Adyashanti: Complete Interview

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes how in the development of human consciousness, there comes a shift from a sense of a separate self toward the experience of unity. He points out that the fear of losing our individual identity keeps us from making this shift, and by confronting our fear we come into love. Adyashanti also suggests that reaching a point of crisis can allow an opportunity for consciousness to shift, individually and collectively.

[@Fverheijden]

Am I the only one who thinks he is very attractive? Such a beautiful energy and youthfulness and presence about him.

[@robertyates]

Not at all, he’s beautiful!

[@cynthiamcmillan688]

I agree

[@muthusid]

He has one of the clearest presence I have ever seen. So bright and warm.

[@mark1952able]

This guy is a conduit to the source. We are fortunate to understand his words.

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

You are that same conduit. You are what you’re looking for. That’s the whole point.

[@hew195050]

And here I've been feeling like an outlier feeling so much fear. Now I know on some level everyone does.

[@Dowlphin]

Can and does happen a lot and to the people least deserving, probably naturally. There is a norm of conceiling the real woes because it is not helpful for a career in a cold-hearted world. Many adapt to the system and thereby fuel it further, but only a degree of sacrifice/effort by many can make it easier for everybody to open up more and be authentic so that the inner demons can be dealt with truthfully and thus thoroughly. In fact, this is the idea behind the concept of exorcism where it is said that when you learn a demon's name, it loses its power. It means it cannot hide behind deceptions anymore, its truth is known, its game is up. This video is doing that, too: It enlightens us about the core problem so that we see the biggest possible picture without any deceptions, without temptations to waste our energy on futile struggles with symptoms. - Thus I have been referring this video to many people.

[@noarelax]

wow you gotta love this guy-- just so free there's a flow and a radiance about him, a raw honest intelligence that's just happening, without any fear! love ya Adya!

[@Beyondthemindpodcast]

Life feels so short when I hear him talk...in a good way. in a way where I am not dreading anything. I realize our time is short and precious. I wish I could maintain this state of awareness and calm, always

[@mervinchristopher9827]

You are the sign, I have been waiting for. Now the world will hear the truth. Some will believe and some will not. All the answers of the universe will be revealed to you, this generation is so lucky to hear it. All solutions will be found. Other generations will wish they were here to be the first to hear the answers being revealed.

[@gavinduggan1147]

If more people followed Adya, maybe the world would have a chance

[@Dowlphin]

When more people heed Adya's teachings, humankind will have better chances of prevailing and prospering.

[@fredfour]

looking forward to seeing Adyashanti this weekend!

[@grants.6122]

A great interview by one of my favourite teachers

[@Simon0]

Grant Strand check out Bob Cowart interview it is brilliant.

[@trappedsoul7]

so much wisdom with so much clarity...

[@Simon0]

i find it interesting this video has no dislikes. it shows this kind of talk reaches everyone.

[@DiamondMind]

Wow, so clear and put so eloquently. Thank you for posting this.

[@MrScoobydoo12]

This is amazing, I've been to that "leaving the clan" point and pulled back due to Fear , hope I get another chance and go through the Fear 😁

[@Dowlphin]

It seems quite vexing to me, because we might naturally imagine a second chance to be a re-run, but since the whole exercise is about overcoming fear, which inherently is about facing the unknown, we may be expecting to be 'better prepared next time' and thus block a next time from happening. I had a hint of this during an ayahuasca experience when I did my best to prepare for the experience and to be ready, and for a whole hour after drinking it, nothing happened at all. I eventually thought I had missed the opportunity, that it was already on its way out of my system, and that state of misery wore me down, made me sad and defeatist, and that was when things started to happen. - And I hope this does not put you into exactly the same belief of being prepared by believing you are unprepared. Remember Luke's failure in the cave. (It was a success because he experienced failure. It inherently was what he needed to learn at that point.)

[@enlgishallinone209]

simple, powerful message!! I like this video so much!!! I like his voice and the way of explaining!!! I am not fully conscious enought to live like that, but at least I know this kind of attitude of perception is essential for everyone's life.

[@joinery11]

Love any spiritual teacher, its always a great thing to learn and enjoy this gift we have been given. Much love and respect to everyone. Always enjoying moving through the lessons. Adya has helped me realise the truth and experience truth, once you get it, happiness and success takes hold and once you let go and move with it you know who you are and start living the life that was intended for you. Oneness............... when will everyone give in and let it happen? The world will be v different.

[@schapadap]

Don't get wrapped up in the whole ego death thing. You don't need to go out of your way to try to "Kill" the ego. Just don't give it the attention you have in the past, and you will see that it isn't really you. And if you want to find yourself, stop looking for yourself and you will see you never went anywhere :)

[@gwendaoesch9614]

Arya, is a gift to humanity. His clarity sinks right into one’s being with such calm and joy Thank you for being in this precious world

[@eytschmaen]

Love doesn't judge, it just is. ❤

[@MellyJuffin]

Thank you for uploading this video, it was very helpful to listen to someone who knows what they are talking about and has a way of being very specific. I guess what I'm doing is ok.... just being with whatever is moment to moment, no matter how it feels. The planet would be 'nicer' without humans, more trees and animals.

[@natejackson2953]

I love this. I have listened to clips like this all the time for a decade and this is the one I would put first.

[@Dowlphin]

Yep, I often refer people to this as a spiritual primer - on fear, but that bit is almost redundant, since I see spirituality as dealing with the profound duality of love and fear and learning how to evolve towards the divine. A stern master might instruct the student: _Don't even think about going on spiritual internet forums and blabbering away about shooting healing beams from your hands. First you watch this video a dozen times and listen intently. Then I will see how you mop a floor with what you have learned._

[@markpalmer2326]

I've learned more from this man

[@georgefuentes5970]

Lots of wisdom coming from this man in this interview. Rather recalls this statement, “Perfect love casts out fear” as a way out of the fear state he describes. But that is a whole other exploration to inquire into and come to actually know what “perfect love” might be in human experience.

[@Dowlphin]

Wow, in this interview Ayda sums up a lot of the profound basics I came to realize quite a while ago and am sharing when the opportunity arises. Especially valuable how he points out how a self-imagined do-gooder can actually be part of the problem and how powerful this self-bullshitting can be.(1) I would say: We become that which we fight. Acceptance is the first step in change. Because non-acceptance is fear-based, and the fearful mind tries to control, and that control grabs things and prevents them from flowing; prevents change. *Skip to ****18:10**** if you want to watch a squirrel.* (1) Good example is how the whole global warming scare gained control over people through fear while offering them a very ego-pleasing imagined relevant role of being a world-saver. (And when something dominantly grew through fear, that speaks volumes about its roots, its essence.) People see themselves as heroes while they might be a menace, and without sincere love for truth and wisdom (which leads to the willingness to make an effort in not being fooled by fear) there is no way to tell real and fake apart. *Skip to ****18:10**** if you want to watch a squirrel.* I'm also not fully agreeing with the general idea of these times being more special than past ones. What people say is masses feeling the urge to make a shift in consciousness or anything might just be a perception because the internet allows more communication. But such phrases can be attributed to any time in our history. You could always have seen a crisis in humankind and a yearning for evolving spiritually. *Skip to ****18:10**** if you want to watch a squirrel.* My favorite statement from the video is this: *"Until everything is possible, we're not even actually inquiring into what's true."* This is the love-of-truth-and-wisdom I follow quite rigorously and have for a long time and seen so many people reach their limits quite early, unable to get to this mindset. *Skip to ****18:10**** if you want to watch a squirrel.* Also interesting quote from that Christian monk about every system only being as good as its people. These are profound understandings that should stay in active awareness when viewing the world and trying to have an impact. Work with people, starting with yourself. Don't externalize/conceptualize/project so much. It's difficult not to. Always happens to some degree. That's part of the game. *Skip to ****18:10**** if you want to watch a squirrel.* When Adya told about a past experience: "It feels like I just work up from zen, from spirituality." I can somewhat relate to that, since at one point during an ayahuasca trip, seeing things from a very detached/high perspective (in lack of better words) it occured to me (and I won't claim there's any inherent truth in it) that even whole religions like buddhism are just "added flavor" to life. You'll always eventually have to find your way into life again when the concepts don't work out. *Skip to ****16:01**** if you want to listen to the fly teacher at the mic. (That audiobombing attention grabber / ADHD troll. ^^)*

[@slavomirakrasna2111]

The message was clear, simple, there was no need to translate. No, times are not special. Nor is the ignorance of a human who so far hasn't had the capacity to completely wipe out the entire species, as the speaker pointed out. Yp, seen the squirrel, without being a joey.

[@markoballie9310]

saw lots of spirtual videos. this one is amazing. great stuff

[@ICharmaine]

'Let go of the world so you can be in it." I like that! Great video!!!

[@Moonboyisflying]

This is the best one for me. You just feel it in you gut.

[@CuJoeSOS]

In the last 2 minutes there - I just had a big couple of questions answered, and was finishing the sentence with you at one point. We both said "yeah" , first me than you - it was a huge hole filled. Thank you Thank you. There is a nagging to shelter them, be with them, help them. Compassion. It causes pain to try and block out all of the suffering occurring in/to existence : past, present + future. Humph. ~ P,L+L. ;)

[@staceykersting461]

last 2 minutes......I felt a nut crack open inside my brain. Actually hurt for a few seconds. I felt so much rushing away from me, leaving me, me coming to surface like after a jump off a high cliff.....

[@Moonboyisflying]

Frightfully frue. Beautiful.

[@PeaceRanter]

Great!!! One Love

[@Bangle9]

Nice satsang. I haven’t consciously explored fear much at all. I would definitely want to be in community with other meditators (sangha) to do so.

[@Dowlphin]

Not having that available confronts you with fear. 😉

[@yophion1]

While speaking about fear, The fear of instiction is put to push us to do something, but from the non-dual point of view, this is a total dual attitude

[@jackson4socks]

I love adyashanti.

[@Justme1635438]

Omg, he can talk and it makes sense :)

[@emeraldmorn]

ah I totally know what fear you are talking about. I have had dreams about how I fear moving into intimacy/oneness with my spirit. The scarriest part is that the shift seems inevitable. :) on one hand, unity is everything my heart and mind have ever longed for, and yet that unity will require me (my present concious "ego" thinking self) to let go of control. This fake frontman, my mind, does not want to let go the control of my experience. The good news is that the journey has already begun

[@slowwco]

Adyashanti quote highlights from this video: “The main force of separation is fear … Fear is an incredible driving force for humanity.” “The experience of separation, although it's illusory, seems to be a natural stage in the development of consciousness-just like adolescence is a natural stage of development. You don't look back and go, ‘Why was I ever an infant? That was silly, I should have just skipped over that stage.’ I even see this sort of ‘ego development’ and with it that comes a sense of separation … It all starts to create the sense of self. I see that sense of separate self as ultimately illusory but actually quite natural stage of development.” “Our own divided state of consciousness is what's destroying everything.” “A lot of people experience that separateness, and they find that it's inherently unsatisfactory-not only for oneself, but very unsatisfactory and unhealthy for the world.” “Moving beyond the separate self is a death of an identity.” “When you actually see it, it can really be quite terrifying, quite shocking. ‘My god, the person I thought I was isn't here.’” “The irony is we have to come to true existence through the doorway of our own separate nonexistence.” “Most human beings really don't know who they are.” “Instead of being a destroyer of the world, now we're a savior of the world. But, if we're a savior of the world that's motivated by fear then we're actually in the same consciousness. That's just heads and tails on a coin.” “Love always arises from that sense of unity of what we really truly actually are-from the experience of unity rather than the idea of unity.” “The experience of oneness-really feeling it, really realizing it-is the absence of fear.” “Love is indiscriminate. Love loves what is. Everything. Nothing is left out.” “It's infinitely and exponentially more powerful when our consciousness is what we’re for than what we're against.” “Life takes care of itself.” “Crisis is often the catalyst for change.” “Until everything is possible, we're not even actually inquiring into what's true.” “We're very unique and we're very different and there's a beautiful, individualized manifestation of the one, but the whole substance of that is all one.” “90% of what we call ‘spirituality’ actually serves the dream state rather than serves waking up from the dream state. 10% of spirituality might belong to something beyond the dream state-which means spirituality belongs to life, to the wholeness of existence. Spirituality, and life, and everything else-it's the same thing. It’s not separate from anything.” “Any spirituality that's separated from this existence is a fantasy.”

[@sanutthomas1841]

thank you

[@tenellifranco]

great insight!

[@bhavagambhiram874]

Beautiful

[@jaired9823]

What I find interesting about Ghandi is that he delivered many inspirational thoughts and ideals AND was knowingly used by the cabal to subdue the Indian population from rising up against British rule. No one is perfect and I hear everything is best when coming from a place of love -- to be FOR something rather against everything -- but find it hard to bear seeing/feeling the suffering of those who are dissuaded from expressing their antipathy to a soulless class/group of overlords. Just haven't worked that out.

[@Dowlphin]

This is a very good point, philosophically tricky. The Gandhi way could be seen as sacrificial, thus fear-of-death-defiant, thus close to divinity, transcending fear. But there is also the divine intellect which helps to avoid being played for a fool, because any rigid, cookie cutter approach could be a small view instead of a grand one. Just as there are situation where an interpersonal conflict has to be resolved through anger at some point, rigid pacifism might also be a folly where it is not antagonizing the wicked but further conveniencing them. In fact, then the true divine sacrifice takes on an interesting spin, maybe we cold call it bodhisattva style, or maybe it goes further: The sacrifice of an highly awakened person lowering the personal frequency, deliberately acting below the highest state attained, in order to build an energetic bridge to the asleep so that there is no alienation. That would also be a humility practice that is so crucial for the seeker of awakening. Kinda related to the saying: "Before enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water". Provide whatever is identified as what a situation needs to regain balance. Because balance brings health. Balance is the middle, the unspectacular, the to the mind boring state. The reign of the heart, because it exposes the mind as the conflcit junkie, the power tripper. This is also related to the spiritual idea that one cannot reliably/easily tell someone's level of enlightenment because you don't know to what degree a person consciously chooses to act in a certain way. - Is someone mad with rage or expertly wielding righteous fury with a clear, premeditated aim? Or even harder to detect: Are they playing an act through method acting, deliberately loosening the reigns on emotion with faith that it will be temporary and accomplish its goal? Basically a kind of force-of-nature approach, riding the storm.

[@Simon0]

just try your best thats all you can do. I once wrote some question and someone wrote that back to me, just try your best, and ignore everythign else. I think its good advice (I may not have understood what you wrote). best wishes! S.

[@Simon0]

calm down calm down. You'll be alright. You probably exist.

[@Acquisition1913]

this clarifies so much. thanks.

[@RaymGhost]

in 2 min i got used to the spacial feeling u get when looking at him and now i just love this guy realy fun to watch..

[@VesperShadows]

totaly true

[@HappySkyDiver33]

nothing "goes out", as he sais, but only transforms. all form, we, transforms within counsciousness. peace~

[@joinery11]

@Simon0 only your body dies!!! how can you be scared knowing this? Give in and learn from what this man is teaching you, Adya is not special, but merely understands what you need, to remain happy and successful. However some people learn the lessons, others are too scared to learn them, i wish you peace and love and may god grant the change that is needed for you.

[@fnog9]

you don't have to implement happiness in to all aspects of your life. In this video, Adya talks at length about how the experience of oneness includes all. Can you accept the possibility that maybe what's in store for you isn't happiness?

[@harrymckenzie3725]

Wow... 15 years ago already

[@JChazU]

@itsonelouder1 Adya neither believes nor disbelieves in free will or determinism; these are both concepts that belong to the mind and will ultimately distract us from awakening. I read this in one of his books. =]

[@searock2k]

@fnog9 The very nature of your being is joy. That's why a mind seeking happiness is compared to a beggar who is seeking alms while sitting on a box containing millions of dollar. When the being awakens from the mind, all that remains is true nature - joy, freedom and love (these words come closest to what is realized experientially when we awaken to who we are). We are not here to suffer or be unhappy, it's only when we don't realize who we are that we experience suffering. We are joy itself.

[@gameofthrones5655]

❤

[@searock2k]

@fnog9 Like buddha said "No self, No suffering". When you are free of your false ideas about who you are, and realize experientially the truth of your being, then you become free of the false self identity and get merged with your true nature, your true body, your true existence. When there is no identification with a false sense of self, there is no suffering either. You are free, and this freedom is felt as joy in the body. Awaken to who you are, and your body will feel joyful every moment.

[@Iquey]

neat thoughts.

[@JChazU]

@itsonelouder1 To the awakened being, all things rise spontaneously, including things like compassion and forgiveness. As Adya has often said, "There is no such thing as a true belief." Beliefs can only belong to a mind, and one will never find Truth if they are only looking in the mind. I personally believe in free will, but we can see that even this is just an ego saying "I have free will! I am in control!" This illusion of control must be surrendered for true awakening to occur.

[@Enlightenwithlove]

spot on!

[@youlong1234]

🙏👍

[@CheezInspector]

Great words. Just a gentle reminder: Ghandi certainly may have been "for India" and neutral about England but he was against the welfare of Africans; a self-proclaimed racist. Like many of us, he suffered the burden of fear.

[@ANoisyMindIsEvilDuhh]

that is how stardust off of WWE will act when he is enlightened

[@mickehill]

@Simon0 Umm.. well, "you" as a person, memories and all that will disappear, you will simply become what you were when you were born, just the beingness, without the thoughts.. I see it as a wonderful thing, therefore I'm not afraid of death, cuz really there is no death, only the memories and thoughts that go. Imagine what calm u will see before u slip away ;)

[@thehaunted508]

oh wow, at about 22mins, im having that exact type of crisis, I'm desperately trying to hold on and there are a million reasons why i keep telling myself that i should keep holding on. i do want to find out but i don't know if i'm ready...and i'm afraid...=(

[@optimysticaluniverse]

to love without object is Divine

[@VenusAsABoyFilms]

@hopflo11 Probably. It's hard for awakened people to eat/digest meat and animal products.

[@Simon0]

the squirrel wants to hear Adyashanti's teaching too!

[@Simon0]

How was it to see him in the flesh? Is there a sense of awakeness about him?

[@solomonherskowitz]

Damn bro this ain't no joke

[@MarkKap]

@ 2:44 Ding-Dong hopping on the fence ;)

[@Sigillum22]

@ESX888 And no-thing is what needs to be signidied in these days of indetification with form. ;)

[@dalemcmahon123]

Fear is just a block to love.... the fear is not real and of the mind and is just a device that we create to block the love

[@squamish4244]

And I encourage you to try this schtick on history websites before you judge them or me.

[@peteheaton6882]

At some point the survival of the human species requires the end of the human race. In some humans, the race of belief that real and/or imaginary vehicles of races of a race are living is but a powerless yet very important memory. In humans, sanity is not a prize for winning the human race, but what remains in the wake of losing it. This is all for nothing ... lasting forever ... in everything real - for, from, by, and unto what is reading these words. Belief that interpretation of these words is true is prohibition of the experiential understanding to which they are intended to refer. What is done is not true. What does is true.

[@Simon0]

@mickehill if i die suddenly i guess it wont be a problem. if it is slow and i know i am dying would be such a terrifying experience for me. when you say nothingness do you mean simply not existing? or still some consciousness.. if i thought there was still some kind of consciousness, like a spirit, i would be much less afraid.

[@Simon0]

i dont really knwo where to post this. Has anyone got any advice for someone with an intense fear of death (i.e. me). As i continue to live this fear grows in me. I guess it is because i dont know what happens. I dont knwo if we go to nothingness or if we continue.

[@JChazU]

@itsonelouder1 Haha my belief in free will is based on my ego, I am well aware that it is only an illusion. It's not something I hold firm belief in, it's just something that I haven't been able to drop completely yet. And what you are saying about free will being an illusion is exactly what I meant when I said that free will is just a concept in the mind. We're on the exact same page, sorry if I wasn't clear in my first comment.

[@emeraldmorn]

@mickehill Do you know this from experience?

[@deepsky86]

TIPs for 2024. year

[@Simon0]

@hopaloop haha i would think probably yes! not that i am awakened. but i think the answer to that would be a yes.

[@drmedwuast]

please don't cut out the pauses

[@Simon0]

how did you type that post if you died. Can your spirit interact with the keyboard?

[@kirstinstrand6292]

There is fear of the unknown, yet the ultimate fear is fear of Death, yet Death is not spoken here.

[@ordinaryguy815]

Death is the Unknown

[@Dowlphin]

But how would you explain it when someone is less afraid of death than of continued suffering?

[@searock2k]

@fnog9 It's true however, that in order to awaken you have to stop seeking happiness and start wanting the truth. Be willing to let go of your need to feel good, and just go for the truth. When the truth takes over it burns through all yoru conditioning and this process can be very uncomfortable. But it's inevitable, and in the end all that remains is free joy.Be assured that when you realize the truth you will transcend your feelings and all that will remain is freedom, felt as joy in the body.

[@EmmanAdventures]

Kill Self? Kill my ego? Can we do that? Is it possible? Ego self? If I am only myself, who am I?

[@MrHerzog333]

What kind of fabric is his shirt made of? Can somebody please clarify this? I believe that if I wear a shirt like that, I will feel like I am Adyashanti.

[@joshs6754]

Made out of materialized spirit 😊

[@Dowlphin]

The finest Chinese silk, woven in 420 pattern and dyed with Tibetan mountain goat puke.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

***The death of identity was my goal..Until i found it .Then I wished I never looked for it.

[@Dowlphin]

Yeah, that is to truly know fear. I took ayahuasca and was like: Damn, I didn't sign up for THIS! This is a couple levels above the tough shit I could possibly have imagined being able to handle. Of course, we are not supposed to be able to handle it. That's the whole exercise of moving closer to divinity. It destroys you but then, hey, you are still there. So that instills a certain degree of faith in the universe.

[@hopflo11]

curious if A. is a vegan? anyone know?

[@squamish4244]

I think he means ordinary love, not universal love, which is indeed beyond the mind.

[@JapGeordie]

@eventhorizon128 So they buried my grandad when they shouldn't have? Should I phone the police?

[@s1k3st937]

Life is a waterfall, we're one in the river, and one again after the fall. allegedly a man known as Serj Tankian

[@joshs6754]

swimming through the void we hear the word.. we lose ourselves but we find it ALL

[@squamish4244]

And why aren't you posting this stuff on history websites?

[@mickehill]

@Simon0 Umm.. I think it's kinda trivial. But if you are afraid of death, I dunno, maybe.. I think like you mentioned, nothingness. We become nothingness, that's what I think, nothingness is a great relief. Imagine becoming nothing, no more painful thoughts. Try feel that nothingness as you read this. You will allways be a part of that nothingness, alive or not. =)

[@kzrolf]

whether he, or anyone that 'you' are looking at (from your own 'ego' perspective), is 'free of ego' can not be answered by YOU or ME. Furthermore, i'll go as far to say, he/she (the so called 'free' or 'awakened' person) can not answer it either. for it can only be asked or answered from the perspective of separation. and to be 'free of ego' or 'awake' is to be free of separation. blessings.

[@adambrunt2677]

what if you get stuck in that fear of non existence and you start getting panic attacks? there seems to be little talk of this type anxiety from most teachers.

[@thecryptkicker5]

I've seen a view videos from Mooji where he talks about that one. But really you just sit and be present with the panic attacks and look into who is having the panic attack, is it from the idea of a person and mind or from the awareness. Then what does the awareness have to say about it all and feel about it from that level?

[@IChoseTheRedPill]

peace2U...

[@perslover]

02.45 squirrel running in the background just when hes talking about distractions :)

[@squamish4244]

Source?

[@Simon0]

@GreggaryPeccary i am opposite. I am terrified to die.

[@4theloveofgrace]

Was that a cousin of the extinct bumble bee at 7:48 ?

[@ohnoyoudidnt00]

who was adya's teacher?

[@randallscott6]

One does it individually by the truth. Everbody is one. (1641) (1647) How does it happen collectivly? Simple - the same answer.

[@AXharoth]

AAAAAAAAWESOME INTERVIEW TYYYY

[@hopaloop]

after you have awakened, does everyone else seem a bit nuts.

[@squamish4244]

Tbh though this is never going to happen with meditation alone. It's too slow and inefficient. Adyashanti is a rare case.

[@joshs6754]

Meditation + sincere self inquiry can do it. Also depends on the person and their conditioning

[@squamish4244]

I have found that it depends greatly on the individual's conditioning, nervous system, energy body, physical body, whatever you want to call the complete package of 'me'. I have dealt with serious mental health issues, addiction, recovery, relapse, etc., energetic problems and physical pain. All of this has made meditation and keeping my mind still enough to do self-inquiry very difficult. I have really done a number on my brain. What has helped a great deal is addiction treatment (obviously) and various therapies like working with energy healers, neurofeedback, and transcranial magnetic stimulation to sort out some crossed wires in my brain. More stuff is coming, like audio-visual entrainment for my terrible insomnia and energetic problems, and photobiomodulation to induce different states of consciousness at will, including the ability to entrain transpersonal states. The big issue I have with meditation alone is that it is not scalable. The world has many serious issues to contend with, *right now*, and the idea that billions of people are going to start meditating tomorrow or in the next decade (they didn't in the decade since this video was made) is absurd. We have to deal with global warming, the rise of AI and the huge disruption it will cause, the rise of the far right, grotesque income inequality...just read the news. Only technological methods like the ones I discussed are going to work for civilization in the time we've got. Technology is massively scalable, but podcasts by teachers and smartphone meditation apps are like pissing in the wind.

[@Dowlphin]

After having a beer I tend to feel closer to the divine mindset. Makes sense. It tones the mind down, removes inhibitons. That shows me what part of my mind is doing. Alcohol then becomes a responsibly used sacrament for spiritual exploration. Caffeine also has an effect that I can derive insights from. And these things, meta-style, show the profound importance of the sincere intention of the seeker. One can decide to learn from booze or decide to become numb from it. - Just as told during an ayahuasca ceremory, you are working with the brew. The quality of your own participation in the process is what determins how much you get out of it. As an anecdote to underline this: I took salvia divinorum once and the trip was, compared to what other people report, very mild and unspectacular, but the little that did happen had my full attention and gave me profound insights about the nature of the universe. Another anecdote would be that my first ayahuasca trip I went all-in and it was a horror trip but very 'productive'. The following one I completely resisted 'breaking through' and that was like part 2 of the teaching, providing context to the first one, thus being just as valuable even though I didn't act 'by the book' at all. It actually also provided a reminder to the overseers that the wisdom of the brew transcends the limited mind, and that any ritualistic defiance I practiced was inherently still part of the ceremony. (The distinction is an illusion that can limit enlightenment.)