Month: October 2018

Samadhi – Divine Consciousness

Samadhi is derived from the Sanskrit, sama, meaning “together,” and dhi, meaning “mind.” Its most basic definition implies a complete state of concentration, but the spiritual significance of samadhi is much more profound and difficult to convey with words. It cannot be “explained”, it must be experienced. Simply stated, samadhi is the mind’s ultimate state of being; it is enlightenment.

Some of the best series of movies and guided meditation videos I’ve watched on the topic of self-realization or enlightenment are the Samadhi films by Awaken the World Films on YouTube. In this post I want to share these videos with the hope that they will reach more people.

First, here is the 2 part documentary:

Samadhi – Part 1: “Maya, the Illusion of the Self”
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What is Letting Go? How to Surrender

In several of my videos I’ve mentioned the concept of “letting go” or surrender, but I also recognize that it is challenging to describe what that means. Letting go is not a “doing”, as in it’s not something you can ‘do’… rather it’s something that you experience or allow. I’ve done my best to describe how I personally experience Letting Go in this video:
 

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My Experience with Microdosing

I recently finished one month of microdosing LSD (‘acid’) every 4th day, ie: dose on Monday, off Tuesday and Wednesday, dose on Thursday, off Friday and Saturday, and so on.

Each dose was approximately 12-15 micrograms (about 1/10th of a regular single ‘hit’). In this post I’d like to share my own experience, observations and suggestions. But before we get into that let’s look at what microdosing is all about and what some of the benefits are.

The Benefits of Microdosing

Although there hasn’t been a lot of research related to microdosing psychedelics, there is sufficient research on how larger doses affect the brain to make an argument for the potential benefits of sub-perceptual doses. There are also plenty of anecdotal accounts of the benefits of microdosing.

Both psilocybin (from ‘magic mushrooms’) and LSD share a very similar molecular structure to serotonin, which is one of the brain’s ‘feel good’ neurotransmitters / hormones. Continue reading “My Experience with Microdosing”

Vipassana – 10 Days of Silent Meditation

I have had several profound, transformational experiences in my life that have been catalysts for significant shifts in my consciousness, including (but not limited to):

  • A rollover car accident in my teens, where I fractured several vertebrae
  • My father’s death due to cancer at a relatively young age
  • The birth of our daughter
  • My first breakthrough DMT experience
  • My first (and only) full release 5MEO experience
  • Vipassana 10 day silent meditation retreat

Of these life events, Vipassana is the most recent. As with almost all of my life-changing experiences, Vipassana was both challenging and liberating. Although it is something one must experience to understand, I’d like to briefly share some of my own observations from this course to potentially provide some insight to others who may be interested in trying it for themselves.

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