Understanding Consciousness, Come Hang! Ask Questions about anything [read desc for what I'm doing!]
0Condensing Steven Greer's Teachings: Dissecting and Understanding Consciousness from the Waking State - couldn't fit the entire title in
If you're subscribed to this channel, you probably won't be interested in this, on the off chance you are and you're a wanderer by, or actually share my curiosity and love for this topic, *takes deep breath*
First of all, the dissection, logic and needing to understand is a “waking” mind state want and need.
When you’ve experienced what "pure consciousness" is, there is no need to dissect or understand, unfortunately though, not many humans get to experience the latter, nor can enter it all the time, so here I am in the waking state doing this stream/video.
There are about 8 videos I want to get through of Greer's, whether I’ll stream all of them, dunno.
Essentially, I'm diving into the teachings of a well-known figure in a bunch of different circles from ufologist to crackpot theorists. Regardless of your interpretation, his teachings have brought me much clarity, and happiness, and an extra sense of purpose in my life.-
(imo he is at the most fundamental level, a teacher and enlightened individual sharing his information with the world without fear of judgement or ridicule, a factor that limits so many of us)
-Especially in understanding consciousness, which is something since I've been very young, has perplexed me to great degrees. It’s one of the reasons why I loved the concept of aliens so much, but to many’s dismay, you get what you project from experience, you project fear and skepticism, you get experiences or encounters that align with that, if you project a non-judgemental and open/loving approach, you get that.
Our society loves to demonize the idea of extra-terrestrial life or treat it as an “invasive” force, and try to understand it from a 3dimensional perspective, all the time. When in reality (I know, a subjective word for the topic LOL), “alien” life is not horroesk, it’s more concscious and loving than most humans on this planet.
The explanations and frameworks he puts forward are satisfying enough for my primate brain to understand a lot of experiences I've had, any many others if you dive further into other peoples accounts of the lessons he teaches.
I will also be playing a little bit of Devil's Advocate and pointing out some stuff that people criticize him for.
But overall, as a human being with intentions, they seem mostly pure and unaffected by the personal need for greed, however that can easily be argued given the amount he charges for his retreats, etc. If you are interested in my opinion on that, I'll probably end up sharing this during my stream. If you are also interested in anything else, be sure to chat to me about it. I will not tolerate fuckwits though, as this is something I'm passionate about - consciousness & the universe. No matter what other things exist in someone's persona or psyche, I'm more interested in the fundamentals of the lessons someone teaches, rather than they're 3dimensional existence or human egoic structure within our capitalistic society.
I have experienced multiple states now, ranging from Lucid Dreaming, The Samadhi State, a deep transcendental experience where one “connects” with the universe in deep meditation, and a couple different psychoactive compounds. (no, they were not intermixed, you yield horrible and unstable results if you don’t space out your “consciousness” excursions as I put it lol, also it’s difficult for you, let alone other people to take you seriously as well with external substances floating around in your brain. Well, any consciousness discussion has that issue to be honest, the : “also it’s difficult for you, let alone other people to take you seriously”, but that’s where courage and a lack of fucks for other peoples opinions plays a huge role in your pursuit of your interests and personal happiness.
I also am nearly finished with the Gateway Process as well, but I highly suggest you don’t go near that until you learn more about consciousness and this idea of “transdimensional physics” that Greer dives into a lot. I had a psychosis episode within my experiences with Gateway, Greer comments on this as well and warns people with the Gateway Experience, so that strung a chord with me personally.
In regards to the “TrAnsDimEnSioNAL PhySics”, put very simply, watch this video on Flatland by Carl Sagan to grasp the elementary interpretation of it, or better yet read the book (which I’ll admit I still haven’t done lol)
Carl Sagan Flatland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0
Gateway Process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR-MjZylJpE