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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    2 hours ago, cichlisuite said:

    Just my opinion:

    Psychedelics, in order to gain anything healing and positive from them, you need to have a sort of open mind, or a supple mind. The dissociative effect can bear no fruit in individuals who are afraid to get their sub-conscious unveiled. In some cases, having a good guide can offset that, but it's no guarantee. I personally believe that taking psychedelic drugs is a journey that takes place after the trip, in the afterglow, and weeks, months, years after that, without repeating the session. The trip itself is an act of stepping over the threshold, and if you're perceptive, one session is enough to fill you with food for thought and soul long after the physical effects have worn out. It's like getting to know the old world you're used to with new eyes, or a new perspective. It broadens the perception, and if you carry that with you, the trip gives you an experience that becomes a sort of tool (for a lack of a better word) for dealing with everyday life. And once you "mastered" the "first level", you can go back and take another trip, however, the second trip must have its baseline above the previous, or the experience will be nothing new and pointless.

    Btw, I agree that sports, or any outdoor activity is absolutely best for one's well being, you just have to find a way to do it, so it works best for you. And sometimes it will feel a chore at the thought of it. But once you beat that initial lazy-self, you'd be always happy you did it. I love nature and exploring new places, so a bike ride or a hike into unknown satisfies me most, and overcoming self-limitation with the prize of soothing in the beauty of nature is something of a meditation act.

    I think one thing that's really useful about tripping and taking other drugs that expand your perception, is the tendency for this kind of substance to make you feel connected to the world outside your limited perception. One of the most problematic elements of depression, is the feelings of isolation and loneliness, so the experience of feeling super-connected to the world outside yourself if only for an hour or so, can having an extreme effect for a really long time. Similarly being out in nature can put you in touch with those kind of feelings. To summarise, go and trip in the woods! Safely of course. 

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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    On 12/8/2020 at 9:51 AM, hello spiral said:

    yup I too experienced this. Past the age of 36 is the cutoff it seems. Radio silence.

    Also most of the women I ended up seeing for a bit via apps all had 36 or 37 as their age but I would find out they were all past 40 irl.

    Urgh! Why didn't I think of this? Thanks Spi, I'm going to lie in my profile from now on. About everything.

    Now Reading

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    I'm reading about 5 books right now, I like to chop and change.

    What would it be like if your arm had a mind of its own? | Body College

    I started reading this after watching My Octopus Teacher, it's pretty good and covers some of the same ground as another book:

    How the Mind Works (Penguin Press Science): Amazon.co.uk: Pinker, Steven: 8601300096223: Books

    Which is interesting but a little dry, lots and lots of comparing the mind to a basic computer and what-not. ?

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    Films Recently Watched

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    1 minute ago, dingformung said:

    Moralist vegans can be annoying but not quite as annoying as those people who go on rambling about vegans, feminists, SJWs and so on. Usually they are even more annoying. Interesting is that this is coming from a mod who has temp banned me for not censoring the word n*gger in a context where I basically made a point that it's wrong to use that word, lol.

    Not interesting at all. All the mods agreed that you were due a ban.

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