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 matter0ni
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 Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#12946262 - 07/24/10 02:38 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
Middle/lower class family money, christian parents, never discussed philosophy/spirituality/religion. started to intuit the idea in 2nd grade that most big religions were derailed by men to control men and so i grew up kind of atheist turned agnostic around middle school turned "spiritual" around college years (early 20s). alcoholic parents/incredibly unstable home life.
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2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
did very well in school when i tried, stopped trying in 5th grade. too easy, and intuited that something was not right with it. corporate training = no thanks. being a number = no thanks. spent all of my school years staying up all night on the computer learning how to program, make art, and writing programs to mass advertise and made lots of money, stuff like that. dropped out in 9th grade to persue these things more deeply, then got my GED and went on to college for a couple years. still feels a bit too simple and redundant and impersonal for any excitement. almost none of my education has found uses in my daily life, aside from maybe history and language. language and history are very important to better understand the bigger picture i guess, and they didn't really care about the bottom line, but more about humanity, so it made sense to me and i enjoyed them.
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3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
no career interests me, it seems like slavery and no matter how hard i try to justify a 9-5, i cant see myself ever learning how to adjust to it. however, i would feel very fulfilled and wholesome if i spent my life teaching, and helping, and mentoring, especially to kids who are in the same situation i was in.
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4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
immensely. i first started in 2nd grade when the idea hit me out of nowhere that Christianity was possibly invented by some king somewhere to control masses of people, because people left to their free will usually just mindlessly chase things that are instantly gratifying, like quick cash (robbing) etc etc. and that some ruler somewhere in history realized that they needed to scare EVERYONE into behaving, or else groups of people will not function. but maybe that's because of the culture i grew up in (caused me to assume this was a trait of mankind, instead of our culture). so i grew up kind of bitter, and prickley. i argued with teachers a lot because i was sickened by the world i was living in, and eventually metamorphasized from an existential hopeless depressed confused young man in a strange unforgiving world to a warm, caring, and loving human being over the course of about 5 years. psychedelics quickly accelerated that process that was already happening, and really put the pedal to the metal.
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5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
my core values are obvious things that every person should automatically know, like don't do anything that hurts other people. that's about it. don't step on toes the best you can, and the rest is fair game. my values are kind of dissimilar to the majority, because of culture. government propaganda, media propaganda, all kinds of different forms of conditioning and behavior/thought control are not things i heed, and have always seen through them. i instead rely on what feels right inside, and it has never failed. this has caused me a lot of grief in life, kind of like swimming upstream the entire time. most people aren't interested in people who don't play the game.
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Enjoying the thread btw, it's fun to peer into other peoples' minds and see what you can come up with.
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JesusGreen
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#13108900 - 08/27/10 06:27 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
Born into a middle class family, only child. Named after "Matthew" from the Bible even though my parents are not believers. My mother being an atheist and my father being more of an agnostic.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
I was always exceptional at school, for a while I was in a gifted and talented program that led to me being a year ahead of the rest of my peers, however the last couple of years of school went badly and I wasn't satisfied with my final grades. I haven't really made use of them either as I moved to Poland a while back, and only recently turned 18 (you must be 18 here to get a job)
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
Previously I was looking at getting a job in IT, but right now I really don't know what I want to do with my life. I feel like I'm 10 years old again, with too many possible roads ahead of me, not knowing which to pick. If I could choose absolutely anything, it would be a career involving the study or production of psychedelics - but that's a grand wish, and the chances of it happening are minimal at best. If I did not have to earn money I would pick the same thing, or any job helping other people.
4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
I was always somewhat a believer, I believe I became a Christian at around 11 or 12, I followed the Bible, and prayed, but did not attend Church more than a couple of times ever, as I have always been against organised religion. Around the age of 15, I'm not sure what caused it, but some sudden awakening caused my to change my beliefs drastically, and I went through various belief systems before finally, when 17, only a few months ago - deciding on various beliefs, and not to follow any "religion" as such. I believe the "God/s" religions refer to are manifestations of the ego, applied to a universal "God" which is not human, humanoid, or a living being in the typical sense of the word. Through experiences with Ketamine I "witnessed" this "God" and my beliefs once again changed dramatically, my view of "God" is somewhat like the Buddhist view of all being mind, or the hermetic view of "The ALL".
5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
I'm going to steal a quote from the Chemical Brothers at the Coke Live Festival last week. "Love rules all" - that's my strongest belief. We are a loving, believing, beautiful race, but so often we suppress it, we suppress freedom, psychedelics, art, the mind, everything natural and true - and instead we propagate violence, greed, and lies. I always try to do my best to help people, to make others happy, and to keep myself happy. I believe the only laws of life are to love, and to abide by the laws of nature. Good/bad is all a matter of perspective, and as long as you have and give out love to others (without demanding to receive it in return) - you are a "Good" person in the traditional sense. 
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 wondercat
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I'd consider myself an artist, and I know I wouldn't be able to express my thoughts by trying to answer these questions with words, as they sometimes fail me.
i know, how contradicting.
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it truly is an illusion- your senses are just perceiving the varying vibrations in different ways- its holography; a representation.
"Nothing" is easy - Mooji
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vulcAn
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Re: Who Are You? *DELETED* [Re: Veritas]
#13255509 - 09/27/10 05:59 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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jabber
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: vulcAn]
#13277680 - 10/01/10 09:50 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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First I must say that i love the feel this thread gives out. Thank you Veritas.
1) I can't really say I was brought up anywhere because we were always moving for one reason or another. It's something you get used to after awhile but I could never really make true friends to look back on laugh about good times past.
2) I love to learn. When i cant figure something out it frustrates me until i figure it out. I'm a hands on learner. I hate repetition because i have always been able to understand the material right away. although i was and am book smart, common sense often escapes me. and trust me i would trade the book smarts for common sense any day.
3) I am really interested in Ethical Computer Hacking. And yes there is such a thing. you hack into companies (w/ permission) to find weak spots and fix them before malicious hackers get to it.
4) I am agnostic. When i was little i had a strong belief in Christianity but it was because "that's what Mommy and Daddy do."
5) Because there are so many children in this world already that we can't take care of, I refuse to have my own children. I will not bring another child into this world when i can help one that is already here.
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The D Void
i'm a little nutz
Registered: 10/18/10
Posts: 26
Loc: Oxfordshire, UK
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: jabber]
#13367357 - 10/21/10 03:54 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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My mother and father are both atheist, my father from Italy and
Is very set on family honor and my mother is from the east end.
I have been brought up with a lot of anti-religion talks and was
An atheist for 13 years. We were always poor,and I was the favored
child being first born.
I enjoyed school, always looking for something new.I discovered
Philosophy at 13 and started reading the works of Descates, Locke
and Kant early. My views were changed during thee next 4 years from
Atheist to Agnostic. I left school at 17 against my will and was
disowned by my family for it.
I studied Avo-nautical studies then and achieved a BTEC in it.
Later gaining a hospitality management and food hygine and safty
Qualifications I started a career in this sector and love it.
My philosophical beliefs have effected my life a lot, and my
Tutor who taught it me in school has become a strong friend
Who has suggested that I write my ideas down and see about
getting them published. My philosophical ideas are heavily influenced
By Decartes, Locke and Kant, taking a more of a symthosis of the two
bases of knowledge.
I hope I have made a little sence, if anyone has any questions ask.
(Just don't ask where babys come from, why the sky is blue or grass green please)
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Strange Brew
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 Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#13413903 - 10/31/10 10:04 AM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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1. I grew up in an average middle-class, rural town in the north eastern part of the country. I believe there was a strong push for me to accept a divine entity, from various disciplines of Christianity. The Bible held no answers for my beloved dinosaurs, and I rebuked its scriptures rather violently. I suppose even as a wee lass I has incredibly fixed ideations, and that my passions were eclectic and uncontrollable. (Typical Sun and Pluto in Scorpio, Moon and Ascendant Aquarian)
2. I've often experienced a very hollow sense of belonging within my generation; I bond closely to those much older than myself and my dearest relationships have been with men. Elementary school and subsequent high schooling was dull, I was often absent, absent-minded, and difficult to direct. Currently I've branched into philosophy and film studies after years of a blossoming affection for cinema, and wanting to assert my natural curiosities.
3. Horticulture related gigs (hence a sly interest in illegal plants) have been the most prevalent. Brief spell of florist-ism, a season of green-housing, I've volunteered at food shelves, played piano in hospitals, hotel housekeeping, and currently have found a means doing respite care for the mentally disabled. I like beauty and my own species. Variety is sure the spice of life, and I feel satisfied bouncing around the line of hobbies/career. Though I would like to pursue film making, yet I don't have the finances to do so...dammit $$$
4/5. I am always fluctuating, well, floundering. I understand myself well enough that I know when I'm about ready to burst into another will-o-the-wisp-ing spell and I'll brace my body for the upcoming strain. My energy does run out, but I often forget that. I've dove off the cliff a few times, rushed off in lover's bliss, binged on misery, drank elixirs and sung in euphoria-everything so intensely. I always get a bucket of water in the face, and I always pause to ruminate and adjust my extremism. At my core I've developed tolerance and compassion for the ebb and flow of myself, and the tides of life itself. I haven't formulated any true beliefs regarding the order of the universe. My concern is more in appreciating the grandeur below our feet, and drinking what our experiences have to offer. Is it possible to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground and their head in the clouds? They must be either incredibly tall and lanky, or wise.
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"The greatest wisdom consists in enjoying the present and making this enjoyment the goal of life, because the present is all that is real and everything else merely imaginary. But you could just as well call this mode of life the greatest folly: for that which in a moment ceases to exist, which vanishes as completely as a dream, cannot be worth any serious effort." Ah! but I'm sure Mr. Schopenhauer didn't consider that the wise don't mind playing the fool...
My conscience will follow you forever if you meet me everywhere - Mr. Cat Stevens
No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low- Mr. John Lennon
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TheKickingTree
Right on.
Registered: 10/08/10
Posts: 160
Loc: Arkansas
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
My dad was a butcher after he finished his service in the marine corps, he also played in his and his friends' band "Just Us," (they opened for a lot of bluegrass bands). I was the first child, and after my brother was born, my father became a cop. We didn't have a lot of money. My mother was 17 when I was conceived, she went from job to job until she went back to school and became an RN. Later though, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and manic depression. She became very hateful (I only stopped having flash-backs a year ago), and she attempted suicide on multiple occasions. My parents divorced when I was 13. I grew close to my dad. My parents were very strict baptist christians. I went to church twice a week.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
I didn't enjoy school until I started working out in the 7th grade. I got bigger, more confident, and (from what I'm told) fairly attractive. Bullying stopped being a problem after that. However, I always enjoyed learning. Physics team, first place in our region.  My education has only had few applications so far. I've been paid to write in a local magazine in my home town, and psychology classes have helped me in social situations. But I'm still in college, so there's still time before I really have to focus on applying it all.
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
I'm very interested in audio/visual productions and nearly any field in psychology. I'm currently a student, working in retail. It's mainly a paycheck job, but I enjoy most of my coworkers  . If I didn't have to earn money, I'd probably just travel, helping people that need it, meeting new and interesting people and enjoy whatever each new sight has to offer.
4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
I was raised christian. I began to have questions of the nature like: "What about people that were born into other religions?" at an unusually young age (around 9-10). I became especially estranged from christianity when asking the questions I had would make my parents seem disappointed or sometimes even angry. I tried especially hard to understand their belief. As I grew older I kept my lack of faith in a kind of quiet shame until my lifelong friend admitted he felt the same, he told me while we both tried pot for the first time.  The internet became a necessity a while after that, and it helped me realize how not-so-strange I actually was. I remain an agnostic atheist to this day.
5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
My core values are:
See yourself through the experience of others.
Don't panic.
Think before you speak.
And dance. Yes. Do dance.
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Blight
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#13484204 - 11/14/10 05:22 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
Pretty standard middle-class, southern family. Parents divorced when I was 10, my parents had enough money to provide but anything we wanted could be supplied by my grandfather(rich). My parents liked to say they were religious, as many in the south do, but we never really went to church. My mother and I discussed philosophy at times but I wasn't really very close to my father.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
Made good grades but hated every second of it. I am still a senior in high school so can't really comment on the last part.
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
I want to be a psychologist/psychiatrist (haven't decided yet). Psychology is something I have been very interested in for quite some time and I can definitely see myself enjoying it.
4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
Yes. As a young child, I took what the church said at face value and was satisfied. As I grew older I started looking into more...unorthodox religions. I extensively researched Buddhism, Satanism, Wicca, as well as many Native American-esque religions (i.e Shamanism, gnosticism etc). I believe my first mushrooms trip when I was 15 led me to where I am at today spiritually. I wouldn't really say I belong to any organized religion but I like to think I've got "it" figured out.
5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
Honestly, I don't really know how to answer this. I would say my most fundamental value would be to help others more than you help yourself. I consider myself a kind of "weird" guy, but in a good way. I am different from most people my age in my area, I don't enjoy going out and getting so drunk I can't speak every weekend. I would much rather just chill out with some close buds and trip or smoke some bud.
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" A peaceful place so it looks from space, a closer look reveals the human race"
"When shall I be free? When I shall cease to Be, no more I but We, in perfect harmony"
"All hail Discordia"
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MellowMood
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Blight]
#13488332 - 11/15/10 02:47 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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This is all a bit self involved.. I am me. Not much different from you... I could sit and answer and explain me...But experiencing is more relevant then explaining...
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yes thats my problem
I cant tell when im
not being real"
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TheKickingTree
Right on.
Registered: 10/08/10
Posts: 160
Loc: Arkansas
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MellowMood said:
This is all a bit self involved.. I am me. Not much different from you... I could sit and answer and explain me...But experiencing is more relevant then explaining...
I guess I'll just have to be you. Literally.
I'll try really hard. We'll see if that brings us any closer to an understanding.
FYI None of the posts that simply answered OP's questions were as "self-involved" as this statement.
"I am me." says every teenage girl with a myspace.
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CarolinaG
Sane
Registered: 11/18/10
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hahaha I like that! "tired of pretending to not be crazy" its become more and more apparent that I am not sane in this "in-sane" society...
More often than not I wonder what the hay is going on... why its going on... how its going on... what is my roll in the whole "scheme" of things... i know... I like "quotations" hahaha
but just wanted to share my agreement with ya..
take care...
ps... if life suks... and is more alike to slavery... would it not be an insult to say to one "live long and prosper?" for who can prosper or would even want to live "long" in that type of a situation...
slavery is here... its just changed forms... and now were pretty much slaves to life... working to live...
we need to re-organize... badly
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i am better than all of you.
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[quote]Icelander said:
What is at the bottom of it?[/quote]
Death anxiety? :flirt:[/quote]
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blavampire
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an imprint of an energy flow symbiosis with a biological system.
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TrippyNinja
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Nobody.
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Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
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HankMoody
Stranger
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Explorer by default
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I Can Dance Better Than You
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sigma_zero
internet Jedi
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I like peanut butter.
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The truth is, nobody has a clue.
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Brainstem
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Should have done this a while ago I blame laziness
First here's a bit of background on my journey from childhood to late twenties, and from what was taught to me about religion and the concept of god and my own exploration. Why did I move away from the faith system I was born into ?. Because I have belief in something more, and it's nature eludes me, and because my own belief is not enough, I need to know. Just like I need to know what is at the
fore-front of science and technology, I need to know what is possible / impossible. This is why conspiracy theories of secret tech or deity worship ping secret societies draw my attention.
I attended a Church of England primary school, from the age of four, up until the age of nine. We would have an assembly most days, where we would be told stories from the Bible and sing hymns. Other than that the curriculum was pretty normal. High school took religion out of the equation, although I made a good friend,who was a Jehovah's witness. We had some great discussions about god and religion and life. I would usually take the role of the evolutionist against his intelligent design. By the time I came to do my final exams (Gcse) aged fifteen, I had started to neglect school and was turning to drugs (alcohol,amphet,cannabis,lsd) and staying out all night with my friends. At this time the moral teachings of Christianity deserted me, but I still had my belief in something more. I was probably leaning towards reincarnation. Two years on this path, taking drugs (alcohol,amphet,cannabis,lsd,ecstasy,cocaine,crack,heroin) and disrupting society in many ways eventually came to a head and left me feeling that if I couldn't stop myself doing bad, I wouldn't do anything. So I isolated myself from all my old friends and basically lived in my bedroom at my family home with my mother and her boyfriend, and my brother and two sisters. This went on for three years, I didn't work and didn't venture out very often, but I spent my time reading books, from Erich von Daniken, Colin Wilson, Lyall Watson, David Hatcher Childress, Guy Lion Playfair, books on yoga, cabala, Buddhism, Islam, witchcraft and paganism. I also got very lost in the internet, so much information, so much disinformation, what to believe. I stabilized myself during this time of withdrawal and learned to behave in a way I chose and not that of the group, I also cultivated my individuality, something that had been neglected through my mid to late teens. Then at the age of twenty three I got a permanent full time job, my first ever and I found the changes I had made as a person gave me alot of confidence in social / work situations I continued to read about religion,spirituality, mysticism,pseudo-science and so-on, and started to experiment with psychedelics proper. I had been inspired to this when reading about Siberian shaman taking fly agaric, and about ayahuasca and peyote. I have maintained my reading and taking of psychedelics up to the present day, So I have gone from Christianity to ancestor worship and shamanism in the space of fourteen years. Am I moving in the right direction ?
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The arrogant cat stalks the humble mouse, the self important dog chases away the cat and is in turn unable to stand it's ground against the Proud lion. Then the lion is almost trampled underfoot of the enlightened elephant, who surprisingly and paradoxically yields to the humble mouse.
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Mrbook7
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#13935467 - 02/09/11 05:36 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
My family was middle class when I was younger, but we are probably lower-middle class now as the family grew. I was raised, and spoiled, by my grandparents because my parents were "too young" to raise me. They brought me up in Christianity but it always seemed like grandpa wasn't that into it. Grandma was the moral center who led prayer and got me involved in youth groups within the church. Philosophy wasn't discussed at all and I still don't fully understand spirituality. I was really involved in church for most of my life. Up until my first couple years of college I went to church regularly and attending church events, especially youth groups. I eventually went to a church I found that was progressive compared to the Pentecostal church my grandparents went to. I became a youth leader my freshman year of college, and from then on I have become increasingly aware of the politics I've seen within the church. When my mentors are constantly changed because their word choice or political views don't mesh with the elders I feel betrayed that this good person was outcast. Since then I have probably come to call myself a scientist more than any other religious label right now.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
I have loved my educational experience up until I graduated college. I was considered "gifted" from an early age and took honors through high school to earn some college credit. The best part about school was learning. I could spend hours just listening to a lecture that was interesting, or doing science experiments. The constant testing and preparing for tests ruined most of the rest of the time. I became disinterested in the future of my education when I was a junior in college. I finished a little late with a BA in Mathematics and have since spent my time trying to get by with my debt.
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
The career I currently find most interesting would be a sustainable community engineer or something like that. I don't know if I really believe in careers, but I would also be interested in modeling data and information like Hans Rosling to help people see more of the world and to see it more clearly. I currently have a paycheck job as a telemarketer (a salesman) that I either loath or am indifferent to, depending on the day. If I did not have to make money I would devote a lot of work time to making electric vehicles, inventing a better battery, and trying to get as many people "off the grid" as possible. Also I'd probably teach myself some programming.
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Age: 21. I became interested in spirituality during college. I was depressed at this time because I was confused about my sexual identity and Christian upbringing. An old friend and I did mushrooms (that story is posted in the trip report forum) and I found Jesus. Well I found what I only called Jesus/God at the time because it was so magnificent I had no other words to explain it. Since then I spend a lot of time examining my thoughts, emotions, future, etc. and seeing what the rest of this world has to offer via these magic interwebs. I took a few philosophy classes in college to get acquainted with many simpler questions like mind/body, ethics/morals, and being a math major my favorite logic/reason. I would really like to go back to school but doubt I can find an affordable solution, since I also would really like to live on the smallest income possible. I think my main value is still helping people, I just don't believe everything that Christianity demands of Christians. I hope to continue to reevaluate my value system and to grow and change as I continue to learn.
I value integrity, though I really need to examine my integrity working a job I hate. I value comradery and humor. I like to be the guy everyone can count on for a smile or to make them laugh. Recently I have started to slip into nihilism though, like the rest of the world just doesn't get it. That it's all just one big joke and no one is willing or able to make a difference. I hope this isn't too similar to the majority. I would like to change my way of thinking, to be able to see the brightness even in the grimy things in life again...
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Journal entries cover my grow attempts.
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Mrbook7] 2
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I was born to a midget Mexican hooker named Yolanda and sold for a pound of cheese and some toilet paper to some bean farmers when I was two. The bean farmers were kind and I spent my days picking beans and washing mules until I was 12. At 12 I joined the circus, where I was known as the amazing flatulent girl. I got my own trailer and everything, not that anyone wanted to share a trailer with me for obvious reasons.
It was a pretty lonesome existence until I met a noseless man named Bob. His stage name was "stump" due to the fact that he lost his limbs (and nose) in a freak jellybean explosion. He was just a torso and head...with the most beautiful blue eyes you've ever seen.
Bob and I fell in love and moved in together. We sold our homemade crafts on the Internet. We made fantastic star trek caricature figurines out of our own earwax and toenail clippings. You can find them at Bodyoozecreations.com
Sadly I lost my bob to a rabid ostrich who pummeled and stomped him to death as he lay in a hammock. I hope to find true love again as I wage my campaign against the ostrich menace.
that is the bio from my profile.
if you find it hard to believe I can tell you that my family were cajun drug smugglers, after a few murders and a trip to Guatemala I wound up in an orphanage then a series of foster families then a girls home, Im mostly self educated and after many different types of experiences, some painful, some liberating, all enlightening I take a shamanistic approach to my own life, an agnostic approach to religion, and a libertarian/constitutionalist approach to politics. I do a lot of conservation work, am a survivalist of sorts and a publish author and film producer, though I have done many things and havent quite found my "home".
one of those stories is absolutely true.
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taste the effing rainbow
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