> And you don't need to trip on mushrooms to see the filth all arround us.
For you. A lot of people don't see what's around them on a daily basis, good or bad. Mushrooms can help with that since they remove a lot of the filters we have built up.
We put in filters as an adaptation to help live in such an environment. If we remove those filters for things that we can't change, won't it make everyone needlessly miserable?
> If we remove those filters for things that we can't change, won't it make everyone needlessly miserable?
Perceived as Normal: People do not see the world for what it is and need to rationalize pleasant things to motivate their continual participation in it and expect others to do the same.
One aspect of depression: People see the world for what is is and can no longer rationalize pleasant things to motivate their continual participation in it.
High functioning: People see the world for what it is and have no need to rationalize pleasant things to motivate their continue participation in it and leverage the observation that others need and expect a continual illusion.
We are not all the same and perhaps more people can be higher functioning.
Perhaps or it can allow you to see what is holding you back. Many assumptions are rooted below conscious thought and it can be useful to bring them to the fore.
An example of useless filters: today I spent like 15 minutes searching for my teapot on my kitchen bench.
I did not find it.
Later I walked in my kitchen and immediately spotted the teapot. It was standing next to the kettle in the middle of the kitchen bench, the same place where it has been standing for the last 2 years...
For you. A lot of people don't see what's around them on a daily basis, good or bad. Mushrooms can help with that since they remove a lot of the filters we have built up.