Hmmmm....it seriously was as if a reset button was pushed somehow.@Skarekrow can you elaborate in any way regarding what you learned as proper meditation? I realize it may be too abstract but I'm curious.
my brain seemed to realize that somehow and adjusted whatever was blocking me IMHO.
I don’t mind at all.Do you mean to say that it allowed you to experience more and/or have more enriched experiences during normal meditations after the fact? Can you elaborate at all on being blocked?
Sorry, I know these are sort of personal. If you want to pm me some time and talk about it more feel free. I'm just always interested in what people have to say about their meditating experiences since I've been doing it myself for so long.
So I just wanted to give all a quick personal update...since this is still also kind of a blog of mine.![]()
Health wise, doing so-so...have trouble sleeping at night recently (pain)...which is why I'm posting right now....but then I'll be up again at 5am so whatever.
I've lost a bit of weight...I think this is due to me stopping the antidepressant I was taking - Remeron/mirtazapine.
I just didn't like the sedative feeling it gave me...Anyhow, after stopping it...I just had zero appetite...but it's coming back now thank goodness.
Been taking a new regimen of herbal supplements...we got, Valerian root, Aswagandha root, Probiotics, turmeric/curcumin, and L-theanine...so far they seem to be working...no major flare-ups.
I am starting to mentally prepare for another round of dosing myself with entheogens....its been a good year and a half and during that time since I last took them the experience helped me significantly and for quite a while before the depression/anxiety start to creep back in...doom and gloom.
I couldn't have made it without the little guys changing my perspective...breaking me free from the rut I was stuck in...and also taught me how to meditate properly.
Before, I had difficulty maintaining for 15-20 minutes at a time due to the severe anxiety and taking a nap (which I so desperately needed at the time) was impossible during the day.
Some switch got flipped, the hard drive got defragged, the reset button was pushed..Ctl+Alt+Del in your brain.
Same concept as electroshock therapy only chemically induced.
This past year has been a challenge for sure...but I feel more mentally, emotionally, spiritually aware of what I need to do to maintain and keep myself from falling back down into severe depression/anxiety.
This Sunday is the first meeting of the new pain group I am leading - Treating Chronic Pain with Psychedellics.
So far I am very excited...most people don't realize that there are things out there that work amazingly well for not only their condition but also your understanding or your inner self and reality in general.
As always...there are medical issues to consider before such a thing should be attempted.
Most of these folks are at their wits end...tired of nothing working...tired of the constant unrelenting pain.
Pain causes depression and anxiety...it's like having the idle on your car adjusted up way too high...those things in turn aggravate and flare up the pain - and the cycle of BS continues...(unless you break it).
Also, depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, etc. are also a form of Chronic Pain...your brain interprets a broken arm the same way it interprets a broken heart...the pain there is real and the same...though most people suffering in that manner wouldn't say they have chronic pain, they actually do.
Anyhow....I get up at 5, but then meditate for a couple hours usually followed by a quick nap once I'm fully relaxed and have done my chakra balancing or whatever I am working on that day.
I often feel trapped here at home...in my body that sometimes malfunctions...but if I have done anything or learned anything from it all it was the ability to accept it for what it is.
Too much fighting myself...too much self-pity...too self-judgmental..too critical of my self-worth and the role I felt obligated to obtain, not feeling worthy of the love others gave me.
Time to step out of my comfort zone again into the psychonautic realm to break down the negative filters that our society and egotistic self for that matter get stuck in....the skip.
Yes...the skip...this is what I'm calling it now....the skipping record...no longer able to move onto the next song...round and around it goes over and over until you see no other perspective but one of feeling trapped, sad, and broken.
It's been some time since I have really tried to go out of body during meditation.
This partly due to the bad sleep I'm getting at night now - fingers crossed that changes soon and I can refocus my efforts on things I want to be doing...not forced to put up with.
Enough rambling...time to veg out with a book or whatnot until I wake up at 2....change to my chair and try to sleep for a few more hours.
Much love my friends!
My appologies for just diving in the conversation. This does happen. The brain is an amazing organ. I don't mean to come off saying look at me, quite the contrary. In the back annuls of your thread I remember discussing with you and @ImaginaryBloke about A-TBI's and how the brain builds new neuro pathways to bypass the damaged parts, as well as traums recollection and how the mind and body will recall memories of events long forgotten, or may be unaware of at the time. Frim what you say, t's not a far fetch to assimilate something along those lines in your case.those pathways that were corrupted in my brain were either fixed somehow...or new connections were created to bypass or at least balance out the negative ones and this allowed me to gain control over all the negative issues that were affecting me.
Sorry to hear sleep has been hard. I know you've probably tried everything I'm going to suggest, but I'll put it out there anyway. Maybe it could be useful for someone else at least. One thing I find helpful is white noise machines (or apps as they're a lot cheaper than buying a machine). If white noise doesn't work for you, they often come with a number of settings. I find pink noise especially good for getting to sleep. I also find having a routine every night helps get myself ready for sleep. I do the exact same things before I go to sleep, so my brain learns when sleep. I also stay away from any mentally stimulating books and from all screens. They make it more difficult to go into sleep mode.
I realize chronic pain makes things different, but I hope something there helps. If not, there's always whiskey. Copious amounts of whiskey.
I look forward to reading more of your experiences with entheogens. It's a shame that such methods of pain management aren't more accepted. But then pharma companies would only be crazy rich, rather than insanely rich. Think of the ridiculously rich. Won't someone please think of think of the ridiculously rich?
I now work for a pharma company, so I've become part of the problem. This means we now must be dire enemies. Oh well, we've had a good run.
Hm, I've never thought of conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD in the same light as chronic pain. I've struggled with each of those (though obsessive compulsive thoughts not quite to the level of OCD), and such an idea has never occurred to me. I suppose we're conditioned to see a wide divide between physical and psychological illnesses. There's still that part of my brain that believes I should simply be able to get over psychic wounds. The "just stop being depressed" method. Not very helpful, but it's what repeatedly thrown in our faces.
Glad to hear you're trying to be kind to yourself. Just tell those voices in your head to talk to me next time they try to make you feel like shit. I'll make sure they recognize what an awesome person you are. They might return a bit singed, but they won't bother you with negative thoughts anymore.![]()
My appologies for just diving in the conversation. This does happen. The brain is an amazing organ. I don't mean to come off saying look at me, quite the contrary. In the back annuls of your thread I remember discussing with you and @ImaginaryBloke about A-TBI's and how the brain builds new neuro pathways to bypass the damaged parts, as well as traums recollection and how the mind and body will recall memories of events long forgotten, or may be unaware of at the time. Frim what you say, t's not a far fetch to assimilate something along those lines in your case.
Your gaining the ability to suspend the abnormal synapses and remove your pains is an undeniable feat indeed.
I have to ask though, do you find that you are hyper aware more so now of things like sound, voices or people talking, the subtle variations in colors and light, more sensory stimuli being picked up?
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.I do believe that is what took place
"When you follow truth, first you are one, then, you are many/
When you live truth, first you are alone, then, you are multitude/
When you speak truth, first you are silent, then, you are thunder/
When you seek truth, first you are naught, then, you are omnipresent.”
- "On the Climb Up Masada" by Jerry B Brown
Fascinating. @Skarekrow to quote a phrase. The power of meditation is well documented and undedniable. I have started it do it myself. The defrag analogy is well taken.
Stay strong brother-in-arms!
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.
Be well.![]()
Brilliant
But overall, I like the first 10-15 then not so much.
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Yeah... I actually felt the same way... but the information in those first ones were damn goodIt was one hell of a loose string... I got the sweater and all
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I saw the original video when it first came out in I think 4 parts, like 10 hrs! They were a group of college kids that made the film. I can tell they have just "stretched your mind" it strikes up some very interesting topics. However I think they have some very good theories as well as some that are pretty far off. However the truth is always stranger than fiction. Although, I don't think most people realize the depth & breadth of kabaalism and what/who it is today. If they did I think most would burn them at the stake. But there are plenty of people, especially in today's day and age that might not. Different strokes for different folks. An ABSOLUTE MUST SEE for everyone on this post is the unedited interview with Kathryn Grigs. She was the wife of a general for the Army. I think when exploring new theories it is important to have something to stay grounded to. People use many different thing, usually their faith. I do use my faith but I refuse to let it stand in the way of reason. And so I remind myself of the saying that "there is nothing new under the sun" Which I also have to bring up one more subject on that nore, D-WAVE quantum computing. Do you think the "parallel universes" "and entities" they are communicating with is just another form of communing with the dead? Sorry guys I know I'm all over the place but no one I know can keep up with this stuff. And once again if you don't know about D-WAVE look it up. The kay Grigs interview is most telling whistle-blower I have/will ever see in my life. Please LMK what you guys think.