Re:How ayahuasca changed my perspective
by bckr on Monday May 03, 2021 @01:05PM
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> the various magic traditions developed very powerful psychological technics to achieve various things with your mind
This alone is reason enough to study/practice "magical" concepts, which can range from CBT to various forms of meditation and cue spooky sounds sorcery. Having a hammer with which you can form your own mind is, like, extremely important.
The spookier stuff you can just think of as either A) fun, existential decorations or B) embarrassing accretions to otherwise useful ways of thinking.
Or heaven forbid you fall into the C) camp where you start to believe you're in some kind of spirit war for the aeons.
This alone is reason enough to study/practice "magical" concepts, which can range from CBT to various forms of meditation and cue spooky sounds sorcery. Having a hammer with which you can form your own mind is, like, extremely important.
The spookier stuff you can just think of as either A) fun, existential decorations or B) embarrassing accretions to otherwise useful ways of thinking.
Or heaven forbid you fall into the C) camp where you start to believe you're in some kind of spirit war for the aeons.