Author: Josh Hewett

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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Recommended Self-Realization Resources

Since my initial “Awakening” experience with DMT, I’ve had several other powerful realizations which have dramatically shifted my awareness and expanded my consciousness. For myself, this was not something that arose from reading, watching, or learning from others… it is very personal and experiential.

Having said that, once I did begin reading more about spirituality and watching related documentaries or learning from great spiritual masters and other ” woke folk” throughout history, this helped to provide a framework for my experiences. It helped give me some context for my own realizations, which made it easier to integrate this new awareness into my life. I also started to see so much synchronicity in everything I was reading… the Truth is the Truth, regardless of how it was expressed. Continue reading “Recommended Self-Realization Resources”

Letting Go – Going Deep: Float Tank ‘Trip Report’

This is an impromptu float tank psilocybin trip report I shot on my phone a few weeks ago … I hadn’t initially planned to make a video on this experience, as I sometimes find it distracts me from fully surrendering if I have it in the back of my mind that I’ll be sharing it (which is why I came to the conclusion I did in this video). However, I did decide to post this, as I do want to share these different realizations on my journey:
 

Unexpected Entheogenic Awakening

This past summer I had an unexpected “awakening” experience, which appropriately occurred on my birthday! It seemed to be facilitated by an entheogen (a particularly strong “sacred” strain of psilocybin fungus), the environment / setting (at a cottage surrounded by “nature”, on the water), and my personal state of awareness (I just recently had my 5MEO breakthrough). It certainly caught me off guard!

I do my best to describe this awakening in the video below:

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How to Meditate – The Benefits of Mindfulness

In a world where we tend to focus so much more on “doing” vs “being”, where our To-Do list keeps growing, and where we often focus more on the future (ie: goals, better days, finishing projects, etc) rather than being present right here and now, meditation offers us stillness and peace of mind.

I now consider meditation to be the foundation of healthy, balanced living. The primary form of meditation I use is Mindfulness Meditation and it has lead to a significant improvement in my quality of life as well as my spiritual awareness. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it as it is without judgment.
This video will briefly explain the benefits of mindfulness meditation and will demonstrate how to meditate as well as how you might incorporate meditation and mindfulness into your daily routine, including formal, informal, and intensive meditation practices:

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My 5MEO DMT Breakthrough – We are ONE with ALL

I  just had my first 5meo breakthrough experience. 5MEO DMT is often referred to as the God Molecule or Toad Medicine. In this post and in the video below I will  attempt to describe the indescribable:

First of all: Inhale… slowly  fully hold, now nothing… Surrender / Release, Light, Love, Flow, Dissolution, Disintegration, Integration / Oneness, All, Nothingness, Unity Consciousness, Source.

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