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originally posted by: Bedlam
originally posted by: Justso
a reply to: TrueBrit
The point being made by the op is that it exists-next is discovering the functionality of this additional brain activity.
Who says it's functional? It's much more likely to be indicative of random chaotic neural noise.
originally posted by: luthier
Psychology says it's functional as the discipline is currently using it for therapy.
It's been used for thousands of years in native therapy as well so chances are there is something going on that is very useful for human beings.
originally posted by: Bedlam
originally posted by: luthier
Psychology says it's functional as the discipline is currently using it for therapy.
It's been used for thousands of years in native therapy as well so chances are there is something going on that is very useful for human beings.
Why? "Native therapy" is full of crap that doesn't work. I like sandpaintings but I don't think they cure anything, for example.
originally posted by: vinifalou
I'll just close my eyes and pretend that this is a joke.
All I am doing is thrusting the spear point of accuracy into things.
originally posted by: Raggedyman
No, we didn't need science to tell us the obvious because they wouldn't admit it, because they can't explain it.
originally posted by: Raggedyman
Guess it also means it will pose a few more questions and theories, why have this extra intelligence if we can't use it, why evolve something that we don't use, unless we are de evolving
This Brain Map Shows Why People On Shrooms See Sounds And Hear Colors
A new study finds that tripping on (illegal) magic mushrooms may change the mind by quieting traditional brain activity and jumpstarting new connections between areas of the brain that previously didn't communicate with one another.
Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, sprouts new links across previously disconnected brain regions, the study found, temporarily altering the brain's entire organizational framework.
The data visualization below (b) shows how these new connections among separate regions of the brain in people dosed with psilocybin; the one on the left (a) represents the conventional connections in the brains of people not on the drug. You can see how much more connected the trippers brains are:
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
When you see the mathematics of the entire universe, at the subatomic level, thru the eyes of all the worlds wise men past and present, simultaneously, nope stimulants aren't anywhere near the same discussion.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
The point with the jist here though is, uness you actually know, then you simply dont know.
originally posted by: vinifalou
I think that the next step is to find out how we can achieve a different state of consciousness without any substance.
The Siddhis which are developed as a result of the practice of Samyama belong to a different category and are far superior to those developed in other ways. They are the product of the natural unfoldment of consciousness in its evolution towards perfection and thus become permanent possessions of the soul, although a little effort may be needed in each new incarnation to revive them in the early stages of Yogic training. Being based upon knowledge of the higher laws of Nature operating in her subtler realms they can be exercised with complete confidence and effectiveness, much in the same way as a trained scientist can bring about extraordinary results in the field of physical Science.
At the same time I quit peyote I had found out what a real Sioux vision was like. If you dream, that’s no vision. Anybody can dream. And if you take an herb – well, even the butcher boy at his meat counter will have a vision after eating peyote. The real vision has to come out of your own juices. It is not a dream; it is very real.
Once you have experienced the real thing you will never be satisfied with anything else.