Jannes

In your direct experience you are aware of shapes, colors, sounds, feelings, the experience of thought, sensations, ... none of these things are conceptual. Conceptual knowledge is not direct. Unless it is possible that in a certain conceptual knowledge there is direct experience in it like in a poem or when god would speak through you or something crazy like that.

The phenomenal experience of dull survival Our lives is all about survival, we just aren't conscious of it as much as it is less direct. So coming in contact with "raw" survival triggers certain emotions. This scene of Godzilla swallowing king ghidorah made me remember a moment when a girl spoke about the great genetics of a guy (in a sexual context) as it triggered a very similar consciousness in me this unfiltered raw look at survival. A mix of clearness, rawness, nausea, instinctiveness, pulsation, a certain aliveness, a certain will for power, unholiness and order. I cant really tell what I should make out of this even though I had plenty of time to think about it. 2:00 - 2:30

Nothing will end. Something is nothing. I am actually speaking from direct experience this time whooo 🥳, I actually had the insight that everything even the most hard/ solid things are really nothing.

I dont know. Maybe I know more than I think I know about such things and I am just not aware of my knowledge because it is too obvious to me. But it's true that I sucpect highly that I cant know that and you are most definitely right that I logically cant tell that. Yeah when you become aware how you dont know such core things about reality it really puts into question the validity of the "truths" you think you know as they arise from those basic core things you have no clue about.

@Someone here thats true. Things/ objects in reality cant really be known and are a mystery right?

Legendary. I guess there is nothing to worry about then.

I always wonder in which way these people might see aspects of reality which are hidden from me. Like one can say that all these fictional characters are just fantasy but for one they were created by real humans and their fantasy had to be enriched by some real world experiences to come up with these ideas. (When you think that the mind is a blank paper at birth which is very debatable but probably at least reductionistically true or partially true) And second these fantasy figures have a real effect on people in society. They inspire and influence our real world behavior. So they do live with us in some real way. Someone could simply be so conscious of these aspects of reality so much that they cant stand the explanation that this is just fantasy so they find some way to integrate this into "real world reality". This is a a very famous article in the newspaper in which the author explained an 8 year old girl how Santa Claus is real and it points to some incredibly profound truths.: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yes-virginia-there-is-a-santa-claus-1897/ Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Haven't heard of this before. Amazing in how deep of a fantasy one can dive into.

Hmm maybe. Our psyche has evolved a lot as well. Certain things trigger parts of your brain which cant just be let go of with deconditioning which is why psychological strategies can be abused like algorithms, sex sells, .. Yes but I cant stop being attracted to her. I can only decide how I am going about it. I couldnt decide being attracted to someone who would be a good fit for me. To get back to the topic I would love to be bi and I would love to like mushrooms because they smell so good when cooked in a pan. But when I dont like it I dont like it and there is no way I can talk myself into it.

Well you cant really take psychedelic states of consciousness and say that sober reality will also be like that. We disagree to which degree you are able to free yourself from conditioning. You say with lots of effort you can basically do everything like getting horny for a ceiling I say our psyche can only be reconditioned to a certain degree and at some point will hit a wall so some things are not possible imo. Haha I just developed feelings for a girl I find really attractive. It's been some time actually since I developed romantic feelings for someone and in her case it's only because of looks. I know full well that she wouldnt be a good romantic partners. So much for my ability to be in conscious control.

Buffed butterfly (Another Dalton-like idea 6) Butterfly gymrat. Full of muscles, is very insecure and feels easily attacked. When it feels attacked it will knock your ass out.

Look at dat frog (critique of society) Lion: Yo look at frog other there doing frog things. Tiger: Look at him being all green like a frog. Lion: He is such a frog dude. Tiger: Yo frog why you doing all that frog things why dont you catch a fish or something?

Brainwashed with core beliefs Until very recently I always swam with my fingers opened. I did it because I had a swim teacher when I was 6 years old and when we practiced swimming on land she taught me the technique of doing the swimming motion with fingers spread which I did. As soon as I grew a little older I developed enough common sense to know perfectly well that it didnt make logical sense to keep the fingers spread because water would get through the holes and therefore you would have less area to use to push the water away to repel yourself forward. But still I swam that way because somehow the things that you are taught in childhood are just burned into your brain and just have more authority over other things. So only recently I was finally able to let that old idea go. There are many other very fundamental things about the nature of reality which you are told when you are young which are way less obvious. So it's very reasonable to assume that I am driven by some core beliefs which probably dont match reality at all and getting myself to question those will probably take some exceptional work.

Reality shows and hides things from you I woke up from a dream and it seemed like my engine lacked a little behind. Like I almost had my eyes opened yet I was still in a dream state. Then I suddenly saw the light around me which was hidden from my consciousness before. It was such a suttle but interesting direkt insight. That’s what consciousness does it can hide and show certain things from us. Its remarkable when you have a direct insight into it.

Qualia is Absolute (improved articulation) Qualia is Absolute. Experiences which seem to not be part of Qualia like science, mathematics, atoms, .. have qualia characteristics. Like 2+2 = 4 has a certain experienceable quality (qualia), a scientific model has a experienceable quality (qualia) and everything you have ever experienced of an atom is qualia. The thought that there is something that isn’t qualia has an experienceable quality and is therefore also qualia.

@Keryo Koffa I am not saying you that you dont point to some absolute truths. I am saying that relatively/ practically this isnt true for your reality. The thread implied the radical thesis that we could all be bisexuals if we changed our way of thinking about reality. I think that is very sloppy thinking. It's projecting an absolute truth onto the relative world into an area which is not as clear so this sloppy thinking doesnt become immediately obvious.My point is that we are limited in the relative world. Thats why I made this example of trying to find sexual arousal of a toaster which isnt possible imo but it still doesnt seem to be clear enough. Look maybe I am to closed minded for thinking that my mind is incapable of getting aroused by a ceiling, maybe I am just not conscious enough. Can you do it though, can you get an orgasm by looking at a ceiling or are you just talking out of your ass? This is the test.

@Keryo Koffa okay then try to get an orgasm by just looking at a ceiling.

@TheUnknown So if you practiced enough you think you could get horny for a ceiling?

I just recently got to know him and listened to him in two videos and am pretty blown away by him. I just cant listen to him for more then 20mins at a time without loosing attention because its so demanding to listen to him.

Oh god. Sexless deep mind rage. And men take the bullshit structure which suits their ego as more real then what is there in the moment. Men are full of bullshit on the other side of the coin. Men and women bullshit check each other in that way. Reality is chaos which is what women are more connected to and they seek structure from men. But if the structure men come up with isnt suited to reality then it's simply rejected. Like when a nice guy doesnt get laid thats because his concepts dont match reality. He probably isnt nice he is just using this strategy to get into a women's pants and women are connected to reality enough to sense that. Men think that women are so shallow when in reality they just cant comprehend the level of bullshit of their own worldview and they think it's so sophisticated.

Meditation does help. Different meditations are suited for different types of brains though so there are probably meditations which work very well for ADHD people. I haven't searched enough for that but I can say generally guided meditations are almost always preferable because they keep you on track which is hard to do with ADHD.

I listened to it 15min so far. It's a very interesting psychological breakdown. But because it goes in such detail I wonder to which extend does everybody already do it? If that were outlined as well you could have a fair comparison. Because as he said everybody is forced to do these strategies to a certain extend. But I think Owen really is a lot more manipulative than the rest and he could still make good money being less of a marketer. When I first saw Owen I hated him a lot. All I wanted to do is punch in that stupid face to make him shut the fuck up finally. Like I can understand and accept almost all personalities to different extends but there is a special place for the kinds who are consciously untruthful with their audience for personal gain like that repells me at the core of my being. He has some good pick up advice though for that I give him value but his marketing remains super cringe to me.

So I recently came up with a strategy which can make it easier for people who specifically just want to maintain muscle mass for people with very low training frequency like once a week. I personally am just maintaining muscle mass for the last 2 years with very little effort and I have no ambition of growing any muscle again but I am always coming up with new ways to maintain my muscle in more simple or healthy ways. Here is a new strategy I came up with: Sometimes it's hard not to exceed just the maintenance stimulus. For example (and I have many which I will mention in a moment) when I do stiff legged deadlifts to maintain my hamstrings it would be very awkward to train in a way that just maintenances the hamstrings as that would be like 1 set not even to failure because stiff legged deadlifts are so damn stimulative for the hamstrings. So you end up overstimulating some muscles. So even though thats not the goal it doesnt hurt right? Well stimulus correlates with more fatigue and fatigue has the downsides that 1) the rest of the training suffers, 2) that its feels hard and 3) that it takes time to recover from after the workout which can drain you. So it is not something you wish to have more off but on the other hand not implementing the very stimulating exercises feels like left out potential and awkward. So in a low frequency maintenance program a possible implementation of this overstimulating sets could be to implement certain sets which exceed the maintenance stimulus if it makes a lot of sense with the exercise and then rotate that training with another training that is under stimulative on the muscle. So that through the rotation of too stimulating training and not enough stimulating training you get an average of just enough stimulating training. It willingly accepts a bit of muscle loss in the under stimulating trainings week as it regrows in the over stimulating trainings week. Some examples: 1) quads week A: 10 mio sets of leg extensions for quads (easy money stimulus for quads which exceeds maintenance stimulus) week B: 2 sets of deadlifts (doesnt hit the quads a ton and will loose quad muscle!) week A: 10 min sets of leg extensions for quads again which will rebuilt the quad muscle week B: 2 sets of deadlifts again repeat 2) back week A: 4 sets of pull ups (over stimulus for lats not so much traps and rhomboids -> lats grow, traps & rhomboids shrink) week B: 4 sets of row machine (over stimulus for traps and rhomboids and just okay stimulus for lats -> lats shrink, traps & rhomboids grow) repeat 3) glutes week A: 1 set of walking lunges (overstimulates glutes a ton) -> grows glutes week B: 3 sets of leg press (more for quads, not a ton of glute engagement) -> glutes shrink repeat What do you guys think?

Has anyone here ADHD and can share his experience on how ADHD affects psychedelic trips? How to have effective trips with ADHD? Also what about ADHD meds. What is the interplay between psychedelics and ADHD medications? (like Ritalin)

It is based on old science which isnt supported anymore. Why would you take scientific advice from decades ago when new science is out? If it works for you thats fine I believe you there. But it is probably not the best strategy for most people when you look at scientific evidence nowadays. Here if you want to get into the details: