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Perhaps there are infinite possible futures for humanity and planet earth, and the future you experience is largely up to you. I.e., different versions of “you” experiencing different versions of the future. Just be sure to do your best. And I for one welcome our new robot overlords

For getting warm, try sipping on some beet juice before going out on your runs. You can look for a supplement that advertises how it boosts nitric oxide. Beets have a tonnnn of nitrates in them, which bacteria in your mouth convert into nitric oxide. They are excellent for circulation, especially when combined with some physical activity. I definitely notice a warming effect when using them. As for the hypothyroidism, listen to your doctor, but consider getting some iodine and selenium rich foods.

Reminds me of how in a dream at night, nothing seems out of the ordinary and everything is self consistent according to the dream’s rules. And when you realize you’re dreaming, the rules can change. You might be able to fly, or make the scary monster disappear. It has always amazed me how in dreams we almost always take for granted that everything makes sense and there’s nothing to make us question the dream as being real. Everything seems “normal and physical”. Even things that make no sense in waking life. And then we wake up from the dream and are so naive as to say “ohhh wow well all THAT wasn’t real but now THIS experience is really real, NOW I’m experiencing the real objective world”. Just because we feel we’ve experienced this real world for longer and everybody in it is telling us it’s real and it seems consistent and like it makes sense. Even though if we think about it enough and are honest, it makes no sense to us. We feel accustomed to standing upright walking around on a rock zooming through space around a ball of fire, thinking we’re experiencing a real, objective reality that exists independent of ourselves, with all kinds of explanations for why things are the way they happen to be... not questioning if maybe we’re making it all up.

I would highly recommend giving it a shot. Being in ketosis is, in general, a very healing state (if I can speak very loosely). And for sure, it is safe. One hypothesized reason that ketosis helps in epilepsy so much is that it improves the handling of glutamate in the brain, the most important excitatory neurotransmitter, and improves conversion of glutamine into GABA, the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722878/ https://www.naomiwhittel.com/the-ketogenic-diet-and-gaba-connection/ As for schizophrenia, Just from quickly searching, it sounds like GABA and glutamate play a role here as well, so improving the functioning of these could help a lot. As for bipolar disorder, I could see rises and crashes in blood sugar being a major culprit, which keto eating gets rid of. So basically, it is safe to try, you'll see some positive benefits, and it might help you with any bipolar symptoms.

Understood, it sounds like you have a job where you can be up and about though! Any movement is better than nothing, including getting up and stretching / shaking it out regularly. Hell, a bunch of bodyweight squats (idk, 50 or so depending on level of fitness) around your meals will go such a long way into helping you digest your food, keeping you insulin sensitive, etc. And to add on the diet stuff, consider a temporary strict ketogenic diet. It’s personally (and according to countless others stories) proven to be the best way to lose body fat quickly and effortlessly (effortless besides resisting the temptation to eat carby foods). Doesn’t have to be forever, but challenging your body to switch to primarily fat metabolism from time to time is extremely beneficial. And can help you feel amazing and focused. In general, the leaner you are and more physical activity you perform, the better your body is at handling carbs. Whatever you do, love yourself. You got this

I’m seeing a lot about diet, but nothing about physical activity and sleep. Be sure to optimize both of these areas, as they are crucial for maintaining an optimal weight and physique, and to just feel good all around, body and mind (and spirit?). For physical activity, the following is a good guideline: Getting PLENTY of movement (walking, stretching, yoga, REBOUNDING, etc), some weight lifting, and occasional super high intensity exercise will go an extremely long way in achieving optimal weight and physique. A good goal is an hour a day (anything from standing up and stretching to all out sprinting counts). For sleep, cool, quiet, dark room, winding down before bed, plenty of time (in my opinion, you can’t sleep too much... you would just wake up. But I’ve seen others disagree with this). Sleep is so crucial. It’s also important to get healthy amounts of sunlight and nature most days, and of course all the other things like stress management, fulfilling life, relationships, consciousness work, etc. As for diet, stick to whole foods (a “paleo” diet), favor meals over snacks, and listen to your body as to when you are hungry and what you need. Occasional extended fasting is very powerful as well but be careful not to obsess over this and deprive yourself. Only engage in a long fast when particularly inspired to. Daily intermittent fasting is excellent. Good luck. You can do it!!

In my experience, exposing your giggleberries to sunlight is hugely beneficial.

The List I’ve yet to listen to most of these but this looks like an amazing collection of high consciousness podcasts.

Wow, same! Letting Go (the book) was amazing.

This is epic.

One technique that has worked extremely well for me, is to get about 6 hours of good deep sleep. Then, wake up and do something for a while, anywhere from like 5 to 90 minutes (yoga and/or meditation would be excellent choices). Then, go to bed with a strong intention to lucid dream and/or astral project (some say these are the same thing). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/19/want-to-experience-the-deep-mystical-sleep-of-our-ancestors-turn-your-lights-off-at-dusk/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5858d76115ca

Intent is key. You have to be steadfast in your decision to lucid dream. Like “tonight I’m going to have a lucid dream, no ifs ands or buts”. Thinking, reading, consuming material about lucid dreaming a lot helps. Frequent reality checks throughout walking life help too. Check if you’re dreaming frequently. Anything that makes dreams more vivid will help too (get sunlight during the day, limit blue light at night, dark room when sleeping, plenty of high quality sleep, healthy lifestyle). You could look up foods that help with vivid dreams too. Resistant starches are in particular helpful for me (green bananas, potato starch). They feed your gut bacteria and a lot of people report that they make their dreams more vivid. Skate liver oil is also useful, it’s said to help decalcify the pineal gland. A small amount of alcohol can help induce vivid dreams as well. None of these are necessary. A hack that is extremely helpful is to do something like the following: Go to bed with the intent to lucid dream, and a plan for what you’ll do during that dream. Set an alarm to wake up in about 6 hours. Maximize the quality of this 6 hours of sleep. Quiet, undisturbed, cool dark room, not too hungry or full, etc. Wake up in 6 hours and get out of bed and do something for anywhere from 5 minutes to 1 hour. Ideal would be to do some consciousness practice. Kriya yoga in the middle of the night is extremely powerful for me. Meditation is great too. Don’t expose yourself to bright light. Get back in bed and mentally review your plans for lucid dreaming. Have strong intention to lucid dream (or even to astral project). You will wake up every 60-120 minutes. Usually this goes unnoticed. Here is where you are in the perfect state to astral project / lucid dream. When you wake up, do any number of techniques to leave your body (most of these are to “move your body”, without moving your body. Just really feel your body lifting out of itself, or rolling out of itself, without moving any muscles. Reach down and touch the floor without moving your arms, etc. If that doesn’t work. Lie there peacefully and continue intending to lucid dream. Know that your next experience will be a dream. You will often automatically realize you are dreaming within your dream and be lucid. Row your boat gently down the stream. Carry through on your plans for the dream, but don’t resist anything else that might happen.

If you wanna funnel calories into your body with healthy ingredients try some nut butters. You can get like 1000 calories in a minute with some almond butter. There are brands that have delicious flavors like cinnamon coconut honey etc. And probably best to leave yourself at least a few hours before bed to digest, for better sleep quality.

Thoughts on the first round of democratic debates? Kamala Harris was the overall winner. She came across as extremely presidential, great speaker, and hit Biden hard. Bernie underperformed but he’ll have another chance to speak longer and with fewer people. And maybe the biggest winner of all is Bernie’s ideas. I wish he had talked about how his ideas, once laughed at, are now mainstream. Mayor Pete handled the police shooting controversy very well, and overall had a great performance, as usual. Elizabeth Warren did just fine, but not necessarily an inspiring performance. Biden’s main applause was from mentioning Obama. I thought Gillibrand, Booker, Bennet, and Castro did the most to break out from irrelevancy to getting some national attention, but neither have much of a chance. De Blasio was pretty fiery as well. And the rest have little to no chance of getting very far in the primaries. I was disappointed that Andrew Yang got only 3 minutes to speak, and was practically unable to address any topic other than UBI, and even then had about 5% as much time as he needed to make a strong argument for it. (Not that I’m #yanggang, I feel like political experience is an important criteria for... the president). Marianne Williamson was not taken seriously, which I understand. Beto’s popularity has plummeted. Still a long way to go. *cooks popcorn*

Jon Hopkins - Luminous Beings Super chill and feel good

Among my all time favorites. Delicious sounds. Some highlights: Burner Wind Loop Moments While You Doooo King Bathtub Bern Rhythm You’ve Changed

Removing incentives to buy yachts!! https://youtu.be/7txygGSM4OY

What were these enlightenment experiences like?

I would ask ~how do we pay for it then~ but when the top 3 wealthiest American families have as much combined wealth as the bottom 160 million Americans, not to mention the US spending more on military than like the next 20 or so nations combined, that question seems ridiculous.

Universal basic income, yea or nay? (Specifically, Andrew Yang’s freedom dividend policy proposal, $1,000 a month for everyone). Also, resource based economy, yea or nay? (Is this how an enlightened society would operate? Will it someday be feasible for humanity?)

Idk what it costs compared to pasta but you could try rice noodles

Which is more true? If All That Is already, always exists, then it would seem we can simply choose to experience different aspects of It. But we couldn’t create anything new. But, wouldn’t it be more infinite to be constantly creating new, “never before” experienced... experiences? To be ever expanding? And in that way, we are creating reality perpetually? Or is it some combination of the two, or something else entirely?

My thoughts exactly my whole life. It really seems like there should be this Nothing rather than something. But, how could it be inconceivable if there were nothing to conceive? How could it not exist if nothing existed. How could it be formless if there were no form? Lack substance if there were no substance to lack? What’s the difference between existing and not existing? Between something and nothing? Also, if this Nothing couldn’t be God, then wouldn’t that be a characteristic of this Nothing, thus making it something? Similarly if it couldn’t be an apple, or a person. Or a blank slate (deep sleep?)