Oh and I was so surprised when I found myself typing that I love how my brain works! My sister and I reflected again this morning - it’s only been a few days and I dove in so deep and wide. It’s pretty amazing when it happens and I’m glad I enjoyed the ride!
Came to Substack to search for writing on the telepathy tapes, and happy to have found you this way. My own path brought me through a psychology graduate degree and years of clinical therapy experience (on both sides of the couch). Jung was always fascinating , but the field didn’t celebrate him. The theories that have left their mark in a more operational way (ie: the ones we are encouraged to use because they are observable) are the behavioral ones. CBT still commands everything we are supposed to do.
And then one day, psychedelics are allowed. Now we are using ketamine. It’s like I got permission to get weird. Game changer.
Anyway, I too am deep in the rabbit hole, though I am sad to call it that, I want it to be more consequential.
We are on the verge of a shift.
Having googled telepathy tapes this morning, all the hits are about how it has unseated Joe Rogan as the top podcast. I have only assumptions about Rogan, but I’m finding meaning here. A shift away from the hyper masculine and towards something…else? Softer? Pinker?
Ooooh your comment makes me feel giddy for so many reasons!
One - this is why I wrote this! To find someone who’s in the same rabbit hole (or whatever we want to call it! What do we want to call it?)
Two - I love love love how you’re thinking about it all and the words you’re using!
- More consequential - yes!! I feel that, too and am trying to sort out what it means for me. I feel like it’s part of a shift for me this year even if I can’t quite put a finger on it. It might start small - like spending more time on my mat. I noticed too that I haven’t touched meat recently. I have never considered becoming a vegetarian but suddenly it’s a possibility; and I KNOW there’s a connection.
What is that shift like for you? What does it feel and sound and look like? What do you want it to be like?
What does soft and pink mean to you?
It’s interesting you mention masculinity/ pink and soft because one of the things I found frustrating was that in my research I suddenly found myself listening to a bunch of white men (much more than I’m used to!).
Does nature play a part? I think so! To me the shift feels… earthy, grounded, firm (in the rooted sense, not hard). I’m thinking about the softness element - there’s a lightness in it, too.
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Oh dear 😅 the way I’m typing out these thoughts….!
Jung - I borrowed “the Undiscovered Self” from the library but found it overwhelming with where to start. If you have a resource you like, I’d love to hear it!
I’m told by people who follow astrology and other pattern making systems (human design) that we are leaving an era of planning (where we’ve been for the past 400 years) and entering an era more focused on individuality. Or something like that.
I’m not all in on this stuff, but when I hear about it it’s impossible to deny how true it feels.
Like you’re saying…you sort of just know. This system we are in is at an end. Something new is coming. There’s this convergence of forces…AI, psychedelics entering the mainstream, climate change…
For me personally, I think you know what it looks like! Reading your work here, it’s clear you know exactly what my own personal shift is. Over the past few years I’ve accepted that I don’t fit in The Box and even more importantly, accepted that it’s totally fine! Exhilarating even. At times.
I wish I had a Jung rec, but I don’t. I’ll let you know if I find something good. I did just finish a memoir by Albert Hoffman, the chemist who isolated LSD, and had a similar moment of “why so many white men in this story?” But for now I’m just soaking it up as it is being told in the books I have. I honestly don’t want to get too deep into masculine vs feminine, I haven’t found comfort in that language. Hard to escape it though.
That podcast is inspiring d so much thought…I love the way she frames materialism as a belief system. I was thirsty for that and now I want to learn more! Your book list is…well, a stretch goal :-)
Maybe I’ll make the leap and publish something on my own Substack one day about all this.
One of the use cases for quantum computing is breaking cryptography and solving optimisation problems which are impossible to solve with a classical computer in a reasonable time.
It is funny how all the security hinges upon that breaking the encryption just takes a lot of time.
Protein folding was solved by an AI model, interestingly this was a problem that was thought to be only possible by quantum computers.
It could be that problems that are thought to be unsolvable could be solved with an AI model or other methods which would diminish the usefulness of quantum computers.
The looking glass YouTube channel has videos about quantum mechanics, quantum computers
I saved this when I saw "monotropic rabbit hole" in the title so I could come back when I had more bandwidth. I love this about my brain but have been really struggling recently with being less able to follow that flow because of constant interruptions, and it's affecting my energy a lot. My current rabbit hole is commonplace books. I just started my first one and have been watching videos and reading threads about how people use theirs, and I love it. It feels like the ideal journal style for my brain (although I'm already itching to buy a new/different book thanks to my research😅).
Yes yes yes!! Thank you for sharing your experience!
I am already kinda over it. writing it all out here didn’t help - it wrapped it up for me and now - poof, gone!
I’m mostly sad because there was so much more I wanted to dive into and now it feels like I’ve lost the connection.
I’m curious about what you’re saying around quitting and feeling embarrassed - especially if this isn’t usually something you can control. If you’re willing to share, I’m curious what you think that’s about? And is it different from falling INTO the hole?
I love your relentless curiosity. I know sometimes we want to “relax” but we must ride the wave sometimes.
I love how your brain works.
Oh and I was so surprised when I found myself typing that I love how my brain works! My sister and I reflected again this morning - it’s only been a few days and I dove in so deep and wide. It’s pretty amazing when it happens and I’m glad I enjoyed the ride!
Your kind words make me smile; thank you!
Came to Substack to search for writing on the telepathy tapes, and happy to have found you this way. My own path brought me through a psychology graduate degree and years of clinical therapy experience (on both sides of the couch). Jung was always fascinating , but the field didn’t celebrate him. The theories that have left their mark in a more operational way (ie: the ones we are encouraged to use because they are observable) are the behavioral ones. CBT still commands everything we are supposed to do.
And then one day, psychedelics are allowed. Now we are using ketamine. It’s like I got permission to get weird. Game changer.
Anyway, I too am deep in the rabbit hole, though I am sad to call it that, I want it to be more consequential.
We are on the verge of a shift.
Having googled telepathy tapes this morning, all the hits are about how it has unseated Joe Rogan as the top podcast. I have only assumptions about Rogan, but I’m finding meaning here. A shift away from the hyper masculine and towards something…else? Softer? Pinker?
Thanks for your writing!!
Ooooh your comment makes me feel giddy for so many reasons!
One - this is why I wrote this! To find someone who’s in the same rabbit hole (or whatever we want to call it! What do we want to call it?)
Two - I love love love how you’re thinking about it all and the words you’re using!
- More consequential - yes!! I feel that, too and am trying to sort out what it means for me. I feel like it’s part of a shift for me this year even if I can’t quite put a finger on it. It might start small - like spending more time on my mat. I noticed too that I haven’t touched meat recently. I have never considered becoming a vegetarian but suddenly it’s a possibility; and I KNOW there’s a connection.
What is that shift like for you? What does it feel and sound and look like? What do you want it to be like?
What does soft and pink mean to you?
It’s interesting you mention masculinity/ pink and soft because one of the things I found frustrating was that in my research I suddenly found myself listening to a bunch of white men (much more than I’m used to!).
Does nature play a part? I think so! To me the shift feels… earthy, grounded, firm (in the rooted sense, not hard). I’m thinking about the softness element - there’s a lightness in it, too.
——
Oh dear 😅 the way I’m typing out these thoughts….!
Jung - I borrowed “the Undiscovered Self” from the library but found it overwhelming with where to start. If you have a resource you like, I’d love to hear it!
Thank you for this, Sonja!!
I’m told by people who follow astrology and other pattern making systems (human design) that we are leaving an era of planning (where we’ve been for the past 400 years) and entering an era more focused on individuality. Or something like that.
I’m not all in on this stuff, but when I hear about it it’s impossible to deny how true it feels.
Like you’re saying…you sort of just know. This system we are in is at an end. Something new is coming. There’s this convergence of forces…AI, psychedelics entering the mainstream, climate change…
For me personally, I think you know what it looks like! Reading your work here, it’s clear you know exactly what my own personal shift is. Over the past few years I’ve accepted that I don’t fit in The Box and even more importantly, accepted that it’s totally fine! Exhilarating even. At times.
I wish I had a Jung rec, but I don’t. I’ll let you know if I find something good. I did just finish a memoir by Albert Hoffman, the chemist who isolated LSD, and had a similar moment of “why so many white men in this story?” But for now I’m just soaking it up as it is being told in the books I have. I honestly don’t want to get too deep into masculine vs feminine, I haven’t found comfort in that language. Hard to escape it though.
That podcast is inspiring d so much thought…I love the way she frames materialism as a belief system. I was thirsty for that and now I want to learn more! Your book list is…well, a stretch goal :-)
Maybe I’ll make the leap and publish something on my own Substack one day about all this.
An era focused even more on individuality…? I’d rather we go back to community. But yes - change is in the air!
if you decide to publish something on this (or anything else - I’ve enjoyed this exchange!!) here on Substack, I’d love to hear about it!
One of the use cases for quantum computing is breaking cryptography and solving optimisation problems which are impossible to solve with a classical computer in a reasonable time.
It is funny how all the security hinges upon that breaking the encryption just takes a lot of time.
Protein folding was solved by an AI model, interestingly this was a problem that was thought to be only possible by quantum computers.
It could be that problems that are thought to be unsolvable could be solved with an AI model or other methods which would diminish the usefulness of quantum computers.
The looking glass YouTube channel has videos about quantum mechanics, quantum computers
https://youtube.com/@lookingglassuniverse?si=98js5oz5iFHpygmk
I still cannot believe a comment like this would ever appear on one of my posts! Thank you for sharing this! I’ll check out the channel.
I saved this when I saw "monotropic rabbit hole" in the title so I could come back when I had more bandwidth. I love this about my brain but have been really struggling recently with being less able to follow that flow because of constant interruptions, and it's affecting my energy a lot. My current rabbit hole is commonplace books. I just started my first one and have been watching videos and reading threads about how people use theirs, and I love it. It feels like the ideal journal style for my brain (although I'm already itching to buy a new/different book thanks to my research😅).
Yes yes yes!! Thank you for sharing your experience!
I am already kinda over it. writing it all out here didn’t help - it wrapped it up for me and now - poof, gone!
I’m mostly sad because there was so much more I wanted to dive into and now it feels like I’ve lost the connection.
I’m curious about what you’re saying around quitting and feeling embarrassed - especially if this isn’t usually something you can control. If you’re willing to share, I’m curious what you think that’s about? And is it different from falling INTO the hole?
That makes so much sense! The graveyard of hobbies and unfinished projects…. 🫣