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MarkostheGnostic
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: redgreenvines]
#26729283 - 06/08/20 04:09 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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-------------------- γνῶθι σαὐτόν - Gnothi Seauton - Know Thyself
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: Forrester]
#26729615 - 06/08/20 06:29 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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mostly yes, though we need not really any getting rid of, just awaken and be awake. for me that lasts about 3 minutes max, sometimes I get a series. usually I imagine i'm awake. but I come back for more.
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Huehuecoyotl
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: MarkostheGnostic]
#26733837 - 06/10/20 08:51 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Greetings yourself Markos. My father tells me that I am not yet old enough for old man status being only 55, but the other day I caught myself shaking my fist at some young whippersnappers. That old man is trying to get loose...but I am still trying to hold him back. I also still like to look at pretty young women (and young women are suddenly all pretty to me these days), but I have started feeling decidedly creepy when I do so. I went on a camping trip with my son way up Mt Olympus in Washington in December and fell into a ravine. I broke my left hand pretty good, and it may be another 6 months before normal function is achieved. This has also contributed to the old man vibe I been feeling.
I had abstained from psychedelics for quite some time and I was not better for it. Now I feel as if I am starting to recover myself once again...as we know all change is temporary...it requires maintenance to achieve it long term. While I may eventually slide back, for now I am moving forward. I had gained a bit of weight and stopped working out for 2 years. I am back to running and hitting the kettlebells as part of that forward momentum. Fortunately my past ability did not totally fade, I can still run 5 miles and put 100 lbs over my head with one hand. I credit this new movement to my psychedelic influences.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#26734194 - 06/10/20 11:56 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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At Denny's you can order with senior's discount at 50 years of age, but my grocer (Fiesta) will only let people over 70 in at 8AM during senior's hour, while Whole Foods lets you qualify at just 60.
I think the sexiness of young girls is partly because they are profoundly aware of their bodies, which have recently changed into man magnets; if they know how to flaunt they can get whatever they want. Later on they lose interest as the hormones wane, while men are stuck in the horny zone forever.
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: redgreenvines]
#26734310 - 06/10/20 12:38 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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while men are stuck in the horny zone forever.
That seems to be conditional as well. Recently I was taking a medication that bottomed out testosterone...and the doctor did not inform me of this...she said no known side effects. After a couple weeks I was starting to think that my aging process concerned not thinking of sex ever...not thinking of anything else either...and sitting in front of my computer watching the screen with the power turned off for hours on end. In some ways it was a peaceful experience except when the suicidal thoughts intruded...lol...found out what was going on and discontinued that stuff, It took a month for my body to return to normal. That was part of my recent bullshit.
My maxim has always been don't totally trust doctors or the government. My injury scared me into a moment of weakness and I trusted someone's word who also did not seem to like me.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#26734324 - 06/10/20 12:43 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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glad you are out of that tunnel, don't go back there if you can avoid it
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MarkostheGnostic
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#26734606 - 06/10/20 02:37 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm sorry for your pain but pleased that you've still got the ability to rebound from injury. Somehow I was under the impression that you were closer to my age but I'm glad that you're not - yet. If you've got it, use it, whatever it is. Yes, I still look at beautiful women and youth is not always beautiful to behold but youth is always desirable. It bugs my wife when she gets up from the sofa and asks me if I want anything while she's up and I reply with "Yes, my youth." She says she likes being a "juicy crone." I miss both her formerly dramatic curves AND my ability to physiologically respond to them. "Growing old is not for sissies."
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#26734659 - 06/10/20 03:04 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Personally totally fucked myself doing that so your advice clearly needs a disclaimer that it's not for everyone. Good for you that it's working out for you and all though.
-------------------- Little left in the way of energy; or the way of love, yet happy to entertain myself playing mental games with the rest of you freaks until the rivers run backwards. "Chat your fraff Chat your fraff Just chat your fraff Chat your fraff"
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: redgreenvines]
#26738266 - 06/11/20 11:43 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I will really try not...when I was 44 I had my mid-life crisis...I expected it...how come no one told me about the 3/4 life crisis? I am reconciled to my eventual death, but waiting on the the goddamn thing sort of sucks. I bought me a t shirt to remind me. It has runes that are a quote from the Elder Edda of the ancient Norse people of Scandinavia (read Vikings for the uncultured). It says:
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The coward believes he will live forever If he holds back in the battle, But in old age he shall have no peace Though spears have spared his limbs.
I got it to remind me to live and not worry about the end game overmuch...and it does look cool...I always like runic inscription...
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Re: Enlightenment through the power of chemistry [Re: MarkostheGnostic]
#26738298 - 06/12/20 12:00 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you have no pain you are not alive. When I was in the Army Infantry years ago I got training in escape and evasion with the Green Berets...a very interesting group of guys. Part of it is capture and torture and how to psychologically stay together under such circumstances. A man who had the experience in Vietnam told us that focusing on the pain as an indicator of life changes ones perspective on the experience. If we were caught they tortured us...mostly harmless shit that was really painful...of course I got caught...
I guess I will get injured as long as I have the capacity to go on adventures...and I ain't going to stop. My son insists that this December we must finish this "camping trip" on the glacier of Mt Olympus...and I will. It really sunk in that it was only fate that preserved my life in that accident...but my lack of observation was to blame.
As I have gotten older I seem to see an attraction to any woman who seems healthy and fit...I also find that I am also attracted to personality. I guess aging isn't all bad...in some ways it opens you up. When I was young they all had to be hot as hell or I didn't even look. I also had way to much attitude about everything.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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