jeremy5408 United States. Sep 20 2016 08:49. Posts 122
just for the sake of variety, what do you guys think of the relationship between quantum mechanics and spirituality/consciousness? there are more videos but don't want to flood them all at once
Why in the hell is Michu Kaku contributing to the bullshit pseudoscience that clings to quantum physics especially using the most widely misunderstood experiment, Shrodingers Cat?
Shrodinger's cat was arguably made in an attempt to ridicule the Copenhagen interpretation of the probabilistic state of particles, some argue that he wasnt but regardless of what his motives were he unknowingly made science a huge disservice by giving the average joe the impression that the behavior of subatomic particles directly apply to the macroscopic scale, without him the Deepak Chopras of the world would be selling snake oil or finding another scam.
I brought my own food for the trip down so no worries. Happy to be a bivalve vegan the first place I stop is The Noisy Oyster in Charleston. Time to get my oyster fix. The potatoes and grits surely included butter. C'est la vie. After that precedent I basically said fuck it in restaurants. Not completely fuck it but like fish stew is golden no worries. Then I found a safe haven in the form of Whole Foods but I was already on the cheese and cream train and I love Italian food so pasta me up. Many meals were still solid vegan besides maybe a bit too much canola oil. Another problem was the Whole Foods was an hour an a half away. Another problem was being cramped in a small house started to really wear on me. I really appreciate my solitude and it was rarely offered. I started smoking tobacco again. Once I started smoking tobacco 100% vegan seemed silly. I went to town on some shrimp pasta and pumpkin pie and heavy cream. Next restaurant it was shrimp and grits and chorizo all the way. Gorging on pita chips and hummus I was already more than 80% full but decided on finishing someone else's fish taco. After writing this all I feel a bit silly. I still ate quite healthy by most standards. I did not gain any weight.
I had other thoughts on veganism. Driving through rando America I need to watch a movie like Cowspiracy to see what the actual solutions are? We made stops where there was like 1 gas station, 1 wall mart, and 1 mcdonalds. There really needs to be a cessation of slavery type of action in my opinion. I am not that familiar with Jill Stein's New New Deal or w/e she called it but we need something to that extent. I drive through Ohio and see endless corn fields. Endless cow fields. Ughh, now the rage is starting on the presidential race, congress, corporations, Rupert Murdoch, countless other old billionaires fucking up the world in a bad way. I will end there.
On September 28 2016 14:41 RiKD wrote:
On Veganism and Vacation:
I brought my own food for the trip down so no worries. Happy to be a bivalve vegan the first place I stop is The Noisy Oyster in Charleston. Time to get my oyster fix. The potatoes and grits surely included butter. C'est la vie. After that precedent I basically said fuck it in restaurants. Not completely fuck it but like fish stew is golden no worries. Then I found a safe haven in the form of Whole Foods but I was already on the cheese and cream train and I love Italian food so pasta me up. Many meals were still solid vegan besides maybe a bit too much canola oil. Another problem was the Whole Foods was an hour an a half away. Another problem was being cramped in a small house started to really wear on me. I really appreciate my solitude and it was rarely offered. I started smoking tobacco again. Once I started smoking tobacco 100% vegan seemed silly. I went to town on some shrimp pasta and pumpkin pie and heavy cream. Next restaurant it was shrimp and grits and chorizo all the way. Gorging on pita chips and hummus I was already more than 80% full but decided on finishing someone else's fish taco. After writing this all I feel a bit silly. I still ate quite healthy by most standards. I did not gain any weight.
I had other thoughts on veganism. Driving through rando America I need to watch a movie like Cowspiracy to see what the actual solutions are? We made stops where there was like 1 gas station, 1 wall mart, and 1 mcdonalds. There really needs to be a cessation of slavery type of action in my opinion. I am not that familiar with Jill Stein's New New Deal or w/e she called it but we need something to that extent. I drive through Ohio and see endless corn fields. Endless cow fields. Ughh, now the rage is starting on the presidential race, congress, corporations, Rupert Murdoch, countless other old billionaires fucking up the world in a bad way. I will end there.
Like I said previously, this is why I was completely strict when I transitioned fully the second time and I also advocate that people do the same (for at least the period of the experiment). For most people, a "moment of weakness" will often lead to a slippery slope. We have the false belief that since we've gone off-road, we might as well keep going that way. It's completely irrational. It's like if I accidentally stepped on my cat's tail and then decided to kick him in the face since I've already harmed him anyway. In this case we just willy-nilly injure ourselves and invite our self-destructive habits to stay with us longer. The sooner we get back on track, the better. This is why I stressed the importance of understanding the pleasure trap too, because you become much better equipped to do this. Mindfulness also helps. Becoming aware that your mind is falling into that pattern helps you break it instead of submitting to it. It becomes comical when you catch that thought that will tell you something silly like "Well, now that I'm smoking, I might as well do X that goes against my better judgment too."
Also, wasn't your goal to improve your biomarkers? If you're getting on a scale and you feel reassured because you haven't gained weight, then you should be aware that this is misleading you from your real goal. Perhaps you're just not motivated enough to reach that goal (possibly because you can't see those improvements without your doctor's help)? This is really typical though. Virtually all people are not motivated to go 100% unless they are dealing with an illness that severely affects their quality of life or they are very concerned with the ethical impacts of their food choices. Creatures of habit, social pressure, etc. You might have to let life happen for a while before you're ready to give it a go full throttle (and that's okay). Something I like doing personally is going to a pharmacy and taking my blood pressure regularly. I used to be hypertensive, so it's good positive reinforcement to see that I can maintain ideal blood pressure now without any medication. And along the way it gave me something I could measure my progress with without having to see a doctor.
What are you waiting for? Watch Conspiracy already. It's not that heavy. It will just inform you about the things you are already very interested about. If you don't have Netflix you can view it here. I believe Earthlings is even more essential viewing, but it's a very hard watch that very few people will manage to go through with.
fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount
Cowspiracy is pretty crucial. I will have to almost prepare for Earthlings.
I was all pumped up to cut out all the dairy after Cowspiracy but I found myself at a diner where the best option was zucchini lasagna. That is actually not true. I could have eaten all sides like I have done in the past at different restaurants I just wanted some lasagna. Italian food while eating out with people is my achilles heel. I still have not figured this out. I want to be social and share a meal with people. I do not always have the discipline to get a sweet potato and broccoli and make sure they are not adding butter. When I cook for myself being plant based is more or less 2nd nature. I am still learning. What would be good for me is to find some solid restaurants in the area. I am unsure if they exist. And, also, to get more creative and not be afraid to ask for things in restaurants. I am completely cool with the no meat. It is the cheese and the butter and the cream that get me.
I do think that the fact I need the doctor and the blood work is annoying. 3 months is not that long of a period though. I don't know. It is all a learning experience. I am learning how to be plant based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. That is different than Portland, OR, USA which is different than WalmartMcDonaldsville, MS, USA.
I wonder if at some point there will be history books writing about the abolition of animal agriculture. The cessation of animal agriculture. I just see so many programmed people providing back lash. It is the same with the heart disease and cancers. It is really difficult to change habits for some event like that in the future. I think a lot of people want their damn steak, their eggs, their milk, their butter and can easily rationalize why that is ok or are just not awake and the third eye is closed. I mean hell, I consider myself a pretty open minded and progressive person but was full blown paleo a few months ago. Oh well, I need to stop writing. The more I write on this subject the more the prospect of kidnapping congressmen and lobbyists starts to emerge.
Yeah, luckily I haven't had to deal with the social eating issue too much. I never "find myself" anywhere, so I can't really advise you there. Like I said, I'm not a fan of eating out even at vegan places. It's either very expensive or very greasy food, so I keep it down to special occasions. If you primarily interact with people around food, and they're uninformed or apathetic about food choices, it's tricky. You'll have a choice to make there, I think, since in the long term with such a habit, we have to assume that social pressure will win. Unless you're very good at juggling which restaurants you go to. You should at the very least try to go to veg-friendly places in your area. Here's a list I found: https://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/.
There seems to be a decent amount of options, it's just a matter of whether or not your friends want to try those places out. Most of them have non-veg options, so it shouldn't be too hard.
fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount
Ive just kinda saw random links and read sentences here and there sooooo yea.
Maybe its been posted but:
That indian guy on Sams podcast:
Pretty cool stuff.
This is pretty much gonna be an all over the place longples-life rantpost, Out of selfish reasons, I felt like posting something here.
From my own experience, ive for more or less the entire year eaten plantbased, 100% "plantbased and more raw food'y" the past 3 months and I just found plant based athlete (bjj guy ive seen posted around here) and for my entire teen+ life ive been overweight and struggled with, depressions, eating, health and all this stuff until the past 2 or so years, and about around the start of this year something really clicked for me. Bodyrealm-wise I feel very solid and good eating like this and I cant imagine eating anything else now, the craveings and everything nowadays just seem very natural, easy and straight forward when it comes to what I eat, like snapping out of a trance.
Even tho its been a long process of trying things over and over again, everything from extreme juicing to paleo theres sort of a paradoxx in whats been happening for me.
As ive been getting more into exploreing consciousness and some sort of spiritual seeking I realised that Ive always like, many others (...) been chaseing "things" thinking that they are gonna make me happy, that happiness is something attatched to things and experiences. Poker, money, the perfect relationship, health, being liked by everyone, being a good person, being a sexgod banging countless hot women, being a spiritual meditation guru, all these things, illusions.
Theres been so much attatchment to haveing to succeed with everything, because of the fear of if I dont reach these goals, then what?!?!?!
Realizing tho that none of these things, and nothing is really gonna fullfill me and make me happy might seem like a devastating realization to have, whats the point of doing anything, right?
Some things Ive been stopping to do all together, and some things I do even more of, quite effortlessly and I have no idea how or why really other then it just happends for the heck of it, because its .. fun or something, why not? and things just keep falling away that dosnt resonate.
I still have attatchments ofcourse and inbetween the clearity, it seems, im just a confused little person like everyone else, I dont claim to be enlightened or anything.
But!
The funny thing that I touched on earlier is Ive noticed is when starting to realize (still am.. process etc) that all these "things" (ex again Poker, money, the perfect relationship, health, being liked by everyone, being a good person, being a sexgod banging countless hot women, being a spiritual meditation guru.)
Are things ive been chaseing because I think that "when I get there or when I got this im finally gonna be happy". On an unconscious sort of level ofcourse. Just isnt whats gonna make me happy.
Whats funny too me is that what started happening when realiseing this, at first I kinda got scared "but, what if ill never want to do jiu jitsu again when I know that all the hard work is not gonna make me happy in the end..."
Or "why would I date a bunch of women and try to become more and more of a masculine sexgod if hot women or the perfect relationship isnt gonna make me happy.."
Or "why would I eat healthy if health isnt gonna make me happy.."
Then to the funny stuff is that summed up in a nice way with a cheesy quote:
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we start living".
What started happening? I started doing more of all those things.
Crushing hs poker
Dating
Health
Jiu jitsu
use your imaginenation and find out for yourself
I read a really good article, similair to one that I read about a year ago that definetely changed my life after I spent many hours writing and contemplating on it, about death and awareness around your own fear of death.
Cultured meat is a pretty hot topic and it clearly seems to be a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, it still raises ethical concerns (live animals have to be used to get those cells) and health concerns (you're still eating a food that increases your risk of many diseases) which in turn means it doesn't begin solving the healthcare crisis we're facing. There seems to already be a better alternative with Impossible Foods, since they found a way to do it 100% plant-based and it's supposed to taste the same. Not ideal for health either to be sure, but still a better (and perhaps the best) overall alternative.
I read a really good article, similair to one that I read about a year ago that definetely changed my life after I spent many hours writing and contemplating on it, about death and awareness around your own fear of death.
Death awareness/facing the denial of death is indeed some powerful stuff. I'm amazed though that the article you linked to didn't have a single mention of Ernest Becker's seminal work on this. He is the pioneer of this field with his Pulitzer-prize winning book, The Denial of Death. It's one of the few books that I'd consider life changing.
Edit: Actually, the book they link to in the article, Beyond Death Anxiety, does indeed reference him: "Firestone and Catlett show how to apply the themes and implications of the ideas of Ernest Becker in everyday life." So it's a kind of practical guide, but to really understand the theory in depth, you need to go read Becker.
fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount
I do have to say I agree. Close calls on car accidents have fired me up for weeks at a time. Thinking back to the time I had a santoku knife to my gut awakens me. The times I would walk onto my balcony thinking to myself is today the day. Like Bjork in Hyperballad I would meditate for a time and visualize myself crashing down into the ground (rocks). There were days that the thought of the beauty of that song and her art saved me. The time in the psych ward I literally thought I was in hell. Torturous no escape may be worse than death despite the fact that there is hope. That can get kind of deep with different beliefs in consciousness on Earth vs. consciousness in death. What is the starving African hoping for? Is their some joy in the pursuit for food? I never did shrooms but I think like shrooms a lot of these things have an effect for a given period of time and then we are back to denial. I have been going through a stretch here in denial. I think, oh, SENS will save me. I will get together some money and buy some real estate up in Finland and live until at least 150. I have been living my life a little bit too much in the acquisition realm. More can always be acquired. Not having enough is always a danger. It is funny with so much work on myself I still have trouble finding myself. Like this seeking is an endless pursuit towards acquiring serenity, emptiness, liberation. It gets kind of Buddhist or Eastern in thinking it is all right here, now. I just have to remove the blockages and it is there. I think the fact that I am programmed to seek in the Western ways and am learning to pare down in the Eastern ways that there is a conflict. Then there is the fact that I am reading that article and they are advertising Zappos and I am thinking, oooh look, dope shoes. I am definitely in conflict. Hopefully, it is a cacoon of conflict and I will emerge a butterfly for this season. Maybe that is just the way it is. There has to be seasons of conflict. Or, there will always be conflicts. Do these conflicts even matter if I am going to die? Not nearly as much. Getting back to the basics. Spend time with loved ones. Family and friends. Be grateful for this life. I love the message of getting honest about death. Help out where I can. Maybe get some training in here and there to keep the mind and body right.
I struggle with expressing my creativity. I am in a somewhat dead end job but it offers some education in life and in a really great company. It is like I am afraid to go down the scientist route. I am afraid to go down the formal education route. If someone held a gun to my head a lot of these decisions likely become easier. It would likely motivate me for a month or so and then drift away. I might not even be pared down enough to my core to know what I really want to do. The only thing I seem to know 100% is that I can be useful to suffering alcoholics and bipolar I people. That is something I always have to fall back on. Is it acquisition thinking to want more than that? Some stimulating projects to work on. Making enough to get into a better living situation. Not having expenses be like this huge hurdle every month. Ugghhh.
I dunno. I just wrote a lot. That is my truth at the time so I suppose it is inline with the thread title. We are discussion some cool topics. It does not get much better than life and death.
Michio Kaku
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