TheAlchemist

The feeling I get when travelling alone without any plan or objective in mind, going to a totally new place, totally new culture, somewhere I have never been before. It's just the actual experience of being on an adventure into the unknown. Just me, my intuition and an unpredictably changing environment. This sense of mystery & exploration. It makes me feel alive in a raw way I can't possibly explain in words. I envy the explorers of the past who discovered new lands, and the astronauts who will go on to explore the depths of the universe. But it all ties down to this sense of exploration, this raw feeling of aliveness while on an adventure. That is what I love.

This article, and the soon to be released book co-written by David Graeber right before his death, takes a new, more nuanced look at the linearly progressing story of history we have largely accepted. It seems to include and trancend, and also reconsider some of the work of Diamond in Guns, Germs & Steel or Harari in Sapiens. Most importantly, it offers a message of hope, a message of the possibility of reimagining these systems of social existence we have grown so accustomed to. Here is the article: Human History Gets a Rewrite A brilliant new account upends bedrock assumptions about 30,000 years of change. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/graeber-wengrow-dawn-of-everything-history-humanity/620177/

It's good to keep in mind that being in solitude doesn't imply loneliness. You can be alone but not lonely, or you can be with others and deeply lonely. To me it seems it's all about how well are your needs for connection, intimacy, belonging, communion, participation etc. being met. I think it is possible to mostly meet these even in isolation by yourself, but probably not totally, and if you are more extroverted you will especially need actual other people to help you meet these needs. @Tim Rvery well said, that is an important point

They are extremely dangerous to existing societal structures, especially intangible things that live in people's minds and require belief (ex. social matrix structures, money, authority). But a 60's style global backlash is very unlikely now, even if hundreds of millions of people start taking them in therapy centers in the coming decades. Now they are starting to stand on a very solid footing within the social matrix, jumping through the hoops of modern medical science and psychiatry. Rick Doblin is a genius!

Also @Blackhawk Clearly there is a need for connection and intimacy. That's not a sign of your deficiency as a person, but a sign of your humanity. You can recognize that you have this need and then work together with yourself to build a strategy to start finding ways to meet that need. But first and foremost, recognize the reality that you have this need that is not being met. Having needs is part of being human.

I understand this topic can be approached from other angles than just the punishment mindset. But for anyone who holds the view that punishing people is a useful way to make society more peaceful, consider this: "Two Questions That Reveal the Limitations of Punishment Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment to change people’s behavior. The first question is: What do I want this person to do that’s different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective, because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence someone’s behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn’t likely to work: What do I want this person’s reasons to be for doing what I’m asking?" -Marshall B. Rosenberg

I think the need for what people call privacy, represents the natural need in humans for autonomy, specifically the need for space, and the need for independence. The need for security is of course also a human need. Imagine a human relationship between two people where there is security, while maintaining independence and space for both people. If you think this kind of relationship is possible, where these needs are being met simultaneously, then this kind of community, government, state or coalition is possible as well.

At the ultimate level this is true. But sometimes personal problems are being fed by global problems (which were originally created by personal problems). This can create a viscious feedback loop. The global problem can become a beast of it's own, more than the sum of its parts, further feeding the personal problems, causing even more global problems and so on. For example, conflict between nations stems from internal conflict inside people. But to practically end wars, it's not enough to tell the people to take responsibility and solve their internal conflict. These dynamics of war have become an untamed beast, so systemic, holistic solutions are needed. We need to collectively set up systems where it is safe and practical to do that internal process of ending internal conflict, without incentives driving another actor to exploit that within any specific person, community, country or coalition.

These are some great questions, they helped me realize some things about myself and connect some dots. I don't want to share those things here since I am not yet ready for that kind of vulnerability on a public forum. But thanks for the post, I certainly have lots of respect for you for having the courage to be a bit vulnerable with your situation here. I think it's something we can all respect and also relate to in our own ways.

First time I saw the territory, I retreated in terror. I was looking at a lake, contemplating perception, when I suddenly realized that what I am looking at is NOT a lake! When I tell myself I'm looking at a lake, I have already laid the map in front of the territory! Seeing that the thing I was referring to as the "lake" is something totally alien and raw was a real big and overwhelming insight, but also glaringly obvious at the same time. And now, here I am, making a map out of that moment...

There seems to be a trade-off between immersion in the dream (vividness?) and lucidity. When I have a lucid dream, everything is still vivid in some sense, but in another way I'm not as immersed and it's not as intense/vivid as when I dream but forget I am dreaming. So, I have been in a lucid dream where I try to make it more intense/vivid, but there is a certain threshold where I have to sacrifice my lucidity if I want to make it any more intense. There is no fear for example in a lucid dream, if I want fear I have to sacrifice lucidity. Interesting parallels here to our "waking life" now that I think about it. If I want fear, I have to believe in separation, I can't be fully lucid and have fear.

Jacobs Ladder “The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn 'em all away. But they're not punishing you,' he said. 'They're freeing your soul. If your frightened of dying, and your holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.”

With such black/white and simplified thinking it's no surprise you have been fooled that many times. Maybe you can learn to look for more nuance in your positions so you don't have to flip flop from one extreme to the other.

Why the rush? Why not wait at least a few weeks integrating the first trip? An LSD trip is so long, there is bound to be tons of stuff to integrate. But if you're gonna go for it regardless, then godspeed my friend!

Beautiful trip report. Thank you for sharing

"The Consilience Project is focused on research, publication and the building of a decentralized movement towards enhanced collective intelligence. At the heart of the project is a series of interconnected articles called the Consilience Papers. Once complete, these articles will constitute an open curriculum that covers humanity’s current risk landscape, the inadequacy of existing social institutions, and the theoretical basis of the social technologies of the future." https://consilienceproject.org/about/ Now, the Consilience Project has also started making videos in addition to the extensive articles, to make the ideas more digestible to a larger public. The project is still in its infancy, but it does seem to be something quite unique in the field of modern media. This is what a spiral dynamics stage yellow media source looks like.

Hyper healthy green. A piece of art and a message that all humans can relate to at some level.

I have found the best thing to do when people start gossiping about someone is to say something you like about that person, mention something cool they did. People will have to consciously be assholes from that point forward if they don't go along with it and also say at least something nice. And it's not about being "nice" just for the sake of it really, it's about integrity. We should be capable of saying anything we say about someone behind their backs right to their face next time we see them. If we're willing to take that responsibility, then it can be ok to talk some shit at times. But most people won't take that responsibility. Another practical reason to not talk shit about anyone behind their back is that you can be sure as hell that the people you are gossiping with are taking note, and realizing that you are not a trustworthy person, since you likely gossip about them too when they're not around.

There's no escaping bias. Just being a human is bias. We can be either conscious of our bias, or pretend it doesn't exist and live in fantasy, and be disappointed as we see the bias of others, never recognizing our own. Game is basically becoming conscious of (some of) the realities of human bias, instead of pretending it doesn't exist. It doesn't need to be used to hurt others in any way though!

Switch "girl" with "guy". Replace "she" with "he". Realize something?

Not all music can be placed on the spiral. Only music that explicitly expresses some values. This seems to be most common at stage green. There is a beautiful variety of ways to express values, for most other stages it's just usually not done in the form of music at such a large scale. Stage green values have a unique richness in expression through music.

I am happy for you! Life can be so beautiful when we let it

A few I have field tested 1. Stand in front of a wall, with your back towards the wall. Lean into the wall, or fall back on the wall behind you. I'm not gonna spoil what happens 2. Look into a mirror with your eyes closed. You can see your reflection in the mirror, a reflection of someone with eyes closed. This is a real mindfuck. 3. Do some crazy shit in a public place. Levitate or fly around. Look at the faces of people around you. You might notice something interesting..

Look into the concept of Tulpas. You may have unintentionally created one in your mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa https://luciddreamsociety.com/tulpa/ r/Tulpas https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/ go to that reddit community and make a post about this and ask them how to remove a Tulpa, if you think that is what this is. They will probably be able to point you in the right direction.

Beautiful. I see no reason to be salty about these types of posts. Personally I find them very inspiring and empowering, and I hope people keep sharing their realizations. These types of posts are 1000x more helpful for someone who is seriously on the path than any of the nonduality debates that happen on the forum. So please, keep speaking your truth!