Shamanintraining said:

Pleasure, I'm a hedonist.

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B.Frank said:

Interesting topic.  I see it like this -- straight biblical.  Knowledge is the apple.  I'd rather be Adam chillin in the Garden with a pretty lady and some good eats.

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human ate from the tree of knowledge, that is why we are so different from the rest of the species on our planet. kinda makes sense in a way.

ChairmanMeow said:

hi biz, how ya doin. i think you actually may be misreading me here. i don't think shroomism's claiming to be omnipotent, far from it. what i'm doing is reacting to the statement 'we're all God.' it's kind of a psychedelics cliche and badly needs to be replaced with a more meaningful statement. 'God' is such an ambiguous morass of meanings and beliefs it really could be taken as anything. if we're all god, then well, great -- but then there's no distinction between 'god' and 'human'; whereas if we WERE gods in the old sense, we'd certainly answer AT LEAST our own prayers.

we're human. this is a great and terrible and occasionally lame thing. we are all a mix of traditionally 'divine' and 'demonic' (as well as many other) qualities and urges. we are a bundle of power and powerlessness, wisdom and foolishness, with both known and unknown abilities. we are a mystery even to ourselves and yet also ridiculous. a bunch of primates with access to the divine! what a funny idea. but there it is.

as for doin thangs, well, that's human too, isn't it?

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indeed, i may have been misreading you, and indeed for the rest of your post as well.

I especially agree on the ridiculous part, and that's why it's so