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U2's mysterious ways - goddess song?

i love this song - it's pretty much the only way i directly worship Gaia. i'm curious about one bit, "if you wanna kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel, on your knees boy". i take this as an approbation of the sky gods, Jehovah, etc. as compared to the loving embrace of Gaia. seriously, this is a hymn for me. thoughts?

 
^Tantytantric, I merged your random U2 posting in here. Not really worth a thread.

I know that music taste is subjective and there is no right or wrong, so I won't viciously attack you for liking U2 :D

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You're a valuable member here FEA, I hope you know that. If you find your way back here, that would be cool. Godspeed.
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I hope so too. I have a good feeling that we will see him back.

This is a great little progressive/tribal tune:

 
I'll miss you FEA, it wasn't all wasted. Ain't saying you haven't misbehaved, but you brought something valuable here too. You got a great mind, use it to bring joy to yourself.

If wizards took a break from their alchemical toils to make good ol' indie rock, it'd sound like Frog Eyes. You'll either find it evocative or hate that shit, there is absolutely no middle ground. Thats what I've been listening today.



Gonna keep posting and not gonna start a thread for this. So I read the following today:

The most dangerous drugs in terms of damage to the astral body and chitta are hallucinogens like LSD or Magic Mushrooms. The states of consciousness induced by these drugs can be very high and can cause the light body to strongly incarnate into the astral body. As it does so the much higher vibration of the light body with its various structures of spinning light impacts into the astral and thereby increases its vibration very suddenly. If the astral body has weak spots or holes the light body will impact further and if it also has dense crystallizations it can crack and begin to shatter. As a result the individual may have an amazing spiritual awakening but when the drug wares off the light body will move back out and the astral will slow down again. If broken the astral body will never again be the way it was before the trip. Repair could take a very long time even with the right practices.
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this is from http://www.alchemyrealm.com/drugabuse.htm

So yeah, I must have one damaged-ass astral body and one messed up chitta. I'm estimating I've tripped about 400 times in my life so I think that means I'm fucked. Lol, I really want to dismiss this as silly new age nonsense but then I read on that same webpage one of the best descriptions of psychosis I've ever read. I recommend reading that one if you are interested in subject cause that is pretty much what I think said more clearly than I ever have:
http://www.alchemyrealm.com/psychosis.htm
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Anyways, enough with the chitta chatta, gonna go rest my astral body carefully now on my bed so as to not bust the crystals.
 
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Gotta agree about U2. Nothing worse than people praising Bono just because he has read a book or two. Comes accross as very low-consciousness which rubs me the wrong way.
 
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this is from http://www.alchemyrealm.com/drugabuse.htm

So yeah, I must have one damaged-ass astral body and one messed up chitta. I'm estimating I've tripped about 400 times in my life so I think that means I'm fucked. Lol, I really want to dismiss this as silly new age nonsense but then I read on that same webpage one of the best descriptions of psychosis I've ever read. I recommend reading that one if you are interested in subject cause that is pretty much what I think said more clearly than I ever have:

Anyways, enough with the chitta chatta, gonna go rest my astral body carefully now on my bed so as to not bust the crystals.
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I think you can tell if your use of psychedelics has damaged you. It certainly does to some people. I'm in the same type of boat as you though, I have to have tripped at least 400 times. I feel great though, they're good tools for me, or just fun, and I feel more aware and centered than I ever have. I doubt I would feel so aware without them because my first trip changed my entire world (that spiritual awakening thing).

I have a really hard time putting stock in any of that "new age nonsense" as you put it. It's words from people who claim to know, somehow, that they're correct. Like anything, it's an interpretation. None of us knows what's really going on.
 
400 times seems like a fair bit. I think I'd be at 200. Though I could be hugely wrong...I don't think the number really matters though. I just can't really think of most psychedelics as harmful. I actual feel my thought processes stultifying and I become more resistant to inevitable change (and feel trapped and anxious/miserable) if I haven't tripped for an extended period. It helps to free me up. I guess it can completely fuck other people though...

As you say Xorkoth, the user can tell in which camp they lie...
 
I don't think the number matters really either. It's only a handful or so that have been life changing, the rest were a wonderful practice ground and a few were stupidity. I think there is something to be said for those who can tolerate frequent tripping. Not saying in an honk-our-own-horns kinda way, but I've found them to be pretty remarkable people. Some are reckless and fizzle out quickly. Others trip for life as a ritual that restores their wonder in life. I know I got clear signs it was time for me to stop, but I wouldn't take it back, not for anything. I wish I'd known what I know now then as to how to do it more responsibly, how to integrate and how to raise the vibration of negative experiences but I wouldn't have listened back then anyways, so what is the point speculating. Cheers mods
 
I live kind of in the countryside now. But today I went into the city and it's so pretty in the summer. It's like a postcard.


Trondheim.jpg
 
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i had no idea people had soured on U2. i'm wondering if it's like post IRS REM. if you first heard Shiny Happy People or Losing My Religion, well, i can see being disenchanted. but in the mid-80s REM and U2 were the most strident political bands, and it wasn't cliche. when U2 started, northern ireland was a war zone and the music was post-punk. see, back then, bono *believed*. he could get up to the mic and testify, sing with an almost religious intensity. the mainstream is all about Reaganomics and U2 comes up with:



for anything past 1990, U2 was useless, *except* Mysterious Ways, where they go back to testifying, but this time for the goddess.




yes, smartasses, i had my Dead Kennedys and all that mess, too, but jello biafra doesn't have 1% of bono's charisma.
 
Trondheim is so beautiful Ninae! Those last two photo's are breathtaking. <3

I seriously feel trans-racial when I see Norway. I just feel like I have a connection with it. That sounds really strange! I cannot explain it. When I travelled through Northern Europe, I felt this sense of home and 'almost-dejavu'. I need to come back and soon :) I'd love to go to the Faroe Islands; have you been Ninae?

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So. I'm minding my niece on Friday night. She is 14 months old, a little plump pretty red cheeked sweetheart; really delicate little person, quite intimidated by me (well, men in general but she gets alarmed by my beard but she likes touching my tatoo's) but getting more used to me. We really bonded last night; I was at my sister's for dinner and the little darling needed her nappy changed :| Full on stuff. I offerred to do it (second time in my life) because I need the practise. Difficult sensory environment, strong smell and vision. And she doesn't like lying still to be wiped. :\

But I got to thinking how humbling it is. At the end of the day, all our lofty idea's are misplaced when a dirty nappy needs to be changed. Its grounding, and interesting to reflect on how all humans begin life so utterly powerless. Most peoples lives never change.

I just thought I would share my tale of baby poo and philopsophy. :)
 
Wow that looks so beautiful Ninae.
I have Norwegian ancestry and really want to come and explore Scandinavia. I feel a sense of connection to that region despite not having been to Europe yet.
 
^I went to Norway several years back and made it up to Tromso... So beautiful. I felt at home, (at time, more then I do in Australia). Northern Europe is so visually beautiful. <3

Having woken up much earlier then I wanted, I thought I'd make use of my time by getting high and cleaning the house. Dexamp down the hatch, broom in hand... :)
 
Man, I've really loved my time at Bluelight but realized it is time for me to go. I've loved it here but there is a part of me that doesn't want to be levelsBeyond anymore. It just wants to be a regular guy without an alter-ego. I'll keep the sparkle in my eye and the smile on my face. Wasn't the state I was in when I joined here. I wanted to be a shaman and had to shut that down; was a confusing road for me after that. Being able to be able to say I'm ready to move on puts tears in my eyes. There's gonna a period of changes for me and I want to be able to move forward without having to defend the past and keep the story going. I wish you all so many blessings, you've taught me so much. Where else could a freak like me find a loving home. Perhaps I'll come back and visit some time. <3 <3 <3
 
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