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because of weed mylevel of cnsiousness has increased. this has taken many days of thought.

 

i think because of weed, you're looking into something way to deep. do you have any understanding of what you're talking about? or are you just high, and think you know what you're talking about? "whoa dude, i just took 20 bong hits, and now i can totally see my ultimate purpose in life. i've seen the future, i've lived the past, i am man." come on man, you're stoned.

 

weed doesn't help with anything, if anything it works as a blocker. you would need to be sober to find true consciousness. some would say you can do this through meditation, some would say through life experience. anyone who says you can find it through weed is just a stoner. weed can help you mellow out and get introspective on yourself, but really, you're just stoned. eat a hamburger or something.

 

i'm a stoner myself, and i'm trying to quit/cut back weed to help find a better consciousness. i'm also trying to quit/cut back smoking because it's just fogging all of the failure in my life. it's a good way to escape the shit you surround yourself with, but when you sober up, that shit is still there. i love weed like a wife, but i think heavy duty moderation is how i need to go about smoking it. real heavy fucking duty moderation.

 

sober up, read some books, help yourself find consciousness through intellectual pursuit, and not stoner thinking.

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weed would not help your consciousness evolve, it would inhibit it.

 

I just woke up and really not ready to delve into this properly, so i'll just refer you to some books that you would need to put the volitional effort into reading to truly understand anyway.

 

Julian Jaynes - Bicameral Mind

Nathanial Brandon - everything (for a philosophical rooting)

John Searle - Rediscovery of the Mind

 

That should get you started. I'd suggest starting with Brandon and bounce back and forth between Jaynes and Searle.

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i think because of weed, you're looking into something way to deep. do you have any understanding of what you're talking about? or are you just high, and think you know what you're talking about? "whoa dude, i just took 20 bong hits, and now i can totally see my ultimate purpose in life. i've seen the future, i've lived the past, i am man." come on man, you're stoned.

 

weed doesn't help with anything, if anything it works as a blocker. you would need to be sober to find true consciousness. some would say you can do this through meditation, some would say through life experience. anyone who says you can find it through weed is just a stoner. weed can help you mellow out and get introspective on yourself, but really, you're just stoned. eat a hamburger or something.

 

i'm a stoner myself, and i'm trying to quit/cut back weed to help find a better consciousness. i'm also trying to quit/cut back smoking because it's just fogging all of the failure in my life. it's a good way to escape the shit you surround yourself with, but when you sober up, that shit is still there. i love weed like a wife, but i think heavy duty moderation is how i need to go about smoking it. real heavy fucking duty moderation.

 

sober up, read some books, help yourself find consciousness through intellectual pursuit, and not stoner thinking.

 

im not a stoner, and im not high. for the past few months ive been aware that im aware of my thoughts. it has nothing to do with weed solving any problems or anything lke that. or maybe i am looking into shit way too deep.

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Shame - Just a step above death. You’re probably contemplating suicide at this level. Either that or you’re a serial killer. Think of this as self-directed hatred.

 

Guilt - A step above shame, but you still may be having thoughts of suicide. You think of yourself as a sinner, unable to forgive yourself for past transgressions.

 

Apathy - Feeling hopeless or victimized. The state of learned helplessness. Many homeless people are stuck here.

 

Grief - A state of perpetual sadness and loss. You might drop down here after losing a loved one. Depression. Still higher than apathy, since you’re beginning to escape the numbness.

 

Fear - Seeing the world as dangerous and unsafe. Paranoia. Usually you’ll need help to rise above this level, or you’ll remain trapped for a long time, such as in an abusive relationship.

 

Desire - Not to be confused with setting and achieving goals, this is the level of addiction, craving, and lust — for money, approval, power, fame, etc. Consumerism. Materialism. This is the level of smoking and drinking and doing drugs.

 

Anger - the level of frustration, often from not having your desires met at the lower level. This level can spur you to action at higher levels, or it can keep you stuck in hatred. In an abusive relationship, you’ll often see an anger person coupled with a fear person.

 

Pride - The first level where you start to feel good, but it’s a false feeling. It’s dependent on external circumstances (money, prestige, etc), so it’s vulnerable. Pride can lead to nationalism, racism, and religious wars. Think Nazis. A state of irrational denial and defensiveness. Religious fundamentalism is also stuck at this level. You become so closely enmeshed in your beliefs that you see an attack on your beliefs as an attack on you.

 

Courage - The first level of true strength. I’ve made a previous post about this level: Courage is the Gateway. This is where you start to see life as challenging and exciting instead of overwhelming. You begin to have an inkling of interest in personal growth, although at this level you’ll probably call it something else like skill-building, career advancement, education, etc. You start to see your future as an improvement upon your past, rather than a continuation of the same.

 

Neutrality - This level is epitomized by the phrase, “live and let live.” It’s flexible, relaxed, and unattached. Whatever happens, you roll with the punches. You don’t have anything to prove. You feel safe and get along well with other people. A lot of self-employed people are at this level. A very comfortable place. The level of complacency and laziness. You’re taking care of your needs, but you don’t push yourself too hard.

 

Willingness - Now that you’re basically safe and comfortable, you start using your energy more effectively. Just getting by isn’t good enough anymore. You begin caring about doing a good job — perhaps even your best. You think about time management and productivity and getting organized, things that weren’t so important to you at the level of neutrality. Think of this level as the development of willpower and self-discipline. These people are the “troopers” of society; they get things done well and don’t complain much. If you’re in school, then you’re a really good student; you take your studies seriously and put in the time to do a good job. This is the point where your consciousness becomes more organized and disciplined.

 

Acceptance - Now a powerful shift happens, and you awaken to the possibilities of living proactively. At the level of willingness you’ve become competent, and now you want to put your abilities to good use. This is the level of setting and achieving goals. I don’t like the label “acceptance” that Hawkins uses here, but it basically means that you begin accepting responsibility for your role in the world. If something isn’t right about your life (your career, your health, your relationship), you define your desired outcome and change it. You start to see the big picture of your life more clearly. This level drives many people to switch careers, start a new business, or change their diets.

 

Reason - At this level you transcend the emotional aspects of the lower levels and begin to think clearly and rationally. Hawkins defines this as the level of medicine and science. The way I see it, when you reach this level, you become capable of using your reasoning abilities to their fullest extent. You now have the discipline and the proactivity to fully exploit your natural abilities. You’ve reached the point where you say, “Wow. I can do all this stuff, and I know I must put it to good use. So what’s the best use of my talents?” You take a look around the world and start making meaningful contributions. At the very high end, this is the level of Einstein and Freud. It’s probably obvious that most people never reach this level in their entire lives.

 

Love - I don’t like Hawkins’ label “love” here because this isn’t the emotion of love. It’s unconditional love, a permanent understanding of your connectedness with all that exists. Think compassion. At the level of reason, you live in service to your head. But that eventually becomes a dead end where you fall into the trap of over-intellectualizing. You see that you need a bigger context than just thinking for its own sake. At the level of love, you now place your head and all your other talents and abilities in service to your heart (not your emotions, but your greater sense of right and wrong — your conscience). I see this as the level of awakening to your true purpose. Your motives at this level are pure and uncorrupted by the desires of the ego. This is the level of lifetime service to humanity. Think Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer. At this level you also begin to be guided by a force greater than yourself. It’s a feeling of letting go. Your intuition becomes extremely strong. Hawkins claims this level is reached only by 1 in 250 people during their entire lifetimes.

 

Joy - A state of pervasive, unshakable happiness. Eckhart Tolle describes this state in The Power of Now. The level of saints and advanced spiritual teachers. Just being around people at this level makes you feel incredible. At this level life is fully guided by synchronicity and intuition. There’s no more need to set goals and make detailed plans — the expansion of your consciousness allows you to operate at a much higher level. A near-death experience can temporarily bump you to this level.

 

Peace - Total transcendence. Hawkins claims this level is reached only by one person in 10 million.

 

Enlightenment - The highest level of human consciousness, where humanity blends with divinity. Extremely rare. The level of Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus. Even just thinking about people at this level can raise your consciousness.

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