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I take 5-meo regularly, but it doesn’t change long term deeply rooted emotional and behavior patterns. To make long term changes requires a yoga and a lot of inner work. The medicines are helpers and allies.

Sadhguru says things that are true (e.g., it doesn’t bring you consciousness) but he is talking about something in which he has limited knowledge. He appears to not have any knowledge of the plant diet, which is the complete practice of which Ayahuasca is only one component. He also doesn’t even mention the use of Soma in the Vedas. He starts out emphasizing the purging of physical parasites. This is true but it’s not the main function of Ayahausca. When I was in the Amazon, I did a two week plant diet. In the beginning of the diet, the Shaman gave me a plant called Huan cahui sacha which makes you throw up continuously for about 6 hours. That’s purging. Aya purging is more psychological. There are dozens of non psychedelic plants and Kambo that are used for physical purging. An experienced Shaman does a 30 day plant diet before taking Ayahausca. He goes into the jungle alone and purges for 30 days while drinking different plant teachers. Thus, what he is doing can be seen as an intensive meditation retreat with the addition of the plant teachers. Sadhguru does believe in meditation? Is it not so? One of the plant teachers the Shaman takes is Chirac Sanango which makes you feel like ants are crawling over your body and makes you uncomfortable no matter what you do. So, your only option to keep your sanity is to be still. In other words, Chirac is teaching you to meditate using discomfort. At the end of the plant diet, Ayahausca is taken. Ayahausca is considered the master teacher and the other plants that were taken into the body are the helper plants. They may all appear in the visions. Ayahuasca has to be properly understood as a practice that originated by people living in the jungle. They had a non modern mindset and a different environment. Treating it as a chemical and using it in a modern Western context changes the experience.

For me: closed eye: mushrooms, ayahuasca open eye: san pedro, peyote

Buddhism follows the doctrine of adhimsa (, i.e. do no harm). Islam recognizes the right of Jihad to fight injustice. They are different beliefs. I hold it as an open question as to which is right, or whether they are both right.

Of course, being nice in a shitty culture is going to be demonized. If you are living with the Pirates of the Caribbean, being honest is considered a laughable offense.

This is an incredible interview from a former Israeli soldier relating her experience. .

The next day it's just a memory. Many of the spiritual teachers today took LSD in the 60s and turned to spiritual practices to find something that would be permanent.

The missionary position still has its supporters

Musk says the earth can handle more people, but he never presents evidence on why this is true. The earth could handle more people if everyone is poor, but not if everyone develops a first world lifestyle. Keep in mind that this Internet only works because thousands of steam engines are pumping out electricity. This Internet is completely dependent on 19th century technology. We aren’t as advanced as we think.

You do have an inner desire for “God” which is actually a search for a connection with your self. Religions externalize it and make it out there calling it “God” in order to keep you from waking up to your power so you can be dominated and controlled in 3-D. Christianity and Judaism in particular are political systems and servants of darkness.

Wonder Woman will tie you up with her lasso of truth - 1975.

We are looking at a mirror. If the reflection is bad, is the original image any better? Is it better to ask, why did Argentina elect a radical as president, or what was wrong with Argentina in the first place? America is a declining empire with an entitled ruling class in a world of rapid change it can no longer control. You haven’t seen anything yet.

Support the right to boycott for peace.

They have already taken over. The politicians work for their big donors and not the American people. That is the underlying cause of the rise of Trump. People notice that it doesn't matter who they vote for, their issues are ignored. America is a plutocracy, not a democracy. The ruling class calls democracy populism. Robert Kennedy, Jr. is the only candidate that has been directly addressing this issue.

"All too often, the question of Palestine is framed as an eternal conflict arising from ancient ethnic or religious hatreds, with questions regarding the origins of the state of Israel and the legitimacy of land claims reduced to matters of scriptural interpretation. Such views entirely omit the actual history of Palestine and the Zionist movement. The colonization of Palestine, a process still playing out before our eyes to this day, has definite historical origins at the turn of the 20th century, when Zionism was born and the encroachment of Palestinian land began. Historian Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundreds' Year War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017, joins The Chris Hedges Report for a look into this essential history, and how it can help us frame Israel's present war on Gaza."

Hamas published footage of the release of the israeli & thai hostages. The Hamas hosts and some of the hostages warmly embrace each other before parting.

The Peace Groups are at Tier 2. “There Is an Alternative”: Meet the Israeli & Palestinian “Combatants for Peace” Urging Nonviolence https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/27/combatants_for_peace_israel_palestine

The main interview is with the guest Stanford Pass, who is from a Jewish Background, who describes the real history and current reality of Palestine. In the beginning of the video are excerpts from a Jewish Rabbi and from a Christian pastor describing Netanyahu.

One thing I have learned from the tons of social media posts on this subject here and elsewhere is the dedication to self interest and the willingness of either side to justify violence in order to preserve an image of righteousness. With this background, a man of true morality and consistent principles like Norman Finkelstein sticks out like a sore thumb and is very, very rare.

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In America, debt is encouraged to stimulate the economy. You can buy a car with almost nothing down. The same applies to houses. The whole system is set up to encourage the use of credit cards. I worked in the Netherlands for several years. I was surprised when the apartment I rented didn’t have a floor – there was only concrete. I was told that was because the Dutch rent a place long term and fix it up the way they like. You just have to put it back to the same condition when you leave. I did have a credit card to use when I traveled to other countries in Europe, but only used the debit card in the Netherlands.

I don’t think it has anything to do with spirituality. Some people just have problems managing money, just like other people are alcoholics or drug addicts. I pursue spiritual transformation but I am financially independent and don’t have to work anymore.