3 Hacks to Expand your Mind without Psychedelics

[@Vivec]

The video that all psychonauts need to watch 💯

[@pomatheoma416]

yooo its vivec!

[@moo8578]

vivec!!!

[@notporylol]

he’s here

[@VeiledFlameAlchemist]

Vivec, I'm going to be in the Tokyo/Kyoto area in 5 weeks. What's your recommended area of interest for a fellow weeb?

[@scaryperi3051]

They can't -- they're too busy tripping.

[@loneliestpunk7929]

You’ve been killing it lately, Tom. Loving this new content.

[@mikael8864]

I agree!

[@leankvshketamin1705]

same, best youtube channel i have seen in years

[@144KPlzStandup]

Tom you inspired me to quit cannabis. I used it as an escape from reality because I didn’t have the courage to do the inside work my soul needed. Thank you brother may the infinite creator shower you & those closest to you in love/light for the rest of this human experience🙏🏻🌌🕊️💙

[@Abovedamatrix3352]

The knowledge about neuroplasticity is literally saving this generation.

[@edgewalker7459]

Mate I’m 50 and I have learned more about my own body and mind in the last 5 years than the rest of my life beforehand, , psychedelics, breathwork/ pranayama Wim hof , meditation, neuroscience, my state of being has improved so much

[@bungle0261]

​@@edgewalker7459I feel like I only really started to scratch the surface of who I actually was at 40

[@tomr4035]

As John Lennon once said (one of the biggest acid heads that's ever existed) "there's nothing like being straight"

[@scaryperi3051]

"My attorney had never been able to accept the notion often espoused by former drug abusers that you can get a lot higher without drugs than with them. And neither have I, for that matter." - Hunter S. Thompson

[@LagMasterSam]

I think the highest high I've ever had is from running 5 miles and then eating really spicy food and drinking alcohol like 30 minutes later. Got a triple dose of feel good chemicals all at once.

[@shadw4701]

Dreams are also a great way to expand the mind. You may become more empathetic from a dream or even learn something new (though usually it's something you already knew subconsciously) and may even experience a good amount of euphoria. This is especially useful if you keep a dream journal and practice lucid dreaming. You can use your dream journal to have more vivid dream memory and even learn the associations you have between things in the dream and things from real life and how they're related. You can even use lucid dreaming to get better at skills other skills, conquer fears, and learn more about yourself among other things. People really underestimate how powerful and useful dreams are

[@infinitelogicmachine8587]

Ye

[@NicoleLazuli]

The best part of life imo

[@al.winfrancis]

Holy crap! That really blew my mind. I knew that new experiences were supposed to make you feel some discomfort, but I never thought that that was the whole point. But it makes SOO much sense. Thanks mate! I love your content.

[@Mahaverse1337]

halfway through; love this, and where your content is headed. Love to see that youre off MJ too. Being on a similar journey myself, moving away from substances and trying to live a life of substance without shortcuts, its a joy to follow you along this journey. Keep this content coming Tom, ur motivational affff mate

[@TheGraysun-G]

Glad to see this. Psychedelics are not for everyone especially if your family has a history of mental disorders , psychosis and schizophrenia being the more commonly known ones to emerge from a trip if you have it. So having a way to “trip” without the substance is peak.

[@sl1ck86]

Thanks mate. This video is exactly what I needed to see today. 👍🏻 Not only do I truly appreciate your point of view, but also the stock footage and examples you use to convey your message is spot on. Namaste brother. 🙏🏻

[@JMANE187]

Psychedelics give you the answers to the test, it’s up to you to bubble the correct answers because if you don’t no matter if you have the correct answers or not, you still get a F on the test cause you didn’t even fill out anything.

[@joepicone6348]

Why doesn’t this comment have more likes dude?? very good way of putting it

[@FringeWizard2]

I just test out psychedelics on myself only to find they are the same as what I get from my over 1 decade of meditation.

[@trickwheel]

Psychedelics give you the answers. It's up to you to find the questions.

[@JMANE187]

@@FringeWizard2 sometimes psychedelics aren’t as beneficial maybe you’re putting too much emphasis on if it’ll help you with whatever you’re dealing with. Maybe try meditation or start microdosing and meditate as well.

[@NullScar]

I'm watching this with my left eye. After this, I'm watching it with my right eye before watching it one time with both eyes. I am writing this with my left pinky finger, which is broken while yelling out the letters loudly outside my apartment complex. Also, doing all this while hanging in the apple tree with my right hand. Life is good.

[@Ukponmwan]

Great video! Thanks for the reminder: creative people are generalists, not specialists.

[@leslybig380]

couldn’t of come at a more perfect time man, thank you!! So much information and all things i’ve been trying to comprehend of recent

[@greatestytcommentator]

I found that learning a foreign language HAS improved my native language skills!

[@punkguitarplayer1506]

This is actually always the same with learning a new language. If you learn a new foreign language, all other languages benefit from it but the highest benefit will be with your native language.

[@wamlartmuse17]

I've went somewhere else with meditation & one time I almost died from kidney failure. The time I was sick was scary af.. I literally went to hell. It's dark, cold, everyone is screaming & for some reason they didn't want me to have water... I felt like I was in a cell somewhere underground, there was no light. Also I know I was sick & in extreme pain but it hurt more there. It was like my body was still in bed but my mind was in hell with all my body functions. I still worry about it. Mushrooms told me everything was ok years ago before I got sick.

[@bigolbearthejammydodger6527]

That sounds terrible, I hope you are well now.

[@FringeWizard2]

Both meditation and drugs can result in bad outcomes. Meditation can even kill you. As someone who has done far more meditation than drugs people seriously underestimate how powerful and how dangerous can be meditation. It is just as dangerous as drugs if not more so at the higher levels of practice. Just like with drugs you have to be careful about set and setting.

[@Juliankb39]

Can confirm all of this works, especially the non dominant hand thing. Started writing, guitar playing, shooting guns and even brushing my teeth and other small daily activities wrong handed and it has been very interesting indeed. On writing, just start doing it. One sentence a day of journaling for a week. Keep at it and you might just find a sleeping super power in there somewhere

[@4nubi5]

I agree with so much of what you said in this video, thanks for this!

[@cptsanti]

Cheers Tom, this video encouraged me to make a decision today that I might of not done otherwise 🙏🧡

[@dylansingh99]

So much love for all of this content Tom!!

[@wamlartmuse17]

Your mate Tom, I have a serious question. I was a very ignorant child. I had several life issues. I hated school & everything out of my interest. & my interest were basically smoking weed & escaping real life. Somewhere in my 20 I got the sudden urge to learn everything, or at least dip my toes into everything. I've learned a lot of useful & unless stuff. The problem I see is that I try to learn too much at once & just know a bunch of halfass things. I get writers block bad & just stray away from what I'm learning or doing, like art. The only things I've mastered are jobs I've worked. I always learn a new job & never go back to a similar job once I've left. I guess my question is, should learning new things be in moderation? I feel most of what I learn is useless because there isn't really a college course for, except mycology & even that doesn't seem to be too direct. I'm 40, pretty intelligent but have done nothing with my life. Sometimes I feel like leaving everyone/thing behind & panning for gold until I die by a river lol.. I had & have inventions that would work & do well but I'm too broke to get patents. Also it's hard to explore different outlets when you're dead broke. I have tons of art supplies, a kiln, a big one... just a bunch of stuff that I can make money with. Except I'm too far in debt to take off work to make my dreams come true. Maybe this will give you another video.. 🍄💜✌️ Tom!

[@wamlartmuse17]

Also.. I agree with Tom to keep an open mind to open your mind. I believe you can learn new things & more possibilities with what you've already learned & are passionate about.

[@FringeWizard2]

I am 2k in debt right now it sucks.

[@jordanryan9394]

This is just the video I needed, god bless you Tom.

[@xchino0427]

I want to hallucinate, see some crazy patterns without feeling weird.

[@LagMasterSam]

There are lots of trippy youtube videos you can watch, many of them are psychedelic simulations.

[@dandolphs]

so many big words, when life is not that complicated, even when you dive deep into it. psychedelics sometimes have the way of unlocking things that have been pushed down over time, like creativity. according to most im delusional, uneducated, bipolar, and a old , yet i used to think of world changing ideas all the time. i am on my way to unlocking what was pushed down, i can't wait. that old saying 'lights on but no ones home' its a little different for me, 'im home, lights off, and its dark' i need that spark again, and i have tried all these wonderful things, including pharmaceuticals. nothing is helping, its time..

[@danielxmiller]

This was a very interesting perspective, thank you for sharing it. :)

[@Odihmantich]

another way is to repeat everything twice! another way is to repeat evrything twice!

[@Geaxuce]

An activity i like to do as I'm going to sleep is to pay attention to my conscious inner dialogue. Theres something kind of trippy there, its like you think in a reverse echo where instead of letting your voice go and it bounce back, your thoughts come to you. I find it incredibly strange that i somehow know what I'm going to think before I've actively thought the thought. Maybe it's just me but being a naturally lazy being, I've used this technique to silence my mind because why bother actively thinking when i already know what I'm going to think before i think it? Haha

[@trickwheel]

Yo this tripped me out. It's like the whole chicken and egg thing. Like you can feel what you are thinking before you thought it but if you thought it before you think it then are you thinking it before it was thought? 😅

[@Geaxuce]

@@trickwheel right?! What the hell?! xD

[@andrewadamski7495]

Thank-you Tom great content keep it up brother 🙏❤️💪

[@damn182]

Thanks Tom, I needed this a lot. Quick cheeky question though, wouldn't doing new activities high theoretically count towards expanding your mind, as they are novel never before experiences in an even deeper way because (depending on the drug of course) because it's an entirely different lense of perception ? Like continuously switch between drug assisted new experiences and sober ones for maximum plasticity ? Unsure how practical this is, just fun to think about

[@aronjaeger]

i was kind of thinking the same thing woth learning new things, but you're way better at explaining it xD

[@edgewalker7459]

Breathwork is a game changer ,

[@hans3530]

Amazing video! Thanks

[@leebeef]

This guy's the best

[@gigachad-polska]

nice vid

[@nmonster]

Words of wisdom.

[@julioarena]

Interestingly enough, I am quite ambidextrous, but when it comes to writing/ painting it's like the thumb and index finger don't have that natural finesse and you got me curious to try writing with the non dominant hand

[@lilgoat1184]

Truth is god. But y’all aren’t ready for that conversation. I’ve done all these psychedelics.all it does is give you enough of the truth to keep u trapped. Give ur life to Christ before it’s too late.

[@NullScar]

Why aren't we ready for that conversation?

[@charlesseiderman29]

All great ideas, still, nothing can duplicate what a psychedelic experience does.

[@handyhacker11]

My brain health is too bad for anything. I think i'm close to being psychotic

[@Idonthaveagoodname421]

When you turn into the stars and can look at the world and these hands form so you can hold it in your hand it some astronomical shit that can't be paralleled, I just wanna know how the fuck to do that without drugs

[@Hvarchive]

Good one, keep it up. more of spirituality and self development stuff, less psychedelics please

[@boldsaikhanbulgankhuu5343]

Hello everyone. I'm quitting cannabis from today. Every event in my life calls it. Been dependent on it for far too long, it's time. Any tips for quitting cold turkey

[@jacobr5934]

Avoid alcohol for the first week or 2. Whenever I take a break from Cannabis, alcohol triggers the cravings something terrible (especially early on).

[@Jakob.Hamburg]

@@jacobr5934 I agree, I had the same experience. Good luck! For me it helped to have some stuff to do, especially things I like.

[@bigolbearthejammydodger6527]

Spend 3 entire days and nights in bed. just sleep and meditate and eat and use the loo - nothing else. Oh and quit tobacco first or at the same time if you can(ie learn from my mistake) - and good luck with THAT. I quit weed no problem, quit drinking no problem, quit other drugs no problem.... still cant quit tobacco. nicotine and caffeine - they have me by the balls.

[@handyhacker11]

Nah specialization is important

[@kumadokutsu7146]

But are you saying all of this now because Psycadelics got you to this point in time to be able to convey this type of angle on psycadelics?

[@sean_vikoren]

a fun trick to crack the trap; learn everything; not a joke; try it

[@sarasharifzade491]

Best hack: not to be self centered, be the voice of voiceless Free palestine 🇵🇸

[@kukukachu]

There are 3-4 different types of meditation that you can do to experience the world as is. you're not a human being, you're having a human experience. I'm surprised you got that wrong with all the drug experiences you've apparently had.

[@MrRichieface]

Hack 1, be adhd

[@2complex43]

❤‍🔥

[@annalisashine8105]

Give vipassana a go bro

[@Travluminatii]

Are you still into coca?

[@lacedchemist1295]

Impossible 😅

[@Kinglysun876]

You took so long to explain I bought drugs

[@kevinhowe3280]

But we have psychadelics

[@cactusscone]

Best to do both lots of psychedelic medicine and lots of learning, traveling and meditation 😊

[@kevinhowe3280]

@@cactusscone this is the way

[@cactusscone]

@@kevinhowe3280 Shure is

[@FringeWizard2]

I ain't going to lie this video is lame and I have seen better ones on this topic quite disappointed.

[@VeiledFlameAlchemist]

@@FringeWizard2 Cry harder.

[@SoulShiftingInsight]

6:20 Looney Tunes Tom for the win 🤣🤣🤣

[@jtaylor2040]

7:35 oh so you think you know me huh 😂😂

[@zachmcclure88]

Good video bro

[@bluedream2493]

0:14 lmfao!

[@Ludifant]

still interested in what you will say, but the intro is bollocks.. creativity is not just combining two things. what was combined with what to invent the wheel, fire? you are talking about what goes for creativity in fashion... blue is the new green.. Off the top of my mind: learning a new language, memory techniques, the five basic machines, lucid dreaming, self hypnosis and the logic phallacies.. learn any of these in any combination and you will uncrease your capabilities exponentially.

[@hansmeiser5812]

Listen and dance to music, you can get lost in, to find yourself in another way, can be a way.

[@tylermacdonald8924]

So glad that you've said this.