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Body Building isn't fitness. Pranks are overrated. Aimee Semple McPherson faked her death by drowning in 1926.

I don’t have any problem with that. I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all and I am in no position to judge what works for someone else. I just don’t believe psychedelics are necessary or even advantageous. I am more against the marketing and hype. There is also the “wear off” problem, i.e. getting temporary states but no long term change. For me, a natural approach has been more effective.

Or believe egos on drugs.

But it is marketed as “The God Molecule” with “Instant Ego Death” , Quantum Healing, and so forth by its promotors. But now it seems to require the same skills and lengthy amounts of time as meditation. So there isn’t a free lunch after all? So why not just meditate and avoid the risk of brain injury? Meditation has been around for thousands of years and there is solid scientific evidence to support it.

Most first time users are highly impressed by 5-meo. The point is that the Sadhu wasn’t afraid, didn’t have to lie down, and was not particularly impressed by the experience.

I talked to Martin about this and it seemed his only concrete suggestion was to increase the dosage to get a breakthrough dose. But one caveat is that he works with 5-meo and I was working with Bufo Alvarius, which in not pure 5-meo, and it is harder to determine a breakthrough dose. But forcing things by increasing a drug dose doesn’t sound right to me. You can’t make demands on God. That is not openess. Also, your mind is resisting for a reason. It is protecting you. Drugs are an attempt to force a quick fix and not a gentle unfolding and surrender to life.

I don’t dismiss that it may have some value to someone else because the spiritual path is unique to each person. But I think Martin Ball’s “energetics” explanation is a lot of hand waving. It sounds good to a materialistic audience. For me, yogic techniques that have been around for more than a thousand years have proven they are reliable.

I don't think it is essential. The yamas and niyamas will push one more to liberation than drugs.

I did 20 ceremonies taking full doses of Bufo Alvarius as well as dozens of microdoses on my own. Sometimes I felt totally connected with divinity, tasting my existence, contacting the deepest part of my soul, feelings of terror and bliss. But there was no long term affects, such as deconditioning or “cleaning”. I now believe that drugs can’t do this. This has to be done over the longer term through yogic practices that have been around for thousands of years. You can’t force spirituality with drugs. This is a materialistic notion.

It is about what I expected. What they are doing goes way beyond sapo (5-meo). I quit because it only gives a temporary simulation of reality which then quickly turns into a memory. Sadhana gives a permanent change of consciousness. What he said (in the second video) resonated with me: “you are wasting your energy”.

I am skeptical of one-size-fits-all solutions. I could see that potentially being harmful if a facilitator pushes a client toward symmetry when the body is doing what is needs to do.

It’s going to be a bumpy ride, but on the optimistic side, the major powers want peace, particularly China. The only one who doesn’t want peace in the psychopath Netanyahu.

In the "Hindu" framework, Bhakti Yoga - the path of loving devotion - is recognized as a direct and complete path to liberation (Moksha). Christianity operates primarily as a Bhakti tradition. So, yes Christianity can lead to full liberation as non-dual union through love.

It’s not easy being green: Trump’s botched reflecting pool becomes 2,028ft metaphor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/donald-trump-reflecting-pool-metaphor “Trump has wanted a monument to himself in Washington and he finally has one. It is this reflecting pool and it is a perfect metaphor of kleptocracy, failure, incompetence, a complete mess and it stands before the Lincoln Memorial, which he seeks to overshadow with his arch of triumph after losing the Iran war."

It appears to be more Trump corruption. "On May 11, nonprofit group The Cultural Landscape Foundation sued the Trump administration to prevent the project from continuing." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool I used to live in D.C. and that is where people usually gather to see the fireworks display on 4th of July.