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bee3a8 No.6290

I have been trying to describe a feeling of “religion without object” which comes out of experience. I’m not at all religious (though I’d never call myself an atheist—too many presuppositions and misconceptions attached to that word) and am not a firm believer in typical metaphysical concepts or exterior, higher-order structures.

In certain moments I feel what I’d call “an experience of god,” though only for lack of a better term, which feels ultimately beyond mere pleasure or intense emotion. Very hard to describe.

Does anyone have any suggested readings or similar experiences to share? Been trying to put words to this for some time.

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ae0cea No.6297

That is called being gay. I actually know exactly what readings to recommend, but since you've asked, I wont.

Incinerate yourself.

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bedfaa No.6298

drop LSD

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c26700 No.6317

>>6290

Please elaborate.

I myself have had about the same experiences.

Last weekend at work i was hoping to get a day off from work, but wanted to get that extra-long day at the same time too. Once i began working, within 5 minutes my co-worker sprained his ankle, and we all got a day off anyway. We all got paid for the day (it was an extra early day, we all were at work at 5 o' clock).

Was that godly intervention? No, but i spent the rest of the day at home being productive as fuck, using all my energy i had intended for job.

I think of it as... luck. It just happens. I appreciate it, but do not thank to anyone, like god.

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fbfd96 No.6319

>>6290

I think I can relate to you, albeit it is impossible to say really since I can't really put it into proper terms either. I can't really describe it without sounding pretentious, even though this isn't the case at all, if anything it has been a very humbling experience. By now I can at best describe it as a feeling of depersonalization, it seems to me in retrospective, as if I was able to experience existence with a lack of personal involvement, and as such neither thoughts nor emotions really dominated this condition, it felt more as if anything was involved, yet did not have a real effect on me to the degree where it would distort my comprehension of the moment. I suppose it might have been similar to the Buddhist concept of an epiphany, but I do not have intricate knowledge of Buddhism, and as already said, it's difficult to put it into words, so that might be completely false.

>>6298

I've tried LSD years later, and it wasn't really the same, granted I'm not some seeker fag that takes hero doses, so there's that part I can't attest to, but it was very much different for me. LSD merely distorted my mind and made me incredibly susceptible to my emotions, which is a very interesting feeling, but not the same as what I've described above. However I don't consider Psychedelics by themselves to be a real tool to gain deeper philosophical insight, but in my experience they can be helpful to gain a better understanding of ones own mode of thought.

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d6a19d No.6321

that's interesting OP. sometimes you can just feel how God is doing something amazing and how it's all working out. it's really cool. if you would like to check this out, it has some related material in the text portion of the thread (in the mewch link) that you will probably strongly relate to. maybe.

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cd134e No.6340

I know what you're talking about. Its what should be an overwhelmingly intense emotion, except it doesn't overwhelm you; instead it clarifies things and you feel very sober and collected and not the least bit stressed.

>>6298

I'm not OP, but Psychedelics aren't close to the experience OP is describing. Its closer to the feeling the day after an ayahuasca trip, or in the hour or so of perfect clarity you get following a psilocybin trip.

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d6a19d No.6347

>>6290

hey OP I think you might like this thread. my previous comment reccomending it to you was deleted I think. I just updated it.

>>6320

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