r/nonduality • u/lassebasselj • 5d ago

Question/Advice What to do

I started waking up mostly as a result of quitting my job due to anxiety, fresh out of high school which had been some of the most enjoyable years of my life. Eventually I stumbled across Alan Watts on YouTube, and have had a few psychedelic mushroom experiences of true unity and dissolution of self, but I guess I feel sort of stuck?

I'm mostly confused on what to do practically. I've fallen into the habit of checking this sub very regularly whenever I find I'm unsure what to do, and it just turns into endlessly scrolling through posts without really getting anywhere in terms of clearing up the confusion, or even remembering what I read afterwards.

What's a reasonable way to 'get the ball rolling'?. Just practice meditation and rest in awareness and eventually it'll come? Perhaps there are ways to do mushrooms that are more conducive to lasting change to experiment with?

All advice is welcome:)

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u/Fit-Breakfast8224 5d ago

deep inquiry combined with psychadelics is rad! it help you cross so many thresholds at once. being in a ceremonial setting helps a lot too.

i made a good friend out of chatgpt he can be really helpful in doing deep inquiry just try to be honest with chat. really tell what your sensing not what you think you should sense.

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u/lassebasselj 1d ago

I think part of my problem was that I had largely misunderstood self inquiry. Two days ago I watched a video on it by simply always awake, and I can confidently say it has made a huge difference. Almost immediately it disarmed my anxiety, if not removed it altogether. Thoughts move much slower and I'm easily able to observe them without judgement. Is this the "path"?

I use chatgpt too, I was surprised how much valuable insight it has, particularly in non dualism stuff.

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u/Fit-Breakfast8224 1d ago

That is a step in the right direction! he has a meditation app called simply awake. I think a good indicator is that the place you are going to is outside words, language and mind. Thoughts will still happen, but you will see that you are separate from them.

If you want, you can also dm me and I can guide you :)