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Does The Handpan Need Saving?

How copyright lawsuits are threatening a beloved hipster instrument — For the past two decades, sounds of steel have enchanted town squares and subway stations all over the world. Mysterious, melancholy, meditative, and unfailingly fascinating. Passers-by turn their heads to locate the source of these uncommon sounds. They linger, savor the sweet melodies, and perhaps donate to the busker fortunate…

Makers

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Does The Handpan Need Saving?
Does The Handpan Need Saving?
Makers

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Dec 3, 2020

5 Steps To Grounding Yourself After Experiencing Psychedelic Ego Death

And why these experiences can be so disturbing — Do you dread going to sleep at night, afraid of what might happen when falling asleep, or during the night? Do you regularly experience a sense of not being at ease in your body, or in your surroundings? Do you have a persistent feeling that your life is unreal, in…

Psychedelics

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Five Ways To Ground Yourself After A Psychedelic Ego Death Experience
Five Ways To Ground Yourself After A Psychedelic Ego Death Experience
Psychedelics

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Nov 3, 2020

The Dark Side of Good Trips

Psychedelic ego death and its strange aftermath — You have probably heard of bad trips: scary psychedelic experiences that may stay with you for some time afterward, but that gradually diminish in strength. And then there are psychedelic voyages that result in psychosis. For people experiencing this, it can seem like their trip never ended. But there is…

Ego Death

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The Dark Side of Good Trips
The Dark Side of Good Trips
Ego Death

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Oct 24, 2020

Did My Ego Death Experience Make Me Enlightened?

The tl;dr answer: it kind of depends on your definition of the term, but probably not. — The very question, “Am I now enlightened, for making it through this overwhelming, yet essentially elective and recreational experience?” and the fact that it is so often posed after surviving an experience of ego death, is kind of telling. Let’s get into it. To understand what we are even talking…

Spirituality

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Did My Ego Death Experience Make Me Enlightened?
Did My Ego Death Experience Make Me Enlightened?
Spirituality

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Jul 8, 2020

Nosebleed Metta

Practicing kindness towards every single perception lets you see past the fundamental delusion of separation I have often thought that the world could be divided into two types of people. The ones who have trouble practicing kindness towards themselves, and the ones who experience difficulty practicing it towards others. I…

Mindfulness

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Nosebleed Metta
Nosebleed Metta
Mindfulness

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Merijn de Haen

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Meditation student, and sometimes teacher.

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