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Reddit mentions of The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
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Friend asked for a similar list a while ago and I put this together. Would love to see people thoughts/feedback.
Very High Level Introductions:
Deeper Pop-sci Dives (probably in this order):
Blending the line between pop-sci and mathematical (these books are not meant to be read and put away but instead read, re-read and pondered):
So, here's a weird recommendation for a NewAge sub, but it is 100% woo-free: The Lightness of Being is a primer for beginners on quantum physics, as well as the history of science that lead us there.
In spiritual terms, it's pretty meager to the uninitiated, but reading it alongside The Recognition Sutras (good mysticism, so-so philosophy, only a pinch of woo) has been a transformative experience for me.
It's one thing to hear a New Age guru, tell you that all of existence is awareness and that awareness itself is responsible for the spontaneous creation of all energy and matter, but it is an entirely different fucking experience to learn that, literally, the foundation of modern physics is not empty space, but a flexible Grid, which could rightfully be called consciousness, which spontaneously manifests quarks, the building blocks of atoms. In short, universal consciousness spontaneously manifests the energy which creates matter.
Philosophically speaking, you are this Grid. As Carl Sagan said:
>“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
Forewarned: both of these books are intellectual heavy-lifting. But woo is easy, science is not.
EDIT: As far as a 'practice' goes, I actually use theory to guide my practice: if a meditation technique or tantra allows me to experience universal consciousness, or get close to it, I keep doing it. Otherwise I don't.
Second this! Of course use responsibly and in moderation. Tolerance can build up pretty quickly - even though weed is way less dangerous than alcohol, mcdonalds, much of advertising, and porn (all IMO), it's still good to be respectful of the plant and yourself, and not go overboard.
Try to expose yourself to meaningful, thought provoking things while high - don't just watch Airplane! and order a Pizza (although these are, of course, exceedingly enjoyable activities while high as well). Read a book on philosophy (Doubt: A History), physics (The Lightness of Being), or some great poetry, watch an awesome documentary (Baraka), go for a hike somewhere beautiful, take a long shower with the lights off and have some time alone with your thoughts, that kind of thing.
I'd also recommend a good nootropic stack to reduce the short term memory loss and paranoia that can come with cannabis - piracetam, bacopa, ashwaghanda, fishoii, and a COX-2 inhibitor like ibuprofin, naproxin, etc. There's a good longecity thread on this.
Also keep a notebook handy.
Frank Wilczek - The lightness of being:
https://www.amazon.com/Lightness-Being-Ether-Unification-Forces/dp/0465018955