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The thing is that there could be an infinite pool of possible explanations. But without an axiom to anchor our thinking in, all of them would be equally valid and possible, which can become a problem. The memories could be the person's shadows, or an evil demon imposition, or a fairy angel treat. They could be Dumbledore's manipulation, Snape performing mind penetration, Voldemort's damnation, or just Harry's imagination. Just who knows?!

Yeah, but the problem is that there's no realistic way in which you can get everyone to experience the same things you are. Perhaps at best you can get them to open up to the possibility then try and get different results. Then what? Also what's the point? So, you're conscious of something that other people aren't. And you want them to become conscious of it too, or at least open up to believing in the narrative you believe in. But let's be realistic here, why would I want to share your perception of the world? What's in it for me? All I will get is probably isolation and demonization without any real benefits to make up for that, so why should I? Maybe it can cure your existential loneliness (and maybe it won't), but maybe there are also other ways to cure it that don't involve isolating others from their common life.

I can't be certain, but consensus is a far more superior method than anecdotal stories.

My point was that morality and solipsism are contradictory and can't co-exist together as they have fundamentally antithetical axioms that create dissonance. Morality is based on the belief that others are sure to exist, while solipsism is based on the belief that others are not sure to exist. Morality assumes fundamental guidelines for human behaviors and it assumes right and wrong (which can change and evolve). Solipsism doesn't assume any of that, because everything is relative and extremely fluid. So, no. I did not concede my point. I only entertained a possibility where solipsism might look like morality without actually being it.

There's living rats and there's fried chickens.

Well for starters, solipsism doesn't make clear distinctions between right and wrong since everything is relative to (and for) the solipsist. At best, you can have a pragmatic sense of morality, but not a fundamental sense (which is not necessarily a bad or even false thing, imo). In other words, you don't really care about others (because they don't exist in the first place), but you can act like you do care because you might perceive it as beneficial to you.

Enlightenment is a special attainment. There's no justification for any of this in spirituality. It's just ego. And it's exactly what prevents enlightenment. People need less of that, not more. It is all of those things for many people. Unfortunately, it seems like it is. There's not really a cause and an effect, especially with psychology.

This can happen, but doesn't always. Many mental illnesses/cases are terminal even with medical intervention. The medication can actually worsen the illness in many cases. We don't really understand mental illnesses well yet, or even just the mind alone.

I like many of your "teachings". I just don't think you teach the truth, nor that you could to begin with.

I generally don't let any chemicals enter my body unless they're absolutely necessary. That includes even caffeine and all other "basic" chemicals for most people. I think that's the main reason why my health is great overall. As for your question, you can't really trust any insights whether they come from chemicals or plants or anything else, basically. But I don't see any more legitimacy for natural plants over man-made chemicals even for normal medication uses. Plants don't have the same efficacy as man-made chemicals because they're not as potent, and they have a lot more side effects. The thing about nature is that it doesn't produce very nuanced substances for our very specific needs. Most natural products come with a variety of substances that are pretty much irrelevant and have no practical use (which produces side effects).

In practice, solipsism contradicts morality. But (everyone) feel free to do mental gymnastics around this truth.

Stress creates unclarity. Enlightenment is the transcendence of that into clarity. There's no enlightenment without stress.

A view from the hospital where I get my training. Nothing spectacular, just my reality.

If you're stuck at this question, maybe you should go to a kindergarten and observe the children there then make comparisons with the adults. Generally, children take survival for granted, and at hard times they break quickly. The opposite is true for adults. As well, seriousness is the resting mode/natural state for adults, but they should be able to occasionally relax, enjoy themselves, and have fun. It's the other way around for children. Adults can commit to a cause, they have a purpose, they're aware of what they're doing and why they're doing it. Children just play. In terms of Spiral Dynamics, I think maturity starts at Yellow, especially when compared to Green's naivety.

I don't think it's necessarily dogmatism in this case. I mean, at least they claim to have experience. But what are they, I mean people with experience? Like 1% of the new-age hippie culture. I guess I can have a conversation with people who claim experience. Maybe I can learn something, and maybe they can too. But I definitely don't think their reports are final. Because there's experience, and then there's interpretation, but most people confuse the two. Nahm-talk

Affirmations definitely work, but they require intent/desire. I used to do affirmations before important events and my confidence levels would go over the roof.

Psychedelic or not, God seems to love plugging.

Dogmatism, and conformity.

Projection is a technical psychological term under the defense mechanisms category, often done to protect a psychological wound. One cool thing about projection is that it can be projected onto others in a defense mechanism kind of way, which makes it ripe for abuse. Usually what I see people doing is accuse others of projecting, even though that's not necessarily the case. So they defend themselves against new unwanted information by using the projection armor. Like you said in the later post, the distinction between experience and projection is tricky. But that shouldn't be an issue for the receiver, because it's irrelevant to the advice.

Just like most thoughts, most emotions are useless.

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A creative mind wasting its potential.

Hippies are the only proof that exists that men are not better than women. I guess there's one good thing about hippies after all.

Lol.