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Don't you run out of ammo after the first few? I don't like the feeling of shooting blanks ?

And if we go a step further and take what has been said earlier into consideration: what if that medium is all you have? That should elicit an even deeper sense of understanding and empathy. When given the true context behind a person's actions, the first response should be "I understand you". Likewise, when you feel like you don't understand someone, the first instinct should be that you're lacking context. That saves you a lot of energy spent on confusion and resentment.

Locked for asking about how to source drugs. Growing mushrooms is a source of drugs.

Then do that yourself instead of complaining about other people not doing it. I personally like to teach people how to meditate, because I know how it works and I know that it worked for me when I was in his situation. If you like to spend your time doing comprehensive, in-depth inventories of people's lives, then do that. I'm primarily on the forum to have fun, not to serve as a disposable personal life coach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth#Influence_and_reception His playing consists of some of the most alien melodic and harmonic passages you'll ever come across.

You can't change your life overnight. You take it one step at the time. Besides, you never know if you might be missing out on some very foundational things that have a wide impact on your life, and that's exactly where things like diet, exercise and meditation come in. For example, look at this thread: The guy seems to be doing everything right, but apparently the problem is just that he skips breakfasts. Sometimes the most obvious things are the easiest to miss.

Who would've thought the lesson was "eat your god damn breakfast"?

Seatbelts make zero sense to me because you can literally die while wearing them.

But do you know how to achieve oneness without meditation?

Salvia is fucking ridiculous. My friend took it and became a window and said he had the distinct feeling that "today is the day that windows are for sale!"

Sit in an upright posture in a place that is firm but comfortable with something to support your back on. If you have a good office chair, that's perfect, but also tuck in one of your legs like this: Then you sit like that with your eyes closed and focus on the sensations of breathing: feel how your belly moves and how the air fills your lungs. If you notice that you lose concentration and start thinking about random things, return to the sensations of breathing. Set a timer for 5 minutes and see how it feels. It's OK to feel like nothing is happening or that you're not doing it right. It's also completely OK to lose concentration. Just come back the next day and try again. Then when you feel like it, increase the timer to 10 minutes. Then 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and finally 45 minutes. It's best to meditate earlier in the day when you're the most alert and not straight after a big meal (because digestion decreases alertness). The most important part is to be consistent: sit down at least a couple of minutes every day, no off-days. It's as simple as that

I used to not like school, but that was before I started meditating. I couldn't focus on things that didn't interest me very much. Motivation and focus go hand in hand. When you get very good at focusing, it becomes inherently motivating to simply stay focused (exactly what you're focusing on isn't as important as the fact that you're focusing). But focus requires a calm mind, and daily meditation can help with that.

Transcending Orange by conquering it:

A holistic thinker knows the limitations of reductionism, but he doesn't deny its utility. Therefore, to exclude reductionism at all costs is firstly impossible and secondly anti-thetical to holism.

Like avant-garde, orchestral concept albums shitting on consumerism

When I say attachments, I'm talking about those structures within your psyche that create repetitive cycles of thought. You can have cyclical behavior without cyclical thought. Those are two different kinds of karma, and you can function perfectly fine without the latter. In fact, I would say it's the very definition of functionality.

Please make a new thread instead of reviving an old one.

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@impulse9 There is no reason to dichotomize the path of sober meditation and the path of psychedelics when it comes to stabilizing in non-dual baseline awareness. At the end of the day, no matter how many hours you meditate or how many psychedelics you take, you will never enter non-dual baseline unless you let go of all your attachments, and Leo has explicitly stated that he is not ready for that yet: 6:22:47

My sober awakenings were better (and worse) than MDMA ?

That is for the musicians to decide . I know about some Tier 2 musicians. However, none of this theorizing captures the essence of music.

@Gregory1 @machinegun I see. I like to evaluate songs more based on aesthetics than just lyrics. For example, when I think of Green music, I think ambiguous/mixed genres, use of self-reference, irony, not taking oneself too seriously, social commentary (often about the downsides of Orange and appealing to the underprivileged). By the way, most love songs have nothing to do with Green This is a Green gem that I found just recently that is an extreme example of all the characteristics I mentioned (except the social justice component ): ...on another note, this song tells a story about a homeless man (Aqualung) and how people like him are viewed by society. It was also considered genre-bending for the time (progressive rock), and yes I'm a boomer :

This is a big oversimplification. It's not as simple as pointing out the exact moment where your fate is sealed. You have to look at it over a larger time scale and what environments you're exposing yourself to. The people you surround yourself with always influence your decision-making and determine the likelihood of being offered drugs. The odds are if you have friends who're into hard drugs, you'll most likely end up doing hard drugs yourself and get addicted that way. If the reporter in the documentary isn't in regular contact with people from the drug culture then the odds of him becoming addicted is relatively low.