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Written by M Allen

Category: Future News

Published: 09 January 2016

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• Electra Weaver
• Awareness
• Consciousness,
• Psychedelics,
• 2016 predictions,
• Psychedelic revival,

The resurgence of what could be termed 'mental breakthrough molecules' from legitimate and respected sources shows how 2016 is shaping up to be 'The Year of the Psychedelic Revival'.

In the dark years, over which many have suffered persecution for their psychotropic ways, chemicals such as LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, peyote, and ayahuasca have been vilified and demonized for their psychoactive effects and how they would cause the ingestee to have visions, supra-mental analytical thinking and auditory hallucinations of a divine nature, now researchers and technologists alike are praising these traits and their harbingers.

From MDMA to Psilosybin, researchers are once again exploring psychedelics for solutions to some up until now elusive cures to many ailments including anxiety, addiction, depression and PTSD.  Although stigmatized for the last four decades due to the War on Drugs and a misunderstanding of this special class of medicine, they are now making a resurgence in  Industrialized nations. As our fixation with the mechanical, orderly way of viewing the world caused these chemicals to be demonized and labeled as dangerous drugs, the tribal people of the world have been using them for centuries to understand more about their environment and it's available resources, often through a deep sense of reverence and communion with their surroundings that is brought on by the ingestion of these molecules.

Use of psychedelics goes back thousands years and is evidenced by the fact our brain cells can accept the chemicals in the cell membrane. This suggest to some that we somehow evolved from the use of these chemicals and there are even those that propose such a thing as the 'stoned ape theory'; that humans evolved from apes using psychedelics, such as the animita muscaria mushroom, among other things. Nowadays, researchers are focusing on ways to help cure the modern ills. PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other things common to industrial societies are beginning to be treated with psychedelic mind altering chemicals by reputable psychiatrists.

 MAPS(Multi-disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Research Studies), is based out of Boulder, CO. and helps veterans with the symptoms from war, and trauma in general by administering MDMA and psilocybin in limited trial studies.  You can read a fascinating interview with the founder of MAPS here.  If you are unfamiliar with this man whom has been a pioneer in changing the perception of these molecules and their uses for the human mind,you must ingest more from Rick Doblin who also did an AMA which you can read here.

2016 is going to see a resurgence of this reality and realization that psychedelics can give us deep insight into the nature of our thought processes. How we think is important to making the right choices for ourselves and our environment.  Many would think, 'how does ingesting a mind altering substance actually help think about the problem situations?' The answer relates to synergy and the process of integration that happens when someone looks at the world through a deeper sense of connection and focus that happen on these 'drugs'. This can help us breakdown the barriers and make us more accepting of others in a way that helps to heal the past and forge a new future. Even the idea of taking small doses of LSD to promote problem solving has caught attention of serious players in finance and tech as evidenced by this article in Forbes. Hopefully groups like MAPS and others will help Psychedelic Therapy to become a common thing that helps to change this artificial way of thinking into one that helps people heal and grow.

Although this has been demonized in the past, due to both the strong and subtle effects of these substances, this class of pharmaceuticals is one that should be explored and not ignored.  With all of the different organizations that are beginning to acknowledge cannabis, LSD, psychedelic mushrooms, ayahuasca, DMT, and other chemicals that alter our consciousness, we can be assured that we have safe and knowledgeable experiences.  Consider this piece from CNN on so-called 'Magic Mushrooms'.

The year 2015's love fest of the Grateful Dead reunion, was a coming of age for the culture that embraced psychedelics and the magic awareness that comes with these chemicals. The just 'do for yourself and others' awareness changed American culture in ways that could not be fully appreciated it until the long arc of history makes its way. The road has been long to get to this point and there have been many drug warriors who have needlessly suffering along the way.    Among them is William Lenard Pickard who was arrested and jailed for allegedly sythesizing LSD inside a missile silo in Kansas over 10 years ago. you can find out more about his case and support him at freeleonardpickard.org.

As with all things there is a special set of publications dedicated to psychedelics research and information regarding your favorite chemicals among them is psychedelic times for all your favorite psy-fi information, where you can find great three interviews and research with all the leading thinkers on psychedelics and the human potential movement.

LSD and pschedelics in general have such a fascinating history and have been the secret ingredient in pop culture that has sparked revolution in the world.  Read more about the history and the players in an article in The Atlantic titled 'Reclaiming LSD for Psychotherapy'.  

“The brain kind of enters these patterns, pathological patterns, and the patterns can become entrenched. The brain easily gravitates into these patterns and gets stuck in them. They are like whirlpools, and the mind gets sucked into these whirlpools and gets stuck.” Robin Carhart-Harris, a psychedelics researcher at Imperial College London. 

 In this view, the brain goes through a de-fragmentation process when undergoing the effects of these chemicals, and the disassociation of the parts of the brain happens quite easily and naturally reassembles in a holistic way.  This is being supported by brain scan research and evidence from clinical trials involving LSD, Psiolosybin, MDMA, DMT, and other controversial chemicals.  All together 2016 is shaping up to be the year of the Psychedelic Revival.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/health/magic-mushroom-chemical-depression/

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Written by M Allen

Category: Future News

Published: 07 January 2016

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The tenth Amendment was set up to maintain a healthy balance between the Federal Government and those of the Individual States.  Recent years have seen an encroachment of that principle as defined in the constitution prompting the rise of a call to limit what's seen as an overreach by the feds. 

According to the Tenth Amendment Center:

But in order to actually turn things around, a few sacred cows need to be dealt with. Here are TEN STEPS you should take right now to set the stage for a dramatic Constitutional recovery.

1. Recognize that massive change will only come through a revolution in thought. John Adams forcefully asserted that the American Revolution was not, in fact, the war for independence. The “real American Revolution,” Adams wrote, was a “radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people.”

2. Take an honest and fearless inventory of the current situation. It’s not just Obamacare that violates the Constitution. It’s almost everything these people do, from telling you what size toilet you can have, to what kind of light bulb you can buy or what kind of plant you can grow and consume in your own backyard. It’s their federal reserve, their wars, their executive orders, their regulations, their “national security,” and everything in between. Entire agencies – ATF, DEA, TSA, and many others – shouldn’t even exist, much less do what they do. Even programs you like, or feel entitled to because they’ve forced you to pay for them for years, are constitutional violations.

3. Understand that the federal courts are part of the federal government. If a company was suing you, would you hire one of that company’s lawyers to represent you? If you and I had a dispute, would you want my girlfriend Sarah to decide who’s right and who’s wrong? No, federal judges absolutely cannot be impartial when it comes to federal power. Think “rubber stamp.”

4. Accept that our problems started well before the president took office. Massive violations of the Constitution have been happening under every president in modern times. Replacing one president with another has happened every 4-8 years for a long enough time to know that the next president is going to be really bad too. Guaranteed. And if that guarantee fails, the one after will be awful. Putting your constitutional eggs into one person’s basket only ensures that the Constitution will end up totally smashed.

5. View both major political parties as an enemy of liberty. No one in their right mind would see Lucky Luciano as a savior to the evils of Al Capone, or vice versa. Maybe you could convince one of your friends to do all the dirty work needed to rise up the ladder of the organization, so one day they would be in a place to reduce the harm it does to you personally. Maybe, but very unlikely. And even if you could, at the end of the day, a mob boss would still run the organization and would have you killed if needed.

6. Humbly admit that you’ve never cast a vote for federal office that has reduced the power of the federal government. When you “vote the bums out,” you just get new bums. No further explanation necessary.

7. Admit that the feds will never stop the feds. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison both recognized that if the federal government ever became the sole and exclusive arbiter of the extent of its own power, that power would always grow, regardless of protests, lawsuits, or elections. They were right.

8. Be ready for the long haul. Liberty is not a spectator sport. It takes action, sustained and persistent. It’s time we all get out of our comfort zone, even if that means we risk something. It’s for the future, and it’s worth it. We all need to be ready to do far more than what we are doing today. That includes committing to doing so incessantly until the job is done.

9. One step at a time. Without being fully on board with these first nine steps, the tenth will almost certainly end in failure. You might find yourself distracted by the same old tricks they’ve played on all of us for decades (think Bush vs Clinton).
10. Be entirely ready to take a new approach to stopping the federal government. You are facing a federal government that lies to you, spies on you, and claims the power to lock you up “indefinitely” (that means forever) without any due process. They rip you off at every turn and give your money to the politically connected. They make up the rules as they go, and change them on a whim. They have absolutely no respect for the constitution or your liberty.

Watching the mass overreach happening in every facet of our lives, we have to wonder whether or not this can ever end.    Can you continue to arm the world at your own expense from blowback and limit the reach of firearms and your own country while statistics show that gun homicides are down in steady decline since 1993? This is just another example of hypocrisy that were are seeing as we lose our rights to maintain dollar reserves status on the world stage.

Can we end the madness? Yes. Why? Because nullification works.

http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/12/15/james-madison-how-to-stop-the-federal-government/

http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/12/31/a-10-step-program-for-constitutional-recovery/

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Written by M Allen

Category: Future News

Published: 26 December 2015

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• Electra Weaver
• 3-D Printing
• Universal Model

Miguel Aragón-Calvo, a visiting assistant researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.develop an automated method to identify and track the cosmic web across time in computer simulations. This is usually done by identifying structures at different times and then somehow linking structures in adjacent times,” he said.  “Current techniques using this approach are far from optimal.”

“These problems in cosmology are very difficult to visualize, even using computer graphics,” said Miguel Aragón-Calvo, a visiting assistant researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.  “By 3D-printing them I am able to interact directly with the models and ‘see’ the problem at once.  In some cases this results in ‘eureka’ moments.”

“Tri-dimensional cosmic structures can be easily identified and tracked as four-dimensional objects where time is taken as another spatial variable,” he said.  “Even though I had visualized the cosmic web many times before in the computer screen, the solution only became obvious once I held the model in my hand.”

http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/universe-your-hand

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Written by M Allen

Category: Future News

Published: 26 December 2015

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• Electra Weaver
• NeuroScience
• Jedi-Mind Trick
• Hypnotic Suggestion

Jedi Mind Tricks are just the stuff of movies and legend right? Actually, the power to suggest and influence others is very real and at the heart of most of the media marketing deception we find ourselves consuming today.  While Star Wars, The Force Awakens smashes box office records, let's examine and discover more about the common themes of our heroes, the Jedi, and what makes them special.

The science of marketing, the ultimate Jedi Mind trick through the power of suggestion, is proven by movies like Star Wars and the massive consumerism it now represents.  The merchandising and promotion, perfectly timed with the media roll-out on every channel, in commercials, and restaurants, creates the type of suggestion that is represented in the movie by the Jedi mind trick itself.  If Edward Bernays was around, he would be so completely proud of how his insights have changed the consumption habits of a nation, that he would toast Madison Avenue and it's Wall Street financiers for their job well done.

Heck, even George Lucas had to admit that he completely sold out his franchise to the 'white slavers' - but what did he actually mean by that?  Could it be the Dark Lord Sith finally overpowered this fabulous creator's mind? The world may never know...