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Dr Chris Ryan discussed his 5meo experience with Joe Rogan today on his podcast and Joe offered his own experience as well. It starts at about 53 minutes in if you're interested. There's nothing they say you won't already know, it's just cool to see it mentioned in such a mainstream venue.

Marcus Aurelius, Alan Watts, Terence McKenna, Adyashanti. I agree with the sentiment above that it's hard for me to distinguish between philosophers and spiritual teachers.

Extreme ownership by Jocko willink

Seems relevant given the recent theme around here

I listened to this yesterday. I'm a fan of both guys, although I only discovered Peterson a few months ago. I had high hopes for this conversation but it was a let down for me personally. I really hope they do the second interview and touch on some topics people actually want to hear discussed. I'm not well versed enough in philosophy to appreciate this debate I guess. I do know that Harris made far more sense to me than Peterson did. Especially in his follow up blog post about it. I still really dig Peterson's lectures on Youtube and Self-Authoring course though even if his idea of Truth is wonky lol. Here's Sam's follow up https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/speaking-of-truth-with-jordan-b.-peterson?utm_source=Main+List&utm_campaign=c06b1a1d17-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1c2a2c9db-c06b1a1d17-207210237&mc_cid=c06b1a1d17&mc_eid=53d28eba7c

If you need motivation to listen to such a long interview skip to 57:00 and listen for 10 minutes or so to get a taste of what it's all about.

This is a really cool interview with a Dr who researches psylocybin at Johns Hopkins if that kind of thing interests you....it does me

Definitely agree with the idea of a video on parenting. After all, what could be more important than raising the next generation to have greater self awareness, open mindedness, compassion, etc? You might hesitate to delve into this since you don't have kids but I think you have a lot to offer us despite not being a parent. As the parent of a 5yr old this would be extremely valuable to me!

His book Revolution goes into way more detail than this and is definitely worth the read.

Thanks for posting this, I'm gonna bookmark it for later. I always hear this guy spoken very highly of on Rogan's podcast!

Every food item you listed is a carb source. If you want to build muscle you're going to need protein. Find a way to join a gym, bodyweight exercises aren't going to cut it. It's good that you're starting this process early in life, but don't sweat your appearance too much, you're only 14 after all and at your age 5yrs of serious weight training and proper nutrition can transform your body. Lastly join some forums that actually specialize in gaining muscle and strength. Bodybuilding.com and Tnation forums are a great source of information.

First some Cliff's Notes on me - I'm 35, married, have a kid, live in Texas, and am self employed making around $100k a year but my job is just a job, not something I give a damn about. My wife also has a decent job making around $50k a year so financially we're doing ok, yet neither of us are happy because we spend 80% of our waking hours working jobs we don't enjoy which provide no sense of fulfillment. SO, I know the two things I actually do care about are health/fitness and the environment, and I'd like to start slowly working my way into some kind of business where my working hours would be spent helping the reduce human impact on the environment in some way. Thing is, I don't have the first clue as to what that would be. I've looked around online and found some ideas but frankly most of them look like things you can't actually make any money doing, i.e. "start an organic garden, become a worm farmer, re-purpose old furniture, etc". I did see a few that looked like something that could be built into an actual business like solar panel installation or becoming a "green consultant" where you go into people's homes and help them find all the ways they could be more energy efficient. On one hand I live in a good area for this kind of thing because Texas is far behind a lot of the country and Europe when it comes to being "green", but at the same time there's a reason for that, people here just don't care that much. Hell half of the population are straight up climate change deniers. Anyway, I'm getting off track here, what I wanted to ask is if any of you who live in areas where people are more environmentally conscious have seen a cool "green" business idea that might find a demand in a market like this? Or even if you know of any popular green forums I could join to learn more and possibly stumble upon an idea that way? I feel pretty confident that there's room for the growth of green businesses in my area, I just don't know where to start, and it needs to be something that actually creates income lol Thanks for any advice

If you have your own place and a little money you can grow your own mushrooms pretty easily. Shroomery is a good place to read.

Get the book list, it's worth the money. 2 recommendations that come to mind immediately for me are The Happiness Hypothesis, and A Guide to the Good Life.

It was a very important step in building self confidence for me personally. I'm sure that's highly individual though. Also I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "worth it". From my perspective there are only upsides to eating healthy and exercising. Maybe the time loss? But even still I can't consider it a "loss" because I actually enjoy it and know that it enhances so many other areas of my life.

I don't have much of use here except to say that monitoring your resting heart rate upon waking is a useful data point. Most smart phones have a heart rate monitor . Mine also has what's called a heart rate variability monitor that is essentially a method of measuring your stress levels. As far as dehydration that should be easy tbh, your body has a built-in dehydration monitor lol. A few of the things I personally do on this front are - bought a stainless steel insulated 1 quart water bottle which I use all day every day unless there's some kind of special circumstance. 4 quarts = 1 gallon so it's easy for me to track my water consumption . I drink 1 full quart immediately upon waking to help compensate for the water loss we experience while sleeping . I make sure I drink at least 1.5 gallons a day. You may need less than that though , I'm larger than average . I hope this is of some value to you.

I did sort of what the above poster recommends . I kept my FB because I do actually NEED is occasionally , I just never log onto it anymore . I instead visit forums like this one and made an Instagram and Twitter where I don't interact with people who I know in real life. I only follow pages/people who I find interesting , positive, educational , etc . FB could be used the same way I guess, just make an alternate account . There's no reason you need to be stuck interacting with the people you went to high school with when there are billions of people in the world.

Sorry if you misunderstood the "preaching to the choir" comment. If you're not from the US (or possibly even the southern/Midwest US) then that phrase was probably lost on you. It's also phrased as "preaching to the converted". As in a Christian preacher giving a sermon to a crowd who already completely agrees with him. I didn't think your intention was anything but positive and I appreciated your original post. I'm always looking to expand my view of what any "god" may or may not be .

You're kind of preaching to the choir dude. Not in the sense that I've experienced exactly what you're talking about, but in the more broad sense that I'm extremely open minded to any and all concepts of "God" and have virtually no beliefs about what it is or is not. The point of my post was obviously poorly conveyed. The definition of God I provided is not my definition, it's THE definition. What I was trying to say is that I wish we, as an open minded collective, had some alternative terminology to describe this nothingness/everythingness/infinity/whatever. The word God is basically worthless to me. It can mean so many different things to so many different people it's essentially meaningless.

We need a new label for ideas like this. "God" is (loosely) defined as an all powerful being or diety who controls the laws of nature. That doesn't sound at all like what you're describing to me.

I've watched that documentary as well as several others, but thanks for that radiant burst of presumption, ego and dogmatism. I've also critically considered the opposing sides arguments from as unbiased a perspective as I can muster, and came to the conclusion I've already stated. I'm glad to see you have your mind made up about the situation, but there's no need to act like an asshole just because I came to a different conclusion than you. Peace and chicken grease

What the vegan/vegetarian argument tends to ignore is that just as many animals are killed in the production of plant-based foods on a calorie per calorie basis. If you've ever spent time on a commercial sized farm you know how many rabbits, mice, ground nesting birds, etc, get chewed up in combines. You could make the argument that those conscious creatures are less valuable than a cows/pig. Or you could make the argument that it's all about intent. I'm not sure I can agree with either, but I'm certainly open to opinions. I'm a meat eater who's open to the idea of becoming a vegetarian. I've gone down a rabbit hole on this argument from environmental and ethical angles and frankly both sides make good arguments but I've never found either convincing enough to buy into their ideology completely. Too much spin, cherry picking data, talking past one another, etc, on both sides of the debate. As with just about any other set of opposing ideologies, the truth is usually somewhere in the middle.

Those are pretty effin amazing! Looked at buying one of his prints but they're too rich for my blood.

I haven't watched that video since it was released so forgive me if I'm misremembering the details , but it seems like the gist of his message was to trim the unnecessary activities that you don't enjoy or benefit from . I don't think his message was to become a complete hermit. As an example , you might skip the work Christmas party that you've been dreading for a month , but you'd still spend the day golfing with your old college buddy who's in town for the weekend who you've been wanting to catch up with for the last year. That's just as example but I'm sure you could think of 100 similar scenarios in your own life . Basically , if you have reservations about whether this event/activity is going to be time well spent it's worth considering skipping it. On the other hand , if it's something you're excited about then obviously you should do it. We have to maintain sanity Just my take on it, your perspective may differ obviously .