interactiverobert

I’m developed an interest in float tanks, aka sensory deprivation tanks, and I’m currently exploring that interest. I was aware of the relaxing benefits and meditative qualities to floating, even the mental health benefits, but I wasn’t aware of the physical benefits. After my first float, my neck relaxed and I could feel the circulation of my spinal fluid where a kink tends to develop because of stress and bad posture. I find this health benefit to be very interesting. Maybe now I can sell my inversion table. Here’s a link to an article that covers some of the health benefits of floating. 

I've noticed that I've been pretty critical of my government and American culture here, over the last few months. I've also noticed that I've been vocal about unconventional or controversial topics. This needs to be balanced. Without that, this blog could be taken the wrong way. I could end up on some list. (Who am I kidding, I'm sure I already am!) I did this at the risk of someone that matters to me and my well being reading this blog and messing with my shit. Fortunately, I think I've pursued and fostered relationships with people who I trust to keep an open mind and who recognize that we are all unique, and what works for one may not for the other. Just because I believe psychedelics have medicinal properties doesn't mean that I'm going to stand up on a mountain and yell it, or that I'm going to get up on my soap box about how corporations run the country while I'm attending a business function. I have my opinions and I think I've do...

The Monomyth is one of my central beliefs. You could call it my religion. Having a language with which to navigate the trials of life is an important part of my way. I've been thinking about the last phase of the hero's journey. (By the way, on the off chance that anyone actually reads this and you don't know about The Hero's Journey, you can read more about it here . The integration of my recent growth has been a focus of mine for the last 9 months, and so I've been giving more attention to the hero's return. "Having found bliss and enlightenment in the other world, the hero may not want to return to the ordinary world to bestow the boon onto his fellow man." My past misanthropic tendencies, and diminished but still ongoing avoidance has made me feel a bit like I'm refusing the return. But upon further introspection, it's not so much the refusal of the return as it is an observation that no one cares (which in an of itself is an indicat...