Zen and the "self" we are defending

(ECHOES OF LOST KNOWLEDGE)

Poverty is used to control us: FREE money!

(Prof Jiang Uncut) Why [the powers that be] created poverty to control us | Prof. Jiang Xueqin

Free money! Just take it

The Heavy Money Experiment

• What is "fiat" money? Money from nothing: fiat money
• Money is NOT scarce. There's an infinite amount in banks
• What is the theory of centralized banking?
• Central bank digital currencies by country

How long is 'NOW'? Intro to Metaphysics

How Long is Now? | Intro to Metaphysics 🪐

Suck it up, Devi Cup.

(exurb1a) Help Ex do this full-time if deranged enough (and thanks kindly) ► exurb1r. Anxiety anecdote: This one took about two months to make. A lot of that time was faffing around with a Word document. Not even sure what the point of the script was, but anyhow -- today, very excited to be finally uploading and being rid of the thing.

There I was doing a bit of last-minute polishing in the video editor and suddenly I notice I've deleted half the video in the timeline. Just gone. I reload the old save file, but it's too late. I've written over it already.

I am a cat lady.

About a month of work gone in three seconds of mis-clicking. I'm not sure how far back in the day I made the mistake, and did I mention that the file is so large now that the undo function locks the video editor up almost every time? There's only one option left: tentatively keep hitting undo and just pray this doesn't lock the editor up otherwise ALL GONE. And just pray the buffer remembers far back enough to restore the sequence I deleted otherwise ALL GONE. There I sat for 30 minutes hitting Ctrl-Z as gently as I could, sweat dripping from my furrowed brow.

Even the mice who live in the walls of my apartment were coming out to watch and bite their fingernails or claws or whatever it is mice have, their cheese untouched, their traps empty... Anyway, everything was fine even if I almost soiled myself. The undo function worked, and I briefly felt good about living again for the first time in ten years. I am an idiot. Please don't be an idiot like me. Back stuff up, I beg ye.

Music used ► Queen of the Night - Patrick Hawes, Grace Davidson Swan Lake, Act II - Tchaikovsky - • Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Act II, No. 10) Lavender Fields - Aysedeniz Gokcin Dawn of Innocence - Nathalie Bonin. And of course here's your mystery link: • Scavengers Reign S01E03 - Pollination...

New book of depressing poems: inyurl.com/27fdfh63 (may need to change your region). Other stuff: Books what I wrote, yo ► amazon.com/Exurb1a... For sending personalized insults ► exurb1a T-shirts, mugs, and sadness ► teespring.com/stores/exurb1a. I also make horrendous music ► exurbia-1.

• 10 Astounding Meditation Practices That Helped Me Achieve Inner Peace
• 20 Unique Meditation Practices from Around the World
• Ancient humans lived nearly 1 mile within this cave in Europe
• 12 Facts About Redheads You Never Knew
• Top 40 Actresses of All Time
• Waterfall discovery changes what we believed about evolution
• 12 signs of a highly unintelligent person, according to science
• Landmark discovery: Giant fossil pre-dating dinosaurs found
• Exurb1a, Dec. 5, 2023; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Now it's 1984? New 'Orwell: 2+2=5' (trailer)

Orwell 2+2=5 - Official Trailer (2025)

(PBS News Hour)

(TYT Sports) Anthony Bourdain on Trump's ego, narcissism

Alan Watts: Identifying with thoughts

DIY Ego Death in a moment (Christ)

Ego death in less than one second? You mean suicide? - No, that is not what we mean at all. Self-murder is motivated by aversion (hate, dosa) and clinging to delusion, does not solve the problem, and leads to a very unfortunate rebirth destination. If the problem is delusion, the only solution is wisdom (prajna, gnosis, understanding, insight, clear-seeing, direct knowing).

"I" can't feel my hands! They have feeling, but...

What about DMT, the Spirit Molecule (or 5-MeO-DMT or Bufo)? - That might do it for a moment, a glimpse of the reality behind the apparent world we see around us (the Brahman behind the Maya, in Hindu terms). Is any entheogen like soma the solution? It shook M Shadows and some of the other members of Avenged Sevenfold to their timbers, leading them to create Life Is But a Dream....

Ego death and shrooms: What happens to self?

Well, that sounds harsh and scary. What about shamanic Ayahuasca (yage) or Iboga? - If that's the route, find a competent Amazonian shaman perhaps in Costa Rica or Mexico. Choose wisely. Anyone can claim to be a "shaman."

That sounds scarier. What else ya got? - Yoga with an emphasis on ecstatic pranayama (breathwork) is a very powerful way to move energy and consciousness. Serenity meditation is a good way to settle everything out and purify consciousness.

• What is a mind -moment" (citta) in Buddhism?

The third eye (pineal gland) produces DMT

DMT: The Spirit Molecule with Dr. Rick Strassman (with multiple subtitles)

There's DMT nearly everywhere

DMT: The Spirit Molecule is a 2010 documentary film based on a book of the same name by Dr. Rick Strassman [2]. Directed by Mitch Schultz [3] and starring Joe Rogan as narrator [4], the documentary deals primarily with the psychedelic and entheogenic drug N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) through the lens of interviews with those who have used the drug, either as part of Dr. Strassman's scientific studies or in combination with MAOIs (like ayahuasca). In 2013, Adam Winstock, working off of data in the Global Drug Survey, hypothesized that the documentary may have led to increased popularity of DMT [5]. In July 2018, Variety reported that the documentary was one of the most streamed on Netflix [6]. More

• Rick Strassman on DMT and the Mystical State
• We are responsible for our actions (karma, deeds, intentions), so we must research and take our own decisions. An "adult" realizes that no one is coming to rescue us, so we do it. Options exist for seekers to explore at their discretion. Seek out a reliable guide.

Revealed: How Jesus meditated daily

Jesus practiced conscious ego death (daily dying), healing metta, cosmic consciousness

What's the Bon "rainbow body"?

Rainbow body, Rigpa letter "A" inside thigle

In Dzogchen, rainbow body (Tibetan འཇའ་ལུས་, Jalü, Jalus) is a level of realization where the physical body transmutes into light. This may or may not be accompanied by the "rainbow body phenomenon," which is pre-Buddhist in origin and is related to the indigenous Tibetan shamanic Bon religion [1].

It is a topic that has been treated fairly seriously in Tibet for centuries past and into the modern era. Other Vajrayana Buddhist teachings also mention rainbow body phenomena that occur during or after the dying process.

In Rigpa, the "A," which corresponds to the sound "ahh" [2], represents kadag whereas the thigle represents lhun grub. The rainbow body phenomenon is a third person perspective of someone else attaining complete knowledge (Tibetan རིག་པ, rigpa). Knowledge is the absence of delusion and clinging regarding the display (visions) of the basis. More

Remove all thoughts without effort | Awakening

Time? Chronos overtakes Cupid.

(ASCENDOR) It is time to cultivate inner awareness, find inner peace, and elevate our spiritual potential. This is all about exploring the depths of our consciousness and mastering the art of meditation. Personal experiences, insights, and knowledge on topics such as meditation, inner awareness, spiritual practices, nonduality (Hindu advaita), and much more lead to true transformation and growth. These things begin from within. Let's embark on this journey of self-discovery. This will take less than a second to start. Awakening is a process. Justin_unk...

How to tell if you're brainwashed

(TEDx) Steve Hassan, former Moony Cult member, on breaking free

• CC Liu, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit; Dr. Rick Strassman, DMT: The Spirit Molecule (via Ginkgo Biloba); Ascendor, summer 2024; Steve Hassan (TEDx)