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Do you think this was faked or is it real? I'm somewhat conflicted, have any of you tried it for yourself?

This is more adjacent to the thread topic but any thoughts on this neuroscientist who's talking about communicating with the afterlife?

Apparently Diane Hennacy Powell who helped with it is an anti vaxxer. I think euphoric atheists on skeptic.org are still cringe as fuck though

Apparently Diane Hennacy Powell is rumored to be an anti vaxxer. I think euphoric atheists on skeptic.org are still cringe as fuck though

Professor Dave Explains' take

More skeptics
https://bingeworthy.substack.com/p/cringey-list-the-telepathy-tapes
https://robbereddinger.substack.com/p/i-want-to-believe-the-telepathy-tapes
https://bingeworthy.substack.com/p/what-i-got-wrong-about-the-telepathy

No offense but I’m really yet to have any reason to believe Astral Projection is anything other than the brain being overly imaginative in a lucid dream. Why does nobody ask their dead Grandma “Hey where’d you leave the jewelry?” When they AP and always just come back with vague and esoteric philosophy instead of anything verifiable?

Also have any of you heard of Robert Monroe? He was one of the most famous APers and he even worked with the CIA on some docs that have become the subject of many conspiracies. Have any of you tried his methods and what did you think? Apparently he also said Earth was a farm of emotional energy called loosh which was one of the kickstarters for the prison planet theory

Never done it myself but I've read up about it a little bit. Erin Pavlina's a decent one who talks about stuff like negative entities and the more nitty gritty of it all but there are some rumors she's a scammer so I don't know about her fully. Stories I've seen from Reddit, TikTok, and elsewhere seem to go along with it. TikTok I saw a girl who AP'd and met beings who were worried she gonna be trapped where she projected forever and I've seen lots of stories of people meeting strange figures in suits on the astral. Some are good and help them do stuff with energy, others aren't and try to force them back into their bodies. I read a couple of odd experiences where people mentioned fighting with clones of themselves to a stalemate. The AstralProjection subreddit has some interesting stories about it, I recommend looking on the user Unlmtd_Output 's page for some, I also saw some theories that the government is guarding in the Astral which does seem pretty plausible. Could be a prison planet archon deal too but I think it's more likely that some are just negative beings

If astral projection is merely an unconscious variant of remote viewing… then maybe

>>11869
Most people who do AP also do remote viewing. I do think remote viewing is more reliable though but there are many scammers in that field unfortunately

I read on Agoraroad that studies done on people who claim to be active Astral Projectors have shown massive amounts of neuron activity in the Hippocampus, the main memory processing center for the brain. Do you think this explains Astral Projection away? I also struggle to make sense of things like people going out of body and seeing inaccurate info like going out of body and seeing an open window when the window is actually meant to be closed. A lot of those people say it feels like dreaming

>>10309
Thank you for your reply. Is there a good book that resonates with you especially? One that has emphasis on mother divinity? A lot of books I come across are very masculine.

>>10310
i liked the book by zuzana budapest in the OP under dianic wicca. You'll see I took a lot of inspiration from her. Mary Daly is good too.
The one that most resonated with me and broke me out of the spell of lies was reading the gnostic version of genesis. I had been raised catholic but since very early realized that the god of the bible was evil. It is especially obvious in genesis: the lie that women were borne from man's rib (and not the other way around), the curses the male god places on humanity like flooding the earth or killing innocents in egypt. He is jealous and vengeful. very unlike a creator and more like a usurper trying to control a creation that is not his. Even from a young age it felt like a trick. Reading the gnosic version is much closer to the truth, though i think their conception of material reality as evil is an oversimplification. the thunder perfect mind is a poem from the nag hammadi library, i think, which has a lot of hidden truths.
Unfortunately lots of traditions about the mother divinity were passed down orally, suppressed, eliminated, or assimilated. If you look, youll find fragments of her in your own culture. Take these fragments and follow them. She is not a vengeful goddess, don't worry too much about doing things the perfect way, just do what you can and she will show you the rest. Ask the women in your family, look at the female figures in your religion, or even look to history or mathematics and philosophy. You'll find her.

About the flooding, according to Plato's work Timaeus in ancient times there where many floodings that actually destroyed civilisations and their accumulated knowledge which they where desparate to pass on to the future generations to the point that underground libraries where built like the ones in Egypt.

Can someone recommend me an introductory book?

This interests me but I struggle to believe any of it personally. Can anyone provide me with some evidence or proof that any of the supernatural is real? Or that there's more reason to believe in any of this than standard Christianity or Abrahamic Religions?

What if Hell is real and most are doomed to eternal torture?

>>11367
Is it like a fear that there's no heaven/afterlife or a fear that we're already in hell or a fear that the apocalypse is what we're living through?

I want to flirt with cute shy nerdy boys, have them fall in love with me, then i want to beat them up, kiss them tenderly(once), knee them in the nuts, hurt them physically, disappear and never contact them again.

>>11541
Extremely based. I have similar fantasies all the time.

I imagine myself having a destructive, drug fueled codependent relationship with another woman. I want us to be possessive over each other, and nothing else would matter as long as we were together. I also fantasize about mindbreaking my pathetic ex. He’s already fragile and manipulative due to past trauma, and I imagine holding his face, staring at him wordlessly as he cries before forcing him down and having sex with him. I want to degrade and humiliate him sexually to the point where he feels deep shame and guilt but still comes crawling back to me to satisfy him every time he’s aroused. I want him to brand himself with my name, and for him to constantly be consumed with thoughts of me.

>>11971
I believe you can change and regulate small things like that over time by thinking about it hard (like in Dune). Do not look in the mirror for extended periods of time. Just do whatever it takes physically (eg wearing headphones for ears) and mentally to change. As for eyesight, avoid computer screens for a few days and especially when you wake up. Go outside and force yourself to read signs and stuff from afar. Put up a sheet of paper with random characters and try to read from as far as possible; then back up as you get better. You can do this at home. I think the body is much more flexible than most think. Over half of people have glasses; logically, shouldn't they have been culled out over thousands of years? I think they started with good eyesight and their eyes simply adjusted quickly and quasi-permanently when they started reading/going on a computer at a young age. If you force your body to another situation you should be able to reverse. Ofc, and this goes in general to anyone, eat well, drink well, run a couple of times a week and do a few pushups; and most importantly, work intellectually and/or read proper stuff. This changes you as a person (and thus your appearance too).

>>11972
I forgot to add that science actually shows people morphing over the years into their significant one; so such (admittedly slow) change is officially possible given the right context. But we also forget faces quickly. Hence my theory that if you don't look at yourself and strongly focus mentally on changing certain aspects you may be able to change yourself.

>>11972
Thank you for the reply

>wearing headphones for ears

Technically this doesn’t cause permanent change. But with miracles and placebo i guess it could

>>11974

I already hate mirrors :(

>>11896

how old were you then? how old are you now?

i don't believe you actually correlate any of these desires to love. i think you feel like you have to call these, or want to call these violent impulses 'love' to avoid seeing these impulses as what they obviously are: anger, isolation, alienation, and likely a very weak psyche.

it sounds like you don't think many people (if any) love you, including your parents - you probably don't interact with others enough to catch a glimpse of the spectrum of romance/sex/love or whatever - why the correlation to love?

>>11902
>how old were you then?
6-14
>how old are you now?
20s
>i think you feel like you have to call these, or want to call these violent impulses 'love' to avoid seeing these impulses as what they obviously are: anger, isolation, alienation, and likely a very weak psyche.
>why the correlation to love?
i know that those sadistic impulses stem from isolation and abuse and mental illness and whatnot, im not afraid to admit that because its a rather obvious conlusion, i just dont know what else to call them. like sometimes i will feel enamored by a person, i like thinking about them and having them on the backburner of my mind, i like how they look and i find them hot, but instead of wanting to make them happy all i think about is hurting them and i dont have any interest in doing anything else with them, when i stop having a crush on a person i stop wanting to hurt them. thats why i label those experiences as 'love', there just isn't any other catch-all term that describes the type of attachment that i feel

>>11907
NAYRT, but can you give us more insight into your crushes (since you mentioned you don't date)? are you usually friends with the people you've had crushes on? what about fictional/celebrity crushes?

>>11910
>are you usually friends with the people you've had crushes on?
not really. i kind of have a strange relationships with people in general, i dont usually like my friends as people and we talk exclusively about our shared hyperfixations (usually original characters or media) because i dont care about anything else. i talk to them as long as theyre willing to entertain my ideas and so in return i entertain theirs. its transactional to me. with crushes its different, theyre usually the type of person that id never be friends with because theyre usually not the artistic creative types and creating stuff is my only real interest
>what about fictional/celebrity crushes?
i dont get like that about celebs, usually because i dont find them interesting, but i sometimes have those crushes on fictional characters, tho not all of my attractions are fictional

>>11907
You can all but extinguish old/bad memories. That's why in the (((current era))) they keep talking about "opening up" and "embracing emotions" and so on. Because they want you to suffer. Once you've come to terms with what happened and have acknowledged it you can create a new reality; just experience as much as possible (both good books/media and in life) and ignore the old stuff. It'll get suppressed. The human mind is much more flexible and our mental strength more resilient than they'll let you know. It's also nice to have a proper goal in life (ie working towards something concrete and materially relevant).

>>8697
>>11934
Why do you believe that in order to permashift or respawn you first need to die? I never read it was necessary.

>>11944
i see, i'm honestly pretty skeptical when it comes to second-hand accounts like that, anyone could say anything.

>>11949
i would be happiest if there was nothing after death. none of the options given by major religions is satisfying.

>>11964
tbh i don't think it is, however the respawn community i was apart of for years was based on death-based reincarnation. however, it wasn't like you commit suicide then you reincarnate and more like you undergo the spiritual reincarnation first and then your body dies in the way you scripted. either way, i was a depressed teen and thought i wanted to die so i rlly liked the idea.

>>11965
>i would be happiest if there was nothing after death. none of the options given by major religions is satisfying.
I agree that most afterlife ideas have holes in them but non-existence would be the worst. At least if there is something after death there's a way it could all maybe work out even if we can't comprehend it. Nothing after just feels so definitive

To be more in line with the topic of the thread I wonder if some form of quantum immortality is true, there are lots of stories of people who were about to get into head on car collisions yet they walked away completely unharmed with their cars having not even a dent. It's very odd

>>11964
what even is the difference between permashifting and respawning? Arent't they the same (both being shifting with intent to stay in ones desired reality)

>>11969
Respawning is usually coming back to the current timeline as a new person, permashifting is going to a different timeline as the same person

>>573
Could be potentially easier and cheaper by setting a controlled fire inside your car and locking everything, but dont do it

>>9856
>>6598
Back on this thread 3 years after my initial post. Relationship fell apart after 2 and a half years and I'm living alone in a city with not a single friend or support system. I'm doing uni and even started an antidepressant in hopes of improving my mood but I'm still suffering from the same issues, unable to perform most tasks, can't engage with hobbies and interests etc. I am not really alive, just here.

Suicide is such a beautiful dream to escape into. Dreaming about waking up dead, being hit by a car, dying of disease and finally having some physical manifestation of what's going on inside. I'm craving an end to pain. I'm not fully committed to the idea as I don't think I've hit rock bottom just yet. I still crave love and conncetion though it's extremely far out of reach. Do you guys feel like it was doomed from the start? When I recall my memories it seems there was always a veil of tragedy and quiet alienation over my life. I'm going to keep trying for now but I'm researching methods in the background for when I inevitably give up again.

>>11758
i recommend sasu forum. i hope you find the peace you are looking for.

every now and then I hear about a bunch of dumbasses die because they ran their car in a garage for warmth
makes me wonder is it really that easy to die sometimes

>>11778
>makes me wonder is it really that easy to die sometimes
Yeah it is. I lost my grandma because she got a fucking bug bite while on a vacation and contracted a rare strand of cancer from it. That could've been anyone, you, me, someone we know, literally anyone can die that way and it's horrifying. Makes me feel almost agoraphobic.

I wish I wasn't so scared of death and what happens after so I could just kill myself and get life over with. I feel existential lots of the time because it's likely there's nothing after death which just makes death and loss more difficult. I don't kill myself because I'm scared of everything just ending and also I'm scared of possible repercussions after death