Philosophy

Opinions and Reality

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“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

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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

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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

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“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

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“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.

Science, Magic, Art

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“Science is the special province of the ego. And magic and art are the special province of something else. I could name it, but I won’t. It prefers to be unnamed.”

— Terence McKenna

Lots of people like to say “science is fact,” when in true reality, science is nothing more than one interpretation of reality, and it’s often involved in manipulating human behavior on this planet…it’s a device used to help the rich.

Some people say “god is fact,” when that’s another interpretation of reality.

Who is to say what the ultimate reality is?

Only you.

Find out for yourself what you believe, and don’t take someone’s word for it. Discern what you hear and decide for yourself.

Crabs In The Bucket

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There are millions of them, and they’ll pull you into their misery if you let them…don’t.

Look up to people you admire & who inspire you & be lifted up by that small group of achievers.

It takes discipline & effort to remove yourself from the crowds, the conformists, the walking dead, and to walk the path of your ideal life & dreams.

If it were easy, everyone would do it.

The Power of Humility

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Being humble is one thing, being humiliated is another.

In the moments of humiliation, the pain seems devastating, and sometimes it is.

If you make it through the humiliation, and you will, you will become stronger. Not at first, but later in time you will become stronger because of it.

The Bible talks to boast about your weaknesses, because that is when the power of Christ is fulfilled, and this is a paradox, but it’s true. It’s a paradox because any person who has been humiliated knows how devastating & painful that can be.

But, in time, the power of Christ will strengthen, & your humility will make you strong.

The Bible says that the humble will inherit the Earth…I think this will happen.

Lao-Tzu The Great Dragon Man

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A short story of Lao-Tzu meeting Confucius & what Confucius said about Lao-Tzu:

“It is not until the first century B.C.E., however, that we find a history, the Shih chi (or Records of the Historian), that contains one of the oldest recorded stories about Lao-tzu. Here we find the story of Confucius visiting Lao-tzu at the Court of Chou where, by this account, Lao-tzu served as the court librarian. In that meeting, Lao-tzu was said to have scolded Confucius for his pompous and self-serving ways, and afterward Confucius is reported to have said to his disciples:

“I know that birds can fly, fish can swim, and animals run. For those that run a net may be set, for those that swim a line cast, and for those that fly an arrow set free. But a dragon’s ascent to heaven walks the wind and swims through clouds, and I know of no way to trap him. Today I have met Lao-tzu, who is both man and dragon.”

Lao-Tzu is known for multiple things; he was a master. One of his best known works is the Tao Te Ching, one of my favorite books of all time.

This dragon man’s knowledge & wisdom continues to be known & shared today.

Understanding Your World

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“You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.”

— Terence McKenna

We are all born into a unique position; none are exactly the same, but as we grow older, powers that be try to shepherd people into a position of conformity.

Rather than shepherd though, the previous powers that be used dehumanizing methods to manipulate & control humans. They still do it today.

The way out of being pushed & pulled by an oppressive machine system that cares nothing about you, is to learn to ignore the manipulative methods & to become empowered within.

The psychedelic experience is one way to break through the disempowering systems & become empowered.

No wonder why psychedelics are still mostly illegal… it’s time to reclaim your mind & live empowered.

The meditations in this book will get you started going deeper within.