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Isildur´s Heir;34485203 said:I get your point, but that still doesn't make it "beyond our comprehension".
I've been interested in the afterlife for the last 4 years. I have read a lot about it, read several theories and read some people that say that they know what is on the other side, either by mediums that say that talk with the dead or mediums that say that they talk with spirit guides.
I take everything with a grain of salt since i don't know the person, if they have some agenda, or is there any validity to what they say.
The more i believe in something, the more skeptic and cynical i am towards the people that talk about it.
I have my own theories about what happens after we die; if i'm right or wrong i don't know, but i like to believe i'm right since it's good for everyone.
This all to say that, nothing i have read is beyond my comprehension.
I'm a big defender that we can comprehend everything and anything as long as we are willing.
Analogies and metaphors help in simplifying things, imo. I can make a big analogy about the afterlife and an MMO
Like i said, i'm cynical and skeptic towards the people that talk about, the more i believe in something.I would be highly suspect of anyone that claims to be able to contact or communicate with "the otherside". Most psychics and mediums are frauds and charlatans. Anyone writing books are also in it for the money so of course, you're going to be able to comprehend that.
Thanks, but no thanksMy advice, go and get you some LSD and make a weekend out of enlightening yourself to the possibilities of what the afterlife could be. I've you've never tripped before then you'll have an experience with something that is hard to comprehend.
Isildur´s Heir;34485891 said:Like i said, i'm cynical and skeptic towards the people that talk about, the more i believe in something.
I also take everything with a grain of salt, like i also said.
It's interesting to read, but one can not, in any way, think it's all factual and valid.
Like you said, books are meant to make money.
That was exactly my argument a few years ago with a conspiracy theorist about aliens and ufos.
Thanks, but no thanks
I don't do drugs or do i trust them for an "afterlife experience", since, well, they are drugs, your brain is compromised.
The idea that taking LSD to be able to contact the "otherside" is a little bit off, imo, and there is nothing that makes me think otherwise.
Drugs are chemicals that affect your brain and interfere with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process information.
Acid trips are to "the otherside" are what bugs and gitches are to video games, and i don't mean little bugs and glitches, but big ones that makes you not be able to make sense of any of it.
Or being hacked and having your screen "melt".
Or having all your senses in extreme overload.
Bottom line, you can not trust it to be accurate, or even close to it.....or at all.
Fair enough.I never said Acid would let anyone contact the other side, just that it expands one's mind beyond what's normally perceived.
Yeah, i get that.Look up DMT, it's one of the most psychoactive substances in the world and it occurs naturally in brain chemistry. In fact, when we start to die the brain overloads the individual with DMT which is a likely cause for most "near death" hallucinations. Any drug, as with most substances, can be a good thing in moderation. LSD has also been shown to ease terminally ill patients in their final days if they are struggling to cope with their impending death.
I have and i don't buy it.You should also look into the Stoned Ape theory. Interesting stuff.
Isildur´s Heir;34486515 said:Fair enough.
But normally perceived doesn't mean it's not all in one's head and the "stoner" is not just living in his own wild imagination.
Just because someone sees pink elephants, doesn't mean there are pink elephants somewhere.
Just like i have read, acid trips might just be conscious dreaming; in other words, seeing your thoughts, and since all your senses are in extreme overload mode...
And your subconscious is at the helm....but since you are conscious, both clash and blend.
That's why bad trips occur when fear and anxiety are involved, when you conscious wants to drive...at least, from what i could gather and rationalize.
But i get that, under the influence of acid, we break our limitations and physical boundaries, since we have no wants or needs.
Yeah, i get that.
There are a lot of chemicals in our brains, and all of those are activated when we sleep.
But that's the thing, they are not meant to be active when awake mode.
I agree with you on the all "near-death experiences", that's why i take them with a grain of salt as opposed to the fast majority that see them as factual to the existence of the afterlife and the soul.
I believe in the afterlife and the soul, but i will not accept everything just because it agrees with my theories.
I have and i don't buy it.
It basically say that, the main reason why there were advances in human evolution was result of the ingestion of magic mushrooms.
I have my own theories of our evolution...and no, it has nothing to do with God or aliens.
Reality just is, it's not subjective.Ahhh but was it is reality except something that we perceive with our senses that the brain then processes?
I don't pretend to know more than you about this stuff, but that's doesn't make me think differently due to what i said above, psychedelic trips are subjective.Take it from a person that has tripped on several occasions when I tell you it is quite the experience. I also suffered from alcoholic induced schizophrenia for several years and would hear voices in my head telling me about beings not of this world which was very real to me at the time.
And who's to say that they are? Or if those other dimensions really exist?The prevailing train of thought within the infinite multiverse theory says that all of these other dimensions are stacked on top of each other but we are incapable of perceiving them. Who's to say that mind altering drugs aren't a way for our brain to get a glimpse of these alternate dimensions?
I'm a man of science but I'm also keenly aware that for humans to think we understand even 5% of this vast universe and all it's mysteries as laughable.
Since i do not accept the notion of heaven or hell, which i'm 100% positive that doesn't exist...Another quandary with the infinite multiverse theory I often ponder, if there are infinite "me's" that are constantly splitting due to doing the opposite choice I do; then inevitably there thousands of "me's" that have done some truly horrible things. So if the Judeo-Christian concept of heaven and hell is actually just alternate dimensions within the infinite multiverse how then would the "me's" be judged considering we'd all technically be the same person but with radically different lives?
We're all pretty sure you are robot programmed by Sia's manager.
Isildur´s Heir;34489517 said:Reality just is, it's not subjective.
Anyone who enters a room, as long as they are in the same frame of mind, will see the same room.
Psychedelic trips are subjective to the person having them.
I don't pretend to know more than you about this stuff, but that's doesn't make me think differently due to what i said above, psychedelic trips are subjective.
I've been watching some videos from the youtube channels "PsychedSubstance" and "SWIM" (both from the same guy) and it doesn't changed my mind about it.
For example, there is a video where a guy with Aspergers takes LSD.
4 hours later he starts saying that there is no good or evil; well, i have arrived to that same conclusion some time ago, and i never took anything, except alcohol.
I have some of very spiritual theories and ideas, so, unless i'm very spiritual and consciousness attuned, i don't see drugs as a "requirement" to expand conscious awareness.
But, if you are willing, give some examples of your experiences. I'm always interested.
And who's to say that they are? Or if those other dimensions really exist?
Sure, i can not say that aren't, but you can't say they are either.
I'm a man of reason.
That doesn't mean i only believe what i see (if not, i wouldn't believe in the afterlife, soul or reincarnation), but it does mean that i try to apply logic and reasoning to my own believes.
Since i do not accept the notion of heaven or hell, which i'm 100% positive that doesn't exist...
Heaven and hell are petty human conceptions based on good and evil, which are also human constructs.
Besides, "God" doesn't judge anyone after one dies...we judge ourselves.
But to answer your question, the way i see it (going with the premise that it's all true), you start being two different people the moment of split.
You look the same and your idea might similar, but you are not the same person, and as such, you will both be judge separately as any other.
No, I am just attracted to talent darlings. if you stan Sia, you automatically win at life. no one can come for you or check you because you recognize excellence only
Y'all have been watching The Matrix too much.
Y'all have been watching The Matrix too much.
No, I am just attracted to talent darlings. if you stan Sia, you automatically win at life. no one can come for you or check you because you recognize excellence only
No, I am just attracted to talent darlings. if you stan Sia, you automatically win at life. no one can come for you or check you because you recognize excellence only
But have you ever watched the Matrix...[BLACKOUT]on weed?[/BLACKOUT]