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 Contents I. Informed Consent II. The Misinformation Problem: From Every Direction III. The Vaccine Question IV. Where Autonomy Meets Others V. Navigating It as a Person VI. Bring It All Home VII. Cross-Links Where rigorous thinking, personal autonomy, and responsibility meet. Everything so far has been building toward a […]
Alternative & Integrative Medicine
Alternative & Integrative Medicine Contents I. Why the Alternative World Is So Appealing II. It Is Also an Industry III. What Works, What Is Placebo, What Harms IV. Why “But It Worked for Me” Is Not Enough V. Integrative and Functional Medicine: Reading the Label VI. How to Evaluate Any Alternative Therapy or Supplement VII. […]
Pharmaceuticals & the Profit Model
Pharmaceuticals & the Profit Model Contents I. How the Money Works II. What the Incentives Produce III. When the Incentive Turns Deadly IV. Why the Fines Don’t Stop It V. Holding the Balance VI. Reading a Drug’s Claims VII. Pulling It Together VIII. Cross-Links What changes when healing becomes a business, and how to read […]
Diagnostics & Systems Navigation
Diagnostics & Systems Navigation Contents I. You Are the Expert on Your Own Body II. Asking the Right Questions III. What a Test Can and Cannot Tell You IV. More Testing Is Not Always Better V. Navigating the System Itself VI. Putting It Together VII. Cross-Links How to work with the medical system as a […]
The Role of Modern Medicine
The Role of Modern Medicine What It Gets Right Contents I. What Medicine is Great At II. What Makes Us Healthier? III. Matching the Tool For the Job IV. The Red Lines V. Pulling It Together VI. Cross-Links Before this section examines what is wrong with the medical and pharmaceutical industries, it has to be […]
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 […]