Deep in the Abyss

[northape]

Why afraid?

Honestly, I was just trying to spark a discussion

How does dmt help you with?
Or how is your experience with the substance regarding this aspects?

"Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster.
And when you stare for a long time into an abyss, the abyss stares back into you."

I've been fighting with my monsters for years, and hopefully I'm not one by this point

Medicine helps me to be sane in this insane, hasty world. A hundred years ago, I'd most likely have just grown some potatoes or herded sheep.
Beyond basic sanity, that abyss energy for sure seeped into me. I don't really know how to relate to it all, but my innate feeling is that it all started long before this life.
We're not new to this stuff; this life is just one more story in an endless cycle. Someday I will be strong enough to just jump into the unknown, and then only the abyss will remain.

 

[Voidmatrix]

"Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster.
And when you stare for a long time into an abyss, the abyss stares back into you."

I've been fighting with my monsters for years, and hopefully I'm not one by this point

Best way to avoid this seems to be by avoiding hypocrisy.

One love

 

[northape]

Best way to avoid this seems to be by avoiding hypocrisy.

One love

I'm sure trying my best, but the mind is tricky
Only very troubled souls go for truth. When we're satisfied with life, such a quest is highly improbable.
I was never satisfied with reality from early childhood. It's just gotten worse, but now I know that I'm not alone, and there is even a name for my condition.
Oh, and the medicine gave weight to it all, making it something more than an intellectual pursuit. In that sense, it did introduce an abyss into this life.

 

[Voidmatrix]

I'm sure trying my best, but the mind is tricky
Only very troubled souls go for truth. When we're satisfied with life, such a quest is highly improbable.
I was never satisfied with reality from early childhood. It's just gotten worse, but now I know that I'm not alone, and there is even a name for my condition.
Oh, and the medicine gave weight to it all, making it something more than an intellectual pursuit. In that sense, it did introduce an abyss into this life.

I think you're on to something. But even those that are deeply troubled may seek safety and salvation in another delusion. A deep pursuit towards truth is indeed rare, for there's so much one must shed in such a pursuit, sometimes losing whatever themselves may be in the effort.

One love

 

[northape]

I think you're on to something. But even those that are deeply troubled may seek safety and salvation in another delusion. A deep pursuit towards truth is indeed rare, for there's so much one must shed in such a pursuit, sometimes losing whatever themselves may be in the effort.

One love

I'd love to hide my head in some delusion and feel the safety of that story, but it's impossible at this point. Medicine, or maybe God working through it, made sure of it.
Now I'm looking for real death, not that superficial one at the end of life. And by doing it, this life became much brighter. The dark abyss is pure Love

 

[Voidmatrix]

Yeah... me too... for a long time.

And ya know, I'm not sure what I'm looking for, or what I really want outside a given moment and dunno if I ever did. Seeing "truth" in the ways I may have, kind of flushed away a lot of typical passions and desires.

One love

 

[LuxObscura]

I walk on the razor’s edge between madness and healing.
And the truth is the only thing that can both save you from madness but also keep you from healing.

 

[Voidmatrix]

I walk on the razor’s edge between madness and healing.
And the truth is the only thing that can both save you from madness but also keep you from healing.

Lovely paradox, isn't it?

One love

 

[TransistorBass]

Don't try to fit in more than a little, the most interesting people aren't the cool kids from school times they are the weird geeky nerdy ones that truly make the best humans. So F*** 'em, I'm a geek and proud.
Those popular kids don't always end up where you'd think either, so us lot are better exactly where we are in ourselves.

 

[Icyseeker]

I like the direction of this thread.

Is not the abyss all around us? Like space with no boundaries. Or is the Abyss something found within the confines of our psychs.

And how is the abyss different from the void or am I thinking about dark souls?

 

[Voidmatrix]

Don't try to fit in more than a little, the most interesting people aren't the cool kids from school times they are the weird geeky nerdy ones that truly make the best humans. So F*** 'em, I'm a geek and proud.
Those popular kids don't always end up where you'd think either, so us lot are better exactly where we are in ourselves.

Well now, are you a geek, or a nerd that's also a geek about things, or strictly a nerd? My nerdom wants to know

And how is the abyss different from the void or am I thinking about dark souls?

They're cousins. It's insulting to get them confused

One love

 

[TransistorBass]

Synth Geek, make anything from dance to experimental weirdness in my spare time. Would post a video but that would identify me!
Married a weird wife, by her own admission ;-)

 

[northape]

Synth Geek, make anything from dance to experimental weirdness in my spare time. Would post a video but that would identify me!
Married a weird wife, by her own admission ;-)

You'll fit right in here. Lots of weirdos around

 

[fink]

Right now I seem to believe that the abyss is the fractal web of non-physical awareness. The void is non-physical awareness before manifesting the abyss.

And this frustrating and beautiful three dimensional experience is the reward. This is where things makes sense.

The abyss always has another confusing door to walk through where nothing makes sense.

The void is pure, lonely insanity.

 

[Voidmatrix]

The void is pure, lonely insanity.

Hey now!

I'm trying my best

One love

 

[flowerchild]

Hey now!

I'm trying my best

One love

*Void residing in the eternal void suddenly stumbles upon the rare human encouter*

*waving hands and running towards*

"Helloooooo fellow human!!! Hey!!! Hi!!!! oh my gosh, it's been so long! since! oh my gosh, since I saw a humen, like you! well not that all humans are like you! haha OBVIOUSLY right?? you're, ... YOU! It's just so nice to meet you. My name is Void! What's yours name??"


(Next :re to this message decides who the human is that Void stumbled upon and how they reacted to this stranger coming outa nowhere)

 

[fink]

I'm happy to sit in the void with Void.

Suddenly it's not a void anymore and love is possible.

 

[Varallo]

I'm happy to sit in the void with Void.

Suddenly it's not a void anymore and love is possible.

One pure love

 

[Voidmatrix]

I'm happy to sit in the void with Void.

Suddenly it's not a void anymore and love is possible.

One pure love

Leaving me speechless

*Void residing in the eternal void suddenly stumbles upon the rare human encouter*

*waving hands and running towards*

"Helloooooo fellow human!!! Hey!!! Hi!!!! oh my gosh, it's been so long! since! oh my gosh, since I saw a humen, like you! well not that all humans are like you! haha OBVIOUSLY right?? you're, ... YOU! It's just so nice to meet you. My name is Void! What's yours name??"


(Next :re to this message decides who the human is that Void stumbled upon and how they reacted to this stranger coming outa nowhere)

Now tell me, why do I get a vibe of familiarity with you?

One love

 

[LuxObscura]

For me, it feels like matchmaking.
May Armor’s arrows hit the right targets in the right way