Carl-Richard

There are no documented cases of people jumping out of windows on psychedelics according to Hamilton Morris.

I kinda am this way with lifting weights, or atleast I noticed that when talking with my friend back in the summer when the gyms were re-opening. He had just started working out at home after reading JP's self-help book and he couldn't understand why I wasted money on a gym membership. It's just something about lifting really heavy and pushing yourself to the limit that triggers a combination flow, a surge of brain chemicals and hormones, and that taps into a deep primal need. I'm also kind of good at it. It's the same reason you would do any hobby: you do it for the joy of doing it.

But of course, you shouldn't neglect your humanity either. Your humanness is just as a valuable part of reality as the tiniest speck of lint .

You call it nihilism because it seems meaningless for you, but I want you to notice how it can only be meaningless from a human survival perspective; a perspective which only sees meaning in the perpetuation of its own agenda. What is really meaningless about an infinitely complex dance of trillions of molecular machines, interacting with eachother and rearranging themselves and their environment in an ineffable display of creativity? When I say "just a bunch of cells", I don't mean to be reductionistic or to subtract meaning from the equation. What I'm really saying is "but what about the cells?". The mistake would be to look at the phenomena of "animal" from a gross surface level view and forget the immense density of stuff happening at the micro and meta-macro levels. The mistake would be to not see the vast web of relationships in reality and how each part is dependent on the other. There is an absolute necessity in everything being just as it is, right now and forever. It's a perfect design.

Age is incredibly valuable. Imagine having had twice the amount of experiences as you have now; twice as many mistakes to learn from, twice as many perspectives that you've encountered, twice as long of a time to sit and reflect on all of it. It's impossible to estimate the impact of such a thing from one's current perspective, just as it's impossible to predict the outcome of one's life. This only becomes more and more clear as you age.

That's actually a great way of cutting through the implicit anthropocentrism behind such concerns: what are predatory animals but a bunch of cells killing another bunch of cells?

It could've been way worse.

@Rilles It's almost feels like a parody, so I don't know whether to laugh or cringe

Life.

This a good example of the distinction between a description and an explanation. How would you explain what a trip is?

Why?

It's only talk.

Talk, it's only talk Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, Articulate announcements It's only talk Talk, it's only talk Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker Brouhaha, boulder dash, ballyhoo It's only talk Back talk Talk talk talk, it's only talk Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat, Conversation, contradiction, criticism It's only talk Cheap talk Talk, talk, it's only talk Debates, discussions These are words with a D this time Dialogue, duologue, diatribe, Dissention, declamation Double talk, double talk Talk, talk, it's all talk Too much talk Small talk Talk that trash Expressions, editorials, expugnations, exclamations, enfadulations It's all talk Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk

@Gesundheit Bro that gave me some insane acid flashbacks lmao

When you stop bullshitting yourself.

@Leo Gura That was what I asked myself lol.

Probably the first time Black Metal was performed on national television.

People who aren't motivated by fear are motivated by love.

I'm just an ignorant norseman, but is there a particular reason why she specifically would want more attention?

Your body knows very well what it needs. It will tell you

If you get sleepy during meditation it just means you didn't sleep enough (or you're meditating on a full stomach). Don't complicate something as simple as sitting. Sit upright in a firm office chair. The trick to sitting meditation is relaxed > upright > minimal pain. Doesn't matter how you accomplish that. Back support is not a sin (only bad back support).

@Danioover9000 We're talking about one of the oldest institutions in the world. Just from that alone I would be surprised if it didn't harbor any bigotry. Using "stirring up drama" as a way to delegitimize someone has become way too easy these days and is a testament to the regressive aspects of internet culture.

Short answer: just a feeling. Long answer: I haven't watched the video, but I'm assuming that it said that everything is personal from an absolute perspective, which means that it makes no sense to single out Preety specifically in this case, because from an absolute perspective, the topic is about everybody equally.

That is your problem. Stop hitting yourself. Chill.