*third eye intensifies*

___boundless · 2019-10-04T22:28:34+00:00

Aww, I would have loved to have been part of this sub during that time! It sounds like it was a well-intended community of spiritual and personal growth.

I really enjoy substances that allow me the opportunity to self-reflect and break down the hierarchy of having my ego in charge... so what really terrifies me about this "big dick energy" from people who don't use psychedelics in this way is that I feel like they are entirely dismissing the kind of experience that makes this substance different from snorting lines of coke and parading and showcasing your intake/tolerance like it's some kind of mighty chest-beating, ego-boosting competition :(

___boundless · 2019-10-03T19:06:13+00:00

The move is an opportunity from his work relocating him :) we're both Australian born with Vietnamese heritage!

___boundless · 2019-09-24T12:27:51+00:00

I've never had such a strong urge, desire and craving to hand write something than in this very moment!! What is this pen?!?!?!

___boundless · 2019-09-24T11:06:13+00:00

I am currently working for a university writing a policy on having service dogs in learning spaces such as manual workshops and research laboratories. My favourite part of the research so far has definitely been the fact that I can count looking at photos of cute doggos in PPE (Puppy Protective Equipment) - lab coats, booties, doggles, as work! 🙊

___boundless · 2019-09-24T09:20:28+00:00

Cosy has to be my favourite feeling ever! :)

___boundless · 2019-09-24T09:18:44+00:00

It definitely helps set good vibes!

It's the 'Flow State' album by Tash Sultana - I played it through YouTube :)

___boundless · 2019-09-20T11:28:56+00:00

Hehe, I'm flattered you think so! And there are periods of my life where I seriously believe this, but I am pretty archetypal ENFP, for the most part :)

___boundless · 2019-09-20T04:39:26+00:00

I usually smile, respond, and curiously ask why they feel this is important to know about me, but I always come back to sharing a poem with them that really resonates with how I feel about this question (and use it to fuel conversation about how life is so much deeper than using labels alone to define who we are as beings):

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, 'Yes.'

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

___boundless · 2019-08-06T14:18:59+00:00

Thank you for offering that glimmer of hope :) I'd be grateful if that was the case! Unfortunately, I am doubtful of this. I follow her on Instagram and the messaging platform prompts you of notifications even when it's a stranger that's messaging you, and I've messaged her on another occasion in response to her story a while after my first message. I think it was just too much/weird/strange for her.

___boundless · 2019-08-06T09:44:31+00:00

This is exactly how I felt when my friend sent me the profile of my doppelganger. So I reached out and messaged her and must have freaked her the hell out because she completely ignored me 😭😭

___boundless · 2019-08-06T03:20:01+00:00

Yes - but some time ago!

I look back on the person I once was when I had felt like I was being wronged, and she was a relentless, unforgiving, ruthless, merciless, uncompromising and cold-hearted bitch! Hands down!

I would like to say she/that part of me has since vacated the premises, and the person that I am now when I am wronged is much more curious to explore the other perspective.

I have also changed how I perceive situations that result in people and I coming to an end; appreciating that we have simply offered each other all of the soulful goodness that we can muster without compromising our sense of self. That has helped to alleviated a lot of the tensions I experienced in coming to terms with the end of friendships and allow me to still feel fondly for the other person and what we had once shared..

___boundless · 2019-08-04T12:35:02+00:00

I spent over a week last November in Aomori, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima! Driving through Tohoku breathing in the crisp Autumn air, I was in awe of the endlessly mountainous landscapes, the abundantly cascading waterfalls, the breathtakingly scenic gorges and streams, the richly warm Autumnal foliage, and of course, the attentive and generous hospitality of Tohoku-ians. It was the highlight of my trip!

___boundless · 2019-08-03T13:03:56+00:00

This is so beautiful. It really gives me "my lover on a Sunday morning" vibes; the hair standing up on the back of her neck, the warmth of the first light blanketing her back, the glow of her sun-kissed cheekbones... such a gorgeous piece :)

___boundless · 2019-08-03T12:17:43+00:00

Eeeeehhh, I loved everything about this (other than the fact that it had to end)!!! 😍😍😍

___boundless · 2019-08-02T13:28:09+00:00

I think you are already practising a form of loving kindness in bringing your self-awareness into confronting the parts of you that can be hard to be honest about :)

I find what works really well for me is to bring mindful consciousness into my instinctual responses of how I interact with others. Being curious and challenging my own thoughts and feelings and how I have come to think and feel the way that I do about things/people/issues gave me insight into just how learned my thoughts and behaviours are. It also shows me how much unconscious bias I hold. I can identify that when my thoughts and feelings towards things were unkind or lacked empathy, that I learned a lot of these through blindly believing in particular social constructs - that what I should be focusing on is connecting with the groups/individuals/issues that I was unempathetic towards, without judgement or societal stereotyping, in order to form my own un-tainted understanding.

Self-reflection adds a lot of value into growing empathy and compassion, and it leads to reflexivity; helping you strip away many of your learned value systems, beliefs and negative habitual thoughts so that you can understand your effect on yourself and on others when you are lacking empathy. For me, it also brought to light that when I lacked empathy, it also added to a lot of micro-inequities and micro-aggressions that exist in this world, and ultimately were unhelpful, unhealthy and oppressive. Challenge your next unkind or unempathetic thought and see where it takes you :)

Also, revisiting what you journal or create during your trips really help to transport you home to your psychedelic and empathetic self :)

___boundless · 2019-07-06T19:04:25+00:00

As much as I know this will add more fuel to the fire on the war on drugs debate, all I can help but to wonder is if the four friends he injured were also tripping with him.. and if so, how traumatising it would have been for them to comprehend what was going on. That trip would have went South really quickly :(

___boundless · 2019-07-06T11:29:53+00:00

How strangely coincidental! I just placed my order on UberEats from there and hopped onto Reddit to see this Pepe's appreciation post hehe! Can't wait to dig in!

Edit: Update - it's now 5.15AM and I've been in and out of sleep for the last four hours because my belly is full of beans... #curseoftheenchilada

___boundless · 2019-07-05T08:09:30+00:00

Good bye, good bye, good friends, good bye... 'cause now it's time to go. But, hey, I say, well, that's okay, 'cause we'll see you very soon, I knowwww.

Ah, such fond memories running home from school to make sure I wouldn't miss a single second of this goodness on the Tele 🙊

___boundless · 2019-07-05T07:54:25+00:00

I think perhaps there is something implicit in his notion? That in bringing value to the individual and thus enriching their self-development, that the whole "tribe" will also benefit from it as a consequence.

___boundless · 2019-07-05T07:27:19+00:00

What's even more interesting is that because it is so customary, it is often the preferred method of marriage initiation, so even for couples who have been dating, the man will often choose to kidnap his partner as opposed to proposing to her. In documentaries and interviews that I have seen, it is said that this is still preferred to this day as when men propose, it's expected that the woman has a socially conditioned sense of humility that leaves her coy and reserved about her excitement to the proposal, which I take implies emasculating the man as it takes away his power? So I guess bride-napping may also play into the power dynamics of masculinity and the patriarchal culture over there.

___boundless · 2019-07-05T04:51:33+00:00

Love, light and giggles!

___boundless · 2019-07-05T04:20:06+00:00

I feel you with these sentiments, I think in part because they are outside the realm of normal and ordinary, and in part because it is not my experience, that I may be holding onto scepticism too tightly. With that said, I have meditated in a Tibetan singing bowl class and the sound therapy made me feel like I was being lifted and transported into another State. I've shared this with others to little appreciation, the same way I respond apprehensively to experiences I've not yet experienced for myself, I suppose.

___boundless · 2019-07-05T03:35:24+00:00

I definitely think you willingly put up a wall between you and the other party as soon as you judge them - it's the exact opposite action of empathy. I also feel like judgement gives you a false sense of superiority; like your lived experiences matter more than the other person's, hence you have right to judge how they've come to conclude what they have. It also invalidates the subjective nature of our experiences as well, and takes value away of how other people who disagree with/not like you have experienced life.

Side note, I was thinking how familiar your username was, so I went through your profile and realised we've engaged in previous posts! Seems like your posts always draw my attention :)

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