Trying to have a spritual epiphany

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a fragile ego

When i get down what always picks me up is having a spiritual experience... something outside of my own body

So where should i go to get the right mindset guys? Atm ive already had one under a water fall and another while staring at the inside of my fridge, where do yall have your epiphanies?

# ? Jan 27, 2017 22:55

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sitting and looking at the wall OP

# ? Jan 27, 2017 23:04

Pot Smoke Phoenix: Smoke 'em if you gottem!

Lay down in a darkened, quiet room- soft music is fine, or nature sounds. Close your eyes and visualize yourself laying down, from outside yourself. Now visualize yourself floating up, above your room, above your house, above your street, higher, higher... you are above your town, still higher, up, up, up....

You are above your nation, above the clouds, you can make out the continent you live on, and now the curvature of space is abundantly clear, the Moon is below you, on past the Sun... still higher, outside the solar system, now you can see the Alpha Centauri star system, and soon our own Sun blends in with the others, all background stars now. On out past the Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda swoons into view and then past, on we still go, out past all the stars and galaxies, all the intergalactic dust is all gone and then, it's just you- looking at the universe.

For a moment you are a God...

Until it is time to return.

Pot Smoke Phoenix fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Jan 27, 2017

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# ? Jan 27, 2017 23:05

Luvcow: One day nearer spring

usually while sitting on a toilet after several beers

# ? Jan 27, 2017 23:09

Manifisto

walking/hiking can be good, if you fall into a rhythm it can be very meditative, just try to pull yourself out of it every so often to focus on where you are and admire the view if there is one to admire

# ? Jan 27, 2017 23:27

Luvcow: One day nearer spring

Manifisto posted:

walking/hiking can be good, if you fall into a rhythm it can be very meditative, just try to pull yourself out of it every so often to focus on where you are and admire the view if there is one to admire

seconding this, also paddling (canoe/kayak) getting into a rhythm and getting through aches and cramps to achieve something/get to a destination

# ? Jan 28, 2017 00:53

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

have you tried using suspension of disbelief in real life, op?

# ? Jan 28, 2017 00:56

Cubone: Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

you can borrow this one I got from superman if you want:

this will help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_sAHh9s08

# ? Jan 28, 2017 01:00

Robot Made of Meat

Dogs.

I can't give you any advice beyond dogs. They're the best.

Dogs.

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# ? Jan 28, 2017 05:38

Djeser: it's crow time again

if you want a spritual epiphany i suggest something like this tutorial

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# ? Jan 28, 2017 17:16

Mariana Horchata

careful dont hurt urself

# ? Jan 28, 2017 17:26

Farecoal: There he go

i just buy all my epiphanies op

# ? Jan 28, 2017 23:13

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

there needs to be an online service that offers a variety of epiphanies, kind of like netflix

# ? Jan 28, 2017 23:15

Pot Smoke Phoenix: Smoke 'em if you gottem!

"Be the epiphany you want to have" -Siddhartha Gautama at a Nirvana concert

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# ? Jan 28, 2017 23:56

Robot Made of Meat

I just buy epinephrine in handy tablet form.

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Jan 29, 2017 02:33

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

A friend of mine died briefly, and when she came back, she had a renewed spirituality. I'd suggest this, but I can see it going very, very wrong

# ? Jan 29, 2017 03:51

Ultra Spoot

Splatmaster posted:

Lay down in a darkened, quiet room- soft music is fine, or nature sounds. Close your eyes and visualize yourself laying down, from outside yourself. Now visualize yourself floating up, above your room, above your house, above your street, higher, higher... you are above your town, still higher, up, up, up....

You are above your nation, above the clouds, you can make out the continent you live on, and now the curvature of space is abundantly clear, the Moon is below you, on past the Sun... still higher, outside the solar system, now you can see the Alpha Centauri star system, and soon our own Sun blends in with the others, all background stars now. On out past the Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda swoons into view and then past, on we still go, out past all the stars and galaxies, all the intergalactic dust is all gone and then, it's just you- looking at the universe.

For a moment you are a God...

Until it is time to return.

I tried this but now I'm just spiraling uncontrollably out into the darkness. Can someone who's seen Sinister please come grab me? I'm pretty sure you're an expert on this if you've seen Sinister

# ? Jan 29, 2017 08:21

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

Ultra Spoot posted:

I tried this but now I'm just spiraling uncontrollably out into the darkness. Can someone who's seen Sinister please come grab me? I'm pretty sure you're an expert on this if you've seen Sinister

oops. you went the other way and became an existentialist

# ? Jan 29, 2017 09:16

Ultra Spoot

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:

oops. you went the other way and became an existentialist

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo... wait that doesn't sound so bad. *continues to spiral out of control into the abyss* Hm, I could get used to this. *is surrounded by an endless uncaring, unknowable void of nothingness* I think I'll meditate now.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 09:52

Kthulhu5000: by R. Guyovich

git high or git stuck in traffic. both are good for being hit with sudden deep thoughts in my book.

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# ? Jan 30, 2017 04:12

Ominous Jazz: Big D is chillin' over here
Wasteland style

Do cool drugs and talk it out

# ? Jan 30, 2017 21:45

a fragile ego

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:

A friend of mine died briefly, and when she came back, she had a renewed spirituality. I'd suggest this, but I can see it going very, very wrong

This interests me a lot! The idea of temporary death definitely fascinates me in the sense of experiencing the other side , but it poses a lot of danger to a person.

In the future do you think that temporary death will be a more mainstream act? Maybe you can be sold epiphanies through temporary death whenever the technology reaches commercial business

# ? Jan 30, 2017 22:03

buff goat man

spiritual epiphanies can be granted by any spiritual tiffanys you encounter in the wild

# ? Jan 30, 2017 22:03

FactsAreUseless

Try relaxing your grip a little.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 22:03

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

Father posted:

This interests me a lot! The idea of temporary death definitely fascinates me in the sense of experiencing the other side , but it poses a lot of danger to a person.

In the future do you think that temporary death will be a more mainstream act? Maybe you can be sold epiphanies through temporary death whenever the technology reaches commercial business

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:53

Manifisto

Father posted:

This interests me a lot! The idea of temporary death definitely fascinates me in the sense of experiencing the other side , but it poses a lot of danger to a person.

In the future do you think that temporary death will be a more mainstream act? Maybe you can be sold epiphanies through temporary death whenever the technology reaches commercial business

wikipedia posted:

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# ? Jan 31, 2017 14:37

Commie NedFlanders

simple vipassana meditation

https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-vipassana-insight-meditation/

i don't use any of the "labels" , i try to not exert any additional mental volition whatsoever, so if my mind gets distracted for a moment i just redirect it as soon as i become aware of it.

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# ? Jan 31, 2017 17:28

Commie NedFlanders

FactsAreUseless posted:

Try relaxing your grip a little.

basically this

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Love God, Love Thy Neighbor
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# ? Jan 31, 2017 17:28

Commie NedFlanders

Father posted:

This interests me a lot! The idea of temporary death definitely fascinates me in the sense of experiencing the other side , but it poses a lot of danger to a person.

In the future do you think that temporary death will be a more mainstream act? Maybe you can be sold epiphanies through temporary death whenever the technology reaches commercial business

ego-death achieved through psychedelic or dissociative drugs is a safer way to achieve this, although it's still risky and can cause psychological trauma

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# ? Jan 31, 2017 17:29

Rockman Reserve: "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

can you still get horribly powerful salvia extracts from skeezy headshops because try that OP

# ? Jan 31, 2017 17:56

joke_explainer

Father posted:

In the future do you think that temporary death will be a more mainstream act? Maybe you can be sold epiphanies through temporary death whenever the technology reaches commercial business

Temporary death is already a mainstream act. We do it every night when we mentally disappear after falling asleep and for huge chunks of sleep cycle we're indistinguishable from just a mindless respirating pile of meat.

# ? Feb 1, 2017 11:36

poverty goat

just get lost in the desert for a few days. it worked for zoroaster

# ? Feb 1, 2017 14:44

Manifisto

poverty goat posted:

just get lost in the desert for a few days. it worked for zoroaster

and carlos castaneda!

well, there might have been some* peyote involved too

and a shaman, apparently you need a shaman

# ? Feb 1, 2017 15:04

Luvcow: One day nearer spring

Manifisto posted:

and carlos castaneda!

well, there might have been some* peyote involved too

and a shaman, apparently you need a shaman

reminder that when carlos castaneda did his peyote trip with the yaqui elders he spent most of his time peeing on, and being peed on by, a dog

# ? Feb 1, 2017 19:03

social vegan

*realizes he can make the farts sounds with just his hands independent of armpits or backs of knees*

# ? Feb 1, 2017 19:04

Rockman Reserve: "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

do the LBRP several times while listening to Kansa's Carry On My Wayward Son backwards on repeat in a room lit by 27 burgundy candles on the spring equinox, OP, works every time

# ? Feb 1, 2017 20:25