New to DDM

[RetroShaman]

Hello,

Like it says above, I'm new here, so I thought I'd share a little about myself, I'll try not to be too long and/or boring, but I'm not making any promises!

My name is Patrick, I work at Retro Revolution's Dallas store on Greenville. Chances are some of you have seen me up there where I head up the Ethnobotanical (salvia, kratom etc.) section, which is the perfect job for me.

Ethnobotany became a passion of mine after I began studying Rites of Passage. It's very sad that our culture's Coming of Age milestones do not produce a significant shift in consciousness, so people grow up without a sound understanding of what it means to be an independent adult in society. THAT is the main reason why I like Electronic/Dance music so much; because through repetative drumming and dancing people can understand the importance of feeling unity and empathy with others, thus causing the shift in conscioussness that would otherwise be missing.

I think that the concept consciousness is fascinating to say the least, just the unlimited number of headspaces a person can occupy throughout their lives. This fascination recently led me to become a member of NeuroSoup, whose goal is to aide people as they walk down the path of consciousness exploration by providing accurate information regarding any and all methods an individual may use to expand hir mind.

Okay so I lied, that was pretty long and awfully boring, but if anything I've said here jumped out at you then please feel free to hit me up sometime, I always enjoy meeting like-minded individuals.

Glad to be here!
~*~Namaste~*~