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PyroBurns
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Are you going to go on a walkabout?
#8037648 - 02/18/08 12:05 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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My definition of a walkabout is an extended period outside of society to better understand yourself and reality. Which can be anything, really.
I fear that modern society forces us to grow up too fast. As soon as we can shit in a bowl, we are put through school and when that's done we are supposed to begin collecting money to secure ourselves a home. Maybe some people can do that, but I don't think that gives near enough time to grow as a person. There are too many distractions for ME to actually learn.
As soon as this semester of school ends I want to travel, and hopefully be able to do that without much money. I hope to learn enough landskills to be able to not have to rely on people or money to feed me. I really don't care how long it lasts either. If it takes me 9 years to finally come back to normal living then so be it. I have plenty of time.
Does anyone else feel this way?
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8037678 - 02/18/08 12:11 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Where do you live? I'll come with you... Two minds whould be better than one
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: dill705]
#8037681 - 02/18/08 12:12 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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have you been listening to the chili peppers, pyroburns?
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8037698 - 02/18/08 12:17 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I feel that way sometimes. I am 30 years old and I have been living my entire life under someone Else's rules. When I was young I lived with my Dad and had to follow his rules and learn what he wanted me to then I joined the Marine Corps and same deal. When I got out of the Marine Corps I moved in with my girlfriend, because I was just getting back from a deployment and didn't have a place. I feel I've been worrying about the feelings of other people for so long that I never found out who I am and what I want to do for myself. So, I think it is a good decision for you to go out and find whatever you need to find now instead of regret it later like I am.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: shroomrider03]
#8037708 - 02/18/08 12:20 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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dill, come to the NE gathering. Maybe we can travel for awhile.
Plize, no. I don't really like the Chili Peppers
shroomrider, do you really feel like it's too late for yourself? You're only 30! If you don't have any kids then what's really holding you back?
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8037729 - 02/18/08 12:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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What's the NE gathering?
-------------------- My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end. -Icelander- I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW! ~dill705~
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: dill705]
#8037749 - 02/18/08 12:34 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i know what all of y'all have missed out on:
college.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#8037816 - 02/18/08 12:48 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The Northeastern Shroomery gathering. More info is in the travel section. We basically all meet up for a few days in hocking hills I think.
College was too stressful for me. Too much learning, and too much being anchored to one place.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8037823 - 02/18/08 12:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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it is what you make it. it's all in your head.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#8037867 - 02/18/08 01:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Only to an extent. I need long periods of thinking and exploring.
I felt like I was suffocating being trapped to my dorm room and having to be prepared for class everyday.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8039799 - 02/18/08 07:48 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah, I'm in school now, but I really disagree with the way the world is headed and I just want to set up in th ewoods and take care of myself.
-------------------- My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end. -Icelander- I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW! ~dill705~
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: dill705]
#8039840 - 02/18/08 07:57 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I do too, but I eventually want to learn about how I can fold back into society and help change it.
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8040021 - 02/18/08 08:41 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8040088 - 02/18/08 08:52 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't think it's to late Pyro, but I do regret not doing it earlier. I bought a condo with my girlfriend and built sort of a foundation with her, but now I'm getting a wild hair up my ass and thinking about going out on my own. I just don't want to hurt my girlfriend. Everything will turn out alright. I just found a huge horse manure pile near my place that is sprouting panaeolus subbalteatus, so I think I will stay here for a while. LOL
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Re: Are you going to go on a walkabout? [Re: PyroBurns]
#8042782 - 02/19/08 01:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
PyroBurns said: My definition of a walkabout is an extended period outside of society to better understand yourself and reality. Which can be anything, really.
I fear that modern society forces us to grow up too fast. As soon as we can shit in a bowl, we are put through school and when that's done we are supposed to begin collecting money to secure ourselves a home. Maybe some people can do that, but I don't think that gives near enough time to grow as a person. There are too many distractions for ME to actually learn.
As soon as this semester of school ends I want to travel, and hopefully be able to do that without much money. I hope to learn enough landskills to be able to not have to rely on people or money to feed me. I really don't care how long it lasts either. If it takes me 9 years to finally come back to normal living then so be it. I have plenty of time.
Does anyone else feel this way?
trucking is my choice. i can work in northern BC, make 150 grand a year, live in my truck and save all of my income. it allows me to be alone so i can continue exploring the depths of myself. at this point in my life it is hard for me to travel further within myself, as i am young, engaged in the working world and need to maintain my image as i have to hold jobs that require me to interact and associate with people.
i do not wish to be attached to this ego, distachment is a beautiful thing filled with much bliss and adventure.
people are born into this world and devote their whole lives to stabalizing and developing this box. they think by doing so this will bring them happiness. i do not want to associate myself with people who think this way. doing so will only add to my attachment to my box and bring suffering. so many people suffer, everywhere i have worked there are people who suffer. people transmit this contageous disease and receive it subconsciously without even knowing it. it is everywhere! how can nobody see this? it is unbelievable how unaware the majority of the population is.
but it is hard for many people to break free of this conditioned mindset. doing so will result in feelings of loneliness, alienation, depression, fear, insanity, confusion, etc.
i have experienced all of these feelings on such a depth, with such intensity that i have realized the cause of them. meditation and doing so many psychedelics brought me face to face with suffering, and the result was illumination... an inner flashlight being awakened that allowed me to realize that which created blockages and suffering. but it was an extremely difficult and dark path, which almost resulted in my death. never again i thought i would see the light, but it happened.
this is not to say i do not encounter suffering anymore. i still interact with people who have the disease, and i am still receptive of it. and i still transmit it. we are all mirrors reflecting this disease back and forth. but it is now known how to cleanse the mirror - disassociate from the world of disease.
find a society where the mirrors are cleansed within the population. create a society, build a network, travel, dance, experience life to its fullest.
/endrant
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