This is such a great and detailed post. I shared it on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/The-Best-of-Steemit-181874822227527/
I like number 9, though it also makes me a little uncomfortable, especially this part:
True applies to the facts of your life and reality which are undoubtedly true: your age, physical appearance, line of work, and so on.
We all tend to believe that those things are true, but while on a trip, or in a dream, it can seem that those things fall pretty low down the scale when it comes to "truth". It can even seem that those things are completely false. Of course, to act in the world, we more or less behave "as if" those things are true. I guess my point is, "as if true" can apply to just about everything, and I think that can give us a broader perspective as we move throughout our lives - not becoming too attached to things or beliefs and mistake them for Self.
Thanks for the great post.
Great comment, and thanks so much for sharing my post and providing insight here! I understand and relate to what you mean about how "as if true" can go both ways, and ego loss can definitely strengthen our ability to practice non-attachment as we uncover our true Self.
Excellent point, thanks again for sharing!
@runaway-psyche So true when you write: "As a consequence of the War on Drugs, scientific inquiry into the psychopharmacological mechanisms of these drugs was shut down for several decades, but research has begun to pick up again around the world, and the results so far have been promising."
For a great article about (and more), go here: http://www.themorningnews.org/article/the-heretic
That was a great read and impressive example of how psychedelics can encourage novel thinking:
Hopefully more studies like this will be conducted soon!
To me, the last line, quoting Fadiman, sums up the relationship between the ruling elites and those they rule: the latter's enlightenment "is always a crime" because if they were allowed to enlighten themselves, they would never abide being ruled by others.