DISSOLVING THE EGO: HOW PSYCHEDELIC THERAPIES COULD REVOLUTIONIZE MENTAL HEALTH 

Interesting. I wonder why you believe the ego cannot be destroyed? I agree with you that the ego cannot destroy itself (to put it another way, you cannot destroy your own ego - by definition). Enlightened beings don't claim to have a higher status than anyone else. Indeed, enlightenment is not even an *achievement* at all. There is no 'self' to merit the achievement. Ultimately, ego death comes through surrender.

I enjoy discussion about ego and the problem that always rears it's head is the notion of exactly what ego is or is not ... how it serves ... what is it's purpose or even if it is something worth discussing. Interesting how you say, "treat ego like a passing cloud" ... and what you say about, "... games of one-upmanship" I consider all desire to feel into the illusion we are somehow better or more than any other a direct result of being lost in the ego (believing that just because we are all at different points along any path does not translate into any of us being of more or less in any manner Only at different points along a created path that denotes separation of experience. My current favorite definition of ego is that it is that which holds us in this current body by way of association with current experience. It is considered that which we might most consider our true selves before we have ventured along enough to see our true selves as more than this physical body. Some do consider it as needed to be "destroyed" in order to move past the desire of the body ... but fact is ... here on this planet we require a physical body and if ego is what is a natural result of that then it would stand that ego is required as long as we have a physical body and it will be gone (except as the memory of a separate experience we once had ..once we no longer have a physical body. Love & Peace to You Atticus

Atticus you have a point. Bypassing even what was said, just let the person have their experience without any commentary. Its his truth, his experience and who is to judge that, other than the ego itself.

When one read a story, one becomes egoless in just that moment

I like the Sikh traditions take on "ego". They distinguish between the "ego" and the "me". The way it is described is that the ego is "Self-importance" and to some extent we need the ego..like Jason says in the beginning. Whereas "me thinking" is the real "enemy". The " I am". I highly recommend the video @nanaknaam made on this topic..believe the video is called "Do we need ego" 🤔 He will explain it much better than me..🙈 Such an interesting topic though! Love you guys' comments above⭐

no its not lol

Yes, and than sex too.

mink33 You must still over-identify with your ego, ironically the very topic of this video.

Once a year seems like a healthy moderate intake. I think excessive use of psychedelics can be very detrimental, but there are certainly cognitive benefits to a having an annual periodic trial. It is indeed a therapy to increasing perspective and higher conceptual understanding. I know a few extremely narrow minded and ego centric people who could use a good LSD trip.

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1st heard him at London Real. Me too watching his videos in flow.

Love your words!

Yes, most of us have to, and imagine a scenario when every individual can understand such intense conversation with the ease of a breath!!!!! 🤩😍😘

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CHANDNI JHA Wow, Indian. Glad to know someone who watches Shots of Awe and also lives in India. 😄

Hands up from Pakistan!

Hello KimberWin. You say you have to say what you say here because most who understand will not say anything and then you go on to speak about an apathetic attitude towards extreme trauma and you end by speaking of others experience with psychedelics ... the whole post has me wondering what your point was meant to be ... maybe you had one when you started but it got lost? Why I am really commenting is because you mention that some give into "sweet surrender" aka suicide. Yes, that has always been an option and there have always been those who choose that option. Interesting that just yesterday the news was reporting that the rate of suicide has grown since 1998 ... by an amount that has caught the attention of some ... 45.000 people took their own lives in 2016 ... if you take the time and really think ... you can get depressed just because there are that many people willing to end their own life OR you can begin to think more about Why people want to end their own lives. Pain comes in many forms and we each have our own level of pain tolerance ... at some point we will want to end the pain if we have lost all hope that relief can be found. There is relief from all forms of pain regardless of the factors behind the pain ... but what begins to be the main factors in, Us being able to wait for relief : 1. Believe there is relief 2. Having the energy to seek relief 3. Having the energy to make the effort to make the changes that bring relief 3. Us actually doing what is required and for as long as is required to bring relief. This process and the time required can be exhausting ... so what one needs more than anything else is someone else to help them through ... be there for them in what ever way they need to help them remember THEY; Matter, Them being here (in life) Matters (just as much as Anyone's life Matters) We can forget and when we've experienced extreme trauma we may be reminded very often of moments when life did not seem anything but pain ... a hard but not impossible place to come from. The brain itself becomes set in an incorrect auto destruct path of sorts ... it may feel like you have no control but in fact this auto destruct thinking can be changed ...with time and effort. It really can .... but then you can wonder if you care to make the effort even if you believe the required change can occur ... why should anyone care? Because Each and every one of us is here in this life for a unique reason and experience ... It is like we are each a piece of the whole puzzle and we need each piece ... each piece is equal in worth and value and without each piece the whole will not be the same. Alas ... these words or anyone's words for that matter ... is not what is required ... what is required is another person (just one will do) who can and will Love the person who is in pain. Loving a person in a lot of pain is never easy ... Loving a person who is behaving in unacceptable manners is even less easy ... hard to Love a person when they have behaviors that may feel a threat of harm to the person trying to show Love ... Ultimately this is where "Self-Love" has to come in ... One must learn to Love self as much BUT not more than All others ... some people see only themselves and their own pain they can get lost in ... some only see others and get lost in that ... When we are able to SEE both ourselves and others in any event ... and realize ... all pain can be what it is intended to be ... a signal to Stop and resolve the thing causing the pain (pain is required suffering is optional) ... and Then to be able to see All the beauty and joy that is also surrounding us (in others (especially children) and in the splendor of Our world ... Our focus is a key ... we must retrain where Our focus is and learn to take back control of Our focus. Speaking of taking back control ... while certain states of mind can help us remember certain things in order to ... perhaps, see and then process and then experience them differently ... One must be careful to not get lost in the space of relinquished control ... can feel great for a time but Balance is always required. Any experience one can have with any drug One can learn to have all by ones-self. Love & Peace to You KimberWin

LoveAndPeaceOccurs Did you watch the video? Because my comment was in reply to what is mentioned in this video. You just made a long comment going on about something after saying I got lost? I don't know what your point is supposed to be...

Please excuse me ... I was not commenting on the video as much as what you said ... which I was not able to find a point in (perhaps my own failing) ...but as I said was mainly reacting to your mention of suicide. It, can be, so easy to simply dismiss what is said in these comments. I did not intend to give the message that I thought you were lost (although I can see how you might think that). I suppose my point was to allow for, the opportunity if wanted, for further discussion ... no frustration intended. Love & Peace to All

LoveAndPeaceOccurs listen to what he says again maybe you would understand better...? I am sharing insight with my comment... That is all.

Of course if you're going for collosal, your going to empower and have to battle your own personal balrog for dominion of your own "soul" here on Earth. Good luck)))

.. cuz the balrog is you)

I fully agree that mindful meditation can take us exactly where any drugs can and it can do so in a manner than can be safer and help one to understand ones own power better. (Any form of meditation can be used ... everyone has certain methods that work best). However, many people ... have such a hard time allowing themselves to enter an altered state (especially if they have experienced a lot of trauma) that help in the form of specific drugs can make the required difference for them. Sometimes all they need is one single beautiful experience and then they are able to understand they can get there on their own. I like your suggestion to "BE in the present moment ..." but you then say, "... rather than think about the moment" What I have fond is that we each have to find what works best for us in our own way sometimes. If one finds themselves, "thinking about the present moment then ... that is the best they can do in that moment ... one must first understand what they are experiencing ... Once one has been in that place of, "present moment" one can begin to find their way back but often they will just think about it ... no harm, just a delay. Love & Peace to you Scott

I can not and do not attempt to speak for Jason's view on God BUT ... many people who do not mention, God, directly, do so because of the extreme amount of disagreement that can arise just along the edges of any discussion when the topic of God is looked at more directly. There is so much disagreement over, just, if there is a God or not ... and then there is all the disagreement between those who Believe in a God ..but they disagree over what to call God or what role does God plays in Our Lives and how that plays out and All the thousands of differing rules some believe must be followed. All that disagreement often only serves as a distraction from the things we do all agree on ... what is beauty and joy and kindness and Love ... I have always Believed in God But my ideas of all that goes with that belief have evolved so much ... and I understand that it does not matter how other people may see God or experience God ... (when you believe in God you know God is everywhere in All things so there is no true "leaving God out" only a different manner of experience and interpretation of God ... some just have formed negative associations with the title God. The passion and authenticity that Jason displays as he shares his "Awe" experiences ... I see as direct contact with God energy (and it matters not if others see it that way or call it other). Love & Peace to All

LoveAndPeaceOccurs Loved your response as it mirrors my thoughts on bringing up God, especially on the internet. I would perhaps add that experience of God energy as you put it seems to be exactly what Jason Silva has always been about, but our cultural and personal understandings of what God is and how God can be known and experienced are too subconsciously and consciously mediated by historical and organized religion. I've heard and read countless accounts from those who assert their ability to experience spirituality, live a moral life, or feel connected to something greater themselves without God, accounts that almost always cite transcendent experiences of nature, passion, empathy, intellect, art, etc. and the transformative personal growth that accompanied those experiences. The way we understand and speak about God and religion as a society today clearly delineates them from those experiences (i.e. religion is bronze age political and social construction, tool of the patriarchy, fairy tale, mass neurosis, masochistic puritanism imposed on children, etc.). Of course, there's more than one way of understanding God. What Jason describes in this video as the feedback loop mechanisms of depression and anxiety as being in some sense a failure of the imagination to break out of limited intuition of ways of being in the world is exactly what I believe has also happened to people's sense of spirituality. As a result, people's ability to recognize and build a relationship with God as an intimate part of everyday life has also been lost. That God is something removed and somehow lesser than what he has created, being the infinitely incredible and beautiful universe as well as the delicately calibrated biological systems that facilitate our consciousness and experience of that universe.

Thank You James Van Steel, it was a pleasure to read your reply. Yes, I love how you say what you say here.

True, though I think of personification as a tool, metaphor, or heuristic for providing context for our relationship to God. Not that the ways we try to use language to describe God are accurate depictions of his nature or qualities but that those are the best tools we have for understanding the relational connection we have in our limited capacity to do so. i.e. Father-child, King-subject, etc.

Akn ow lol

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Jesus Guerrero a parachute, like a mind, only works when it opens...OR....don't knock it IF you haven't tried it. Lol.. I have not tried it but I have read of many amazing results!, but it's not for everyone. - ^,^

sunshineluvr12 So, who's stopping you? To that I would say, as long as you're aware of the risks good and bad, it's your life. One should be skeptical when one hears about any would be cure all's, whether they come from the pharmaceutical industry or not.

Jesus Guerrero ....you missed the point ..or. We watched a different video, which is what the video IS about. Take care.

sunshineluvr12 take care

it can't be too much weed because when you smoke to much your mouth doesn't water like that. Maybe he has too much salt in his diet.