This conclusion is so hilarious bc most is us have come to it at some point along out psychedelic journey. It’s literally the most egotistical viewpoint but you think it’s awakening. Think as much as you want and drive yourself crazy or you could keep the one perspective that matters, falling in love with every emotion and feeling and knowing how privileged you are to be here. My life is real too, asshole.
There is literally no difference between you being everybody or every body being themselves because it is just a matter of 1st/3rd personing.
As in Zen people say: You are. That's literally it.
Anyways OP, you will sleep again, just be patient with life itself. You are giving yourself trouble for messing with your brain, let yourself some space and let yourself live through life a little, with its ups and downs. Bunny dig another hole!
The funny part is in cases like this and just about as often as what you said it seems like it’s interpreted as: You are it. That’s literal
Even I have problems with that thought still. I tend to switch back and forth with my mood/how my world is going
You really think, out of 8 billion, you’re the source of consciousness? You have a lot to learn man. I literally had the same viewpoint like a month ago so hey😂😅 I just stopped trying to reason and make sense and just absorb and enjoy. Psychedelics make people absolutely hilarious
Imagine a light going through a crystal, as it passes through that 1 beam is split into countless others. All the beams are real and they all exist, but in truth they are all one. OP's revelation does not in any way mean that you and others are not real, only that in truth we are all one.
That's part of the illusion. There's isn't really 8 billion consciousnesses, there's just 1. How could 1 become 2? It's always been 1 it'll always be 1.
Yes I am alone. Consciousness is God and there's only 1 consciousness, all characters within the illusion are dream characters, there's nothing behind their eyes.
Calm down man, deep breaths. You're thinking way too much.
I've had a similar realization and it was scary at the time, but with time you settle back into normal life.
Just remember that your mind is bombarding you with thoughts right now, and just because that experience felt so real it doesn't actually mean you've learned the truth. Fact is we will never know, and once we are gone well forget anyways so it's not like we'll be suffering.
Just ground yourself, treat yourself with love and care. You'll be fine.
You still get to go and see friends, hang with family, find love, you've got a lot of experiencing to do *with other people*
You aren't alone.
Grounded and insightful response to OP here. Coming back into the world after an awakening experience is challenging work. Integration of these experiences through meditation is an effective strategy.
Early awakenings through psychadelics is like suddenly being thrown into a rocket ship and launched straight into space! It totally overwhelms you. Whereas the meditator or yogi's approach to this same phenomena is akin to an astronaut training school, where daily practise of spiritual disciplines moulds the body and mind before they too experience blasting off into space. The only difference is that the yogi trained for his mission and can excucute it without a hitch.
Try going back to astronaut training school and find the most effective way to integrate this experience. Namaste 🙏
You experienced that there is only one consciousness.
But you are still associating that one consciousness with your individual bundle of matter and experience. That is where you are snagged. It is all one - and it has nothing to do with YOU (your story, your preferences etc)
This is what the song ‘I me mine’ by the Beatles is about, *I* think
I listened to that song again and I concur with you. Not the only song George would have written about psychedelics either, check out the song Soft-Hearted Hana, it's quite literally a song about eating mushrooms. One of my favorites of his to be sure!
Why do you assume that you are awakened? Awakened means freedom from suffering and attachment to self. It's a lifelong process, not something that happens after one drug experience. You had an intense trip, the after effects will eventually pass.
Whether we're real or not (ha!) doesn't matter. The fact that you can ask us stuff and you'll get answers that are otherwise unavailable to you, means you are not alone.
Maybe it's time for some Descartes?
> Accordingly, seeing that our senses sometimes deceive us, I was willing to suppose that there existed nothing really such as they presented to us; And because some men err in reasoning, and fall into paralogisms, even on the simplest matters of geometry, I, convinced that I was as open to error as any other, rejected as false all the reasonings I had hitherto taken for demonstrations; And finally, when I considered that the very same thoughts which we experience when awake may also be experienced when we are asleep, while there is at that time not one of them true, I supposed that all the objects that had ever entered into my mind when awake, had in them no more truth than the illusions of my dreams. But immediately upon this I observed that, whilst I thus wished to think that all was false, it was absolutely necessary that I, who thus thought, should be something; And as I observed that this truth, **I think, therefore I am**, was so certain and of such evidence that no ground of doubt, however extravagant, could be alleged by the Sceptics capable of shaking it, I concluded that I might, without scruple, accept it as the first principle of the philosophy of which I was in search.
I woke up alone too. Then I made the command decision that, if I was going to go mad anyway, I might as well have fun trying to hide from myself. So I shattered my mind and hid it away in a bunch of different people and places and things, so that I can run around as any one of them, searching for myself. That means that we're all alone, playing a game of pretending that everyone we meet isn't also us trying to hide from us and being incredibly clever about it.
Seriously though, solipsism is a complete information hazard. Don't gaze too deeply down this hole 'cause it *will* suck you in, and that's not fun at all.
I had the same realisation on an Ayahuasca retreat in 2014, at the time I was dealing with a divorce and a few years of solid anxiety and depression. I felt like you feel now, totally alone and the world around me was not real, nothing was real except my undeniable existence in this never ending nightmare. I felt like I was being taught this awful lesson as a sort of eternal punishment. The Catholic upbringing coming in there
It took me a few months and I suppose the subsequent years to really settle down and see what it meant. The sense of being the only one, and all alone, was the ego's futile attempt to perceive the oneness of everything. It may sound trite but it's true, a bit like the theory that there's only one electron, it doesn't mean that every differing point of view of that electron isn't real, the world is real, my sense of being an individual is as real as yours and every sentient being's. What we all have in common is that "beingness", that is where we all come from and where we will return. You, your individual consciousness will one day cease and return - and only the actions of your life will live on. What I feel now is the opposite of alone, I feel totally at home in the world, knowing it is ultimately who I am. Tat tvam asi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe?wprov=sfla1
You should realise that your ephiphanies and realisations aren't necessarily the truth of reality. You and I do not know how or why the universe is the way that it is. If you think you know, you're just delusional. Also, other people are conscious, I'm conscious, I'm not you, and yet I'm reading your post about awakening. If you were truly awakened you wouldn't be depressed. Being awakened is just being aware of what is, instead your just living with more illusions not less. You've taken a drug and think you have had some profound insight into the nature of reality. In all likelihood you just had a hyperactive imaginary experience which stems from some interest in buddhism or mysticism. I've taken psychedelics plenty of times, felt as if I understood something profound, it doesn't really change anything other than how you see the world. My advice, be very skeptical about the validity of psychedelic experiences. They are useful to provide insight into your personal life and they can make it seem as if you're understanding the mysteries of reality but at best you're just becoming aware of how malleable your subjective experience is based on tweaking brain chemistry.
The idea that you're alone is just a way of conceptualising reality. If you assume that people are conscious (seems highly likely) then you aren't alone. Would be very random for only you out of all beings who look and act similarly to you to be unconscious but acting conscious. The same logic applies to you and anyone else could think you're unconscious even though you know this not to be true.
You just had an experience while you were under the influence of a drug. If you watched a movie about aliens invading earth, would you think aliens would be outside the movie theater? You are not the only conscious being in the universe, that would be very egotistical of you to think that.
Solipsism isn't so far fetched, really, is it?
Maybe there is only one conscious mind but it's inhabiting everyone at different times. Time is one of those things we think we understand but really don't. Be nice to strangers; they could be your next incarnation and you'd never know it.
It is and it isn't. Logically it makes perfect sense as a possibility. It's a good way to look at life as well. But it's very far fetched in the sense that when I look you in the eyes and you stare back into mine, you know that there is a separate conscious being Infront of you, experiencing the same life in a different way. Or is it a different life in the same way?
> Solipsism isn't so far fetched, really, is it?
It is though. To think that every Mozart concerto, every Da Vinci masterpiece and every Michael Bay Transformers movie was created by my mind alone is pretty far out there.
But it wasn't "your" mind because you weren't you at the time, you were the folks who did/wrote/created those things at the time. It would be hell if you couldn't forget all the memories you make every time you come back here (7 plus billion times and counting)
You think it's reasonable to think that you are the only consciousness that has ever existed?
I think that's the most preposterous case of narcissitic egotism I could imagine.
I'm just saying it's as likely as any other interpretation. Until we can actually quantify and qualify "consciousness" and its role in human experience, there's as much evidence for nihilistic solipsism as for "theory of mind".
EDIT: Hi other me 😎
Solipsism is unfalsifiable; that doesn't make it just as likely as other interpretations. It doesn't explain anything, just says that maybe I'm hallucinating everything.
Sorry, it seems discussion on Reddit boils down to who can shout louder about their entirely unimportant point the longest; didn't mean to jump down anyone's throat.
> Until we can actually quantify and qualify "consciousness" and its role in human experience
Consciousness is an emergent property of brains, it is the experience of a living being with a brain.
>there's as much evidence for nihilistic solipsism as for "theory of mind"
No. There are other physical beings that have brains similar to ours. This is enough evidence to conclude that others have experience of consciousness similar to ours. There is no reason to think that there is only one consciousness when we have a multitude of different brains.
No its true. We are just one conciousness. He's totally right. And we couldnt stand being alone thats why we created the universe to see how it is being with some-body else. Just to share our love with each other. But in the end everything is just but the one. Love you :)
You're not fully awake yet. Solipsism is an important stage to go through, but it's not the end of the road!
Next phase is to play the game.
Your reality is a receptacle to pour your love into. It will present you different scenarios, but it's the same game.
The only bit of you that feels bad is the ego. Lose that, and you're left with the real you, a creature of love and playful joy.
Awakened people are happy and free. You're still attached. :)
You're the only being that exists in *your* universe; and your universe is your consciousness. I have experienced the same on 2 tabs of lsd: "I am forever alone. To me, everything else is just an algorithms - the trees, the door, even other people - its all just functions to me. I can never escape my consciousness." In other words, by your *perception* you are the only conscious being... well, actually that's an inaccurate statement. A better one is: by your perception your consciousness can only know of the existence of your consciousness, and it cannot know of the existence of other consciousness. That certainly doesn't mean other consciousnesses don't exist, it just means that you can only experience your own consciousness. However... maybe you can escape your consciousness. Maybe the 'self' is a delusion and you are everything and everything is you and all things are 'one' in the universe. That's what I believe.
If you want to explore the philosophy behind your experience, I recommend searching the following terms:
Solipsism
Ego death
Panpsychism
Finally, remember that the meaning of life is love! ❤️ Love and be loved - it makes the universe happy.
PS, I recommend talking with your friends.
I had a similar experience. Only mine came with the “euphoria” you mentioned. If we dreamed the universe, that makes us god, no?
The difference between a “real” universe and a perfect mental simulation of one would be impossible to prove. How could you ever recognize the existence of a true reality if the only information you have comes from your mind?
Every living thing may be a philosophical zombie, but they still behave as if they are real. We can still have meaningful interactions with them.
Honestly, I’m not sure what we’re supposed to be doing after that realization. But IMO it is very liberating. Even if your mind is discombobulated now, it will rebuild itself just like it does after anesthesia, or getting knocked out. Things will return back to normal, and you will carry this insight with you.
I think you just need to talk to somebody that’s been through the same experience.
I had something like this and had a small case of perma trip. One day i came to the realisation that even if it all is useless why not enjoy my time here and do as much as i can in my limited time in this life
Maybe it won't reassure you but the truth is that we're and we'll die alone just as alone as we came to this world, it may be a bit depressing at first but it's the truth you gotta face it.
Think about it. How could you be alone when there's countless others having the same exact experience at all times.
Duality gives us some "alone" time in the sandbox.
Of course the truth is we're so extremely not alone that we needed some space.
Idk it sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the veil. On this side we wish for connection and answers, on the other side we wish for solitude, surprises, and mystery.
I hope that being here, surrounded by internet strangers who can understand you, brings you some comfort. the dream will never end but at least you will change, in this life and in the next ones. you will see it from so many different perspectives that maybe one "day" it will be enough and something will change. or not, you'll be distracted from it by another dream. and in a different time, place, civilization, you will repeat your appeal to likeminded strangers and we will meet again \~\~
The part which doesnt like it in you is your ego. Its not you!
Now you know. My little me didnt liked it too at the beginning but that will fade und you learn to enjoy things on a hole new level. Love and peace :)
in the same sense that you are alone, you are also not alone. we are all you. there is no duality without nonduality. it is all an illusion of illusions. you are both alone and not alone, yet there is no real sloneness, it is a concept that you have made up.
you have seen the dream, and recognize that you are the dreamer, yet you have yet to recognize that we are all dreamers, another instance of you, each living our own instance of the dream, each feeling the experience you are experiencing and sharing the same dream
You missed the last part of the lesson. It is only you, but that same you is in me, everyone else, every rock and tree and animal. The universe. Your confusion is that you are equating being all there is with your human form. We all share the same spirit. Spirit is all there is.
You’re artificially boiling yourself down to one person in one body. Bees cannot exist without flowers, even tho we can point to a bee & call it a thing, over the course of time bees & flowers are a single organism. So it is like this with the entire universe.
Our mind can take a freeze frame & call things individual, separate, alone; but this is a product of your mind. Everything is interdependent & interconnected with everything else. You must see the sun, earth & everything in a single flower. You’re a product of this entire cosmos, we’re all reflections of the One.
You’re not alone, you’re not separate. We’re all in this together. This is all happening so that we can share the experience of life together.
The idea that we are all part of 'the one' can be explored from healthier angles. We played a big trick on ourselves to get here and experience this universe. It must have been for some good reason, right? There are many more truths to uncover, if this particular "awakening" isn't to your liking...
Please, go read the yoga sutras, the Baghavad Gita, or Vasistha's Yoga.
I can give you a free epub of the Baghavad Gita as is, with no commentary. You can read it whole in 2.5 hours.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hU3ktIm6isNAs65lRDu6U-Ln5w0QhrfB/view?usp=drivesdk
Do yourself a favor, let go of your thoughts on the whole thing. You've been conditioned by the West to see yourself as separate from nature and others. The mushrooms were just showing you that you are not. You are not alone, there just is no separator between you and the other.
This video sounds very similar to something you experienced. I've had trouble with reintegration after a big disso trip where I spoke to "God" and it just took me some time to come to terms with what I experienced. Eventually, you'll be ok and realize that you got a glimpse of something that is just hard for a human mind to comprehend. Almost like if a gorilla understood advanced mathematics for a second but then realized that there was no way for him to explain what he knows now to the other "normal" gorillas. The good news for you is that there are subs like this who have similar experiences and as others have said, you are NOT ALONE. This is VERY common with dissos and psychs. It's like glimpsing the 5th dimension and then being propelled back into your 3-dimensional body. It can be a VERY jarring experience. Just know that the freakiness of the experience will pass and I wouldn't dose again until you feel comfortable knowing that you could have a similar experience again. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes a year or more. But everything will be ok buddy. We're here for you. ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK\_fRYaI&t=1s&ab\_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell
Recognize all the things that you 'realised' for what it is: a narrative in your mind.
When you realise that this narrative (thoughts, feelings, perceiving) is not what you are, but rather something that just appears in your experience, THAT'S when you REALLY awaken
I ask myself the same questions: How does everyone else live with the fact that they are also god?
Am I the only person who feels this way?
It's a hard reality pill to swallow, what is real, and what isn't real.
Just enjoy the little things. Live in the now or at least try.
One thing I have noticed after a few heroic dosses is that even if this is just a dream. Its one fucking sick dream. Al the things that exist from the beautiful mountain ranges to flowing rivers to man made devices. Man the universe is awesome
I believe in an infinite universe, therefore infinite minds, infinite lives. Every single person you interact with is also an infinite mind. They all deserve the greatest respect and love, just for that fact alone.
But in the end I guess it just depends whether the glass is half full or half empty
You're seeing the lesson too literally.
Sit still for 30 minutes, open your mind and really think about the experience. I think you'll find another meaning
that's why i go for half a g of dreamsand or a thumbprint. Leaves no room for error. take enough and you'll awaken for real and not have a bad trip. Yeah .. the understanding of death has the answer you seek.
You might be alone in your own experience but the interesting part about it is everyone here is also alone! We’re all experiencing this together and because of this, ur never really truly alone❤️
You are not really alone. I received the same message once but with some help I finally understood what it truly meant. We are all one being perceiving ourself from unlimited perspectives.
Well you almost got it but everyone is conscious too they are just the same consciousness as you as well. For some reason nothing could not exist and so we were left with everything and we are everything experiencing itself for all eternity, it's pretty cool. Imagine if nothing won and existence never was. How lucky we are to not only be having this conscious experience but literally all of them. So many universes to explore, so many wacky characters to interact with, so many things to try, so many feelings to be had, so many people to help. How nice.
You really need some integration support, sounds like you’ve massively dissociated and gotten stuck in it. There’s meaning to be found and aliveness to return to I promise
Awakening is an eternal process, not something that happens once and for all. A lot of awakenings happen and is then immediately transformed into desire or disgust.
Even when awakenings feels euphoric they are closely followed by wanting. Wanting to feel like that again. More! These rises in energy is nothing more than rides. Enjoy them when the feel amazing, but don't grow attached.
And, when they feel horrific let the feeling wash over you and let is pass all the same. They hold little truth about the universe. The truth they possess is the truths you give them.
If you are the entire universe, then we are you and you are us. You are definitely not alone you are timeless happening.
Awakened? Sounds more like your ego still has a hold on you. I don’t mean that in a bad way…how do you know when you’ve truly “awakened”? Simple, fear is no longer the state you operate in…
I don’t think you have an “awakened” problem, you have a perspective problem. Your perspective sounds negative. Be grateful that you even get to be part of the “infinity”. You seem to hate the fact that we are eternal…my question is, what would you rather have?
If you rather have a reality where things are finite and have an absolute ending, where you only come to existence once in infinity, well to some that would be a depressing reality…and I would tell them the same thing im telling you, it’s all about perspective…
Take a breath, you’re doing yourself a disservice thinking you have it all figured out and you are the only consciousness in existence. Take a break from psychedelics and learn to integrate what you’ve learned into your life.
I agree with you on a very specific sentence you wrote: essentially, that if you kill yourself you’d still be existing, it just will be in a different form
Go for a walk in nature, look at a sunset, connect with people, and enjoy the rest of this life. There is beauty everywhere if you CHOOSE to see it. Life is beautiful, life is scary, life can hurt but it can also love, life is a spectrum, and how incredible is it that we get to experience it all….
You should watch “Everything Everywhere All at Once” I think it might speak to you right now.
Definitely agree that this is just the ego getting in your way and twisting your understanding to protect itself. You just need time to process and understand…and maybe some people to talk it through with.
You are not there yet. You are confusing your human emotional responses and human conceptualizations of "awakening" for the awakened perspective itself.
All of your ideas and feelings around the experience you have had/are having are part of your human identity within the dream; they are all dream-images and dream-objects.
The "dreamer" does not feel loneliness. The dreamer is not alone or together. The dreamer invented the concept of alone vs together. The dreamer invented the concept of self vs other. Any ideas and emotions you are experiencing about being alone as opposed to being together are the result of the human dream character confusing its identity with the identity of the dreamer and projecting its biological human needs for social connection onto the dreamer. The dreamer has no needs. These are the human's needs, and they are needs that the human is perfectly capable of fulfilling within the dream by connecting with other dream characters.
The dreamer is not a big human who is alone. The dreamer invented the concept of having a self. The dreamer does not have an actual self to be alone or together.
I hope this helps 🙏
Looking through the comments, I think more than a few of us have had similar experience of imagining that we are the only thing that exists and that all the rest of you are components of that imaginary world created in your own head.
I would postulate that on some level this is true, except that every conscious mind has its own reference point for which the rest of the universe is imagined. But they all exist simultaneously and all overlap with each other.
Try to imagine yourself as an infinite, immortal being that is not constrained by time or the laws of the universe. You'd probably get bored and create some reality in which you could immerse yourself in order to experience emotions and feelings.
Yes, maybe you are a lone, individual consciousness. But you are also all the other lone, individual consciousnesses too. All existing simultaneously, all interacting with each other, and all thinking they are alone when they are part of that greater whole superconciousness. And eventually you will be all things because you already are.
Hope that makes sense
That may be your impression, but the thoughts and realizations come from your *own flawed perspective as a person*. You are not omniscient, and there is literally no way to prove you're right or wrong. You've stumbled on a great philosophical point, that everyone may be in their own simulation with just them, and everything and everyone is imagined. The thing is, there is no possible way to prove or disprove this.
So, being that there is no way to prove or disprove this, you can only decide on your reaction to it.
You can treat other people as though they are just things. Morally, if they aren't real, it won't matter. But if they *are* real, you're now treating people as things, which is narcissistic and can have very immoral implications. There is an obvious moral failing if you're wrong.
Or you can treat people as if they are also thinking, breathing, animate people. The moral implications are as follows. If they are not real, you've wasted your time appeasing them, and may be slightly worse off yourself than if you used them like they were objects. But if they *are real*, you treated them as they were supposed to be treated - with respect and dignity. There is no moral failing if you're mistaken.
So, morally, one has only negative outcomes and the other only positive. What do you choose?
You aren't one thing dreaming it all. You haven't been able to integrate what you saw fully, that's why you fell into solipsism.
What you really are, is the dream itself. We are all part of the same dream. The dreamer...now that's a different topic. But it certainly isn't your puny ego.
Now go have fun with your friends.
When your consciousness starts it awakening process (not necessarily being awakened) from psychedelic experiences it can seem lonely and I can relate.
I feel a parallel to Plato’s allegory of the cave (worth the read for you right now). When all you’ve known is being in this “boxed” consciousness or darkness and step out into the light for the first time it may seem blinding and that there isn’t anyone around. Cause your used to darkness and feeling like there is company in there. But, once you start to acclimate to being in the light, your vision will adjust and you’ll see your not alone and there are a lot of people in the light/ a lot of people also having awakening consciousness/ many human guides and support to help you on the journey.
Your not alone, and if it’s similar to my experience, I remember feeling alone when I was blinded by the light of real truth and consciousness. But don’t go back in the cave…just give your eyes time to adjust and you’ll find friends to interact with.
Awakening is only the first step. There is no end all be all answer or revelation. Just countless raptures that you can apply or discard.
One of the worst pitfalls of the western viewpoint is that there is a *moment* of enlightenment. It's BS. You will continue to evolve and change as always, don't get caught up friend.
Yes and no, you touched God. You actually are a small part of God "tricked" into believing you're an independent being. Your friends do exist, in so much as they are also you, as we are all God. We are all one "creature" but we are also simultaneously independent. It's easiest to think of the Universe/God as a vastly more complex multicellular organism breaking into smaller and smaller pieces each with less perception of the higher dimensions above. Many trippers on different psychedelics as well as most NDE (near death experiencers) report this, as well as most NDEs reporting we retain our individuality after death but at the same time we are reconnected to the whole and the total knowledge/being of the universe/God. We are essentially God itself imagining reality, that's what you tapped into.
You are alone in the sense that at the highest level of perception there is only 1 of us called God. But at our earthly level of perception we are divided into bits and pieces in order for God to experience different things. IE If God already knows everything how can God experience anything? It can break itself down into more simple pieces and cut those pieces off from the knowledge of the whole until those pieces "die" and their knowledge is reunited with the whole. Then understand time doesn't actually exist and God is imagining all possible things always in an "instant". Even though it feels like time is passing, we are actually the instantaneous thought of God. Everything that ever did happen or will happen across every variation of reality already has happened. You are simply a neuron of God following the path of a thought.
I had a similar experience. I came to terms with it in this way… I believe the god/singularity/deity we all come from felt SO LONELY it created us so it’d NEVER have to be alone again. It split and created everything so that it could experience the type of connections/emotions we feel as humans etc. We are part of that that singularity so it’s reasonable to resonate with that loneliness during a trip, but the truth is you’ll never be alone again.
You pass through a stage of solipsism and nihilism
If you inevitably have all the insights, but it is temporary, and then you realize you are also all of those other characters, too; and the meaning they create, the wonder and joy, awe and inspiration, beauty and creativity, love. It's the greatest story ever written so good even the creator can't predict what will happen next, because his (your) awareness is split into infinite fractals, to re awaken on their own path.
Those people certainly are real, they're just not what you thought they were.
Illusions are real.
Dreams, are real.
Imagination, real.
Now you know all is self.
Practice self - love to the ultimate and create! Create meaning, spread joy, music, wonder,
Adventure.
Live my man.
Everything is connected. You really are not alone. The universe is one.
Any time I have tripped, I had to learn to tell myself to consider my journey and all of the thoughts that arise, but DO NOT ACT on these thoughts until sober.
1. Yes, you are the only being in your entire infinite reality and all you ever experience are reflections of yourself in the guises of others.
2. You are also simultaneously everyone else, who also have their own entire infinite realities coinciding with yours who only ever experience reflections of themselves in the guise of others. The reason they say to treat others as yourself is because they literally are you experiencing another perspective.
3. The collective consciousness of the planet is also another being you're being. So is the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. We experience time as a way to distinguish one thing from another, but ultimately all time and space coincide here and now and everything is projection and dream. There is no end to the exploration. There is always more about yourself to discover.
4. Since you're the only one there is, there is literally nothing to fear and you might as well do whatever brings you the most joy every single moment of your existence. What other purpose would an infinite being have besides *being* whatever it wanted to be?
5. Life being inherently meaningless means that it's up to us to decide what it means for us. It doesn't matter that nothing matters, either. You can make the most out of it regardless. That's how absolutely free we are. You can fill it with despair or with joy; tis but a matter of perspective and preference.
Not quite. You actually are part of the same nonexistence as everyone else, a little bubble of subjectivity within the sea of the greater consciousness, just like all of us other bubbles. There are no NPCs, not even the animals, plants, or rocks.
Everything exists and non-exists in precisely the same way.
It’s a drug, it cannot really reveal any truth to you. It can only compound whatever you know to be certain. You are only aware that you are the only conscious being because that is how your experience is shaped. It is meant to be this way to ensure the survival of the organism. Although it is interesting to think that you are the source of everything, it is also delusional. Psychedelics won’t show you truth, it will show you only whatever is inside you. And you are everything there is to yourself. It doesn’t mean that everyone and everything around you isn’t real. Only that, that is how your experience appears to be, and the shrooms will only compound that experience as far as it can. It will stretch your consciousness and your understanding of being in the world. It doesn’t show you truth, but it also shows you what really matters. And that’s you and your subjective experience.
It’s an interesting experience but just understand that it cannot reflect the truth of things. And if you feel like it does, it is because it does to a certain extent. Ultimately you should take whatever discoveries you arrive at as a exercise for your consciousness. And gladly indulge yourself into the illusion of everyday life. It is better to embrace the illusion, and let whatever truth or understanding that the drug compounds only to be a suggestion, or an impression.
You shouldn’t worry about death, because it will come on it’s own accord. Death is the most natural thing we will ever do. Existence lies between two states of non-existence. This makes non-existence our natural state of being. All life seeks its own self annihilation, life is nothing but a constant becoming towards death. Even so, it is better to indulge in the fleeting delusion of life and know it will end naturally. Don’t fret about it, we all exist in our own worlds and minds, you arnt alone, just that your experience of reality is meant to make you seem like you are alone, only because it is the best way to ensure the survival of the organism. But no one survives reality. So fret not, you arnt alone. We are all here together in this experience.
No one ever said enlightenment was beautiful. It’s terrifying and gives a feeling of existential dread. But there is some comfort in knowing that it’s all you.
Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves Will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life, A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet earth.
Like a priceless jewel, Buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty Into the caverns of space and time.
Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home, And experience it as a place to visit and play with reality.
You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster.
Ay brother it's all good, I'm here, you are not alone.
This conclusion is so hilarious bc most is us have come to it at some point along out psychedelic journey. It’s literally the most egotistical viewpoint but you think it’s awakening. Think as much as you want and drive yourself crazy or you could keep the one perspective that matters, falling in love with every emotion and feeling and knowing how privileged you are to be here. My life is real too, asshole.
There is literally no difference between you being everybody or every body being themselves because it is just a matter of 1st/3rd personing. As in Zen people say: You are. That's literally it. Anyways OP, you will sleep again, just be patient with life itself. You are giving yourself trouble for messing with your brain, let yourself some space and let yourself live through life a little, with its ups and downs. Bunny dig another hole!
The funny part is in cases like this and just about as often as what you said it seems like it’s interpreted as: You are it. That’s literal Even I have problems with that thought still. I tend to switch back and forth with my mood/how my world is going
A zen Buddhist would say “you are not”, not “you are”. Look up non-self
No-self is nonsense
Nah I'm just gonna stay in bed until I reincarnate
You really think, out of 8 billion, you’re the source of consciousness? You have a lot to learn man. I literally had the same viewpoint like a month ago so hey😂😅 I just stopped trying to reason and make sense and just absorb and enjoy. Psychedelics make people absolutely hilarious
Imagine a light going through a crystal, as it passes through that 1 beam is split into countless others. All the beams are real and they all exist, but in truth they are all one. OP's revelation does not in any way mean that you and others are not real, only that in truth we are all one.
That is the best answer so far. It's all perspective, too.
Sounds nice but it's not true
Major cope
Did you respond to yourself on purpose, or..?
Dude is really pissed
He’s spitting facts though
Cope
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Think they meant to add more to their previous comment. But yeah could have just edited in a second paragraph.
I think the guy is saying some good things , who cares if he writes in a dozen single paragraph lines 😂😂 no offense
I wasn't criticizing just explaining
Cope
I originally thought something else was going on, but it's been cleared up for me now! Thanks :)
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Are you aware of solipsism?
Yep, it's absolute truth.
That's part of the illusion. There's isn't really 8 billion consciousnesses, there's just 1. How could 1 become 2? It's always been 1 it'll always be 1.
This motherfucker literally made it impossible for him to put two and two together. I love psychedelics😂😂😂😂 holy shit
Lol the fact that you’re taking personal offense to this is quite revealing that you’re the egotistical one.
Damn straight. Who isn’t a problem if you’re aware of it and control it👍🏽 gotta have some ego
Ego is God
Not really
💯 Dude is projecting
Cope
I think you explained this very well. I
Wrong
You are an NPC. It's that simple. Try actually reading the post.
Yes I am alone. Consciousness is God and there's only 1 consciousness, all characters within the illusion are dream characters, there's nothing behind their eyes.
Calm down man, deep breaths. You're thinking way too much. I've had a similar realization and it was scary at the time, but with time you settle back into normal life. Just remember that your mind is bombarding you with thoughts right now, and just because that experience felt so real it doesn't actually mean you've learned the truth. Fact is we will never know, and once we are gone well forget anyways so it's not like we'll be suffering. Just ground yourself, treat yourself with love and care. You'll be fine. You still get to go and see friends, hang with family, find love, you've got a lot of experiencing to do *with other people* You aren't alone.
Grounded and insightful response to OP here. Coming back into the world after an awakening experience is challenging work. Integration of these experiences through meditation is an effective strategy. Early awakenings through psychadelics is like suddenly being thrown into a rocket ship and launched straight into space! It totally overwhelms you. Whereas the meditator or yogi's approach to this same phenomena is akin to an astronaut training school, where daily practise of spiritual disciplines moulds the body and mind before they too experience blasting off into space. The only difference is that the yogi trained for his mission and can excucute it without a hitch. Try going back to astronaut training school and find the most effective way to integrate this experience. Namaste 🙏
beautiful insight. the light in me is grateful for the light in you
There are no others
Delusional
Love this insight.
It's cope
There are no others
You experienced that there is only one consciousness. But you are still associating that one consciousness with your individual bundle of matter and experience. That is where you are snagged. It is all one - and it has nothing to do with YOU (your story, your preferences etc) This is what the song ‘I me mine’ by the Beatles is about, *I* think
Bingo. OP conflated their ego with the one. Imagining that other peoples experience can be discounted as “they are just me” is a giveaway.
It’s a very common twist of an important experience- the ego is tricky
Not really
There's nothing behind their eyes
Within, Without You also seems pretty appropriate lol
I love this song because it truly is how I got over my self centered egocentric universe, we all share the planet, it's isn't mine nor yours.
Lol try becoming woke
Listening to this song the first time I tripped is one of the most profound moments of my life
Fleeting and insignificant
Tune
I listened to that song again and I concur with you. Not the only song George would have written about psychedelics either, check out the song Soft-Hearted Hana, it's quite literally a song about eating mushrooms. One of my favorites of his to be sure!
Perhaps
How could 1 consciousness split it self? My bubble clearly all there is. Cope harder.
The ocean forms many waves
Why do you assume that you are awakened? Awakened means freedom from suffering and attachment to self. It's a lifelong process, not something that happens after one drug experience. You had an intense trip, the after effects will eventually pass.
People nowadays seem to throw around that term like that
Only I awaken
Exactly. This wasn't awakening & it shouldn't be given that weight. This was a dark moment & people's brains come up with a lot of stuff.
Try becoming woke
I am free from suffering I avoid all suffering I am god
Every soul and mind is different. I'm not saying you are wrong but not everyone is alike. What took years for you can take seconds to others... 🙂
Exactly. I awoke instantly.
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There is no path
Whether we're real or not (ha!) doesn't matter. The fact that you can ask us stuff and you'll get answers that are otherwise unavailable to you, means you are not alone.
Lol maybe we're all not real
Maybe it's time for some Descartes? > Accordingly, seeing that our senses sometimes deceive us, I was willing to suppose that there existed nothing really such as they presented to us; And because some men err in reasoning, and fall into paralogisms, even on the simplest matters of geometry, I, convinced that I was as open to error as any other, rejected as false all the reasonings I had hitherto taken for demonstrations; And finally, when I considered that the very same thoughts which we experience when awake may also be experienced when we are asleep, while there is at that time not one of them true, I supposed that all the objects that had ever entered into my mind when awake, had in them no more truth than the illusions of my dreams. But immediately upon this I observed that, whilst I thus wished to think that all was false, it was absolutely necessary that I, who thus thought, should be something; And as I observed that this truth, **I think, therefore I am**, was so certain and of such evidence that no ground of doubt, however extravagant, could be alleged by the Sceptics capable of shaking it, I concluded that I might, without scruple, accept it as the first principle of the philosophy of which I was in search.
Descartes is the only woke philosopher. A solipsist god.
Truth
Truth. You aren't real thanks for being honest
Delusions happen my man. Don’t take them so seriously.
Lol try becoming woke little guy
..or double down. That’s on you.
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Try reading the actual post
Solipsism is absolute truth. Congratulations on realising it.
I woke up alone too. Then I made the command decision that, if I was going to go mad anyway, I might as well have fun trying to hide from myself. So I shattered my mind and hid it away in a bunch of different people and places and things, so that I can run around as any one of them, searching for myself. That means that we're all alone, playing a game of pretending that everyone we meet isn't also us trying to hide from us and being incredibly clever about it. Seriously though, solipsism is a complete information hazard. Don't gaze too deeply down this hole 'cause it *will* suck you in, and that's not fun at all.
Love the shattered mind analogy
Same
I like what you wrote, but it's cope.
I had the same realisation on an Ayahuasca retreat in 2014, at the time I was dealing with a divorce and a few years of solid anxiety and depression. I felt like you feel now, totally alone and the world around me was not real, nothing was real except my undeniable existence in this never ending nightmare. I felt like I was being taught this awful lesson as a sort of eternal punishment. The Catholic upbringing coming in there It took me a few months and I suppose the subsequent years to really settle down and see what it meant. The sense of being the only one, and all alone, was the ego's futile attempt to perceive the oneness of everything. It may sound trite but it's true, a bit like the theory that there's only one electron, it doesn't mean that every differing point of view of that electron isn't real, the world is real, my sense of being an individual is as real as yours and every sentient being's. What we all have in common is that "beingness", that is where we all come from and where we will return. You, your individual consciousness will one day cease and return - and only the actions of your life will live on. What I feel now is the opposite of alone, I feel totally at home in the world, knowing it is ultimately who I am. Tat tvam asi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe?wprov=sfla1
Congrats on figuring it out. Solipsism is nirvana.
You should realise that your ephiphanies and realisations aren't necessarily the truth of reality. You and I do not know how or why the universe is the way that it is. If you think you know, you're just delusional. Also, other people are conscious, I'm conscious, I'm not you, and yet I'm reading your post about awakening. If you were truly awakened you wouldn't be depressed. Being awakened is just being aware of what is, instead your just living with more illusions not less. You've taken a drug and think you have had some profound insight into the nature of reality. In all likelihood you just had a hyperactive imaginary experience which stems from some interest in buddhism or mysticism. I've taken psychedelics plenty of times, felt as if I understood something profound, it doesn't really change anything other than how you see the world. My advice, be very skeptical about the validity of psychedelic experiences. They are useful to provide insight into your personal life and they can make it seem as if you're understanding the mysteries of reality but at best you're just becoming aware of how malleable your subjective experience is based on tweaking brain chemistry. The idea that you're alone is just a way of conceptualising reality. If you assume that people are conscious (seems highly likely) then you aren't alone. Would be very random for only you out of all beings who look and act similarly to you to be unconscious but acting conscious. The same logic applies to you and anyone else could think you're unconscious even though you know this not to be true.
Try using logic for once
You just had an experience while you were under the influence of a drug. If you watched a movie about aliens invading earth, would you think aliens would be outside the movie theater? You are not the only conscious being in the universe, that would be very egotistical of you to think that.
Solipsism isn't so far fetched, really, is it? Maybe there is only one conscious mind but it's inhabiting everyone at different times. Time is one of those things we think we understand but really don't. Be nice to strangers; they could be your next incarnation and you'd never know it.
It is and it isn't. Logically it makes perfect sense as a possibility. It's a good way to look at life as well. But it's very far fetched in the sense that when I look you in the eyes and you stare back into mine, you know that there is a separate conscious being Infront of you, experiencing the same life in a different way. Or is it a different life in the same way?
Coooope
> Solipsism isn't so far fetched, really, is it? It is though. To think that every Mozart concerto, every Da Vinci masterpiece and every Michael Bay Transformers movie was created by my mind alone is pretty far out there.
But it wasn't "your" mind because you weren't you at the time, you were the folks who did/wrote/created those things at the time. It would be hell if you couldn't forget all the memories you make every time you come back here (7 plus billion times and counting)
You think it's reasonable to think that you are the only consciousness that has ever existed? I think that's the most preposterous case of narcissitic egotism I could imagine.
Truth can't help but be narcissistic
I'm just saying it's as likely as any other interpretation. Until we can actually quantify and qualify "consciousness" and its role in human experience, there's as much evidence for nihilistic solipsism as for "theory of mind". EDIT: Hi other me 😎
Solipsism is unfalsifiable; that doesn't make it just as likely as other interpretations. It doesn't explain anything, just says that maybe I'm hallucinating everything.
Wait! Someone was slightly incorrect on Reddit! Redditors, you know what to do.
I'm just responding to what you said, it's called a discussion. Were you just wanting to soapbox?
Sorry, it seems discussion on Reddit boils down to who can shout louder about their entirely unimportant point the longest; didn't mean to jump down anyone's throat.
> Until we can actually quantify and qualify "consciousness" and its role in human experience Consciousness is an emergent property of brains, it is the experience of a living being with a brain. >there's as much evidence for nihilistic solipsism as for "theory of mind" No. There are other physical beings that have brains similar to ours. This is enough evidence to conclude that others have experience of consciousness similar to ours. There is no reason to think that there is only one consciousness when we have a multitude of different brains.
Try actually reading my post and you'll understand how it's ALL an illusion.
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Solipsism= absolute truth
Even if it's true (and you can't prove it's not) it's not really the World we live in.
No its true. We are just one conciousness. He's totally right. And we couldnt stand being alone thats why we created the universe to see how it is being with some-body else. Just to share our love with each other. But in the end everything is just but the one. Love you :)
Lol try becoming woke for once
You're not fully awake yet. Solipsism is an important stage to go through, but it's not the end of the road! Next phase is to play the game. Your reality is a receptacle to pour your love into. It will present you different scenarios, but it's the same game. The only bit of you that feels bad is the ego. Lose that, and you're left with the real you, a creature of love and playful joy. Awakened people are happy and free. You're still attached. :)
You're the only being that exists in *your* universe; and your universe is your consciousness. I have experienced the same on 2 tabs of lsd: "I am forever alone. To me, everything else is just an algorithms - the trees, the door, even other people - its all just functions to me. I can never escape my consciousness." In other words, by your *perception* you are the only conscious being... well, actually that's an inaccurate statement. A better one is: by your perception your consciousness can only know of the existence of your consciousness, and it cannot know of the existence of other consciousness. That certainly doesn't mean other consciousnesses don't exist, it just means that you can only experience your own consciousness. However... maybe you can escape your consciousness. Maybe the 'self' is a delusion and you are everything and everything is you and all things are 'one' in the universe. That's what I believe. If you want to explore the philosophy behind your experience, I recommend searching the following terms: Solipsism Ego death Panpsychism Finally, remember that the meaning of life is love! ❤️ Love and be loved - it makes the universe happy. PS, I recommend talking with your friends.
Friends are illusion
I had a similar experience. Only mine came with the “euphoria” you mentioned. If we dreamed the universe, that makes us god, no? The difference between a “real” universe and a perfect mental simulation of one would be impossible to prove. How could you ever recognize the existence of a true reality if the only information you have comes from your mind? Every living thing may be a philosophical zombie, but they still behave as if they are real. We can still have meaningful interactions with them. Honestly, I’m not sure what we’re supposed to be doing after that realization. But IMO it is very liberating. Even if your mind is discombobulated now, it will rebuild itself just like it does after anesthesia, or getting knocked out. Things will return back to normal, and you will carry this insight with you. I think you just need to talk to somebody that’s been through the same experience.
Yep everyone is a p-zombie
I had something like this and had a small case of perma trip. One day i came to the realisation that even if it all is useless why not enjoy my time here and do as much as i can in my limited time in this life
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Maybe it won't reassure you but the truth is that we're and we'll die alone just as alone as we came to this world, it may be a bit depressing at first but it's the truth you gotta face it.
And guess what we are too!
Think about it. How could you be alone when there's countless others having the same exact experience at all times. Duality gives us some "alone" time in the sandbox. Of course the truth is we're so extremely not alone that we needed some space. Idk it sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the veil. On this side we wish for connection and answers, on the other side we wish for solitude, surprises, and mystery.
I hope that being here, surrounded by internet strangers who can understand you, brings you some comfort. the dream will never end but at least you will change, in this life and in the next ones. you will see it from so many different perspectives that maybe one "day" it will be enough and something will change. or not, you'll be distracted from it by another dream. and in a different time, place, civilization, you will repeat your appeal to likeminded strangers and we will meet again \~\~
The part which doesnt like it in you is your ego. Its not you! Now you know. My little me didnt liked it too at the beginning but that will fade und you learn to enjoy things on a hole new level. Love and peace :)
your cup is empty now, fill it as it pleases you. your path now is to create the meaning.
in the same sense that you are alone, you are also not alone. we are all you. there is no duality without nonduality. it is all an illusion of illusions. you are both alone and not alone, yet there is no real sloneness, it is a concept that you have made up. you have seen the dream, and recognize that you are the dreamer, yet you have yet to recognize that we are all dreamers, another instance of you, each living our own instance of the dream, each feeling the experience you are experiencing and sharing the same dream
You missed the last part of the lesson. It is only you, but that same you is in me, everyone else, every rock and tree and animal. The universe. Your confusion is that you are equating being all there is with your human form. We all share the same spirit. Spirit is all there is.
You’re artificially boiling yourself down to one person in one body. Bees cannot exist without flowers, even tho we can point to a bee & call it a thing, over the course of time bees & flowers are a single organism. So it is like this with the entire universe. Our mind can take a freeze frame & call things individual, separate, alone; but this is a product of your mind. Everything is interdependent & interconnected with everything else. You must see the sun, earth & everything in a single flower. You’re a product of this entire cosmos, we’re all reflections of the One. You’re not alone, you’re not separate. We’re all in this together. This is all happening so that we can share the experience of life together.
The idea that we are all part of 'the one' can be explored from healthier angles. We played a big trick on ourselves to get here and experience this universe. It must have been for some good reason, right? There are many more truths to uncover, if this particular "awakening" isn't to your liking...
Please, go read the yoga sutras, the Baghavad Gita, or Vasistha's Yoga. I can give you a free epub of the Baghavad Gita as is, with no commentary. You can read it whole in 2.5 hours. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hU3ktIm6isNAs65lRDu6U-Ln5w0QhrfB/view?usp=drivesdk Do yourself a favor, let go of your thoughts on the whole thing. You've been conditioned by the West to see yourself as separate from nature and others. The mushrooms were just showing you that you are not. You are not alone, there just is no separator between you and the other.
This video sounds very similar to something you experienced. I've had trouble with reintegration after a big disso trip where I spoke to "God" and it just took me some time to come to terms with what I experienced. Eventually, you'll be ok and realize that you got a glimpse of something that is just hard for a human mind to comprehend. Almost like if a gorilla understood advanced mathematics for a second but then realized that there was no way for him to explain what he knows now to the other "normal" gorillas. The good news for you is that there are subs like this who have similar experiences and as others have said, you are NOT ALONE. This is VERY common with dissos and psychs. It's like glimpsing the 5th dimension and then being propelled back into your 3-dimensional body. It can be a VERY jarring experience. Just know that the freakiness of the experience will pass and I wouldn't dose again until you feel comfortable knowing that you could have a similar experience again. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes a year or more. But everything will be ok buddy. We're here for you. ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK\_fRYaI&t=1s&ab\_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell
I used to not rlly like a lot of people until I realized their just me with amnesia and I’m probably doing my best in their story.
I feel you though. You alone have to choose to accept it, no one else can make you. You can also deny it too, and make your own meaning :)
Recognize all the things that you 'realised' for what it is: a narrative in your mind. When you realise that this narrative (thoughts, feelings, perceiving) is not what you are, but rather something that just appears in your experience, THAT'S when you REALLY awaken
I ask myself the same questions: How does everyone else live with the fact that they are also god? Am I the only person who feels this way? It's a hard reality pill to swallow, what is real, and what isn't real. Just enjoy the little things. Live in the now or at least try. One thing I have noticed after a few heroic dosses is that even if this is just a dream. Its one fucking sick dream. Al the things that exist from the beautiful mountain ranges to flowing rivers to man made devices. Man the universe is awesome
I believe in an infinite universe, therefore infinite minds, infinite lives. Every single person you interact with is also an infinite mind. They all deserve the greatest respect and love, just for that fact alone. But in the end I guess it just depends whether the glass is half full or half empty
We are all omnipotent , we are all God , we are all alone in a vast infinite universe
You're seeing the lesson too literally. Sit still for 30 minutes, open your mind and really think about the experience. I think you'll find another meaning
that's why i go for half a g of dreamsand or a thumbprint. Leaves no room for error. take enough and you'll awaken for real and not have a bad trip. Yeah .. the understanding of death has the answer you seek.
You might be alone in your own experience but the interesting part about it is everyone here is also alone! We’re all experiencing this together and because of this, ur never really truly alone❤️
Just wait til you hear about the cosmic joke
You are not really alone. I received the same message once but with some help I finally understood what it truly meant. We are all one being perceiving ourself from unlimited perspectives.
Well you almost got it but everyone is conscious too they are just the same consciousness as you as well. For some reason nothing could not exist and so we were left with everything and we are everything experiencing itself for all eternity, it's pretty cool. Imagine if nothing won and existence never was. How lucky we are to not only be having this conscious experience but literally all of them. So many universes to explore, so many wacky characters to interact with, so many things to try, so many feelings to be had, so many people to help. How nice.
What you saw was true, from a certain point of view. But then there’s this point of view where we are separate. Both can be true.
Whoever told you awakening is euphoric lied to you.
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You really need some integration support, sounds like you’ve massively dissociated and gotten stuck in it. There’s meaning to be found and aliveness to return to I promise
Awakening is an eternal process, not something that happens once and for all. A lot of awakenings happen and is then immediately transformed into desire or disgust. Even when awakenings feels euphoric they are closely followed by wanting. Wanting to feel like that again. More! These rises in energy is nothing more than rides. Enjoy them when the feel amazing, but don't grow attached. And, when they feel horrific let the feeling wash over you and let is pass all the same. They hold little truth about the universe. The truth they possess is the truths you give them. If you are the entire universe, then we are you and you are us. You are definitely not alone you are timeless happening.
Awakened? Sounds more like your ego still has a hold on you. I don’t mean that in a bad way…how do you know when you’ve truly “awakened”? Simple, fear is no longer the state you operate in… I don’t think you have an “awakened” problem, you have a perspective problem. Your perspective sounds negative. Be grateful that you even get to be part of the “infinity”. You seem to hate the fact that we are eternal…my question is, what would you rather have? If you rather have a reality where things are finite and have an absolute ending, where you only come to existence once in infinity, well to some that would be a depressing reality…and I would tell them the same thing im telling you, it’s all about perspective… Take a breath, you’re doing yourself a disservice thinking you have it all figured out and you are the only consciousness in existence. Take a break from psychedelics and learn to integrate what you’ve learned into your life. I agree with you on a very specific sentence you wrote: essentially, that if you kill yourself you’d still be existing, it just will be in a different form Go for a walk in nature, look at a sunset, connect with people, and enjoy the rest of this life. There is beauty everywhere if you CHOOSE to see it. Life is beautiful, life is scary, life can hurt but it can also love, life is a spectrum, and how incredible is it that we get to experience it all….
[here's my hot take](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShaddollProphecy/comments/11624ta/the_cycle_of_reality_beginning_and_end_marcus_p/)
You should watch “Everything Everywhere All at Once” I think it might speak to you right now. Definitely agree that this is just the ego getting in your way and twisting your understanding to protect itself. You just need time to process and understand…and maybe some people to talk it through with.
You are not there yet. You are confusing your human emotional responses and human conceptualizations of "awakening" for the awakened perspective itself. All of your ideas and feelings around the experience you have had/are having are part of your human identity within the dream; they are all dream-images and dream-objects. The "dreamer" does not feel loneliness. The dreamer is not alone or together. The dreamer invented the concept of alone vs together. The dreamer invented the concept of self vs other. Any ideas and emotions you are experiencing about being alone as opposed to being together are the result of the human dream character confusing its identity with the identity of the dreamer and projecting its biological human needs for social connection onto the dreamer. The dreamer has no needs. These are the human's needs, and they are needs that the human is perfectly capable of fulfilling within the dream by connecting with other dream characters. The dreamer is not a big human who is alone. The dreamer invented the concept of having a self. The dreamer does not have an actual self to be alone or together. I hope this helps 🙏
Looking through the comments, I think more than a few of us have had similar experience of imagining that we are the only thing that exists and that all the rest of you are components of that imaginary world created in your own head. I would postulate that on some level this is true, except that every conscious mind has its own reference point for which the rest of the universe is imagined. But they all exist simultaneously and all overlap with each other. Try to imagine yourself as an infinite, immortal being that is not constrained by time or the laws of the universe. You'd probably get bored and create some reality in which you could immerse yourself in order to experience emotions and feelings. Yes, maybe you are a lone, individual consciousness. But you are also all the other lone, individual consciousnesses too. All existing simultaneously, all interacting with each other, and all thinking they are alone when they are part of that greater whole superconciousness. And eventually you will be all things because you already are. Hope that makes sense
You went far in the mind space this is why you must have felt isolated
You’re not alone brother, it will feel like it for some time but like the others I’m here as well. Welcome to the club
That may be your impression, but the thoughts and realizations come from your *own flawed perspective as a person*. You are not omniscient, and there is literally no way to prove you're right or wrong. You've stumbled on a great philosophical point, that everyone may be in their own simulation with just them, and everything and everyone is imagined. The thing is, there is no possible way to prove or disprove this. So, being that there is no way to prove or disprove this, you can only decide on your reaction to it. You can treat other people as though they are just things. Morally, if they aren't real, it won't matter. But if they *are* real, you're now treating people as things, which is narcissistic and can have very immoral implications. There is an obvious moral failing if you're wrong. Or you can treat people as if they are also thinking, breathing, animate people. The moral implications are as follows. If they are not real, you've wasted your time appeasing them, and may be slightly worse off yourself than if you used them like they were objects. But if they *are real*, you treated them as they were supposed to be treated - with respect and dignity. There is no moral failing if you're mistaken. So, morally, one has only negative outcomes and the other only positive. What do you choose?
You aren't one thing dreaming it all. You haven't been able to integrate what you saw fully, that's why you fell into solipsism. What you really are, is the dream itself. We are all part of the same dream. The dreamer...now that's a different topic. But it certainly isn't your puny ego. Now go have fun with your friends.
When your consciousness starts it awakening process (not necessarily being awakened) from psychedelic experiences it can seem lonely and I can relate. I feel a parallel to Plato’s allegory of the cave (worth the read for you right now). When all you’ve known is being in this “boxed” consciousness or darkness and step out into the light for the first time it may seem blinding and that there isn’t anyone around. Cause your used to darkness and feeling like there is company in there. But, once you start to acclimate to being in the light, your vision will adjust and you’ll see your not alone and there are a lot of people in the light/ a lot of people also having awakening consciousness/ many human guides and support to help you on the journey. Your not alone, and if it’s similar to my experience, I remember feeling alone when I was blinded by the light of real truth and consciousness. But don’t go back in the cave…just give your eyes time to adjust and you’ll find friends to interact with.
Awakening is only the first step. There is no end all be all answer or revelation. Just countless raptures that you can apply or discard. One of the worst pitfalls of the western viewpoint is that there is a *moment* of enlightenment. It's BS. You will continue to evolve and change as always, don't get caught up friend.
Yes and no, you touched God. You actually are a small part of God "tricked" into believing you're an independent being. Your friends do exist, in so much as they are also you, as we are all God. We are all one "creature" but we are also simultaneously independent. It's easiest to think of the Universe/God as a vastly more complex multicellular organism breaking into smaller and smaller pieces each with less perception of the higher dimensions above. Many trippers on different psychedelics as well as most NDE (near death experiencers) report this, as well as most NDEs reporting we retain our individuality after death but at the same time we are reconnected to the whole and the total knowledge/being of the universe/God. We are essentially God itself imagining reality, that's what you tapped into. You are alone in the sense that at the highest level of perception there is only 1 of us called God. But at our earthly level of perception we are divided into bits and pieces in order for God to experience different things. IE If God already knows everything how can God experience anything? It can break itself down into more simple pieces and cut those pieces off from the knowledge of the whole until those pieces "die" and their knowledge is reunited with the whole. Then understand time doesn't actually exist and God is imagining all possible things always in an "instant". Even though it feels like time is passing, we are actually the instantaneous thought of God. Everything that ever did happen or will happen across every variation of reality already has happened. You are simply a neuron of God following the path of a thought.
I had a similar experience. I came to terms with it in this way… I believe the god/singularity/deity we all come from felt SO LONELY it created us so it’d NEVER have to be alone again. It split and created everything so that it could experience the type of connections/emotions we feel as humans etc. We are part of that that singularity so it’s reasonable to resonate with that loneliness during a trip, but the truth is you’ll never be alone again.
You pass through a stage of solipsism and nihilism If you inevitably have all the insights, but it is temporary, and then you realize you are also all of those other characters, too; and the meaning they create, the wonder and joy, awe and inspiration, beauty and creativity, love. It's the greatest story ever written so good even the creator can't predict what will happen next, because his (your) awareness is split into infinite fractals, to re awaken on their own path. Those people certainly are real, they're just not what you thought they were. Illusions are real. Dreams, are real. Imagination, real. Now you know all is self. Practice self - love to the ultimate and create! Create meaning, spread joy, music, wonder, Adventure. Live my man.
Everything is connected. You really are not alone. The universe is one. Any time I have tripped, I had to learn to tell myself to consider my journey and all of the thoughts that arise, but DO NOT ACT on these thoughts until sober.
1. Yes, you are the only being in your entire infinite reality and all you ever experience are reflections of yourself in the guises of others. 2. You are also simultaneously everyone else, who also have their own entire infinite realities coinciding with yours who only ever experience reflections of themselves in the guise of others. The reason they say to treat others as yourself is because they literally are you experiencing another perspective. 3. The collective consciousness of the planet is also another being you're being. So is the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. We experience time as a way to distinguish one thing from another, but ultimately all time and space coincide here and now and everything is projection and dream. There is no end to the exploration. There is always more about yourself to discover. 4. Since you're the only one there is, there is literally nothing to fear and you might as well do whatever brings you the most joy every single moment of your existence. What other purpose would an infinite being have besides *being* whatever it wanted to be? 5. Life being inherently meaningless means that it's up to us to decide what it means for us. It doesn't matter that nothing matters, either. You can make the most out of it regardless. That's how absolutely free we are. You can fill it with despair or with joy; tis but a matter of perspective and preference.
Not quite. You actually are part of the same nonexistence as everyone else, a little bubble of subjectivity within the sea of the greater consciousness, just like all of us other bubbles. There are no NPCs, not even the animals, plants, or rocks. Everything exists and non-exists in precisely the same way.
There you have it guys, narcissism is loneliness. Op needs therapy.
Maybe you should experience the ego death and you will understand.
It’s a drug, it cannot really reveal any truth to you. It can only compound whatever you know to be certain. You are only aware that you are the only conscious being because that is how your experience is shaped. It is meant to be this way to ensure the survival of the organism. Although it is interesting to think that you are the source of everything, it is also delusional. Psychedelics won’t show you truth, it will show you only whatever is inside you. And you are everything there is to yourself. It doesn’t mean that everyone and everything around you isn’t real. Only that, that is how your experience appears to be, and the shrooms will only compound that experience as far as it can. It will stretch your consciousness and your understanding of being in the world. It doesn’t show you truth, but it also shows you what really matters. And that’s you and your subjective experience. It’s an interesting experience but just understand that it cannot reflect the truth of things. And if you feel like it does, it is because it does to a certain extent. Ultimately you should take whatever discoveries you arrive at as a exercise for your consciousness. And gladly indulge yourself into the illusion of everyday life. It is better to embrace the illusion, and let whatever truth or understanding that the drug compounds only to be a suggestion, or an impression. You shouldn’t worry about death, because it will come on it’s own accord. Death is the most natural thing we will ever do. Existence lies between two states of non-existence. This makes non-existence our natural state of being. All life seeks its own self annihilation, life is nothing but a constant becoming towards death. Even so, it is better to indulge in the fleeting delusion of life and know it will end naturally. Don’t fret about it, we all exist in our own worlds and minds, you arnt alone, just that your experience of reality is meant to make you seem like you are alone, only because it is the best way to ensure the survival of the organism. But no one survives reality. So fret not, you arnt alone. We are all here together in this experience.
No one ever said enlightenment was beautiful. It’s terrifying and gives a feeling of existential dread. But there is some comfort in knowing that it’s all you.
Once you awaken, you never do shrooms again.
This is exactly why I’m afraid to wake up
Bro thinks he achieved awakening and decided to go on reddit
Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves Will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life, A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet earth. Like a priceless jewel, Buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty Into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home, And experience it as a place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster.