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originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
In the far past, people started wars to learn "arcane information" like this.. I agree.. that someday,
part of the preparation process may just be popping a pill.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
In the far past, people started wars to learn "arcane information" like this.. I agree.. that someday,
part of the preparation process may just be popping a pill.
I have mused that with all the recent legalization going on, and more people attaining this altered (or heightened) perception of reality, we'll finally get to that point all the aliens talk about when they say we're not spiritually ready to get the 411 on our place in the universe. A shift in the consensus.
originally posted by: BASSPLYR
a reply to: Willtell
sorry about the temporary disruption of this fantastic thread yesterday. the problem has been rectified and the continuity of the thread has been restored.
originally posted by: mirageman
a reply to: KellyPrettyBear
So reading between the lines. Are you saying that this 'ability', 'altered state' or whatever we choose to call it has been studied for decades and often led to mental instability because we couldn't always control it. But now we may be able to control and stabilize it?
originally posted by: Willtell
In genuine mystical fraternities, this can be a double-edged sword, if the student becomes addicted to the state and not what the state brings him or her in terms of permanent knowledge then that becomes another veil to progress.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: Willtell
In genuine mystical fraternities, this can be a double-edged sword, if the student becomes addicted to the state and not what the state brings him or her in terms of permanent knowledge then that becomes another veil to progress.
There is also the risk that the enlightened will become so disillusioned with the bulk of humanity that rather than help people they prefer to isolate themselves in their enhanced reality and let humanity stew in its own ignorant juices.
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
This thread has seriously gone off the rails. I'm going to cease posting on "spiritual matters"
unless the OP asks me a specific question on it.
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Baddogma
If you say everything is an illusion, then you get depressed, because there's nothing worth doing.
If you say everything is true, then you get depressed, because there is nothing to attain.
If you realize that not knowing, or pretending you don't know, is the largest possible gift,
then the world becomes vibrant, an unlimited playground for kindness and fun.
And among the wondrous things is a veiled gazelle: a Divine Subtlety, veiled by a state of the Self, Referring to the States of those who know. Unable To explain their perceptions to others, they can only indicate them to whoever has started to feel something
--Muhiyuddin Ibn El-Arabi, The Interpreter of Desires
originally posted by: Baddogma
a reply to: KellyPrettyBear
Suspension of disbelief and immersion in fantasy is one of my own fav pastimes... but I need an intelligent plot and dialogue and passable AI or it's thumbs down!
originally posted by: Cauliflower
a reply to: Willtell
That may be why Pythagoras was required to fast for 40 days before entering a secret esoteric school of mysticism.
I've read there was an almost complete split in communication between mathematicians and physicists prior to Johannes Kepler. Might be some bread crumbs to follow along these lines.
theijtema.com...
The Buddha almost died fasting, only receiving the enlightening visions after breaking the fast.
So all those images we see of fat Buddhas meditating might be evidence supporting your theory of an addictive state.