Decalcifying The Pineal Gland And Staying Alkaline - General

[QUOTE=Levithan;46914323]Ah, given that I would still totally believe unsubstantiated claims than experts who have been working in their field for years.[/QUOTE] Well, I did not say that so-called experts really aren't experts(I guess I may have made it seem that way), because they are experts...but nobody is an expert on every single subject. I'm just saying, with [i]certain[/i][sp](and these certain subjects probably make up 1 percent of the other 99 percent significant things, so you shouldn't go bashing on a doctor just because he said water fluoridation(an insignificant topic to someone like that anyway...compared to the other things relating to his job) was safe, because they actually do have plenty of valid knowledge regarding more important things, specifically related to their job...instead of being good at having unbiased debates)[/sp]controversial topics like these, they usually are biased and will agree with whatever other experts believe, because if they don't, they get labeled as a bullshitter and/or not credible. [editline]12th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=iFail;46914029]After briefly looking at that list and cross checking on WebMD, several of the supplements you mentioned are labeled as having "insufficient evidence" when it comes to their supposed positive effects. Others are classified as prescription drugs and you shouldn't be screwing around with them.[/QUOTE] Which ones??

Jeffreysmall, why do you use so many spoiler tags? it makes your posts a bit harder to read.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;46915029]Jeffreysmall, why do you use so many spoiler tags? it makes your posts a bit harder to read.[/QUOTE]Ah, I thought it'd make them easier to read. It's because sometimes I put a lot of text in parenthesis, so it kind of spaces out what's in the parenthesis and what isn't, making it easier to continue reading the sentence from where it left off right before the parenthesized text. Or doesn't it? :/

[QUOTE=Jeffreysmall;46914605] Which ones??[/QUOTE] Curcumin/tumeric, tamarind, bladderwrack, artemisinins. I'm not going to do any more of this WebMD searching, since I don't have the time, really. Seeing as you claimed it as evidence for your arguments, and several of the claims you make are not even supported in the slightest by it, I can only conclude you have not read your own "evidence" and I refuse to make your argument for you.

Haven't bothered to read OP, but... Maybe you should try seriously meditating everyday before claiming that the calcification of your pineal gland is what's stopping your enlightenment. *Edit* You really are scum OP. I genuinely believe that the pineal gland and DMT may hold the secrets to conciousness, but half of what you've posted is inane and insane, it gives anyone expressing that idea a bad name.

[QUOTE=Fire Feure;46919910]You really are scum OP. I genuinely believe that the pineal gland and DMT may hold the secrets to conciousness, but half of what you've posted is inane and insane, it gives anyone expressing that idea a bad name.[/QUOTE] Consciousness itself isn't really dependent on the pineal gland (it's just an endocrine gland that produces melatonin). Consciousness is nebulously defined, but the entire structure of the brain is of importance. There is no "secret" as such, but it's more a problem to slowly entangle through the work of neurophysicists.

[QUOTE=Fire Feure;46919910]Haven't bothered to read OP, but... Maybe you should try seriously meditating everyday before claiming that the calcification of your pineal gland is what's stopping your enlightenment. *Edit* You really are scum OP. I genuinely believe that the pineal gland and DMT may hold the secrets to conciousness, but half of what you've posted is inane and insane, it gives anyone expressing that idea a bad name.[/QUOTE] Scum? Okay way to insult someone that is trying to help you achieve a healthy consciousness & mind. To anyone who still does not agree with what I've been saying, I guess we can respectfully agree to disagree, if it really is giving the kind of people that I, Cheesedragon and Fire Feure are a bad name. I actually really would like to try meditating, however I have anxiety and ADHD so it is very hard to freely relax my mind unless I'm just going to sleep. I'll start thinking of thoughts I don't want to think about, and say things in my head that I don't want to say.

Ingested serotonin does not cross the blood-brain barrier (thus having no effect), and most of the other herbs you listed have minimal or extremely doubtful benefits. Especially when vaporized, an untested method of ingestion. I seriously doubt garlic "flushes metals" out of the brain. Also, it is not even true that the pineal gland produces DMT, or that DMT is even involved in dreaming (unlikely due to its half-life). That was merely the hypothesis of one guy in documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule Please review studies on PubMed before accepting the word of a journalist as fact

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;46922520]Ingested serotonin does not cross the blood-brain barrier (thus having no effect), and most of the other herbs you listed have minimal or extremely doubtful benefits. Especially when vaporized, an untested method of ingestion. I seriously doubt garlic "flushes metals" out of the brain. Also, it is not even true that the pineal gland produces DMT, or that DMT is even involved in dreaming (unlikely due to its half-life). That was merely the hypothesis of one guy in documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule Please review studies on PubMed before accepting the word of a journalist as fact[/QUOTE] Well, thanks for the info. I gotta say I learned a lot from this thread..

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;46922520]Ingested serotonin does not cross the blood-brain barrier (thus having no effect) [/QUOTE] I've read that the pineal gland is outside the blood barrier or something, and is prone to toxic substances, large molecules and all that jazz. So I guess serotonin could have some kind of affect? [quote]Fluoride does not accumulate in brain. Of all tissues, brain has the lowest fluoride concentration [Jenkins, 1991; Whitford, 1996; Ekstrand, 1996]. It is generally agreed that the blood-brain barrier restricts the passage of fluoride into the central nervous system. [B]The human pineal gland is outside the blood-brain barrier[/B] [Arendt, 1995]. It is one of a few unique regions in the brain (all midline structures bordering the third and fourth ventricles) where the blood-brain barrier is weak. Cells in these regions require direct and unimpeded contact with blood [Rapoport, 1976]. [B]Therefore, pinealocytes have free access to fluoride in the bloodstream[/B]. This fact, coupled with the presence of HA, suggest that the pineal gland may sequester fluoride from the bloodstream.[/quote]

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;46922520] Also, it is not even true that the pineal gland produces DMT, or that DMT is even involved in dreaming (unlikely due to its half-life). That was merely the hypothesis of one guy in documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule Please review studies on PubMed before accepting the word of a journalist as fact[/QUOTE] So what does DMT do then? And if it's halflife is so damn short, how come people buy and sell it? Furthermore, if you are so sure that it has nothing to do with dreaming, then how do you explain the analogous dream like state that smoking it induces? Furthermore, how can you even make any sort of claim to it's effectiveness based on time if a hallucination can last 5 minutes but feel like 10 days?

[QUOTE=Jeffreysmall;46921823]Scum? Okay way to insult someone that is trying to help you achieve a healthy consciousness & mind. To anyone who still does not agree with what I've been saying, I guess we can respectfully agree to disagree, if it really is giving the kind of people that I, Cheesedragon and Fire Feure are a bad name. I actually really would like to try meditating, however I have anxiety and ADHD so it is very hard to freely relax my mind unless I'm just going to sleep. I'll start thinking of thoughts I don't want to think about, and say things in my head that I don't want to say.[/QUOTE] I suffer from both of those conditions and meditation is the ideal treatment. You said it yourself. You would like to try it, [B] but you haven't even attempted it,[/B] and that's why I can't take you seriously. It's not like you need to spend money or have special skills to do it, yet you'd be willing to spend money on countless supplements? Sit with the thoughts you don't want to think if they happen to arise, don't judge them, don't try to suppress them. Watch them, see how powerless they are. How they all fade, regardless of whether they are happy or sad. [B]Focus on your breathing.[/B] If you can manage 15-30 second inhales and the same for exhalation, that's great. [B]Doing that in itself will make you feel much calmer. [/B] [quote]I'll start thinking of thoughts I don't want to think about, and say things in my head that I don't want to say. [/quote] Which is perfectly normal. Continue trying to make your breaths, deep and slow, eventually your body [B] will [/B] calm itself. The more you try to meditate, the more you'll realize that you have no control over the "mental words" you choose, but you do have a choice about how you respond to them. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as a dick, but from what you've said, meditation is exactly what you need. You're already interested in some fascinating stuff and it'll only give you a better perspective on those things. I know you can do it! :smile: [quote]it is not even true that the pineal gland produces DMT[/quote] I'm fairly certain that there's been a study that definitively proved that it DOES in mice. Unfortunately, there's no ethical way to remove a human pineal gland and examine it pre-mortem or shortly after death. *Edit* Sorry for calling you scum, it was rude.