Carl-Richard

@cetus Nice bag.

Let me clarify: I used to think it was a guy wearing a black hoodie with his hands in his pockets In cognitive psychology, this is called "the context effect", which is a type of top-down processing in visual perception (perception relies on information from past perceptions). We expect to see a person because it's a profile picture.

I thought it was a guy wearing a black hoodie with his hands in his pockets

There is a middle ground where people may not have experienced 5-MeO-DMT but have had other non-dual experiences where pointers like "Love" or "Infinity" or "God" are already compatible in their own way or at least make intuitive sense. Many non-dual teachers use these terms anyway.

What exactly does "making the choice ourselves" mean in this context?

Buy some undergrad education material. I read this one back when I studied biology: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Second-Carl-T-Bergstrom/dp/0393601048

You can do both at the same time.

That's funny. I just did that an hour ago

All I said is it's potentially very dangerous.

I see. You generally want to establish a common goal with the therapist. That's central to what is called building an alliance. It's thought that the efficacy of therapy isn't really about the specific type of therapy (more for some problems than others), but rather about the alliance: empathy, increased perspective and goal-directed awareness.

I didn't make a moral statement. If you want a moral conundrum: is it better for Shulgin to use animal testing first and then use it on himself or is it better that he drastically increases his risk of potentially squandering the future discovery of hundreds of useful new compounds with potentially life-saving therapeutic/medicinal properties?

No.

It's not consistent with the implicit rule of the direction of the force of gravity relative to the tilt of the glass: Since the rules only apply after it's turned upside down, you'll always end up in this configuration /=\↓, and therefore the water will always fall out from the glass.

Let's say we have a normal-sized cup with some liquid water in it (it's about half-full). \=/ Then we turn it upside down: /=\ (Force of gravity always points this way:↓) How would you prevent the liquid water from exiting the cup? Here are some rules: 1. You can't move or tilt the cup. 2. You can't change the shape or the material of the cup. 3. You can't use anything else than the cup itself. 4. The liquid has to be water at room temperature and you can't change the amount of liquid (constant volume). 5. The cup has to be stationary (not accelerating). 6. You can't change the laws of nature (gravity and physical forces apply). 7. The rules only apply after the cup has been turned upside down. If nobody gets it, I will start giving out hints. Good luck!

I regret making any rules at all

Practice a lot.

Slight modifications of known substances only decreases the probability of things going wrong. Things can still go wrong. Take thalidomide for instance. The (R)-(+)-enantiomer produces sedation while the (S)-(−)-enantiomer produces severe birth defects.

Does your therapist know this?

It's still pretty crazy to test unknown chemicals on yourself, no matter how you go about it. Not all harmful effects are immediately experienced. For example, how do you know that something is neurotoxic before it's too late?

The biggest Norwegian athlete in recent times, Petter Northug, got caught speeding with cocaine in his system soon after retiring. It's not very surprising. It's hard to top being best in the world.

I already gave the answer earlier . I would say Tim R came pretty close.

That goes for solving anything, but I tried to minimize that factor (which is never successful). Yes.... but you see, now I just have to make another rule The rules are kinda corrupted anyway because I didn't anticipate people to start talking about space. I cba adjusting the rules to fit with relativistic mechanics (1. I'm not qualified, and 2. nobody will understand ).

It's technically breaking rule #3 because you're manipulating air molecules, but kudos for being subtle about it

“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.” - Bruce Lee