The anxiety over losing the ritual is extremely real. Then a few months later you will be sitting there, content after a meal, not needing to sneak off for a smoke and it will hit you like a ton of bricks… “wow, what other huge but stupid cognitive biases do I have which are holding me back and making me miserable?”
Quitting cigarettes is about as close to a state of enlightenment as I’ve ever gotten. Being absolutely disgusted with something you were happy doing a few months ago is a really powerful ego transcendence event.
That’s why I think people are so adamant about hallucinogens. I think most people that experiment with them are most interested in the ego disillusionment aspect of it.
That’s why I’m interested in trying them sometime.
The anxiety over losing the ritual is extremely real. Then a few months later you will be sitting there, content after a meal, not needing to sneak off for a smoke and it will hit you like a ton of bricks… “wow, what other huge but stupid cognitive biases do I have which are holding me back and making me miserable?”
Quitting cigarettes is about as close to a state of enlightenment as I’ve ever gotten. Being absolutely disgusted with something you were happy doing a few months ago is a really powerful ego transcendence event.
That’s why I think people are so adamant about hallucinogens. I think most people that experiment with them are most interested in the ego disillusionment aspect of it.
That’s why I’m interested in trying them sometime.