WaveInTheOcean

best enjoyed on high volume with decent headphones.

The amount of arrogance in this post is astounding. Consider for a moment, Leo, that you are addicted to becoming enlightened. Like out-of-this-world addicted. "The proper move for him would be to quit all his businesses and go live in a Zen monastery for 10 years." Proper move in relation to what? To his overall long-term happiness? Or To what exactly? Do you really claim to know what will make him most happy in his life? A counter-argument could be that as long as he is pursuing some goals, like working with problems that feels meaningful to him, then I guess he will be pretty happy? Your life problems are related to becoming conscious of reality/seeing through the illusion of separation(/mind/self/ego), and while that problem may be the 'the mother of all games' that you can play in life, it's still a game. We're all playing. Success can be defined in many ways. Your post reflect that clearly. Don't bullshit yourself that you're not chasing success. It's extremely obvious -- and of course you know this yourself -- that you're chasing success in terms of becoming enlightened/free of self. In other words, you also have a metric of success you judge yourself against, and that metric is to which degree you've dissoluted your ego / how close you are to becoming enlightened. The funny thing is that you will never become enlightened with this mindset of chasing enlightenment. Give up Leo. Stop bullshitting yourself. After all, the one wanting to get rid of the ego is the ego itself.

The world -- existence, life -- will never be good unless you are willing to see its goodness. What you experience depends on how you look at things. When you look with judgement -- either upon yourself, the world or both -- life seems twisted and empty. When you begin to look with an open heart and mind, life becomes fascinating and full of both meaning and mystery. When you realize the perfection, intelligence and beauty of everything in existence precisely as it is, you see that every outcome is a good one. You start to live life fully without fear and regret. You learn and move on. When you look with love instead of judgement, you see a whole different world. Life isn't easy all the time. You're not alone. For there to be joy, there has to be some pain. So instead of looking at the painful life-phases that you're undergoing as "bad", look at them as absolutely necessary and beneficial in the long run for your own growth and eventual happiness. Remember, nothing lasts forever, everything passes away at some point. Virtual hugs to everyone <3

featuring the great mr. Watts

Great post @Azrael , i'm excited on your behalf and it's inspiring to read. I got a few silly questions:p 1. When you do your meditation, do you sit on a chair or do you sit cross-legged in some yoga pose, if yes which? 2. When you do the HoloSync combined with SDS and Do-Nothing, do you sit with open or closed eyes? 3. Do you regularly do any physical exercise - eg. running - to stay fit/keep the body in good health? 4. What is your life purpose? 5. Your favorite Alan Watts lecture on youtube is ...? 6. You mentioned you take kola nut with 5-MeO ... Do you happen to take any supplements daily? 7. Have you at any point had a girlfriend during the last 3 years of your life? 8. During the year where your "anxiety increased to a top", did you then have any sleep issues? If yes, was there anything in particular that helped you to sleep anyway?

magical. The non-remix is also good, just less bass;>

"One is that math somehow reflects a property of the universe, or is a conversion of unknowable "principles" that we then symbolize into something that we can understand. And two is that it's a property of the mind. Instead of us existing in a universe that is truly mathematical, the mind simply creates math as a tool to create abstracted reality. I tend to compare this to aritificial intelligence. The creation of an artificial intelligence requires a system that is able to convert basic 0s and 1s into something more complex, into a system that can use the raw information efficiently to be able to manipulate it." Why can't it be both? I mean I think it's both. I mean of course math is a property of the mind, i.e. math is created by the mind. But mind is also a property of the universe, i.e. the mind is created by the universe. Or should I say that the universe is a property of the mind, i.e. the universe is created by the mind? The "outside universe" is after all a "concept" and is a creation within mind/consciousness/You/Me. We wanted to understand this external universe, and so we created math, which is the language that can quantify and describe it in a way everyone can agree about, and by using that language we can even manipulate it, i.e. create technology that will benefit us (or harm us).

Have you ever tried MDMA? not a high dose, just a moderate dose of 100-120 mg (assuming it's pure mdma) and no re-dose (it's pretty unhealthy to redose). If you haven't my bet is that it will be an eye-opening experience for you.

It's probably not so simple as presented here. It's a well known fact that taking MDMA releases a shitload of oxytocin into the brain. And here it's more of a unconditional love feeling you get. So sure, oxytocin seem to enhance love, but it seems that whether this love is directed in a conditional love/hate-manner or in an unconditional manner isn't up to oxytocin, that's seems pretty obvious to me. There are other mechanisms in play for sure.

When I say animals aren't humans, I'm simply implying that animals don't conceptualize about their existence/the world/surroundings nearly as much as human does. But I see that you didn't get that. Of course humans are animals, but animals aren't humans;) "And how do you know how much another creature suffers to be able to make such a comparison? To suggest that you, and you alone, know that the "capacity" of one animal to suffer is more or less than another is not only absurd, it's the height of arrogance, and again, this is the sort of thing we see from people who have turned their lifestyle choice into a dogma." If we take the logic(/beliefs/assumptions about reality) you apply here to its extreme, we could also ask: "How can we know that that a stone can't feel pain?" All you really know, Dead_Mouse, is your own subject experience. You know what pain is -- to you -- what stress is -- to you -- what sorrow is -- to you -- what anxiety is to you -- and you know how you suffer to those things. For example you probably scream if someone starts chopping your body parts off with an axe (pain). And you will probably act in certain ways if you get locked up in a small room for long periods of time (stress). And you will probably cry if a person you love really much gets taken away from you or die (sorrow). And you will probably be acting nervously if you sense that someone in proximity to you is trying to kill you (anxiety). And so on and so on. Now. What happens if you cut the grass in your own subjective experience, i.e. your perception of the grass? Not much besides the physical change of the length of it, right? And the smell. What happens if you pick up a carrot from the earth? And what happens if you take a pair of scissors and cut off the balls of a new-born male pig? Does anything 'special' then happen in your own subjective perception of the pig? Does anything change about the pig except it now has no balls? Does it make some sounds? Does it move physically in certain ways? If it does: i.e. make some sounds and move in certain ways, how do you interpret these things? I for one, maybe it's just me, interpret the sound of screaming pig getting its balls cut off as a sign of the pig being in deep pain. I for one, interpret the howling a female cow makes when its few-days-old-offspring gets taken away from her as sorrow in a milk-production-farm. Why do I do that? Perhaps because I can relate to these things. I got balls too, and I would scream if they got cut off. If my mother died I would be sad for quite some time. Etc. "grass, when cut, lets out a noise below a frequency our ears can pick up that, scientists have said, can be described as a cry of pain" It's not soundwaves (noise); you got no clue what you're talking about again. What some studies have found is that some plants when damaged can release certain chemical compunds (which might for example be perceived by a human as the "smell of cut grass") that can trigger a biological response in nearby other plants (of the same species). This reponse might for example include the plants to upregulate certain insecticidal compunds that can act as a defense against plant eating insects. Why did some plants evolve such mechanisms? Because it was beneficial for the survival for those plants. It's a survival mechanism. Quite obviously plant's dont have a self that can suffer. Saying that the release of these chemical compunds when a plant dies is a "Cry of pain" or a "distress call" is just human projections. Now it's true, that even me interpreting the sound a male pig makes when it gets castrated as pain/suffering, that's also a human projectin, or more specifically: MY projection. However, I actually make that projection without thinking. It happens out of my control. It's not like when I watch a baby pig gets castrated that I have to think deeply about it "ah, that's pain" .. no, when it happens, I immediately feel a sense of pain within myself by just seeing it. It's called empathy and humans are born with it. Mirror-imaging neruons and so on, you know? When I step on grass I don't feel any pain. To go as far to say that the smell of cut grass is "a cry of pain" is thinking, not feeling, and it's a big conceptualized projection. When Alan Watts was asked why he was a vegetarian, he said: So ... "That is caused by a chemical the grass releases that is actually a distress call" No. It's not a distress call. It's a survival mechanism. There is no self anywhere to make a distress call Only if you make a gaint conceptualization in your mind. When a person screams for help when if he's/she's about to get killed (for some reason), and if you are nearby and hear the scream, then there is a self screaming for help...YOU; the only real self. It's a direct experience of feeling that someone needs help. It requires no thinking or further conceptualization. It happens of it self ... emotionally. We don't control our emotions/feelings. After all, feelings are what's divine in this existence. Thinking without feeling is meaningless and absurd. I.e. thinking that the grass feels pain without feeling that it does is utterly nonsense, complete nonsense. And I don't feel grass is capable of feeling pain. However I most certainly do feel that pigs and cows are capable of feeling pain, because -- for instance -- I feel the pain when I witness a baby pig getting castrated. "Friedrich Nietzsche — 'Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings -- always darker, emptier and simpler.'"

Well. Obviously a pig has a much larger 'capacity to suffer' than a fish or a bee. Just as a human has a much larger capacity to suffer than a pig. Animals aren't humans. And you're right, no one decide, but you. If you got no problem buying pork and beef on a weekly basis, supporting an industry that is one of the largets contributors to global warming (beef production), supporting an industry that treats big mammals like pigs and cows like products/slaves, i.e. they are only born in order to get slaughtered, then continue doing what you do. I'm not vegan by the way, I take fish oil supplements, I eat organic eggs from time to time, and I can eat fish and products with (cow)milk in them if I'm out. However I never eat meat from mammals (or chickens), mostly because I find it disgusting to eat meat I know come from large animals, when I can do just fine without.

- "technology to maintain their lifestyle" Humans = technology. Don't tell me there is no technology used in meat production, lol. Technology is fine. Natural? The B12 vitamin molecule you can get from a supplement is the exact same B12-vitamin molecule you can get from eating meat. and so on and so on. "And this is only anecdotal, but every vegan GF I've had always had problems with iron and B12 deficiencies despite the supplements they took that were supposed to prevent that." It is very rare to have a B12 deficiency, even if you don't eat meat and don't take supplements. The major reason for this is that a little amount of B12 vitamin is absorbed in the intestines from gut bacteria that produce it (however it isn't much, as most of these bacteria are in the large intestine where almost no absorption occur). If your girl took a B12 supplement daily there is simply no possible way she could get a B12 deficiency. So either you're lying or you just got absolutely zero clue of what you're talking about.

Why are you not going to purse physichs? I loved math, physichs and science in general in high school, and did study a bit of biochemistry in university, but dropped out after 1 year cos I got bored of it. Currently the last year after becoming engaged in spirituality and self-development my interest for science has dropped -- although I still think science is great in many ways -- and I'm more inclined to study philosophy instead. but I don't really know, philosophy as a university-study seems to get a lot of bashing on this forum. My problem with science is the deeply encoded belief in the field that reality is physical and that consciousness arises from physical interactions. And I'm just much more interested -- currently in my life -- in investigating reality naked, i.e. self-observation, spirituality, philosophy... so that's why im more inclined to choose philosophy as a study, even though I deep back in my head know that even philosophy is pretty shallow, and that it's probably just my ego that find it interesting to *discuss* topics such as free will, ethics, even political philosophy, antique philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of mind, linguistic philosophy, phenomenology etc. The funny thing is if you asked me 2 years ago what my opinion was on philosophy, I would had said it's useless and that science is king. lol. But I'm also considering studying physics and math. Special relativity was interesting when I studied it in high school. General relativity, quantum mechanichs, the beauty of math..uhm:>:s

What a big load of crap. Can't you stop writing false information? Never have I read so much fucking bullshit in a comment. I'm puzzled if you just fabricate stuff in your mind or what the hell is going on here? First of all, a healthy human body only requires an intake of 9 different amino acids, the so-called essential amino acids, which are phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, and histidine. The remaining 11 amino acids that the body also uses in building protein, the body can synthesize itself from those 9 amino acids as necessary. Do soy beans contain phenylalanine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 2.122 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain valine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 2.029 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain threonine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 1.766 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain tryptophan? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 0.591 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain methionine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 0.547 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain leucine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 3.309 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain isoleucine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 1.971 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain lysine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 2.706 g per 100 g. Do soy beans contain histidine? Yes, and not in trace amounts. 1.097 g per 100 g. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean) "Soy protein products can be good substitutes for animal products because, unlike some other beans, soy offers a 'complete' protein profile. ... Soy protein products can replace animal-based foods—which also have complete proteins but tend to contain more fat, especially saturated fat—without requiring major adjustments elsewhere in the diet." - FDA "There are also some vitamins which are optimally absorbed through animal proteins: such as B12, D, and a certain type of iron which can only be found in animal protein." "optimmaly absorbed through animal proteins" ... right.. It shrines through clearly that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. When iron is absorbed into the blood by the way, it's iron. There are no special types of iron. Iron is iron. However, it's true that there are certain complexes of iron that are easiler absorbed than others, and these complexes can be found in red meat only, right. However, there are high amounts of iron in many vegetables such as broccoli and also high amounts in corn products. It isn't hard to get enough iron without eating meat. ". Vitamin supplements also have a low absorbtion rate (for some people it being 0% with certain vitamins)" - source? And when I mean source I mean a scientific study, or a site that refers to a study at least. Again this is just not true. B12 vitamin and iodine, for instance, are easily supplied through a dietary supplement. "sometimes impossible for some people to get all the nutrients they need without eating meat." No. No. No. ... Also, "BHA" ... what the fuck are you talking about? What is this BHA-compound that our brain need? Never heard about it. Are you talking about this carcinogenic compound (?:D) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butylated_hydroxyanisole

I don't get how you can like such a song based on your comments on this forum:D Care to elaborate?

If you're into serious self-inquiry, read The Book of Not Knowing by Peter Ralston. It's very practical.

I've seen it, and yeah I remember it as a very beautiful film with a strong emotional ending, that makes you sad but leaves you in awe at the same time, because the film touches you so much. The actors, Scarlett and Murray are amazing. The photography is amazing. The story is amazing. And the film makes you think about what a happy life is, I mean look at Murray in the film, he has it all: sucessfull career, loads of money, kids, wife, but he doesn't seem to be really happy. But magic happens when he meets Scarlett. I think you're right that the film has a spiritual undertone to it; don't regret anything, live in the moment, enjoy the ride, nothing will ever last. etc:> Gonna re-watch it soon.

(doesn't get more psychedelic than this in my humble opinion, it takes you to a nice little place indeed:>) also got some classic piano songs that can take you to places: (this one is especially deep and pretty darkish/emotional) (masterpiece, the creativity is high on this one)

I'm posting this topic here and not in nutrition, as this is not about food and it's relation to health. This is about ethics. What we as finite minds relatively see as brains/'systems of neurons' is obviously what allows Infinity to play the game of life - to see itself as a finite mind. We are all one consciousness. I'm as much the pig getting slaugthered in the slaughterhouse as I am this dude typing this text. This is how pigs gets sedated in Denmark before they get slaughtered. Doesn't seem so nice. And Denmark is arguably supposed to be a country where animal welfare is 'better than average'. Eating meat is something we in the western world do only for pleasurement (it tastes good). There are zero health benefits and we absolutely don't need to survive to eat meat, but can do just fine on non-meat-food-sources. An argument for saying 'ok to eating meat' could be that as long as the animals have a decent life until they get slaughtered, then it's fine - because the animals doesn't know they are going to die, they live in blisfull ignorance, and we all know that death itself is perfectly neutral and 'fine' as long as 1. the conscious being getting killed doesn't suffer before getting killed in any way (anxiety, bad mood or pain) 2. no conscious beings are left alive that are hurt by the departure of their friend/beloved one When an airplane with 100 young children crashes and they all get killed - well it's not sad for the children, they died quickly and painless and are no more. Perfect bliss in a sense. However it's sad for the relatives to the children - they are most likely destroyed due to natural egoic reasons. Anyway, obviously, we more or less treat agriculture animals like slaves. Isn't it obvious that they are getting hurt in some way (as in the video)? As you reading this text is just as much the pigs getting killed in the video, why do you endorse the proces above by buying pork roast for Christmas? Let's have a discussion. Please don't talk about health benefits (or cons if they exist) of going vegan/vegetarian - this thread is NOT for that.

Self-honesty is essential to become one with the Truth. Ask yourself this question: Knowing that you have plenty of healthy vegetarian food options available, would you still want to or be able to -- every now and then -- directly, physically kill -- in any way you want -- a living mammal like a pig, calve or a cow in order to eat it for your own pleasure? - If your answer to this question is 'yes' and you regularly buy beef or pork in the super market, then no problem; you are honest with yourself, and your inner values are aligned with your outer actions. Good. - If your answer to this question is 'no' and you regularly buy beef or pork in the super market, then there is a problem; you are dishonest with yourself, and your inner values are not aligned with your outer actions. Not good. - If your answer to this question is 'no' and you never buy beef or pork in the super market, then no problem; you are honest with yourself, and your inner values are aligned with your outer actions. Good.

oh yeah n u a g e s , this track is deep as fuck and has a very dark reality-distorting vibe.