Charlotte

I vote 3 ✋

@Ether anti depressants @Greys0n @lmfao Cheers guys!!! Muchly appreciated ?

Couldn't agree with you more. I've been toying with the idea of no timer and just sitting for as long as I want to.

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@Nahm ♥️♥️ @zoey101 I have seen it several times Oh yes definitely, whatever works for you. ♥️

Awesome question Nahm, I've been pondering this also lately ?♥️.

Somebody once said to me "Ride the waves graciously" I've never forgotten that, ride them consciously shroomdoctor and with grace. I also see this as healing ?

? We both know this is utter bollocks, I do a better job the majority of the time ??

The thing is outer, that's one study on 77 people, that study (in my opinion) doesn't demonstrate anything for the majority of men and women who partake in mindfulness meditation. Also it doesn't say it doesn't work, it says "MAY not work as well" got to be careful with that word "may".

@MarkusSweden Where the hell has my comment gone ? Also don't want to comment on the thread because it would be a biased opinion but I have noticed women do tend to come into this more graciously and men like to brute force their way through but I can't speak on behalf of everybody, just saying what I've noticed.

@egoless I respect him for turning his life around, I admire his faith, he barely shed a tear at his own mother's funeral because he believed she was going somewhere better. What I don't like is that Christianity doesn't like to be questioned, the majority of answers is "Have faith", to me that seems like a cop out. Also, I was brought up Christian and lost my faith because I realised this was something I was MADE to believe true, it was imprinted in me from a very early age, I had no direct experience of Jesus Christ and took all beliefs on blind faith.

@egoless You sound like my dad. I've always viewed (as an adult) him as delusional, brainwashed almost, but maybe that's just my beliefs

Can I ask what your views are on religion? (If allowed) aimed at all of you...

@Ether seriously? That's it?

@Ether honest question... Why do you come to actualized?

To connect with like minded beings as previously said. To learn. To apply advice to myself. I also read people's advice to each other and apply that to myself also. To see things from others perspectives. To watch people grow. Contemplation of what's been said.

I have to be vulnerable here. last year I took some cannabis oil for chronic pain reason's (hadn't done any types of drug's in years). I was assured that the cannabis oil contained 0% THC. I highlighted very clearly to the seller I wanted no 'high' feelings whatsoever. Anyway, long story short, I took some and I got high as a motherfucker. Like INSANELY high, my tolerance was non existent because I didn't do drug's so it hit me SO HARD. My partner at the time wasn't helping the situation at all. I spiraled into panic, not knowing what was going on and not expecting any effects. This led to an immense 4 hour panic attack. The panic attack I feel scarred me. Anyway, so, to date. As your probably aware I've decided to go down the Psychedelic route and I've been growing my own mushrooms with success (Yaaaay ??) Yesterday, I was prepping the dried batch, powdering it and some must of fell into my cereal (??) (bowl was close to where I was crumbling) I took a mouthful of my oats and noticed an intense potent taste. I shrugged it off and continued with my day. 20 minutes later this INTENSE heat and nausea came over me out of nowhere, the earth moved from beneath me. I thought "Fuck! I did consume some". I wasn't planning on starting my microdosing yet because my dogs are sick and I want the right set and setting. I started to panic a little, thoughts surfaced of "what if I have a full blown trip? The dogs need me! It's not the right time for this! How much did I consume?" So I witnessed my thoughts and panic and noticed where it wanted to take me... I surrendered, MY GOD it was hard but I just breathed into it and fully surrendered, it passed, another one arrived and I surrendered again and it left for good. This experience has made me aware that I am frightened to consume drugs (2 occasions) in fear of a panic attack, I understand both occasions where accidental but I'm still fearful. I've also learnt that I can control them. How do I get to the route of this fear? I really want to get through this, I feel it's incredibly necessary for growth. ♥️??

@Outer weren't a fan of the shirt ? Imagine leo hench AF!

@Leo Gura just to add, love the beard ? ? (sorry for going off topic)

Okay, I have a friend, for the sake of this thread let's call her Ruth (lol at Ruth ). Ruth has messaged me asking me for help. It started by her asking how could she keep promises to herself, she cannot lose weight, it started when she was younger, bullied heavily so she's had this love hate relationship with food all her life, she felt she wanted to lose weight for the sake of other people but now it's turned into health reasons. She feels this is a vicious cycle. She also explains that she cannot love herself. She said " Thing is I like some parts of my body, my personality, my looks, Although I don't like my inability to succeed in weight loss. Do you think I'm ill? I dont think I'm ill. I just think I gotta love myself. Trust myself. Pamper myself. Be good to myself. But I don't know how. My parents have been treating me like shit from childhood. So what can I do? I dont feel like simple things like doing my makeup my hair etc would help to love myself, but rather raise my mood a littlebit. Which I do, I do take care of myself in that level, makeup hair nails etc. It a passion of mine. But thats not enough. I dont have a hand to hold and stay strong. Metaphorically its like I have two hands and one seek live acceptance compassion and my other hand wants me to be miserable, doesnt want to help the other hand, and one hand feels alone, we dont unite. I feel I wanna reconcile with myself. Myself is the only one that I have. Nothing else. If I don't have my support then who can do It for me? Noone cares more than I should care. I wanna be independent strong, a winner. But one hand needs the other." I'm clearly not an expert but what I've come up with is, she hasn't been loved from her parent's growing up, she turned to food as a means to maybe hide/suppress suffering/get pleasure at a young age and that's led to weight issues her whole life. Truly accepting the person she is today I feel would be an immense positive for her but I also feel she has a lot of shadow work to do? I don't think she will be able to accept the person she is today until she reflects into her past and releases any emotional blockages, counseling maybe? Let me know what you think Thanking you ♥️?

@Joseph Maynor Oh I agree Joseph, I'm talking about national TV and radio stations.

@MarkusSweden I don't watch national TV or listen to radio stations. It's the best thing I ever did.

@Rilles ?

@Rilles ? make a swift exit and don't look back at this thread ?

You will do @Viking be kind to yourself, it will surface when it's ready. Keep working on it as you are ?