(Juliana Garces Art) Nov. 29, 2025: Can we trip without external psychedelic drugs? Yes. Our own body is capable of creating mystical, visionary, DMT-like states completely on its own.
This video share ten of the most powerful natural ways to access expanded consciousness without using any substances. The final one is considered the most intense of all.
These methods have shaped my spiritual journey, my art, and my understanding of the mind. Some come from ancient traditions, some from modern science, and some from the hidden corners of consciousness itself.
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The deepest meditation I’ve ever found (and I’ve tried 112)
(SoulArtist) May 14, 2025: After exploring over 100 different meditation techniques across the past seven years — from silent sitting to active movement, from vipassana (insight) to breathwork (pranayama) — I recently discovered a meditation so powerful, it went deeper than anything I’ve ever tried before: the OSHO Mahamudra Meditation™.
Might the Tibetan version be better than Osho's?
In this video, I share my honest experience with this practice, what makes it so different, and why I believe it may be one of the most transformative meditations available today. This is not a technique for the mind; it’s a surrender into something far greater.
š§♂️ What is OSHO Mahamudra Meditation™? “This meditation is a meeting between you and the cosmos, between you and the whole of existence. It helps you to merge, melt, and let-go on the deepest level possible.”
– Osho, from “Tantra: The Supreme Understanding, #6”
The meditation has two stages (approx. 50 minutes) and is supported by specific music that mirrors and deepens the energetic flow of the practice. Instructions (from osho.com):
First Stage – 30 minutes: Stand with eyes closed and let the body move naturally. Allow spontaneous movements to arise — no control, just witnessing. This is Latihan. The body becomes an expression of pure energy.
Second Stage – 20 minutes: Kneel, raise both hands to the sky. Feel like a hollow bamboo. Let energy pour into you from above — then bow down and release it into the earth. Repeat at least 7 times.
“If you do this every day, soon, somewhere within three months, one day you will feel you are not there. Just the energy is pulsating with the universe – nobody is there, the ego is completely lost, the doer is not. The universe is there, and you are there, the wave pulsating with the ocean – that is Mahamudra. That is the final orgasm, the most blissful state of consciousness that is possible.”
If you’ve tried many meditations but still feel like something’s missing, this might be the one. ✨ Subscribe for more honest insights on presence, awareness, and embodied spiritual practice. #mahamudra #osho #meditation #powerfulmeditation
Saraha, MahÄsiddhas (British Museum)
MahÄmudrÄ (Sanskrit ą¤®ą¤¹ाą¤®ुą¤¦्ą¤°ा, Tibetan ą½ྱą½་ą½ེą½་, phyag chen, chag-chen, contraction of Tibetan ą½ྱą½་ą½¢ྒྱ་ą½ེą½་ą½ོ་, phyag rgya chen po, chag-gya chen-po) literally means "great seal" or "great imprint."
It refers to the fact that "all phenomena inevitably are stamped by the fact [that] wisdom and emptiness [are] inseparable" [1]. (That is to say, the "perfection of wisdom" or prajnaparamita is that all things are ultimately impersonal).
MahÄmudrÄ is a multivalent term of great importance in later Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, which "also occurs occasionally in Hindu and East Asian Buddhist esotericism" [2].
The name also refers to a body of teachings representing the culmination of all the practices of the New Translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism that believe it to be the quintessential message of all of their sacred texts.
The practice of MahÄmudrÄ is also known as the teaching called "Sahaja Yoga" or "Co-emergence Yoga" [3].
In Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Kagyu school, Sahaja MahÄmudrÄ is sometimes seen as a different Buddhist vehicle (yana), the "Sahajayana" (Tibetan lhen chig kye pa), also known as the vehicle of self-liberation [4].
MahÄmudrÄ traditionally refers to the quintessence of mind itself and the practice of meditation in relation to a true understanding of it [5].
History
The usage and meaning of the term mahÄmudrÄ evolved over the course of hundreds of years of Indian and Tibetan history and, as a result, the term may refer variously to "a ritual hand-gesture, one of a sequence of 'seals' in Tantric practice, the nature of [ultimate] reality as emptiness [impersonal], a meditation procedure focusing on the nature of Mind, an innate blissful gnosis [knowing] cognizing emptiness nondually, or the supreme attainment of buddhahood at the culmination of the Tantric path" [2].
According to Jamgon Kongtrul, the Indian theoretical sources of the mahÄmudrÄ tradition are Yogacara and tathagatagarbha ("buddha-nature") texts such as the Saį¹dhinirmocana SÅ«tra and the MahÄyÄnottaratantraÅÄstra [6].
The actual practice and lineage of mahÄmudrÄ can be traced back to wandering maha-siddhas ("great adepts") during the Indian Pala Dynasty (760-1142), beginning with the 8th century siddha Saraha [7].
Saraha's dohas ("songs" or "poems in rhyming couplets") are the earliest extant mahÄmudrÄ literature and promote some of the unique features of mahÄmudrÄ such as the importance of:
pointing-out instruction by a guru,
the non-dual nature of mind, and
the negation of the conventional means of achieving enlightenment such as calm-and-insight (samatha-vipasyana) meditation, monasticism, rituals, tantric practices, and doctrinal study in favor of more the direct methods of mahÄmudrÄ "non-meditation" and "non-action" [8].
These teachings also became the wellspring for the body of instructions eventually known as the mind teachings of Tibet associated with mahÄmudrÄ of the Kagyu lineages [9].
Later Indian and Tibetan masters such as Padmavajra, Tilopa, and Gampopa incorporated mahÄmudrÄ into tantric, monastic, and traditional meditative frameworks [10]. More: Mahamudra
Osho's Mahamudra Meditation. How to practice. A Tibetan Vajrayana meditation
(The Rebirthing Journey) Feb. 20, 2022: Osho says of this meditation: “If you do this every day, soon, somewhere within three months, one day you will feel you are not there. Just the energy is pulsating with the universe – nobody is there, the ego is completely lost, the doer is not. The universe is there, and you are there, the wave pulsating with the ocean – that is Mahamudra. That is the final orgasm, the most blissful state of consciousness that is possible.” #osho #mahamudra #meditation
We all gathered in the Valley (1/27/24) in a spacious home with wood floors. Cacao was brewing on the stove as vegan dishes were brought in and spread all across a large table. Lisa opened the event with a circle of introductions by each person, city traveled from, and the nature of the dish brought for the potluck. Then we ate, socialized, got cozy and, finishing up, prepared for a meditative experience. This was no lecture but a sensual, in-the-body experience of profound relaxation, staying with the present moment, and trying not to anticipate the wonderful chocolate (xocolatl, Theobroma cacao) about to be served. Using deep breathing and complete letting go, staying awake and alert of all that was going on right here right now, we opened up, became vulnerable, felt our feelings, experienced our sensations with what the Buddha taught was mindfulness: dispassionate awareness of all that was going on. It is not enough to be aware. It is awareness, watching the experience. Seeing sights, hearing sounds, feeling tactile sensations, perceiving scents and tastes and mind object and letting them be. Radical acceptance of what is without fixing it, altering it, distorting it, or resisting it. In that moment, everything was okay. Everything was acceptable. Everything was impersonal and passing away, repeating or not as alluring as it previously seemed to be. Smiles sprouted on faces all around.
This is the plant helper Theobroma cacao
Everyone sat in a circle, on soft sofas, chairs, the wooden floor, with Stephanie on a yoga mat as the demonstration, Seven led us through letting go and consciousness-expansion. Then came the creamy vegan chocolate and an intention setting exercise, as we placed our intentions into the drink by some shamanic alchemical Dr. Emoto alteration of water by consciousness, as Indian genius Jagadish Chandra Bose (who discovered The Secret Life of Plants) taught was happening all the time as we interact with our environment.
Then we mindfully drank, experiencing the cacao with all six of our senses. Then solid pieces of chocolate were distributed, rich in the alkaloid theobromine, and savored in a way that brought out all its richness -- aware of craving, desire, or grasping arising for flavor and comfort -- so as to make it both delicious, opening to our lives (because this is not a rehearsal for some future time when we'll be alive) and a lesson that mindfulness is possible every waking moment. Meditation is one thing, sitting in a stillness approaching samadhi, and mindfulness is possible once an attitude adjustment makes us aware what we are doing, what we have been doing, and what is possible to do. Rather than abandoning ourselves and the present moment, we can be fully in the moment like a peak experience. We can enjoy all that human life has to offer and not mindlessly cling to it, making ourselves susceptible to misery when it alters, as it certainly will. We can see things as incapable of fulfilling and satisfying us and behave accordingly. We may even glimpse how impersonal it all is. Then we met ourselves with a partner, standing face to face, practicing being present for our experience and being present for another person. Everyone met, embraced, shook hands, introduced themselves to one another. There was a memorial for great vegan Buddhist Alan, who recently passed away, as his caretaker Christina was present. Then more socializing and storytelling took place, having gone up a few levels, as everyone was suddenly on very intimate terms and open with everyone else. It was a meditative, mindful, and gastronomical success.
Sophie SĆ“frÄÄ, June 25, 2020; Kelly Ani, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Dance of the Moon: Ecstatic Dance with Sophie SĆ“frÄÄ, Mana Mei, Layla El Khadri
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While the world is unraveling, I find refuge in my relationship with the Earth, my family, my dance, my dreams and visions.
If you’re feeling called to take part in our next Ecstatic Dance DJ Training -- taking place March 11-April 15, 2023, go to: wakamaiaschoolofsacredfun.thi...
One of my dream seeds in this new cycle is to merge my dance mixes with my art as a medium to inspire people to awaken their bodies, their wild selves, their life force, connection to nature, shadows, joy, vitality, and their hearts, all of it.
It is only when we allow our soul [deep inner selves] to be heard, that we can truly evolve in this lifetime.
So I offer this 40+ minute Ecstatic Dance journey, an invitation to feel this body and listen to dreams and visions of this new Earth that is so ready for a radical upgrade.
May you come again and again to this place to dance, a river and waterfall I often come to cleanse my soul.
Click subscribe for the dances to come.
Gratitude for the collaboration with @ajeetmusic whose new lunar EP “Dance of the Moon” inspired this art into form! To the incredible @manameilin & @laylaelkhadri for always dancing your YES. To the amazing IDNMind / Mario Gonzalez @idnmind for supporting this somewhat crazy vision behind the camera.
May you dance under the moon, and let's shake this collective dream awake!
Love,
Sophie SĆ“frÄÄ
Music credits:
Maneesh de Moor
El Buho
Peter Power
Raio & Sophie SĆ“frÄÄ. (Remixes by Ben Temple Step). Mose & Lindsey Wise
Sophie Sofree
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Pasale
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De Usuahia a la Quiaca
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Canto De Ossanha
Song 4 of 7
Ven Gran Espiritu (Temple Step Remix)
Song 5 of 7
Ah Ni Kuni (Mose Remix)
Song 6 of 7
Dance of the Moon
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If System of a Down (SOAD) were from India
WISDOM QUARTERLY: If we're dancing, we're already likely not meditating, so we might as well start singing, too. Meditation, while not limited to sitting, is about touching stillness (samadhi) and nobly silent. This is absorption (jhana, zen, dhyana). Then this purified mind can take up insight-practices (vipassana) for liberation of mind.
(Andre Antunes) What if System of a Down were from India? August 10, 2022. The Nooran Sisters plus SOAD and the Patakha Guddi remix is based on these SOAD songs: "I-E-A-I-A-I-O," "Revenga," "Chop Suey," and "B.Y.O.B." Like it? Maybe buy me a coffee: buymeacoff.ee/andreantunes.
Back by popular demand: Ecstatic Breathwork combines breathing and meditation to reset body and mind. Focused intentional breathing disciplines overactive thinking, clears toxic thoughts, moves energy, and releases emotional blocks.
After setting a clear intention to allow bliss, a special breathing technique is employed to tune in (to the present), turn on (the body's healing ability), and drop out (of old habits) to finally be able to meditate.
Pranayama is an ancient practice.
Ecstatic breathing aids in the release of unnecessary judgments, fears, and expectations to open the doors of perception and ecstasy. It re-balances the nervous system, oxygenates the body, and releases endorphins.
With the temporary experience of greater mental clarity, deeper relaxation, and bliss, meditation takes on an effortless quality. It is a fast and effective way of bringing us into a fully present state. Dress comfortably. Optional: bring towel or yoga mat and water.
YogaRave.org/US; Dev, Amber Dorrian, CC Liu, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
Here's a musical event we can all agree on -- a yoga class, a rave, an enlightening experience? What is the Art of Living "Yoga Rave"?
Yoga Rave is a party like no other -- one coming to SF, LA, Chi Town, and Philly -- a new concept in fun where the body responds only to the stimulation of music, yoga, meditation. The LA version is tonight.
This initiative is the brainchild of the Art of Living Foundation, the largest volunteer-run NGO in the world. Just like the rest of the Foundation’s initiatives, the motive is a non-profit one. The money raised goes to bring yoga, meditation, and stress-reduction to university campuses and young professionals in need through the YESplus workshop. Learn more, and FIND A COURSE:us.yesplus.org.
Drink Reed's Kombucha, stretch, bend, meditate, and absorb the music all in the company of like-minded party people? Sounds like that's worth a visit to the Art of Living Center at 948. W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles near USC. More
The great atheist anthem "Dear God" by XTC from the album "Skylarking," inspired by a series of books by the same name that exploited children according to the vocalist
"Dear God" was inspired by a series of books of the same name that lead singer Andy Partridge saw as an exploitation of children.
The first verse and closing line are sung by 8-year-old Jasmine Veillette, the daughter of a friend of producer Todd Rundgren, although in the video a boy lip-syncs her vocals.
The lyrics are addressed to God, vividly describing the range of human (and squirrel) suffering, which the narrator following Judeo-Christian custom attributes to God. The song concludes every verse with the line, "I can't believe in you."
Despite its prayer-like quality, the lyrics strongly DOUBT the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good God.
Told from the viewpoint of nonhuman animals on the planet
God, did you create all there is, or "Did you make mankind after we made you?" God, are you all-benevolent, or what about "the wars you bring, the babes you drown, those lost at sea and never found"?
The song also questions the value of the Bible as God's unquestionable word: "Us crazy humans wrote it... Still believin' that junk is true / Well, I know it ain't, and so do you." But fundamentalists will not stand for anyone questioning the Faith or trying to reason about "revealed" mystical wisdom.
In the UK, when the track was originally released as a single, many record shops refused to stock it for fear of a religious backlash.
It is ranked #62 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s despite never having charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and despite peaking at #37 on the Billboard Album Rock Chart. XTC had bigger hits on both charts and the later Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The song has been covered by Tricky on the album "Vulnerable" and by Sarah McLachlan on her album "Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff."
Do fanatical Christians and Ultra-Orthodox Jews know why so many people -- and this apparently included the Buddha -- say belief in this kind of omnipotent, omniscient, all-responsible deity simply runs contrary to reality?
The Buddha was not an atheist, yet he showed the harm in holding the wrong view that everything, all responsibility, devolved to some ultimate God or that petitionary prayer or ritualistic rites were effective forms of purification.
If, for instance, being bathed/baptized in rivers, a popular Vedic-Brahminical ritual (subsequently adopted by Hinduism, which had not yet come into existence) were effective in removing unskillful karma, fish would be the purest of all.
If prayer, making vows, or delighting in such practices brought the petitioner five rare and desirable things -- long life, beauty, happiness, fame, an afterlife in heaven -- who would not have these things?
Instead, the Buddha prescribed a following a path of life [karma, character-building deeds, wholesome and profitable course of conduct] conducive to longevity, beauty, happiness, fame, and rebirth in superior worlds" (AN V.43). This will be useful to one here and now as well as in the future. And there will be a future, even if atheists doubt that.
The Buddha asked the same questions as the song "Dear God" in a fable with talking animals (Bhuridatta Jataka) thousands of years ago:
"One who has eyes can see the sickening sight, Why does 'God' not set his creatures right? If his wide power no limit can restrain, Why are his creatures all condemned to pain?
Why is his hand so rarely spread to bless? Why does he not to all give happiness? Why do fraud, lies, and ignorance prevail? Why triumphs falsehood -- truth and justice fail?
I count your God one among those who harm, Who made a world in which to shelter wrong."
But I want the Buddha to be an atheist The difficulty atheists may have with Buddhism or Wisdom Quarterly's approach to the question is that we are nontheists, not atheists.
Nontheists realize that one cannot depend on God or gods to reach enlightenment and be saved from endless rebirth and suffering. That does not mean there are no higher order beings. There are. In a sense, there are "gods."
They, too, are bound by karma, caught up in the cycle of rebirth, imperfect, well born, at war in space (the "heavens"), creators of planets who terraform and cultivate life by genetic manipulation.
Our coverage of UFOs, space aliens, and "ancient astronauts" is to show that it was not "God" that made everything. But there are these other beings. They apparently called themselves gods and gave human technology and religion and demanded to be worshiped to the exclusion of other visitors, sometimes for good, often for bad.
All that goes wrong is not due to a devil like Mara or Satan, but that is not to say that there are no malevolent beings. Then as now, there are. Humans are capable of much more than we usually realize. A human can become enlightened and liberated, something not available outside of the worlds of some lesser devas and human beings.
The Buddha was therefore called the "Teacher of Gods and Men." And that will not delight biased, fanatical atheists and materialists. The truth about life is that it is much more complex than a false dilemma, the simple polar opposite sides offered between smarmy "science" and dull witted "faith."
The self-described stream-enterer Jhananda (Jeffrey S. Brooks) speaks of the language of gnosis in English, Pali, and Sanskrit. In dialogue with Adam Murray, he links mystic Christian terms with Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist terms as distinct from Hindu terminology old and new.
The Dalai Lama (Vajrayana) recognizes different meanings.
They are speaking at the GWV Wilderness Retreat on the Verde River at Perkinsville, Arizona. The central terms covered are:
ekaggatha, one-pointedness
samadhi, concentration
jhana, ecstasy
Why is Wisdom Publications choosing to publish the translators and translations they choose? The emergence of Mahayana Buddhism and the translation of the Pali Canon into Sanskrit produced translation errors, and subtle errors in Buddhist philosophy stem from these mistakes.
Jeffrey Grupp with George Noory "Secret Agendas" (September 7, 2011 show)
This ancient meditative art form works with the law of attraction, Christian mysticism, and Zen Buddhism. Virtually unknown now, it was recognized by shamans, Zen Buddhists, mystics, and philosophers as the ultimate power in the universe possessed by everyone.
Radical academic Jeffrey Grupp discusses Buddhism, eastern philosophy, evolutionary theory (debunked), and the similarities between religions and their superiority to many of the sciences.
The interview descended into a discussion of something Grupp calls "dark ecstasy," which he admitted not knowing much about except that he had fallen into it when he was obsessed with evolutionary science, atheism, and other mainstream beliefs not supported by religion. This dark ecstasy was a feeling of intense pleasure that one might get from negative and gruesome events (schadenfreude?) But it is important to note because secret societies are exploiting this negative mental state to control the masses.
On a positive note, the interview covered the law(s) of attraction and how individuals can use them for greater freedom and power in their lives."Telementation" (putting oneself into a state by focus and confidence) is a mode of operating in meditation or daily life to bring about desired ends -- whether it is getting a child to clean his/her room or world peace, healing or attaining goals.
Grupp's book Telementation is a short instruction manual on how to carry out the law of attraction with great ease and productivity by directing inner feelings in a specific way. Many students attempting this become frustrated due to their great efforts and poor results. This is remedied by focusing on feelings rather than beliefs.
The law of attraction is then achieved with Zen-like ease and dramatic success. It consequently creates a revolution in life that ends nearly all personal problems. It brings a person back to one's innate, inalienable greatness and poetic inner peace.
It is particularly productive for those who want a simple guidebook on how to carry out Buddhist meditation or Christian spirituality. It is useful for those who have had trouble attaining ecstatic spiritual states, religious experiences through meditation, and for those unable to overcome depression by conventional methods.More
The oxymoronic "Politics of Ecstasy" (one not having anything to do with the other) might be about meditative bliss (piti and sukha). It might be about the dance club drug "E" (which is a groovy love potion and a terrible health menace because it contains the brain-depleting toxic chemical amphetamine "Meth"). Or it might be about having fun in an oppressive Judeo-Christian society with Puritanical (Sharia Law) leanings.
America is great, but it can be just a little hypocritical. We all try as best we can to enjoy ourselves, while being made to feel guilty about it. This shaming does us more harm than good. And in the long run, we are co-opted: We are lied to as kids and go on to lie to our kids in the naive beliefs that this keeps them "innocent."
It leads to disillusionment. We have fun and enjoy having fun, and there's no reason for fun other than fun. There's plenty of time to suffer and discover that most things are unsatisfying. All of these issues are called "politics" only when our hippie parents sit around and talk about it academically:
Most global polls rate Scandinavian and west European nations as being among the world's happiest and most liveable. Not so says a North Korean survey, which ranked China as "the happiest place on earth." As Shanghaiist is reporting, a new global happiness index awarded China 100 out of 100 possible points.
Shell Oil US President Marvin Odum talks about both history and the future.... witness cutting-edge college and high school student vehicles, many getting over 1,000 miles-per-gallon. Eco reporter Cary Harrison is covering the 2010 Shell Oil Eco-marathon, bonding with the brilliant minds who have gathered in the oil capitol to demonstrate what the future could look like.
EDC promoter Insomniac is excited to present "Audiotistic!" On Saturday, July 24, 2010 California ravers and dance junkies will together venture on the road to the future uniting all styles of dance and music culture. (Song: "Timestretch" by Bassnectar, original mix).
Promoter of troubled EDC Rave goes 18-and-older for next event (LA Weekly) The promoter of the troubled Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) rave last month, where a 15-year-old who later died apparently took ecstasy, is moving to an 18-and-older format for his next big event, the Audiotistic Festival July 24 at the National Orange Show Events Center San Bernardino. More>>
COMMENTARY: DAMN KIDS! Should these crazy kids be allowed to dance their lives away? I say we call Johnny Law to round them all up and get them back to their parents. Does your mother know they're dressing like this?! They should be collecting bottlecaps and doing odd chores around the house. In my day, we didn't have all this TV and candy, we worked hard for an honest dollar! You wouldn't know it with these rascals. Then that darling girl overdosed on E at the Electric Daisy Carnival. In my day, carnivals had cotton candy, and you were lucky to get any! We didn't have designer drugs at the apothecary, and there wasn't any of this hugging and hollering. I say it's a shame and a pity. Shame on you, kids!
A BUDDHIST JOURNEY? If it were possible to release the redundant thinking* of my egoic mind on a meditation mat, I would. I certainly try. If it were possible to do it by working too hard and being stressed, I'd already be there. I've tried lots of things. My Buddhist journey continues by going somewhere I can move my body, surround myself with people who "flow" rather than think, and just lose my "self" (ego in the illusion of separateness). Most people do this by taking drugs and drinking. Their motive seems to be to get stupid. I want beginner's mind as in Zen. I want peace and emotional freedom. Is ecstatic movement much different from bliss and happiness (piti and sukkha) experienced by better meditators than I? Maybe trance is trance? I've felt it in meditation. The beating of drums (drums-n-bass), the sensory overload of lights, the atmosphere and release is like a shamanic induction I might be able to bring back to my mat. It's a Buddhist journey for me; I wish every raver's motives were such. My granny will never understand.
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Should these crazy kids be allowed to dance their lives away? I say we call Johnny Law to round them all up and get them back to their parents. Does your mother know they're dressing like this?! They should be collecting bottlecaps and doing odd chores around the house. In my day, we didn't have all this TV and candy, we worked hard for an honest dollar! You wouldn't know it with these rascals. Then that darling girl overdosed on E at the Electric Daisy Carnival. In my day, carnivals had cotton candy, and you were lucky to get any! We didn't have designer drugs at the apothecary, and there wasn't any of this hugging and hollering. I say it's a shame and a pity. Shame on you, kids!
If it were possible to release the redundant 
