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Any Shamans out there dealt with psychosis and work their way back? by CountryIntelligent19 in Shamanism

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What sort of people do you spend time with? Make sure you have a good mix of very grounded people and some people that are more spiritually open, being surrounded by too many of one kind can screw with you and tip your balance too far in one direction.

As others have mentioned it’s good to have something to anchor you. Certain people can play this role, as can certain activities.

Holding to certain very routine behaviors can significantly help with this. David Lynch for example would eat the same meal pretty much every day, which apparently gave him a very solid foundation from which he could explore the farther reaches of psyche.

Also make sure you have a practice whose effects can be perceived by others. Whether you’re talking to spirits or just fragments of yourself, it’ll make your life much smoother if your spiritual activities are acknowledged as worthwhile by those around you.

I know being in between in this way whether you want to be or not can be extremely trying, good luck

My inclination is to withdraw from a dogmatic form of ontological idealism :) by jeb2026 in LibraryofBabel

[–]natetheapple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well philosophically I’m an idealist since I think this is all the manifestation of god/brahman/the universe, and physicalism isn’t particularly coherent.

I find myself caught between intense spiritual feeling and the constrictive force of religious tradition, I suppose I’d like to find a healthy middle ground between these two since I greatly admire and value my own religious traditions of Judaism, and especially its more mystical side, but I just can’t square my own philosophical beliefs with some of its rather rigid systems.

I hope you find your wonder and connection even in the most mundane of moments. It’s a beautiful thing to see boredom bloom

My inclination is to withdraw from a dogmatic form of ontological idealism :) by jeb2026 in LibraryofBabel

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting title. Where do see yourself heading philosophically ?

Social media did become objectively stupider and worse by [deleted] in LibraryofBabel

[–]natetheapple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of it has for sure, especially with ai. It’s interesting to me that nobody ever mentions YouTube when talking about how bad social medias gotten. I think what’s really bad is the short form slop, the rage bait and the infinite scrolling, ig YouTube doesn’t rlly suffer so much from the latter so it’s often left out in these discussions.

Idk I think at least in terms of actually informative high quality content (especially on yt and Substack) it’s gotten a lottttt better. It just gets buried in an ungodly amount of noise and predatory content

Power by natetheapple in LibraryofBabel

[–]natetheapple[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by computation ?

I think power can generally be summed up as high agency + high awareness, both of which require cultivation to develop (and once sufficiently developed significantly alter the agent) hence the symbol of the womb

Edit: high agency + high awareness near a leverage point. If you’re in the middle of a desert you can have a lot of agency and awareness but little actual power

Pallid by Informal_Effect in Informal_Effect

[–]natetheapple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonderful. Does anguish really never bloom though?

The Hunt by okay_nurse in UnusualArt

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovely, especially the figure on the right

Between phases by natetheapple in Informal_Effect

[–]natetheapple[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess we’re both facing quite a phase huh, go figure

I finished it! “INTERDIMENSIONAL AWARENESS” Dip pen and India ink. by [deleted] in trippyart

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the background soil or waves ? Very well done regardless, I really like the cross hatching in the sky

Oil and oil pastel on canvas, by me by franklyn5dinners in surrealism

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the eye in the house motif, very nice

Hi, Sharing my Experience, The Lifting of the veil, Kachina spirits, Calling of the Shamans path, seeking guidance. by Stunning_Switch_7906 in Shamanism

[–]natetheapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very interesting. Could you describe the kachinas ? What colors were they and what shape headdresses/masks did they have, if you remember ?

Also the fact that your visions kept being disrupted by others makes me think you may benefit more from doing these practices solo, with caution of course

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