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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Any advice on getting decent info for someone considering beginning that particular journey?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Erowid is one of those "old Internet" relics that I'm grateful we still have. Now I need to sit and ponder my nostalgia for no less than 30 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was too much of a bookie introvert to have found the good drug websites during that era. Lol. Glad that something remained, though. I just started a neocities site and it's such a blast from the past. I'm having to completely relearn everything, though. My old angel fire was 99% copy and paste and I didn't commit any of the html to memory lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

although idk if there's just not a lot of content for it being a forum or if I'm just really bad at navigating it... the threads always seem abruptly short and I haven't found a good way to browse them but maybe I'm spoiled with modern social media.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As an alternative to psychedelics, you can reach the same states through meditation. With modern techniques you won't even need to sit under a tree for 49 days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

technically you can but that's going to take you roughly 100 times longer and might not work at all

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Look, I did not plant this bodhi tree for the fun of it, I'll take my 49 days!

But also any links to meditation advice is appreciated

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My personal advice is: Making meditation a habit is the main hurdle. Set the bar of success so low you can trip over it, such as "I will meditate at least 3 minutes a day".

And for more what you seem to be after, you can't go wrong with the Gateway tapes. They're some guided meditations with a fancy audio technique that helps your brain tune to the desired mental frequency. This is a good place to start: r/gatewaytapes/wiki/start but I wouldn't recommend browsing the subreddit unless you want your experience to be influenced by the sub's communal lore.

If you'd like I can send you a link to a drive folder with the files if you don't want to pay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Hi fren would you mind sending me those files? Drive link is perfect or whatever you prefer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'd love a link! Thank you so much!

Also, sorry for taking so long to reply. Haven't had a lot of Lemmy time the last few days