Are Mechanisms Fundamental to Consciousness?

[Kiyo1104]

I've been trying to get as far as I can in understanding reality through contemplation, since I'm still preparing myself to eventually take a psychedelic. I'd really appreciate hearing your answers to this:

 

Does consciousness/God actually operate through mechanisms, or are mechanisms themselves just imagined limitations within consciousness?

 

For example, psychedelics seem to temporarily dissolve egoic limitations by interacting with brain receptors, allowing shifts in consciousness that can lead to God-realization. Since these states often appear inaccessible through ordinary means, does that imply psychedelics and brain structures are genuine mechanisms required for awakening?

 

Or are these mechanisms themselves imaginary  (appearances within consciousness rather than something consciousness is truly bound by)?

 

Could God awaken to its true nature without psychedelics, death, meditation, or any other apparent mechanism at all?

 

If consciousness is truly infinite and sovereign, wouldn’t that mean it cannot be fundamentally constrained by any mechanism? And could that also explain why all forms (including the ego) are impermanent (because they are self-imposed imaginary limitations within consciousness)?

 

And are questions like these only fully understandable through direct God-realization experiences (via psychedelics), or can contemplation alone lead to genuine understanding?

[Breakingthewall]

Consciousness is simply the state of being aware, not something that does things.

Reality manifests in relationships that form patterns. At a certain level, subjective experience or consciousness appears, and this experience can open oneself to the unlimited nature of reality.

Consciousness occurs through complex processes; without them, consciousness disappears. Reality neither needs nor desires consciousness; unlimited reality does not desire, since it is unlimited, but rather manifests itself.

The consciousness that you are is reality being aware of itself. There is no god above you who created you, but rather possible processes that have occurred.

Reality is total, unlimited, divine, absolute power, total creation, infinite being, but there is no one directing its function. Limitlessness itself is the inevitable cause of everything that can be, being.

[Leo Gura]

The ultimate mechanism is Will. Which is not a mechanism because it is Infinite. Or, you could also think of it as an Infinite Mechanism. It is a mechanism so profound that it has no beginning or end.

GOD is an out of control Infinite Dream. The reason that you can't do things directly at will in your current situation is because you are deeply lost in the Infinite Dream and your consciousness is too low to fully Awaken from it and have full access to your Will. There are limits upon you, but only because you are dreaming. The dream you are dreaming conflicts with what you wish you were dreaming, which is why you can't just will a bunch of money to rain from the sky. You could if you were fully conscious, but you are not. You can't be that conscious and retain your finite human psyche. Being human is what keeps from being fully God. If you became fully God you would stop existing as a human. So that's sticking point. The sticking point is that you don't want to die.

Edited 1 hour ago by Leo Gura

[Joseph Maynor]

There is a buzz in marketing to sell no self.  For a variety of reasons.  It puts people on their back foot to start a journey.  It is a tactic though, not a solution. 

[Yimpa]

38 minutes ago, Kiyo1104 said:

And are questions like these only fully understandable through direct God-realization experiences (via psychedelics), or can contemplation alone lead to genuine understanding?

Do both.

[Kiyo1104]

Thank you all for the replies! I really appreciate it.