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< Interestingly, most hallucinogens also have a side effect like overclocking — of generating excess heat. ></div>
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It seems to me the body has a built-in mechanism for lowering the imposition of reality: REM sleep. To remember (some) dreams, all I have to do is sleep in a little.<br>
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As far as enhancement goes, this is worth the time IMO.<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vbh3t7WVI&feature=youtu.be" id="LPNoLP315758">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vbh3t7WVI&feature=youtu.be</a><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2019 5:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] post you seem to have missed from FRIAM</font>
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<div style="font-family:Arial">Marcus,<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial">"puritanism" was mentioned only because Nick, and indirectly Frank, used the term as a self-descriptor. Obviously there are other reasons for self imposed limits other than puritanism.<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial">You might not pour gasoline on your computer to improve it, but you might overclock it. For me, hallucinogens are closer to overclocking the brain/mind while cocaine, morphine, oxycodone, etc. are akin to gasoline. The latter
are (bad) habit inducing but not the former.<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial">Interestingly, most hallucinogens also have a side effect like overclocking — of generating excess heat.<br>
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<div>On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, at 7:07 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_qt-MsoNormal"><span class="x_font" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">< Puritanism is one of those things that IS relative, in the sense that most everyone has a line that is not to be crossed, for no objective, rational, reason but just because
"I don't want to." I won't use recreational drugs (e.g. cocaine), drink to excess, or read (well I have, but don't anymore) romance novels. We are all puritans sometimes. ></span><br>
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Among the reasons I don’t take cocaine is that I held/hold a security clearance and I would have been caught within a few months if I had done that. For example, I also would not think of improving my computer by pouring gasoline on it. Why would I expect
some ham-handed intervention like that to work on my brain? Why should I go out of my way to find more bad habits within unknown consequences?</span><br>
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