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Mystical Experience & Psychedelics: Meaningful, Measurable, Life Changing

November 22, 2017 By Aaron 3 Comments

Mystical Experience and Psychedelics: Meaningful, Measurable, Life Changing

In the last post we saw that there are some significant, lasting changes in personality traits and values that come as a result of psychedelic experience. It appears that the catalyst for these changes is something called mystical experience. What is mystical experience, and why is it so powerful? A mystical experience, as we will see, is one of the most profound and … [Read more...] about Mystical Experience & Psychedelics: Meaningful, Measurable, Life Changing

Making Courage a Habit

November 14, 2017 By Aaron Leave a Comment

Man jumping off a cliff with mountains and colourful sky in the background

This concept is simple but potentially very impactful if you can implement it. The idea is to make courage a habit. What does that mean exactly? Let’s define our terms: Courage, I think, is best imagined as simply a decision in a moment. You find yourself in a situation with a choice to make and there is anxiety, trepidation, or some other form of fear. Courage is making the … [Read more...] about Making Courage a Habit

Psychedelics, Personality Traits, and Values: A Closer Look at the Research

November 10, 2017 By Aaron 3 Comments

Image of a mushroom with overlaid text: Psychedelics, Personality Traits, and Values: A Closer Look at the Research

The last post asked the question: Can we derive values from psychedelic experience? That is to say what, if anything, does psychedelic experience tell us about how to live our lives? Some related questions came up: Is there a common set of values that unites the psychedelic community? To what extent are values actually imbued by the psychedelic experience, and to what extent … [Read more...] about Psychedelics, Personality Traits, and Values: A Closer Look at the Research

Can We Derive Values From Psychedelic Experience?

November 6, 2017 By Aaron 1 Comment

A section of the painting Jacob's Dream by William Blake

It's a sort of spider-like creature, but a spider with gaping jaws. It crawls towards me on the floor - right towards my face as I'm lying on my back. Now a swarm of these creatures completely cover my body and begin to eat me alive. It started simply from seeing the closet on the other side of the room. A dark and shadowy place - reminiscent of monsters in the closet - and a … [Read more...] about Can We Derive Values From Psychedelic Experience?

How to Manage High Openness & High Conscientiousness

October 29, 2017 By Aaron 7 Comments

Man wearing shirt holding messy paintbrushes to represent contrast between trait openness and trait conscientiousness

When I was 21 I was living in Thailand and thinking about my future. I thought, I could be the barefoot hippie running in the woods. And that seemed like a viable path for my life. I also thought, I could be the shiny-shoed salesman working in a big city. And that seemed viable too. While these types exist at opposite ends of a spectrum, there were things that … [Read more...] about How to Manage High Openness & High Conscientiousness

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