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  Feather Winger August 6, 2015 at 6:53am

  These chemicals are produced mostly by the pituitary gland (seretonin is produced in the gut as well)....the master gland that controls the others...it controls the chakras and therefore the brain.....or it controls the brain and therefore the chakras..either way.

  OK...now let´s add DMT to the list for it is also produced by the pituitary gland and activates the pineal gland. DMT is called the ´´spirit molecule´´ by some.  It seems to have to do with spirituality.  DMT is produced in deep meditation or whenever we see the inter-connectedness of the universe. It connects the dots and expands the thinking.

  here is the link for the previous comment.. ´´Hacking in to your Happy Chemicals.´´

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thai-nguyen/hacking-into-your-happy-c...
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  Feather Winger August 6, 2015 at 6:29am

  The thing that comes to mind about the ´´happy chemicals``is how they relate to the different chakras.  The chakras  regulate the different parts of the brain. So we can influence and balance these chemicals by balancing the chakras... also by the way we think and our actions.

  Dopamine motivates us to take action toward goals, desires, and needs, and gives a surge of reinforcing pleasure when achieving them.

  Serotonin flows when you feel significant or important. Loneliness and depression appears when serotonin is absent.

  Oxytocin creates intimacy, trust, and builds healthy relationships.

  Endorphins are released in response to pain and stress and help to alleviate anxiety

  Cortisol is the ´´unhappy chemical´´ released when we have stress or fear.
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  Stick August 6, 2015 at 1:06am

  ~Thanks for sharing tis insightful post, Revenant. Contemporary Shamanism is playing a crucial role in Humanities release from the final shadows of duality. ~InLight555

  

  “Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.”...“Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.” ~Terence McKenna
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  Lisa skidmore August 6, 2015 at 12:37am

  Absolutely the ying and yang. There should always be a balance. Without the dark how do we know what the light is and vise versa. Being shaman or druid is a practice. If that's what you believe and practice be proud walk head held high in it.  It's an amazing practice. I practice wicca and love it... I still believe in creator but believe in the magik of the universe.... Dear friend apparently that's your calling so much you could teach about the truth of shamanism and druidism because there has been much fear spread about the practice... Much love and light dear friend.... Rama my sweet friend great post
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  Lisa skidmore August 5, 2015 at 7:10pm

  Yes the meds they give to people seem to make it worse.... I prefer to do the natural way also I fight though pain and sadness as being an  empath I have many emotions at once.  Revenant as a shaman and druid I would love to talk sometime I think it's great you're keeping those traditions and beliefs alive.... Thanks for that.....
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  Roaring Lovely August 5, 2015 at 5:08pm

  Strictly speaking, there isn't a mechanical explanation of the cause of such things as happiness, consciousness etc. I understand the corelations between these 'inner states' and chemicals as to be a contingent one and neither a necesary nor even a causal one. Its like the following analogy: wherever there is motion, there is something with a shape, color etc that is doing the motion. It is not to say that having shape and a color necesarily cause motion but for there to be motion, something must be moving. Likewise, for there to be happiness, something must be happy. The 'happy chemicals' is amongst them.
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  Roaring Lovely August 5, 2015 at 4:55pm

  Yes, I guess that some untipsychotic drugs such as those treating schizophrenia mess with serotonin balance leaving the patient worse off. It can also induce other diseases sun as parkinson diseas, restless legs syndrom etc. I guess all these unpleasant things mess with serotonin levels.
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  Lisa skidmore August 5, 2015 at 3:50pm

  Serotonin is a chemical your brain creates naturally... It is what balances your moods... It's important. When that's out of balance you have depression anxiety all kinds of mental disturbances.  So having extra yes could cause hallucinations.... My great great pap was a Cherokee shaman so I got introduced to the ways especially peyote it is spiritual used correctly not to be abused.   I don't use it but in rituals long ago did
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  Roaring Lovely August 5, 2015 at 2:36pm

  I have checked for the structure of psilocybin and that of serotonin. Indead they are closely similar. The hexagonal then pentagonal cyclic hydrocarbon part seems to be the part that allows the serotonin receptors to recognis psilocybin as it were serotonin.
  
  The fact that these psychedelics closely recemble serotonin is very remarkable. It makes one wonder if serotonin is just a psychedelic that is naturaly found in our brains. As such, we are 'hallucinating' according to the serotonin. Our day to day reality can thus be termed 'serotonin based perception'. It shows that these psychedelic serve the same purpose as serotonin albeit in perceiving another realm. Serotoning 'resonate', hence amplify the signals of our realm etc
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  Roaring Lovely August 5, 2015 at 11:37am

  Notice that this view of 'space' is very compartible with the 'no polygamy' law of quantum entanglements.
  
  There can never be quantum entanglement between more than 2 quantum particles all at once.
  
  Compare this with the rule that there can never be two locations of a single object all at once. Remember that I said that an object appears to be wherever it is because it is quantum entangled with that 'location'.
  
  In this view of space, the fact that we cannot jump from region to region is nolonger due to an immutable necesity. Rather, it is more like a law.