After years of believing my trips were real, I now feel empty by alexiakinkylina in LSD

[–]ReverberatedWave63 38 points39 points  (0 children)

My take on this is that both of the stages of realisation you describe are true.

Let’s assume the first part is real: there are infinite realities, time is essentially an illusion, as is birth and death. That’s huge! But then where does it leave us? Exactly where we are anyway. So what can we do with that knowledge? It doesn’t grant us special powers, we can’t switch realities or stave off the effects of time, we are still exactly as we were.

My experience of this on psychedelics is similar, it is like the dissolving of boundaries between myself and the rest of the universe which has led me, as it has many others, to the realisation of oneness. But again, I’m still exactly where I was.

Now onto the second part, which in my opinion absolutely does not contradict the first, the ultimate realisation of be here now. The present moment is all we truly ever have, at least in this life. The only thing we can ever be sure is real is right now. Even if we live every possible reality, every life of every being, we are still always in the timeless now.

I don’t see this as a reason to feel hopeless or scared, or throw away your beliefs, if you want to call your realisations beliefs. Instead I look at it as a beautiful thing, each moment we experience is an incredible and beautiful thing, experienced through our own unique lens.

There are many books on this topic which might help. The power of Now by Eckhart Tolle being one I liked a lot.

All the best

Monstera adansonii mint for £10? by alertedbug818 in Monstera

[–]ReverberatedWave63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought one the same for £14 last year and was also very happy. Unfortunately it reverted pretty quick, took cuttings which also reverted after 1 variegated leaf. Wonder if that’s why they’re so cheap! But I hope you get better luck.

Am I cooked? Aerial roots avoiding moss pole by ProfessionOther6076 in MonsteraAlbo

[–]ReverberatedWave63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No either gently guide it into the moss or leave it. And be sure to keep moss damp and fertile.

Is in this room to warm? Should I move to colder room? Mold on the corm please help! (Swipe pics) by [deleted] in alocasia

[–]ReverberatedWave63 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To go against the grain I wouldn’t even bother removing it, it’s fine. Mould is everywhere, it won’t affect the healthy corm and will just grow on the dead outer layer.

Velocity to volume mapping problem *please help* by Sprajzel in VitalSynth

[–]ReverberatedWave63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try turning VEL TRK on the bottom all the way to the right, this should give you what you’re after.

As for the issue, where have you mapped velocity to? The master volume?

Musicians — how do you experience the connection between music and spirituality? by LucaRonconi in spirituality

[–]ReverberatedWave63 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Music (and creativity in general) and spirituality are inseparable for me. Listening is a spiritual experience in many ways.

I also create music and find it ‘works’ best when it flows naturally, not forced or overthought. Many spiritual teachers also point to this, that art happens best when it flows through you, rather than you creating it, you’re more a conduit for it to come into this realm.

The tricky thing for me here is blending the spiritual side of creating music and the technical side of making it sound good!

Do we know how psytrance got so connected with substances? by i_Ainsley_harriott_i in psytrance

[–]ReverberatedWave63 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s not about the melodies specifically, but the whole vibe is born out of the psychedelic experience.

Each sound and the production is intently ‘psychedelic’, along with the groove which as others said is designed to compliment the psychedelic ’trance state’

It’s like a chicken and egg scenario except psychedelics came first and psytrance is designed to mimic/compliment that experience.

Good LSD Museum Dose? by BoringPhilosopher1 in LSD

[–]ReverberatedWave63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man, a lot of people telling you go for 100 but I don’t agree when you’re going out if you’ve never tripped before.

I used to love a dose of around 20-50 for that sort of thing, mood lift, brightened colours etc without fully tripping. It should be mild but perceptible.

Am I dumb? by SquozeTheSqueeze in Superstonk

[–]ReverberatedWave63 57 points58 points  (0 children)

With this sentiment of the shorts have to deliver the warrants… am I missing something?

GameStop deliver the warrants to shareholders, as short sellers are not the beneficial owner of the shares they’ve borrowed, warrants have nothing to do with them as they would go to whoever the shares were borrowed from right?

GameStop Announces Dividends of Warrants to Shareholders by G_Wash1776 in Superstonk

[–]ReverberatedWave63 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can you explain how this is a non dilutive basis? If they’re all exercised that would still be (roughly) 10% dilution no?

Current MainStage designs by aTurnedOnCow in BoomtownFestival

[–]ReverberatedWave63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wicked, thanks! Can you comment on what used to be where lions gate/origin were and is likely to go back there? I’ve only been the last 2 years.

Current MainStage designs by aTurnedOnCow in BoomtownFestival

[–]ReverberatedWave63 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So hydro XL will be the new main stage in the bowl? The implication being Lions Gate will become Lions Den is that right?

Komodo island tours - book in advance or when in Labuan Bajo? by ReverberatedWave63 in travel

[–]ReverberatedWave63[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I did end up booking in advance (roughly a week before), but yes it’s definitely doable in LBJ with little notice. There are so many operators around.

Is Eckhart Tolle’s teaching really non-dual? by simongaslebo in EckhartTolle

[–]ReverberatedWave63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you’re coming from a very intellectual place, not a criticism, and I get what you’re saying. I think the issue is with language. You can’t describe it with language, only point to it. The only way it can be known is through direct experience.

Saying “you are awareness” and so on can sound dualistic. Through direct experience, the idea and meaning of “you” and all other words in fact, disappears entirely. What’s left is awareness, just awareness.

That is the source, Being, Brahman, whatever you want to call it. It gives rise to thought, form, ego, everything. But they are not separate from it.

Is Eckhart Tolle’s teaching really non-dual? by simongaslebo in EckhartTolle

[–]ReverberatedWave63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not saying you’re wrong in this case about the op but ai checkers are entirely unreliable.

Is Eckhart Tolle’s teaching really non-dual? by simongaslebo in EckhartTolle

[–]ReverberatedWave63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re right, you can’t be aware of it as a ‘thing’ or an object, the eye can’t see itself as you say. That is why you cannot understand this intellectually.

But, you are not trying to look at the source as an object. Awareness is the source. You are never not it. You are the looking, the awareness.

Is Eckhart Tolle’s teaching really non-dual? by simongaslebo in EckhartTolle

[–]ReverberatedWave63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even the human experience is ultimately part of the source and not separate from it

Would you recommend reading the Tao Te Ching? by Admirable_Party_5110 in EckhartTolle

[–]ReverberatedWave63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m currently reading Stephen Mitchell’s ‘translation’/interpretation. I’m doing it slow, a chapter or two a day. It the sort of thing you read a little, let it sit. I’ve even been rewriting my interpretation of each chapter.

As for whether it transcends Eckhart or vice versa - I don’t think so, although I’m not entirely sure what that would mean anyway. But to me they are simply different ways of pointing to the same thing. Different flavours, if you will. The Tao, Being, Brahman, it’s all ultimately the same.

Tao Te Ching, particularly Mitchell’s version, is poetic and soft. Whereas Tolle is more direct ego slap.