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I am not the best person to ask life advice from. I am a pretty screwed up and still healing and working it all out. A work in progress. That is my disclaimer brother.

I think the way you frame this is part of the problem. Your foot is already inside the door along with your whole being. There is no door. Everything that you want to live authentically is already within.

Maybe I have been watching too much Alan Watts lately but you are what you have been seeking. I think Rumi said something to that effect as well. Wait a second.. I heard Ram Dass and several other spiritual teachers say the same thing. They are all saying the same stuff. They are all pointing the same direction. Countless self-help books, ted talks, youtube videos of every guru you can name, I tried therapy once, tried talking to friends, used psychedelics and tried so many other things to figure out how to get myself out of the hell I was in for so many years. It wasn't until I started meditating that I started to see what the problem was.

You don't need psychedelics to be a springboard. You could do it without them. Choose to be authentically you. This is something I have been trying to do lately, although it feels clumsy and awkward for me at times. I really do think that you have to go to your heart to know who you really are. What really grabs you in life? What do you love in this world? Follow that and you will find yourself at the end, waiting for your own arrival if you don't mind paraphrasing Derek Walcott.

Keep on learning, growing, watch Ram Dass and Alan Watts, read those books, keep striving to expand your consciousness. But while you do that, pay attention to how you do it. Do it with love and excitement. If something is a hindrance, drop it, if it helps, pick it up.

They all helped. I don't measure help.

Watch that mind and see that is the thing getting in your way. Psychedelics can help you see this as well as many other tools. But YOU need to see it. I am still learning this myself. Not sure if this even answers your query. Don't follow the lost, I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing.

Never tried it. It's on my to-do list.

<blockquote data-quote="Tripolation" data-source="post: 3957081" data-attributes="member: 69855">I am not the best person to ask life advice from.&nbsp; I am a pretty screwed up and still healing and working it all out.&nbsp; A work in progress. That is my disclaimer brother. I think the way you frame this is part of the problem.&nbsp; Your foot is already inside the door along with your whole being. There is no door. Everything that you want to live authentically is already within. Maybe I have been watching too much Alan Watts lately but you are what you have been seeking.&nbsp; I think Rumi said something to that effect as well.&nbsp; Wait a second.. I heard Ram Dass and several other spiritual teachers say the same thing.&nbsp; They are all saying the same stuff.&nbsp; They are all pointing the same direction. Countless self-help books, ted talks, youtube videos of every guru you can name, I tried therapy once, tried talking to friends, used psychedelics and tried so many other things to figure out how to get myself out of the hell I was in for so many years. It wasn&#039;t until I started meditating that I started to see what the problem was.You don&#039;t need psychedelics to be a springboard.&nbsp; You could do it without them. Choose to be authentically you.&nbsp; This is something I have been trying to do lately, although it feels clumsy and awkward for me at times. I really do think that you have to go to your heart to know who you really are. What really grabs you in life? What do you love in this world? Follow that and you will find yourself at the end, waiting for your own arrival if you don&#039;t mind paraphrasing Derek Walcott.Keep on learning, growing, watch Ram Dass and Alan Watts, read those books, keep striving to expand your consciousness. But while you do that, pay attention to how you do it. Do it with love and excitement.&nbsp; If something is a hindrance, drop it, if it helps, pick it up.They all helped.&nbsp; I don&#039;t measure help.Watch that mind and see that is the thing getting in your way. Psychedelics can help you see this as well as many other tools.&nbsp; But YOU need to see it.&nbsp; I am still learning this myself. Not sure if this even answers your query.&nbsp; Don&#039;t follow the lost, I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing. Never tried it.&nbsp; It&#039;s on my to-do list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tripolation, post: 3957081, member: 69855"] I am not the best person to ask life advice from. I am a pretty screwed up and still healing and working it all out. A work in progress. That is my disclaimer brother. I think the way you frame this is part of the problem. Your foot is already inside the door along with your whole being. There is no door. Everything that you want to live authentically is already within. Maybe I have been watching too much Alan Watts lately but you are what you have been seeking. I think Rumi said something to that effect as well. Wait a second.. I heard Ram Dass and several other spiritual teachers say the same thing. They are all saying the same stuff. They are all pointing the same direction. Countless self-help books, ted talks, youtube videos of every guru you can name, I tried therapy once, tried talking to friends, used psychedelics and tried so many other things to figure out how to get myself out of the hell I was in for so many years. It wasn't until I started meditating that I started to see what the problem was. You don't need psychedelics to be a springboard. You could do it without them. Choose to be authentically you. This is something I have been trying to do lately, although it feels clumsy and awkward for me at times. I really do think that you have to go to your heart to know who you really are. What really grabs you in life? What do you love in this world? Follow that and you will find yourself at the end, waiting for your own arrival if you don't mind paraphrasing Derek Walcott. Keep on learning, growing, watch Ram Dass and Alan Watts, read those books, keep striving to expand your consciousness. But while you do that, pay attention to how you do it. Do it with love and excitement. If something is a hindrance, drop it, if it helps, pick it up. They all helped. I don't measure help. Watch that mind and see that is the thing getting in your way. Psychedelics can help you see this as well as many other tools. But YOU need to see it. I am still learning this myself. Not sure if this even answers your query. Don't follow the lost, I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing. Never tried it. It's on my to-do list. [/QUOTE]