I was just thinking, if your previous experience is in basic programming there are simple to learn and very fast basic programming languages that compile to multiple platforms. For example, GLBasic compiles for Windows, MacOS, Xbox, Linux, iPhone, iPad, etc. but its specifically meant for...

Nope. Would like too. Something I have done is partial sensory deprivation. Maybe you should first because its so easy to set up. Example: A big empty room with a mattress in for lying down but otherwise completely empty. The room should be as completely pitch black as possible. If outside...

I don't think I've forgotten what happened in my lucid dreams but if I was dreaming before I became lucid I often forget a lot of what happened then. I also never had anything like that rushing thing. It sounds a bit like some people's descriptions of astral traveling.

How low? I got into what I considered relatively low dose weekend day trips by myself for a while. I'd take about 1/2 of what I'd normally take with friends when going for a full-on night. I loved it. One day I ended up cleaning the whole house as a way to stave off come-up anxiety. That had to...

That's fairly awesome Nanosage. If its happened recently the chances of you getting another lucid dream soon are much higher. A weird thing is that the few lucid dreams that have been really scary to me have been similar to yours in that I thought I was waking up in my house only to realise I...

I grow a lot of food and sometimes a wild animal, usually a deer, will manage to get around my defences and eat the produce. At times like that I imagine if there was a food shortage in the future I could hunt, kill and eat that/those deer that ate from my garden. :) Other than that I don't...

To me Magick means in particular 19th-20th century occultism onwards. That's specifically what I think of when I hear the word Magick and that's what I mean when I refer to it in this post. Although its an interesting idea I doubt Magick is a kind of crippled shamanism like HeartCore suggests...

:) No. YOU have to be the witch doctor if they're your imaginary friends. If you evoke spirits often so build a relationship with them then you might find them good company during a trip. No guarantees.

Definitely not separate. Definitely! :) What's this "thoughts blanket reality...niche in perception" process? I'm curious and I'm not sure what you mean.

That and luck and maybe ritual magick.

Its the ancient Mayan equivalent of the Y2K bug. When the calendar runs out of days it will be BAD - just like Y2K was only worse because its not just our computers but cosmological computers that were badly programmed and can't cope with a roll over. Run for the hills! Sky is falling! Here...

girl, land, dragon

Well, Relativity and QM could be incorrect but they're the best models we've got. They make predictions about the behavior of the world with incredible accuracy.

Bun, Rainbows, Machines odd I know, but that's what came up.

We might be able to address the population problem if we become more conscious of it and its consequences. There are other problems though. Maybe greater consciousness will work for those too but for how long? As a society becomes larger and more complex its problems become larger and more...

Found about this lot when they stirred up trouble in Birmingham. Its almost surreal to see a bunch of violent nutters holding up signs like "Extremists out - keep Britain safe" while engaging in running street battles. Don't know about Europe CMF but Britain could be a candidate for turning...

Don't know how I missed this thread before. I've read The Singularity Is Near and was very interested in the Singularity idea. From the Singularity Institute: "Combine faster intelligence, smarter intelligence, and recursively self-improving intelligence, and the result is an event so huge...

Grantby - Its Coming (a singular 'Film Noir' Trip Hop track - very awesome for dark rainy nights) Grantby - The Jonah (relaxing, blissful) Excellent

Although I've never looked it up it seems intuitively correct that Marijuana would have anti-inflammatory properties. I've found its excellent for skin irritation for instance. Wouldn't touch that Tamiflu stuff. Not when I've got Sambucus Nigra instead.