Breathe

I love the guest on this episode, Olga Lautman. "Stephen Miller will turn Venezuela into a new Alcatraz"

Billionaires want their resources, the military wants the strategic geography, and Putin wants the end of NATO. There's a lot going on there.

It's strategic, we'll see what happens

Why would we need to distract from Venezuela? What do you think we are doing there that we don't want others to know about? It may not be a distraction through. The US will bail on NATO eventually. We are Putin's bitch, and maybe the time has come.

@Eterno I went through everything you said here. My assessment is this: You read too much and your head is full of ideas (same as mine was). You do not meditate regularly, and if you do, you aren't practicing a calming style of meditation. Insight is meant to be practiced from a calm state of mind so you gently melt into truth. I think you personally could benefit from a teacher (all can, most don't do it). My advice would be to put the books and videos down, find a good teacher, focus on a calming style of meditation. If I could give myself advice from the future it would be the same thing. Take care of yourself, the truth is always there.

How might BRICS factor into this?

This is my first exposure to Anders but this is a really interesting video. What he says makes sense but I don't know him and need to check other resources. Damn. This is nuts.

Do you all feel an afterglow the days after doing MDMA? I'm thinking of doing MDMA tomorrow and am curious how it makes you feel the days following. Uplifted, or down and depressed (or something else)?

@Butters I take 150mg MDMA and 200-250ug LSD. Dropping both at the same time

Consider quantum mechanics. You can also bring eastern wisdom (Buddhism) into the mix. The universe is always appearing and disappearing (anicca) and is dependent on consciousness to exist You could also focus on the automatic nature of mind (anatta)., If we don't have control over our thoughts coming and going how could we possibly know if the content of those thoughts was actually true.

LSD and MDMA is a fantastic combo. You get the deep euphoria mixed with excellent visuals. You can also take more LSD than usual because the MDMA minimizes the risk of a bad trip Last time I tried it I took them both at the same The MDMA definitely overpowered the LSD, but when the MDMA wore off the LSD was more pronounced.

This is not just a Russian thing. People fear freedom because they don't want to have to accept the consequences of their actions and mistakes. People want some safeties and guarantees Nor is this a spiral thing. It's just what the mind does. That said, someone in teir2w will have developed skills for dealing with uncertainty. For anyone who hasn't 't delved existentialism, it is well worth understanding the basic principals

This guy has an interesting channel. I'm watching all of his vids now. Thanks for sharing.

Do you think this was actually true? Or propaganda? Lies like this was how Trump won.

Do you think this was actually true? Or propaganda? Lies like this was how Trump won.

@enchantedNice explanation. I have been wondering how Trudeau became unpopular. I thought it might because of populist propaganda. I didn't do an in depth study of Trudeau, but he seemed pretty decent. Although, the whole thing with black face didn't seem to help him. I wonder how he stacks up to AOC or Mamdani in terms of policy?

@Natasha Tori MaruHow much did you usually take? @Butters I've done MDMA a handful of times and I really only found it useful when I did it with a couple of my girlfriends. It strengthened our bonds which surprisingly lasted for some time. I have yet to find it useful for self-exploration. Nor do I understand how anyone can socialize or party on it. I just want to curl up in a ball and bliss out.

I hope I don't go down the depressed route. So far so good.

@OBEler I can't say I'd recommend that to anyone else either. Haha

I ended up doing it. I took 150mg with a 100mg re-dose. I took a couple pages of notes but looking over it, nothing profound. I took 1.5g of mushrooms during the comedown because I wanted to see what would happen. I got more out of the mushrooms than the MDMA. It showed me some fears that I needed to work on and that was about it. The inner critic sort of took over at the tail end of the trip. Definitely not a pleasant trip. I would not do it that way again. I think it would have been better to combine the two at the start so the mushrooms didn't beat me up so bad.

Yeah, I get part of the logic. But who is he going to make the dollar work for?

Yeah, I agree. How he got as far as he did is very concerning. That's what I've been wondering. In the US, if you elect a banker, you can bet your ass they don't give a fuck about the American people. To see that happen in another country is suspect. What makes you all think a rich man gives a fuck about the poor and middle class in Canada? That would not happen here in the US.

Thanks!

For some reason my adhd brain read something about you being here for us if we needed a lawyer. Lol Also, 24g!