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Wow, 15 000, it must be an interesting study to read. Could you link the paper or abstract? Could be a title at least, I can find the full version by myself. Maybe you remember a year it was written?

I probably won't help you, I am from Poland, to find and buy plant material I use https://www.magicznyogrod.pl/. They have everything. Don't look for websites that sell adaptogens, but herbs generally and look for adaptogens category. Or just Google the name of the substance after researching it. To research a plant you can go to PubMed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ and type it's name here. You will get a lot of abstracts of experiments involving that plant.

One word, three letters: LSD I not joking, check out this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/weil-says-lsd-cured-his-allergy-01-03-2001/ There are also a few other reports scattered through out the internet. Go and try it, tell us the results. It might work, because LSD affects not only serotonin, but also histamine, dopamine, and many other neuroreceptor systems.

Beware of mixing adaptogens like Rhodiola rosea with Magic Mushrooms. Such combo can potentiate the experience. I would shy away from the commercial websites and ready-made capsules, etc. You can buy any plant you imagine over the internet and prepare it yourself. There are special cups to easily make brews and capsule machaines that allow you to save $$$ and control dosage to the miligram. I like to make myself a Butterbur brew to find relief in allergy symptoms, without the typical histamine drugs side-effects. It has it's own side-effects though.

I think it's actually an upside of porn that it is focusing only on a mechanical part of the intercourse. Because of that it's very easy to ditch it when you realize how really shallow it is. Imagine if every porn video had a very good story and made you passionate about the situation depicted, it would be authentic and glue you to the screen. Thanks god that's not the case, otherwise I would be watching that every day. But there are TV series and Netflix Originals, that do incorporate that emotional aspect of storytelling and exploit even more of your time and money than porn industry, so that's why I shy away from them. Porn is not that evil in the end, it's just a handy aid to fixing any lust problems. It's only your issue if you are abusing porn by only watching it and not working on your sex life. I call bullshit on that. When it comes to arousal, I would choose touch over visuals in no time. Of course the looks are important, too, they are like on the second place, just after touching sensations.

OSHO: Autobiography And OSHO: Meetings with Remarkable People contains about 40+ short biographies of all sort of sages throughout the ages. Worth giving a shot.

It's probably the Safari that causes the issue. Try installing Google Chrome browser. Or watch them on your phone.

From practical stand-point, I prefer a one big meal a day and a few snacks, always at similar hours. Here's why: It's easier to control what and how much you eat. Plus you don't get that big spikes in sugar and hormones, if you eat a whole foods plant based diet. Generally, I feel like this whole idea of eating 5-6 meals a day is suited for bodybuilders and other hardcore athletes, who wouldn't get enough nutrients the other way, not for normal people. I don't see any other viable reason to bloat your digestion system throughout the day. I have felt the best in my life when I was eating only 3 meals a day, the first being a big, big breakfast (1200kcal+), and then two smaller servings of food later.

Don't look for Bates methods. Endmyopia.org seems effective. I don't have an opinion about LASIK, because I am personaly not interested in it, but I know it shouldn't be done too early.

Hi, I have compiled a short list of traits that high social status people have. You can use it to better judge your position in a group or decide on what action to take. Behaviours That Increase YOUR Status decisions making minimal reaction to others' behaviour talking freely taking responsibility staring into people's eyes straightened up posture easy and effortless movements looking down on people Behaviours That Decrease YOUR Status backing down, asking for permission, advice being overly reactive avoiding eye contact and responsibility seeking validation for yourself, your opinions boasting and bragging stepping out of the way apologizing for everything Behaviours That Decrease SOMEONE'S Status pointing out mistakes interrupting someone sarcastic praise giving commands giving permission evaluating others (both positively and negatively) negating somebody's opinion totally ignoring the other person forcing someone to wait, change opinion, admit mistake Behaviours That Increase SOMEONE'S Status asking for permission agreeing with that someone asking for opinion careful listening excessive courtesy saying thanks expressing respect I am curious if you would like to add something to the list or you disagree with sth that's currently on it.

@Solace when you say 50% raw diet, do you mean 50% of food's mass or calorie intake? How long are you on such an extreme diet? 600 calories sounds wild, but believable. Personally, I don't trust in eating only fruit. After all they are a human invention, with high ratio of sugar to other nutrients. And are pricy.

In what country? USA? It's a big, big country, so laws here vary. You can check if the substance is scheduled or not by looking it up on https://psychonautwiki.org/. What's legal in Poland and easily accesible all over the world: base tryptamines: DPT, EPT, MET, MiPT 4-hydroxy: 4-HO-MiPT, 4-HO-EPT 5-methoxy: 5-MeO-MET, 5-MeO-MALT, 5-MeO-DPT lysergamides: 1P-LSD, ALD-52, AL-LAD; rare: LSM-775, ETH-LAD phentylamines: 2C-B-Fly, DOC, Escaline

This issue is all about you, not them. It's the hardest pill to swallow, but also the most effective one. There are a few tips: know better, turn their comments into humour, gain self-confidence.

If Leo would be trying to make more money, he would be releasing more courses, writing books, have big sales funnel, doing more and shorter videos, never focus on psychedelics and other very niche topics, etc. Is he using marketing? Of course he is, otherwise no-one would watch or buy his stuff. But is he doing it to some exagerrated level, like for ex. Tai Lopez does? No. So I think you shouldn't worry too much about Leo's intentions, these are quite clear. People from Quora can say all the non-sense they want on every topic. You need to learn to judge by yourself wheter what they are saying is trust-worthy or not. He didn't do research. He made a blind statement and then looked for the proof of that statement, disregarding all the opposing facts, like genuine positive reviews of the Life Purpose Course.

I don't like the "I am awareness" phrase, because it kind of implies existence of some personal entity. I prefer "There is only awareness/one substance/nothingness" approach, since it doesn't carry that baggage. Most people "understand" words of spiritual teachers and are still not enlightened. I couldn't care less about someone's else interpretation of their words. I don't mean to offend you, the same applies to me.

It's not about success. It's about making an impact in the world. Inner fulfilment on your deathbed, not shining in front of others with your successes. External success is very good when it helps you to achieve something bigger than you have ever thought is possible. It's only bad when you become a slave to it.

Yes. This always happens to me when I listen to Infected Mushroom or Tycho.

Toad venom is for smoking only. Better not to try snorting or plugging it.

Am I reading a forum thread, or am I aware of reading? Neither, there is just reading. No subject, no object.

What psychedlics do you probaly won't achieve through meditatation. Your whole body starts to feel different. Tingly, somewhat unpleasant for a moment. Colors start shifting, what was green becomes blue and so on, and so on. Some geometrical patterns start to emerge on flat surfaces and have that tribal vibe to them. What was standing close seems to be kilometers far away. One second you feel as tall as a building, the next second you are as short as an ant. When you close your eyes the wildest visions appear, so you open them again. After a while everything feels like the most precious material on earth when touched. Heat and love spreads from your heart. Sounds become indescribable. Your thoughts become multi-parallel and intuitive, after sometime you stop using words to think, they are not effective enough. Reality shatters and a lot of incredible stuff happens. What it will be is a highly individual matter. Possible incredible stuff I have experienced: visiting my own personal hell, Enlightment experience, switching bodies, total acceptance and understanding, seeing reality as an endless loop.

You don't need to quit Islam in order to pursue Enlightment. It's totally compatibile, just don't listen to bullshit dogmatic people say that has nothing to do with spirituality, but more with politics. Yes, go and search for life purpose, do all that stuff, have sex, earn your first money, etc. It's 2018, being born in Egypt doesn't mean anything. As long as you desire something, you can achieve it.

Rupert Spira, my favourite teacher, here, too! I would recommend watching one of Leo's video for a good start. For example the one about strange loops or whole absolute infinity series or live enlightment experience. It's at least worth trying.

You may feel a few times like you have already seen what you are reading, because Leo's videos about Enlightenment are partially inspired by Ralston's work. Nevertheless, it's worth it to read and try it out.

Just have some fun. Dropping acid with friends is for that, not for having some reality-shattering realizations. You need a lot of preparation for that. Anyways, it will be spiritual to some extend regardless of what you decide to do.

@zoey101 That wouldn't suffice. Ego and thoughts are not needed for anything in that situation. They didn't thought themselves into existence, so they are not that powerful to explain anything. it's more like everything is already made of consciousness and therefore consciouss to some degree, so you don't need any ego to notice a rock for example, it can be by itself.