[Is expanding your consciousness a good thing?]

@ eudaimonia: I think those kind of "matrix"-approaches to reality are flawed. The best proof that those philosophers do not actually believe in their theories is the fact that "they'd have to doubt the effectiveness of using objective syntax, phonological, and morphological rules of the language that they use. Obviously, they don't doubt that effectiveness, leading them to write their arguments about the subjectivity of reality completely oblivious of the fact that they are dependent on the objectivity of human language to tell anyone else about it!"

 

(quoted out of this thread: http://freedomainradio.com/BOARD/forums/p/21033/166144.aspx)

 

I think you have a flawed view there. You should read Wittgenstein.

[Is expanding your consciousness a good thing?]

back to the question if it good to "open your doors": for some people it may help to get aware of certain things and for "spiritual" self discovery ... But some people's doors are open enough and then it gets dangerous.... the irony is that the people who could use such and experience are not interested in it and the people who are "open" enough are interested in expanding more...

 

Paradoxical I agree. Maybe it just separates the higher orders from the masses.

[Is expanding your consciousness a good thing?]

OK for certain reasons higher consciousness is linked with blundering and weaker social ability, yes yes.

 

The real question for me is, if you get to a high enough point, can you possibly overcome these weaknesses? If you are still retaining your strength of mind, can you have the best of both worlds? I already have a firm knowledge in every type of science, a few of the arts, politics, psychology, a pretty complete understanding of philosophy and religion, etc, so this is what I'm experimenting with now.

 

I cannot say if it will work. Certainly it will be difficult, as most people learn a set of social skills at a young age and stick with that. I've been studying human social interactions lately. My goal is to be able to perfectly emulate any social persona I want to at will. It requires a certain voluntary insanity to even embark on this journey, which I have accepted now.