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Kawawaymog t1_it76gy8 wrote

I did a heroic dose of shrooms in the back country a couple years ago. Had a mother of a trip where I felt deeply that this was the true nature of things. I wrote a thing about it here.

TLDR

We are all the same entity, that entity is simultaneously simulating infinite experiences. Each of us is an instance of that entity. And that entity would be appropriately called god.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychonaut/comments/sfzva1/two_years_ago_i_did_a_heroic_dose_of_mushrooms_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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broadenandbuild t1_it7o3kj wrote

I had a similar realization without shrooms. I just focused on the empty space in front of me and I realized that the sense of self is everywhere, I’m everything, and everyone is me thinking itself separate from the other.

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Azu_Nite t1_it7zorq wrote

Pretty much what the Buddhist philosophy is.

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RowKiwi t1_itagaj0 wrote

Hinduism, not Buddhism. Buddhism has no-self, not universal self.

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patricktoba t1_it85wk7 wrote

Did the hero dose. 5g PE. Same experience. We’re all one player on infinity accounts of a MMORPG.

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Kawawaymog t1_it8b2sq wrote

God damnit man that is the single best most concise explanation I’ve ever heard. I’d ask your permission to steal it but we’re the same entity so I guess that’s irrelevant?

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StarChild413 t1_itaejk3 wrote

> I’d ask your permission to steal it but we’re the same entity so I guess that’s irrelevant?

And that's why this idea could never catch fire on a societal scale, as imagine if someone tried to use this argument on you with your personal property

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Kawawaymog t1_itanpyi wrote

I don’t think anyone here is suggesting that this line of thinking is any tangible impact on our day to day lives. Beyond perhaps having more empathy for others.

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StarChild413 t1_itaq28g wrote

But it seems like a bit of a garden-path way to say have more empathy

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Kawawaymog t1_itarsa2 wrote

The point of the line of thinking isn’t to encourage people to have more empathy. It’s just an interesting thing to talk about. Things don’t have to have a real world application to be interesting.

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ihateshadylandlords t1_it7lig3 wrote

That sounds similar to the Law of One/Seth Material/Journey of Souls etc. I visit some far out subreddits and some people in those places have that theory as well.

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mootcat t1_it84fes wrote

Indeed!

One of my all time favorite videos by Alan Watts on the subject.

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mouserat_hat t1_it8f6om wrote

Damn. That was an awesome video. Love the idea. Good way to start a Friday! Deep thinking while on the john.

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marvinthedog t1_itfguq3 wrote

I mean wether we are the same entity or different entitys is just a question of definition and a question of ontology. A forest is a forest and a tree is a tree.

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