BlogHide Resteemspieter (54)in meme • 8 years ago10 drugs I've taken legally, 1 is a lie.Can you spot the odd one out? Mushrooms Ayahuasca Iboga 5-MeO-DMT Cannabis Salvia Divinorum Alcohol Kratom Peyote Changapieter (54)in psychology • 8 years agoOn Writing, Fear, and Truth"Creativity takes courage" - Henri Matisse It is difficult to create. It takes, like Matisse says, courage, because it requires you to be open towards criticism or rejection of others. Yet, by…pieter (54)in travel • 8 years agoI'm moving to Portugal!Our dream started about a year ago, now we are following it! We want to live close to nature, and in harmony with it. We want to be independent from external sources of energy. We want to live…pieter (54)in art • 8 years agoThe Pop Surrealism of Naoto HattoriAll images are from www.naotohattori.com. I am incredibly impressed by his work and wanted to share, because not a lot of people know him. If you feel so inclined, please support the artist.…pieter (54)in meditation • 8 years agoHack your mind with meditationMeditation plays a big part in my life. I have done it almost every day for the past nine months and have done similar stretches in the past. I've also done two longer retreats (10 day vipassana…pieter (54)in psychedelics • 8 years agoHow I came out of the psychedelic closet (or rabbit hole)Last month, I came out of the psychedelic closet (or rabbit hole) on facebook. I had many positive reactions from friends and family, so wanted to share it here. Let it inspire those who are still…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoSteemit trumps Facebook by a Mile.I just had a huge realization. If steemit works for everyone the way it works for me, we will see a dramatic increase in valuable content generated. In my last post I already emphasized how much joy…pieter (54)in creativity • 8 years agoI came for the money, I stayed for the joy it gives me to createThe biggest attractor for steemit is without a single doubt the idea of getting paid to write good content. This is what attracted me to it initialy. Since then, I've had a few posts that made quite…pieter (54)in tobacco • 8 years agoRapé (phonetic: Ha-Pay) - The Tobacco Medicine from the AmazonRapé is a medicine from the Amazon Jungle (Brazil, Peru, Equador, Colombia) that is used traditionally to open one's mind. It is made from various plants and ashes, which are grinded to a very fine…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years ago"Whales" don't existDividing a large and growing community into three distinct categories - minnows, dolphins, and whales - is problematic for several reasons. 1. While it is understandable that people try to make…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoHi Steemit! I talked to my father (age 64) about Steemit, here's a transcript.I recorded the following on audio (in Dutch), so transcribed and translated here. My notes are between [brackets]. As I'm still wrapping my head around how steemit works, I'd be happy if you point…pieter (54)in blockchain • 8 years agoHow blockchain will actually make democracy workBecause of steemit I haven’t been able to properly fall asleep for some time, as ideas keep popping up. Instead of letting the valuable info slip through the crack as I would when I was only on…pieter (54)in trading • 8 years agoI started trading cryptocurrency: Mistakes I made that you can avoidHey all! I came to Steemit through a tweet by Erik Voorhees on July 12th, wherein he told that it rose 172% that day, on top of 90% the day before. Naturally I checked it out and learned about this…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoHow Steemit helped me start understanding the disruptive force of crypto/blockchainSince I joined Steemit, I couldn't escape the impression that I was seeing the future. Now, after only about a week here, it inspires me with hope for a better world, where people take control of…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoWhy Steemit isn't the Killer App.... YETFace it, most people are here because they are getting paid for votes and curating posts. We're all whale-hunting, like Internet Age Ahabs hunting Moby Dicks like @dan and @ned. This poses a…pieter (54)in philosophy • 8 years agoThe Universe is Responsive - How breaking the patterns of your thoughts changes the worldOur thoughts genuinely change the way the world appears to us. Imagine yourself on a sunny day in a great mood. The people you meet smile and you notice how everyone seems helpful and hospitable…pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoMy reaction seeing the sudden rush in Steem price.pieter (54)in steemit • 8 years agoSteemit Gives Back!All SteemitDollars from this post will go to the charity with the highest amount of voters. The idea is to give to a charity that many of us love (to be determined through comments and voting)…pieter (54)in marketing • 8 years agoHow to start a movementLast month I co-organized a €100k event with speakers from all over the world and 550 participants without paying anyone a salary or a speakers fee. In this post I will show how you can start a…pieter (54)in iboga • 8 years agoI did Iboga, arguably the most powerful drug known to mankindThree months ago I participated in a week-long iboga retreat here in the Netherlands, this is my story. Background Iboga is a shrub native to Gabon and Cameroon, of which the rootbark contains…