Psychedelics & Ego Dissolution

Psychedelics & Ego Dissolution Is your awakening real—or are you just chemically unburdened? Focus: The science and mythology of ego death 5-MeO-DMT, psilocybin, ayahuasca: what they do neurologically Psychedelics as entropy amplifiers—not wisdom-makers Pitfalls of overuse, identity loss, delusional inflation When ego death becomes spiritual escapism Optional Cheatsheet: “Ego Dissolution & Psychedelics: A Guide to […]

Mystical Experiences & the Nervous System

Mystical Experiences & the Nervous System Not everything that feels divine is divine. Sometimes it’s a limbic loop. Focus: Breakdown vs. breakthrough: how mystical states arise (bio/psycho/chemical) Dysregulated states interpreted as “downloads” Breathwork, fasting, dissociation, and hypervigilance as access points Integration vs. glorification of non-ordinary states How to ground insight into lived transformation Optional Cheatsheet: […]

The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing

The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing When “light” becomes a way to avoid the dark. Focus: Escaping real-world problems through “higher vibrations” Avoiding trauma integration, shadow work, or personal accountability Toxic positivity, law of attraction extremes, manifestation addiction When breathwork, mantras, and rituals become a veil over wounds The physiological consequences of emotional repression Optional Cheatsheet: […]

Medical Ethics, Misinformation, & Personal Choice

Medical Ethics, Misinformation, & Personal Choice Where do personal autonomy and collective safety collide? Focus: Consent, agency, medical paternalism The weaponization of “science” as moral authority Pharmaceutical propaganda vs. public health truths Ethical dilemmas: end-of-life care, experimental treatment, vaccine mandates Reclaiming power: becoming a competent health decision-maker Optional Cheatsheet: “Medical Ethics & Informed Autonomy: A […]

Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Alternative & Integrative Medicine Is the system broken—or just incomplete? Focus: Functional medicine, naturopathy, TCM, Ayurveda, somatic therapy Placebo vs. mechanistic efficacy The value of systems-based, pattern-recognition healing Energy medicine vs. biochemical dogma Risks of pseudoscience vs. rigid orthodoxy Optional Cheatsheet: “Alternative Medicine & Diagnostic Methods: A Systems-Based Companion”

Pharmaceuticals & the Profit Model

Pharmaceuticals & the Profit Model When healing becomes an industry, what changes? Focus: How pharma companies operate (FDA approvals, lobbying, trials) Overprescription, chronic condition monetization Psychoactive meds, metabolic meds, painkillers The role of OTC medications in self-regulation Intellectual property, research incentives, and global inequality Optional Cheatsheet: “Big Pharma Breakdown: Prescriptions, Profit, and the Public”

Diagnostics & Systems Navigation

Diagnostics & Systems Navigation How do you work with the system—not be consumed by it? Focus: Diagnostic technologies: labs, scans, blood panels What is measurable vs. what matters (biomarkers ≠ whole health) Navigating referrals, specialists, hospital hierarchies Questions to ask your doctor / informed consent How to translate medical info into action without fear Optional […]

The Role of Modern Medicine

The Role of Modern Medicine What It Gets Right When is the system effective—and what’s its proper role? Focus: Acute/emergency care, surgery, trauma intervention Infectious disease control and epidemiology Antibiotics, vaccines, diagnostic imaging The strength of reductionist thinking in crisis-based scenarios Where conventional medicine is indispensable—and why Optional Cheatsheet: “Medical System Essentials: Knowing What It’s […]

Transcending Death

Transcending Death Integration, Legacy, and Continuity What lives on after death? What can be made from it? Focus: Memory, story, and intergenerational transmission Grief as entropy reorganization and meaning rebuilding Symbolic immortality: creation, contribution, continuation The role of ritual in maintaining coherence post-loss Death as integration, not finality (Varela, Kimmerer, Frankl, Watts) Optional Cheatsheet: “Life […]

Death as Dysregulation

Death as Dysregulation When Systems Fail What can death teach us about dysfunction? Focus: System collapse as insight: when health, purpose, or meaning deteriorates Chronic illness as slow entropy buildup Allostatic overload, burnout, and existential numbness Mental health as death rehearsal (e.g. suicidal ideation, apathy) Societal death rituals as attempts to restore order from chaos […]