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That this is needed in one’s life is a sign that you are probably wasting your life.

Thanks Tom! Your profile quote pretty much sums it up: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” ― Carl Jung

This is exactly the type of thing we can explore that pays dividends in ways that has a halo effect over everything in our life, not just our startup performance. Thanks for mentio…

So much of the advice I see from YC (PG in this case, I know he isn't YC, but it's all cut from the same cloth) is about how to change your outer circumstances to accommodate inner…

If Egoless Programming is powerful, imagine what we could do with Egoless Living!

It's interesting that in the study they described, performed on blindfolded people, that their descriptions have similarities to the DMT experience: >>> One subject, a 29-year-old …

"Thus the discovery of these new properties of the atmosphere not only opened up the possibility of transmitting, without wires, energy in large amounts, but, what was still more s…

I had a similar experience. I was a burnt out YC startup founder in SF with a wife and kids whose life I was missing, and everything felt off track. I started working with a life c…

Yes—Mahasamādhi has been practiced by yogis for millennia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasam%C4%81dhi

I just ran `brew install awakening`--much easier.

Jobs did speak up about his LSD use at some points, but I think he probably transcended that and followed the practices outlined in one of his favorite books: "Autobiography of a Y…

It’s all true but though it’s easy to experience, it’s impossible to fully describe because it transcends rationality.

I’d love to understand how much of a role psychedelics in the creation of Apple’s story arc. Does anyone have information about where this has been discussed? Thanks!

Nailed it. It surprises me how few in this crowd has had first-hand experience.

I thought the same thing until I had my first experience. Now it's hard to maintain a materialist point of view...

Sounds like you are moving through spiritual awakening. Congrats!

The experience is easy to try but impossible to describe. You're often left with the impression that the dimension you enter (or however you describe what happens during a visit to…

The laws of physics can't be violated. The human definition of "the laws of physics" is what has been violated, and this will continue for as long as human's exist and evolve our u…

An enlightened yogi, Hindi, or Buddhist would say that the physical chair is also an illusion.

From Elon’s perspective, we live in a simulation, so it’s not faith, it’s understanding how the simulation works.

“Nature is more complex than we previously thought.“ The human ego is a hell of a thing...

Apologies, my mistake!

Scientific rigor is not just about gathering people as lab subjects, experimenting on them and publishing your findings in peer reviewed journals. In my experience, the strongest s…

Ok, don't try it. :) Wive's tales and home remedies still circulate because they often work. Of course, you're not going to read that on Hacker News because it's biased by people w…

When you try it for yourself, you realize that it's not.