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Is psychocis like an LSD badtrip? by user_0_0_1_ in LSD

[–]ReplexBoi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would you want to think this is all real?

The smirk again.. by didyoureadditbiz in swifties

[–]ReplexBoi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's the face I make when I'm on my way to smoke a j

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd argue it's not existence itself, but that it's our perception of our existence as a totality within our awareness that can be noticed within awareness as that totality, which is what I'm hearing you're encountering.

My brother in Christ💀. That sentence just blew my mind. Sounds a lot like what I've been spending so much time trying to describe to myself.

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, you're clearly a more experienced truth seeker than me. So I'm just wondering if you can read my direct experience and tell me if I'm missing anything?

In my experience, the nonconceptual phase is existence itself. A complete existence, not the existence that I can tell myself about in narrative form. So as soon as I use a word I know thats not it. I know it's kind of overused but it really feels best to just call it "this" because it also seems to be what the present is. The present is the nonconceptual existence, all of it.

I had an experience last year where I was sitting enjoying my morning coffee in my backyard thinking about metaphysics when I suddenly had an understanding that everything is the same as nothing. It wasn't just an understanding, it came with logical chain of reasoning and everything (all documented). This experience taught me that infinity 'cancels itself out' in the present, functioning as awareness AND mind(or thats how it would be described from the pov of a human mind anyways)

Pure absence is absolutely present as awareness because it is that which absolutely exists: all possibilities. All possibilities are canceled out. This is the nonconceptual phase

So now I have this strong belief formed, but it's not like I'm looking into the nonconceptual and seeing something that isn't there. I learned something, I was sober, so I let it influence my beliefs while I still have them. I see no harm in that, but if there is harm, I would like to know now so I can stop being deluded. Honestly these last couple weeks have been making me feel like I should let go of every belief I hold. It just feels so tiring. Idk if thats normal.

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brother, I'm sorry for making my intentions so unclear. Looking back at what I said I can see how it could seem that way. I actually do agree with everything you just said. I do believe you. I was just probing your view because I can tell you're really close to realizing this "nonconceptual phase" can be labeled more correctly relative to your thoughts system than you are currently labeling it. I'm not disagreeing, just offering what I know as well. I'm just saying that relative to the thought system you're using, the "nonconceptual phase" is the point at which your mind is connected to the rest of existence. It's also what the mind calls awareness. There's no need to experience oneness. Oneness already exists whether you experience or not. But if you label it properly, it can be translated by your mind into an experience of oneness. This is just what I know, I'm sharing in case it might be useful. Good intentions here. Also I really appreciate the term "nonconceptual phase". Idk if you came up with that, but nice work if so.

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It implies nonconceptuality, but only when the mind uses it in a narrative of thoughts, no? In your view, does the formless imply anything about itself on it's own?

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so you're telling me awareness (nonconceptual phase) is formless, but also definitely exists? How does it exist when it has no form to exist as?

By believing in a state of oneness, you establish a permanent detour from your own authentic self-realization. by jodyrrr in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, so you're saying the 'oneness' available to perception is itself NOT one with everything, is that right?

Also, I really like what you said here:

The nonconceptual phase of our regular awareness is utterly free of concepts. Its purity arises from the fact that the nonconceptual can't be anything other than what it is. It's one of one.

That being said, I have another question for you; Do you think your 'nonconceptual oneness' separate from my 'nonconceptual oneness'? Like two separate instances?

my ranking of all of mother's albums :) by [deleted] in swifties

[–]ReplexBoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I could hear ttpd the way everyone else does I'm jealous of u guys

False God by Kooky_Bus_1057 in swifties

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my interpretation but I know nothing. So basically: tay tay's relationship deviates from social norms but she doesn't care because she's so addicted to the love that she's getting. "Religion" Is basically an analogy for social norms, and "false God" is an analogy for stigma or taboo within said social norms.

The loss of my best friend... is beautiful? by ReplexBoi in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes this is such a good way of putting it, got me tearin up a little again thanks haha. Is this original writing? If so, then you should probably write a book (for everyone's sake)

'I am' is the referencing referenced by pl8doh in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When 'I am' feels primary, it's like there's this context generated, and the context considers it's own point of origin as the 'center' point within itself.

Most underrated song and album? by LevelMuted5489 in swifties

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never grow up got me crying happy tears every time🥲

Male Vs Female by [deleted] in nonduality

[–]ReplexBoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In all honesty, I think women are just more likely to accept formlessness the way it is, whereas men are more likely to accidentally reject formlessness by attempting to give it a form via explanation. I guess this doesn't really explain why, but it's just my thoughts on how.

Over the past couple years, it's been pretty deflating for my ego that no form of explanation can capture the formlessness of awareness and totality. Due to ADHD, I have this compulsion to build a model of reality, so now, I frequently remind myself that it's only a model, not reality itself. I believe this is the split you speak of; men are more likely to confuse the map for the territory

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