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> the old Tibetan Buddhist story of a master who was able to fit a large animal (a yak maybe?) into his shoe, without the Yak getting smaller or his shoe gettin
by sebmellen 6y ago
> the old Tibetan Buddhist story of a master who was able to fit a large animal (a yak maybe?) into his shoe, without the Yak getting smaller or his shoe getting bigger
This reminds me of something I once experienced on truffles (the kinds sold in Amsterdam smartshops), but I experienced only mentally. I had this vivid fractal "dream", if you will, of all of reality condensing into a point not dissimilar to the Mandelbrot fractal. When I looked at it, I realized the edges were the limits of human knowledge (or something like that).
But I could go further down or further up, and I realized that I was actually holding this entire fractal in my head, so I could explore any part of it, which meant I had access to all knowledge already.
I realized afterwards that Plato must have experienced the same, promoting his quote that "all learning is remembering".
I also had an experience on 5-MeO-MiPT, when I was tripping and went to get acupuncture. I went to the bathroom before the session started, and somehow I managed to fit into the bathroom despite being so large I could barely get in the door. Very similar to Alice in Wonderland.
I wonder how this size distortion happens, because when I experienced it, it felt so absolutely real.
- monktastic1 6y agoThis is the Buddhist take on it, FWIW: http://www.lionsroar.com/visualizing-a-pure-and-perfect-world/amp/ http://www.lionsroar.com/visualizing-a-pure-and-perfect-worl...