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A Treatise on Psychedelics Pt. 3/3: The Implications
What are the larger implications of the mystical experience? One aspect of the mystical experience is what psychology calls “ego-death”. If we use the self as an anchor to base our world-view on and use incessant thought to keep a sense of control in the stream of experience we […]
A Treatise on Psychedelics Pt. 2/3: The Mystical Experience
Where are the liberating effects of these plants and chemicals to be found? Of course in the consciousness of their users and the technologies and wisdom it produced. But outside these well-known facts there is a less known revolution going on. I was pleasantly surprised by Raph Borges talk about […]
[Video]: How To Follow Your Bliss
Here’s a follow-up video to the How To Find Your Bliss video. Let me know what you think! What would you like the next video to focus on? <3 Jordan
A Treatise on Psychedelics Pt. 1/3: The Stigma
Some time ago I was in the right place at the right time by attending the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research in Amsterdam orchestrated by Stichting Open. For those who don't know, psychedelic is Greek for “manifesting mind” and is commonly used to indicate consciousness altering plants and chemicals like, […]
Productivity Tip: Stop ‘Working So Hard’
In the early 1990s, three psychologists began studying the habits of a two groups of violinists at the Universität der Künste. The first group was hand-picked by the music teacher as advanced violinists -- those who had a future in professional performance. The second group was comprised of average violinists -- […]
How to Live in Accordance with Your Atheistic Belief
Atheists are often viewed as a more self-righteous community of people. It is unfortunate because the adoption of atheistic belief is frequently driven by the desire to be the opposite of many things including judgmental and self-righteous. Sometimes in the quest to gain and share knowledge we can develop an […]
A Powerfully Beautiful Out-Of-Body Experience
An out-of-body experience (OOBE) is when your energy/ethereal/astral body leaves your physical body, allowing you to float around the universe on another plane. This may sound like crazy at first, but there is much evidence out there validating these experiences. I thought it was hogwash until I had my first […]
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