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If you live in the country or suburbs and you like to take long walks (what depressed person doesn't?) you might consider hunting for this iconic red and white mushroom, dry it well and swallow a bit each morning instead of coffee.  It will put a jump in your step and may even get you dancing.

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cultus fungus said:
Depression is probably caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and probably not worth 'searching your soul' about.  In other words, there is nothing 'wrong with' someone who is depressed, other than something in the brain is not firing right, a chemical reaction which needs to take place is not happening.  When I figured this out I stopped taking my feeling and thoughts so personally or seriously.  This is the first thing, then you focus on breathing.  It is what we all have in common, it is what constitutes life.  Breathe and be grateful of the breathe that enters and exits your body and gives it life.  Each of us also has a 'silence' inside of us, which (perhaps paradoxically) can be 'cultivated' or invited to grow.  From this silence our vision is cleared and we can better negotiate reality.  This is why some Buddhists speak of zen as being the cure-all: from such a vantage point you put things in true perspective, and life in true focus.

I have also found that there are 'chemical agents' which make it easier to go about my life.  A recent find has been Amanita Muscaria, the Fly Agaric mushroom or Soma.  Because being depressed makes you feel alienated from reality and other people, it is important to find a teacher who reconnects one with the the universal and unified field.  Some agent which exploits and expands your natural goodness, honesty, and stokes the fires of 'Agni' the creative spirit which is behind sex, art, evolution itself.  A small amount of this mushroom in the morning alters my usually over-busy and negative mind so that I can remain positive, clear and honest with any challenge which confronts me.  If you live in the country or suburbs and you like to take long walks (what depressed person doesn't?) you might consider hunting for this iconic red and white mushroom, dry it well and swallow a bit each morning instead of coffee.  It will put a jump in your step and may even get you dancing.

Many of us are alienated and confused because we have been fed lies for 2 thousand years.  Our religions, diets and cultures are whitewashes of their former selves, and no longer satisfy our real needs.  Hence the frustration, confusion, despair...  Don't get angry (only) at the ignorance and diversion pushers, take action in your life! Create your own culture out of the things you find important and pursue them to the utmost, bring them to beautiful fruition, and then you will be proud of yourself, free of frustrating false cultures, and, well, happy!  Good luck and peace be with you and yours.

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cultus fungus said:
RE: chemical/nutritional cause of 'depression'

Getting your ass kicked and your mom punched in the face and living amongst ignorant, violent people is certainly also a kind of 'chemical' imbalance, because we can guess that these, undoubtedly malnourished and probably chemically altered (alcohol, crack?, speed, what have you) youths are acting this way not because they are INHERENTLY EVIL but because they are chemically and nutritional retards who cannot think straight, and therefore act in cruel and inhuman ways.  This does not take away from the outrage and shame which such experiences cause...

I disagree with 'Talking head' and its not because of McKenna, who I have heard little of.  I have come to my conclusions largely through my own experience.

The brain is just another part of your body, and just as something wrong can happen to your
liver or other organ if you are malnourished and lacking in essential elements, your brain can take a dive given the circumstances.

I know this seems like a simplistic answer to some, but keep in mind that we who have only known the 'modern world' have been pretty radically weaned off of fresh food and herbal medicines, although none of our successful ancestors for thousands of years acted like us: they for the most part ate fresh fruit, meat and roots, then grains and oils, etc.... They grazed on herbs of many kinds and qualities.  You exist because of their grateful dependence upon the earth's fruit.  All of these elements lead to a more balanced and healthy life, including outlook.

So, I would recommend cutting out 'junk food' and finding the foods that actually give you energy (depression deepens if you just don't have the energy to get out of it).

As for Amanita Muscaria, the fly Agaric Mushroom, when taken in small doses (I dry it well, then encapsulate it, start with one or two pills, then add if I feel the need) is neither poisonous, as many sites claim in ignorance, nor is it, at such doses, hallucinogenic or disturbing.  The search for human happiness is the search for perspective and right action.  Soma (amanita Musc.) teaches you both.  You don't have to believe me, but you are posting on a shroom site, lol!

Don't eat any mushroom raw.  Don't eat any mushroom you have not identified.  Fortunately, the Amanita Muscaria's bright red cap dotted with white is hard to miss.  If in doubt, post a picture on a mushroom id site, and a mycologist will confirm.  Mushroom hunting, like gardening, is in and of itself a therapeutic path.

Amanita Muscaria 'Soma' is not a poison, what is a poison is Cheeto's and beer and being alienated from the earth and stars (as your aggressors certainly were).  What 'Santa' and 'Satan' and 'Jesus' and all of that religious theater is trying to tell us is about this mushroom, which was a PROMINENT player in the early evolution of mankind, both spiritual and practical.  I personally believe that there would be no writing or civilization or fast-speed cars and planes without this mushroom, simply because in order to be able to realize something you must first be able to conceptualize it, and the experiences afforded by the consumption of this mushroom (and other entheogenic plants) brings  the subject (me, you, our common ancestors) into a realm of possibility undreamed of otherwise.  It is just a theory, but I like it.

If you have any doubt about what I am saying, I suggest that if it is at all possible you use your tormentors as Guinea pigs.  Find some Soma, dry it and let them know that it is a powerful drug which they are sure to enjoy.    After 'talking to God' I am sure they will beg your forgiveness and treat you with respect.  They will also never look at 'getting high' the same again.

Just an idea!  The 'flesh of God' is here for us to use as an ally against ignorance and the ignorant.  It also inspires the meek to be courageous and the dull-witted to be quicker than their tormentors.

Good luck and God speed!

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f you have any doubt about what I am saying, I suggest that if it is at all possible you use your tormentors as Guinea pigs.  Find some Soma, dry it and let them know that it is a powerful drug which they are sure to enjoy.    After 'talking to God' I am sure they will beg your forgiveness and treat you with respect.  They will also never look at 'getting high' the same again.

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