Monday, November 2, 2009

The Numinous (Sorry, Stanislav Grof and other mystics)

Robert Anton Wilson compared the effects of Pranayama to LSD. So I just had to try it!

My first time with Pranayama: I experienced something of a mystical state. Everything was, unironically, "groovy" from beef fat and Mad Cow disease to all the good in the universe.

Understanding Heidegger's obsession with Being. All is contained within Being: becoming, time, space, past, present, future, thoughts, memories, words, dreams, imaginations, dimensions. ALL is contained within Being and Being is infinite.

Finally feeling like I understand Aristotle and Kant.

Such a "high" state is almost like "dope". Nothing seems worth worrying about. But it doesn't make one a hippie since both good and bad, peace and war are all contained in this infinite explosion and expression beyond words.

Here's another reason: No one ever loses one's individuality. The whole is like a mosaic made up of unique and individual parts.

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