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MagicalOrangutan
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Registered: 06/29/12
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Cause ur trippin, mate
Actually I think there's at least 3 major perspectives on tripping, actually, 4. Essentially there's the Huxley perspective, which I fully identify with because it's pure truth.
Then there's the leary perspective. Loony toon O.o
Then there's the shaman perspective. Serious squallies :/
Then there's the "ima get fucked up yo"perspective. Nevermind that :S
-------------------- On the ground you lay, with your dogs you pray, at a neon hieroglyph sky you gaze Hugging your mind, praying to survive, feeling the love of the hieroglyphs in the sky We all need more love, and mainly less hate Hate is the blind that covers the heart's eye That makes the heart's eye cry Locked deep away in the skies of our minds It's all in the mind
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Bill_Oreilly
ANIMALS (the RAINBOW SERPENT)


Registered: 11/12/11
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Tis the trinity. I appreciate your perspective
bill
Edit: i identify the Huxley perspective with the shamanic
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
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MagicalOrangutan
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Yeah, he is similar to their perspective, but he's intellectual/analytical whereas they are spiritual. But Huxley was also spiritual, in a way.
-------------------- On the ground you lay, with your dogs you pray, at a neon hieroglyph sky you gaze Hugging your mind, praying to survive, feeling the love of the hieroglyphs in the sky We all need more love, and mainly less hate Hate is the blind that covers the heart's eye That makes the heart's eye cry Locked deep away in the skies of our minds It's all in the mind
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CodeLion
Helix be Praised



Registered: 07/19/12
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I would like to quote Shulgin here, albiet used in a different manner than the original meaning of the story
Quote:
The master asked the student, “How do you follow a guide who cannot be seen, who walks through a dark forest in the middle of the night?” The student answers, “It is simple. Let him carry a light.” “But then, ” answers the teacher, “He is no longer the guide who cannot be seen.” “True, but at least I can now follow him, and I know where he goes.” “You must be aware you are following a different guide?” The student thinks for a minute, and then says, “Yes, of course I know that, but what else can I do?”
Consider our "normal" perception of reality to be the sober brain, following an invisible guide. Perhaps adding psychedelics is no different than handing the guide a lantern. But nonetheless it changes the nature of the perception in such a way that it is impossible to determine the reality of the perception.
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Bill_Oreilly
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Quote:
MagicalOrangutan said: Yeah, he is similar to their perspective, but he's intellectual/analytical whereas they are spiritual. But Huxley was also spiritual, in a way.
I think Huxley was just a little off-his-rocker -
He calls it silver, I call it gold
bill
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
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MagicalOrangutan
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Honestly I'll never know till I read all his books lol. I actually should be calling it the "hoffman" perspective. The scientific perspective. The objective perspective. The literal perspective. I love the way hoffman organized his thoughts and presented the material, he wasn't a professional writer who could superficially present his material in any way he wanted, he simply was a high iq, sane rational person who basically told it like it is.
-------------------- On the ground you lay, with your dogs you pray, at a neon hieroglyph sky you gaze Hugging your mind, praying to survive, feeling the love of the hieroglyphs in the sky We all need more love, and mainly less hate Hate is the blind that covers the heart's eye That makes the heart's eye cry Locked deep away in the skies of our minds It's all in the mind
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Bill_Oreilly
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we don't need to know Huxleys view, to know hoffmans creation
bill
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
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