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weird (adj.)

c. 1400,

• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"

• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),

• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),

• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

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[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And another thing is that this "highness" seems pretty arbitrary. The more I focus, the crazier it gets.

Absolutely, although in my experience it's easier to make very small amounts - even zero - into larger effects than it is to make large amounts - especially very large amounts - into smaller effects. For this reason I find very small amounts of cannabis as, if not more, useful than large amounts.

There is sooooo much psychological baggage in my mind that gets in the way, and concentration + cannabis make it so obvious when I focus properly.

I've had many similar experiences.

I started to be aware of a "place" inside me where if I adjust myself, I could make the experience flow in a radically different way, but then this is what also was so awe-inducing. I could feel what it would feel like to start treating all of manifestation as a joke and as a play thing.

This effect, I believe, is where the greatest potential of cannabis lies and has been a common result for me from large doses, or intentionally amplified small doses, ever since my experience with psylocibin. It's an extremely powerful and very useful mindset to take on, but also a profoundly disorientating and intensely stressful one if it appears abruptly or involuntarily, which, for me at least, has long been a real possibility and has happened many times. I've since learned to induce it when I want, and avoid it when I don't.

Then I focus on what it is like in my "real room" so to speak, in the place where I am "sitting" when I am playing this virtual reality game here. That "room" is obviously completely outside this entire world. It's a very interesting experience.

This reminds me of the eyes-closed-are-actually-eyes-open post I made a while back. I like it.

Originally commented by u/Utthana on 2018-08-12 17:34:44 (e41t6da)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yea, that was an amazing post. :) I just realized it's basically the same (or very similar) concept, yea.

It's funny how the stuff we've said or thought about long time ago is not really gone, isn't it? It's all with us. In relation to this I had an idea that when we meditate, it's not just the current person that meditates, but all our past thoughts and deeds meditate when we meditate (and the same is true for contemplation too). I don't want to say the past is the center of power here (which would make it sound like we're trapped in our past or something, and I don't mean that), but definitely my cognition of my own past, even if I am not consciously aware of it, is always participating in whatever I am doing.

The above is a comforting thought whenever I get worried about forgetting what I now know, especially when this body has to pass away at some point. As I consider this, I don't worry about forgetting the good stuff as much.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2018-08-13 09:29:41 (e432cq6)