The Death (& Hopefully Rebirth) of Enthusiasm

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged Enthusiasm, Hope, Joy, leadership, Love, Peace, Philosophy.

“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”

— Thoreau

We live in strange societies…societies ruled by mostly miserable & angry & hateful & jealous “adults” … those people also usually don’t like enthusiasm & often beat the life out of as many people as they can…

the walking dead … & they can be contagious, so how do we counter the lifeless miserable rulers on this planet?

For one – to stop listening to them. They often violently try killing people’s spirit & scaring people to control them… ignore the lifeless losers in the government & in all the places these dead beings reside…

ignore them completely & go your own way …

What do you enjoy? What makes you happy? What makes you feel alive?

Do more of that, & ignore any hate & attacks from the mindless lifeless losers on this planet who’s only laughter comes at the pain of another person…

Some societies we are all living in these days…

Simplicity is Sophistication

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged da Vinci, Genius, Mindfulness, Philosophy, simplicity, simplify, sophistication.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” — Leonardo Da Vinci

In a world of noise, distractions, politics, drama, and conformity, where is simplicity to be found?

Nature is a great place to go into for simplicity, but your inner self is even more divine.

What are you doing to simplify your life?

Something About Race

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged Bob Marley, color, eyes, one love, Philosophy, race, Racism, skin.

“Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of eyes…”

— Bob Marley

We have a long way to go as a whole, but this is a good quote to dwell upon when thinking about race.

Conformity, Persuasion, Words

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged Billy Joel, choice, Conformity, crabs in the bucket, Einstein, free will, Mindfulness, Music, my life, non conformity, persuasion, Philosophy, Success, Words, your life.

“I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life. Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone!”

— Billy Joel

How are you living your life?

What do you believe in?

What sort of people do you listen to? And do you believe them?

Are you living your life based on how someone else told you to live?

Do you think others should have your beliefs?

Have you taken time to think about what you believe in? (And not just what you’ve been told to believe.)

“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”

— Einstein

Live your life & don’t let any losers persuade you into being another crab in the bucket.

Do This To Be More Self-Empowered

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Motivation, Philosophy, Success and tagged Conformity, Ego, Empower, Happiness, Humans, Inspiration, Life, Live, Love, Mindfulness, Motivation, Nature, non conformity, Perspective, Philosophy, Soul, Success, the drama.

“Nature is not mute. It is humans who are deaf.”

Noises surround you daily, keeping you moving, but in what direction?

There really are certain “powers that be” that live to create distracting noises.

They want to keep you in fear, in anxiety, in anger, etc…basically, they want you to be dis-empowered.

They want to control you & your life & they have brainwashed the masses to try to distract you too, and to bring you into their confusion.

What you need to do to begin to get out of the confusion of the conformist masses, is first, recognize this is really happening.

Second, think about your life & what sort of life you would like to be living.

What does your ideal life look like?

Dare to dream.

Dare to step away from the conformists confused masses & live your best life.

Before listening to the distracting noises, listen to yourself. Listen to nature. Go within.

Opinions and Reality

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged body, Heart, Life, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, opinions, Peace, Psil Silva, Reality, the 7 psychedelic meditations Psil Silva, transcend, Words.

“In Zen they say: ‘Don’t seek the truth. Just cease to cherish opinions.’ What does that mean? Let go of identification with your mind. Who you are beyond the mind then emerges by itself.”

— Eckhart Tolle

This idea is one that I am still practicing, and it is of a zen-type origin.

The reality that we all are much more & less than the opinions we create & speak about ourselves & others.

The idea that our real self is an experience beyond words.

This is an idea & a reality that is difficult to comprehend & even more difficult to experience, yet it is liberating to practice.

It’a at least a meditation, and at most a way of life.

What opinions are you holding within yourself that weigh you down? Opinions that anger you? Opinions that limit your experience?

Here’s a meditation guide to get you started.

From Distraction To Traction

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged distraction, Happiness, Life, Mindfulness, traction.

I went to an outdoors concert a few years ago & as I walked towards the front, I saw multiple groups of people literally just staring at each other, dumbfounded, & appearing to not hear any music. It was strange but I walked past those groups & enjoyed the music.

People aren’t just distracted at concerts. Many people live their entire lives going from one distraction to another – not knowing that that’s what they’re doing. And that’s okay.

But if you want a chance at breaking out of the matrix & living your dreams, you need to take time to think about your goals & dreams, and then brainstorms the first steps.

You might be outcasted or hated for sometime for choosing your dreams, but you will thank yourself later.

The good & real friends will still be there either way.

“Concentration” Camps

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged concentration, government, oppression, rebel, the machine, the system, tyrants.

When tyrant governments force their people to obey their oppressive ways, and enslave & kill others who don’t concentrate on the tyrants ways…sounds almost like today.

Does a green light mean you’re paying attention?

Or does it mean that you’re following the criminal tyrant & oppressors beliefs???

Make your own green light.

Reality Interpretations

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged Interpretation, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychedelic.

“For me, what all these years of psychedelic taking came to was a new model of how reality works, a new model of what the world is.”

— Terence

There are a range of interpretations of what reality is – & often “reality” is what the powers that be say it is… that’s not reality, that’s just one interpretation that supports the oppressors, and so many people buy into it…

don’t listen to lying politicians. Don’t even listen to me if you don’t want to… figure reality out for yourself & don’t ever take someone’s word for it.

Trust yourself & reject authority.

Hallucinogenic Imagination

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Ken Thompson in Dream, Lifestyle, Philosophy and tagged hallucinogenics, Imagination, Imagine, plants, Reality, the psychedelic trip journal Psil Silva.

“Hallucinogenic plants act as enzymes which stimulate imagination.”

— Terence McKenna

In societies with no imaginations &/or dead minds, a dead imagination, we need a re-empowering of the imagination.

Psychedelics are one of the most powerful & intense tools to be used for the imagination, but I speak this with caution; psychedelics can cause both heavenly & hellish hallucinations… it can be the best experience of your life, or something like hell…

I do a high psychedelic dose once a year, usually with psilocybin mushrooms but I look forward to doing some other psychedelics.

In a world with no imagination, any imagination is better than nothing.

Einstein agreed: “For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”

The Psychedelic Trip Journal is an imagination stimulating journal.