Change Me!

"If you want to change your world, take some acid."
The Chemical Buddha was in favor of changing the world and actually set out to do that. But after almost a half hour, he gave up. It was waaaay too hard. So he decided to change how he saw the world. Buddha and Aristotle talked about how the world is merely what we see. Reality itself may or may not be as we actually see it. TCB found nothing changed how he saw the world better than hallucinogenics. They totally changed what he saw, heard, smelled and tasted. In fact, he had trouble deciding what world was actually real. If changing some minor chemicals in his brain could have that kind of impact, what might huge changes actually do to the world around him? He set out to discover what would happen. We believe he ultimately found that the world changed so much he had to leave it.
How do you deal with change? Do you embrace it or resist it?
How have your feelings about your past changed as you’ve gotten older?
How have your views of the world changed?

Drink in the Enligtenment

"I thought I was enlightened. Then I sobered up."
The Chemical Buddha thought he was a lot of things while he was drunk: smart, funny, attractive, bulletproof and enlightened. (A crude definition of enlightenment is to know.) Once he reached enlightenment he knew he was none of these things. But he also became aware that other drunk people thought he was all of these things. Especially right before they passed out. So he turned his attention to learning how to keep people drunk enough to think he was awesome, but sober enough to keep them from blacking out. It was then that he turned his studies away from alcohol and more towards the hallucinogenic and cannabis realms. These seemed to offer the best combination for him and his followers.
Does who you think you are and who other people think you are match?
What would have to change for those to match?