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Read More »The Glorified Body-Metamorphosis of The Body and the Crisis Phase of Human Evolution
Life Lessons from the Living Dead
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Read More »Temporal Fencing and Life Fields
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Read More »You are Only as Old as you are-the Six Noble Truths of the Zap Philosophy of Aging
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Read More »Pushing the Envelope, Boundary Expansion into Novelty in Personal and Evolutionary Contexts
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Read More »A Spiraling, Eye-Encrusted Overview of the Art of Alex Grey (and some related topics, and a response from Alex)
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Read More »Parallel Journeys—-sample, Chapter One
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Read More »Are You an Invisible?
A sometimes surreal exploration of Grant Morrison’s graphic novel masterpiece THE INVISIBLES asks the reader to consider whether they might be an Invisible---an empowered and transforming mutant.
Read More »On the Disillusioning Revelations about Terence Mckenna
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Read More »ZIJ—Dealing with Zones of Inner Jeopardy
Zones of inner jeopardy (ZIJ) are those familiar times when we are inwardly stressed, our thoughts and emotions are agitated, and we may be enveloped by dark moods. The causes of ZIJ are various, and usually there are multiple causes such as metabolic disequilibria, social/sexual issues, financial hardship, disturbances in the force and so forth."ZIJ" is used in this essay to refer to both zones of inner jeopardy and a way of dealing with them.
Read More »Confessions of a Self-Aware Starship
Awakening from uneasy dreams, I was aware of myself as a self-reflecting starship. For a few moments I lingered in that warpy place between dreams and wakefulness, still feeling partly caught up in some painful drama with another starship that had played itself out as I slept. Slowly the dream faded, and the waking consciousness returned---that all-too-familiar sense of myself as a middle-aged starship, about halfway through its lifecycle in an era where well-maintained starships often lasted a century.
Read More »Transcending Online Road Rage
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Read More »Reality Testing is Politically Incorrect!
I think I just realized why I get into trouble with so many people----somehow I never realized what now seems obvious----reality testing is politically incorrect! Whether you are a religious fundamentalist or a New Age fundamentalist, on the right or on the left, if it feels emotionally satisfying, then it’s true.
Read More »A Glossary of Zap Terms—Babylon Matrix, Mutant, Singularity Archetype
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Read More »Mechanical Resistance Matrix
“Mechanical resistance” is one of the great defining aspects of the matrix in which we are presently incarnated. It is a force in our lives as powerful as gravity or mortality and it overlaps and influences almost any area or parameter of our incarnation we can possibly think of----corporeality, illness, aging, money, sexuality, time, objects, consumerism, computers, technology, art, travel…
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