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Navigating Manic Psychosis
Some advice on a wild mindstate, from experience and observation
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Max Goodbird
29
September 2023
How to Start a Meditation Practice
It's not as hard as you think
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Max Goodbird
10
August 2023
Exegesis: Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain"
George Clinton's masterpiece of semi-Satanic psychedelic Afro-futurism
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Max Goodbird
4
The Link Between Meditation and Inner Work
Psychological maturity is a hard requirement for bliss
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Max Goodbird
16
Behavioral Theology
Quantifying the effects of belief
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Max Goodbird
12
July 2023
Exegesis: Stalker and Roadside Picnic
Dissecting Tarkovsky's masterpiece and the novel it was based on
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Max Goodbird
One Year of Superb Owl
Lots of gratitude and a few announcements
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Max Goodbird
21
How to Enjoy Things
Cultivating "wide attention" with Marion Milner, Colin Wilson, and Alan Watts
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Max Goodbird
3
June 2023
The Nitrous Revelation
Eight hours with a tank of laughing gas
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Max Goodbird
11
Why Does Depression Suck So Much?
I’ve had a handful of depressive episodes throughout my life, and while I’ve built up a robust set of skills and coping mechanisms, each time it hits…
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Max Goodbird
28
May 2023
Church of Reality: Ernst Mach on Mind, Matter, and the Illusion of Self
"The ego must be given up."
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Max Goodbird
9
Contra Ozy Brennan on Ameliatarianism
Constructing an ethical diet is hard. Utilitarian morality isn't the answer.
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Max Goodbird
26
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