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Post by mercer »

bherms wrote: post #148
rsmoz wrote: post #108

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Could I email/message you and ask you some questions about meditation?

I don't have any answers, but can say I've just started trying meditation after reading about it for years. I was directed towards the headspace app (headspace.com) and have been doing the introductory "take 10" program for a week and love it so far. Would highly recommend checking it out. * ps, i have no affiliation with headspace

I really like the way Andy (the voice and 'creator' of the app) pronounces 'legs' for some reason. It's almost distracting at times.

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overcast wrote: post #36
kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

I came here to express the same sentiment. I'm trying to come up with the best way of saying not to do drugs, but yet everyone should try psychedelics at some point in their lives. Mushrooms are a much better experience, especially for a newcomer. LSD is much more of an intense, laugh at everything high, and to me felt very "chemical". Mushrooms made me feel like a million dollars, and was much more of a relaxed expe…

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Post by GordonS »

kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

Sensible advice. I'd add to this, not to trip alone - if possible, you should have a sober 'trip sitter' with you.

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Post by stared »

kalzium wrote: post #75

Somehow I have the feeling that psychedelics are still kind of glorified - mostly by creative people - and I can tell you all people are different. People's brains are all wired differently. Because they all went through different things in their lives. While it might help some, others might actually be left traumatized and with horrible flashbacks! Hacking your brain isn't easy! It happened to me as a teenager. I ha…

Depression is a big no (and other "demons").

But for autistic scale - experience of synesthesia is on the opposite edge. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/magic-mushroom-brain/ Though, the "lack of control" needs to be addressed before starting adventure.

I agree that "hacking one's brain" is not for everyone, and its better to be safe than sorry.

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Post by Blaque »

cdvonstinkpot wrote: post #159

If anyone with pets does proceed to trip- DON'T PET YOUR CAT!!! It seeps from your pores & gets on their fur. They'll groom themselves & have a HELL of a bad trip. Then their liver will fail & they'll die a miserable death.

That smells like bull. Source ?

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Post by GordonS »

ap22213 wrote: post #79
marincounty wrote: post #56

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I know a woman who was a junior at Dartmouth. She came home for Christmas. She went to a concert with friends. She allegedly took LSD. She woke up the next day, and didn't recognize her parents. She didn't recognize her boyfriend whom came running over. She finished her degree 25 years later, and she still has trouble functioning in society. She never got back to that high functioning individual. She's still very sma…

One of the biggest issues with illicit drugs is that you never know what you're getting. There's no quality control. Even your usual dealer may not know what they have. There are people that I know who won't eat beef unless they see the farm and cow beforehand, but yet they'll gladly ingest whatever chemical is given to them. (That said, I've personally never heard of anyone who'd been severely damaged by drugs... we…

If you are buying 'raw' ingredients, such as mushrooms or marijuana, there is a much better chance of getting what you expect.

Of course, it's not guarenteed (they could for example be sprayed with another substance), but even in terms of economics for the dealer, it probably wouldn't make sense to try to adulterate such things. Adulteration is much more prevelant when dealing with relatively expensive, highly processed drugs, where there are many levels of people in the supply chain; the temptation to cut it to increase margins is just too high.

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Post by GordonS »

payamb wrote: post #168
roddux wrote: post #165

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I'd be wary about admitting to such things on a public forum

Its legal ( In the UK at least )

...until April when the (stupid, IMO) psychoactive substances bill will make production (e.g. growing), supply, import or export illegal :(

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Post by Ygg2 »

purplerabbit wrote: post #34

//my experience var self = (function LSD(self) { if (self) { return { ontology: new Ontology(), ego: null } } else return self })(former_self) edit: spacing. But seriously though, LSD can encourage/force you to re-think things you've taken for granted or never really understood. Like what time is, or how empathy works.

So its basically just like dealing with bureaucracy?

Reduces your ego to null and forces you to rethink things you've taken for granted, while contemplating your existence within rules of it.

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Post by edpichler »

mempko wrote: post #22

I'm a bit unusual here. I have never taken any drugs. I don't drink alcohol. I am also not judgmental. There is the concept of the waking dream. That we are always in a dream which keeps being guided by our senses. Where the mind corrects the dream based on what we feel, see, and hear. Psychedelics seem to break this process. When people say they have "Profound" experiences, do they mean they finally understand this?…

Just for curiosity, do you consider coffee a drug? Had you ever drank?

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Post by coldtea »

marshray wrote: post #94
coldtea wrote: post #87

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> full chacras alignment You know that that is mumbo jumbo BS, right?

It means something important to him, whether he conveys the idea perfectly or not to us in this post.

>It means something important to him

Well, isn't that true for anyone believing in mumbo jumbo? Shouldn't truth be even more important?

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