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Dude you live in the middle of gold-top central, in a month or two you should be able to make your own spore prints from local p. cubensis. Last summer I could see cubes dotting the fields from the train, so they are pretty easy to find!

Yoga and Money interesting excerpt:

you should join oztrance.net, there is are qld, nnsw, nsw etc subforums covering all the major doofs and gigs in those areas. edit: I think there is an earthdance in qld in september, would be an interesting one to checkout, a globally synchronised event

as in no brain, so no consciousness? yeah I'm not too sure my individual consciousness or ego will remain after death, but rather the part of me that is everything will remain.

Nice photos. It's not unheard of. Cubes found in July:

a dub/techno/prog/psy set by Grouch

nicely articulated, I really resonated with what you wrote. I have similar beliefs, but have not looked too deeply into buddhism as it sounds like you have. I also feel that the spirit and living worlds are existing in some sort of symbiotic relationship. I have had the conviction under certain states of mind that some human spirits (those that linger close to the world of the living) are `supported' by living organisms, especially forests. I visualise these two worlds as parts of a single whole, the living world being like leaves and branches on a tree swaying in the open air, while the spirit world being like the roots of the tree under the earth. For the tree to grow, both are critical. definitely feel that our experience of the afterlife is shaped by our mortal lives. psychedelic experiences, mushrooms in particular, seem to teach a certain set of values that ultimately could be interpreted as a way of living that best serves life. humility, respect for all life forms, courage, love etc. perhaps the plants are interested in showing us the path to the afterlife, as they live in symbiosis with the spirits that dwell there.

If the internet were to go down for a number of weeks or months (which is highly unlikely I think), it would definitely strengthen local communities, and focus our lives back on immediate concerns. In many ways this would be a good thing – but the internet also serves to create the 'global village' where we see the big picture quite clearly, encouraging concern for people and places and events in far away lands. Overall, I think the internet is a positive influence on the world due to this globalising effect. Some people don't share your optimism for the future of the burning man festival – see this article on realitysandwich. It seems to be the fate of all good festivals to eventually outgrow themselves and lose their spirit.

True, I haven't researched contrails. But I doubt your an aeronautical engineer specialising in jet engine emissions so I don't think you have either. Presenting a youtube video as research material typifies internet conspiracy theories – they are largely based on pseudoscientific evidence collected from third parties. How can you or me or any lay-person give an opinion on what the difference between a contrail and a chemtrail when we haven't studied the physics and chemistry driving them? If I believed that the Earth was being constantly being sprayed with chemicals for malevolent purposes I wouldn't be content with watching a couple of youtube videos about it. I would be signing up to study fluid dynamics, climatology and aeronautics to understand the phenomena properly, so I could reveal the conspiracy to the world. As Terence Mckenna said, true weirdness doesn't require your belief to exist. I don't believe science is some metatheory that can describe all of reality, but in the case of physical phenomena like this you must use it to prove your case.

g'day mate, good to see another member from SE QLD. Gold Coast area is great for fungi and growing most ethno plants! enjoy the student life while it lasts, nothing like a mid-week summer foray in the green pastures.

A while ago found the following blend good on it's own or with JWH added: 1 part brugmansia candida 1 part solanum nigrum 1 part damiana 2 parts Lobelia inflata 2 parts coleus sp. I added 30mg of JWH-018 per 1 gram, but found this to be way to strong and had to dilute to half this strength. Bunning's acetone was used.

But the onus should rightly be on those who wish to promote 'alternative' hypothesis due to Occam's Razor. Attributing vapor trails in the sky to known physical phenomena is a more simple explanation than chemical spraying by unknown peoples for unknown reasons. So yes you need to provide scientific evidence for your view as the alternative is more simple and more plausible.

what is so pathological about a species wanting to expand its habitat? life tenaciously seeks to stay alive, that is what it is good at. yes, perhaps we have twisted motives (i.e. to write marriage proposals on the moon wtf), but lifting life of Earth might be the only thing humanity is good for.

I was reading a New Scientist article titled Existence: why there is a Universe? today and the following paragraph resonated with me: Trying to comprehend the contrast between somethingness and nothingness gave rise to my very first 'transcendental' experience. I was either 3 or 4 years old at the time. Somehow I had started thinking about what would remain if everything I could see, and everything that existed in the Universe (I knew what that was from watching 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'), suddenly disappears. What is nothingness I thought? A weird television static type greyness engulfed my mind, and I was left utterly bewildered. I can also remember a strange nutty taste in my mouth and odd sensations in my head, both of which I have experienced again a few times. I often look back at this experience, and think about how it has influenced my direction in life. It certainly made me more inquisitive and questioning at very young age. Has anything similar happened to you?