Guess you haven't quit the drugs yet? If you think this is a thread that will have real content and isn't just nonsense then I'm using that as evidence for how drugs erode the mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2CiExupKuc

If we define God as brahman (found in Hinduism) then to make the claim we are god doesn't sound so bad. For God is playing all the roles, the world as play. Alan Watts puts it beautifully if you have ever listened to him.

You do the whole the universe the same way you grow your hair or invoke light from the sun because without your eyes there is no sun. In the same way if a tree falls in the woods it needs an ear drum to pick up the vibrations and you can't have noise with just one of those things. In the same way you can't have the whole universe without you, and you're it the whole dam thing. Not one, not two but non-duality.

If I were to describe you as a human I can't do that without also describing the environment that you are in. You come with it, not separate from it.

...and if we define humanity as the "cancer of the planet", shouldn't it be "wiped out"?

Almost all human beings are ( metaphorically ) as close to being "G-d" as they are to the galaxies observed by the HUDF.

Because if you think that this world would still be here without you or your imagination then you just lost.

Ear drums and vibrations - you can't have noise with just one of those things.

But the world did still exist even before we evolved though, right?

So where was our imagination then?

How are you going to feel about drugs if this thread turns out the other way?

No, the world would still be here without us. You proved as much already:

Same as the purpose of God:

Moving the fingers, typing this post, looking at screen and keyboard, hit "submit reply".

Get Dialed In!

Max Planck disagrees w/ you....

Also this statement is laughable once you do a little research outside your local DARE program

So you and Max Planck think the universe didn't exist until humans did?

-If yes: show me some evidence. I see evidence of the opposite, so it's a little hard to believe you blindly.

-If no: you aren't actually addressing what I said.

Well please inform me, then, oh Condescending One. I'm only a psychiatrist, so what would I know about drugs and the actual effects they have on the brain?

Though to be honest, I wasn't actually making a comment on drugs there, but more one about BigErf, who has this habit of getting high, then posting things that don't really make sense and would likely never be posted by someone who was sober.

something something in the air

why is this something not everywhere

how do I

get to be

the one that experiences this in reality

what must I do

what must I feel

to be the one to say this can't be real

it's created only through my mind

and through all of those by my side

but why

what for

why not a sure life

wouldn't that have been just as nice

lest we forget what life would've been

had when we all learned

to

look up alan watts on youtube. best **** ever

1) I didn't say that because I'm not actually smart enough to argue the point. I pointed out that Max Planck, a physicist who won the Nobel prize for his theory of Quantum Theory/Mechanics disagrees with what you said.

Someone who knows more about Quantum Mechanics can correct me if I'm wrong but he seems to be saying that matter as we know it doesn't exist and the universe is made up of probability equations of what is most probabilistic to happen. And not only does human consciousness affect the probability of things within the universe but they wouldn't be physical matter without some form of consciousness to be aware of it as matter.


2) That's great, as a psychiatrist you have some power to make info like this more widespread and available to people who really need it.


Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Dependence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdmGMceP-4



The Use of LSD, Psilocybin, and Bromo-LSD for the Treatment of Cluster Headaches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNonSMghN40



The Potential of Ayahuasca Use for the Treatment of Substance Dependencies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHXsQ0-grI


There is a lot more info, much of it preliminary and much of it without tons of research data as most governments have made these drugs illegal in order to push more dangerous pharma drugs. None the less there is info out there if you look for it. Iboga and Ayahuasca have very high success rates for the treatment of addiction though given the setting and situations in which people use these, I'm sure the follow up data isn't enough to go on. That said it's time to stop ignoring these "drugs" or even labeling them drugs and start investigating their possible use in treatment of addiction, anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc.


I won't bother posting all the amazing things cannabis does as the info is all over the internet and quite easy to find. At this point anyone who denies cannabis as a drug with positive medicinal benefits is pushing their own agenda anyway.

When are our govts going to let us do research within a controlled environment with these amazing drugs that could potentially have a higher success rate than the man made drugs currently being prescribed?

If we assume this is true (and I'm fairly certain many other Nobel Prize winners don't assume this is true), this leaves 2 options:
1) There was some consciousness before humans that made the universe physical, in which case there is no disagreement with what I said earlier.

or
2) There was no physical matter in the universe before humans came to be. Which is quite a claim to be making. It's certainly an idea, but there seems to be quite a bit of evidence that it's not true. I'm curious to know if there's supporting evidence that doesn't come from a man that's missed out on more than the past 60 years.

I like to make sure the information I'm spreading is factual. And certainly, some of these drugs do have benefits when used in certain ways. But some people are really attached to the drugs and present such a skewed view of these potential benefits and the risks. I mean look, you say "amazing drugs" and "amazing things cannabis does" to contrast with the "more dangerous pharma drugs." You're not even trying to be objective.

I don't know that cannabis is actually as good or better at treating anything than other medications we have, btw.

Those would be valid criticisms if LucidDream had actually understood what Max Planck actually believed. What Max believed was this:

"Als Physiker, als ein Mann, der für sein ganzes Leben der nüchternen Wissenschaft der Erforschung der Materie gedient hat, bin ich sicher von dem Verdacht frei, für einen Schwarmgeist gehalten zu werden. Und so sage ich nach meinen Erfahrungen des Atoms folgendes:
Es gibt keine Materie an sich. Jegliche Materie entsteht und besteht einzig und allein durch eine Kraft, welche die Atomteilchen in Schwingung bringt und sie zu dem winzigen Sonnensystem des Atoms zusammenhält. Da es im ganzen Weltall weder eine intelligente noch ewig abstrakte Kraft gibt – es ist der Menschheit nie gelungen, das heiß ersehnte Perpetuum Mobile (das auch sich selbst bewegte) zu finden – so müssen wir hinter dieser Kraft bewussten, intelligenten Geist annehmen.
Dieser Geist ist der Urgrund der Materie, nicht die sichtbare, aber vergängliche Materie ist das Reale, Wahre, Wirkliche (der Boden), denn diese Materie bestünde, wie wir es hier schon gesehen haben, ohne diesen Geist überhaupt nicht, sondern der unsichtbare, unsterbliche Geist ist das Wahre. – Weil es aber Geist an sich nicht geben kann, und jeder Geist einem Wesen zugehört, so müssen wir zwingend Geist-Wesen annehmen. Da aber auch Geist-Wesen nicht aus sich selbst sein können, sondern geschaffen sein müssen, so scheue ich mich daher nicht, diesen geheimnisvollen Schöpfer ebenso zu nennen, wie Ihn alle Kulturvölker der Erde früherer Jahrtausende genannt haben: GOTT.” — Max Planck

Roughly translated: "Hi, my name is Max. LucidDream doesn't know what the heck he is talking about. Please have him stop telling lies about what I believed."

But cannabis is natural, like all good things such as castor beans!

I am fairly sure that it has been empirically shown that cannabis is the best treatment for the crushing disappointment of having to work in retail or restaurants, fwiw.

That a psychoactive drug can be used in treatment does not imply that the drug is benign, healthy or in any other way, shape or form "good for you".

And to be brutally frank, understanding this is the absolute minimum threshold for being able to even discuss if specified drugs are harmful or not.

loving the posts talking about quantum mechanics, consciousness and pot all at the same time. The irony is awesome.

Always smart to just requote me to "snip" when you're going to completely misquote something then use it as your argument to to dismiss what was said.

Excellent post.

I always look forward to Big Erf's posts. Don't understand the hate.

Why would anything love you? No reason at all why is there something rather than nothing?

I wish I could get cancer and die.