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>>8505
Shinto is almost only exclusively "demon" worship I'm surprised that even with a surface level understanding you don't know about the shrines and spirits of varying ethical and moral constitution.
> A polytheistic and animistic religion, Shinto revolves around supernatural entities called the kami. The kami are believed to inhabit all things, including forces of nature and prominent landscape locations.
>Kami are deemed capable of both benevolent and destructive deeds;[83] if warnings about good conduct are ignored, the kami can mete out punishment, often illness or sudden death, called shinbatsu.[84] Some kami, referred to as the magatsuhi-no-kami or araburu kami, are regarded as malevolent and destructive.[85] Offerings and prayers are given to the kami to gain their blessings and to dissuade them from destructive actions.
Spirit possessions by Kami and other lesser spirits are also common among "worshippers"
>Folklorist Lafcadio Hearn describes the condition in Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan:[34] "Strange is the madness of those into whom demon foxes enter. Sometimes they run naked shouting through the streets. Sometimes they lie down and froth at the mouth, and yelp as a fox yelps. And on some part of the body of the possessed a moving lump appears under the skin, which seems to have a life of its own. Prick it with a needle, and it glides instantly to another place. By no grasp can it be so tightly compressed by a strong hand that it will not slip from under the fingers. Possessed folk are also said to speak and write languages of which they were totally ignorant prior to possession. They eat only what foxes are believed to like – tofu, aburagé, azukimeshi, etc. – and they eat a great deal, alleging that not they, but the possessing foxes, are hungry."

It's my personal belief that Shinto is all demonic, from worshipping MT Fuji to local "deities". I had "bad vibes" in person visiting the "sacred sites" and I know people who's lives fall apart in chaos after taking on Shinto "kami" worship. Japan on the whole has a shit economy, rape centric culture and hates women, I just can't get over how demonic it all feels. In western religions you make deals and offerings only with demons not with "deities" which is why I believe Japan is deeply fucked. This is thPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

I want to kms too, but I heard that you'll just come back and have an even worse life than your last. Don't want to really risk it.

>>8648
I came to the conclusion with this in mind during my suicidal years. I was really gonna do it, bought a gas tank and everything. To me, whenever i get bad thoughts i just literally tell myself to wait this one out. I gave up on this life, i don’t pine for anything anymore and it ironically made me happier these past couple of months to just let go of things even though i’m still here. I’m still here but i’m dead, you know?
Hopefully reincarnation does exist, and the next life isn’t so bad and doesn’t do a number on my identity and happiness as much. I look forward to the next gig my soul takes.

I lowkey believe in reincarnation but does it scare anyone else? Like the possibility of being reborn into a shithole 3rd world country in the middle of war? Or possibly living the same lifetime again and again after a while? I mean numbers with billions and trillions and quadrillions of zeroes are basically nothing compared to infinity and I don't really know how to cope with this life feeling kind of insignificant compared to the infinite amounts of others we'll live

>>8648
>>8649
Yeah either you'll be reborn without getting to choose whether or not to come back, you'll have to come back as a bug, go to naraka, or just have really shitty karma. Afterlife repercussions is honestly one of those things that keeps me from killing myself as well as the possibility that maybe I'm schizo and there's nothing after this, in which case I may as well not rush to the end because it's hopeless anyways

>>11995
Hello. I would like some clarity on something. There's something I'm opposed to recently and I plan on taking action against it. Any predictions on how this will go for me? Thank you.

>>11995
i'd like to know if i'm on a steady path, or one with many challenges to come

>>11995
I'd like to know if the prospective project idea I have is going to be successful

>>11995
I'd like some advice for a crisis I'm dealing with lately

Anyone wanna trade tarot reads? I'll keep checking this thread every few days. I'm ok with getting other kinds of divination. My queries are mostly work related.

In ancient times when I was a teenager I was alone at home, parents out. I was sitting at the computer and listening to music and felt a hand drop on my shoulder. Naturally I thoughtmy parents were back but no one was there and I was realyl freaked out, they came back only some hours later. idk maybe I was just on the verge of dozing off and imagined things but it really scared me at the time

I arrived to a similar conclusion and worldtheory by myself without having ever heard of gnosticism beforehand, so when I learned about its existence I was quite glad. I

>>11881
Something I've noticed is that most Gnostics these days (at least in the prison planet circles) have a habit of blaming their own poor living situations on God rather than looking around them. My boss is gonna fire me? Must be the demiurge, can't be that my boss chose to do that. I won't say this is the only or best place to be reincarnated into but I will say acting like there's only evil at work is a poor mentality to have. It doesn't help that many are depraved and have a habit of getting off to stuff like rape porn or are some flavor of bigot, you'd think they'd want to avoid contributing to the system that's apparently keeping all this going

It's baby's first step into enlightenment, I was also into Gnosticism but now I am Lutheran.

Saw an experience that lines up very well with the current Gnosticism/Prison Planet stuff. Do take note that this was caused by a half dose of shrooms and according to the OP the hospital said "mushroom toxicity" caused this, don't know if this was actual death though

Have Gnostics ever considered that reincarnation is forced but we're not in a prison system or samsara or anything, that's just how it is? A lot of people who believe in reincarnation believe in respawning

>>11979
Damn I feel that. I was a "none" most of my life (basically what that means is I never really thought about anything deeply existential/religious/spiritual) and I never really believed there was any evidence to the supernatural. In 2023 I had a massive crisis and fell down the conspiracy rabbit hole for years and questioned everything I thought I knew for almost 2 years straight. I still fall down the rabbit hole but I'm recovering, I try not to think too much about it but truly when you realize how little we know it can cause you to lose your mind

0,1, & 2, are like objectively correct if you’re not extremely ignorant on one end or spiritual/schizo on the other.

Likely 7, but less focused on the elite and more so on Goddard-esque assumption based immortality? Reading skills are low right now. Apologies.

>>11993
>Goddard-esque assumption based immortality
can you tell more about this?

>>11994
Maybe they mean quantum immortality or creating your own afterlife? Not that sure

>>11984
I get being uncertain but I feel like full on denying the spiritual is being way too confident

Some of the questions are so difficult if you're autistic but extroverted. Like neither, people don't like me, but I also don't really wanna be myself and try hard to be accepted x)

>>11649
I find a lot of the answers in general are not mutually exclusive or opposing qualities, just two random things that don't even apply to me

Got EFU. Was kinda sceptical given that it's a personality test but I guess the first line is literally me kek
>>11650
Same

IFU Iu Fc Uu

IFU Iu Fu U
Asocial, low self-esteem, and scatterbrained. Sounds about right.

Most are scammers but some may be real. I wouldn't doubt if there is some spiritual world that you could tap into it with enough focus

Do not believe anything they tell you. They may be in contact with demons. I used to be a "psychic" and it is not what it is portrayed to be on television. I was overtaken by demons very quickly.

>>1318
Kind of believe in this but I'm wondering how they actually know anything. If they're watching you and taking in the world in a different state of being then I'd their knowledge all still based mainly on witnessing events externally or do they have any greater sense of your internal experience?

Never seeked out a psychic or medium, but i did run into a guy doing free Tarot readings after midnight at a convention i went to. I deeply thought of things that were going on in my life, closed my eyes, started hovering my hand over the cards and when i knew the moment was right, i grabbed a card. It was"10 of cups" inverted and how he described what i got which meant something like lacking in relationships. The way he described everything felt like i got cut deep on the inside and i started tearjng up. I was with my now exgf who is not at all into any of this mystical stuff so to her it was just goofy fun, but to me it was another confirmation that i should break up with her. I thanked the magician, gave him one of the magic related trinkets i received and said goodbye. At the same convention i became super close with another girl in our group and we're besties now, and i have been dating and have landed on a great guy. Normally i used to not believe in the supernatural or the paranormal, but ive had too many coincidences happen where i can't fully not-believe. Thank you random Tarot Magician, for being at the right place at the right time

Mediums are sadly very inconsistent but I would like to believe in them. They have a habit of contradicting other spiritual experiences and each other. For example many mediums reject the idea of reincarnation but others fully endorse it and those who endorse it are inconsistent about whether reincarnation is a choice or forced. Some do bring verified facts and those are interesting but sadly they're kind of a rarity

>>10106
I've gotten that, but not from weed. Just from severe trauma and flashbacks.
I spent almost my entire childhood in a dissociative state and then I had a really hard time getting to terms with learning that I wouldn't actually disappear into thin air somehow and had to live in the real world as an actual person who'd have to be an adult and everything…
Maybe I'm too used to dissociating, but I don't think it's all bad, it's only scary if I feel like I can't snap out of it, but that's never really happened to me before, if I couldn't snap out of it it was always because a big part of me just really didn't want to… Or when you're terrified and go completely mute and stuff, it's not that I want to talk, I just want to be left alone so that I can hide under my blanket, hug my plushies and feel safe again.
I got that dissociative empty feeling when I took laughing gas at the dentist, but I wasn't really worried about it, I was just glad that I didn't have to worry about the procedure as much and I felt normal again after the laughing gas effect dissipated. I wouldn't use it recreationally though, because I know that if I really need to dissociate, my body will do that on its own. I just kinda trust in it and hopefully I won't really need to do it and can just be myself and happy as a full person, even if it's hard sometimes.
I think hyperarousal is the worst though… I looked up some things to snap out of it because unlike with a dissociative state, I really can't stand this stress for more than a minute, it just drives me nuts and I really really don't want to wait for it to go away on its own, it sucks so damn much, I'd rather scratch my skin open or hopefully have mints or chilli to eat on hand because that kind of stuff really helps with it

feeling like i was not part of this Earth anymore bc of weed was a very calming and pleasant experience. the feeling afterwards that my life from then on was just a combination of dreams and some sort of euphoric hallucination before death is something i will never forget. im not afraid of not being real or dead so it's fun.

>>10106
I've gotten hallucinations from a single smoke, psychotic breaks with continued use. Weed is not for me, folks.

Omaga aki is so hot i wanna step on his balls

I'm always at least somewhat dissociated and I want weed to help me calm down but I don't know if it'll work to fend off the existential thoughts

Fluoride is bad for the pineal gland

Not fully but quieting your mind and getting healthy can help you contact the spiritual more from what I know. Or maybe it's just hallucinations idk

fluorosis is a thing, but it's an affect of high exposure. the levels in our water are very low and our body isn't impacted. i think the theory may have something to do with how overexposure causes oxidative stress, which certainly degrades mental wellness. but you'd need to be guzzling the stuff specifically for any issue to arise