Yimpa

It takes maturity to be able to see your reflection in the mirror undistorted. One may assume in order to do so you must either clean the mirror or clean yourself. But actually, seeing the perfection in any way, shape, or form reality takes itself to be reveals the true beauty.

Heh, it’s like asking an iPhone to use the Find My iPhone feature on itself. But hey, maybe in the future it’ll be possible, who knows!

More importantly is to be able to imagine yourself outside of “your own two eyes”, which requires being nuanced and radically open-minded.

A mix of observing and studying actually sounds delightful! Like being a mixture of two worlds… You are both the teacher and the student, depending on the context of any given situation.

I’m surprised that I don’t simply use the emojis my phone provides more often, but now I’m considering it! 🤷 Can you see this emoji? 🤨

I find this to be true, especially since I tend to have an avoidant personality type. Deep trips leave me no choice but to face emotions that I’ve been suppressing for a long time. Paradoxically, I choose to do this because I love exploring myself.

Ain’t no suffering while listening to this

We already have such a reaction feature in the forum of a little blue flag

I’ve been there countless times. In fact, my first trip was so horrific and traumatizing, but that didn’t deter me from wanting to explore more (and I became wiser in how I approach tripping through trial and error). In short, you just have to be a certain type of fella to be willing to go through such beautiful madness over and over again!

Thank you for asking! I feel blessed and thankful… surrounding myself more and more with supportive communities I feel authentic around (this forum included!) I’ve also been healing with my immediate family and communicating with them much more authentically… I am so glad that we’ve created a space with each other where I can be “woke” while still respecting their conservative views. We used to be at war with each other, but now the dust is settling and lots of beauty is springing out.

Not just family, but also the religious and cultural system I was born into (that being Roman Catholic and filipino). To be fair, I also had other underlying concerns that were unrelated to that which were not being properly being addressed, such as autism. I actually didn’t get diagnosed with autism until age 16. My mom, at that time, was the one who had to fight for me to get answers to what I’ve been struggling with, while everyone else (i.e. other family members, school system, psychologists, and, yes, even myself.) were confused. The connection I am making here is both mental health and gender + sexual exploration awareness are both relatively new developments in mainstream society. So how can I blame myself for being in the position I am now? For example, it’s only a few months ago that the Vatican called for new policies to integrate trans people into the church. https://glaad.org/pope-francis-calls-for-the-inclusion-of-trans-people-in-catholic-practices/ I had glimpses here and there, but nobody there to support or guide me through it since it was taboo to even entertain.

Thank you

@Consept I wonder what my life would’ve looked like if I had been able to access hormones as a kid vs. psychiatric pills. I only came out as trans recently, at the age of 27. I do look back at my life with grief, but it could not have been any other way based on the culture and time I wound up in.

I find that experiencing myself takes hard, dedicated work, but it pays itself!

From what I understand, mystical experiences are so profound that the only one you could explain it to is You.

Very cool, this is the first time I’ve heard the term steelmanning before! Nice to see things from multiple angles

Not so fast. Conservatives do have legitimacy in striking a balance in society. If we had LSD for All, I don’t think you’d be in favor of that, as beautiful as it sounds on paper.

Yes, there will be contradictions depending on who you ask.

As a long term medical cannabis user, I feel I am an “expert” in this field and agree!

Here is metaphorical example of how a different kind of Consciousness can be expressed.

Why not! I find that weed makes me more sensitive to my body overall, so mixing it with yoga sounds extremely relaxing.

Makes sense. This song got me thru difficult times back in the day!

The irony is that the immensity you refer to can be sourced from what we overlook as ordinary.

Reminds me of the paradox regarding suicide. For example, in my religious upbringing we were taught that suicide is sinful, so we never discussed about it openly. But from a mental health perspective, it is healthy to discuss suicide instead of avoiding it. So yeah, you don’t understand suffering by avoiding suffering.