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2018-07-28 NSSAT - Rose Petals on the Zafus and LSD in the Roshi's Tea

Synopsis Another great Saturday morning chit-chat with Pierre and several members of the NS. This was at Regina's house. Technical Issues I botched the video today, so I got this audio recording from Barbara - Thank you Barbara! Pierre did make a diagram today (the JPEG in the Download Options section), but it mostly just has to do with the solipsism topic at the beginning of the talk. Highlights Barbara's question re "Divisions" and "distinctions" (after Proclus in his Commentary on Plato's Parmenides withing the realm of the intelligible Experiencing everything in our mind - Solipsism - we're taught it in schools but we don't believe it. (see diagram) A mechnical (materialist philosophy) view of the world The impact of LSD on our culture LDS vs mystical experience - cannot be distinguished by experts - a journal article Buddhism Peyote buttons The pill: contraception: Women now more self-directed. Also led to the end of Freud's reign and the rise of "social psychology" (Sullivan, Hornet, Maslow) Alan Watts as divinely inspired but unaware: = Ion or shamanic channeling Hiddleman: The one-legged yogi LSD in Maizumi roshi's tea, and rose petals on the zafus Pierre's yoga farm friend

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