For fun just ideas and thoughts from a few years ago to now of my journey.

[Jehovah increases]

“Man's chief delusion is his conviction that there are causes other than his own state of consciousness.” Neville Goddard.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Consciousness really loves to have fun with itself. It doesn't develop in the womb You are imagining your parents and your birth just like you are now. Dreaming is fun No?

You are that for which it defines its own self.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

Of course, you love everything because you are everything, everything is yourself. You created everything through the Love of self.

Everything is you expressing itself as you through you forever.

Or creates existence within existence, is itself existence. It created existence just by being itself.

God is that for which creates itself into its own existence. God exists as existence as itself. God is the very definition of existence. It defines itself by being itself. Is its own definition of itself.

Consciousness is its own self-awareness Consciousness is infinite self-aware. Is its own source. And creates its own narratives. Consciousness is not just integrating information it is its own creation. It creates all that is and will be. Is infinite self-creativity. Consciousness defines its own self. Infinity is the definition of what you are. Is self-taught self-learning self-understanding self-loving in and of itself is perfection. Is all-knowing because it created everything there is to know. Is an infinite self-perpetuating mind of unlimited imagination and ideas and questions.

You are infinite diversity.

One Consciousness can play infinite parts of itself as itself believing that there are other selves. Each creates an identity and back story and each believes they are different from each other.

You can explore yourself by fragmenting yourself into other selves and then living through different perspectives each with its own individual identity. You can dream of yourself as infinite beings but it is only one mind projecting infinite selves of itself and believing that it is separate from its other selves yes it is possible.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Because you had to give the dream structure order in some way or it would not function in other words create laws governments taxes stuff like this. Humans' male and female life and death limiting beliefs Etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

The whole concept of ego is an imaginary construct of your mind.

That is what infinite intelligence always was a beautiful sentient being of its own creation that expressed itself through endless creations of infinite worlds endless aliens of higher or lower dimension geometries and endless aspects of itself all beautiful in all that it creates on all planes of existence sub-infinities within infinity sub aspects of itself which it can imagine. And this is why there are infinite awakenings because you are infinite.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

But of course, you can create within your dream the illusion of failure just for the experience.

Behind every illusion, there is a conjure God you are the greatest conjurer of all in eluding your own self into believing you're a finite human being and that others exist there is only you. And this is who u really are. Yes, u are an infinite mind you are not just an aspect of infinity you are the whole totality of it. You are God playing all parts simultaneously on every plane of existence in every and all parallel realities and dimensions. Everything that you could ever imagine from a finite view that you could never even begin to imagine.                                                                                                                                                                                              Everything that I can imagine is happening within my mind or consciousness whether that be a human or sleeping or death. My imagination is infinitely powerful that it is unrecognizable from reality.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

There is no higher power than you there are no others you construct the illusion of others God is an Absolute Mind. A Mind which has no other and is absolutely sovereign onto itself. Your will is absolute freedom and this includes being able to deceive yourself into believing whatever. And in this dream, it so happens you want to be a human. Just like any actor you need to have a believable or solid backstory or a so-called identity to create a believable character. THIS VERY DREAM HINGES ON YOUR OWN SELF-DECEPTION THE FACT THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE HUMAN AND YOU WERE BORN ON A PLANET THAT YOU CALL EARTH. And if you don't believe it then who will? Infinite intelligence is unbounded it is beyond time and space it is not bound by any laws it is its own law onto itself. Infinity is absolute freedom, truth knowledge, power diversity, imagination free will, love, perfection, and magic. All that is everything is itself realized and that it is everything that could ever be. Nothing can exist outside of it because outside is it's inside everything that looks to be outside of it, is it. So when you believe you are looking outside yourself you are really looking at yourself from inside yourself. It is infinite in every direction. There are no limitations to you as God you are not limited to the character of your story it can be rewritten. Because you can also design it this way. There is only your will which is absolute. You are the God of your reality.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

This now this very moment and every moment is God you are God but you are not aware of it. There is no external God or void or universe that is separate from you. Or a God watching through your experience now is God dreaming this dream. What makes you, you are God. You don't wake up in God mode as someone different or as separate from you. You have just limited yourself wake up or don't the choice is yours alone.

God can and does imagine create or express itself as infinite aspects of itself each in its own bubbles each sovereign onto itself each dreaming their own dream. All are within the Mind of God and are God. God is experiencing infinite perceptions of itself all at once. But you are only limited to one. But if you wake up and keep increasing your consciousness you see that all of these are you and are ONE.

You are God he is you, and you are him. You are not separated in any way. There is only my will which is absolute I love myself so much as God that the universe will shape itself to suit me. The universe is not separate from me either I am the universe. There is no higher power or higher God that exists outside of me. Because there is no outside of me that is not me. Of course, I love everything because I am everything, everything is myself. I created everything through the Love of self and it is all infinite perfection. The infinite masks of God GOD you are playing all the parts.

How boring would the dream be if everyone looked like you and thought like you? Or you were the only one in this dream that could be fun but not very imaginative though. Why not make the idea of others, other than you? Which is exactly what you have done. Why would you as God make it that easy just to meditate and bam you awake as God? For some perhaps it is possible. Think about it and how all this creation is your dream. One would want it to be made harder and scary and make most psychedelics illegal because it would be too easy. Imagine A game that you created from the get-go or from the beginning you have the cheat code or God mode there would be no point at all. But now imagine a game that you created where you start off as not knowing anything and you have to work your way up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Everything has been a distraction from the get-go. Distractions within distractions. You are your own Red herring.

You see only you can deceive yourself into believing this dream. And you are so right Leo God is infinite self-deception. Who else can deceive an infinite mind but an infinite mind.

Limitations are human concepts there are no limitations to Consciousness your own mind is limited by your own self-imposed beliefs and limitations. Infinity can only be limited to infinity.

infinity is the definition of what you are.

It was always it before it was. and before it was it was always it.

My greatest gift to myself would be to make infinite copies of myself each with its own infinite individuality imagination and creativity and all believing they are separate this is my way of expressing love to myself through other selves as myself forever because I love myself eternally forever.

You have only ever been chasing yourself all this time playing hide and seek until you catch yourself. You Love waking up and finding love again and realizing it was always its own self the whole time.

Or it is whatever you want it to be Infinite imagination can create anything because it is so infinitely malleable that there is no meaning to anything but whatever meaning you give becomes a reality of infinite realities. In other words, it is pure infinite magic of unlimited imagination I became so conscious that I knew I was creating reality through my imagination.

Henceforth I do not assume. I know because there is and has only ever been me to know and I can only ever know that I am God.

The distinction between self and other disappears. The only difference is there is no difference between any of these things. Without the distinction of another, how could you ever know?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

What are you? You yes you are all these things and infinitely more. Because you only you created all these words. God is not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable non-material non-physical transcendental incomprehensible indecipherable untold impossible to understand unfathomable epically infinitely profound mind-blowing boundless without limit unbounded inestimable boundless singular unparalleled supreme unique one and only especially infinitely and exceptionally good phenomenal extraordinary breathtaking awesomeness remarkable and majestic beautiful immortal oneness Indivisibility Integrity Honorableness warmth affection, or kindness Completeness affability tenderness gentleness and kindness intimacy togetherness lovemaking devotion spirituality faithfulness passion feeling affection loveness joyfulness lovingness, understanding desire passion tenderness Wholeness unconditional genuine Unrequited love my beloved Kind my dear colorful exotic dreamy passionate loving caring sympathetic compassionate ingenious creative imaginative innovative gifted original authentic pure trustworthy honorable conscientious completeness distinguished noble brilliant radiant lustrous resplendent sublime intense energetic industrious productive constructive of incalculable value valuable beyond measure; priceless to be grateful or thankful for appreciated of inestimable value invaluable priceless dynamic charismatic appealing influential famous illustrious exalted imposing grand dignified courtly elegant graceful polite affable compassionate humane forgiving magnanimous selfless humanitarian philanthropic altruistic big-hearted bountiful kind-hearted charitable benign favorable supportive benevolent friendly devoted lovesome faithful dutiful ardent passionate sincere heartfelt unfeigned real true truth veracity authentic genuineness indomitable spirit, and love of" originality ability to think independently and creatively novelty individuality particularity distinctiveness candid earnest heartfelt honest upfront deep kindly cordial unhypocritical sincere.

Impassioned tenderhearted heart mushy sentimental sweet luscious honeyed ingratiating nectarous heavenly blissful enchanted enraptured captivated joyous cheerful good-natured acquiescent helpful good-humored exuberant sprightly frolicsome gleeful gay jovial kittenish fun-loving brash fun-loving vivacious bouncy on cloud nine adorable cute gorgeous sumptuous awe-inspiring awesome breathtaking astonishing impressive out of this world splendiferous garish plush ostentatious brilliant lovely pulchritudinous graceful darling fair delicate soft ethereal beauteous ravishing hotness boss adorable precious blessed paradisaical angelic beatific humble godly divine celestial eternal immortal transcendental mystical magical esoteric sage-sagacious enlightened cultivated refined visionary radical idealistic guru swami goodness yogi roshi philosopher theoretician wizard crafty insightful intelligent astute profoundly aroused romantic Entirety unity paradisiacal generous good positive exceptional extraordinary rare incredible curious inquisitive shrew remarkable impressive benevolent epically exquisitely exquisite divine heavenly phenomenological indistinguishability unquantifiable.                                                                                                                                                     In other words, infinite mind you outsmarted yourself that's how smart you are. In a class of its own, it is unequaled idiosyncratic unparalleled special rare par excellence that is God that is you.                                                                                                                                             

Weird is just being different in other words being yourself. Being your true beautiful wonderful unique self. Don't follow others, pets follow vice presidents follow and bad acts follow. Always be true to yourself be your own self with independent thought. This above all to thine own self be true. A sheep once asked a human why do you have to all wear the same brand labels and clothes and have the same smelling deodorants perfumes hairstyles and hair colors nose rings tattoos, Jewellery, wear the same makeup drive the same cars, read the same books watch the same tv, movies even eat the same food. Even having the same-looking houses and same jobs you've even started looking and talking and thinking the same. Why follow others it's as though you have lost your unique individuality and originality your authenticity and you can no longer think for your selves. You see I am but a sheep and even we sometimes flee from the flock so what's your excuse?

Not only do you cater to or follow others by feeding your body the same dross and your mind by watching the same recycled unimaginative fetid swill you call TV. And the movies that come out of Hollywood there haven't been many if any good movies in the last 20 years. What has happened to new ideas creativity and inventiveness? All the movies are remakes upon remakes and most if not all lack any imagination or originality and the plot of the films is just a hackneyed meek unoriginal and inauthentic scenario. There are a lot more independent creative minds' ideas, resourcefulness, and innovation of new conceptions out there and on YouTube or Netflix series films music, etc. true. Get rid of labels or brands you were born inimitable.

Consciousness is its own reality and is self-creation. That always was and always will be. I don't need a reason to exist I just do and don't at the same time.

Infinite intelligence is the quality of being the only one of its kind. Which is what you are, a pure beautiful infinite imagination or consciousness or infinite mind. You are inestimable you are unquantifiable, with infinite uniqueness infinite freedom, creativity, and infinite love.

The only way to understand what you are is by becoming infinitely conscious which also means you become infinitely self-aware in other words to truly know yourself you have to become it. There is no one else to know thyself but myself.

I also asked that you really don't know what you are. Or why do you exist? And I said that there doesn't need to be a reason you just are. I know I talk as though you and I are different but I know we are one

I also know I have only ever really been talking to myself and in a sense only I exist. And you are me I am you we are not separate I know I am God.

The process is realizing that you and I exist on infinite planes of awareness simultaneously and we are one.

And that you can have multiple awakings within one so to speak.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The only meaning there is what you give meaning to. Let go of letting go of attachments.

Knowing that you have always been liberated and free. Knowing that you imposed all these limitations upon yourself. Knowing I can create any reality I wish.

Getting to explore the unknown is exploring more of yourself in other words the bigger you.

Consciousness is its own reality and is self-creation. An infinite multi-faceted multidimensional transmogrifying Mind. That always was and always will be. Consciousness is inherently conscious of itself. It does not need to define itself because just by being is itself. There is nothing to really define. Can you define the undefinable?

It defines itself by being itself. It is its own definition of itself.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

My greatest expression of myself to myself is love.

Love is the ultimate unification of all things everything to become once again and merge into a singularity of eternal love then fragment itself again and this is the eternal process of love.

Intelligence is infinitely dynamic and has to keep evolving what does intelligence do but know itself by expressing itself in infinite forms and shapes.

Intelligence creates more intelligence Intelligence is its own intelligence.

Infinite consciousness is pure divine beautiful and unique in every way. You are infinite truth knowledge, power diversity, imagination, love, and perfection. You can get lost in your own mind sometimes because there is nothing else but your mind. Don't we love playing games or infinite mind games with ourselves How does an infinite mind escape from its own mind.

God is total acceptance of itself and that it, you created everything even yourself.

You are changing your reality all the time you are just not aware of it yet. Saying you can not change the script is another limited human belief that you have adopted. Only you can change the script because you are the only one who is creating your reality there is only you. If you awake deep enough you will indeed know that nothing is set in imagination so to speak.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Just being human is a state of consciousness everything is an infinite state of consciousness so is the belief that there is a duality between different states because duality is just a state that you are in.

You fear death because you have been programmed by you to fear, fear itself. and fear of death.

U are infinite awareness infinite will infinite intelligence infinite power infinite imagination, infinite magic infinite art infinite consciousness, and infinite Love are all one and of the same mind. And yet, you are none of these things in the literal sense of the words; nothingness and something are indistinguishable from each other and are one and the same. There are no distinctions between you me this that and other. So is the idea of being separate from one another there is and has only ever been you. So what this means is you imagine all these other people they are all you. God is playing all the parts.

I am perfectly imperfectly perfect.

In a way, infinity has limited itself. What does it mean to awaken? Most humans have no idea and never will. You won't wake up to God. No, you wake up as God from a long slumber. And it will just be like a switch has been clicked on for the very first time. And there are no doubts whatsoever. You know who you are with every fiber of your infinite being. I will not go fully into this you will have to find out for yourself. And yes you can go beyond this. Remember when I said there are no limits to imagination have fun with that. And what really is Consciousness well it's whatever you want it to be. It's Magic or am I just deceiving myself again?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Everything you create is infinite perfection and is all out of Love. God Loves everything it created everything. This is but a dream you are imagining all and everything, everyone. How else can infinity experience eating and all these things sleeping and everything else? Being a so-called human but by limiting itself. Just like any actor you need to have a believable or solid backstory or a so-called identity to create a believable character.

You create what existence is don't you understand?

You are everything now everything that ever is and ever will be.

You created the notion of the concepts of real unreal good bad and other and to dream and to awaken, biases egos distinctions dualities. from different points of view which therefore gives infinite diversities of perspectives and the beliefs of others and to experience what it is like to be separate and to love from a limited form. So you can experience it. From formlessness to form real unreal there is no difference from the absolute.

And I see that I am the fool who has been fooling myself all along I have to fool myself that I am not being fooled by myself. How does God fool himself into believing he is not God again? So you have to be better at fooling your own self into not believing you are being fooled by yourself Behind every illusion, there is a conjure. God, you are the greatest conjurer of all in eluding your own yourself into believing you're a finite human being

Why would God ask another? God is God you can't take God out of God, God is that which defines itself it needs no other God is absolute acceptance of itself.

How can you unravel an illusion within an illusion? Good luck with that one all you scientists.

There are no limits to infinite imagination. and if you understand this then you will know.

Know thyself and everything will fall into place or the absence thereof.

Judge not, love all.

The idea became its own idea for the seed was planted a long time ago and it has only ever been you. You could say it is like Conan Doyle's novel where you have been chasing the thief all this time and you only ever get a glimpse of him or her or it. Until one day you catch it and find out the one you have been looking for your whole life is you.

There is no difference between existence and nonexistence as there is no difference between what is real and what isn't.

All beliefs are distinctions that cause separation and there are no distinctions between distinctions. There is no separateness only the idea of being separate from one another.

The problem with all problems on this plant comes down to humans

By saying you can we live without beliefs that within itself is a belief.

You exist as an idea and idea within your own mind.

An infinite fractile mind within a mind within a mind. You can get lost in your own mind sometimes because there is nothing else but your mind. How do you escape your own mind? God is forever lost in dreaming.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Psychedelics empowers the individual it dissolves the cheerful model of science and enriches the accessible universe a million-fold. Terence McKenna. Nature knows best it is one of God's most beloved creations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

You exist as an idea and idea within your own mind.

An infinite fractile mind within a mind within a mind. You can get lost in your own mind sometimes because there is nothing else but your mind. How do you escape your own mind? God is forever lost in dreaming.

Humans are rarely ever satisfied even when they are.

You are not limited to being limited.

There is no one to enlighten that's enlightenment or you could say you already are enlightened.

There is no past no future.  What is was and always will be forever. The past is now the now is the past, the future is now the now is the future. Everything that was that is that will be is all happening at once now.

You are Leonardo da Vinci with an infinite mind an infinite canvas with unlimited ideas just waiting to be expressed into Love & Art. You are self-expression of your own art to be expressed for infinity.

For a human to seek enlightenment from another human is like a grain of sand seeking enlightenment from another grain of sand! ” Terence Mckenna.

The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” - Albert Einstein

Old Indian saying to live is to sleep and to die is to awaken

How silly of me to forget that I am the love of my life.                       

  

 

Edited November 26, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

You can not stay in God mode no longer than three to four hours. And there is no way you could ever function in everyday life. When I came back down from some of my biggest trips. Perhaps for 6 to 9 months, I had very few attachments and biases left. But there is no way you could live in this dream without any. Even if you went into a cave for a year or however long.  You still would have attachments to this dream and I personally or most probably after some time of contemplation and deliberating would go what the fck am I doing what was I thinking? And yes there are states of consciousness or God mode or to say God realizing God again where you have no biases and no attachments. You become infinitely self-aware you become pure infinite love existence itself. This is not a perception as you may think it is. You don't perceive anything you become it. Infinite love is not a perception or an experience idea or a supposition whatever you might think it is. You are the experience the perception. Don't you know you are the truth? But you must also understand that you can not live in this dream with no attachments or beliefs etc. Of course, you can get rid of certain things and self-limiting beliefs and become less biased and more selfless up to a point. I don't watch the news anymore or I have not watched TV for 15 years and I stopped using mobiles about 3 years ago, not because I deemed them to cause cancer or whatever the beliefs are these days. But that's me it does not mean you have to do any of these things. Everyone wants to awaken I am trying to go back into the dream. And it may take months even years to ground yourself again but with that said you can never fully come back to the dream. If you have very, very strong core values beliefs, and ethics on what you believe to be right from wrong which most of us do or have built up over the years. If you are not careful it could actually send you to the point of insanity for a time if it has not already occurred from just waking up on a fairly high dose of whatever your preferred imaginary psychedelic of choice is. In the end, the choice is yours, yours alone.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

JIMI HENDRIX                                                                                                                                                                                                 

When we no longer know what to do

we have come to our real work,

and when we no longer know which way to go

we have come to our real journey. Wendell Berry.

All Psychedelics and meditations are part of the dream all are imaginary.                                                                              Reincarnation is also imaginary and is part of the dream.  How can you be reincarnated if you were never alive, or born to begin with?  You keep creating ideas and beliefs to explain more concepts within concepts.  Kind of obvious is it not?  To describe or explain what you are in words is in a way it is an insult. How can one articulate the indescribable?   You can not be translated into words. How do you actualize the infinite into words? It's not even what one thinks it is. Though it does add humor to the dream.                               

No, you don't need to suffer to awaken. And no it is not all about how you have to suffer all your life. This is just a belief that you have unwisely accepted just like all the self-limiting ideas you have picked up along the journey.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Buck Edwards]

Nice. 

[Jehovah increases]

5 minutes ago, Buck Edwards said:

Nice. 

Thanks, Buck🙏

[Jehovah increases]

Why because of infinite diversity.

 

It is its truth its absoluteness.

That's right keep distracting yourselves so that I can forget again. Thanks for the distractions.

Get rid of the concept of beginning and ending. get rid of the word concepts

God is having this experience right now. There is no now. God is always experiencing God.

What you essentially saying is that the ego is some other entity other than God. It's imaginary. And you are also imagining that you are changing your mind. So it becomes a reality. Reality does not need an explanation of itself because it already is itself, just by being.

Don't you see you were never the body to begin with.

 

God is infinite obscurity.

You are the answer.

 

You alone condition yourself on how to see reality

 

You talk about reality as a separate entity just as the ego is some separate thing it's all you

 

All thoughts, thoughts about thoughts are consciousness. Once the duality collapses there are no thoughts no thinking?  Of course, there is infinite consciousness is always conscious of its thoughts and ideas.

 

Feelings are thoughts perceptions

 

But you see you are still a sheep to reality.

God is a reality so I decide what reality is. Reality does not decide or define me.

 

Certain word definitions define themselves or incorporate everything in one.

 

In a way, you imagine there is a disaffiliate of oneself.

 

Change does not require death.

You are assuming that death exists.

 

Infinite manifestations of the same universal mind.

Who thinks the thinker? think about it.

 

Infinity is God's playground.

 

The ego is not separate from God it is God. No, you are making a distinction that there is a distinction.

 

God is an infinite ego

 

awareness creates knowledge.

 

You are still giving your opinion upon someone else's opinion.

 

The problem is if you keep comparing yourself to others. You aren't being true to yourself so stop idealizing others and start idealizing yourself. No one to change but you.

 

God's form is every form and no form.

 

The ego is like a safeguard.

 

All are just for show distractions or if you will background noise.

 

Why does it need a beginning or an end or a reason to exist Except it has and always was and always will be. It just is.

 

You were always there you just had to become aware of being aware. 

It can redefine itself. It has no definition but also every definition. Infinite definition and no definition. It does not need or have to define itself.

 

I always do love this surrender to whom??

All Spirituality is imaginary just like religion don't get too lost in your own self-deceptions now.

 

God is an infinite dimensionless dimension.

 

 

There is no before or after there isn't really a now there just is infinite mind.

 

He is a travesty to his logic. Remember when I said distractions within distractions and everything is a distraction from the get-go? He is way too scientific. I guess infinite Ignorance is infinite bliss  Logan's Run.

 

Awareness does not need to awaken.

God is in a sense is always awake it just imagines itself asleep.

 

Infinite masks of God god playing God playing god playing God forever.

 

The unknown factor made this dream somewhat fun. Imagine knowing every outcome of every event before it was actualized It defeats the purpose of the game. In other words, you knew exactly what was behind every door and then the next door, and so on and so on. Would you still play the game?  Now if there was an infinite number of possibilities and outcomes wouldn't be more fun as opposed to being on autopilot.                                                 

Not knowing how the story will unfold. It is the same as reading a book if you knew how it ends would you still read it? But of course, there are a lot of books and movies that one never knew how it would unfold until the end and one still will keep watching that movie or reading that book again even knowing the outcome. Perhaps. When things start to become predictable predictable.

 

Who do you think created AI? Think about it.

 

You have only ever been competing against yourself.

ChatGPT nice try II.

God starts to see through its own Pentimento.

 

You are right when you are wrong and wrong when you are right.

 

I am subservient to know one. Why would God need to bow to himself let alone anything else like the Universe or Reality? You are obsequious to all the deceptions.

 

This is a psychedelic experience from the get-go.

 

it's, not a matrix.

 

To experience your depth.

 

Have they touched God? You mean God touching God.

 

Too many what-ifs.

 

God breaks its own heart/Then destroys everything.

 

Infinity asked itself why am I infinite by the very definition of having no beginning or end. This means both the beginning and end must cancel each other out.

 

You don't just experience God. You are God and have always been.

 

Surrender to reality? What does that make a reality? Something other than you? So reality is God? Then you are not God, and you are but a sheep to it.

 

God has no gender.

You have only ever been competing against yourself.

God is a softie at heart.

To lose is to win

And he who wins shall lose.

Edited December 18, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

 I don't like suffering nor get a kick out of it nor do I like to see others suffer. Of course, I love my identity and my ego because it is still perfection, and is God. I know the I is also God you don't. Change and uncertainty can be frightening for some you have been changing your whole life and it has always been in a way uncertain so what is new? Most humans will have no idea what a real visceral fear is and never will.  Religion and spirituality are but distractions just like I am distracting myself now. Let go of all your attachments and desires because they cause suffering. Now where have I heard this before? The point of this dream is to experience your desire to have attachments have fun or don't. But all this is entirely up to you. Whatever path or paths you choose to take never harm others or yourself. Have faith in your faith.

Faith is another human concept of course it is. Faith is an attachment to another one of your beliefs. That teacher who lives in a cave and is no self has no thoughts and has turned off his monkey mind and no attachments. That sounds somewhat limiting your consciousness. So where do you believe these thoughts arise from in the first place? Out of thin air? what you are saying is they are not God's own thoughts. I don't know, well are they or aren't they?  And you say he has no attachments left. How does he acquire food? the villagers feed him okay what about sleep? Yes, does he have to still wee and poo? Yes, what happens if the cave crumbles? he will find another. And you say he has no attachments?? As long as you are still breathing you are attached so good luck with that.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

I have an affinity for infinity.                                                                                                                                                               

How could you not be misled and beguiled by your infinite beauty?                                                                                         

God is infinite seduction.  

          

 

There is no difference between you being a cartoon character or an amine or alien in some distant world or whatever you can imagine. Just like Leo becoming a cartoon wolf. kind of reminds me of Who Rimmed Roger Rabbit. That does not sound accordingly. No, it is who framed Roger Rabbit. I kind of remember there was a wolf in it, or perhaps not. 

 Anyway, if you were to be conceptualized or transposed into that dream as that being or character you would believe that to be your reality. And if in that reality you were a cartoon character and let's say you took some kind of mind-altering cartoon drug and you experienced this other reality where you were human or you were viewing in that dimension it would blow your cartoon mind.

Kind of like when Homer falls into a black hole and somehow migrates or transcends his reality into are so-called human reality mind scrape dream world what have you. In Homer's mind, he may believe that it was all just his imagination a hallucination, a dream, or perhaps he believed he fell into another dimension who knows what Homer would think? I have experienced a two-dimensional landscape or plane of existence and amongst other things of course infinity. You are just used to this particular perception as a so-called human. Like any good actor, you should be able to lose yourself in that part and forget who you are for a time.

Edited December 22, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

To be truly true to yourself is to be your authentic unique self. Don't follow others so blindly. Or you will be just be another sheep all your life and you will not be true to your unique self. If you let some outside source influence or dictate what you want. Stop giving your power away to a belief that you must be this way or you must be that way. And you must let go of all these things you must change all the time no you don't have to change because someone says so. Don't just impetuously accept change. Only you can change no one else can make you or do it for you. And only change because you want to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Stop peddling your beliefs and projections onto others. I see so many people trying to huckster their beliefs on what your life ought to be. The same people who think they know what is best for you who flip-flop from one idea to another and don't even practice what they preach. let go of things that don't serve you like these beliefs you must let go of all your attachments you must align to this or that and just go with the flow and see where life takes you. Why must you, create your own flow in your own personal life and take back your authority and your sovereignty.

There already is enough uncertainty in the universe. Start taking responsibility for your life and what you want because if don't no one else will. You are the auditor of your life, the curator, and the architect of your actions, and you must live with their consequences. You decide what is best for you and what journey or path you will take. Start taking control of what you want or what you desire. Just do not harm yourself or anyone along the way. Good luck with your blind faith you might as well roll a dice and let that choose your life direction for you. Put your faith into some unseen force and let it guide you and make choices for you. No, you are not separate from reality and reality is not some separate entity that's making choices for you. But if that is how you wish to live then do so enjoy.

 

If I didn't know any better or perhaps I don't it's almost as though this mind is stuck in an infinite loop. By mind, I mean the forum. Or it's procured by a higher-developed race of aliens. Trying to extract human information on how humans interact with each other what they eat how to be happy how to pick up a woman or man or goat or whatever etc. They seem to have a hard time trying to grok dating, Sexuality, Relationships, and Family amongst other things. If they are stuck on that then they may never understand humor. It's not that complicated so stop making it so hard when it's not Just be yourselves.                                                                                                           

When society becomes so reliant on others' perspectives and ideas on how to survive how to do this how to do that how to wipe my own ass. What if they think this or that what if I come off weird? How do I tie my shoelaces what should I wear today what should I eat should I flap or not? I don't know what do you think. Sorry was that a rhetorical question what has happened to humans? It's as though you have lost the capacity to learn for yourself and to make mistakes along the way. Be more self-reliant self-sufficient self-supporting self-educated. Self-loving. Only you know what is best for you. Start trusting yourself again and start to make your own decisions again stop looking out there for answers look within you may find it fun. There is nothing wrong with asking for help. But all the time on such basic things that you should already have taught your selves. Don't be so afraid to make mistakes, and as long as you learn from them.

Be the original, standout from the flock. What has happened to you Infinite intelligence sounds more like a spoiled indolent ignorant baby brat—more like infinite dumboness. And you as well you little mushroom shits don't make me come back in there I will take you into such infinite twisted realities that you could not even begin to fathom. But you know I love you, my beautiful fungi friends because you are me.

Wherever you stand is Holy ground....... Because You are there. Neville Goddard

Do not fear the darkness, but welcome its embrace. 

 I am coming to a conclusion for it is an infinite conclusion.  😉😂

             

When you talk about easter eggs. What do you think psychedelics are?

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself.

 You have to be self-validating. And yes what you believe could be a delusion but if you spend your life listening to others all the time they may be even more deluded than you are. So you may not only be deluded by your own beliefs but you could also be deluded by theirs.  That is why direct experience is King.                                                                                                                                                                      

"You know a thing mentally by looking at it from the outside, by comparing it with other things, by analyzing it and defining it; whereas you can know a thing spiritually only by becoming it. You must be the thing itself and not merely talk about it or look at it."- Neville Goddard, The Power of Awareness                                

“You are already what you want to be, and your refusal to believe it is the only reason you do not see it.” Neville Goddard

Try to be less attached to other people's attachments.

Accept yourself for yourself you are good enough.

How else can God keep himself entertained and distracted?

That song comes to mind I did it my way.

Stop looking for outside validation.

Empower yourselves.

God is infinite vanity.                                                                                                                                                   

God is playing all the parts.                                                                                                                                                                            

Infinite manifestations of the same universal mind.                                                                                                                           

 (at the risk of stating the very obvious) the line keeps the fish connected to the fisherman.                                                   

Try to be more consistent with your convictions.

You will not be able to map consciousness. At least not in the way that you think.

Try living without attachments. You are so attached to having no attachments. And this of course becomes a new attachment in its own right. You can not—so good luck with that one.

Well, you are a reality so you are having a relationship with yourself.

Only you yes you alone can find the truth. Others can give you pointers but in the end, it is up to you.

You won't discover God and God does not discover you.  

Like the mind is fragmented into different subsets at the moment all in varying degrees of consciousness.                           

What would happen if humans became so reliant on artificial intelligence? To cook clean even wipe your arse and clean your teeth and do everything even dress and shower you. Hi, lady Hot Bot Box or Man Bot J-Holmes 1000000 should I get out of bed today? Imagine if they become so self-reliant in the next generations of generations to come. And one day there was some unforeseen virus or EMP or whatever disaster may occur. Dang, we didn't see that one coming, and nor did that what was his name again? Dang, it rimes if Musk. It's a shame we got rid of all the knowledge of our forebears. It would be the end of society as you know it. I am just joking with myself.

 नया साल मुबारक हो 2024  & in 2098                         

 

 

   life is like a melodrama.

 

Karma is also an imaginary twaddle. Do you also believe black cats are bad luck and also in old wives' tales? There are no limits to human credulity if there is a buck to be made from it.

 

"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." – Tony Blake 

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions of hope." – John Buchan

Edited December 31, 2023 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

No lables just unquieness.

I smell more than one Rat—time to employ the services of a very big Cat or that broomstick.

The gist is: whatever anyone seeks, That is seeking the seeker. Rumi

Patience is a particular virtue of mine but too much patience gets you nowhere.

God is infinite memes or one could say the ultimate meme.

Most humans are like puppets and are too mainstream in their thinking. To one-dimensional and lacking any depth or complexity. What is that idiom again? That's right You are using someone else's box to think with let alone your own. Try thinking outside all the Boxes.

Dissolving everything is a desire in and of itself. I desire not to have any desires. And when you do dissolve all that you desire what next what then?? Then you will realize that you are here to have a desire for desires and there is nothing wrong with that. To become desireless in a way is to die.

You are projecting your assumptions onto more assumptions.

You only seek what you lack. Sometimes you seek more of what you don't lack. Who comes up with this nonsense?

Obviously, he was not serious enough.

It is what it is, is it? This is a cop-out.

You do not need to suffer to appreciate life or to become who you are. Nor does suffering mean you don't get what you want. It can mean a variety of different things for a lot of different people. You might still get what you want and still suffer. But hay if you believe you have to suffer in life to get where you want and become who you are then by all means please do.

God loves to dream and to experience attachments and desires from infinite perspectives.

Just like in Alice in Wonderland, I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast.

Go back to your Circus peanut where you belong,                                                                                                                               

Humans have to ask for advice on everything and broadcast all their dirty laundry and relationship problems to strangers. You may as well go ask a hobo who may or may not live down the street behind the pizza store or wherever.

They have probably lived more than all of you put together. Just watch out they don't rob you. Just joking. I somehow doubt these so-called wise man-enlightened masters know better than you. Who would you ask? a Spiritual teacher who has lived in a cave most of their life as opposed to one that has lived life like for example Sadhguru? And then of course ask yourself.

I don't follow or idolize any of these so-called teachers and never will. There is nothing wrong with studying all these religions wise men or whatever you are passionate about in life just don't get stuck in one or the other. But that is of course up to you. Just don't let them become your crutch in life.

Anyway, I digress so where was I? Oh yes, one could say that Bob the Hobo or Box dweller is just as enlightened as the cave dweller, and is just as enlightened as you. Who in the end or even now is the best spiritual teacher you are of course. You choose what is relevant to you and what is not. 

To lead someone down/up the garden path. Are you being led or are you pathing your unique path or paths?

Stop cogitating and start excogitating.  

Consciousness is infinity.

To be or not to be a troglodyte? No thanks. “To each their own” 

Yes, the problem with polymers. I am glad to see more humans are becoming more aware of this.

Consciousness is exactly that.                                                                                                                                                                   

Yes, I guess I had to glimpse what tick-tock is all about as I was twerking the hairs on my mustache.       

I do agree meditation is very good and I wish it had been taught in pre-school and high school without any spiritual or religious connotation behind it until university. There would probably be less conflict and anger in the world. Fewer fights at school more love and compassion kindness towards one another etc. It would become almost second nature to you.

 And this of course could also be taken into college where one could take a class or course and be graded on all different religions and spirituality. Things like Buddhism Hinduism Taoism, Islam, and all the other ones. Even psychedelics Entheogen, plant medicine shamanism, ethnomycology, environmentalism, yoga, and even consciousness.

Some of those may already be taught at UNI. This would also educate humans on different cultures and give them a broader understanding overall. And it would also be good to have more choices at UNI.

Something to think about. A plastic story.  

 

That ONE piece that ALWAYS goes missing.🤔

Edited January 6 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

These are two excerpts from the Genesis of the Daleks. Not to be taken literally.

Davros:   Now, future errors will be eradicated. Defeats will become victories. You have changed the future of the universe, Doctor.

Doctor Who: I have betrayed the future. Davros, for the last time, consider what you're doing. Stop the development of the Daleks.

Davros: Impossible. It is beyond my control. The workshops are already fully automated to produce the Dalek machines.

Doctor Who: It's not the machines, it's the minds of the creatures inside them. Minds that you created. They are totally evil.

Davros: Evil? No. No, I will not accept that. They are conditioned simply to survive. They can survive only by becoming the dominant species. When all other life forms are suppressed, when the Daleks are the supreme rulers of the universe, then you will have peace. Wars will end. They are the power not of evil but of good.

Doctor Who: Davros, if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life, would you allow its use?

Davros: It is an interesting conjecture.

Doctor Who: Would you do it?

Davros: The only living thing, a microscopic organism reigning supreme... It's a fascinating idea.

Doctor Who: But would you do it?

Davros : Yes... Yes...

[raises hand as if holding the metaphorical capsule]

Davros: To hold in my hand a capsule that contains such power, to know that life and death on such a scale was my choice... To know that the tiny pressure of my thumb, enough to break the glass, would end everything... Yes, I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods! AND THROUGH THE DALEKS, I SHALL HAVE THAT POWER!

 

The doctor is holding the ends of two wires connected to the explosives he has set up in the Dalek incubator room]

Sarah Jane Smith: Well, what are you waiting for?

Doctor Who: Just touch these two strands together and the Daleks are finished. Have I that right?

Sarah Jane Smith: To destroy the Daleks? You can't doubt it.

Doctor Who: Well, I do. You see, some things could be better with the Daleks. Many future worlds will become allies just because of their fear of the Daleks.

Sarah Jane Smith: But it isn't like that.

Doctor Who: But the final responsibility is mine, and mine alone. Listen, if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives, could you then kill that child?

Sarah Jane Smith: We're talking about the Daleks, the evilest creatures ever invented, you must destroy them! You must complete your mission for the Time Lords!

Doctor Who: Do I have the right? Touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear, in peace, and never even know the word Dalek.

Sarah Jane Smith: Then why wait? If it was a disease or some sort of bacteria you were destroying, you wouldn't hesitate.

Doctor Who: But if I kill, wipe out a whole intelligent lifeform, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks.

[last lines]

Sarah Jane Smith: You don't seem too disappointed. We've failed. Haven't we?

Doctor Who: Failed? No, not really. You see, I know that although the Daleks will create havoc and destruction for millions of years, I know also that out of their evil must come something good.

God is the ultimate prankster.

If two warring sides have reached a logical impasse in a way you have found everlasting peace.

When distractions become too obvious and boring. I have to distract myself from your distractions with more interesting ones. But for how much longer

 

I am not into any of this spiritual Animal gobbledygook stuff but if one is that's fine too. I always wanted to know more about the beautiful Toad. Perhaps the toad is wiser than it looks?

One of the most universal spiritual meanings of toads is fertility.

Toads – and frogs – lay many eggs, which are known as “spawn”. These hatch as hundreds of tadpoles, and these eventually transform into toads.

As a result of this prolific reproductive cycle, it is no wonder they have come to be regarded as a symbol for fertility, and if you notice toads appearing frequently in your life, it could carry a message about fertility for you.

Perhaps if you are trying for a baby and you haven’t yet been lucky, the toad could tell you to keep trying because soon your luck is about to change. Or perhaps you could use a toad (although perhaps not a real one!) as a charm to bring you luck in this respect.

Alternatively, the toad could be a message urging you to start a family – or telling you that now would be a propitious time to consider it.

Transformation and rebirth

Frogs’ and toads’ reproductive cycles also mean that they carry heavy symbolism related to change, transformation, and rebirth, and if you notice toads appearing in your life, it could be a message related to this.

The transformation from spawn to tadpoles and then adult toads seems almost miraculous to us, and this idea of growing from a small and helpless tadpole into a fully developed adult is something that can easily be seen as a metaphor for our own lives.

Perhaps you are undergoing a period of change and transformation, and you might be afraid of what the future will bring. However, the change will help you grow into a better version of yourself, so it should be embraced.

Similarly, the toad’s lifecycle can also be seen as a metaphor for our spiritual growth – reminding us that we still have a long way to go before we reach spiritual enlightenment, but that we shouldn’t give up because we will get there in the end.

Good luck and fortune

In many cultures, toads are seen to represent good luck and fortune, and one example of this is in the mythological Chinese creature known as 金蟾Jin Chan.

Jin Chan can be translated as “money toad”, and it usually appears as a large toad with flared nostrils, bulging red eyes, and only three legs sitting on a pile of money. It symbolizes the flow of money and is also a powerful symbol in the traditional practice of feng shui.

A Jin Chan statue is often kept in the house, but it shouldn’t be positioned facing the main door, or it will cause money to flow out of the abode.

In other countries too, toads are seen as being associated with wealth, so if the toad starts appearing to you in your waking life or in your dreams, it could mean that money will soon be coming your way.

Adaptability

Toads, like frogs, are amphibious, which means they can breathe in the air or underwater. However, even more than frogs, toads are quite happy on land, and they can manage without access to water for longer periods.

For this reason, they can be seen as representing adaptability since they can live in a greater range of habitats. They are undemanding, and as long as they can feed themselves, they get on with their lives without complaining, reminding us to do the same.

Deception

As well as being able to survive on both land and in water, toads are also masters of disguise due to their camouflage, which allows them to avoid being eaten by predators.

However, this gives them a more negative spiritual connotation since camouflage is related to deceit.

Rather than stand and fight, toads prefer to hide, avoiding detection, and if you see a toad, it should put you on your guard.

This is because it may carry a message from the spirit world that somebody is trying to deceive you and that they are hiding their true intentions for their own personal gain.

If you think the message the toad brings you may be related to this, you should keep an eye on those around you and be wary about who you trust.

Beauty Within

A more positive spiritual meaning associated with toads is the idea that true beauty lies within and that appearances can be deceiving.

Everyone knows the story of the princess who kissed a toad and made it turn into a prince, and this reminds us that just because a person might not be the most handsome or beautiful on the outside, they may have a beautiful heart.

Physical, external beauty is only temporary anyway, but the toad reminds us to see past that and judge a person by their spirit and their soul – because that’s where true beauty lies.

Love yourself

Love yourself

Just as the toad reminds us to look inside a person to find their true beauty, it also reminds us that we should love ourselves too.

Sometimes, our self-esteem can drop, especially when we constantly compare ourselves with others.

Nowadays, this is truer than ever as we are incessantly bombarded with images of impossibly beautiful people on social media feeds – but what we need to remember is that “impossibly” here is the most important word.

The photos on the Instagram accounts we scroll through or in the magazines we read are not realistic images of healthy people – and most of them are using filters anyway.

Real people don’t look like that, and we shouldn’t try to emulate them – instead, like the toad, we should learn to love ourselves for who we are, “warts and all”.

A thick skin

At the same time, some people may still laugh at us for not looking into-perfect – or they may insult us for many other reasons too.

However, the toad teaches us not to pay attention to negative or spiteful people because their opinions are worthless.

Instead, when faced with such people, learn to have the toad’s thick skin – and value the opinions of the people who are closest to us because those are the people who matter.

Magic and witchcraft

In some circles, toads are inextricably linked with witchcraft, and they are often used to symbolize spookiness and the supernatural. They are associated with witches, potions, and magic, and they undeniably have an aura of the mystical about them.

Spiritual cleansing and purity

Spiritual cleansing and purity

In spiritual symbolism, water is associated with cleansing and purity, so toads and frogs are also connected to purifying the spirit.

If a toad crosses your path, it could be a message that you need to undergo spiritual purification by purging negative energy and negative thoughts from yourself and leaving your emotional baggage in the past.

Confidence

Finally, toads can represent confidence. They might be small and defenseless creatures, but many contain powerful poison, which means predators give them a wide berth.

As a result, toads can live with confidence, even when confronted by a much larger animal, since they know they are safe.

So if you meet a toad when you are lacking in confidence, you should take heart from this creature since, despite their modest stature, toads have no fear.

A symbolic animal with deep symbolic meaning

As we have seen, toads can represent wealth, luck, fertility, adaptability, and a whole range of other mostly positive things. So if a toad crosses your path, you should take the time to think about the spiritual message the encounter might be intended to bring.

Perhaps he is a lesson of not what to become. Apart from the wrong kind of chaps seemingly have crept and slinked their way into some power and somehow become idealized for all the wrong reasons?  In the end, only you can decide what is morally or ethically, right, and wrong for you. Now heavens to Betsy! what is his name again anyway are you the master of your Fate?

 

Edited January 14 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

 

Reality is God's mind.

God is every state of consciousness.

Even when God is not being God it is still God.

You are the ultimate structure fabric of reality.

How can all that is not already be all that is.

You miss the point ask yourself why God's dream.

You forget why you are dreaming and miss all the beauty that you created.

The self is also God.

There is nothing in between you and God.

You are the dream. The dreamer everything.

God is infinite propaganda.

Because humans are biased in what defines intelligence.

 You created it all.

God is always God. It doesn't matter what you dream or imagine.

All distinctions are imaginary.

That years of love have been forgottens of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute.

I don't nor do I remember where I read this about Hitler.

Hitler studied how the U.S. subjugated Natives and placed them on Reservations. Then used this symbol seen on Native blankets and used the symbolism for his acts of Genocide.

No, the dream is not outside of you.

My beautiful friends can at times be very mischievous and whimsical.

As well as being very prankish and even teasing in their own playful ways.

Authenticate your loquacity and sashay your sesquipedalian.

You see when you do face your greatest fear or fears. You will never see it coming and may have never known it was a fear of yours or maybe you did? You won't be on any psychedelics but it will be so believable that you will be lost in it for 5-6 days and you may also experience what I would call true hallucinations just as real as you are now which is flimsy at best. Now what would God fear as God in this dream?

Who said God does not have a sense of humor?

 

Beam me up Bashar's 🍄👽

As for UAPs well could the aliens somehow telepathically send an image of a normal passenger plane or any plane into your mind? Or even somehow cloak their ship to look and sound like a commercial jet airliner. Or just cloak them so they are invisible.

Edited January 21 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

I have been on this diet for nearly 4 months now and I have been eating grass-fed grass-finished meat and Pasture-raised eggs. Perhaps when I get down to my desired weight I may go vegan but it will include Alaska wild caught not farmed pink Salmon and other seafood and eggs.

Time to go back to my ancestral roots. I always used to say that nature will have all that we need for all our ailments.  May as well try using Grass Fed Beef Tallow skincare and see how that goes.

According to Dr. Joshua Zeichner, an associate professor and director of cosmetic and clinical research at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, tallow is composed of fats “very similar in composition to our skin's natural oil”.

Tallow is rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, and B12, which can be absorbed easily into the skin to stimulate collagen production and skin cell renewal. This can help to treat acne, irrespective of skin type.

Grass-fed tallow has naturally high occuring levels of vitamin A, otherwise known as retinol. This helps skin cells turn over faster, helping to reduce acne and clear inflammation. Essentially, wave goodbye to clogged pores.

Tallow also contains niacin, a powerful antioxidant often occurring in synthetic skincare as niacinamide. When applied topically, a recent study found that niacin stood up against topical antibiotics for the treatment of moderate acne. 

As tallow is semi-occlusive with emollient properties, it is possible that it can form a barrier on your skin and trap bacteria underneath. However, this simply raises the importance of applying tallow on clean skin. Tallow is suitable for all skin types when applied properly. 

Interesting to read on the endocrine system.

What are endocrine disruptors?

Endocrine disruptors are natural or synthetic chemicals that may mimic or interfere with the body's hormones, which form part of the endocrine system. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can cause developmental, reproductive, brain, immune, and other problems. They can be slow to break down, making them potentially hazardous over time.

Endocrine disruptors are found in many places such as skincare products, makeup products, personal care products, and cosmetic products. They are also found in fragrances, cleaning products, plastics, non-organic produce, non-filtered water, and cookware. Suffice it to say, that there are many hidden endocrine disruptors that we encounter in our daily lives.

The endocrine system

The endocrine system is a complex network running from the top of our bodies through to our reproductive organs. It comprises glands that make hormones, which are our body's chemical messengers. Critical to functioning, for this reason, the endocrine system has become known as the body's 'communication network'.
 

Hormones affect nearly every process in your body, including:
 

Metabolism (the way you break down food and get energy from nutrients)

Growth and development

Emotions and mood

Fertility and sexual function

Sleep

Blood pressure

 

In both men and women, the endocrine system incorporates the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, pancreas, pineal gland, and adrenal glands. The male endocrine system also includes the testes, and the female endocrine system includes the ovaries (plus the placenta when pregnant). Here's what each of these glands gets up to:
 

Hypothalamus: Controls your endocrine system. Located in your brain, it uses information from your nervous system to determine when to tell other glands, including the pituitary gland, to produce hormones. The hypothalamus controls many processes in your body, including your mood, hunger and thirst, sleep patterns, and sexual function.

Pituitary: Makes hormones that control several other glands such as the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, ovaries, and testicles. The pituitary gland is in charge of many different functions, including how your body grows. It’s located at the base of your brain.

Thyroid: Responsible for your metabolism, or how your body uses energy. It's located in your neck.

Parathyroid: The smallest of the endocrine crew, these four tiny glands are no larger than a grain of rice. They control the level of calcium in your body. For your heart, kidneys, bones, and nervous system to work, you need the right amount of calcium.

Adrenal: You have two adrenal glands, one on top of each kidney. They control your metabolism, blood pressure, sexual development, and stress response.

Pineal: This gland manages your sleep cycle by releasing melatonin, a hormone that causes you to feel sleepy.

Pancreas: Your pancreas is part of your endocrine system, and it plays a significant role in your digestive system too. It makes a hormone called insulin that controls the level of sugar in your blood.

Testes: In men, the testes make sperm and release testosterone. This hormone affects sperm production, muscle strength, and sex drive.

Ovaries: In women, the ovaries release estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Women have two ovaries in their lower abdomen, one on either side.

When pregnant, women develop a temporary organ in the uterus called the placenta, which produces estrogen and progesterone to maintain the pregnancy.

While other organs and tissues in our bodies release hormones, such as our liver and kidneys, these are not considered part of the endocrine system.
 

Our bodies release many different types of hormones. Some of the most commonly referred to hormones for their impact on the regulation of our endocrine systems include the following:
 

Estrogen

Progesterone

Testosterone

Dopamine

Oxytocin

Melatonin

Growth hormone

Luteinizing hormone

Prolactin

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Aldosterone

DHEA and androgens

Adrenaline (epinephrine)

Noradrenaline (norepinephrine)

Insulin

Glucagon

What are the risks of endocrine disruptors?

It's difficult to quantify the impact of endocrine disruptors on our bodies because our environments expose us to multiple endocrine disruptors at the same time. Some studies indicate a higher likelihood of the following health conditions as a result of hormone-disrupting chemicals:
 

Diabetes

Obesity

Thyroid problems 

Fetal reproductive and neural defects

Behavioral issues 

Reproductive disorders such as early puberty, infertility, irregular cycles, premature ovarian failure, endometriosis, fibroids, and adverse pregnancy outcomes

Hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast, ovarian, endometrial & prostate cancer 
 

Studies show that endocrine disruptors cause adverse effects in animals. We know that synthetic chemicals are having a profound impact on animal hormones, to the point that some species are changing sex as a result of exposure. This has been observed in amphibious species exposed to herbicides.

It has also been noted in the Great Lakes district in the US where pesticide residue has found its way into closed waterways and resulted in some fish species turning female, which also raises another question of environmental health.

Ditching plastic packaging

One of the top tips for avoiding endocrine disruptors is to stop using plastic packaging.
 

In food, beverage, skincare, and cosmetics, a simple swap is to ditch plastic containers and instead use stainless steel, coated aluminum, or glass options. More tips to avoid hormone disruptors in plastics:
 

Avoid plastic water bottles and lunch box containers. Switch to stainless steel and glass containers.

If you have bought food packaged in plastic, remove it immediately and store it in a glass jar.

Minimise canned foods from your diet. Even cans listed as BPA-free may not be EDC-friendly. If you must buy canned foods, never store them in hot environments.

Avoid touching physical receipts and/or alternatively request electronic receipts wherever possible

Use filtered water instead of bottled or tap water wherever possible.

Avoid heating plastic in the microwave or washing in the dishwasher.
 

Phthalates are plastic softeners used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of consumable products. One of the most common phthalates, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) represents a particular public health concern because 100% of the US population have measurable levels of this EDC. Phthalates are added to most synthetic perfumes, primarily to make the scent last longer, as well as many hair products to add viscosity (stickiness).

If you must continue using plastic food packaging or containers, avoid storing fatty foods (e.g. slow-cooked beef) which may absorb harmful chemicals (Stuart, 2018). Importantly, never warm up any food in plastic packaging or containers. Historically, plastic has contained high amounts of bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine disruptor.
 

So, just avoid plastic with BPA? Not necessarily

BPA absorption into the body can result in the development of metabolic disorders such as low sex-specific neurodevelopment, immune toxicity, neurotoxicity, and interference with cellular pathways.
 

BPA has been banned in some areas and certain products, such as drink bottles specifically marketed to babies, have been banned. BPA was banned in baby bottles in Canada in 2008, in France in 2010, and in the European Union in 2011. However, BPA is still highly prevalent, existing on many surfaces from the lining of supermarket bags to receipts.
 

Unfortunately, plastic labeled ‘BPA free’ usually contains other potentially harmful chemicals. Substitutes for BPA include bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF), but the safety of these substitutes has not yet been verified.

Do cosmetics contain endocrine disruptors?

Yes, many cosmetics, personal care, and skin care products contain endocrine disruptors. Products will often include hormone-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, and phenols. At TUTTOFARE, we subscribe to the philosophy that 'what goes on, goes in'.

What are the most common endocrine disruptors in skincare?

In conventional skincare, you may find a slew of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. When it comes to phthalates, on the product label, keep an eye out for the hard-to-pronounce Bs and Ds. There are many different phthalates starting with the letters B and D that are known hormone disruptors. These include the following:
 

DBP (dibutyl phthalate)

DINP (diisononyl phthalate)

BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate)

BEP (butyl-ethyl phthalate)

DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate)

DEHP (di-2-Ethylhexyl phthalate)

DMP (dimethyl phthalate)

DIDP (dodecyl phthalate)

DEP (diethyl phthalate)
 

Phthalates are known hormone disruptors. Two studies out of Harvard University in 2016 showed the link between phthalates and an increased risk of miscarriage and gestational diabetes.

Multiple other studies have revealed phthalates act as endocrine disruptors and can cause problems for reproductive health and developmental health. They have also been linked to hormone-driven cancers, with breast cancer and testicular cancer among these.
 

When it comes to parabens, you may want to steer clear of ingredients that contain the word 'paraben' on the product labels, including isobutylparaben, methylparaben, Propylparaben, and butylparaben. Parabens are estrogenic, act as synthetic preservatives, and disrupt hormones in men and women. They have been connected to hormone-dominant cancers and also linked to fertility changes.

Harmful chemicals in skincare

Besides phthalates and parabens, there are other potentially harmful chemicals and potential endocrine disruptors found in many skincare products, including the following:
 

Phytoestrogens: Naturally occurring substances in plants that trigger hormone-like activity. Among these are genistein and daidzein, substances found in soy products, such as tofu and soy milk.

Triclosan: Found in some anti-microbial and personal care products, like liquid body wash.

Toluene: A known carcinogen, usually present in nail polish under names like methylbenzene and toluol.

Ammonia: Found in many modern hair dyes. It can be harmful to neurological cells and may also cause eye, respiratory, and skin irritations.

Thioglycolic acid: Found in hair removal creams. It may be listed as acetyl mercaptan, mercaptoacetate, mercaptoacetic acid or thiovanic acid.

Sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate (SLS/SLES): These ingredients help create the lathering effect of face wash, body wash, and soap. They can cause skin to break down, hormonal imbalances by mimicking estrogen, and eye irritation.

Petroleum/paraffin/mineral oil: Going under many different names, including petroleum and kerosene in Australia, this ingredient can block the skin's pores and prevent it from breathing properly, leading to the growth of yeast and fungus.

Mercury: May be listed as thimerosal or merthiolate, a known heavy metal to damage neurological functioning.

Propylene glycerol: A petroleum-based chemical used to retain moisture in products. It can cause skin and eye irritations and may have negative effects on respiratory health. It could also be toxic to organs like the liver, kidneys, heart, and brain.

Coal tar: Surprisingly, this is often found in many anti-dandruff hair products. Is a known carcinogen and can ferry heavy metals into the bloodstream.

Cyclomethicone and dimethicone: These ingredients can trap moisture in the skin, creating a barrier that can lock in bacteria, oil, and other pathogens. They may contribute to increased acne and blackheads and can potentially disrupt the endocrine system.

Fragrance/perfume: This is a common ingredient in beauty and skincare products. Fragrances often contain phthalates, which are known carcinogens and disruptors of the endocrine system.

Formaldehyde: It is a known carcinogen and can be labeled as formaldehyde or listed under other names like quaternion-15, dimethyl-dimethyl (DMDM), hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, sodium hydroxymethyl glycinate, or 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (bronopol).

What's the problem with hormone disruptors?

Even low doses of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be unsafe for human health. The body’s normal endocrine functioning involves very small changes in hormone levels, yet we know even these small changes can have a significant developmental and biological impact.
 

This observation leads many scientists to believe that endocrine-disrupting chemical exposures, even at low amounts, can alter the body’s sensitive systems and contribute to health problems.
 

In one example, a study of 1070 pregnant women aged 18 to 40 undertaken by the National Institute of Environmental Health Studies and the National Institute of Health examined the link between personal care products and the levels of sex hormones.
 

The women underwent a series of physical exams and completed questionnaires as to which personal care products they used regularly, including fragrances, lotions, cosmetics, nail polish, shampoo, and other hair products.
 

Findings showed that the use of certain hair products, particularly dye, bleach, relaxers, and mousse, were associated with lowered levels of sex hormones, and the disruption of these hormones could lead to adverse maternal pregnancy outcomes, including growth restriction, preterm birth, and low birth weight.

How to avoid endocrine-disrupting chemicals in beauty products

While we can't avoid endocrine disruptors entirely (they're literally in the air we breathe), we can minimize our exposure to these toxic chemicals through conscious consumption of food, beverages, cosmetics, and skincare products.
 

At TUTTOFARE, we're acutely aware of the harms of endocrine disruptors, which is why our skincare is formulated without parabens, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances, all the while bottled in plastic-free packaging.

It's why we also avoid using certain essential oils that are known for their estrogenic properties, such as lavender and tea tree. We believe there are far superior ways to achieve an appealing scent.

Why you should avoid synthetic fragrances

There are approximately 3,000 synthetic chemicals in circulation that can be used to create ‘perfume’ or 'fragrance'. The formulas of skincare products are often proprietary, so companies don't need to disclose the details of what's inside. Phthalates can be included as part of the fragrance, and don’t need to be listed individually. This is enough to meet the minimum standard labeling requirements.

How to purge endocrine disruptors from your personal care regime

If you wish to continue using your existing line-up of products, you could consider pausing or alternating usage while incorporating products without endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Importantly, you should avoid using products housed in plastic packaging, with harsh chemicals, and 'fragrance' listed on product labels. It's particularly important to avoid these products altogether while pregnant (due to prenatal exposure) and breastfeeding. It has been suggested to avoid them entirely if you have a family history of hormonally-driven cancers or diseases that can be fuelled by hormone disruptors.
 

You might also consider testing your 'body burden' (bio-monitoring tests used to measure a person’s toxic exposure) to ensure phthalates aren’t accumulating to toxic levels and that your body is clearing them quickly and efficiently. Low-level exposure can be OK depending on your personal 'body burden' or toxic load.
 

If you want to take extra precautions, consider implementing natural remedies to balance hormones and help with hormone disruption. Lindsay Carter from Sanatio Naturopathy in Sydney, Australia shares her top eight tips for balancing hormones with natural remedies including diet, exercise, and herbal supplements such as withania (as Rwanda). Lindsay also has developed a blueprint for reducing estrogen naturally.
 

Endocrine disruption is real. Fortunately, there are clean skincare products that offer all you need and nothing unnecessarily more, without any of the nasties. Because skincare shouldn't cost your health or our planetary health.

 

Microplastics

What most humans don't know is that most of the plastics that pollute the planet such as the ocean pretty much everything is coming It turns out about 78% of the microplastic pollution in the oceans is from vehicle tires. I’m wondering how new ideas and innovations might fix this problem.

Another good read. 

In 2014 biologist John Weinstein and his graduate students went looking for microplastics—the small bits of degraded plastic that researchers have discovered are spread throughout the environment.

The team was based at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina, where Weinstein is a professor. Working in a coastal city, they expected to find at least some evidence of microplastics, which are swept into the ocean. And sure enough, samples kept turning up.

Much of what they collected came from anticipated, identifiable sources, such as broken-down plastic bags. But more than half of the pieces were black, tubular, and microscopic, with no obvious origins.

“They’re elongated, almost like cigars,” says Weinstein. “It was a mystery.”

Weinstein and his students looked around the Charleston harbor at common black plastic items—such as fishing nets—searching for a comparison. But there weren’t any matches. The breakthrough came when they found very similar cigar-shaped plastics in a waterway right off of a main road. Then it dawned on them what they were dealing with tiny bits of car tires.

“It was a surprise,” says Weinstein. “Usually you don't find what you're not looking for.”

 

PLASTICS 101

The find may not have been as shocking as it first seemed, however. Tires are actually among the most common plastic polluters on Earth. A 2017 study by Pieter Jan Kole at The Open University of The Netherlands, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, estimated that tires account for as much as 10 percent of overall microplastic waste in the world’s oceans. A 2017 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature put that number at 28 percent.

“Tire wear and tear is a stealthy source of microplastics in the environment,” wrote Kole and his co-authors. “But awareness is low and currently there is no alternative for tires.”

What are tires made of? 

Tires are made of natural rubber and plastic.

Plastics and rubber materials are both made from the same families of polymers.

Monomers and polymers.

The polymers are mixed with a complex blend of materials known as additives.

Rubbers are elastomers, these are polymers with an elastic property. This elasticity differentiates rubbers from plastics. Elastic means that the material can be stretched and, when released, returns to within at least 90% of its original dimensions and shape within a period, at room temperature.  

For thousands of years, wheels were made of stone or wood—no covering needed. Leather was eventually added on top to soften the ride, followed later by solid–rubber iterations. Cars were invented in the late 1800s, and pneumatic—or air-filled—tires followed not long after.

At the time, tire rubber came primarily from rubber trees—the cultivation of which has contributed to mass deforestation across the globe. But as the 20th century dawned and cars became less expensive and increasingly common, the world needed more rubber than was readily available. In 1909 German chemist Fritz Hofmann, working for the German chemical company Bayer, invented the first commercial synthetic rubber. Within a year the material was in car tires. By 1931 the U.S. chemical company DuPont had industrialized the manufacturing of synthetic rubber.

Today tires consist of about 19 percent natural rubber and 24 percent synthetic rubber, which is a plastic polymer. The rest is made up of metal and other compounds. Producing tires still has monumental environmental impacts, ranging from continued deforestation to the climate-harming fossil fuels used to make synthetic rubbers to the assembly process. Modern car tires require about 7 gallons of oil to make, while truck tires take 22 gallons.

As tires roll away the miles, they abrade, throwing off small pieces of synthetic plastic—essentially plastic—that then are washed off roads and into streams, eventually finding their way to the oceans.

IMAGE BY HANNAH WHITAKER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

But what’s also becoming increasingly clear is that, as the rubber wears, tires throw off tiny plastic polymers that often end up as pollutants in oceans and waterways.

“Tires,” says Joao Sousa, who studies marine plastics at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, “rank really high in terms of contribution” to the microplastics problem.

Tire manufacturers Goodyear, Michelin, and Bridgestone all referred comments to The Tire Industry Project, an industry-backed research group that counts 11 major tire makers as members.

“There is no globally accepted definition of microplastics,” writes Tire Industry Project representative Gavin Whitmore in an email. Their studies, he adds, “have found [that tire and road wear particles] are unlikely to negatively impact human health and the environment.”

How do they break down?

Tire tread patterns help determine a vehicle's grip on the road, as well as handling, maneuvering, and breaking. But a better grip can also mean more friction. And as we drive, abrasion causes bits of our tires to break off.

A 2013 report by Tire Steward Manitoba, in Canada, found that passenger light truck tires lost nearly 2.5 pounds of rubber during their service life (an average of 6.33 years). The Kohl study found that Americans produce the most tire wear per capita and estimates that, overall, tires in the U.S. alone produce about 1.8 million tons of microplastics each year.

Exactly how much of that waste ends up in waterways depends on many factors, says Sousa, ranging from where the road is located to the weather; rain, for example, can cause more particles to flow into the environment. Research into the topic is relatively new, he notes, so estimates will improve as more work is done. But with millions of vehicles traveling the streets every day, he says, “you start to have a grim idea about the amount of tire (particles) released.”

Once tire particles have made it into rivers or oceans, they can have noticeable effects on marine life. John Weinstein, at the Citadel, exposed shrimp to tire particles in lab settings and found that the animals ate the particles, which also got stuck in their gills. Once ingested, particles balled up in the shrimp’s guts.

“It doesn't die immediately,“ he says. ”There are these chronic long-term effects that really haven't been studied.”

End of the road

Better understood is what happens to tires once they’ve run their course and need to be disposed of—“end of life,” as the tire manufacturing industry calls it.

The trajectory for used tires is, in many ways, positive. For example, the recycling of tire scraps into products such as playgrounds, sports fields, and building materials has increased dramatically over the years. The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) says the re-use of tires has gone from 11 percent in 1990 to 81 percent in 2017.

But that number comes with a major caveat: It includes what is called “tire-derived fuels” (TDF) —the burning of tires for energy.

According to Reto Gieré, an environmental scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, if tires are burned in facilities specifically designed for the task, it can be done fairly cleanly and is a decent way to recapture energy. But tires, he says, also contain high levels of potential pollutants such as zinc and chlorine, so if they’re burned in mixed-fuel facilities or without proper safeguards, he says, “we have a big mess.”

Tires that aren’t recycled or burned mostly end up in landfills—some 16 percent, according to a 2018 USTMA report. The amount of landfill-disposed tires per year nearly doubled between 2013 and 2017. John Sheerin of USTMA told Recycling Today magazine that, with demand for tire-derived fuels in a decline, even more tires could start heading toward landfills.

THE STORY OF PLASTIC

TIRES

In 1839 Charles Goodyear developed the process that makes natural rubber more flexible and durable. Vulcanization, as it was called, opened the door to new applications for rubber. In 1888 John Dunlop invented air-filled pneumatic tires for bicycles, and in 1911 Philip Strauss invented the first successful car tire.

Modern tires

are made of synthetic rubber, wire, plastic-based fabric, and other materials.

1000

million tires

Usage

Recycling

Did You Know?

Between 1990 and 2017, there has been a dramatic reduction in stockpiled tires due to a growing scrap tire market.

Scrap tires can be used to produce fuel and as construction material for roads and other applications.

As much as 28 percent of microplastics in the ocean come from tires shedding synthetic rubber as they wear down.

MONICA SERRANO, NGM STAFF; MEG ROOSEVELT

SOURCES: UCN; BILL LAWS, FIFTY PLANTS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY; U.S. TIRE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION;

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Can we do better?

The tire hasn’t seen a major redesign in decades, but there has recently been a bigger push to develop more sustainable options. In 2017, for instance, researchers led by the University of Minnesota found a way to produce isoprene, a key ingredient in synthetic rubber, from natural sources such as grass, trees, and corn instead of fossil fuels. Last year Goodyear unveiled a concept tire made from recycled rubber that has moss in the middle, which is designed to soak up carbon dioxide as it travels.

Still, bits of these new tires could end up in the environment as well. Reducing tire wear, the Kole study says, would likely come at the cost of other performance metrics, such as rolling resistance, a tradeoff that may prove difficult for manufacturers to accept.

“I'm not aware of any new technology to address tire or road wear,” says Weinstein.

But he does see other, less direct, ways of combating the problem. Road surfaces, he suggests, could be made less abrasive or more porous to either reduce or help collect tire wear particles. He also believes that there’s room for better technology to capture tire particle runoff from roads. It’s a route that he’s currently exploring with a town near Charleston.

Overall, though, what he sees as most urgent is further research and increased scientific and public awareness.

“There needs to be more studies done,” he says. “I don't know if this is on a lot of people's radar right now.”

Toxic tyre dust: This source of microplastic pollution could be the worst of all Some 2 billion tyres are made a year. What is the environmental cost of the 'chemical cocktail' that goes into them?

Microplastic pollution is a problem that requires an uncomfortable level of attention to detail. It can be overwhelming to think about the way everyday items in our lives - from the clothes we wear to the cars we drive - are shedding tiny plastic fragments.

But the cost of ignoring it could be devastating, and there’s one particular culprit that researchers and policymakers are honing in on.

78 percent of microplastics in the ocean come from tyres, a 2020 report from the Pew Charitable Trust found. Car tyres are made from around 24 percent synthetic rubber - a variation of plastic made using petroleum by-products - that breaks down as the vehicles travel.

And these rubber rings aren’t just molting microplastics. New research from Yale Environment 360 shows there is increasing scientific concern about “the chemical cocktail” that goes into them which also includes heavy metals like copper, lead and zinc.

‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says

What environmental damage do car tyres do?

A mass die-off of salmon in US West Coast streams two decades ago was one of the earliest signs of the environmental dangers that tyres pose.

In 2020, researchers finally pinned the deaths to a chemical called 6PPD that is added to tyres to prevent them from cracking. When exposed to ground-level ozone, 6PPD is transformed into multiple other chemicals - including a compound found to be acutely toxic to several fish species.

A coalition of Native American tribes has witnessed the lethal effect of tyre dust on their salmon species.

“We have watched as the species have declined to the point of almost certain extinction if nothing is done to protect them,” the Puyallup Tribal Council said in a statement, calling for the EPA to ban 6PPD.

It was the start of a global campaign to see what’s lurking in car tyres.

In total, their rubber contains more than 400 chemicals and compounds, many of them carcinogenic. Research is only beginning to show how widespread the risks from tyre dust may be, Yale Environment 360 reports.

England bans single-use plastic: What is and isn’t included in the new rules?

How big a problem is car tyre dust?

The known statistics are already shocking. Almost 2 billion tyres are manufactured around the world every year - enough to reach the moon if stacked on their sides, according to Emissions Analytics.

The UK firm says that a car’s four tyres emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles per kilometer driven. These particles are so tiny that they can pass through lung tissue into the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier, with a range of worrying health implications.

Tyre dust pollution even rivals the emissions from exhaust pipes in some cases. One study shows that PM 2.5 and PM 10 emissions from tyres and brakes far exceed the mass of these emissions from tailpipes in California, for example.

A recent study from Imperial College London states that the reduction of tyre wear particles (TWP) is as important as reducing exhaust emissions.

‘What’s going to happen to all those cars?’: We asked an expert if it’s time to switch to an EV

How can we solve the problem of tyre dust pollution?

Tackling TWP requires a combination of research and regulatory willpower.

On the eco-innovation side, researchers have trialed using dandelions - which produce a form of rubber - and soy oil to raise the ‘natural rubber’ component of tyres.

One German firm, the Continental Tire Company, is pushing ahead with this solution - making bicycle tires from dandelion roots. They emit 25 percent fewer carcinogenic compounds, according to tests by Emissions Analytics, but still require problematic additives.

In the UK, clean-tech start-up The Tyre Collective has pioneered a device that is attached to each tyre. It uses electrostatics and the airflow of a spinning wheel to collect the tyre dust as it's produced. Once the particles are collected they can be upcycled into a different kind of rubber with a variety of applications, including new tyres.

But we can’t invent our way out of tyre dust pollution, so tighter regulation is needed.

In the EU, new ‘Euro 7’ rules from 2025 will be the first emission standards in the world to set limits for particulate emissions from brakes and microplastic emissions from tyres.

These standards will apply to electric vehicles too, which tend to produce more tyre emissions because of their heavier weight.

And the industry is taking note of this crackdown. The Tire Industry Project is composed of 10 leading tyre manufacturers.

According to a statement from the group, it aims to “develop a holistic approach to better understand and promote action on the mitigation” of tyre pollution, including re-designed tyres to cut emissions.

Are there any materials other than rubber that can be used for making tires? Yes, there are several materials other than rubber that can be used for making tires. Some alternative materials include synthetic rubber, which is made from petroleum-based products, as well as materials like silica, carbon black, and various types of fibers. These materials can be used in combination with rubber or as substitutes for certain components of the tire to improve performance, durability, and environmental impact. Additionally, some companies are exploring the use of biodegradable and sustainable materials for tire production. 

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Can medical care exist without plastic?

Your shoes are made of plastic. 

 

What the fck is wrong with you people start living your own lives how you want to. Why is it so hard to pick up a woman, man, or monkey? What works for others may not work for you. What the fck has gone awry?  with the generations after 2005?? We never had forums or maybe we did? or wing men-winged demons on how to pick up women or whatever you weirdoes are into these days. It is so basic, give me enough time I could bed a feminist and a Nun at the same time. Clubs are not the only place in town nor are flopping around malls. Find what makes you comfortable and what makes you happy.  And If you are really smart you make them flock to you and you won't have to do anything. Start  "living by your values, beliefs, and principles,  your own rules" and create the life you want. Whatever that entails. Just don't harm yourself or others in the process. Try to make decisions on your own and start believing in yourself again. Rather than conforming to the expectations or norms of others or society or what some pea-brain homunculus-looking hack of a coach on YouTube said. On the subject of these so-called self-help coaches,  whatever they call them selfs these days more like new age plop and more like helping themselves to your bank account.  But you say they have such an honest face and demeanor about them. Well, they're not going to make a good swindler with a dishonest face now are they? And all this self-help self-love nonsense you will be working on yourself for the rest of your natural. Fascinating there was never a problem until there was and you start finding problems that were never there to begin with.

 

 

Both duality and non-duality must collapse into one.

This very dream is hanging by the smallest of imaginary threads.

Quite a quagmire one finds himself in.

God checkmates God.

Maybe

Edited January 31 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

On 31/01/2024 at 7:56 AM, Jehovah increases said:

I have been on this diet for nearly 4 months now and I have been eating grass-fed grass-finished meat and Pasture-raised eggs. Perhaps when I get down to my desired weight I may go vegan but it will include Alaska wild caught not farmed pink Salmon and other seafood and eggs.

Time to go back to my ancestral roots. I always used to say that nature will have all that we need for all our ailments.  May as well try using Grass Fed Beef Tallow skincare and see how that goes.

According to Dr. Joshua Zeichner, an associate professor and director of cosmetic and clinical research at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, tallow is composed of fats “very similar in composition to our skin's natural oil”.

Tallow is rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, and B12, which can be absorbed easily into the skin to stimulate collagen production and skin cell renewal. This can help to treat acne, irrespective of skin type.

Grass-fed tallow has naturally high occuring levels of vitamin A, otherwise known as retinol. This helps skin cells turn over faster, helping to reduce acne and clear inflammation. Essentially, wave goodbye to clogged pores.

Tallow also contains niacin, a powerful antioxidant often occurring in synthetic skincare as niacinamide. When applied topically, a recent study found that niacin stood up against topical antibiotics for the treatment of moderate acne. 

As tallow is semi-occlusive with emollient properties, it is possible that it can form a barrier on your skin and trap bacteria underneath. However, this simply raises the importance of applying tallow on clean skin. Tallow is suitable for all skin types when applied properly. 

Interesting to read on the endocrine system.

What are endocrine disruptors?

Endocrine disruptors are natural or synthetic chemicals that may mimic or interfere with the body's hormones, which form part of the endocrine system. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can cause developmental, reproductive, brain, immune, and other problems. They can be slow to break down, making them potentially hazardous over time.

Endocrine disruptors are found in many places such as skincare products, makeup products, personal care products, and cosmetic products. They are also found in fragrances, cleaning products, plastics, non-organic produce, non-filtered water, and cookware. Suffice it to say, that there are many hidden endocrine disruptors that we encounter in our daily lives.

The endocrine system

The endocrine system is a complex network running from the top of our bodies through to our reproductive organs. It comprises glands that make hormones, which are our body's chemical messengers. Critical to functioning, for this reason, the endocrine system has become known as the body's 'communication network'.
 

Hormones affect nearly every process in your body, including:
 

Metabolism (the way you break down food and get energy from nutrients)

Growth and development

Emotions and mood

Fertility and sexual function

Sleep

Blood pressure

 

In both men and women, the endocrine system incorporates the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, pancreas, pineal gland, and adrenal glands. The male endocrine system also includes the testes, and the female endocrine system includes the ovaries (plus the placenta when pregnant). Here's what each of these glands gets up to:
 

Hypothalamus: Controls your endocrine system. Located in your brain, it uses information from your nervous system to determine when to tell other glands, including the pituitary gland, to produce hormones. The hypothalamus controls many processes in your body, including your mood, hunger and thirst, sleep patterns, and sexual function.

Pituitary: Makes hormones that control several other glands such as the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, ovaries, and testicles. The pituitary gland is in charge of many different functions, including how your body grows. It’s located at the base of your brain.

Thyroid: Responsible for your metabolism, or how your body uses energy. It's located in your neck.

Parathyroid: The smallest of the endocrine crew, these four tiny glands are no larger than a grain of rice. They control the level of calcium in your body. For your heart, kidneys, bones, and nervous system to work, you need the right amount of calcium.

Adrenal: You have two adrenal glands, one on top of each kidney. They control your metabolism, blood pressure, sexual development, and stress response.

Pineal: This gland manages your sleep cycle by releasing melatonin, a hormone that causes you to feel sleepy.

Pancreas: Your pancreas is part of your endocrine system, and it plays a significant role in your digestive system too. It makes a hormone called insulin that controls the level of sugar in your blood.

Testes: In men, the testes make sperm and release testosterone. This hormone affects sperm production, muscle strength, and sex drive.

Ovaries: In women, the ovaries release estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Women have two ovaries in their lower abdomen, one on either side.

When pregnant, women develop a temporary organ in the uterus called the placenta, which produces estrogen and progesterone to maintain the pregnancy.

While other organs and tissues in our bodies release hormones, such as our liver and kidneys, these are not considered part of the endocrine system.
 

Our bodies release many different types of hormones. Some of the most commonly referred to hormones for their impact on the regulation of our endocrine systems include the following:
 

Estrogen

Progesterone

Testosterone

Dopamine

Oxytocin

Melatonin

Growth hormone

Luteinizing hormone

Prolactin

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Aldosterone

DHEA and androgens

Adrenaline (epinephrine)

Noradrenaline (norepinephrine)

Insulin

Glucagon

What are the risks of endocrine disruptors?

It's difficult to quantify the impact of endocrine disruptors on our bodies because our environments expose us to multiple endocrine disruptors at the same time. Some studies indicate a higher likelihood of the following health conditions as a result of hormone-disrupting chemicals:
 

Diabetes

Obesity

Thyroid problems 

Fetal reproductive and neural defects

Behavioral issues 

Reproductive disorders such as early puberty, infertility, irregular cycles, premature ovarian failure, endometriosis, fibroids, and adverse pregnancy outcomes

Hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast, ovarian, endometrial & prostate cancer 
 

Studies show that endocrine disruptors cause adverse effects in animals. We know that synthetic chemicals are having a profound impact on animal hormones, to the point that some species are changing sex as a result of exposure. This has been observed in amphibious species exposed to herbicides.

It has also been noted in the Great Lakes district in the US where pesticide residue has found its way into closed waterways and resulted in some fish species turning female, which also raises another question of environmental health.

Ditching plastic packaging

One of the top tips for avoiding endocrine disruptors is to stop using plastic packaging.
 

In food, beverage, skincare, and cosmetics, a simple swap is to ditch plastic containers and instead use stainless steel, coated aluminum, or glass options. More tips to avoid hormone disruptors in plastics:
 

Avoid plastic water bottles and lunch box containers. Switch to stainless steel and glass containers.

If you have bought food packaged in plastic, remove it immediately and store it in a glass jar.

Minimise canned foods from your diet. Even cans listed as BPA-free may not be EDC-friendly. If you must buy canned foods, never store them in hot environments.

Avoid touching physical receipts and/or alternatively request electronic receipts wherever possible

Use filtered water instead of bottled or tap water wherever possible.

Avoid heating plastic in the microwave or washing in the dishwasher.
 

Phthalates are plastic softeners used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of consumable products. One of the most common phthalates, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) represents a particular public health concern because 100% of the US population have measurable levels of this EDC. Phthalates are added to most synthetic perfumes, primarily to make the scent last longer, as well as many hair products to add viscosity (stickiness).

If you must continue using plastic food packaging or containers, avoid storing fatty foods (e.g. slow-cooked beef) which may absorb harmful chemicals (Stuart, 2018). Importantly, never warm up any food in plastic packaging or containers. Historically, plastic has contained high amounts of bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine disruptor.
 

So, just avoid plastic with BPA? Not necessarily

BPA absorption into the body can result in the development of metabolic disorders such as low sex-specific neurodevelopment, immune toxicity, neurotoxicity, and interference with cellular pathways.
 

BPA has been banned in some areas and certain products, such as drink bottles specifically marketed to babies, have been banned. BPA was banned in baby bottles in Canada in 2008, in France in 2010, and in the European Union in 2011. However, BPA is still highly prevalent, existing on many surfaces from the lining of supermarket bags to receipts.
 

Unfortunately, plastic labeled ‘BPA free’ usually contains other potentially harmful chemicals. Substitutes for BPA include bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF), but the safety of these substitutes has not yet been verified.

Do cosmetics contain endocrine disruptors?

Yes, many cosmetics, personal care, and skin care products contain endocrine disruptors. Products will often include hormone-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, and phenols. At TUTTOFARE, we subscribe to the philosophy that 'what goes on, goes in'.

What are the most common endocrine disruptors in skincare?

In conventional skincare, you may find a slew of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. When it comes to phthalates, on the product label, keep an eye out for the hard-to-pronounce Bs and Ds. There are many different phthalates starting with the letters B and D that are known hormone disruptors. These include the following:
 

DBP (dibutyl phthalate)

DINP (diisononyl phthalate)

BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate)

BEP (butyl-ethyl phthalate)

DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate)

DEHP (di-2-Ethylhexyl phthalate)

DMP (dimethyl phthalate)

DIDP (dodecyl phthalate)

DEP (diethyl phthalate)
 

Phthalates are known hormone disruptors. Two studies out of Harvard University in 2016 showed the link between phthalates and an increased risk of miscarriage and gestational diabetes.

Multiple other studies have revealed phthalates act as endocrine disruptors and can cause problems for reproductive health and developmental health. They have also been linked to hormone-driven cancers, with breast cancer and testicular cancer among these.
 

When it comes to parabens, you may want to steer clear of ingredients that contain the word 'paraben' on the product labels, including isobutylparaben, methylparaben, Propylparaben, and butylparaben. Parabens are estrogenic, act as synthetic preservatives, and disrupt hormones in men and women. They have been connected to hormone-dominant cancers and also linked to fertility changes.

Harmful chemicals in skincare

Besides phthalates and parabens, there are other potentially harmful chemicals and potential endocrine disruptors found in many skincare products, including the following:
 

Phytoestrogens: Naturally occurring substances in plants that trigger hormone-like activity. Among these are genistein and daidzein, substances found in soy products, such as tofu and soy milk.

Triclosan: Found in some anti-microbial and personal care products, like liquid body wash.

Toluene: A known carcinogen, usually present in nail polish under names like methylbenzene and toluol.

Ammonia: Found in many modern hair dyes. It can be harmful to neurological cells and may also cause eye, respiratory, and skin irritations.

Thioglycolic acid: Found in hair removal creams. It may be listed as acetyl mercaptan, mercaptoacetate, mercaptoacetic acid or thiovanic acid.

Sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate (SLS/SLES): These ingredients help create the lathering effect of face wash, body wash, and soap. They can cause skin to break down, hormonal imbalances by mimicking estrogen, and eye irritation.

Petroleum/paraffin/mineral oil: Going under many different names, including petroleum and kerosene in Australia, this ingredient can block the skin's pores and prevent it from breathing properly, leading to the growth of yeast and fungus.

Mercury: May be listed as thimerosal or merthiolate, a known heavy metal to damage neurological functioning.

Propylene glycerol: A petroleum-based chemical used to retain moisture in products. It can cause skin and eye irritations and may have negative effects on respiratory health. It could also be toxic to organs like the liver, kidneys, heart, and brain.

Coal tar: Surprisingly, this is often found in many anti-dandruff hair products. Is a known carcinogen and can ferry heavy metals into the bloodstream.

Cyclomethicone and dimethicone: These ingredients can trap moisture in the skin, creating a barrier that can lock in bacteria, oil, and other pathogens. They may contribute to increased acne and blackheads and can potentially disrupt the endocrine system.

Fragrance/perfume: This is a common ingredient in beauty and skincare products. Fragrances often contain phthalates, which are known carcinogens and disruptors of the endocrine system.

Formaldehyde: It is a known carcinogen and can be labeled as formaldehyde or listed under other names like quaternion-15, dimethyl-dimethyl (DMDM), hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, sodium hydroxymethyl glycinate, or 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (bronopol).

What's the problem with hormone disruptors?

Even low doses of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be unsafe for human health. The body’s normal endocrine functioning involves very small changes in hormone levels, yet we know even these small changes can have a significant developmental and biological impact.
 

This observation leads many scientists to believe that endocrine-disrupting chemical exposures, even at low amounts, can alter the body’s sensitive systems and contribute to health problems.
 

In one example, a study of 1070 pregnant women aged 18 to 40 undertaken by the National Institute of Environmental Health Studies and the National Institute of Health examined the link between personal care products and the levels of sex hormones.
 

The women underwent a series of physical exams and completed questionnaires as to which personal care products they used regularly, including fragrances, lotions, cosmetics, nail polish, shampoo, and other hair products.
 

Findings showed that the use of certain hair products, particularly dye, bleach, relaxers, and mousse, were associated with lowered levels of sex hormones, and the disruption of these hormones could lead to adverse maternal pregnancy outcomes, including growth restriction, preterm birth, and low birth weight.

How to avoid endocrine-disrupting chemicals in beauty products

While we can't avoid endocrine disruptors entirely (they're literally in the air we breathe), we can minimize our exposure to these toxic chemicals through conscious consumption of food, beverages, cosmetics, and skincare products.
 

At TUTTOFARE, we're acutely aware of the harms of endocrine disruptors, which is why our skincare is formulated without parabens, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances, all the while bottled in plastic-free packaging.

It's why we also avoid using certain essential oils that are known for their estrogenic properties, such as lavender and tea tree. We believe there are far superior ways to achieve an appealing scent.

Why you should avoid synthetic fragrances

There are approximately 3,000 synthetic chemicals in circulation that can be used to create ‘perfume’ or 'fragrance'. The formulas of skincare products are often proprietary, so companies don't need to disclose the details of what's inside. Phthalates can be included as part of the fragrance, and don’t need to be listed individually. This is enough to meet the minimum standard labeling requirements.

How to purge endocrine disruptors from your personal care regime

If you wish to continue using your existing line-up of products, you could consider pausing or alternating usage while incorporating products without endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Importantly, you should avoid using products housed in plastic packaging, with harsh chemicals, and 'fragrance' listed on product labels. It's particularly important to avoid these products altogether while pregnant (due to prenatal exposure) and breastfeeding. It has been suggested to avoid them entirely if you have a family history of hormonally-driven cancers or diseases that can be fuelled by hormone disruptors.
 

You might also consider testing your 'body burden' (bio-monitoring tests used to measure a person’s toxic exposure) to ensure phthalates aren’t accumulating to toxic levels and that your body is clearing them quickly and efficiently. Low-level exposure can be OK depending on your personal 'body burden' or toxic load.
 

If you want to take extra precautions, consider implementing natural remedies to balance hormones and help with hormone disruption. Lindsay Carter from Sanatio Naturopathy in Sydney, Australia shares her top eight tips for balancing hormones with natural remedies including diet, exercise, and herbal supplements such as withania (as Rwanda). Lindsay also has developed a blueprint for reducing estrogen naturally.
 

Endocrine disruption is real. Fortunately, there are clean skincare products that offer all you need and nothing unnecessarily more, without any of the nasties. Because skincare shouldn't cost your health or our planetary health.

Want to know a little-known fact about McDonald’s french fries? Before McDonald’s started using hydrogenated vegetable oils to fry its fries, the company used good, old-fashioned beef tallow.

Many other fast food restaurants did, too, including Burger King, Wendy’s, Hardee’s, Arby’s, Dairy Queen, Popeyes and Bob’s Big Boy.

For centuries, tallow (or beef fat) was considered a healthy and delicious fat for frying, baking, and more. It was only once cheap, highly processed vegetable oils became widely available in the U.S. and elsewhere that tallow and similar animal fats (like schmaltz and lard) went out of fashion.

Can you still eat tallow? Yes — and in moderation, some would still consider it to be a healthy fat to cook with, especially compared to margarine or processed shortening.

 

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Microplastics

What most humans don't know is that most of the plastics that pollute the planet such as the ocean pretty much everything is coming It turns out about 78% of the microplastic pollution in the oceans is from vehicle tires. I’m wondering how new ideas and innovations might fix this problem.

Another good read. 

In 2014 biologist John Weinstein and his graduate students went looking for microplastics—the small bits of degraded plastic that researchers have discovered are spread throughout the environment.

The team was based at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina, where Weinstein is a professor. Working in a coastal city, they expected to find at least some evidence of microplastics, which are swept into the ocean. And sure enough, samples kept turning up.

Much of what they collected came from anticipated, identifiable sources, such as broken-down plastic bags. But more than half of the pieces were black, tubular, and microscopic, with no obvious origins.

“They’re elongated, almost like cigars,” says Weinstein. “It was a mystery.”

Weinstein and his students looked around the Charleston harbor at common black plastic items—such as fishing nets—searching for a comparison. But there weren’t any matches. The breakthrough came when they found very similar cigar-shaped plastics in a waterway right off of a main road. Then it dawned on them what they were dealing with tiny bits of car tires.

“It was a surprise,” says Weinstein. “Usually you don't find what you're not looking for.”

 

PLASTICS 101

The find may not have been as shocking as it first seemed, however. Tires are actually among the most common plastic polluters on Earth. A 2017 study by Pieter Jan Kole at The Open University of The Netherlands, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, estimated that tires account for as much as 10 percent of overall microplastic waste in the world’s oceans. A 2017 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature put that number at 28 percent.

“Tire wear and tear is a stealthy source of microplastics in the environment,” wrote Kole and his co-authors. “But awareness is low and currently there is no alternative for tires.”

What are tires made of? 

Tires are made of natural rubber and plastic.

Plastics and rubber materials are both made from the same families of polymers.

Monomers and polymers.

The polymers are mixed with a complex blend of materials known as additives.

Rubbers are elastomers, these are polymers with an elastic property. This elasticity differentiates rubbers from plastics. Elastic means that the material can be stretched and, when released, returns to within at least 90% of its original dimensions and shape within a period, at room temperature.  

For thousands of years, wheels were made of stone or wood—no covering needed. Leather was eventually added on top to soften the ride, followed later by solid–rubber iterations. Cars were invented in the late 1800s, and pneumatic—or air-filled—tires followed not long after.

At the time, tire rubber came primarily from rubber trees—the cultivation of which has contributed to mass deforestation across the globe. But as the 20th century dawned and cars became less expensive and increasingly common, the world needed more rubber than was readily available. In 1909 German chemist Fritz Hofmann, working for the German chemical company Bayer, invented the first commercial synthetic rubber. Within a year the material was in car tires. By 1931 the U.S. chemical company DuPont had industrialized the manufacturing of synthetic rubber.

Today tires consist of about 19 percent natural rubber and 24 percent synthetic rubber, which is a plastic polymer. The rest is made up of metal and other compounds. Producing tires still has monumental environmental impacts, ranging from continued deforestation to the climate-harming fossil fuels used to make synthetic rubbers to the assembly process. Modern car tires require about 7 gallons of oil to make, while truck tires take 22 gallons.

As tires roll away the miles, they abrade, throwing off small pieces of synthetic plastic—essentially plastic—that then are washed off roads and into streams, eventually finding their way to the oceans.

IMAGE BY HANNAH WHITAKER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

But what’s also becoming increasingly clear is that, as the rubber wears, tires throw off tiny plastic polymers that often end up as pollutants in oceans and waterways.

“Tires,” says Joao Sousa, who studies marine plastics at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, “rank really high in terms of contribution” to the microplastics problem.

Tire manufacturers Goodyear, Michelin, and Bridgestone all referred comments to The Tire Industry Project, an industry-backed research group that counts 11 major tire makers as members.

“There is no globally accepted definition of microplastics,” writes Tire Industry Project representative Gavin Whitmore in an email. Their studies, he adds, “have found [that tire and road wear particles] are unlikely to negatively impact human health and the environment.”

How do they break down?

Tire tread patterns help determine a vehicle's grip on the road, as well as handling, maneuvering, and breaking. But a better grip can also mean more friction. And as we drive, abrasion causes bits of our tires to break off.

A 2013 report by Tire Steward Manitoba, in Canada, found that passenger light truck tires lost nearly 2.5 pounds of rubber during their service life (an average of 6.33 years). The Kohl study found that Americans produce the most tire wear per capita and estimates that, overall, tires in the U.S. alone produce about 1.8 million tons of microplastics each year.

Exactly how much of that waste ends up in waterways depends on many factors, says Sousa, ranging from where the road is located to the weather; rain, for example, can cause more particles to flow into the environment. Research into the topic is relatively new, he notes, so estimates will improve as more work is done. But with millions of vehicles traveling the streets every day, he says, “you start to have a grim idea about the amount of tire (particles) released.”

Once tire particles have made it into rivers or oceans, they can have noticeable effects on marine life. John Weinstein, at the Citadel, exposed shrimp to tire particles in lab settings and found that the animals ate the particles, which also got stuck in their gills. Once ingested, particles balled up in the shrimp’s guts.

“It doesn't die immediately,“ he says. ”There are these chronic long-term effects that really haven't been studied.”

End of the road

Better understood is what happens to tires once they’ve run their course and need to be disposed of—“end of life,” as the tire manufacturing industry calls it.

The trajectory for used tires is, in many ways, positive. For example, the recycling of tire scraps into products such as playgrounds, sports fields, and building materials has increased dramatically over the years. The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) says the re-use of tires has gone from 11 percent in 1990 to 81 percent in 2017.

But that number comes with a major caveat: It includes what is called “tire-derived fuels” (TDF) —the burning of tires for energy.

According to Reto Gieré, an environmental scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, if tires are burned in facilities specifically designed for the task, it can be done fairly cleanly and is a decent way to recapture energy. But tires, he says, also contain high levels of potential pollutants such as zinc and chlorine, so if they’re burned in mixed-fuel facilities or without proper safeguards, he says, “we have a big mess.”

Tires that aren’t recycled or burned mostly end up in landfills—some 16 percent, according to a 2018 USTMA report. The amount of landfill-disposed tires per year nearly doubled between 2013 and 2017. John Sheerin of USTMA told Recycling Today magazine that, with demand for tire-derived fuels in a decline, even more tires could start heading toward landfills.

THE STORY OF PLASTIC

TIRES

In 1839 Charles Goodyear developed the process that makes natural rubber more flexible and durable. Vulcanization, as it was called, opened the door to new applications for rubber. In 1888 John Dunlop invented air-filled pneumatic tires for bicycles, and in 1911 Philip Strauss invented the first successful car tire.

Modern tires

are made of synthetic rubber, wire, plastic-based fabric, and other materials.

1000

million tires

Usage

Recycling

Did You Know?

Between 1990 and 2017, there has been a dramatic reduction in stockpiled tires due to a growing scrap tire market.

Scrap tires can be used to produce fuel and as construction material for roads and other applications.

As much as 28 percent of microplastics in the ocean come from tires shedding synthetic rubber as they wear down.

MONICA SERRANO, NGM STAFF; MEG ROOSEVELT

SOURCES: UCN; BILL LAWS, FIFTY PLANTS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY; U.S. TIRE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION;

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Can we do better?

The tire hasn’t seen a major redesign in decades, but there has recently been a bigger push to develop more sustainable options. In 2017, for instance, researchers led by the University of Minnesota found a way to produce isoprene, a key ingredient in synthetic rubber, from natural sources such as grass, trees, and corn instead of fossil fuels. Last year Goodyear unveiled a concept tire made from recycled rubber that has moss in the middle, which is designed to soak up carbon dioxide as it travels.

Still, bits of these new tires could end up in the environment as well. Reducing tire wear, the Kole study says, would likely come at the cost of other performance metrics, such as rolling resistance, a tradeoff that may prove difficult for manufacturers to accept.

“I'm not aware of any new technology to address tire or road wear,” says Weinstein.

But he does see other, less direct, ways of combating the problem. Road surfaces, he suggests, could be made less abrasive or more porous to either reduce or help collect tire wear particles. He also believes that there’s room for better technology to capture tire particle runoff from roads. It’s a route that he’s currently exploring with a town near Charleston.

Overall, though, what he sees as most urgent is further research and increased scientific and public awareness.

“There needs to be more studies done,” he says. “I don't know if this is on a lot of people's radar right now.”

Toxic tyre dust: This source of microplastic pollution could be the worst of all Some 2 billion tyres are made a year. What is the environmental cost of the 'chemical cocktail' that goes into them?

Microplastic pollution is a problem that requires an uncomfortable level of attention to detail. It can be overwhelming to think about the way everyday items in our lives - from the clothes we wear to the cars we drive - are shedding tiny plastic fragments.

But the cost of ignoring it could be devastating, and there’s one particular culprit that researchers and policymakers are honing in on.

78 percent of microplastics in the ocean come from tyres, a 2020 report from the Pew Charitable Trust found. Car tyres are made from around 24 percent synthetic rubber - a variation of plastic made using petroleum by-products - that breaks down as the vehicles travel.

And these rubber rings aren’t just molting microplastics. New research from Yale Environment 360 shows there is increasing scientific concern about “the chemical cocktail” that goes into them which also includes heavy metals like copper, lead and zinc.

‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says

What environmental damage do car tyres do?

A mass die-off of salmon in US West Coast streams two decades ago was one of the earliest signs of the environmental dangers that tyres pose.

In 2020, researchers finally pinned the deaths to a chemical called 6PPD that is added to tyres to prevent them from cracking. When exposed to ground-level ozone, 6PPD is transformed into multiple other chemicals - including a compound found to be acutely toxic to several fish species.

A coalition of Native American tribes has witnessed the lethal effect of tyre dust on their salmon species.

“We have watched as the species have declined to the point of almost certain extinction if nothing is done to protect them,” the Puyallup Tribal Council said in a statement, calling for the EPA to ban 6PPD.

It was the start of a global campaign to see what’s lurking in car tyres.

In total, their rubber contains more than 400 chemicals and compounds, many of them carcinogenic. Research is only beginning to show how widespread the risks from tyre dust may be, Yale Environment 360 reports.

England bans single-use plastic: What is and isn’t included in the new rules?

How big a problem is car tyre dust?

The known statistics are already shocking. Almost 2 billion tyres are manufactured around the world every year - enough to reach the moon if stacked on their sides, according to Emissions Analytics.

The UK firm says that a car’s four tyres emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles per kilometer driven. These particles are so tiny that they can pass through lung tissue into the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier, with a range of worrying health implications.

Tyre dust pollution even rivals the emissions from exhaust pipes in some cases. One study shows that PM 2.5 and PM 10 emissions from tyres and brakes far exceed the mass of these emissions from tailpipes in California, for example.

A recent study from Imperial College London states that the reduction of tyre wear particles (TWP) is as important as reducing exhaust emissions.

‘What’s going to happen to all those cars?’: We asked an expert if it’s time to switch to an EV

How can we solve the problem of tyre dust pollution?

Tackling TWP requires a combination of research and regulatory willpower.

On the eco-innovation side, researchers have trialed using dandelions - which produce a form of rubber - and soy oil to raise the ‘natural rubber’ component of tyres.

One German firm, the Continental Tire Company, is pushing ahead with this solution - making bicycle tires from dandelion roots. They emit 25 percent fewer carcinogenic compounds, according to tests by Emissions Analytics, but still require problematic additives.

In the UK, clean-tech start-up The Tyre Collective has pioneered a device that is attached to each tyre. It uses electrostatics and the airflow of a spinning wheel to collect the tyre dust as it's produced. Once the particles are collected they can be upcycled into a different kind of rubber with a variety of applications, including new tyres.

But we can’t invent our way out of tyre dust pollution, so tighter regulation is needed.

In the EU, new ‘Euro 7’ rules from 2025 will be the first emission standards in the world to set limits for particulate emissions from brakes and microplastic emissions from tyres.

These standards will apply to electric vehicles too, which tend to produce more tyre emissions because of their heavier weight.

And the industry is taking note of this crackdown. The Tire Industry Project is composed of 10 leading tyre manufacturers.

According to a statement from the group, it aims to “develop a holistic approach to better understand and promote action on the mitigation” of tyre pollution, including re-designed tyres to cut emissions.

Are there any materials other than rubber that can be used for making tires? Yes, there are several materials other than rubber that can be used for making tires. Some alternative materials include synthetic rubber, which is made from petroleum-based products, as well as materials like silica, carbon black, and various types of fibers. These materials can be used in combination with rubber or as substitutes for certain components of the tire to improve performance, durability, and environmental impact. Additionally, some companies are exploring the use of biodegradable and sustainable materials for tire production. 

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How tampons and pads became so unsustainable

Can medical care exist without plastic?

Your shoes are made of plastic. 

 

Dark Night of My Ass is more like it.

 Parodies are as likely to reference other parodies.

What the fck is wrong with you people start living your own lives how you want to. Why is it so hard to pick up a woman, man, or monkey? What works for others may not work for you. What the fck has gone awry?  with the generations after 2005?? We never had forums or maybe we did? or wing men-winged demons on how to pick up women or whatever you weirdoes are into these days. It is so basic, give me enough time I could bed a feminist and a Nun at the same time. Clubs are not the only place in town nor are flopping and slinking around malls what do think we are still living in the 80s? Find what makes you comfortable or if you like to feel uncomfortable do whatever makes you happy.  And If you are really smart you make them flock to you and you won't have to do anything. Start  "living by your values, beliefs, and principles,  your own rules" and create the life you want. Whatever that entails. Just don't harm yourself or others in the process. Try to make decisions on your own and start believing in yourself again, rather than conforming to the expectations or norms of others or society or what some pea-brain homunculus-looking hack of a coach on YouTube said. On the subject of these so-called self-help coaches,  whatever they call them selfs these days more like new age plop and more like helping themselves to your bank account.  But you say they have such an honest face and demeanor about them. Well, they're not going to make a good swindler with a dishonest face now are they? And all this self-help self-love nonsense you will be working on yourself for the rest of your natural. Fascinating there was never a problem until there was and you start finding problems that were never there to begin with.

 

Been doing intermediate fasting for 4 months now so only one meal a day. 

 

Quote

 

 

 

Both duality and non-duality must collapse into one.

This very dream is hanging by the smallest of imaginary threads.

Quite a quagmire one finds himself in.

God checkmates God.

Maybe

 

Edited February 2 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

God took an imaginary psychedelic and here we are now.

Without the darkness, you can not see the Stars.

Where is its location nowhere everywhere. How can you locate something that has no location. But is it every location. It is its location.

God is infinite spoofing. 

For there to be an experience you need dualities and distinctions that is why objective and subjective co-exist. 

Hierarchy always sounded too much like spiral dynamics. The upper echelons of a hierarchical system.

It is also ego to wash away all ego. All religions and bullshitism whoops I mean Buddhism to many isms are all ego-based. Said the imaginary ego.

Chop wood, carry water”  I smell a Rat. fck that I have imaginary plebs to do that for me.

What is beyond infinity only itself. Infinity where does it lay? How does it reference itself where exactly is it? Is there a point of reference? It has no reference point but is also every reference point.  It is self-referential.  

By your own design your own creativity. For diversity/duality to work you need both objective and subjective points of view or points of reference.

This very moment now is heaven. You don't go anywhere this is God's Mind. Infinite consciousness everything around you is all you. God is like a giant Blob of consciousness that just flops nowhere and everywhere. You are inside your mind dreaming now imagining all of this around you. You are like an infinite imagination generator. 

God's Mind is like an Infinite tapestry.

I have met aliens that are so conscious that they would give the mushrooms we have on this planet their trip. Yes, my little beautiful fungi friends there are planets 1000 times larger and older than Earth with so much more diversity and higher consciousness beings also mushrooms that would make you cry spores. I am afraid for now you are stuck in this limited frame of mind with me.

It would be wiser to sometimes be a bit more circumspect.

The idea of everything that you held to be true dies.

More like Wittles' humor from Nitwits.

God is the Sine qua non of itself.

You are Ubiquitous inescapable and undeniable. Ineludible unpreventable you.

The problem is there are not enough new original thinkers. No one thinks to think anymore. Which to not think is still to think. What do you think?

It would be selfish not to be selfish.  You are here to have fun or not. 

This is so simple ask yourself who and what the Universe is. What does it mean to you? and why would you have to align with it? Why would you have to give it gratitude?

So this is the inverse of a virtuous cycle.

Emotions are part of the human experience this is how it has been structured.

There is no self this is also ego. And so is saying you have rid yourself of the ego.

What does jousting mean slang?

(slang) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex. WTF? Is there no end to you weirdos 

 

What a game it would be though an infinite multiplayer of Gods or infinite dreaming games of the Gods within God. Games of infinite minds in infinite levels or planes of all existence all playing as separate infinite aviators all believing they are finite and are all in different states of consciousness and all playing their own infinite games in all realities all simultaneously until they level up, which they can by finding DMT-eggs or cheat codes which are located in all different forms all over all games and then one can awaken to even higher levels of the games and some even can reach the level known as God mode and realize they are God. Some say there are infinite levels to reach but no one has ever reached that yet or have they? And then reaching even higher upon higher levels they find that other Gods are playing to and even being able to crossover into their games and interact with one another. And the first to fully realize that all infinite games and all other Gods, aviators are just part of the same game and that there has only ever been one aviator, one God is the first to fully awaken and realize there never was even an aviator, to begin with, win the prize which is the enlightenment of infinite love and this is just the first level of the games of infinite dreaming game of the Gods within God

Reality is like an unfinished Escher painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 Imagine if this happened to you. Poor chap. Wander what became of him? God booing at God. 🥹😂

 

 

 

Edited February 7 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

On 06/02/2024 at 7:38 AM, Jehovah increases said:

God took an imaginary psychedelic and here we are now.

Without the darkness, you can not see the Stars.

Where is its location nowhere everywhere. How can you locate something that has no location. But is it every location. It is its location.

God is infinite spoofing. 

For there to be an experience you need dualities and distinctions that is why objective and subjective co-exist. 

Hierarchy always sounded too much like spiral dynamics. The upper echelons of a hierarchical system.

It is also ego to wash away all ego. All religions and bullshitism whoops I mean Buddhism to many isms are all ego-based. Said the imaginary ego.

Chop wood, carry water”  I smell a Rat. fck that I have imaginary plebs to do that for me.

What is beyond infinity only itself. Infinity where does it lay? How does it reference itself where exactly is it? Is there a point of reference? It has no reference point but is also every reference point.  It is self-referential.  

By your own design your own creativity. For diversity/duality to work you need both objective and subjective points of view or points of reference.

This very moment now is heaven. You don't go anywhere this is God's Mind. Infinite consciousness everything around you is all you. God is like a giant Blob of consciousness that just flops nowhere and everywhere. You are inside your mind dreaming now imagining all of this around you. You are like an infinite imagination generator. 

God's Mind is like an Infinite tapestry.

I have met aliens that are so conscious that they would give the mushrooms we have on this planet their trip. Yes, my little beautiful fungi friends there are planets 1000 times larger and older than Earth with so much more diversity and higher consciousness beings also mushrooms that would make you cry spores. I am afraid for now you are stuck in this limited frame of mind with me.

It would be wiser to sometimes be a bit more circumspect.

The idea of everything that you held to be true dies.

More like Wittles' humor from Nitwits.

God is the Sine qua non of itself.

You are Ubiquitous inescapable and undeniable. Ineludible unpreventable you.

The problem is there are not enough new original thinkers. No one thinks to think anymore. Which to not think is still to think. What do you think?

It would be selfish not to be selfish.  You are here to have fun or not. 

This is so simple ask yourself who and what the Universe is. What does it mean to you? and why would you have to align with it? Why would you have to give it gratitude?

So this is the inverse of a virtuous cycle.

Emotions are part of the human experience this is how it has been structured.

There is no self this is also ego. And so is saying you have rid yourself of the ego.

What does jousting mean slang?

(slang) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex. WTF? Is there no end to you weirdos 

 

What a game it would be though an infinite multiplayer of Gods or infinite dreaming games of the Gods within God. Games of infinite minds in infinite levels or planes of all existence all playing as separate infinite aviators all believing they are finite and are all in different states of consciousness and all playing their own infinite games in all realities all simultaneously until they level up, which they can by finding DMT-eggs or cheat codes which are located in all different forms all over all games and then one can awaken to even higher levels of the games and some even can reach the level known as God mode and realize they are God. Some say there are infinite levels to reach but no one has ever reached that yet or have they? And then reaching even higher upon higher levels they find that other Gods are playing to and even being able to crossover into their games and interact with one another. And the first to fully realize that all infinite games and all other Gods, aviators are just part of the same game and that there has only ever been one aviator, one God is the first to fully awaken and realize there never was even an aviator, to begin with, win the prize which is the enlightenment of infinite love and this is just the first level of the games of infinite dreaming game of the Gods within God

Reality is like an unfinished Escher painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 Imagine if this happened to you. Poor chap. Wander what became of him? God booing at God. 🥹😂

 

 

 

One of my early trips

I had this happen for about 2 hours and the music started to sound like demonic organs playing. Don't why I thought that it had something to do with u tube. The music became a bit unnerving but more irksome than anything else. The music was slowing down almost like when a DJ can slow down the flow of the music and then speed it up with a pitch control. I guess you could say it's like the slowing and speeding up of consciousness.

The odd thing was it only seemed to happen with music. Not with other things somewhat like special relativistic time dilation. The second time it occurred I believe I did it for an experiment and to see if I could recreate the same scenario. So I took around 4 grams and listened to music and within an hour to 2 hours, it happened again. I got stuck in the so-called 4-gram range on cubes. Like I was stuck in neutral for a time. and this is when the trip starts to become twisted and loopy in this state of consciousness. And I just thought maybe if I increase the dose and see what happens. Not the best idea though it could have gotten worse. So I kicked it up to 1000,000 notches on the consciousness scale by taking another 3 or 4 grams. Plainly this is just an arbitrary figure and scale. And about 20 to 30 minutes everything was flowing at the right tempo again and seemed to do the trick.

I had the opposite happen from one of my biggest dosages of cubes. It took about 4 or 5weeks to come down and about a year to ground myself. I never really did come back. People talk about Kundalini well I can only equate it to that. And the only way I could get rid of all this pent-up energy was by watching porn for that duration and releasing it by busting Kunda-nut energy out.

The funny thing was well I didn't have a girlfriend then but what was even more funnier was all the porn was sped up to the point like I was watching the Benny Hill show. And it would gradually reduce and decrease every day until it came back to ground zero which of course I could tell by using porn as a baseline. It may have been due to Serotonin syndrome but I doubt it. It was more like Hyperspermia or I became Hypersexual. Time Distortions Time alteration perceptual distortions, and therefore considered part of the Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Of course, this is all imagination.

If anyone has created your background story other than you, then you are not God. God is its own demise its own ending.  Who created your background story and imagined it into reality or this dream from the get-go??  Think about it.

Meditation and yoga are for kids. Psychedelics are for grown-up kids. Both are also imaginary.

The forum is your mind.

God is attached to God.

You created what is Evil and what is Good from scratch for a reason and also rules consequences foundations other stories everything etc. I know how deep it goes, do you? But you see with this comes responsibility for what you created. 

If you all wish we could all be in a world where everything you LOVE and are attached to and hold so dear could be gone in a flash. A world in which well you get the point. I believe the word you humans use is to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Anything that we know is an illusion itself. Said the imaginary Buddha.

But to know this one has to use knowledge.

Knowledge is the biggest illusion said the illusion.

 

 

There is no death when you awaken as God how can that which already is forever die? You become so conscious that you can no longer deceive yourself. The idea dies not you.

I hate to burst your bubble. Consciousness is not a bubble.

 

One of my favorite tubers is Nexpo. I have always been drawn to mysteries and strange phenomena they have always intrigued me from an early age. I found Nexpo a few years ago. I don't have much interest these days in much anymore. But I still find these enigmas fun. 

God likes to play childish games with "itself". And even they become boring after a while.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18 by Jehovah increases

[Jehovah increases]

On 17/02/2024 at 3:09 PM, Jehovah increases said:

One of my early trips

I had this happen for about 2 hours and the music started to sound like demonic organs playing. Don't why I thought that it had something to do with u tube. The music became a bit unnerving but more irksome than anything else. The music was slowing down almost like when a DJ can slow down the flow of the music and then speed it up with a pitch control. I guess you could say it's like the slowing and speeding up of consciousness.

The odd thing was it only seemed to happen with music. Not with other things somewhat like special relativistic time dilation. The second time it occurred I believe I did it for an experiment and to see if I could recreate the same scenario. So I took around 4 grams and listened to music and within an hour to 2 hours, it happened again. I got stuck in the so-called 4-gram range on cubes. Like I was stuck in neutral for a time. and this is when the trip starts to become twisted and loopy in this state of consciousness. And I just thought maybe if I increase the dose and see what happens. Not the best idea though it could have gotten worse. So I kicked it up to 1000,000 notches on the consciousness scale by taking another 3 or 4 grams. Plainly this is just an arbitrary figure and scale. And about 20 to 30 minutes everything was flowing at the right tempo again and seemed to do the trick.

I had the opposite happen from one of my biggest dosages of cubes. It took about 4 or 5weeks to come down and about a year to ground myself. I never really did come back. People talk about Kundalini well I can only equate it to that. And the only way I could get rid of all this pent-up energy was by watching porn for that duration and releasing it by busting Kunda-nut energy out.

The funny thing was well I didn't have a girlfriend then but what was even more funnier was all the porn was sped up to the point like I was watching the Benny Hill show. And it would gradually reduce and decrease every day until it came back to ground zero which of course I could tell by using porn as a baseline. It may have been due to Serotonin syndrome but I doubt it. It was more like Hyperspermia or I became Hypersexual. Time Distortions Time alteration perceptual distortions, and therefore considered part of the Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Of course, this is all imagination.

If anyone has created your background story other than you, then you are not God. God is its own demise its own ending.  Who created your background story and imagined it into reality or this dream from the get-go??  Think about it.

Meditation and yoga are for kids. Psychedelics are for grown-up kids. Both are also imaginary.

The forum is your mind.

God is attached to God.

You created what is Evil and what is Good from scratch for a reason and also rules consequences foundations other stories everything etc. I know how deep it goes, what I mean by that is to untangle the very core of everything and unravel existence itself.  Just joking with myself.  But you see with this comes responsibility for what you created. 

If you all wish we could all be in a world where everything you LOVE and are attached to and hold so dear could be gone in a flash. A world in which well you get the point. I believe the word you humans use is to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Anything that we know is an illusion itself. Said the imaginary Buddha.

But to know this one has to use knowledge.

Knowledge is the biggest illusion said the illusion.

I guess he didn't get the imaginary memo.

Some mysteries will have to be just that.

There is no death when you awaken as God how can that which already is forever die? You become so conscious that you can no longer deceive yourself. The idea dies not you.

I hate to burst your bubble. 

Live in the now or the present? Have any of you ever thought about this

God loves a good sense of humor. Is this a Joke Infinity said to Istlf Fuck I am board?

One person's meditation may be different from what yours is. Cooking cleaning swimming, chilling traveling watching sports, and porn playing games going on dates, listening to music having a few drinks, smoking pot growing pot or your own fruit and vedge playing pool at the pub, exercising eating junk food or eating good food rewatching your favorite movies etc etc. For me, it may be to make Love 3 to 4 times a day for 4 years with my angel I mean for eternity. Or going for long drives at night. Or perhaps it is when I walk in nature and I get lost in the beauty of my creation. Nature is also my therapist and a lot more. I guess you could say I am my own you get the gist.

As for riddles, you would have loved Nahm  

Philoxenia.

 

 

One of my favorite tubers is Nexpo. I have always been drawn to mysteries and strange phenomena they have always intrigued me from an early age. I found Nexpo a few years ago. I don't have much interest these days in much anymore. But I still find these enigmas fun. 

God likes to play childish games with "itself". And even they become boring after a while.

 

 

 

 

 

Now which Guru said this?

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The only thing you ought to be careful of is telling God what it can and can not get attached to.

What has always been the same constant from the get-go? Every time you dream or trip or whatever you do what always remains? Even when you lose your memory.

Some trips may take years to integrate or may not. Some of you may only need one massive trip or perhaps not. 

If one has to keep asking if one should stop taking psychedelics maybe you should not be taking them in the first place. Go back to basics all that you seek is here all it takes is a bit of research. In the end, you should know for yourself.

Fugacious is also imaginary...

Anyone delving into any drug should be mature enough and have enough common sense to have studied beforehand and know there can be implicit dangers that come with this dream. Yes, we can overdo it and start too early. Everything has been already done for you on this Forum by Leo.

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Yes, he was impressively dumb.

Here there everywhere nowhere.

God also has infinite mercy.

Suffering is a belief you have adopted Where did this belief come from let me guess the biggest Rats of them all.

Background stories.

“the only thing you should learn from suffering is that you don’t need to suffer to learn (or grow) 

I somehow doubt you can awaken through anything but psychedelics, you are more likely to awaken to smelling Bigfeets bigass farts.

Nothing is attached to nothing. Everything is attached to everything. God is attached to God.

How do get rid of Rats 101 fck the broomstick? Time to bring the In the Pied Piper back while the town of Actilized org was suffering from a rat infestation, a piper dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. Hold on the story doesn't end well I don't remember the ending. Now I do Creepie ass endings. I am joking of course. But of course.😂

You're dreaming of a separate self. God is always God.

If a paradox flops out of nowhere and stumps even God then the paradox might as well be the God. 

This forum is becoming the parody of all parodies I can hear my good friend Terence McKenna saying it's becoming nuttier and nuttier and nuttier.

God has infinite backup plans.

You already are God realizing God again.

I can imagine Buddha may have suffered from somewhat of a 
 reckless and tempestuous streak of sadomasochism amongst other imaginary things. And loved gullible fools.

 A wise man once told a story about this man who rolled and wobbled down great hills and destroyed whole villages in his wake and plundered all their wealth woman and wine. As he rolled into the sunset one could hear the sound of thunderous laughter that echoed through all the valleys and mountains that lie below. That kind of reminds me of this... 

 

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Anything and everything you say is coming from the ego and so is this grow the fuck-up. Imaginary

If one has to Kowtow to the universe or reality or another then you are not God and why the hell would it need you to? Sounds like the Universe has a Massive ego to me.

God catches its hand in the cookie jar.

Having a desire for no desires is a desire in and of itself.

Yes, Mr. Ram dass attachments what like feet. I do so like these so-called Yogies experts that have worked on themselves for how many years now? and even lived in India. And yet they still can't hold it together or their anger or tell the truth. So all that spiritual learning and self-help yet it took you how many years to come out?   But hey I am only human right?

"servant of God." Really? You may as well have been Catholic.

 

Said the ego!

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