Herbal Remedies

[luka]

Small amounts are interesting too. As shiels says they are a productivity and performance enchancer. But also will ultimately just whet your appetite for the real deal.

 

[shiels]

Hold on. You haven't even done the drugs and you wrote Retreat!?

 

[luka]

small amounts can be great for eg, cracking a text that seem impenetrable. Or making your afternoon walk a bit more engrossing. Speaking of which, look at that sky out there, it's not good is it.

 

[Woebot]

Hold on. You haven't even done the drugs and you wrote Retreat!?

i did all that stuff YEARS ago.

 

[luka]

Hold on. You haven't even done the drugs and you wrote Retreat!?

It's ok I told him all about them.

 

[Woebot]

been there done that. although not DMT it's true.

 

[Woebot]

@luka swears by DMT

 

[luka]

It was great for me, Edmund and Jim. Really got us out a bad rut.

 

[luka]

But I also think acid and mushrooms are brilliant and should be done at least once a year every year till death

 

[luka]

You can live without drugs but it's very bad for mental health in the long run. You go a bit loopy without them.

 

[Woebot]

@luka did you not meet anyone it didn't agree with? perhaps someone already on the edge a bit? i have a few pals like that.

 

[luka]

Yeah, virtually everyone

 

[constant escape]

I'd be interested in learning more about how neural frequencies express themselves psychologically. Still not even sure what terms to use when describing these frequencies, but willfully regulating them, to some extent, seems promising. Something about how meditation, long term, bolsters gamma waves. Think the other four are alpha, beta, delta and theta, but I don't know what rationale went into naming them as such.

@Matthew anything to do with this?

 

[Woebot]

You can live without drugs but it's very bad for mental health in the long run. You go a bit loopy without them.

there's a lot to be said for that. it might be a much better way of regulating those states than relying on the body.

 

[constant escape]

Like why theta?

 

[luka]

Most people try it once or twice and go it was very interesting but it's too scary thank you very much. David Luke met a monster covered in thousands of eyes that told him he's not allowed in there. Barred the way. Not for you.

 

[constant escape]

I'm only familiar with valerian root as a sort of sleep aid.

 

[Woebot]

I'd be interested in learning more about how neural frequencies express themselves psychologically. Still not even sure what terms to use when describing these frequencies, but willfully regulating them, to some extent, seems promising. Something about how meditation, long term, bolsters gamma waves. Think the other four are alpha, beta, delta and theta, but I don't know what rationale went into naming them as such.

@Matthew anything to do with this?

there's lots on the DMN (default mode network) and psychedelics and meditation. biofeedback is a very interesting area too. there's a new book "the culture of feedback" by daniel belgrad too.

i'm not so taken by all the brainwave stuff. i reckon it's all about the chemicals in the brain. specifically dopamine. and they STILL haven't found a way of adequately measuring it... so it's like a total mystery

 

[Woebot]

Most people try it once or twice and go it was very interesting but it's too scary thank you very much. David Luke met a monster covered in thousands of eyes that told him he's not allowed in there. Barred the way. Not for you.

he only did it once! fair play i guess.

but i meant more broadly - psychedelics.

 

[luka]

It's not all about chemicals. Nothing is.