chachachoney

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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> The thing about spiritual awakening I believe is you have to do something with it, nurture it, or it fades away. Indeed, integration is key but often elusive without doing a lot of work outside of psychedelic experiences. >>
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Five grams of a dried Psilocybe Cubensis strain. Note: The experience lasts significantly longer than a non-ayahuasca DMT experience.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Take one day/night off smoking each week, take 1-3 MG of Melatonin an hour before going to sleep that night. Enjoy...
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> I bet with the data mining and everything they will do fun stuff like have real time ads play on billboards in games targeting you and other such fun stuff (maybe they do that already in games, i have never looked). It's going
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by chachachoney 7y ago
He isn't suggesting that the movies don't reliably make people feel things. He's questioning to what end are these feelings being evoked, and the absence of other probings amidst those archetypal evocations. A hallmark commer
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> I've frequently heard mafia-run areas were much nicer to live in. Provided you weren't a minority.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> New York city has been home to organized crime in the form of the mafia and gangs, boasted a huge murder rate in the middle of the 20th century, and is the frequent target of terror threats (literally the stated target of terror gr
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Makes you wonder, what are we currently doing that is evil but the entire world supports it? Nearly everything.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Using NYC as an example, how many casualties (which would have been prevented by bollards) happened before bollards became a fixture?
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Combining psychedelics with meditation opens the very real risk of conditioning one's meditation practice to require psychedelics to have any efficacy. That sounds a bit alarmist and is not really a risk if one applies reasona
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> There is a reason the many eastern religions that were the inspiration for a lot of new age ideas forbid drugs and alcohol. That's taking a very narrow point of view on the subject. While modern, mainstream, orthodox eastern r
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by chachachoney 7y ago
They are another incredibly expensive (security) theater prop.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> I mean yeah, it feels sketchy as hell Usually does when you are participating in fraud.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
It's amazing that a billion dollar digitally facilitated reservation system in 2019 allows for double bookings.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Seems like you're reading the word action in a narrow blockbuster hollywood sense, which isn't the context that it's used within the article.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
There's a difference between enlisting help to enact desired changes in ones consciousness and being brainwashed. There's nothing "Clockwork Orange" about this.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> But the simple fact is, there are tons of people out there that are utterly broken inside for gazillions of reasons That doesn't mean the adult population (including the people you mention) shouldn't be given agency and t
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Seems like you're both disagreeing that religion has an influence on modern American government, and arguing that religion isn't exclusive to the right-wing of American politics. I don't think anyone was suggesting that relig
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Maybe in cities, but my rural town just barely got stop light cameras, so I highly doubt this is true of rural America. Do you think rural towns in China are any different? >> In America no one will bother looking at the foot
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> That's straining credulity, especially considering the waning influence of religion in modern societies. Not in the least. Dominionist and dispensationalist theology has had a huge influence on modern American evangelicals who
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Why do we still allow fracking? Good question. Seems like a bunch of opportunists are taking advantage of irrational fears about nuclear power.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Because politicians cut its budget while requiring 24/7 operation, not because the subway operator doesn't have ~profit motive~ The MTA's dysfunction and inefficiency scale to accomodate whatever budget they are give
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Or gimmicks. _Trainspotting_ is boring life stuff and the dude going on about how life sucks without heroin, but it's written in a Scottish accent, so it's interesting. If all you got from Trainspotting is that it's
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>>Are you being sarcastic, or do you see the parent post as an attack on the concept of metaphor? Given that the parent post has been substatially edited without comment after a reply was posted, it's a moot point to comment on t
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by chachachoney 7y ago
G.N.U. is now undeserved.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Metaphors are quite useful tools.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Downright Ellisonian. Given what we know know about the manipulative practices Castaneda used within his small cult, I have no problem seeing those observations as reflections of his inner psyche through the lens of shamanic ritual and into
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> On another note, I have spent a good deal self-reflecting more or less alone in the dark with me and my thoughts. Two phrases that have been very relevant to my practice: "Being lost in thought is the opposite of concentration
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by chachachoney 7y ago
What's the deal with the use of brackets in [C]onfront[ing]? I don't disagree with your comment, but I think you're taking something that was said descriptively as if it were prescriptive.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
There are some amazing free VSTs out there. Also, 379€ is about the price you'd pay for a mid-level guitar. So if you're considering Ableton or Bitwig Studio your "instrument" it's reasonable. (obviously, this analo

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