Nilsi

It implies being an individual. There is no romance without some friction.

Yeah, I will probably try plugging some 5-Meo as soon as feasible, which is probably the worst idea I have ever had in my entire life lol.

You are always playing games. Might as well spice your relationship up by being a bit playful and ambivalent at times.

I don't really care about having mind-blowing experiences. I care about understanding myself so I can live a great life. If that means taking psychedelics from time to time I'd be willing to do that.

Fine. So youre saying there is no way around doing massive amounts of psychedelics?

Fair enough.

It's not that crazy tbh and I'm probably exaggerating a bit, but having these experiences is not my concern, the question is just how deep do they have to be and is there something I'm missing by not going balls deep with psychedelics. Of course you can not replicate a peak psychedelic experience just through some contemplation or sitting, but the general insights and understanding are the same in my estimation.

I am open to that possibility, in fact I know it's the case, but living my life naturally takes me to states of consciousness I'm not yet aware of. I just don't see why psychedelic insights are privileged over "sober" ones.

It radically transforms me though. I have some variation of mystical/awakening experiences almost every day. It's just that psychedelics freak me the fuck out and throw me out of balance, which is just simply not commensurable with my lifestyle and current goals. Not to be arrogant, but I bet I had more intense awakening experiences spontaneously than most people have on psychedelics, so it's not like I'm just getting super weak-sauce insights.

There has been tons of anecdotal evidence like this since the dawn of time, but unless someone actually does the science on this, no one will give a fuck.

That's not obvious to me. I can understand what heat is by holding my hands above a stove or I can jump into a fire, but I get the idea either way. I'm not even anti psychedelic, I've had my share of trips, I'm just genuinely curious as to whether this is really necessary or not.

Lol what does this have to do with neo advaita? I don't need psychedelics to become conscious of everything that your girlfriend becomes conscious of by shoving chemicals up her ass, I'm just not conscious of it to the same degree.

I don't get this. You have access to consciousness at all times. I can make sense of consciousness perfectly fine without having to take a psychedelic (they certainly help, but I really can't relate to your obsession with them). I agree that these experiences are profoundly beautiful and they are in a sense the territory, but in terms of making sense of reality, I don't see it tbh.

I'm pretty sure he's done psychedelics, probably Ayahuasca (he kind of implied it when he was asked about psychedelics as a tool for spiritual growth). I don't want to argue about this shit all the time, but I'm pretty sure he knows he's God (yeah, yeah, this is not the point, but I want to talk about Wilber right now ffs lol).

Read whatever you like. I'm just trying to stealman them against stupid criticism.

I'm talking about great literary works of course, not some random novellas they sell at the supermarket. Reading Dostoevsky, Orwell, Tolstoy and other greats is far from a waste of time. Some of the wisdom in fiction is far greater than what could ever be communicated logically. Same goes for movies btw.

It's called being horny.

That's BS. There is a lot of wisdom in many great fiction books, it's just not being fed to you with a silver spoon.

This is silly. If you enjoy reading books and that's part of your life purpose, you obviously shouldn't stop doing it. Find a healthy relationship to reading. It's all about balance.

Again, the point is that they will escalate into a full blow nuclear war in every possible scenario (assuming some kind of rational agent model, which is the only point in this you could argue over). It's just a simulation and won't account for things like aliens coming down and intervening or some crazy shit like that, but generally it's a fucking bad idea to even think about using nukes tactically.

My point is that they will lead to a complete nuclear war, if you run the game theory, so they are not really all that "tactical."

Some kind of big catastrophe will probably have to happen to break this escalation dynamic, but yeah I also hope this will be settled as soon and peacefully as possible. The CIA and FSB should make a deal to end this shit somehow, I don't think any official diplomatic efforts will be able to stop this charade. You have to get rid of Biden, Putin and Zelensky somehow. These people are way too invested in this war and are probably willing to blow the whole world up in the name of "justice."

I don't see how you are going to get out of this any other way than through massiv exposure. Go out and sleep with as many women as possible, until you no longer feel weird about it.

There is no such thing as "tactical nukes." During the cold war they have done millions of simulations of all kinds of nuclear scenarios and every single one of them that started with someone launching a "tactical nuke," ended in complete all-out nuclear war. There has to be a diplomatic solution to this thing, otherwise we will blow ourselves up for good.

Putin is not stupid, he knows very well that he can not win this war on the ground, if the west keeps pumping weapons and money into Ukraine; This is just sending a message, in my estimation, by saying "look, I'm ready to sacrifice my whole population, you think I'm afraid of using nukes?" I seriously don't understand what these western leaders think is gonna happen; Russia is not just gonna roll over and die, while having a full nuclear arsenal at hand.