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FOTCM Statement of Principles
Serg:
I just want to let you know that my problem with military service has been solved not so long ago.
ROEL:
--- Quote from: Serg on July 11, 2012, 10:59:20 PM ---I just want to let you know that my problem with military service has been solved not so long ago.
--- End quote ---
Well, Serg, this is great! Good for you.
Tchaka:
Hello fellow CF members,
I am new to this world, having joined the Forum just today, although I have been diligently following the works of LKJ and crew for a couple years now, gratefully learning about their findings and finding them to be the first ever true seeming account of our reality. So it brings me great joy to find a group of people dedicated to discussing these findings and looking to emancipate themselves from this mess we may now find ourselves in… so without further ado, my first inquiry:
After having read the manifesto of the FOTCM (a breathtaking document to say the least) I have one question that is more mechanical than theological…it is in reference to this passage:
"6.4. On the Use of Drugs
…nicotine ingested by smoking tobacco facilitates the uptake of naturally occurring acetylcholine in the brain. Through the enhancement of frontal cortex activity, smoking helps the individual to think, which is the foundation for true spiritual Seeing. Patches and other artificial methods of ingestion are ineffective at best and detrimental at worst. This makes it clear why pathocracies seek to stamp out the use of tobacco. They fear a thinking populace. Benefits derived from smoking tobacco may greatly vary from individual to individual."
I too am a strong proponent of the use of nicotine as an "mini enlightener" if you will and a while back, read the work of Jeremy Narby (The Cosmic Serpent) only to be even more convinced that there was a useful relationship between the chemistry of the brain and that of tobacco. But I always struggled with the fact that cigarette's "enlightenment" came hand in hand with what felt like a "petite mort" in the inhalation of the smoke. Add to this that most commercial cigs are packed full of chemicals not intended by mother nature. Then came the invention of the electronic cigarette. I found this to be a great gift. Although not as completely "satisfying" as a analog cigarette I find it to still do the job of providing me the grounding(?)/lift(?)/pause(?) that comes with smoking. Plus, as i have finally found one (a modification of those sold to the general public) that for all intents and purposes feels like smoking…the puff of smoke, the deliverance of nicotine, the "inspiration" that is at the heart of smoking…without that light moment of darkness that I find often follows the traditional combustion method.
So my question: what do those in the know among the FOTCM and this forum think about e-cigs and there relationship to the clause in 6.4 that "artificial methods of ingestion are ineffective at best and detrimental at worst" when it comes to a properly functioning electronic cigarette? I honestly can say, through frequent practice of both methods, find it to be a useful surrogate. Ideally I would grow my own tobacco again and try to overcome my own slightly obsessive abuse in relation to this useful habit. But in the mean time I have to say, I feel i have found a reasonable format to "facilitate the uptake of naturally occurring acetylcholine" in my brain…but i am still learning and could be deluding myself. I know the e-cig is a new invention so i imagine less studies exist on it's true effects. I can only site my own personal research.
any thoughts?
ps. my apologies if this is the wrong thread for this question. please let me know if so and where i should have gone.
Laura:
I have a couple electronic cigarettes that I carry in my bag in case I want one in a place that forbids them. I just don't like them. I'd say they are close enough to regular cigarettes...
Mr. Premise:
I've used both patches and e-cigarettes when I have days when it's very inconvenient to smoke.
They both do the job as nicotine delivery systems but of the two I prefer patches. Just put one on in the morning and forget about it. The e-cigarette I have seems on the weak side even with the "high nicotine" cartridges.
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