34/ And I'm starting by answering my own questions about why I'm doing any of this and what I hope to gain My primary line of research right now is on the actual neurological, physical, and spiritual risks of continuing with this research
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35/ Because I'm tired of people going "woo woo this is dangerous territory" I want to know what the dangers are and think about how to protect myself first and foremost... then go deeper If it's dangerous, it should be dangerous in observable ways
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36/ After I feel like I've explored the risks enough for my own risk aversion to be satisfied that I know what I'm doing, I'm planning to lightly experiment with primary research and records of results while drawing on more sources
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37/ I should also begin by doing my best to answer the questions on my Apologetics page about once a quarter with my updated ideas to make sure I'm not getting too out there and staying on task, which is really answering my two big questions: 1) Is this real? 2) How does it work?
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38/ Also early on in my research I'm starting with established neurology and brain states to the degree that we understand them now to try to give myself some stable framework that'll help me make sense of and challenge more out-there theories as I go
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39/ Anyway, this is the loose plan and where I'm at right now I have so much reading to do -_- But I'm really excited at how Roam is helping me keep my ideas and threads structured and ordered
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40/ I'll start producing some more concrete essays on this stuff in the next few months too, I hope Ideally I'd like to construct a simple primer that explains the basis of the ideas of how this all might work but sound 90% less crazy than this thread does
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
I am replying to your assertion about the necessity of belief, to state my disagreement. I don't think it's belief - people do things sometimes believing, and it doesn't work, and skeptics are sometimes surprised by uncanny occurrences.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69 @liminal_warmth
There seems to be something that breaks through spontaneously (synchronicities, "miracles") - but also that can be made more frequent by accessing non-ordinary states of consciousness. I think there are mental processes other than belief at play - which we do not have words for
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
Very likely and I will one day speculate about them at length ^_^ These are WIP theories for sure, just need some beginner direction for more indepth research
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NP, I'm just a pedantic contrarian.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
I have a soft spot for all such well-meaning people
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
PS if you have not read "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison you must read them in their entirety immediately. I am not even joking, it is vital to your research.
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