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On Overgrown Paths
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Was just doing some reading online and thought I would share this with everyone, it matches my philosophies pretty well and seems to advocate the usage of psychedelics.

"There are many ways we can follow through life, but a vast majority chooses to follow the herd on the wide and easily passable tarmac road that only leads to spiritual mediocrity and stagnation. At the end of the road they leave no trace of their existence behind and simply pass into oblivion. Like cattle they follow the individual in front of them, with little thought to what they are doing, and they walk straight into the nothingness. They choose this path because it offers them the least resistance and the most comfortable life.

There are other ways, though, other paths that man can follow through life. Naturally the paths our forefathers followed are overgrown today. Nobody has walked on these paths for a very long time, and the wild nature has reclaimed most of them. We have to search carefully to even find out they exist. However, these paths are not easy ways. Those who follow the overgrown paths will, on their way, stumble over mossy rocks and roots in dark forests, they will frequently slip and fall in the mud, get stuck in bogs and have to swim through dangerous currents. Apart from the occasional wanderer one might encounter out there, in the wilderness, it is also a very lonely path to follow. You mostly walk alone.

When the overgrown paths cross the tarmac road of the herd, the lone traveler - filthy, often messy and dressed in rags - will be met by a hail of abusive language; mockery, scorn, fear and even hatred. The cattle are used to obediently follow the individual in front of them with no intrusions. An individual traveling in another direction, or crossing the road, will always cause confusion and uncertainty in their featherbrained ranks.

The herd finds no mysterious secrets, no spiritual enlightenment or ancient lore on the tarmac road. The runes and golden pieces of the gods can only be found in the green grass or under the moss, on the overgrown paths. The enlightenment will only be achieved by the individual who leaves the footsteps of the person in front of him or her and looks up towards the sky, for a change."

-Burzum


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Re: On Overgrown Paths [Re: MrClam]
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While it holds some truth, one must remember not to judge everyone they don't know as one of the herd before even knowing them well. Even if the chances of them being such are 90%, you would lose a lot to dismiss some truth or knowledge you receive because it came from someone you believe to only repeat things. :chase:


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The Great Mycelium (TGMM) is more than you and me, we are all part of One.

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Re: On Overgrown Paths [Re: explosiveoxygen]
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I hear you for sure, in fact I really don't see anything wrong with people that choose to go with the crowd (or appear to) or with anyone for that matter. I just think that there are a lot of unhappy people out there that could benefit from being more daring. Not necessarily through psychedelics but through life decisions and lifestyle in general. But to each his own, I even envy people who seem to stay happy with a simple (seemingly boring) lifestyle, in the end it's all about finding a balance.


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Re: On Overgrown Paths [Re: MrClam]
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The enlightenment will only be achieved by the individual who leaves the footsteps of the person in front of him or her and looks up towards the sky, for a change."


This is just another tarmac. And also reaches a dead end. Nothing special here.:satansmoking:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: On Overgrown Paths [Re: MrClam]
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MrClam said:
I hear you for sure, in fact I really don't see anything wrong with people that choose to go with the crowd (or appear to) or with anyone for that matter. I just think that there are a lot of unhappy people out there that could benefit from being more daring. Not necessarily through psychedelics but through life decisions and lifestyle in general. But to each his own, I even envy people who seem to stay happy with a simple (seemingly boring) lifestyle, in the end it's all about finding a balance.


Boring is a subjective term and I suppose so is daring. My mom just got a Bachelors degree in something I find for the most part to be insufferably boring, but she finds to be interesting. Similarly I can remember telling her about mushroom stuff that I am pretty sure put her to sleep.

I think a lot of the differences in ways of perception has a lot to do with generational social and media environments people grow up in. This leads to always having a particular "herd" or so, but how do you define it as such? Won't the most common choices or even common subcultures seem as herds?


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"Have you ever seen what happens when a grenade goes off in a school? Do you really know what you’re doing when you order shock and awe? Are you prepared to kneel beside a dying soldier and tell him why he went to Iraq, or why he went to any war?"
"The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done—dare I say it—in the name of God. Montesquieu said, "There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of God." And I begin to feel that’s true. The shareholder is the excuse for everything."
- Author and former M6/M5 agent John le Carré on Democracy Now.
Conquer's Club

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