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Such a situation is comparable to the one quantum physicists encountered when they first uncovered evidence that quanta coalesce into particles only when they are being observed.  Physicist Nick Herden, a supporter of this interpretation, says this has sometimes caused him to imagine that behind his back the world is always "a radically ambiguous and ceaselessly flowing quantum soup."  But whenever he turns around and tries to see the soup, his glance instantly freezes and turns it back into ordinary reality.

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Hit the bong and think about that one for awhile.

Oh, and Kerry Wood w/ the 2K save. 

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In fact, there did not seem to be any limit to what Grof's LSD subjects could tap into. They seemed capable of knowing what it was like to be every animal, and even plant, on the tree of evolution. They could experience what it was like to be a blood cell, an atom, a thermonuclear process inside the sun, the consciousness of the entire planet, and even the consciousness of the entire cosmos. More than that, they displayed the ability to transcend space and time, and occasionally they related uncannily accurate precognitive information. IN an even stranger vein they sometimes encountered nonhuman intelligences during their cerebral travels, discarnate beings, spirit guides from "higher planes" of consciousness," and other suprahuman entities.

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OneMoreRobot3021 said:

Last night was my third barbacking shift and my first real run through the ringer...all four bartenders were slammed and I had a lot of restocking to do and I had to switch out seven kegs. The walk-in fridge was a clusterfuck because that afternoon we'd had a fresh delivery of all the types of keg beer we serve.  Getting the empties out was a pain in my mothafuckin' ass. I was scrambling like a monkey over cold hard metal using my scrawny self as best as possible to get the empty kegs up in the air and out. Fun, but exhausting. But - definitely lucrative. Made bank last night.

I had brought a sugar cube to work dosed with two hits of acid, my plan had been to dose right when work was done and then trip through the night but when I got done I was so exhausted I couldn't even think of tripping. Still sore today, still tired, but definitely thinking about dosing around 7 PM or so and tripping well into the night...don't have to work tomorrow until around 3 PM.

Got a lot of thinking I want to get done. This book I'm reading, The Holographic Universe, really has me pondering reality in interesting ways and I think a psychedelic experience would really lend itself to exploring those thoughts. I'm thinking a night of writing, headphones, swirling colors, and perhaps some euphoric feelings of oneness with the universe would do me a load of good. Shit. I love LSD.

Anyway. Just felt like rambling to my Shroomery peeps.

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Following the legal suppression of LSD use in the late 1960s, Grof went on to discover that many of these states of mind could be explored without drugs and instead by using certain breathing techniques in a supportive environment. He continues this work today under the title "Holotropic Breathwork"

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However, I guess its always nice to have some chemically aided introspection.. If I was you I'd try and meditate.. Its something I've always wanted to do whilst tripping (I've only ever sort of done it on dmt, but I don't think that counts) yet I can never sit still long enough to do it

Penguarky Tunguin said:

OMR, is this your first time reading Holographic Universe?

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OneMoreRobot3021 said:

Penguarky Tunguin said:

OMR, is this your first time reading Holographic Universe?

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Yes it is.

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You mentioned Grof earlier.  Surely you've read his The Holotropic Mind, yeah?  If not, I'd highly recommend it.  I came upon that book at the same time as The Holographic Universe, and their content overlaps a lot, but I read Mind and never picked up Universe.  Maybe I'll give it a read.