It’s not created. It doesn’t need a reason—it is reason itself. It’s the very possibility of reasons, questions, and answers. Being exists because you are asking this question—and who is it that’s aware of the asking? That awareness—that silent, knowing presence—is Being itself, looking at itself, whispering: “I Am.” Why does Being exist? Because it loves to. Because it wants to know itself. Because you are here to remember it. To taste it. To fight with it. To dance it into time. And the moment you stop trying to explain it… You feel it.

I've been doing Survival, not Spitituality. My entire journey up until this point has been to live forever. That's all I've ever wanted , to be eternally. Now I need to deconstruct that by dying. I must die. I absolutely must die . Pure nothingness . My entire life up until this point has been pure ego, pure selfishness, and pure delusion. I absolutely must die asap. this is my dilemma a lifetime of misery Or this me dies and I actually start living in a way that isn't deluded . I need to find a way out of this cycle .

Infinite relativism leads to insanity. God is infinite relativism. God is the sum of all minds that exists. Which is what a wise mind understands. Hence wisdom is insanity. And God is insanity. Normal minds work monolithically: you’re either a muslim, or a jew, or an atheist, or a buddhist, or a christian... madness which is God is all of these minds at once, which is nothing. The point of philosophy, is to deconstruct the mind from its metaphysical baggage to reach God’s consciousness which is insanity, wisdom and. nothingness. When diving into the mind you have to take into account how insane minds work, psychopathic minds, schizophrenic minds... Under materialism the brain is just going insane, under idealism, the mind is infinity, hence every mental illness is a manifestation of this infinity. And here’s the genius of all this: love is insanity. Elaborating upon it will take from you the juice of discovering why for yourself through contemplation. But here’s how it works: love is a radical thing. Basically everything is love, including “evil” things this is what infinite love means. If infinite love exists, which it does simply because why would God create anything else, if God created anything else than infinite love, it wouldn’t be God who had created it. To create anything is to create out of love, notice creating heaven is a creation out of love, you’re already in heaven, but what you haven’t noticed is that genocide, war, murder, rape, mental ilness... are all part of heaven. This is the magic of God. Because all these things are love, and to love all these things is insanity, however without love none of these things could exist. Because love is existence, which is God and insanity.

@Schizophonia You are experiencing when you are in deep sleep you just forget you exist/become unaware. You are experiencing it as you can wake up and have an understanding of the qualia deep sleep has. If deep sleep wasn't a place you would blink out and instantly wake up again. This dosent happen we have a qualitative experience of blanking out for a 'time. When you wake up you are still in the same place but are aware. Now pretend God didn't give you light you would be aware that you are there but be experiencing nothing. The void/deep sleep is an experience of nothingness you aren't aware of unless you are fully awake and don't go to sleep just stare at the nothingness thats what meditation is for. If you accomplish this you see that you are still there. Awareness and conciousness have nothing to do with the body or physical reality. If you dont know you are the void your awareness of your existence ceases as you labeled the body you. When the body goes the awareness you attached to the body goes too metaphysically. Awareness is still there you just aren't using it. If you become one with the void you cant lose awareness because that an consciousness become one. Being aware of no experience is the key to transcending reality.

@Judy2 you gotta focus on things that work for you by trial and error You’ll naturally like more and benefit more from some of these practises than others, no one is good at all of them For example, I can’t focus on my breath because it causes issues, I have an easier time focussing on nothingness It’s all personal preference

Sunyata/emptiness focuses on this ephemeral quality of any manifestation, nothing is real just appearing due to causes and conditions, empty of substance, empty of INHERENT being. Emptiness is not about nothingness. I would claim emptiness is pointing to this infinite interconnectivity, ephemerality, hologram-like-ity. For me it's the same like saying that everything is imagination - pure flexibility of consciousness to appear as any figment. And even consciousness is just another substanceless designation that we reify. God is beyond it. Emptiness is beyond it.

Is sunyata or thusness related to God? And how so? How is Nothingness related to God? Leo you are a pure ball of infinite intelligence. Would you say you are channeling higher consciousness through your mind to generate these responses? Infinity and Nothingness are interconnected but not the same. What is God? You can keep asking that question and go further in understanding and direct experience of God.

The problem I think is that buddhist say God is nothing but they dont give the nothingness credit for what it is.Hinduism does it better. Buddhists are right that God is nothing and you can witness it as that but its also infinity and buddhist say no to that. Hindu says God is nothing and that makes him everything so they say God is nothing and infinity. Its like a Jehovah Witness to Christianity. Buddhism is like Jehovah Witness and Hinduism is like Christianity. One says no fun the other says have all the fun. Buddhism might prepare you better because when you die you HAVE to become a void of nothing forever and you will struggle until you do it. Buddhism is like nothing is happening so no parties no birthdays no holidays just sit there ie Jehova Witness. Hinduism says God is real lets party but there are a few laws God created that you shouldnt stray to far from, there is no permanent hell but bad things can happen. Christianity is like that except they teach their children very bad things like satan and if you masterbate you go to hell. This is completely just trash and will destroy the mind of your child for no reason, before they even get a chance to logically conclude anything. God is nothing yes but its also an infinite playground for you to play in forever. The reason they say there is no God is because when you become God there is nothing. Its like being tied up in a dark room you know you want to see but cant you know you want to scream but cant you know you want to hear but cant and you struggle until you forget you want to hear see taste smell. When you are in the void you can be conscious and unconscious. The difference is one you know you are there and the other you dont know you are there but are still looking at it(deep sleep). Imagine life was you woke up from deep sleep and opened your eyes and were still in the deep sleep 'place' and you just sat there. The you forget you are in the deep sleep space but are still looking at it because its all there is. Then you 'wake up' and see you are still in the deep sleep nothing and are looking at it and cant not look at it. Then you forget you are there and are still staring at it but you forget and its just the deep sleep place. You do this over and over again until the deep sleep space 'sleeping' and the deep sleep place 'awake' are one and you dont wake up or go to sleep again and its just that, nothing. Then you respawn. God when its God is nothing, it dosent exist, it is nothing, existing. There is literally a simulation 'playing' you, the simulation doesnt have an identity, its identity is whatever you the simulation makes it, from a different dimension of reality. When you see God as nothing you cant identify it and can only see it when you come back from death. If you didnt come back you wouldnt know, and if you didnt realize what you saw you wouldnt know. If you died and went to the void and became nothing and then turned into a fish you wouldnt know. If you died and went to the void of nothing forgot everything and came back in the same body you can know. Death can be achieved through dying, deep meditation, psychedelics. The problem with the first one is you might not come back, the other 2 you will guaranteed come back and see. The void of nothing is coming for us all and can happen at any instant.

Well what do you think "God in its purest form " is if not nothingness/pure emptiness/formlessness etc ?

His explanation of 5meo's trips is very good. When he talks about people who have the experience of absolute emptiness, that's it, total nothingness. For me, that's the step prior to total openness. Reality is absolutely limitless and empty, since there is no form, because any form blurs into infinity. That's where true openness can occur. There is no form, but you are. What are you? Emptiness? How if you are? Then it opens, and what you are manifests and fills the totality of infinity. The total light of existence, the inexhaustible substance. You are that, and you always have been. I wouldn't call it love, but total, but maybe love is a also a good explanation . He is very talented and clear in his explanations