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LMAO, all of them except like three... spot on!

Send some profound talks and lectures my way! Which spiritual videos on YouTube have moved you the most beside Actualized.org?

@Michael569 Hasn't the whole 'saturated fats are bad' thing been debunked? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20071648/ "Conclusions: A meta-analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies showed that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD. More data are needed to elucidate whether CVD risks are likely to be influenced by the specific nutrients used to replace saturated fat."

These go for several hundred £ but at the same time I'm kinda curious what kind of results my genetics would give. Their main use case is that they tell you what diseases (e.g. cancers) you're more prone to. At the same time I'm a college kid who albeit isn't broke but does probably have other things he should save his money for. (That sentence really made me call myself "he" twice)

@StarStruck Could you describe a bit what you gained out of these / why you think they're good?

Alcohol (1-2 drinks) is one of them. I'm thinking using some sort of substance could be a good way to get me started. I can wean myself off afterwards.

LOL!!! That dude next to Logan Paul got so triggered at Mike Tyson. He even tries defending the dude next to Tyson, but the dude says he's open. As if the guy couldn't say something himself if he were as triggered as you were.

@OBEler Not really on-topic but how is low testosterone not a justification for taking steroids? Steroids aren't really something to be too concerned about in my opinion. If they benefit your life then they benefit your life. For the vast majority of people, steroids aren't a good option but that doesn't mean it's universally the incorrect choice for everyone.

Just poking a little fun here , but WHENEVER I click on your profile it says you were last here a few minutes ago. You do also seem to reply to a ton of posts. But hey I'm not gonna complain about that.

I decided yesterday that I'd take a tab and a half of LSD today, but I started feeling a sort of existential dread that I knew I'm not ready to face yet. My intention was to face some of my survival oriented fears, especially regarding the opposite sex. It was also to try and get out of this rut that I've been in for a few months now. I feel that I'm not progressing enough in life, and that I'm not taking enough action. But the thing is that I simply cannot bring myself to take action. For example, I've been putting off approaching strangers for months now, even though I have reason to believe it'll improve my social skills and status. I also neglected other survival aspects of my life (e.g. driving license, getting part-time job, summer project for uni), which I was meant to address this summer. I just really feel that I'm in a rut. Thing is my intuition is never for psychedelics. I decide that I want to take psychedelics, but my intuition always tells me I shouldn't. It tells me that an existential fear will come up, that I am not yet ready to face. It's something I need to face after I face survival-oriented fears first. Should I take MDMA instead? Maybe this is a better tool to face social related fears, or maybe even survival related fears in general. Or should I just stick to taking LSD, with the intent of not delving too deep into the existential shit? Apologies if this post is rambly and disorganised.

Sorry this post was written extremely sloppily. I have around 15-20 trips in my belt. It's just that based on my latest trips, which have all been unnecessarily challenging, I feel that psychedelics are making me face existential fears that I'm not ready to face. My options right now are: - Stick to "manual" spiritual practices i.e. meditate for a really fucking long time. - Stick to LSD/psychedelics but at relatively low doses (~1 tab), merely as a supplement for my manual practices. - Still considering MDMA tbh, I actually have some

@Carl-Richard The most based reply here.

Yeah not a bad point at all... Feel like the gun post is a lot more worrying than Leo's hairy ass legs

@Javfly33 Hey dude, I'm trying to figure out the same thing right now. DM me if you find anything useful! Or just post here.

@Thought Art I wouldn't say people are necessarily judging him. It's just that posting almost-naked pictures of yourself is "weird" from a social standpoint.

@NoSelfSelf To be honest, no. I just wanted to throw this post out there because I enjoy interacting with this forum I'm probably gonna stick to drinking very occasionally and very lightly. I've done phenibut a couple times, it was nice but it's kind of stopped working that well for me. I start feeling the comedown effects as soon as the drug hits me... so during the comeup. Facepalm. Oh well, all it did was make me way more talkative, but not necessarily in a good way. It kind of makes me not give a shit about social cues, to the point where I didn't notice that someone was making eye contact with me. One thing I'm definitely gonna try is LSD microdosing though. It seems that psychedelics can decrease the amount of overall "judgement" you're storing in your mind, both you of others and others of you. I also realised that I should look into MDMA for therapeutic purposes.

Yeah... the naked pictures, the hyper-emotional writing and the spelling mistakes he's been making (highlighted)... very strange. He even made a slight error in one of his titles for the Actualized clips channel. Someone on his insta pointed out this could be concentration problems, so hopefully this isn't related to Leo's chronic illness.

@Danioover9000 Uh, what the hell is "help from your nervous system"? I don't think what you've said here has any scientific basis. As far as I know the nervous system is simply what engages the muscle. It's still the muscle doing all of the work, even if there's "help" from the nervous system. Fatiguing your nervous system will make you weaker, i.e. less able to push your muscles to their limits (i.e. near/at true failure). This will lead to less growth.

I have 2C-B in pilled form. Is it viable to crush it up into a powder and plug that?

Weight training is in general easier than calisthenics. For one, it's way easier to progressively overload on weight training. Once you're able to get, say, 15 reps of a calisthenics movement, you're not really gonna be able to overload much more from a hypertrophy or strength standpoint. Weight-training on the other hand is ridiculously conducive to overload, needless to say. I think another issue with calisthenics is that some movements might be too difficult. I think the main argument for calisthenics would be if you really enjoy it, because some of the movements do seem like a lot of fun.

@something_else How much do you tend to drink?

The problem with approaching unattractive girls is that you're doing it out of insecurity. Therefore when it goes wrong it's going to be much more painful. Think about it, you're approaching her because she's unattractive. What does that say about your self esteem?

Leo seems to be quite heavily on the solo trip side of the debate here. But I feel like he's a little biased when it comes to this question, mainly because of the fact that he says he's deeply introverted. Do you guys think the same applies to extroverts? Are solo trips "better" for extroverts just as much as introverts? I'd love to hear your thoughts and (especially) your experiences when it comes to this matter. I'm just looking to get more perspectives on this question than Leo's. I wouldn't really call myself too experienced with psychedelics - probably about 20 trips so far - all relatively low to medium dose. But I'll try and briefly explain what my stance on this topic is: I guess if you're aiming for the highest levels of Truth, then there's no such thing as tripping with "others" in the first place. All they can do is distract you from this Truth. However, if you're not at a stage in your life where you feel ready to be pursuing absolute Truth, then chances are, you might not be ready for solo trips either. But you may still find benefit from using psychedelics or you may simply have the desire to do so. In this case, it's ideal to trip with one or two good people you trust and share values with, or maybe even more ideally with a facilitator. The point of the facilitator is to act as a grounding force for your trips, for example decrease the likelihood of a negative experience. So the debate basically boils down to this: does the facilitator work as a "grounding force" (whatever that means), or is it true that s/he would purely be a distraction in all cases? In your personal experiences, would you say that "others" - especially "others" that have been chosen carefully e.g. facilitators - are an effective way to stay more grounded in trips, even in high doses?

Yeah I had a similar idea that psychedelics are "karmic accelerators". They make you go through whatever karma you have at a much quicker rate. For example, if your karma is attracting suffering, then you'll have a bad trip but most likely be "done" with this negative karma as soon as you're done with the trip. You'll feel that you have transcended whichever part of you was attracting the negativity.

Agreed!