• The checks and balances in my life are my intelligence and laziness. My intelligence handles most problems in my life while my laziness prevents me from falling too far into addiction.
• I tried jerking while tripping, and it was an intense experience. I was able to come 3 times with no refractory period
• Time acts as a scalar to all events. Nothing is inherently good or bad, it’s more about the timing of it. And that’s how time acts as a scalar, or rather a balancer. Something that is done with good intentions could lead to disaster depending on the timing. Something done trying to destroy something could end up saving it depending on the timing. But even on a smaller scale, a simple phrase could turn into the funniest thing you’ve ever heard if it’s said with the right comedic timing. Time adds context, and thus adds meaning.
• And I think that’s why music is so impactful to everyone; why it’s so amazing. It allows us to play with creation. We view the world around us, and then change it with the beats of music. It’s so powerful a tool. Because with music, we can control timing. We can turn tragic events into spectacular ones. It all just depends on where we set the beats in our life. Once we have the beats, the key points set, we can decide the rhythm in between.
• There are two main ways to use: to try to escape you’re reality, or to try to discover your reality. The people who use them to discover their reality, and achieve, scare those who haven’t realised their own reality, because reality is so complex and abstract that you have to be at least a little crazy to comprehend it. And so as a result, the main arguments against drugs only takes evidence from those who use them to escape reality and put restrictions on those who use it to discover reality.
▪︎ Drugs are a very powerful tool. And just like with any tool, you have to handle them with care and use them in the right situation. Just like you wouldn’t use a chainsaw to cut a piece of paper, you wouldn’t use acid or weed to make you happy. But just because a tool can be misused doesn’t mean it can not incredibly important. Because where would humanity be now if we stopped exploring fire after we got burned once.
Hattie conversation
H: Yeah and depending on where you are at in your life, listening to certain songs might impact you quite a bit or not at all because you might not be able to appreciate the message or creativity of the composer yet/at that time
N: Yes! And I’ve also realized that going back to listening to old music can lead to amazing new insights about yourself. Like, i still like the music that i listened to in high school, but now it’s for a completely different reason. It’s like the song speaks to me like a new person, because each time i listen to it i have new experiences that have changed me. And the longer it’s been since I’ve listened to the song, the more growth i see in myself.
Michael conversation
M: I agree that time can change context but I’d argue there are some pretty inherently good or bad things. Take the death of a loved one fo example. What time context could turn that into a positive thing?
N: when someone dies, it gives you time to reflect. You get to think about you’re life more. But also, you get to revisit old and cherished memories of that person that you haven’t thought about in years, memories that would have gone forgotten. And you also get to share the experience with others. The same memories you had are compounded upon with other’s memories when you share stories. You get to learn more about that person than you ever thought you could, and even though they’re gone, it feels like they’re still growing with you. Because not even death stops the influence of that person has on the world. And vice versa, the world still has an influence on that person from an outside observer. Death acts like a break in life. It lets us take a step back and amass all that can be known at that point.
M: I guess so, but even then that seems time independent, no?
N: Yes and no. Time allows you to see the lasting effects of the initial event. For instance, the exact moment you hear of a death, before you even have time to process what you’ve heard, you feel nothing. But then as time passes, the next thing you feel are the most intense feelings of your life. Anger, depression, sadness, confusion, fear, powerlessness. They all hit you at once. But then more time passes, and you slow down a bit. You start thinking. You’re no longer just feeling, your trying to figure out why you’re feeling. And then once you do, more time passes and you reevaluate those feelings. You visit them again, and with your new experiences, come new feelings on the initial event. The same event that caused you so much pain could be the same one that drove you to greatness. But without the passage of time, you wouldn’t know. Time provides context because you get the see how one event impacts others.
I feel like I tend to jump to this example more than i should, but it’s because it’s such an extreme instance that so much truth spawns from it. What I’m talking about is WWII and the holocaust. No one in their right mind would say either thing was good. But with the context of time, you get to see it’s effects. WWII showed what happens when leaders are weak and let a malicious force roam free. The holocaust showed not only how cruel people can be, but how dangerous it is to ignore cruelty when it’s not directly against you. As a result, humanity learned so many invaluable lessons that have shaped our world. I believe that our world as a whole, and we as a people, have become better from those two incredibly tragic and horrific events. So if that’s the case, if we truly are better off now than before those events, can we say that those events are objectively bad? And that’s how i think time context prevents the idea that anything is inherently good or bad.
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