Is consciousness eternal, or just a product of the body? Is the body just a toy we get to wear out, and then we move on, or, are we just dirt after this? As a musician, when the real magic happens, it’s as if you are spoken through, or, at least the ego steps aside, and you become the observer.
About five years ago I got serious about practicing what I will loosely call meditation. I had, after 7 years of daily use, managed to kick meth... without any help, definitely no support group, no N.A. my girlfriend, who refused to consider quitting , was talking to ghosts, and my kidneys were failing, excruciating pain. I would try to pee, and could not. I would see stars, blackout, and then wake up on the cold floor, and still could not pee. Finally, I quit, and got deeply into healing. I substituted herb, herbs, smart drugs, and every fast track desperado meditation technique I could find. One morning I got up b4 sunrise, took a microdose of lsd, and ginseng coffee with green ghee (that I made). I went up to the roof with my headphones and did several rounds of Wim Hoff style breathing exercises while staring into the sunrise, with music. This combination had become a common practice for me, and I was pushing the breathwork. Wim recommends 30 deep breaths. I had gotten up to about 150.. it gets hard to keep track.. then I would hold my breath for quite a while, and on the the inhale that day I had my first ‘kundalini’ experience. It was nothing like the warm fuzz I had imagined it might be. It was far from subtle.I have rebuilt and modified many old tube amps as a guitarist, and I have electrocuted myself a few times. That is what it felt like.. like a powerful jolt came straight up my spine. I was paralyzed, and terrified, and in my minds eye, a gold beam came from earth, through me, out of the top of my head and made an arc to the sun. I thought I was dying, or having a stroke, then this wave of emotion welled up, and I began laughing and crying simultaneously ....and then I heard a voice, as someone tapped me on the shoulder....It was not God, and I realized I was no longer alone on the roof of my girlfriends apartment building .., and they wondered if I was okay, and from that moment forward, her building mates thought, maybe not unreasonably, that I was a wing nut. I was elated, embarrassed, disoriented, and, well, interrupted. Definitely left me hanging.I have tried to get back there for years, and have had many great moments, and epiphanies, but nothing even close. That experience led me to believe that we might have a soul, and that it is, or can be, connected to what felt to me like a very electric universe.
If we do have soul that leaves the body, then if, and when all those people who are cryogenically frozen are ever revived.... ..will they be zombies?
I believe crypto and blockchains have the power to improve the quality of life around the world. Separate money from states, central banks, governments. As crypto is adopted, they will lose power. War might not be such big business..at least that’s the dream. And, admittedly, the possibility for life changing wealth, from a reasonably small investment, is attractive. Nine years ago, a friend recommended that I buy Bitcoin. I think It was 3 cents. I tried to wrap my head around what it was, how it worked, and how it was valuable, but I gave up at the part that required my credit card. If I had invested $3.00 then, and hodl’d, I would now be a millionaire, or maybe just have lost my $3 to Mt Gox. Three years ago I rediscovered it.I hope the growth will continue. I have been buying the dips.
I make a crazy ginseng mushroom butter coffee drink. Into keto, wild mushrooms, foraging for clean food. My dog is on a mostly raw carnivore diet...makes sense to me. Wolves don’t raid ranches and steal the gmo corn. They don’t cook or can their food either. There’s less and less food that I trust for myself or my dog in the apparent abundance of the modern American market.
9/11 really changed my perspective. To me, it seems so obvious that the official story is propaganda. Knowing that, I question everything ..... I think the history of the world I was taught is all wrong....maybe Tesla’s dream of free electricity for all is real, and possible, and withheld. However, the Earth is definitely round....If you don’t entertain at least a few ‘conspiracy theories’, you’re either brainwashed, or you just have not looked, in my opinion.
My dog Cooper, and I, live well in an an RV. We stay mostly around the Bay Area. I take a lot of pictures of him, and our adventures
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)found these near the horse stables in Daly City. They are called Shaggy Parasols. Butter, garlic, they taste like steak. I ate all of those, and lived. Have been studying wild fungi for a few years. Be very careful.
I find these growing in parks all over sf. They are mushrooms, and apparently they are edible, however, they are full of sap that attracts flys, who then spread their spores...I have not eaten these. Proof that fungi are aliens?
I touched on several things that I will expand upon in future posts. how I quit meth, meditation techniques, health and diet for humans and dogs, foraging for wild food, my evidence for the existence of a soul....
Wow you sound cool as shit! Welcome to Steemit and Steem blockchain ! My name is Francesca @prettynicevideo. I hope the girlfriend quit. I mean for your sake. I couldbt imagine being around someone who would not help better my life, their life with me. Ill be following your cool ass journey! If you have any questions, just ask! You may like doing the daily #freewrite activities on steem blockchain. 5 minutes, one word and what comes to mind. They are fun. In any rate! Welcome
Greetings, @noegowego!
Welcome to the Steem blockchain!
I'll second the use of Steempeak and Partiko, as I typically use the former on my laptop, and the latter on my phone. I find both quite useful, though I personally found eSteem to be less so, so I no longer use it.
We have a lot in common, in that my husband and I are musicians, we're both into meditation and spiritual pursuits, and we're both into herbs, and foraging for mushrooms, though he's a lot more knowledgeable about the latter, as he grew up hunting mushrooms with his family in Poland.
I'm an Angeleno by birth, with serious love for the SF Bay Area and the whole of the California coast, though I now live in Middle Tennessee, midway between Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
We have mostly-forested acreage on a river, with zero light pollution, and magnificent starwatching on clear nights.
Our plan on moving here was to start a mini organic farm and orchard, with music and art studio, but life intervenes, and thus we're still in the early phases.
In any case, nice introduction, and I hope you stick around a while. With your interests, you may want to check out the @naturalmedicine community, which includes a fabulous collection of welcoming souls from all over the world. We are big on sharing knowledge, and there is already a growing collection of useful posts and other materials.
There are a whole host of incredible communities and tribes around here, with @thealliance, @tribesteemup, and @poetsunited being a few more I'm involved with, but take the time to get your bearings first, and I have no doubt you'll find your way around just fine.
I'm resteeming your post in the hope that it will help a little to bring you together with likeminded souls.
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Thank you, crescendoofpeace. I grew up in Atlanta...and bailed at 18. So I am somewhat familiar with the south, although idk Tennessee. My brother is in Pensacola, Florida now. No light pollution sounds amazing to me, now. Funny how our values change. I have tried to leave the Bay, but I always come running back. Although, the older I get, and the more I learn and experience of government and capitalism/materialism/corporate facism, the more tempted I am to head 2-3 thousand miles south, along the west coast. A river in the forest in Tennessee with real food sounds pretty good too.
Yes, we've thought of South America as well, along with a hundred other places, but so far none have been compelling enough to drag us out of here.
And the Bay area is hard to beat, with its mix of gorgeous scenery, lovely (mostly) weather, great (mostly) people, and pretty much everything under the sun available relatively nearby.
Pensacola is gorgeous as well, but if I went back to Florida, it would be to somewhere far less populated. And, frankly, anywhere in Florida is vulnerable to sea level rise.
Thanks for your response, and have a lovely weekend!
Ooooohhh.... You're going to be good... Nice to meet you Cannon and Cooper (My what large teeth you have). :) Welcome to your new home on the blockchain! I'm with you on the soul part, having had a few experiences not shared on these pages. I truly believe there's far more "out there" (or is it "in there?")than we can see with the naked eye.
I like your writing style and look forward to the nuggets of life you have to share with us. And if we can introduce you to paragraph breaks, that would be a plus. :) Well it's been nice chatting with you over the back fence. Take care and don't be a stranger. I've left out the welcome mat for you so you'll feel right at home! :)
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Thank you, evernoticethat. I wrote that with paragraph breaks, I swear,but I am doing everything with an iphone6, and I had many issues posting...i gave up for months. My initial post was much longer, and contained a bunch of pics, but it wouldn’t post. I worked many hours on it, and got pretty frustrated. Finally, I came back and edited it way down.. threw hours of work away, and then it posted...apparently without my paragraphs. I am not a tech. I love what steemit is about, and the people and projects here, but the passwords, process, and hours of work in the garbage.. rough start.
I could be wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that there is a post length limit? Wondering if you ran up against that.
I write epic posts once in awhile, and at times my formatting combines paragraphs, so I use:
<br> </br>So it formats the way I want it to.
Now I have to decide what my next post will be about! :)
I keep getting blocked from even commenting on other posts by a notice that tells me I must pay to continue. Really?
You're out of SP (Steam Power).
However, it looks like you have not claimed the rewards (27 STEEM and 27 SP) from this post.
Login to your Steemit wallet with your POSTING key and if you have not claimed it you'll see a black "redeem rewards" bar. Click that and the rewards will be applied to your balance.
You need a certain amount of SP to do things. When you first joined back in March, you were "loaned" roughly 15+ SP. However, that was a temporary loan for a limited period of time. Since you didn't make your first post until months later, your STEEM Power loan ended, which is why you have none. (Same thing happened to me in my first few months).
See Steemd to check your stats:
https://steemd.com/@noegowego/
Notice it says "0 SP" at the top.
SP is like gas for your car, it won't run without some. Claim your rewards and watch that number go up! :)
Definitely claim your rewards.
As @evernoticethat said above, click on your wallet, and it will show you the rewards you have yet to claim.
Login using your posting key, and click to claim your rewards, and that should give you more than enough to post and comment for a good long while. ;-)
I'm looking forward to your future posts on your journeys with Cooper! And more pics as well. I'm still a sucker for the Bay area.
Take care and don't be a stranger!
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Welcome to Steemit noegowego. The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. You should also check out DTube and DSound for starters and if you're a gamer, Splinterlands! There are many other cool apps but I can't list them all here, there's just too many! But I'd also like to mention Steempeak, it's a better blogging platform that has a lot of cool features. The latest project you should also check as a new member is a palnet! Welcome to the blockchain! :) Oh, and if you're interested in creating your own tokens or smart contracts, check Steem engine!
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Welcome noego cannon and cooper ,
You are a Steemian now! And your first blog is online. Better late than never, and I'm sure one day we will say those were the very early days of Steemit, so congrats! Whats essential here is regular posting off good quality blogs.
So start writing ! Tell us about your life, passion, animals or your work.
That Will attract possible followers.
Do be carefull with your passwords, they are yours and yours only.
Look up the free Steemify app in the Appstore or read this blog https://steemit.com/busy/@exyle/using-steemify-to-stay-up-to-date-about-the-blockchain-like-project-destiny-please-consider-blockbrothers-for-your-witness-vote Thats helpfull too.
Next to Steemify I use Appics to post.
You can also visit our discord server The Steem Terminal is your one-stop location for learning about destinations on the Steem Blockchain & Discord. Here you will find people who are willing to answer the questions you may have as a new Steemian, documents to assist you, a place to learn and practice, and find out about the many opportunities to connect with other Steemians!
Or visit the @heyhaveyamet account( a coop with @xcountytravelers ) where we highlight newcomers.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead! Let me know if you have questions, because i know alt is thrown at you
Love from the Netherlands
Britt
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Welcome to Steemit noegowego. The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. You should also check out DTube and DSound for starters and if you're a gamer, Splinterlands! There are many other cool apps but I can't list them all here, there's just too many! But I'd also like to mention Steempeak, it's a better blogging platform that has a lot of cool features. The latest project you should also check as a new member is a palnet! Welcome to the blockchain! :) Oh, and if you're interested in creating your own tokens or smart contracts, check Steem engine!
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Welcome to Steemit noegowego. The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. You should also check out DTube and DSound for starters and if you're a gamer, Splinterlands! There are many other cool apps but I can't list them all here, there's just too many! But I'd also like to mention Steempeak, it's a better blogging platform that has a lot of cool features. The latest project you should also check as a new member is a palnet! Welcome to the blockchain! :) Oh, and if you're interested in creating your own tokens or smart contracts, check Steem engine!
Those mushrooms.. woah!!
And what a journey you've had.
Glad you came out of it fine...
Welcome to the SteemVerse :)
Good to have you here.
Welcome to the Steemit community @noegowego!
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Hey Cannon and Cooper! Nice to have you in Steemit. I love your story and your interests. Looking forward to your next post 😊
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Amazing first post! Looking forward for the next. Welcome!
Nice Dog
@noegowego Hey Welcome here dear... Glad to see you here....
Upvoted you 100% !!!
Hope just like your #introduceyourself post your every post gets on top and you achieve your goal using steemit...
If you need any help or assistance feel free to tell me over steemchat...
I will be always there for you!!!!
Do view my profile and follow me to get one of the amazing valuable blogs on steemit!!!! Thanks=)
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Seriously this is one of the best intro posts I have read!! Love it. @naturalmedicine is definitely calling to you! 🙏🙏 Gotta dash but coming back soon to comment on this further.
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Great intro! You are exactly the reason I love Steem... the people here are much more open and awake to what is possible. Welcome.
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It has been upvoted and re-steemed by the @naturalmedicine and @c-squared accounts after manual review.
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@C-squared is community curation group where everyone is a curator, actively working to support authors. Please consider @c-squared as your witness as a way to support this project.Welcome to Steemit noegowego!
I wish you success on the platform, you exhibit an inspiring energy with many nuances and features friendly to nature. I invite you to use the label #ecotrain, when you make publications on environmental conservation, spirituality, ancestral wisdom, permaculture, among others. The @ecotrain team, with @eco-alex as leader, are incredible people who accompany and support this type of content. Good luck in this journey that you begin for the platform.
Welcome! Your coffee sounds amazing. I look forward to future posts, especially about meditation. :-)
Yeah, I'm not sure if fungi are aliens but it sure does make me wonder.
Welcome to The Chain, Cannon. An interesting intro read. Having just woken up from a dream that had me jamming, you being a musician caught my attention. Following with interest. ✌
Welcome to Steem!
I hope you make some fabulous connections!
I see you are into meditation and we have a Mindful Life community within Natural Medicine whose aims are:
• To unite meditators across the Steem blockchain so that we can share and strengthen our own practices
• To provide a space to discuss the philosophy, science and practical application of such practices in our lives
• To inspire and motivate each other
• To provide support if we might be struggling, connecting with like minded people who might offer solutions
I cordially invite you to Mindful Life community in the @naturalmedicine server here. We run group meditations and support each other as we grow through conscious awareness. With much love!
Great intro! Well to steem!
Kundalini, huh? I've not experienced that with Wim hof yet, but I'm new to it. Not even sure exactly what that is, but I definitely don't underestimate the ability for things like that to happen. 💚
I'm a bit late to the party, but wanted to welcome you to the steemit community. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us. There are a few of us truck living folk on here. Looking forward to following you and reading your posts. Loving your fungi pictures xxxx
Hey noegowego! If you would like to make your personal feed contain the top trending media and talking points of the whole internet, consider following @coffeebreak and @topicstoday accounts - And welcome to Steem!