Tomorrow I'll be working with two people who are not great at their job to put it mildly. One has caused me to experience severe headache similar to that of a migraine. One task he did badly, another he didn't do (didn't rectify a possible annoyance or at least provide stuff to make it easier to... (edited) read more

20d

INFJ

Tunisia – a country to die for (3) parapharmacie, or how I stopped worrying and learned to trust fate

If you’re Swiss and you hear the word parapharmacie, your brain betrays you immediately. You think: regulated. safe. boring. You imagine a polite cousin of the pharmacy. Something that wouldn’t even dare to sell chamomile tea without a leaflet, three warnings and a consent form. Let me save you... read more

ISTJ

Aquarius

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

4mo

INFJ

❤️

Indeed, romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on earth. Love is in us, deeply embedded in our brain. The challenge is to understand each other. - TED (edited)

27d

INFP

Libra

The contract 1

The lantern rocks, its light making the contracts seem to breathe—three parchments pinned at the corners, waiting. The merchant’s hands finally still, fingers coiled tight, serpents held in check. Three contracts lie before you. You may choose only one. When the quill touches parchment, the other... read more

2mo

INTJ

Leo

What are your thoughts on the relationship between substances and awareness of existence among intelligent species?

So, I've been going down a rabbit hole reading about deliriants lately, and how they are known to have been used in spiritual practices for hundreds of years; same with other substances like peyote, ayahuasca, etc. Humanity has sought out altered states of consciousness for as long as we can tell.... read more