chiefgeek

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by chiefgeek 6y ago
If you are going to go the psychedelic route, I highly encourage you to do post session integration work with a therapist. I have been dealing with depression for most of my adult life (I'm 51). Psilocybin is a really wonderful medicin
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
Try the Sony WHX line. Got a pair last fall and they are great.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
I think my friend and business partner put it best when I told him I didn't really care for the sport - he asked "Did you grow up watching it with your dad? [No] It's a lot like religion."
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
Why not? There is zero difference between it's interface and that of Google search.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
Right. And don't make any life changing decisions for at least six weeks afterward. In fact, in the early 70's, it WAS used successfully as a tool for couples therapy.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
An incredible book. Changed my life.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
The results are not specious. MAPS.org has excellent information about the progress of the trials for psilocybin and MDMA. It works and I speak from experience.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
I definitely recommend finding somebody who will at least sit with you, better yet, find a guide. Also, in my experience, therapeutic MDMA was more useful at getting to and releasing past trauma than psilocybin. The guides are all undergrou
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
Exactly this. And doing post trip integration work with a therapist or a group is particularly helpful in weaving the experience into your life.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
MDMA was originally used as a couples therapy drug in the early 20th century. It is a heart opening medicine that gently removes your ego. It is very powerful and beautiful. All about set and setting.
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
There's a documentary called "The Science of Fasting" that I found very interesting. Apparently, they've been studying it for health benefits going back decades in the former USSR. https://www.amazon.com/
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
This is a great piece about Uber/Lyft. https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-des...
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
A lot. I live just outside the city limit. 2015 VW Golf Wagon. Payment is only $260/month because I bought it used, got a decent amount for my trade in, and put extra down. Insurance $100/month. Gas, tolls, taxes, misc parking $20
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by chiefgeek 7y ago
Sounds like potential proof of Terrence McKenna's argument in "Food of the Gods" that mushroom spores were interstellar!
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
I recently did a therapeutic MDMA session and it was life changing. So much was stored in my body that it helped to release.
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
God, Reddit was the bomb 8-9 years ago!
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
The meditation is very helpful. The 10 day vipassana course was very insightful. Even if I can just manage 30 minutes a day, I feel better, more calm.
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
From my own experience, therapy was only the first step. It wasn't the solution. The further I went down the path (more than 10 years on my own, couples therapy for over a year with my ex-wife, and two separate one week intensive exper
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
Longtime Mac user (I had an Apple II+). I've had a new MBP since Jan '17. Replaced a five year old MBA. The keyboard itself isn't terrible (although my left command key seems to be going, so yay) the Touch Bar is worthless. I
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
Steve Chandler has a great piece on "How to versus want to" that is somewhat relevant. People will say they don't know "HOW" to find talent, when in reality they just don't "WANT" to find it.
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by chiefgeek 8y ago
I used Aerons for several years back when they first came out. While they are really nice looking, I and my staff found them to be terribly uncomfortable. We all went and tested multiple chairs at the Merchandise Mart. The Steelcase Leap wa
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by chiefgeek 9y ago
I, too, meditated for 10-30 minutes a day for about a year before attending a Vipassana retreat and had the same experience. Even upon returning from the retreat and meditating 30 minutes in the morning and 30 in the evening, I was not able
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by chiefgeek 9y ago
aka "Traction Park". Went there a couple times in the 80's. That place rocked, but it was, uh, a little unsafe.
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by chiefgeek 17y ago
Chicago, Illinois, USA