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#1 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:29:42 AM
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I have not seen these shared on the nexus but its very well possible I havent looked deep enough.

Rick Strassman MD is known for his research in the DMT field as well as other fields in pharma-psychology.

Here is a link to his YouTube channel. Looks like hes been active very recently.

https://www.youtube.com/...gB--vP3zvlSskhNgw/videos


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#2 Posted : 12/30/2015 3:42:04 PM

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I hadn't seen it, so thanks Hyperweb.

It's interesting to hear him talking about 'the beings' and more about his own personal experiences, as 'The Spirit Molecule' was all about the volunteers and their experiences.

He has another Youtube subscriber!
 
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#3 Posted : 12/30/2015 3:53:05 PM

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hyperweb wrote:
Rick Strassman MD is known for his research in the DMT field as well as other fields in pharma-psychology.

He's also known for his fallacious/insulting replies to questions about his pet theories vis a vis DMT and kabbalistic judaism. Wink
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#4 Posted : 12/30/2015 4:04:35 PM

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SnozzleBerry wrote:

He's also known for his fallacious/insulting replies to questions about his pet theories vis a vis DMT and kabbalistic judaism. Wink


Do you have a source for this claim?
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#5 Posted : 12/30/2015 4:18:45 PM

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ganesh wrote:
SnozzleBerry wrote:

He's also known for his fallacious/insulting replies to questions about his pet theories vis a vis DMT and kabbalistic judaism. Wink


Do you have a source for this claim?

Yes, Rick himself Smile

Here's what I reported back after presenting at Breaking Convention, where I also attended Rick's talk and straight up asked him about some of the statements he's repeatedly made:

SnozzleBerry wrote:
Last weekend, I asked Rick why he's repeatedly stated that he feels it is important to use a monotheistic model to map DMT experiences in order to get traction with "Westerners." I asked why "gaining traction" was important in a model...isn't it important to be accurate when modelling something? Isn't accuracy more important than acceptance/traction? I asked him didn't he think it would be inherently limiting and possibly dangerous to try to use such a familiar/simple model to map something as ontologically challenging as DMT?

You know what the good doctor replied?

"I've been asked this question before and what I have to say is this. When you're fluent in biblical hebrew, have read all the kabbalistic and related texts, and have reviewed the rabbinical commentary, then we can have this conversation."

LaughinglolwutLaughing

So not only did he assume that I know nothing about my own heritage (and he could have asked whether or not I had any understanding or what level of understanding I have) but he also ignored the question while making an appeal to authority.

But here's the thing that really gets me...he said he's been asked this question before, and it seems, imo, to be a rather important question if he's proposing a model for understanding...especially when the model proposed has so many clear issues. So, IF he's been asked this important question before, why is he dodging the question rather than coming up with a meaningful response? This seems remarkably defensive and rigid.

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#6 Posted : 12/30/2015 4:52:55 PM

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SnozzleBerry wrote:

Yes, Rick himself Smile


Interesting. Can you provide actual video proof?
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#7 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:02:57 PM

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ganesh wrote:
SnozzleBerry wrote:

Yes, Rick himself Smile


Interesting. Can you provide actual video proof?

Contact the breaking convention people and ask them for the Q&A session from Strassman's talk. For some reason they haven't posted any of the Q&A parts of any of the talks and I'm not sure why.

If you don't believe me, endlessness, The Traveler, a couple other Nexians, and a room of 300ish people heard me ask it and I'm sure any of them would be more than happy to confirm for you Wink

In fact, I actually had a number of people approach me after the session ended and tell me how much they appreciated the question and how ridiculous Strassman's reply was. David Luke and I also had a chuckle about it before I gave my presentation.

Feel free to hunt down the video evidence from the BC folks, they should have it Smile

And honestly, I bet Rick would confirm it if you emailed him and asked Laughing
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#8 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:26:52 PM

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SnozzleBerry wrote:
ganesh wrote:
SnozzleBerry wrote:

Yes, Rick himself Smile


Interesting. Can you provide actual video proof?

Contact the breaking convention people and ask them......If you don't believe me, endlessness, The Traveler, a couple other Nexians, heard me ask it.....In fact.....Feel free to hunt down the video evidence from..... And honestly, I bet Rick would confirm it if you emailed him and asked Laughing


Lol, the tales are rivetting! Laughing

As you yourself actually said:
SnozzleBerry wrote:

Please post the source when you make claims such as these. It's important that the information that gets spread be verifiable information and not additional hearsay.

It's not enough to say "the papers got it wrong, what really happened is XYZ, trust me, I have reliable sources on the ground." At best, this is potentially correct hearsay, at worst it just adds to the number of stories floating around.

By all means, hearsay can be valuable, but it should be labelled as such, not presented as the true story if you can't post a source.


Lol!! Big grin
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#9 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:43:10 PM

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Rolling eyes

I've literally given you the source. Contact the breaking convention staff if you want their video.

I can't give you something I don't have access to, I can only direct you to the people who have access, which I've done.

What reason would I possibly have to make this up?

What's your deal?
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#10 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:45:42 PM

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Snozz is the source. It's not hearsay if he is a witness. It just seems like you're calling him a liar.
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#11 Posted : 12/30/2015 5:48:12 PM

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SnozzleBerry wrote:

What's your deal?


LOL!!

I believe Snozz, but he didn't post a link, just like i didn't a while back for a very similar scenario. Nice to have a little bit of a laugh sometimes, haha.

Have a happy new year. Wink
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#12 Posted : 12/30/2015 7:46:34 PM

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Snozz L. Berry,

Video evidence can always be manufactured. Look at the so-called "moon landing".

What I'm more curious about is the status of your supposed "U.S. citizenship". Would you be willing to produce a copy of your birth certificate?
 
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#13 Posted : 12/30/2015 9:09:25 PM

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ganesh wrote:
I believe Snozz, but he didn't post a link, just like i didn't a while back for a very similar scenario.

Except that:

1) You weren't actually there/were posting secondhand info passed via word of mouth/social media
2) I did provide a source you could have contacted to get the requested video evidence

I hope you enjoyed your chuckle Confused

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What I'm more curious about is the status of your supposed "U.S. citizenship". Would you be willing to produce a copy of your birth certificate?

Thumbs down

Not cool man! I thought we'd reached an agreement on that whole fiasco.

Ugh, fine, since you're so damn determined...

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#14 Posted : 12/30/2015 9:11:01 PM

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For people interested, we published an interview with Rick Strassman in the second issue of the Nexian. The doc presents some perspectives that are fairly insightful into his areas of interest. Might be worth checking out Thumbs up
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#15 Posted : 12/30/2015 11:08:32 PM

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SnozzleBerry wrote:
For people interested, we published an interview with Rick Strassman Might be worth checking out Thumbs up


Cool


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#16 Posted : 12/30/2015 11:39:40 PM
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My understanding of Jewish mysticism is highly lacking but I always thought that kabbalah recognized other deities but just attributed them to being part of the Godhead. It doesn't seem to be monotheistic the way most westerners view it. It actually seems to sound more pagan then anything.
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SnozzleBerry wrote:
ganesh wrote:
SnozzleBerry wrote:

He's also known for his fallacious/insulting replies to questions about his pet theories vis a vis DMT and kabbalistic judaism. Wink


Do you have a source for this claim?

Yes, Rick himself Smile

Here's what I reported back after presenting at Breaking Convention, where I also attended Rick's talk and straight up asked him about some of the statements he's repeatedly made:

SnozzleBerry wrote:
Last weekend, I asked Rick why he's repeatedly stated that he feels it is important to use a monotheistic model to map DMT experiences in order to get traction with "Westerners." I asked why "gaining traction" was important in a model...isn't it important to be accurate when modelling something? Isn't accuracy more important than acceptance/traction? I asked him didn't he think it would be inherently limiting and possibly dangerous to try to use such a familiar/simple model to map something as ontologically challenging as DMT?

You know what the good doctor replied?

"I've been asked this question before and what I have to say is this. When you're fluent in biblical hebrew, have read all the kabbalistic and related texts, and have reviewed the rabbinical commentary, then we can have this conversation."

LaughinglolwutLaughing

So not only did he assume that I know nothing about my own heritage (and he could have asked whether or not I had any understanding or what level of understanding I have) but he also ignored the question while making an appeal to authority.

But here's the thing that really gets me...he said he's been asked this question before, and it seems, imo, to be a rather important question if he's proposing a model for understanding...especially when the model proposed has so many clear issues. So, IF he's been asked this important question before, why is he dodging the question rather than coming up with a meaningful response? This seems remarkably defensive and rigid.




Snozz and Rick have one thing in common. DMT. As such, it's not a ridiculous question to ask about Rick's monotheistic models. That response sounded very elitist and was probably just dodging the question for the sake of not wanting to answer it.

I agree with you Snozz. Accuracy is more important than traction. Modern westerners tend to have a bad habit of fucking up anything remotely spiritual. I've posted this somewhere else how even the word spiritual has lost its meaning. Western schools of thought on entheogens/spirituality are severely convoluted with miscommunication.

DMT is extremely versatile. There's a guy here on the forums who's a massive Christian, and DMT affirms his belief. That is awesome. I don't "believe" in anything except my own beliefs (which is far from Christian), and DMT affirms that. Which is also awesome. The whole idea of mapping DMT seems kind of pointless to me. The only thing worth doing is documenting trips, and sharing/comparing with others.

A map implies a set structure. The only "mapping" that can apply to DMT is the onset of similar experiences, such as dissolution of the ego, blasting through the fractal door, meeting an entity etc. These are just observations, and vary with the individual. Only the individual in question will know the true extent of their trip. The rest is just noise.
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#18 Posted : 12/31/2015 1:06:50 AM

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Redguard wrote:
My understanding of Jewish mysticism is highly lacking but I always thought that kabbalah recognized other deities but just attributed them to being part of the Godhead. It doesn't seem to be monotheistic the way most westerners view it. It actually seems to sound more pagan then anything.


Not just Judaism, all old testament based religions I am finding are more polytheist in nature. In Exodus 7.8-13 Moses turns his walking stick into a snake and the kings magicians do the same; also there is plenty of mention of Baal (an ancient god). it seems to me that that from a traditional monotheistic view there are many gods yet one god is supreme.

It just seems people get confused and believe that accepting there being some truth to another cultures beliefs affects their own, which I personally find ludicrous. Given what Snoz wrote it sounds that unfortunately Rick Strassman is one of those. Sad
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#19 Posted : 12/31/2015 8:42:57 AM

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The important thing is to remember that this is an ongoing research scenario. Therefore it's important to not get too fixated on such matters, as can also be said on the results of Ricks studies.

I think Ricks answer was surprising, but perhaps he needed to be challenged moreso in order to open up to full expression. Maybe he didn't want to open up for various reasons. Perhaps the topic of Religion is a sore point for him, as it is for many others. Lastly i'd like to say, don't expect too much from these researchers. They are not necessarily as well rounded as others might expect. Certainly, they may not like delving into certain discussions. That is their choice.
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