I like the way Ram Dass explains it. Try and live on multiple plains at once. Don't push away your humanness, but also don't forget our unity. Use your form to bring you closer to the formless.
6:36 - 6:42 I learned this while I was sober and I felt like I lost touch with my reality and identity to the point where my ego was literally bombarding me with messages from everything. I was so detached it was like it was begging me to recognize it so I would let it back in and love it. It just wants to be loved. It’s here for YOU. Really think about that. I don’t think others will ever understand what I went through until they go through it themself and even then they will probably have a completely different experience but at the core it’s likely going to be that same message. It just wants to be loved and to have a home.
Call it ego sleep instead! Then the transcendent experience is a dream! Btw: the famous Brazilian author Machado de Assis once said “sleeping is an interim form of dying”, in his book Bras Cubas’ Posthumous Memories, so I instantaneously thought “sleep” when you were searching another term.
Gabriel Vidal Well if you incorporate it that way then the only time you can have this transcendent experience is while dreaming and that these experiences are merely just dreams and therefore can be just brushed off as a dream rather than a life changing experience that must taken to awaken the self. Not put it to sleep.
Quote from RH Blyth -" Worldy passion is, as it is, enlightenment" & "Worldy passion is the dog of the house; it does not go away though you beat it. Enlightenment is the deer of the mountain; it does not come though you invite it." The reason people call it "death" is that often in a trip you can have the feeling that "you" are leaving, going somewhere, or dying, immediately before the ego disappears. Loved this video!
completely agree with your points on this one man great video! but i do think that there are some universal truths such as the importance of love and acceptance.
In the past, when helping explain the experience to friends that are going on a journey, I decided to use the the term “ego dissolution” or “ego suspension” and instead of saying ego death. And instead of saying that their ego will be killed, I’ve instead used the word dissolved and it has really helped them (and myself) transcend the body and into the next existence peacefully.
I resonate a lot with opening ourselves up to seeing all the sides, all the colors on the spectrum. I feel sometimes deep into spirituality, it is taken so serious to neglect the ego it ends up neglecting the whole human experience. What is we just embraced it all rather than tryinggg so hard to transcend everything and being so hard on ourselves? I am finding more and more to embrace where I am right now and celebrate life!! There is incredible beauty in desire, there is incredible beauty in letting go. There is undeniable beauty in sadness, there is undeniable beauty in happiness. I find myself enjoying your videos more and more Dakota. Blessed to share this human experience at the same time as you!
don‘t think it‘s only temporary transcendence of the ego... ego is always here but gone at the same time, if you switch into the awareness that it is here but it’s gone. let’s start to see us as the whole organism, we’re not only the ego but also not only the soul, WE REALLY ARE THE WHOLE (wow, that rhymed) let’s start to work with all of it! and combine the aspects from all so it can flow into oneness. radiate love to all ❤️
I can't agree any more, it's on point. I explained it to my mother the same way that the ego is something in us that just tries to protect us from the world outside. So we should learn to coexist and not try to kill it.
I got about 1 min in and I'm already liking where this is going. I've actually been struggling with issues revolving around "ego death" and I think this is going to be a very helpful video. Edit: Very helpful in fact. Since the last time I had an ego death I've been battling with myself. This video has brought a new perspective for me; One that makes me feel so much more at ease about the whole idea. Thank you so much.
I'm glad you said this. I've experienced many 'ego deaths' and realize people don't understand what it means. I experience it as a very important part of my growth.
Thanks for recommending Ramana Maharishi in your previous video. Loved his book Be as you are. Also found Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. He also talks about ego death. It’s not about getting rid of your ego, it’s about finding the source of I am. Source of everything, the absolute.
I bought be as you are in a used book store about 5 years ago. I didn’t know who he was but it was when I was desperately seeking for something. That book blew my mind.
i can't explain in any amount of words how blissfull it has beem to experience this. i've found myself connecting with people in a way i never thought possible. i've always thought that i've only been 1 of two versions of myself. and experiencing something similar to what i think ego death is, or atleast what i think it is, i've felt like i have in a way been merged as one being, mind and body. i just want to thank you for discussing these experiences and for helping through this journey of finding myself, but not only as a person, as a being too, as another earthling on this planet in this state of what i believe to be reality. because right now i feel like i know who i am, but at the same time i have a constant feeling and thirst for self discovery and discovery of these things in general because i dont know anything in comparison for what there is to learn.
for about a week now dakota everyday you r slapping me in the face with these enlightening thoughts... Although most of it is pointed kind of “against” my ego, ego still *loves* it!!
When the ego dissolves it's an awfully lonely feeling in my opinion.. embrace your ego and be a better person. Enjoy life, experience life and get a little lost in it.
Hey brother, I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely appreciate your content. It’s very thought provoking and most definitely a great break in my day that has me stop for a minute. Thank you so much and keep doing this amazing work!!! 🙏🏻
i agree with the phrase (from my personal experiences) that it is more of an ego transcendence. For me I always seem to peak with the height of whatever fear I have in my life, then i understand through the top film layer of fear and am able to rest on top of the waters of fear and breathe in the air and light of life. That's my best way of describing my feelings of it so far. Ego is really a gift though. It allows for a much more personal exchange of love.
Thank you for this video dakota, I'm a trans girl but I also have been interested in learning about spirituality (due to your videos) but I often struggle with the idea of "killing your ego" as you put it, because growing up in our society I was sent the message that I had to be a certain way and this and that because of something I had no control over. Once I finally came to the conclusion I was transgender, obviously, a lot of aspects of my ego changed and became important to me which lead to this struggle I deal with trying to live a spiritual life while also not giving up things that are important to me. This video made so much sense to me, it almost felt like a revelation
Thank you bro. You gave me a wider perspective of the Ego. Yeah it will always grow on us no matter what. And yes we need it to get through in this life time. As long as we keep aware that it’s only a cover for our soul, our being and that it’s just temporary. I just say to myself ima just “Be”. No one is telling me to do this or that or act like this or that just simply “Be” and live a loving full filling life as best as I can. Again, Thank you!
“My notion of what the psychedelic experience is for, is that we must become like fishermen, and go out onto the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into the sea. And what you’re after is not some behemoth that will tear through your nets, foul them, and drag you and your little boat into the abyss. Nor are what we looking for a bunch of sardines that can slip through your net and disappear, ideas like ‘have you ever noticed that your little finger exactly fits your nostril’ and stuff like that. What we are looking for are middle sized ideas, that are not so small that they are trivial, and not so large that they are incomprehensible, but middle sized ideas that we can wrestle back into our boat and take back to the folks on shore, and have fish dinner.” -Terence McKenna
Well I think that it’s a little more nuanced than this. It’s not necessarily about just killing the ego and removing it bc its something that needs to be gone, I think it’s about transforming the ego. In a sense it dies, and comes back reborn, with a new, refreshed perspective on life and your identity, and can help you control parts of your ego that are not in balance. Now I will say I haven’t fully gone through one, just peaked through the curtain, but thats my take on it
It’s not about killing the ego at all - but I believe many people fall into a false narrative given the term is EGO DEATH - which is why I’m suggesting a more intentional term that isn’t abstract.
We need the ego so have some egoic roles to navigate threw society but at the end of the day... Behind closed doors... Make sure you got some souls with you... Egoic roles vs souls
ego transformation . because the death or transcendence of ego transforms it into a new perspective, it’s just (for most) a drastic change of perception and perspective...
Transformation insinuates that there is a beginning point and end point. Opening the mind and having it constantly being washed away. It is more of an infinite ego dissolution. Forever being abundantly mindfully aware of these scenarios of life itself.
I love what you expressed in this video. This video relates to how I feel about the topic. I haven't seen many videos that related to how I felt about it but this one does and I love hearing how you put it into words. Love always :)
The ego is here offering you an identity...offering concepts to identify and know your experience. It’s really a gift, but sometimes it takes losing your ego to understand and appreciate that. Sometimes you need to detach from all of the social constructs and rules embedded in your memories to be able to wake up and see that those concepts were here to give you a basic understanding to help you learn and grow. But once you know your basics from your vocabulary to the processes that make things function you’ll start to be able to manipulate these basics into something more efficient, powerful, and complex. I think you’ll start to understand that your ego is offering you a person who is willing to manipulate all of these concepts into a new creation. Something that can better your experience and the experiences of others. This place is scary sometimes but the flaws leave room for improvement. If everything was stereotypically “perfect” where would the excitement be? The beauty of experiencing temporary things is that temporary moments are precious and anything that is “bad” is temporary. Better things will come into creation and we have our ego to help us understand and experience it.
Having a balanced and wholesome ego isn't bad at all. It's when you cling to the idea that you are your ego instead of the observer, the consciousness in which the idea of ego exists, when you'll suffer more then necessary
I think we should completely obliterate our egos to the point that we come to the realization that it was completely pointless/waste of time to do so. Kinda like how Jim Carrey wishes we could all be rich so we can all realize we don't need it.
Perhaps the journey toward ego death is more important than the ego death itself. It could be transformative to know you have power over your ego and over the primal fear response it invokes as it dissolves. Knowing that you are in control of the ego, not the other way around. But this video makes a great case toward the importance of the ego. The ego allows us to be useful and practical in this physical world. It allows us to put ourselves before others, which in times of danger or stress is extremely important. It’s our survival instinct, it’s what tells us to not engage in risky behaviors or to not let others abuse us. I still have not let myself experience ego death, I’ve been close but wasn’t able to get past that feeling of impending death. I somehow convinced myself I was actually dying and killed the trip early. I’ve been doing a lot of work on myself to prepare myself for that experience as my whole M.O. in life has been to experience all I can while I’m alive.
You can still settle in your calm centre, whilst loving the whole world, and the drama that goes on around you and still remaining completely un-attached. All you need to know is who you really are, and settle in that place , where it just is. Where everything, and everyone just is. Preach over lol
Yogi Bhajan described detached attachment or like a detached devotion. Being a renunciate of the mind and a man of the world is the new saddhu of the Aquarian age
Not to sound derogatory in any sense... but I was really surprised at the amount of wisdom teaching you were laying down in this video. There are many quotes I could pull from what you just said and they would surely stand the test of time. "Ego" is a really broad term, and it is used with many conflicting meanings and connotations. So yeah, as you just said, a lot of times we step on our own feet (as well as others) by not being really precise in our statements about it. So thank you for helping us to pause and really consider if what we're thinking/saying is universally valid, or if it is just another "ego inspired" viewpoint. (LoL)
Hey hey, an ego-death or "ego-dissolution" in research on psychedelic experiences is commonly described as a dissolution of the boundaries between the self and others
How about “ego recession” or “ebbing of the ego” perhaps? I’m picturing the ego leaving like the tide, only to return once more. But while it’s away, you’re able to explore the nooks and crannies that are usually hidden beneath.
Ego death occurs in deep states of meditation. When one exits the meditation the ego death is not experienced. It is not possible to maintain actual ego dissolution outside of deep meditation practices.
I would just call it awakening. Cuz like you said it’s realizing that you are not what you think you are therefore you have awoken the self to conquer ego. Cuz ego is always there so may aswell figure out how to conquer rather than kill. It’s like killing a spider. Don’t kill it cuz you don’t like it or cuz it’s creepy get a damn jar, capture it, and release it back into nature from whence it came. Then you have conquered the spider without killing it. You got rid of it with out “getting rid of it” (killing it)
right now, my mind keeps “tripping” after i did a heroic dose of 650ug, you are the single thing in this universe keeping me calm. i can take out what i want out of this. it’s been 4 days since i took that dose, i stopped tripping due to trip killers but it’s so weird. it’s like now that i opened that door my brain can fall in it so easily. i feel like im being reborn over and over again. i hope one day i can have a face to face conversation with you. you are the center of the universe for me at this moment but so am i. life’s weird that i’m experiencing ego death on the sober mind.
I don't think the ego is ever there. There's the idea that one can see oneself as an ego but that ego isn't real. It's a separation of what's not separate. Things come in and out of you all the time and you come in and out of things all the time. We have this idea of who we are but still we change by every passing second. The idea of "me", "who I am", is an idea created from illusion. And the death of one's ego is the realization that the ego was never truly there at all
If the death of ones ego is realizing it was never there then why do you fall back into the realm of thought? Who is there to realize there’s nothing there if there’s no ego? The ego exists. It’s not the ultimate truth of reality and it isn’t who we really are, but it’s definitely there as much as the body is there. The ego is the universes drug of choice.
@@dakotawint I believe during ego death we realize the illusion of the ego, and after we get back to normal every day consciousness, we start identifying with all kinds of things right away, in total resulting in our idea of our ego. The river has no ego when it flows down stream. The breeze doesn't have an ego when it caresses the leaves. The earth doesn't have an ego when it orbits the sun. Yet we do? Our ego is an illusion of the mind. I'll respond better later
I don’t think we realize it’s an illusion as much as realize it’s simply not who we are, when this whole time we thought it was. We aren’t the body, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t real or that it’s an illusion, in my opinion. Considering everything on Earth has an ego, I’m not sure I can agree with the idea that Earth is indifferent. It’s a hard thing to say for sure or to use as a point because it’s hard to prove.
Yeah but that’s not really saying much. Everything is a hallucination put on by our senses and brain. It doesn’t change the fact that I still have to eat food even though it isn’t real metaphysically
Good insight but idk if it’s for everyone. Especially people with extreme chronic health problems. It does seem that environmental factors have an influence on the experience and sometimes people don’t come back from a trip. Go slow and learn as much as you can. Breath-work I feel is safer than drugs or potent plants.
I think you're "levels" are highly accurate. I had my first phycsXP the other night via DMT infused vape cart, needless to say it was a profoundly jarring experience, I went into a VIOLENT convulsions as the instantly awakened Kundalini serpent energy wrapped my spine🐍causing unarticulable pleasure, leading straight into an overwhelmingly immense feal inducing experience🐲of being forced to LET GO! of everything I thought had meaning/relavence (ego,fears,my id) and was able to mesh back into, if only for a moment, the void of Divine still Bliss.. Looking back it was an experience I was not grounded/balanced enough for, and the Kundalini energy said that to me at least 3 1/2 times, anytime a bit of fear came up throughout the XP, she would say to me in a very serpentine tone "YOUR NOT READY YET!" and she was right.. but immediately after my "ego transendance" was shown how deep the dimensions of LOVE can really go. It was rad! 😎💞☝️I have the video if anyone's interested in my dimensional molestation😳
If your ego died you would be dead or dissolve permanently into the elements because your ego represents the difference between your unit self and your infinite self. In this way your ego creates the distance between your inner world and outer world so you can experience time and space and living as an individual perspective. Basically your ego is what you think you are right now but with the right sadhana (daily practice) you can maintain an ego based perspective and an egoless perspective and shift between the two perspectives without having to go through the drama of a psychedelic ego death experience.
Okay here is my ego death story. It happened last week when I took 850ug lsd. So the most I have taken before this, was 500ug on 4 diffrent occasions. I have had so many spiritual awakenings on this dose (500ug) and decided it was time to go a step higher. I have always been a psychedelic enthusiast and even sold shrooms for a couple of months because I believe everyone should have the right to explore their consciousness. I have also always chased and fantasized about ego death and even planned to go on an ayahuascaretreat in Ecuador next summer. Well ego death was NOTHING like I expected. I want people to learn from my lesson, when you have ego death, you actually die. Like you’re reality that is being shoved down your throat, is death. I remember setting in my bed after smoking a bowl of weed from my bong and it hit me harder then I could of even dreamed of happening. I was actually dying, my body was shutting down and I thought I had overdosed. The life literally drains from your eyes and you have absolutely NO control over it. After my ego death experience, I entered hell. And guys I seriously want y’all to understand just how powerful lsd is in the higher dose range. I was seriously in hell, it was my reality. It wasn’t like the time I “became one with the universe” on my 500ug trip. it was so much more intense then that, it was so real. It was my actual reality. My brain started to cramp and I went through the worst pain I have ever experienced in my entire life. Which made it even more convincing that I was in hell. I ended up calling my dealer about an hour later (this Brian pain lasted a good 2 hours and I’m not joking when I said it was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced) and had him bring me a trip killer for free because I didn’t have any money. I threatened to call the hospital if he didn’t bring me it because I was laying on my shower floor screaming and crying for it to stop. If their was a gun near by, I seriously would of ended my life. And I went into this trip with an AMAZING mind set and meditated 2-3 hours before hand to prepare. Please don’t over due you doseuages. Ik this was probably just a bad trip, but at this high of a dose, a bad trip can be lethal. And I have had MANY trips in past year. I’m talking tripping 250+ every 2 weeks for about 3 months straight. It just becomes so sinister when you reach a certain dose.
"EGO PAUSE" would be nice.
I feel like the best description of the state is ”ego-absence”, but this kinda phenomena is probably indescribable with language
I Like this!
Ego dissolution
I like the way Ram Dass explains it.
Try and live on multiple plains at once.
Don't push away your humanness, but also don't forget our unity.
Use your form to bring you closer to the formless.
Hey man, just discovered your channel. Great content! I like how deep your are willing to go and how you communicate what you are experiencing
Killing ego is essentially murdering a baby
That's the "Id" "Ego" is the balance between "Id" and "Super Ego" (the overseer or "parent')
thank you for existing
we call it T.E.T: temporal ego transcendence
FVR how can it be temporary?
it’s always here and gone the same time
"Killing the Ego is the biggest Ego trip in town!" -Alan Watts
he said trying to get rid of your ego*
6:36 - 6:42 I learned this while I was sober and I felt like I lost touch with my reality and identity to the point where my ego was literally bombarding me with messages from everything. I was so detached it was like it was begging me to recognize it so I would let it back in and love it. It just wants to be loved. It’s here for YOU. Really think about that.
I don’t think others will ever understand what I went through until they go through it themself and even then they will probably have a completely different experience but at the core it’s likely going to be that same message. It just wants to be loved and to have a home.
Call it ego sleep instead! Then the transcendent experience is a dream! Btw: the famous Brazilian author Machado de Assis once said “sleeping is an interim form of dying”, in his book Bras Cubas’ Posthumous Memories, so I instantaneously thought “sleep” when you were searching another term.
Gabriel Vidal Well if you incorporate it that way then the only time you can have this transcendent experience is while dreaming and that these experiences are merely just dreams and therefore can be just brushed off as a dream rather than a life changing experience that must taken to awaken the self. Not put it to sleep.
Quote from RH Blyth -" Worldy passion is, as it is, enlightenment" & "Worldy passion is the dog of the house; it does not go away though you beat it. Enlightenment is the deer of the mountain; it does not come though you invite it."
The reason people call it "death" is that often in a trip you can have the feeling that "you" are leaving, going somewhere, or dying, immediately before the ego disappears. Loved this video!
completely agree with your points on this one man great video! but i do think that there are some universal truths such as the importance of love and acceptance.
In the past, when helping explain the experience to friends that are going on a journey, I decided to use the the term “ego dissolution” or “ego suspension” and instead of saying ego death. And instead of saying that their ego will be killed, I’ve instead used the word dissolved and it has really helped them (and myself) transcend the body and into the next existence peacefully.
I resonate a lot with opening ourselves up to seeing all the sides, all the colors on the spectrum. I feel sometimes deep into spirituality, it is taken so serious to neglect the ego it ends up neglecting the whole human experience. What is we just embraced it all rather than tryinggg so hard to transcend everything and being so hard on ourselves? I am finding more and more to embrace where I am right now and celebrate life!! There is incredible beauty in desire, there is incredible beauty in letting go. There is undeniable beauty in sadness, there is undeniable beauty in happiness. I find myself enjoying your videos more and more Dakota. Blessed to share this human experience at the same time as you!
The fly and the snake and the spider. And Dakota is all of them.
yeah agreed ❤🕉🕉🕉jay shambho
"the universe is a spectrum of possiblity" so fucking beautiful
Also, instead of ego death perhaps call it ego suppression?
don‘t think it‘s only temporary transcendence of the ego...
ego is always here but gone at the same time,
if you switch into the awareness that it is here but it’s gone.
let’s start to see us as the whole organism, we’re not only the ego but also not only the soul, WE REALLY ARE THE WHOLE (wow, that rhymed)
let’s start to work with all of it!
and combine the aspects from all so it can flow into oneness.
radiate love to all ❤️
Ego detachment: use/play-in ego while identifying with the universe in the form of awareness
Dude you’re the realest, mad respect, stay true to yourself and your vision ✌️
Glad I found you. I'm having a spiritual awakening lately and this channel has been very helpful
I can't agree any more, it's on point. I explained it to my mother the same way that the ego is something in us that just tries to protect us from the world outside. So we should learn to coexist and not try to kill it.
I got about 1 min in and I'm already liking where this is going. I've actually been struggling with issues revolving around "ego death" and I think this is going to be a very helpful video.
Edit: Very helpful in fact. Since the last time I had an ego death I've been battling with myself. This video has brought a new perspective for me; One that makes me feel so much more at ease about the whole idea. Thank you so much.
I'm glad you said this. I've experienced many 'ego deaths' and realize people don't understand what it means. I experience it as a very important part of my growth.
Gratitude brother! Thank you for all the inspiring videos. I appreciate your spiritual guidance. 😘 Sending love from Austin Texas
Thanks for recommending Ramana Maharishi in your previous video. Loved his book Be as you are. Also found Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. He also talks about ego death. It’s not about getting rid of your ego, it’s about finding the source of I am. Source of everything, the absolute.
I bought be as you are in a used book store about 5 years ago. I didn’t know who he was but it was when I was desperately seeking for something. That book blew my mind.
@@dakotawint check out I am that by Sri nisargadatta maharaj. you will love it. audiobook is available on youtube also.
GREAT point!
Healing oneself doesn't always come from the culling of the unwanted or "undesirable" parts
i can't explain in any amount of words how blissfull it has beem to experience this. i've found myself connecting with people in a way i never thought possible. i've always thought that i've only been 1 of two versions of myself. and experiencing something similar to what i think ego death is, or atleast what i think it is, i've felt like i have in a way been merged as one being, mind and body.
i just want to thank you for discussing these experiences and for helping through this journey of finding myself, but not only as a person, as a being too, as another earthling on this planet in this state of what i believe to be reality. because right now i feel like i know who i am, but at the same time i have a constant feeling and thirst for self discovery and discovery of these things in general because i dont know anything in comparison for what there is to learn.
notification squad !!! love from INDIA ,
hope dakota pins this
Pranav Forex I love his videos ❣️
This video made me cry, thanks Dakota for a beautiful message 🙏🏼❤️
for about a week now dakota everyday you r slapping me in the face with these enlightening thoughts...
Although most of it is pointed kind of “against” my ego, ego still *loves* it!!
Ego is an illusion, a number of thoughts about yourself
When the ego dissolves it's an awfully lonely feeling in my opinion.. embrace your ego and be a better person. Enjoy life, experience life and get a little lost in it.
Hey brother, I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely appreciate your content. It’s very thought provoking and most definitely a great break in my day that has me stop for a minute. Thank you so much and keep doing this amazing work!!! 🙏🏻
Just wanted to say I love you Dakota! Thank you for being
This video made me gain so much respect for you. Namaste brother
i agree with the phrase (from my personal experiences) that it is more of an ego transcendence. For me I always seem to peak with the height of whatever fear I have in my life, then i understand through the top film layer of fear and am able to rest on top of the waters of fear and breathe in the air and light of life. That's my best way of describing my feelings of it so far. Ego is really a gift though. It allows for a much more personal exchange of love.
Thank you for this video dakota, I'm a trans girl but I also have been interested in learning about spirituality (due to your videos) but I often struggle with the idea of "killing your ego" as you put it, because growing up in our society I was sent the message that I had to be a certain way and this and that because of something I had no control over. Once I finally came to the conclusion I was transgender, obviously, a lot of aspects of my ego changed and became important to me which lead to this struggle I deal with trying to live a spiritual life while also not giving up things that are important to me. This video made so much sense to me, it almost felt like a revelation
Ego Supression is a good way to put it
Zachary Schumann yeah, I like that.
It’s not really a suppression. It’s more of a pause or break.
Every time I think about something you make a video about it the next day. Keep preaching Dakota love you !
Great video my guy. love all of the different scenarios showing multiple ways to show ways you could go through the experience
Thank you bro. You gave me a wider perspective of the Ego. Yeah it will always grow on us no matter what. And yes we need it to get through in this life time. As long as we keep aware that it’s only a cover for our soul, our being and that it’s just temporary. I just say to myself ima just “Be”. No one is telling me to do this or that or act like this or that just simply “Be” and live a loving full filling life as best as I can. Again, Thank you!
I love all these points! The problem with society is that no one knows how to tame or control their ego
“My notion of what the psychedelic experience is for, is that we must become like fishermen, and go out onto the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into the sea. And what you’re after is not some behemoth that will tear through your nets, foul them, and drag you and your little boat into the abyss. Nor are what we looking for a bunch of sardines that can slip through your net and disappear, ideas like ‘have you ever noticed that your little finger exactly fits your nostril’ and stuff like that. What we are looking for are middle sized ideas, that are not so small that they are trivial, and not so large that they are incomprehensible, but middle sized ideas that we can wrestle back into our boat and take back to the folks on shore, and have fish dinner.”
-Terence McKenna
Well I think that it’s a little more nuanced than this. It’s not necessarily about just killing the ego and removing it bc its something that needs to be gone, I think it’s about transforming the ego. In a sense it dies, and comes back reborn, with a new, refreshed perspective on life and your identity, and can help you control parts of your ego that are not in balance. Now I will say I haven’t fully gone through one, just peaked through the curtain, but thats my take on it
It’s not about killing the ego at all - but I believe many people fall into a false narrative given the term is EGO DEATH - which is why I’m suggesting a more intentional term that isn’t abstract.
dakota of earth Yeah it definitely is misconstrued, and i’m guilty of it as well haha
An EGO ADJUSTMENT or EGO EVOLUTION would be nice -- because we are unlearning a lot of subconscious habits and swapping em for more conscious efforts.
This helped me understand my ego and really opened up my eyes. Thank you Dakota
We need the ego so have some egoic roles to navigate threw society but at the end of the day... Behind closed doors... Make sure you got some souls with you... Egoic roles vs souls
Ego built society so we need it to navigate threw society
It's blind to who we truly are at our core witch is loving awareness
All emotions Branch out from love and fear
ego transformation
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because the death or transcendence of ego transforms it into a new perspective, it’s just (for most) a drastic change of perception and perspective...
Transformation insinuates that there is a beginning point and end point. Opening the mind and having it constantly being washed away. It is more of an infinite ego dissolution. Forever being abundantly mindfully aware of these scenarios of life itself.
I love what you expressed in this video. This video relates to how I feel about the topic. I haven't seen many videos that related to how I felt about it but this one does and I love hearing how you put it into words. Love always :)
What's normal for the spider is chaos for the fly..(Morticia Adams)
"I killed my ego." - The Ego
The ego is here offering you an identity...offering concepts to identify and know your experience. It’s really a gift, but sometimes it takes losing your ego to understand and appreciate that. Sometimes you need to detach from all of the social constructs and rules embedded in your memories to be able to wake up and see that those concepts were here to give you a basic understanding to help you learn and grow. But once you know your basics from your vocabulary to the processes that make things function you’ll start to be able to manipulate these basics into something more efficient, powerful, and complex. I think you’ll start to understand that your ego is offering you a person who is willing to manipulate all of these concepts into a new creation. Something that can better your experience and the experiences of others. This place is scary sometimes but the flaws leave room for improvement. If everything was stereotypically “perfect” where would the excitement be? The beauty of experiencing temporary things is that temporary moments are precious and anything that is “bad” is temporary. Better things will come into creation and we have our ego to help us understand and experience it.
Hello.. when are you coming back to India? You can get shrooms in South of India.. this is the best time to be there as it's rainy season.
Avinash singh I’m a South Indian from South Africa, where must I visit ?????
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I think it was Graham Hancock who said that "Ego Liberation" is more accurate for him. I like that.
Having a balanced and wholesome ego isn't bad at all. It's when you cling to the idea that you are your ego instead of the observer, the consciousness in which the idea of ego exists, when you'll suffer more then necessary
Happy birthday man!!!
Happy birthday! Love all these amazing posts
dakota: "ego death is realizing that you are not your ego"... also dakota: "your ego comes back, it's who you are"
Different levels of you 😂
I think we should completely obliterate our egos to the point that we come to the realization that it was completely pointless/waste of time to do so. Kinda like how Jim Carrey wishes we could all be rich so we can all realize we don't need it.
Perhaps the journey toward ego death is more important than the ego death itself. It could be transformative to know you have power over your ego and over the primal fear response it invokes as it dissolves. Knowing that you are in control of the ego, not the other way around. But this video makes a great case toward the importance of the ego. The ego allows us to be useful and practical in this physical world. It allows us to put ourselves before others, which in times of danger or stress is extremely important. It’s our survival instinct, it’s what tells us to not engage in risky behaviors or to not let others abuse us. I still have not let myself experience ego death, I’ve been close but wasn’t able to get past that feeling of impending death. I somehow convinced myself I was actually dying and killed the trip early. I’ve been doing a lot of work on myself to prepare myself for that experience as my whole M.O. in life has been to experience all I can while I’m alive.
You're not ego-trippin bro your ego-shiftin 🖖
You can still settle in your calm centre, whilst loving the whole world, and the drama that goes on around you and still remaining completely un-attached. All you need to know is who you really are, and settle in that place , where it just is. Where everything, and everyone just is. Preach over lol
Love this!!! Excellent work
Awesome video mate, pointed this out quite well🙏
Yogi Bhajan described detached attachment or like a detached devotion. Being a renunciate of the mind and a man of the world is the new saddhu of the Aquarian age
Not to sound derogatory in any sense... but I was really surprised at the amount of wisdom teaching you were laying down in this video. There are many quotes I could pull from what you just said and they would surely stand the test of time. "Ego" is a really broad term, and it is used with many conflicting meanings and connotations. So yeah, as you just said, a lot of times we step on our own feet (as well as others) by not being really precise in our statements about it. So thank you for helping us to pause and really consider if what we're thinking/saying is universally valid, or if it is just another "ego inspired" viewpoint. (LoL)
Hey hey, an ego-death or "ego-dissolution" in research on psychedelic experiences is commonly described as a dissolution of the boundaries between the self and others
Yes! Dissolution is the right word to describe it.
My ego is still in the process of dying, I hope something good rises from it's ashes.
Ego disillusion is a good term for it because you see through the illusion of your ego
Yessss Dakota!! Yesss!
How about “ego recession” or “ebbing of the ego” perhaps? I’m picturing the ego leaving like the tide, only to return once more. But while it’s away, you’re able to explore the nooks and crannies that are usually hidden beneath.
Love this bro!
Much needed message broham, thanks for making this vid!
I've had this experience, the transcendent feeling of nothing. I call it energy going(ego) the identity leaving.
Ego Park .. like "Park your ego at the door" ... Was used by Canadian musicians for a charity event. Namaste bro ...
Nice topic.
So many people who are getting that ego thing wrong.
One could not talk to much about it.
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very cool outlook as always
solid stuff. this makes a lot more sense. really good thought to go into when taking mushies.
Exactly w what I needed to hear today, my dude 🐲💚💞
To me its like meeting myself as a stranger, its temporary but your personal strengths and weakness become very apparent.
dude love your videos love content keep up the amazing work
Ego death occurs in deep states of meditation. When one exits the meditation the ego death is not experienced. It is not possible to maintain actual ego dissolution outside of deep meditation practices.
😂 the ending killed me ✌️ great video throughout 🙏
The problem is the realization when it happens feels like a death, or like a waking up from the dream of life.
I would just call it awakening. Cuz like you said it’s realizing that you are not what you think you are therefore you have awoken the self to conquer ego. Cuz ego is always there so may aswell figure out how to conquer rather than kill. It’s like killing a spider. Don’t kill it cuz you don’t like it or cuz it’s creepy get a damn jar, capture it, and release it back into nature from whence it came. Then you have conquered the spider without killing it. You got rid of it with out “getting rid of it” (killing it)
right now, my mind keeps “tripping” after i did a heroic dose of 650ug, you are the single thing in this universe keeping me calm. i can take out what i want out of this. it’s been 4 days since i took that dose, i stopped tripping due to trip killers but it’s so weird. it’s like now that i opened that door my brain can fall in it so easily. i feel like im being reborn over and over again. i hope one day i can have a face to face conversation with you. you are the center of the universe for me at this moment but so am i. life’s weird that i’m experiencing ego death on the sober mind.
Haven't seen someone explain these things so clearly, yes!
Also, yes why would we visit creating this Earth experience if we didn't want to experience it.
I don't think the ego is ever there. There's the idea that one can see oneself as an ego but that ego isn't real. It's a separation of what's not separate. Things come in and out of you all the time and you come in and out of things all the time. We have this idea of who we are but still we change by every passing second. The idea of "me", "who I am", is an idea created from illusion. And the death of one's ego is the realization that the ego was never truly there at all
If the death of ones ego is realizing it was never there then why do you fall back into the realm of thought? Who is there to realize there’s nothing there if there’s no ego? The ego exists. It’s not the ultimate truth of reality and it isn’t who we really are, but it’s definitely there as much as the body is there. The ego is the universes drug of choice.
@@dakotawint I believe during ego death we realize the illusion of the ego, and after we get back to normal every day consciousness, we start identifying with all kinds of things right away, in total resulting in our idea of our ego. The river has no ego when it flows down stream. The breeze doesn't have an ego when it caresses the leaves. The earth doesn't have an ego when it orbits the sun. Yet we do? Our ego is an illusion of the mind. I'll respond better later
I don’t think we realize it’s an illusion as much as realize it’s simply not who we are, when this whole time we thought it was. We aren’t the body, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t real or that it’s an illusion, in my opinion.
Considering everything on Earth has an ego, I’m not sure I can agree with the idea that Earth is indifferent. It’s a hard thing to say for sure or to use as a point because it’s hard to prove.
@@dakotawint the perception of the ego is real, but that doesn't mean its necessarily any more real than any hallucination
Yeah but that’s not really saying much. Everything is a hallucination put on by our senses and brain. It doesn’t change the fact that I still have to eat food even though it isn’t real metaphysically
Good insight but idk if it’s for everyone. Especially people with extreme chronic health problems. It does seem that environmental factors have an influence on the experience and sometimes people don’t come back from a trip. Go slow and learn as much as you can. Breath-work I feel is safer than drugs or potent plants.
treat subject, great talk and great video, I'd listen to the 1h long version :)
I think you're "levels" are highly accurate. I had my first phycsXP the other night via DMT infused vape cart, needless to say it was a profoundly jarring experience, I went into a VIOLENT convulsions as the instantly awakened Kundalini serpent energy wrapped my spine🐍causing unarticulable pleasure, leading straight into an overwhelmingly immense feal inducing experience🐲of being forced to LET GO! of everything I thought had meaning/relavence (ego,fears,my id) and was able to mesh back into, if only for a moment, the void of Divine still Bliss..
Looking back it was an experience I was not grounded/balanced enough for, and the Kundalini energy said that to me at least 3 1/2 times, anytime a bit of fear came up throughout the XP, she would say to me in a very serpentine tone "YOUR NOT READY YET!" and she was right.. but immediately after my "ego transendance" was shown how deep the dimensions of LOVE can really go. It was rad! 😎💞☝️I have the video if anyone's interested in my dimensional molestation😳
I am liking those bowl singings at the end of the videos. Sat Nam Dakota of pachamama.
I really like your thoughts bro...PEACE
You can use your ego to help you get what you want in society, just dont let it run you
You fight ur ego..defeat it and get control of it..that is what is ego death..
If your ego died you would be dead or dissolve permanently into the elements because your ego represents the difference between your unit self and your infinite self. In this way your ego creates the distance between your inner world and outer world so you can experience time and space and living as an individual perspective. Basically your ego is what you think you are right now but with the right sadhana (daily practice) you can maintain an ego based perspective and an egoless perspective and shift between the two perspectives without having to go through the drama of a psychedelic ego death experience.
Happy Full Moon 🌕 Friday
Thank you friend 🙏🏾
“Ego submission” - a shift in the dominance of the ego
Okay here is my ego death story. It happened last week when I took 850ug lsd. So the most I have taken before this, was 500ug on 4 diffrent occasions. I have had so many spiritual awakenings on this dose (500ug) and decided it was time to go a step higher. I have always been a psychedelic enthusiast and even sold shrooms for a couple of months because I believe everyone should have the right to explore their consciousness. I have also always chased and fantasized about ego death and even planned to go on an ayahuascaretreat in Ecuador next summer. Well ego death was NOTHING like I expected. I want people to learn from my lesson, when you have ego death, you actually die. Like you’re reality that is being shoved down your throat, is death. I remember setting in my bed after smoking a bowl of weed from my bong and it hit me harder then I could of even dreamed of happening. I was actually dying, my body was shutting down and I thought I had overdosed. The life literally drains from your eyes and you have absolutely NO control over it. After my ego death experience, I entered hell. And guys I seriously want y’all to understand just how powerful lsd is in the higher dose range. I was seriously in hell, it was my reality. It wasn’t like the time I “became one with the universe” on my 500ug trip. it was so much more intense then that, it was so real. It was my actual reality. My brain started to cramp and I went through the worst pain I have ever experienced in my entire life. Which made it even more convincing that I was in hell. I ended up calling my dealer about an hour later (this Brian pain lasted a good 2 hours and I’m not joking when I said it was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced) and had him bring me a trip killer for free because I didn’t have any money. I threatened to call the hospital if he didn’t bring me it because I was laying on my shower floor screaming and crying for it to stop. If their was a gun near by, I seriously would of ended my life. And I went into this trip with an AMAZING mind set and meditated 2-3 hours before hand to prepare. Please don’t over due you doseuages. Ik this was probably just a bad trip, but at this high of a dose, a bad trip can be lethal. And I have had MANY trips in past year. I’m talking tripping 250+ every 2 weeks for about 3 months straight. It just becomes so sinister when you reach a certain dose.
you just opened my mind brothaa ♥
I like what you said about attachment.