Recording - Mystical, Spiritual & Psychedelic Experiences
Imagination is all there is
It is your categories that keep you from love
The knot of your categories needs to be undone!
We have to set off from home,
And leave the port into the mists
Lose yourself in this:
There is something to be taken out
Of this phantasmagoria we call existence
Imagination is all there is…
In today's discussion we covered:
- Ego expansion vs Ego contraction - do we really ever lose the ego?
- Bad trips vs Good trips: a case of perspective?
- It is your categories that keep you from love
- The continuous spectrum of categories of imagination
- How to use imagination to enter the spiritual world
- Autonomous dream agents
- The dark all-knowing space vs the peace of “I am”
- Capitalism as a distraction from enlightenment
- The vertigo of eternity: delightful or terrifying?
- Are mystical experiences more common than we think?
- The dangers and wonders of psychedelics
- Right now you are on drugs
Two papers relevant from today are:
Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01209-2
Exploring 5-MeO-DMT as a pharmacological model for deconstructed consciousness
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12010161/#R25
The results of the recent publication on 5-MeO EEG brain dynamics are consistent with AI. Next the same research team will be examining advanced meditators on 5-MeO. Basically the brain scans are managing to map a high level of reassociation.
Also below is the video from Tuesday, where members shared their introductions and ideas related to idealism. So many thanks to everyone that participated, it was so great to see your creativity and wide variety of perspectives!
We have truly set the stage for next week, when we are joined by Rupert Spira, a well-known and much loved teacher of the direct path to enlightenment.
I look forward to seeing you this coming Tuesday!
With appreciation,
Amir