Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Daniel Ingram of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha fame @danielmingram describes an experience at a meditation retreat where he experienced an 8/10 level of bliss and then "iconized" all of his traumatic experiences and healed them within minutes. What do you think is… https://t.co/vSwuNeSf9V

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

@luisjavier914 One classic example is the one described by Alan Watts in the Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are.

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Imagine an anime featuring David Chalmers as a kind of secret mage who casts spells by saying new, meaningful, and non-trivial things about the nature of reality he finds himself in, and in so doing slowly but surely escaping his existential constraints via fourth wall breaking. https://t.co/r8mNeuNlKc

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

@vortuosity In an 80,000 word book on nitrous oxide, Re­searches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and Its Respiration (1800), Davy describes the different planes of anaesthesia [...]

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

@ileeksc At the deepest level, I think it has to do with symmetry in the sense of Felix Klein. I.e. smooth geometry. Symmetry breaking causes discontinuities. It "tears the fabric of reality".

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

@vortuosity In an 80,000 word book on nitrous oxide, Re­searches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and Its Respiration (1800), Davy describes the different planes of anaesthesia [...]

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer by John Lilly is full of nonsense. But it's the kind of nonsense that's very aesthetically pleasing and intellectually inspiring. Beautiful nonsense. Nonsense that makes you think and ponder. Highly recommended. https://t.co/RNQeNqu1GP

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

@nschucher Not a good one, IMO. Luca Turin's The Secret of Scent and the Perfume Guide he wrote with his wife are both very good. But not comprehensive treatises on scent qualia. But I hope to write one some day. In the meantime perhaps see: https://t.co/ueBIw4ypYO

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

> “Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.” – George Santayana, Life of Reason, Volume 1 https://t.co/Z2eKY1ud4M

Linalool Enjoyer, Andrés Gómez Emilsson

For example, you may think that being in the "God Realm" is great. Well, it is very nice! But it also has some traps and delusions, which the book goes over in amazing detail. Here's an excerpt: https://t.co/2ouhrrPfow https://t.co/1aJVyyj5CH