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capliberty
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Whats good for you
#5947930 - 08/09/06 04:44 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Is awareness of reality good for you
Is reading about Buddha and meditating good for you
Is being about all philosophies and religions good for you
Is having no philosophy a good philosophy, being intuitive about each day
Is mystical concepts good to learn
Is being Christian and being philosophical good path
Or how about droping the whole meaning of life spill, and be about something else like sports, music, or hobbies
Or how about drugs and incorporating them into a philosophy of living
Some of these outlooks and paths seem to be appealing but some as practical as they may seem, don't seem appealing,
One such route for me at least that isn't appealing, is having awareness of reality, I think at this time I'd rather be oblivious of reality, I have some mundane living to live, and I don't feel like I need to focus on every aspect of reality at this point, for the fact there's nothing really to focus on, I think this is good for some people, but I don't prescribe all routes for all people. I don't think people understand that there isn't a cure all prospective for everyone,
One person might beat to death, that good sleep, diet and exercise should have more of a focus, to aid someone to becoming a better person
others might emphasis a good book, intellectual stimulation, as a way to better oneself,
this post is to point out there is no cure all prospective for each person, advice is good, but I think people need to remember that each individual have different situations and different challenges awaiting them
Edited by capliberty (08/09/06 04:46 PM)
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Re: Whats good for you [Re: capliberty]
#5947999 - 08/09/06 05:07 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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yes 
it's just figuring yourself out. all of the above, none of the above, but both of the latter two.
i mean like I can look at my friend and think, he needs to take drugs so much because he is just so unsatisfied in his compulsory video game habits and he doesn't really seem to understand stillness.
but then i think, now if this friend, if he wanted to be freer, then he will be sooner or later, so it's not like i should bring him a joint or a brownie, though, if i do, that's okay too. (but that would entail me having cannabis, which i don't)
really the only thing i (can) do is mirror him, if i mirror him , but i do it with construction and freedom in mind, then he will learn what he needs from me, but in a way that is relevant to HIM.... and in a way in which i don't try to teach so much, just to interact with him in the "right" way.
so for instance i could say then that drugs would be good for him, and they would in my reality, but i don't know. maybe some people really just want to be bored and play video games and be bored with their video games and buy more and be bored.
[so if he says things to me like maybe i should drink every day. I say man if you do anything all day you do weed all day, because an oral dose can last you all day in the first place, because there is no hangover, and because alcohol kills brain cells whereas THC is a medicine for the brain.
and he says meh and continues musing over taking a few shots a day.]
it's easy to look at the patterns and go HMMM and want to slip them some lucy (that's just hypothetical since i haven't done lucy) and say "hey dude, God is real, let's just drop out of this game a bit and chill"
but.
all philosophies, are just philosophies. all religions are just religions.
wherever you are right now. you just assess, is this where i want to be? If no then you go about fine tuning it. We each have different locks and maybe someone only has one lock but has to sort through thousands of keys, or maybe someone has thousands of lock but one key opens them all......
so you know, if Jesus saves then hallelujah .... and if a young man on acid realized today that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, and it brought him to peace then hallelujah too.
it's up for the enlightened man to "know" what to make of all the paths, but the common man should just recognize "paths exist" and then just systematically be himself to the best he can......
-------------------- I am the MacDaddy of Heimlich County, I play it Straight Up Yo! ....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human...... Om Namah Shivaya, I tell you What!
Edited by leery11 (08/09/06 05:10 PM)
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Re: Whats good for you [Re: capliberty]
#5948008 - 08/09/06 05:09 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sobriety is good for the mind.
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itstarssaddam said: Sobriety is good for the mind.
it's pretty dangerous too. then you go looking for intoxication from the TV, from music, and from constant overstimulation.
the right amount of entheogen (may be a highly tiny tiny dose, or a huge trip) can do more for you than interacting with the "sober" world can, because the sober world tricks you into thinking it's okay to be miserable, lifeless, and that things are futile..... and you just feedback and feedback and feedback and it's a downward spiral painted by habit.
and it's a very hard rut to free oneself from. work, tv, beer, work, tv, beer.......
the right kind of non-sobriety can be essential, but in utopia it would come about through proper training in meditational arts, so that we never lost our inner peace in the first place. children don't need much work to achieve meditation.... but adults do.
it makes you "wonder"
i guess psychedelics are only here as a polar opposite to the rigid uniformity and soulesness we have, and yet BOTH opposites are far too slippery and dangerous to be taken as the absolute way.
go insane from drugs or go insane from sobriety.
walk the middle road.
it's best to get your peace without drugs, but sometimes they are a necessary catalyst I think.
and yes they have very real dangers. so does sobriety is what i'm trying to say, just in a different and much more cancerous and gradual way.
I mean I often wonder, what would happen if all the people that thought life was empty, cruel, pointless, stupid, and were products of a dysfunctional television...... if instead of ending their lives or spiraling into alcoholism or something, the right set, the right setting, and the right entheogen came along instead.
-------------------- I am the MacDaddy of Heimlich County, I play it Straight Up Yo! ....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human...... Om Namah Shivaya, I tell you What!
Edited by leery11 (08/09/06 05:19 PM)
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Re: Whats good for you [Re: leery11]
#5948059 - 08/09/06 05:23 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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All I know is that I've had to abstain for the past week due to an illness, and I'm feeling pretty clear-headed. My dreams are completely out of control though.
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Re: Whats good for you [Re: leery11]
#5948117 - 08/09/06 05:40 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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itstarssaddam said: Sobriety is good for the mind.
it's pretty dangerous too. then you go looking for intoxication from the TV, from music, and from constant overstimulation.
You know, it's strange that you say that because I have been watching a lot of films lately.
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I think sobriety has its merits, and I'm not knocking it, one thing I like about being totally sober, is that I'm more clear headed, and I have more endurance, and its refreshing to have all your faculties intact, and not being a scared coward
but really I don't know, I'm at this point, as much as sobriety has to offer, I like being stoned, ire, high, etc.
One reason I like it, is because I care less about my surroundings, I'm like the lizard in the palm of your hand, but yet I'm in kings palaces, also I'm somewhat unattached to any particular activity, I'm never too engrossed in anything or rely on any one aspect to keep tranquil,
I say don't give up on cannabis, why, its powerful yes, but like one said, there is an art or a practice that one can utilize to maximize the benefits of the drug and minimize the side affects, do I recommend marijuana as the cure all to everyones aliments, NO, In fact, if you like sobriety, then I say forget marijuana, whatever it is thats working for you,
I just know that I'll end up working some boring job soon, and I don't like the prospects of being fully aware of reality in every aspect while doing this mindless and repetitive job, LOL
So I always have marijuana in the back burner of my mind, because bud, makes a person not care about what ones doing, or why, or the surroundings, but actually doing it, and not giving a dam, but being entertained with your own fantasy world while engaging the real world,
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Re: Whats good for you [Re: capliberty]
#5948210 - 08/09/06 06:05 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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itstarssaddam said: All I know is that I've had to abstain for the past week due to an illness, and I'm feeling pretty clear-headed. My dreams are completely out of control though.
oh yes, absolutely a clear head is always fundamentally necessary.
for instance there is a big difference between using cannabis as a tool, and using it recreationally so that a haze sets in.
I quite enjoyed, when I quit in March, feeling my head gradually clear, though I had been cutting it down to like 3 times a week or less. and the haze that i had from daily blazing took a month to clean last summer, even had me shaking a bit and had me badly paranoid for a while.
so if we use, it can be "useful" probably, but we need to be very careful we don't lose control......
which is why it's unfortunate that they are illegal. if there is a cannabis church where you can go and meditate with people, wouldn't that be great? then you wouldn't have problems.
or a mushroom or an acid church.
there is a peyote church though, if psychs are a part of my way i'd like to go there eventually.
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itstarssaddam said: Sobriety is good for the mind.
it's pretty dangerous too. then you go looking for intoxication from the TV, from music, and from constant overstimulation.
You know, it's strange that you say that because I have been watching a lot of films lately.
I find film to be kind of dangerous. If you see a woman crying and you can't console her, the only thing you can really do is be desentisized and then grow to enjoy her suffering. This is most true with TV and news and not so much with films, as films can develop empathy and convey good points.
but you have to be real careful what you take into your brain.
i found blazing saddles disturbing even for some reason....... it's just hard for me to see any form of that kind of media now unless its educational or something. or really beautiful.
i would like to watch Amelie again probably.
-------------------- I am the MacDaddy of Heimlich County, I play it Straight Up Yo! ....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human...... Om Namah Shivaya, I tell you What!
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