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i dont have a *great* writeup about what i actually believe here, but my post from a few years ago comes closest: aella.substack.com/p/you-will-for

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Oct 1, 2022

im in that awkwardly narrow place between "the ppl who believe in magic/woo are mostly wrong" and "but also all the sciencey physicalists are mostly wrong too"

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10:14 PM · Oct 1, 2022

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You have to give the imaginal its due, it basically rules the inside of almost everybody's head.

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Can't quantify je nais sais quoi

Secret Agent Randy Beans

@Lilonion7

Oct 1, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

This seems like it's either woo or just mundane self help stuff like you are not your thoughts and what you think of as reality is created by your mind

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In the womb our brains develop *structural* understanding it is all organized, geometric, logic space. Like what most of computer science works with. Birth thrusts us into *DISORGANIZED* space, things haphazardly placed. Drugs turn off that, take you back to fractals. 👇

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I've read this essay before, and it continues to be really good. When you say "the sciencey physicalists are mostly wrong", I can think of two interpretations: 1. 'Physicalism is false (as are various other standard scientific beliefs).'

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Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so...

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That substack article describes an excellent reason not to take LSD. Ideas that emerged from a psychedelic trip need even more evidence before anyone should believe them than ideas invented by someone who was not on drugs at the time. Some people never successfully reexamine ...

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Sounds like a curious mind that tapped quite deep in itself... Which is one of the most fascinating and complicated things. Nice to hear someone else's story resembling parts of your own 😊

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I suspect that you have a natural inclination towards higher states of consciousness. The awakenings you wrote about, as a result of taking LSD is exceedingly rare. I'd be interested to hear your experience of 5-MeO-DMT if you ever do it.

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You should try Ayahuasca