Philosophy board please, sir. :V |
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Hi, I' am going to make this really short. I made this thread to ask if |
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Silence & smile are two powerful tools.
Smile is the way to solve many problems & Silence is the way to avoid many problems.
Philosophy board please, sir. :V |
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Please link that source . |
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Okay somebody move this to the philosophy section, I don't know how to do that. |
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Silence & smile are two powerful tools.
Smile is the way to solve many problems & Silence is the way to avoid many problems.
I'm going to have to disagree with Xei. This belongs in religion. I will attempt to answer your question though. |
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Previously PhilosopherStoned
LSD, and other hallucinogens, forces people to invest more of their consciousness in sensory input. That's why music sounds so great, colors look very colorful, things feel very different, etc. Most of the day we have a very narrow scope of senses. We miss out on a hell of a lot of impulses our senses send to our brain, because we're too busy making sense of our environment/selves. Thinking about things, making judgments and comparisons, speculating about the future, etc. All of these "interior" functions are really hallucinations. When we have an internal dialogue we're hearing words that don't exist. All of these functions interact in a neural network many call the self or the ego. A sense of self, and a latent map of the world based on conditioning and past experience. |
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Last edited by Speesh; 09-04-2009 at 05:11 AM.
I think it's very much a scientific question and also a philosophical question. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
Caution. |
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. ~ Buddha
Real reality? What's that? We already each experience our own unique reality, LSD just tweaks that unique perception to a new position. |
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Last edited by The Cusp; 09-04-2009 at 12:44 PM.
I mostly agree with what Specialis quoted, particularly in regard to LSD; it's a lot more likely to distract and misguide you than get you anywhere. It is somewhat useful in revealing the constructs of perception, insofar as it introduces errors into the normally automatic and invisible processes by which we turn sensory stimuli into an apparently seamless reality. It also delivers the sensation of revelation, which can tip you over the edge into actual revelation if you've already "done most of the work," as mentioned above. Alternately, that sensation may convince you of ideas with no merit whatsoever. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
No, even when you are on acid, you are still bound by your finite brain and sensory perceptions. |
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My take on it at this point: |
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Last edited by dajo; 09-10-2009 at 06:22 AM.
I'm pretty sure it's been conclusively proven that LSD can severely damage your brain after extended usage. |
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No physical side effects. No brain damage (mostly because LSD is hardly |
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Last edited by dajo; 09-11-2009 at 08:01 AM.
Well said. |
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Judging from the information available, mushrooms and DMT seem to be better alternatives to LSD for one who is discovering psychedelics. |
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Surrender your flesh. We demand it.
Reality is relative. If you look at the (religion/joke) I am a member of: Discordianism , Reality is the result of humans attempting to apply logic to chaotic, and random elements of information. On the quantum level everything is information, and the potentiality for information. So when you take mind expanding drugs your reality changes, because your perceptions change. |
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have you ever been so close to a dream that once you step upon the doorstep and start knocking at what might be there, no answer? twisting the doorknob does not help nor doe clenching fist upon the dependent solidity of barriers.
there is a silent sorrow to the...
- Unknown
i dont now from looking up facts but i BELIEVE that it opens your mind up to a new perspective on life and reality . there are things in this world that i have seen fryin and they dont look the same on lsd nor do they make me feel the same ...however idk what the real deal is with it all i know is it realy opens up my mind. |
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