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hit the nail on the head right there dude

or they'll make you way better at meditation, did for me at least.

just do both and you'll be woke as fuck regardless. Obviously prioritise the meditation just because you can't exactly do psychedelics all that often if you care about safety.

Getting in touch with your intuition on a deep level (meditation and psychs obviously help, recommend more surrender styles for letting go) and being able to develop the ability to better see the connection between two seemingly unrelated things. For instance in music genres I might say "well why can't I incorporate these unique metal elements into a hip-hop song with my own twist on the whole thing?" Fuzing different styles of things may be one way you do it, a new original idea is almost waiting to be discovered through such a method. Letting go of over analysing things and putting yourself in that flow type state is massive; simply being so present, focused, in flow and loving can all help. Surrender the mind. Developing better empathy towards others also allows you to be better inspired by their stories and relate that back to your own experience. You could then use that to illustrate a fundamental aspect of the human condition in a powerful, almost psychedelic manner. Being as vulnerable as you ever possibly could, pushing past those comfortable boundaries you hold onto and being brave enough to face those parts of yourself and believe in your ideas with confidence and express such energy into your work with intensity. Introspect deeply. Being a lover of mastery and excellence are crucial as you won't fully awaken that creative energy without attaining a great level of skill first. Get inspired constantly by other creatives and merge those influences until your own style comes out the other side. Remember that creativity itself is ultimately a practice that you do habitually. That's all i got.

yes

hahahaha

Emptiness Dancing Adyashanti

nothing wrong with taking inspiration from the many traditions so long as it doesn't turn to dogma.

Ashwagandha! And exercise.

nah but sounds interesting

@Carl-Richard Humanities studies pushing the idea that the west is a patriarchy, I'm more so talking about overall PC rhetoric, it shows up in many different ways. Related to my first example another school told 12-13 year olds to apologise to their female classmates for being oppressors. It's one thing to tell a 17 year old that, but a 12 year old? I would label that as full on abuse to children. Exactly 33.565 universities.

@Carl-Richard It was just one example, but you'd be living under a rock if you didn't know universities all over the west push this rhetoric.

jesus christ, I have to try this. Smoking a joint on ketamine alone was already non-dual as fuck.

your mate tom

Mushrooms convinced me yes

actually some seriously good advice

Same, mushrooms has a fantastic comedown, LSD can too for the next few hours after the peak but after that I'm awfully drained. Would rather mushrooms these days.

Agreed, MDMA probably isn't worth the comedown unless you REALLY have some insane trauma.

"gender study people" omg somebody kill me now

Very good point!

@Vittorio Problem of the One and the Many; it is both simultaneously. "You are just hallucinating me right now" is a false statement. baha! This dude gets it.

Damn that's wassup, great combo. bahahaha wtf

fair enough yes probably should have mentioned it, it is still something you wouldn't wanna do anymore than you would psychedelics, although physical problems usually happen after a long time of HEAVY abuse so not something to freak out over if you're only doing a moderate amount spaced out over several months regarding each dose. But the stigma definitely isn't warranted imo

Adyashanti is by far one of the best, it's fucking ridiculous the state his meditations put me into in a matter of minutes with virtually no effort. Literally nothing exists any more, and as I come out of it into the world of form it's instantly recognised as still being of this very same essence; I can't look at the world the same any more, it's actually a little frightening sometimes I'm still getting used to it. But his style is so calm that you never panic. The psychedelic awakenings are great too but to be in that state and have it connect to your ordinary life so seamlessly is truly a beautiful thing.