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Thank you for asking... I can get very colloquial. The experiences that have had a very strong impact on my sense of reality... Pranayama, Psilocybin, Sex, Mescaline, LSD, Performing on stage ... in that order of strength of impact on how I experience the world, i.e. paradigm on the milder order: caffeine, booze, cannabis, very spicy food, intense martial arts training, boulder hopping (parkour in nature) etc... I expect to participate in Ayahuasca, DMT and Peyote before I leave this plane, but haven't yet, so those affects are as yet unknown. But by far, of anything I've used or practice, Pranayama on several occasions was a level or three beyond any of the others...

no matter what illusions anyone follows or believes - or supports - or fights for - or defends - or just mildly considers - or.... all serve the truth eventually by nature of their illusion showing what the truth is not... so meh... walk your false path, I'll meet you at the source eventually, no matter what....

echo that on the pre and post exercises, very important... have fun

I've arrived at a point where I recognize that anything which can cause or elicit a response, either physiological or psychological act like a drug and thus affect my awareness. The results are as myriad as the sources. Some appear beneficial, some reductive. All are effective at affecting. A few from my list the typical herbs/plants, fermentations.booze, chemicals, synthesized compounds sex/flirtation performing/speaking in front of crowds being around dynamic people free rock climbing/sky diving/daredevil pursuits arguments extremely spicy food without a doubt the strongest experiential drug-like experience I've ever had was during pranayama breathing. life itself is a drug, but here I've already derailed you a bit, so in answer to your question I'll say. As it stands for the cultural definition of 'drugs': my take is, for some they may be beneficial to their process, for others reductive, only you will know for certain, in my experience. This may change throughout life as well... there are many things that I know are no longer beneficial for me in my 40's that were highly productive for me in my 20's... peace.

well said mate. *deep bow*

sort of... the bible has never done much for me literally... figuratively... allegorically... there is some connection, but it's receding in its influence in my experience of life. in my experience of the abyss, or the void, there was no god of any kind, any where... there was no where, there were no kinds...

a very succinct expression of doing less and achieving more... manage the wolves and the forests less and the entire environment will very quickly recalibrate to their natural expression of balance. a drawn bow settles in balance: TTC

I'm reminded of walking in the forest with a friend, who compulsively talks, incessantly describing everything seen and felt giving a verbal play by play... As we walk in the same woods, we are not experiencing the same phenomenal reality at all yet we both participate in the real. Perspective is all important and supremely determining in relativistic duality which is perspective/relative position dependent. Where the core of the earth is quite hot compared to the ocean, it is simultaneously quite cool compared to the surface of the sun, truth abides beyond/beneath relativistic duality... it is beyond this relativistic process that i sense reality, the rest is maya

I use Norse Runes on occasion, but not as a divination source per se. I consult them with the intention of garnering alternate perspectives on a given issue, not to find out what the outcome will be, since conditions are always in flux, but I find great value in opening up my perspective to new avenues with this method. More consistently, I use druidic/shamanic animal and plant insight in the same way. When contemplating or processing a complex issue, I will often be visited by the energetic essence, or the physical presence of certain animals or plants that will carry invaluable insight based on their essential nature and how that relates to what I'm seeking input on. Each creature has an essence that conveys meaning for me and when open to the flow, will communicate with me on a very profound level. I'll set an intention to acquire more input about a given issue and then release it and open myself to the response. Nature always responds. In the beginning, some twenty years ago, this started as actual physical visitations that would be startling in some way, out of place, which helped to point out the significance. As my acceptance and connection to these subtle influences of intuition and interconnection deepened, the visitations have become more subtle as well. Rather than a mountain lion strolling across my path while hiking, which is decidedly rare these days... one will walk into my thought stream as I'm contemplating the issue to the same effect as if I had encountered it physically. It was this consistent opening and active interplay with my environment that brought me to taoism originally.

That is one great memory... thanks mate!

and then here... bam... love it

I must go here then...

Outstanding!

I enjoyed the perspective in your article quite a bit. I wonder, more and more often of late, if there are any 'exterior' sounds at all... good stuff.

Beyond Fear: The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz same guy who wrote The Four Agreements Toltec lineage, some seriously powerful discussion about the Judge and Victim we all carry around inside us as we dream the fear of our culture. Powerful and concise.

Someone evidently got a hold of one of my news translators, before it went to market. I'll sue for royalties later... for now, I'll just enjoy, hope you do too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC9Wqgt0hhg#t=14

very nice.

2 As high defines low, difficult defines easy, sound requires silence. Relative to self, mind creates a position, perceptions arise. Mind as perception, exists in fields of conflict, self against other. Having and losing are forever together always rise with fall. Always opposites, reflecting in their other; the truth within form. Beyond perception, opposites experienced, as unified bliss.

outstanding... *deep bow* thank you for the translation!

This is a side note related to the idea of assigned or perceived value, not money per se. Being with my son one day helped me realize that the most valuable thing I can offer is my complete attention and presence. All else is a symbol/thing. But attention... awareness and connected presence. This exemplifies highest value in my life now.

money equals options I like having options

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