Jamie Wheal

Sometimes I bring my daughter to the library to get us both out of the house. Not having a current book at that time, I chose this one off the book shelf. It was a great pick up.

Most of their stories were new to me. Often with a book like this, there would be a number of stories I heard so I gloss them over.

The stores about Burners without Borders really stuck with me. I wonder how much help I would be at Burning Man. What skills do I have? Maybe if I'm lucky someone will have an Excel problem I could fix ....

The book talked about the fourth motivation for humans (after food, water, and sex) .... I thought it was love. And maybe it is. Love, oneness, kykeon , "flow", the zone, just any kind of mental state. That is the fourth motivation. It's the motivation why we watch so many romance/comedies, 98% of our songs about love, drink and take drugs, jump out of airplanes, run marathons .... We work our butts off for those magical moments in life.

This is not really a how to book. There are plenty of other books on how to get there. This is more a book on why we want to get there.

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The Navy Seals train their personnel how to use perceptual abilities that aren't based on the traditional senses. This psi capacity exists in all of us to some extent. Apparently, this inherent ability can be enhanced through training. Silicon Valley companies are using microdoses of LSD to enhance their creativity and ability to work collaboratively with others. The medical/psychiatry professions are finding drug induced altered states can be beneficial tools in treating mental conditions such as PTSD.

The use of altered states has been growing in recent years. This book is an interesting read if you want to explore options for living up to your full potential.

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