All stuff against Physicalism

[Uddi]

Physicalism assumes that reality is a machine (a very complicated one) and believes that everything including subjective experience can be reduced to mere physical and mechanical processes/interactions. We are having growing evidence that this fails as a fundamental and ontological framework.

 

1. Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem - No formal system can capture the absolute

2. Hempel's Dilemma - The word "physical" cannot properly define itself without it contradicting itself

3. The Hard Problem of Consciousness

4. The John Von Neumann chain in quantum mechanics

5. Psychedelic studies showing that less brain activity causes a greater experience (Proof brain is a reducing valve rather than a creator of consciousness)

6. The 2022 Nobel Prize proving that the universe is not locally real

7. The work of Essentia Foundation started by Dr. Bernardo Kastrup

8. Syntax to Semantics Gap

9. Formula to Is Gap

 

Would like to know your guys's thoughts on this.

[Yimpa]

A deep trip is self-evident. I no longer identify as a human at that point. Freaky stuff. The visuals don’t even need to change, just my relationship to experience drastically shifts; I become conscious of what God/Selflessness is.

Also, there is phenomena that can not be explained by science that I experience daily. I can’t even put it into words or formalize it. It’s like my own private understanding, which sucks cus I love sharing with others.

My deepest realizations are all Alone

Edited August 22 by Yimpa

[Uddi]

@Yimpa True because you have encountered the ineffable which means it can never be reduced to descriptions or even have descriptions properly point to it.

[Yimpa]

Your signature is a nice pointer 

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https://www.actualized.org/insights/god-imagines-psyches

Edited August 22 by Yimpa

[Uddi]

@Yimpa Thx! Btw what made you send that link to a specific blog post from Leo? Does it have something to do with what my signature is pointing to?

[Yimpa]

59 minutes ago, Uddi said:

Btw what made you send that link to a specific blog post from Leo? Does it have something to do with what my signature is pointing to?

Thank you for asking for clarification!

Initially, no. But now I’m starting to intuit a connection. 

I wish I could articulate it with words, but words are failing me. I intuit the connection but I cannot formalize it. Sorry to disappoint 😅

Edit: It’s as if my mind is becoming more fluid and less rigid. 

Edited August 23 by Yimpa

[Uddi]

@Yimpa I'll ask Gemini about this.

[PsychedelicEagle]

17 hours ago, Yimpa said:

A deep trip is self-evident. I no longer identify as a human at that point. Freaky stuff. The visuals don’t even need to change, just my relationship to experience drastically shifts; I become conscious of what God/Selflessness is.

Also, there is phenomena that can not be explained by science that I experience daily. I can’t even put it into words or formalize it. It’s like my own private understanding, which sucks cus I love sharing with others.

What process or techniques have you used along the path to reaching these levels of awakening? E.g., meditation, self-inquiry, etc. Could you please provide a comprehensive list?

[Yimpa]

1 hour ago, PsychedelicEagle said:

What process or techniques have you used along the path to reaching these levels of awakening? E.g., meditation, self-inquiry, etc. Could you please provide a comprehensive list?

 

• I’ve been following this Actualized stuff since 2014 
   
• 💯s of trips (started in 2018). Seriously, this is the highest teacher, no pun intended.
   
•  going thru the dark knight of the soul MANY times
   
•  therapy. shit load of that (since I was a kid. been disabled my whole life)
   
• caring about Truth/Love/God and making that my top value

I still struggle greatly with survival, I definitely suck on that front. Thankfully, I had huge gains starting around 2023 (you can read about that here if you’re curious). Despite the survival challenges, I would consider myself spiritually gifted. So genetics play a huge role, too. It truly is a gift and a curse for me! I am ruff around the edges 🐶 

Edited August 23 by Yimpa

[PsychedelicEagle]

@Yimpa thanks, very insightful!

How do you structure or prepare for your trips, usually? And, what types of psychedelics do you think were most significant for your awakenings for/breakthroughs?

Cheers for achieving those gains 💪 

[Yimpa]

50 minutes ago, PsychedelicEagle said:

How do you structure or prepare for your trips, usually? And, what types of psychedelics do you think were most significant for your awakenings for/breakthroughs?

I’ve only ever done cannabis and ketamine! 

They both work as medical and spiritual tools for me. And both are significant. 

The ketamine (2022-24) was a lot more structured, as I did it in a mental health clinic. The first 6 trips were with a therapist, then I was able to do 2 or 3 solo (still being monitored, of course). Ketamine was invaluable for helping me face my traumas head-on; directly. And, of course, experiencing deep mystical states. I don’t use ketamine anymore since my physical body isn’t as strong as it used to be, and I don’t want to stress it more. 

Cannabis is something I used to take daily, especially to help me cope during an intense period of my life (2021-2025). Nowadays, though, I’ve found that infrequent, deep tripping is better suited for me, like how I used it back in 2018-20. But, unlike in 2018-20, I now use a MUCH smaller dose (more on that in the next paragraph)

In terms of preparing for my trips… nowadays, I just go with my intuition when it comes to when and how I take it. I now take it only 2-3x a month.  I don’t feel a craving to take it…… quite the opposite, actually. Only a SMALL amount hits me so hard and lasts much longer. I intuit that my hormones transitioning over the past couple years and finally stabilizing this year is one major factor as to why my relationship to cannabis has changed drastically. The same dose and medicine just last year would have been a mild trip. Now, that will send me straight to the moon. So I have to take half of what I used to.

While I am tripping (not balls deep), I like to write and contemplate for hours and I walk a bit outside. Other times, I’ll be at a concert and let the music move me.

As time goes on and things continue to evolve, I don’t doubt that I’ll go much deeper again, and that’ll surely change how I approach tripping. But, for now, since I just recently came out and I’m still getting used to and understanding this “new me”, I am taking it slow, safe, and strategically. I’m also using the breaks in-between sessions to stabilize and integrate the lessons and insights properly in a much less chaotic way  
 

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thanks, very insightful!

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Cheers for achieving those gains 💪