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DPT HCl is easy to convert to freebase, so you could go ahead and acquire that. DPT HCl can be insufflated or plugged too, you don't have to vape it. It's very very different from 5-MeO-DMT. I wouldn't really say it's closest to 5-MeO-DMT in terms of spiritual depths, because it's such a different trip, but it does have some things in common - both being extremely powerful, potentially challenging and life changing. DPT is much more reality-warping than 5-MeO-DMT, and so far doesn't seem as likely to deliver the "nondual" state. In many ways it more like the classic psychedelics like LSD and mushrooms, but maybe weirder and more black-belt because it can have some heavy body sensations that take some work to channel properly. It's more "visionary" than 5-MeO-DMT, and less geometric than stuff like acid/mushrooms. It reminds me of something that Shamans might use to talk to spirits.

^ Yes very true

Lately I've been working on my pullups, and I've noticed that when I really push myself to the limit with this excercise, I get a sudden headache right after I stop. If I stop say 1 or 2 pullups shy of that limit, the headache doesn't happen. The headache quickly subsides, within a minute. I'm wondering if this is a sign I'm pushing it too hard? Is this normal? Should I be backing off before this happens, or just suck it up and get used to it? I don't mind the sensation, but just worried I might be damaging my brain or something.

I figured this one out, in case anyone experiences something similar. I noticed that by holding the tension in my core after I complete the excercise, and slowly releasing it, rather than suddenly going from intensity to full relaxation, I'm able to avoid the headache sensation. I guess this is similar to how it's encouraged to do a warm-down lap of the track when you run etc. I'm keeping my core flexed and breath baited for a minutes or two after the set, slowly allowing my body to relax rather that quickly transitioning - and it's working! Probably related to rapid blood pressure changes, and similar-related to concepts of qi/ki/chi/bandas

LSD leads to criminal behaviour because it's a crime to buy and posses it! Aside from that, LSD inspires about as much criminal behaviour as Mormon underpants. It tends to inspire greater circles of compassion and understanding with fellow beings.

That sounds to me like the kind of bogeyman storey that gets circulated without any basis. Do you have a source/reference for that? "Not for human consumption" this isn't a factual statement at all - it's super high quality food and we can digest and readily absorb all of the amino acids found in whey protein. There's no rules about what humans can or cannot eat, just some things that are more healthy or less healthy for us. Whey protein is extremely easily processed by our bodies, and can be an excellent source of protein for many people. As for the antibiotics, steroids, GH - that all may be true. Different countries have different regulations around how these are used in the dairy industry, so it pays to do your research and figure out where it's coming from. There are organic and grass-fed whey proteins out there.

Thanks for your help everyone. That video ^ was very helpful. I think it's quite likely that by the end of my set, I'm unconsciously holding my breath as I squeeze out the last few. I'm watching out for that now. Worth noting that I especially noticed this headache thing on hot days, when I had done my pullups after a run, so I was probably a bit dehydrated and overheated to begin with. So this correlates with what you noticed. It's constant, wrapping around the side of my head (both sides) originating from my temples and extending down to the top of my neck. No history of migranes really (but I do get visual migranes sometimes, which I feel is unrelated). Old history of headaches that I've basically sorted out now, so I don't normally get headaches anymore. Don't often have stiff neck anymore either. Good tips. I think you're right about the 80% thing. It's better to have higher frequency of workouts going to 80% than less often at 100%. This is something I've really learned in other physical pursuits - you can recover faster when you don't red line it all the time, and then you can workout more often. And it's safer. So I'll back off a bit in pushing it to the max, and just do it more often.

@tsuki that Richard Feynman clip was a gem!

I'm not breathing exactly how you describe. I'll try that out. My BP was good the last few times I had it checked (at rest). Should I be looking at my blood pressure during exercise as well? Thanks.

Oh yeah! I've listened to Leo's Zen-Devil episode, but never put 2+2 together to realize that's my Dad. Interesting how an outside perspective can really point out the obvious. Cheers. My Dad like all good parents has been as much an example of what to be as what not to be.

Thanks for reading. Yeah it is weird. He's kind of like a Donald Trump type character with some Alan Watts mixed in if you can imagine that. I guess the mixture came about because he was a green hippie who explored psychedelics, meditation and all that, and became somewhat advanced spiritually as he aged, but simultaneously has a lot of addiction to money, booze, ego, and very involved and successful in the business world. He's a guy who has legit (mild) psychic abilities and interactions with spirit beings, non-dual experiences, and has had some near-death experience. Some of this stuff is show-offy, like he really wants to be seen as a kind of mystic, which can be repulsive, but it's actually a bit true.

This helped me to loose 25lbs and keep it off, for the last 2 years. Maybe it will help you as well: Don't eat at night. Eat dinner early, and don't eat anything after dinner until breakfast the next day. Get used to this daily fast. It's really good to give your digestive system a break, you don't need calories at night. If you feel a bit hungry at night, just remember that's how it should feel, you're giving your gut a break. Don't need to get too complex about your diet, just eat healthy whole foods.

Christopher Langan is hard to pin down, but I think he might be an example of a scary kind of Turqoise: Debate edit: I take it back already. I think he's a kind of extreme, advanced Yellow. He's very individualistic, argumentative and doesn't see any limits to rationality. Maybe he's right! In any case, an interesting individual to study.

This is a very interesting topic, love it. When I was a child my parents were Green. They were part of the hippie movement that separated the world into hip vs. square, and they took what they saw as the revolutionary progressive path. Compared to their parents, they were real radicals, but nothing strange by todays standards. Like many north American kids of their generation, they were brought up very heavy Blue, and then when the hippie movement happened, there was a massive youth rebellion against that paradigm to a basically stage green ideal. Sometimes it really was just an ideal that people were reaching for and having a hard time realizing, but they did a good job of the act. As they aged they broadened, and regressed somewhat into the programming that they were brought up with, which is natural. It's hard to overwrite your own code, and also ageing can naturally lead to more conservatism because you can become attached to the old days and old ways. Now my Mom is in more Blue/Orange/Green territory, and my Dad is an odd Red/Orange/Turquoise. I see this same revolution play out today in North America with children of fresh immigrant families. Often these are families coming from very stage Blue old-world societies, and their kids want to embrace a more Orange/Green even Yellow norm, and you get these cultural clashes within families. It looks to me like urban "millenials" are pushing forward a more Yellow paradigm, and actually building on the ideals that the hippies set up, and that Gen X tried to realize. You see a lot of collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches to problem solving. There's a big softening of the ego, there's a lot less rock stars on pedestals for instance. In the celebrity world, no one gets points for posing like they're better than the rest, it's a lot more about being on the same level, tweeting with fans etc. In the art world, the myth of the Maestro has faded, and the work and the community is much more important. The individual is less important than the movement. There's the whole crowdfunding thing, the sharing economy, and ideas like sustainability are top priority. That's by perspective as a north american cusp Gen X/Millenial, child of hippies. Hope someone read all that.

I was thinking about a couple of examples of stage Yellow technology/science, that are both pretty cutting edge right now: Deep learning/neural nets are an example of Stage Yellow/Tier 2 technology because they take a synthetic approach to solving problems, rather than a reductive approach like in most computer programming paradigms and even earlier iterations of artificial intelligence. When you try to disassemble a neural net to reductively understand how it comes to decisions, it becomes less and less meaningful. Neural nets are modelled or inspired by a very simplified version of how we think biological brains work, so of course a real brain is also very Stage Yellow. The study of the gut microbiome is a Yellow field of study because it tends to be less meaningful to look at any one species than when you look at the interactions between all the flora as a whole, and the host animal. This is true for all kinds of other ecological systems too. Not new or cutting edge really, but another tech example is a hologram. The image in a hologram isn't "stored" in any one place. When you cut a hologram in half, you get two smaller copies of the same image rather than two half-images. The information is encoded holistically.

I think if you want to get started with martial arts you should find an actual teacher and class you vibe with, rather than try to learn from YouTube videos etc. You really need the feedback of an instructor, and the physical interactions. Tai Chi is a form of body meditation. I don't know much about kung fu. Karate relates to meditation, mental control, focus, breath a lot IME. Most martial arts have some aspect of meditation as part of their core philosophy. It would be hard to go wrong pursuing a martial art, or any physical activity really. Being active and healthy definitely helps the mind to be present, still, focused.

There's a lot of discussion on this message board about who is, who isn't enlightened. Posters claiming they're "close" to enlightened, or maybe even "fully" enlightened, or is so-and-so enlightened, or is so-and-so not enlightened. Posters insinuating that they're enlightened, but not quite saying it. Don't bullshit yourself. You're not. You never will be. This whole line of thinking is a trap. It's hubris, it's an ego trip. And it's making your journey more difficult. Have you ever heard the Dalai Lama say he's enlightened? Have you even heard him say he's close to being enlightened? What makes you think you could possibly be further along the path than he is (for example)? Get real. The very idea of getting to enlightenment is a contradiction. Yeah you're so non-dual that you're past that and so you can be enlightened right? OK dude. Keep polishing your enlightenment trophy. Or your latest idol's enlightenment trophy.

I don't think there's a contradiction in what I'm saying. I'll lay it out as plainly as I can. There are people on this forum who are vocally claiming to be enlightened. There are also people on the forum who are more subtle about it, but reading between the lines, there are the humblebrags and insinuations that they hold themselves to be enlightened. This is the bullshit. My claim is that if you, dear reader (not you specifically @SOUL) think that you are enlightened, then you are lying to yourself and the world. The idea of enlightenment as a descriptor of an individual is a delusion. There is no such thing as "I am enlightened". This is why, when you ask the Dalai Lama if he is enlightened, he will say no. As @Serotoninluv put it so simply: This doesn't mean I'm saying a person shouldn't pursue enlightenment. It just means that you're not there yet, and by definition, you never can be. And that if you think you are, then please consider that you might deluding yourself. I'm NOT critical of the pursuit of enlightenment, I think that's an entirely worthwhile path. Enlightenment is a process. You can enlighten, and then enlighten some more, and enlighten some more. Enlightenment is the process of liberation, shedding the layers. But it's not something you get TO, it's not a destination or an achievement. For the record, because I was criticized of "denouncing the practice, yet practicing it mystelf": I don't think I've ever said that I'm pursuing enlightenment. Maybe I am and just not admitting it. But in any case, there's nothing wrong with the practice of pursuing enlightenment IMO. The problem is when people hold enlightenment up as an accomplishment. Also, for the record, I'm not holding the Dalai Lama up as the pinnacle of self-realization. He's just an example of a highly realized individual. If you disagree with this, no problem, just substitute in some other advanced spiritual teacher. Ekhart Tolle, Shinzen Young, Thich Nhat Hanh... how do you think they would answer if you asked them if they were enlightened?

Exactly. Thank you for putting it so simply.

^ Maybe. But maybe it's worth considering the possibility that being awake is a process, not something you get to carry a certificate for. And that when you notice you're carrying an enlightenment certificate around, it's is a signal that your ego is clinging, and that you've got work to do.

5-MeO-DMT is very much a "regular psychedelic" in this sense. It's very different from the 4-AcOs and lysergamides, but it still falls in the same class. It's a tryptamine, and it works primarily on the serotonin receptor system. This Kambo frog poison seems to be mainly toxic peptides, and has nothing to do with 5-MeO-DMT. I hope people aren't confusing this kind of frog with Bufo Alvarius, the Sonoran Toad that secretes 5-MeO-DMT, because their secretions have nothing to do with one another.

Holy shit, I've never heard of this before. Sounds sketchy as hell, and it's hard to believe this could possibly be healthy, but I'll try to keep an open mind. Glad you survived and are able to tell the tale.

@Nahm The process of enlightenment isn't the BS, it's the classification of self and others as "enlightened" that's the BS. People on this forum bullshiting, with varying degrees of subtlety, about being enlightened, and wondering which person is and isn't enlightened. It's an ego trip and a red herring. There's no flow in that. If you think you're enlightened, you're not. If you see the buddha on the road, kill him. It's no joke. @Blissout You don't like the Dalai Lama? OK. You'll never hear Thich Nhat Hanh saying he's enlightened. You'll never hear Shinzen Young saying he's enlightened. And so on. It's not because they're trying to be humble. It's because these are very advanced practitioners and they realize that it's not a thing you can have, it's not a trait or achievement you can ascribe to an individual. You can experience enlightenment, you can experience the process of liberation, but it's not something you get to take home with you and keep in your trophy case.

Yes, judgment is procrastination. My criticism is along those lines, people are sitting around on this forum judging who is and who isn't enlightened. What's the point in that? What difference does it make? It's absurd to think that the category even exists, and that it's a label you can acquire. And even more absurd to think that it's worthwhile to go around trying to categorize ourselves or others in that classification. You know who's enlightened? The shit I just deposited in the toilet bowl that is smiling back at me in perfect love without a single judgmental thought.

On an unserious note, Everything is a pretty neat game: It's a cute exploration of a modelled universe of everything, narrated by Alan Watts. Fun experience, and a some mind-expanding moments. To be sure, it's another distraction, but it's a rather good one. Rated E for Everyone.