Re:The Fuel of Philosophers
by apocalypstyx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:21PM
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This seems to me a milder version of the trope of the artist doing drugs to 'expand their mind' beyond what the normies can handle. Which reminds me of a supposed story about a Buddhist monk who supposedly dropped acid in a club in LA and stated: 'this is what meditation is like.' These days I find myself more so interested in the people whose minds seem to attain those 'out there' states without any external aid.
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Re:The Fuel of Philosophers
by tivmas_hidden on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:15PM
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Not a Buddhist monk, but as a dedicated meditator I can confirm this is true. At least the sensory clarity and ego destroying aspects of acid. The visual hallucinations of fractals are not something I’ve experienced in meditation.
Re:The Fuel of Philosophers
by inter_netuser on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:32PM
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whats wrong with external aids? ome kind of rustic fetish?
Dalai Lama himself is encouraging research into neuroscience to make meditation easier/work faster.
>These days I find myself more so interested in the people whose minds seem to attain those 'out there' states without any external aid.
Another classic trope.
Re:The Fuel of Philosophers
by apocalypstyx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:58PM
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I didn't claim it was new and revolutionary, rather just the likely result of a cynicism toward notions of conferred insight (or insight at all, really.)