# I'm just throwing this out there **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809 "2016-06-08T04:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/21 "2016-06-08T18:11:45Z")
Well, literally. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/22 "2016-06-08T18:31:48Z")
Did this other fellow have a top hat and a dormouse in his pocket while sipping coffee? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/23 "2016-06-08T19:53:23Z")
All you lunatics get out of my head! ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/24 "2016-06-09T00:13:36Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > All you lunatics get out of my head! It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/25 "2016-06-09T01:56:36Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > I don’t expect many of you to believe me about the circumstances of this. Maybe I wouldn’t believe it either if it wasn’t me. > > I was sitting and meditating a little while ago. I was drinking a cup of coffee. You won’t hear Indian gurus tell you this, but you can meditate and drink coffee at the same time. That probably sounds irreverent enough to give pause, but I swear on my honor this is true. > > Suddenly I was sitting with another person, drinking coffee somewhere other than where I actually was. We were contemplating a sphere, in which I understood was contained something whose nature originally was to multiply out of control and cause bad things to happen. I was being shown that the nature of whatever it was had been induced to involute itself, such that instead of ever-expanding outwards, it now expanded inwards. Or, whatever the inverse of “expand” is. Like, instead of multiplying, it was dividing, although I know that cells multiply BY dividing. It was multiplying in reverse. In retrospect it is a little hard to put into words. > > “Isn’t that avoiding dealing with the actual problem,” I said. > > “What problem?” my companion replied. > > My first thought as I returned to my regular self was about cancer cells, but I have no idea how the hell you would do that. Oh, I believe you. The mind/brain is strange, we only know enough to realize how little we know. Sounds to me like cancer. “What problem” means it was gone. ---
**Author:** ![Taco\_the\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Taco\_the\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taco_the_cat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/26 "2016-06-09T20:26:27Z")
Maybe it’s time to try decaf. My guess is that you were having a hallucination which happens sometimes during meditation. Just ignore it. ETA:Next time you have a freaky meditation experience, please post your story again. I love these types of anecdotes. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/27 "2016-06-09T23:53:24Z")
When you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So you got that going for you. Which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809/28 "2016-06-10T06:49:11Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > When you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So you got that going for you. Which is nice. Great. That’s like…, well, not _ironic_, but a bit like the things that happened in that shitty song by Alanis Morisette. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-throwing-this-out-there/756809.md?page=1)