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 Icelander
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 I'm enlightened 1
#14917604 - 08/13/11 07:32 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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It took 58 fucking years but better late than never.  I have to admit I was a little bit envious of those of you here who made it in your 20s, but now that I've made it too it's all cool. 
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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 roboto212
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it doesnt have to take 58 years either... some of us are managing to do it in a few months.
Know Thy Self
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OM MANI PADME HUM! IM SO HAPPY 
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FishOilTheKid
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deff
just relax
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cool! happy to hear things are good for you
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blewmeanie
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Re: I'm enlightened [Re: Icelander] 3
#14917642 - 08/13/11 07:41 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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Did "the chronic" teach you the secret handshake yet.
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Valknut
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Not trying to be rude or anything, but what do you mean by made it?
I could only think of a few possibilities...
-Sexual intercourse
-A mystical/religious realization or experience
-You shroomed
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Icelander
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Quote:
blewmeanie said:
Did "the chronic" teach you the secret handshake yet.
No, I think he doesn't really want me in the group. 
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Icelander
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Re: I'm enlightened [Re: Valknut] 1
#14917663 - 08/13/11 07:46 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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Quote:
Valknut said:
Not trying to be rude or anything, but what do you mean by made it?
I could only think of a few possibilities...
-Sexual intercourse
-A mystical/religious realization or experience
-You shroomed
YES!
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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roboto212
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Re: I'm enlightened [Re: Valknut]
#14917666 - 08/13/11 07:46 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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there is the development enlightenment that some, or most, of us have to go through in order to realize the true Self, or empty cognizant awareeness.
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Valknut
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Quote:
Icelander said:
YES!
Wait but which 1?
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Icelander
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Re: I'm enlightened [Re: deff]
#14917675 - 08/13/11 07:49 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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Quote:
deff said:
cool! happy to hear things are good for you
I knew you'd be happy for me bro and I'll be just as happy for you when it's your turn. 
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― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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deff
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i'm very far away from it 
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Icelander
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Re: I'm enlightened [Re: Valknut] 1
#14917681 - 08/13/11 07:49 PM (9 months, 11 days ago) |
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Quote:
Valknut said:
Quote:
Icelander said:
YES!
Wait but which 1?
One? You got to be kidding. You're talking to the Ice Man here boy.
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― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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FishOilTheKid
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So what happened...??
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Icelander
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Quote:
FishOilTheKid said:
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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WScott
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Now that you are, have you always been?
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Icelander
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Quote:
FishOilTheKid said:
So what happened...??
I awoked.
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Icelander
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Quote:
roboto212 said:
it doesnt have to take 58 years either... some of us are managing to do it in a few months.
Know Thy Self
Damn! That's all I can say. Damn!
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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AndyRawrs
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Please quantify how much of your experience on the shroomery affected your path to enlightenment.
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