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Post by dividavi on Jun 20, 2020 5:44:31 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 20, 2020 5:55:23 GMT
Possibly at least twice, maybe three times.
And no, it didn't resemble that. It was as if there had been some kind of rift, and I suddenly awoke without having been asleep. Very bizarre.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 20, 2020 7:10:10 GMT
Has anybody here stepped through a doorway leading from one reality to another? Did this transit point resemble anything pictured here? Definitely, but it resembled this:  |
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Post by Arlon10 on Jun 20, 2020 10:11:30 GMT
Has anybody here stepped through a doorway leading from one reality to another? Did this transit point resemble anything pictured here? Definitely, but it resembled this: < image > The doorway of imagination can be awesome, but contrary to your beliefs, drugs do not help with that. |
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Post by Catman on Jun 20, 2020 10:46:24 GMT
Just while playing The Longest Journey.
And it now appears that Froot Loops are actually interdimensional portals. Either that or the cereal causes rather vivid hallucinations.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 20, 2020 16:58:06 GMT
The third eye draws unwarranted attention but it comes with the territory I guess.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jun 20, 2020 17:06:18 GMT
You mean like Stargate?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2020 23:18:46 GMT
Possibly at least twice, maybe three times. And no, it didn't resemble that. It was as if there had been some kind of rift, and I suddenly awoke without having been asleep. Very bizarre. What was it like? |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 21, 2020 1:00:58 GMT
Possibly at least twice, maybe three times. And no, it didn't resemble that. It was as if there had been some kind of rift, and I suddenly awoke without having been asleep. Very bizarre. What was it like? It was like having missing time. Just a small amount of time, as if you jumped a few seconds into the future. Skeptics will suggest it may have been caused by my years of alcohol abuse, but the first time it happened I was in my 20's and not much of a drinker yet. |
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 21, 2020 2:50:24 GMT
I have never stepped through any such door. But then it has to be the truth given my lack of spirituality and a lot of ungodliness about me.
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Post by gw on Jun 21, 2020 3:10:45 GMT
I have had events that seem to have occurred in an alternate reality but I have only seen one, maybe two possible time leaps which I think was only a mental thing going on.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 21, 2020 4:14:53 GMT
Definitely, but it resembled this: < image > The doorway of imagination can be awesome, but contrary to your beliefs, drugs do not help with that. Actual creative, imaginative people (artists, musicians, etc.) disagree with you, Arlon. Have you ever even tried cannabis? You talk like someone who maybe tried it once, had a bad experience, and has been scarred ever since. Of its myriad effects, one thing it very much does is remove the barrier between your conscious and unconscious mind, essentially allowing you to dream while awake. If you've ever had really intense, vivid daydreams it's a similar thing, and that same unconscious, dreaming mind is very much a key component of the imagination and creativity. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Jun 21, 2020 20:45:52 GMT
The doorway of imagination can be awesome, but contrary to your beliefs, drugs do not help with that. Actual creative, imaginative people (artists, musicians, etc.) disagree with you, Arlon. Have you ever even tried cannabis? You talk like someone who maybe tried it once, had a bad experience, and has been scarred ever since. Of its myriad effects, one thing it very much does is remove the barrier between your conscious and unconscious mind, essentially allowing you to dream while awake. If you've ever had really intense, vivid daydreams it's a similar thing, and that same unconscious, dreaming mind is very much a key component of the imagination and creativity. I'm sure we have very different notions of "creative, imaginative people." |
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 22, 2020 3:28:56 GMT
Actual creative, imaginative people (artists, musicians, etc.) disagree with you, Arlon. Have you ever even tried cannabis? You talk like someone who maybe tried it once, had a bad experience, and has been scarred ever since. Of its myriad effects, one thing it very much does is remove the barrier between your conscious and unconscious mind, essentially allowing you to dream while awake. If you've ever had really intense, vivid daydreams it's a similar thing, and that same unconscious, dreaming mind is very much a key component of the imagination and creativity. I'm sure we have very different notions of "creative, imaginative people." Oh? The Beatles? Bob Dylan? Bob Marley? Black Sabbath? Neil Young? Rick James? Tom Petty? Willie Nelson? Tool? None of them were creative? I'll leave you with Bill Hicks: |
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Post by The Lost One on Jun 22, 2020 8:41:50 GMT
I must admit whenever I've tried cannabis, it's never really done anything for me. One time I was with a bunch of people getting stoned and collapsing into giggles and I was kinda going along with it but in truth I wasn't really feeling any different. I'm not sure how much I'd have to take to get this whole vivid daydream thing.
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Post by Arlon10 on Jun 22, 2020 10:52:25 GMT
I'm sure we have very different notions of "creative, imaginative people." Oh? The Beatles? Bob Dylan? Bob Marley? Black Sabbath? Neil Young? Rick James? Tom Petty? Willie Nelson? Tool? None of them were creative? I'll leave you with Bill Hicks: < Bill Hicks video > If you are determined to tinker with radical theories here is one that is probably more productive and safer, but just as radical. All the really great and wonderful things come from a "god." People can get to be the hands of that god, but only for the moment. Then they go back to being just another dumb animal. There are ways you can prepare to be used by the god, but drugs are not it. Drugs create the illusion only. More realistic ways to prepare include paying close attention to the course of history so that you can see what things are needed before other people do. It can be much more about understanding people than understanding science. Science is overrated. You cannot predict something that isn't going to happen. You can only become a part of what is going to happen. Yoga or "union" with god might be good preparation. Western style religion can work just as well though. You just "get with the program" as that expression goes. |
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Post by Joanna on Jun 22, 2020 11:15:40 GMT
I have not but I believe it's possible.
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Post by Catman on Jun 22, 2020 13:50:04 GMT
No, but I think I’m a doppelgänger...at least that’s what mom told me when she’d be mad at me. Catman has met one of his doppelgängers in the past. Since doppelgängers from parallel dimensions are always evil, either Catman or his doppelgänger must be evil, but it is unclear which. |
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 23, 2020 3:12:21 GMT
Oh? The Beatles? Bob Dylan? Bob Marley? Black Sabbath? Neil Young? Rick James? Tom Petty? Willie Nelson? Tool? None of them were creative? I'll leave you with Bill Hicks: < Bill Hicks video > If you are determined to tinker with radical theories here is one that is probably more productive and safer, but just as radical. All the really great and wonderful things come from a "god." People can get to be the hands of that god, but only for the moment. Then they go back to being just another dumb animal. There are ways you can prepare to be used by the god, but drugs are not it. Drugs create the illusion only. More realistic ways to prepare include paying close attention to the course of history so that you can see what things are needed before other people do. It can be much more about understanding people than understanding science. Science is overrated. You cannot predict something that isn't going to happen. You can only become a part of what is going to happen. Yoga or "union" with god might be good preparation. Western style religion can work just as well though. You just "get with the program" as that expression goes. Funny, because as soon as Dylan found God he released some of his worst albums and became arguably one of the worst artists of the 80s period. Before that, when he just had the drugs, he profoundly influenced 20th century culture and music. Funny how that worked out. |
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 23, 2020 3:43:15 GMT
I must admit whenever I've tried cannabis, it's never really done anything for me. One time I was with a bunch of people getting stoned and collapsing into giggles and I was kinda going along with it but in truth I wasn't really feeling any different. I'm not sure how much I'd have to take to get this whole vivid daydream thing. TBF I was speaking more generally than I should've. Cannabis is a complex plant, and different strains have different cannabinoid levels and terpene profiles that can radically alter the effects they have. It also acts on the human endocannabinoid system, which is in itself complex and is different between individuals--we have receptors scattered everywhere, but different people have them in different amounts in different places than others. If that wasn't enough variables, cannabis is also a biphasic drug, which means it can have opposite effects at low and high doses. All that said, the "vivid daydream" effect is one definite possible effect of certain strains. I've encountered it most reliably the in the strains Blue Dream, Honey Bananas, and LSD (that's indeed a strain of cannabis; not the actual LSD drug), and I tend to encounter it more severely in edibles than vaping (I don't smoke). Edibles use the liver to turn 9-THC, the primary psychoactive component in cannabis, into 11-THC, which is more potent, more psychoactive, and more easily crosses the blood/brain barrier. It can also make for a really uncomfortable experience if you get too much, and one that lasts much longer than vaping/smoking. One commonality I've found in those strains is they tend to be very low in CBD, which makes sense as CBD is a negative allosteric modulator that tempers the psychoactive effects of THC by altering the CB1 receptors that THC binds to. FWIW, it doesn't take much to work for me. With vaping it takes maybe 2-4 long, slow hits at abut 370-380f (depending on the strain). With oil/edibles about 15-25mg. Oil/Edibles are much more variable because how much you actually absorb will largely depend on what and when you've eaten. Your experience (or non-experience) could be explained by several factors: weak flower, not inhaling much, or you could just have an less-sensitive endocannabinoid system. It's worth keeping in mind though that The Beatles didn't think much of cannabis either until Dylan shared his stash, and then they wrote "Got to Get You Into My Life" about the drug! |
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