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Principle_Beauty OP wrote

Do you really think so? But then what will inform our actions? What if there is some frontier we haven't crossed yet, some moral stance to take to improve our world? For example, some argue for being straight edge because of the link between alcohol and drugs and capitalist domination.

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throwaway wrote (edited )

I think you're absolutely right. Education goes before action, as long as it doesn't quell action. A struggle without any thought behind it is nothing more than a struggle. Discovering the evils behind evils and fighting those evils is to no avail, if you hold no bedrock idea of what is to keep people alive after the hand that feeds has been cut off.

Or maybe cr is right, maybe we just have to roll with it, stand up against those who'd like us not to, and the rest will happen organically, as the dominator is forced to retreat and make room for creativity and cooperation.

No matter what's what, for now I'll stick to borderline insanity, mushroom trips and Terence McKenna audio files. Nobody knows what's going on anyways, and certainly not me. Those who claim to are either lying, or have been lied to; perhaps both.

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darkecology wrote

The two have to go together. Theory should guide practice, and our practice needs to reflexively inform our theory. You can't do without one or the other.

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Principle_Beauty OP wrote

I'm not so sure that psychedelics lead somewhere nice. One can commune with nature and temporarily self-isolate without mind-altering substances. Indeed, perhaps they get in the way of mindful awareness.

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throwaway wrote

It can be done without, of course, psychedelics doesn't give you superpowers - it does, however, allow you to percieve your mind in a whole new way, bending your mind inwards and exposing things you might not have realized otherwise.

I don't think it's a universal truth at all, I just know from my own experience that it's a wonderful tool, and, if done properly, can be just as healthy as the stigma would have you believe it is unhealthy.

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