Madness, as is conventionally thought, is not a prerogative of the ill-minded. As proven by many geniuses throughout history, madness can be an individual choice, an ideology, followed by a strong-willed, free-minded master.The human quality of searching for a singular and ultimate truth can in fact be considered as flawed from the very beginning. In fact, the idea, that truth exists somewhere, hidden, outside of our current reality, is probably the biggest falsehood one can believe. The reason why that is, is because the idea of the ultimate, separate “truth” would imply that everything else is “false” – which is self-contradictory, as the ultimate truth cannot be ultimate if it doesn't encompass everything (if it leaves a part of reality out, as “false”).A conclusion we can make from the above is that either there is no ultimate, separate truth, or that everything altogether is a singular truth in all its branching forms. Either way, the notion of madness becomes an illusion when we view it this way. Any attempt to label something as madness can be viewed as an attempt to restrict the human mind and impose an illusion of separation and duality, notions of true and false, good and evil, to it.This blog, therefore, will be about my personal explorations in the depths of reality, sometimes called madness. My explorations will range from philosophy and culture (where I take seriously the cultural heritage of our time in forms of computer games, books and movies) to legal mood-altering and consciousness-altering substances. The mood-altering substances I sometimes use are mostly because I’m bipolar and the swings can be harsh sometimes. Occasionally I use medicines that are anti-depressant or anti-psychotic or similar. To find out what's best for me, I like to browse forums like http://www.pharmacyreviewer.com/forum/escaping-depression-all-about-antidepressant-medicines/ to get useful first-hand feedback on drug effects. As for all the consciousness-altering substances, first I read about other peoples' experiences with them (there are some truly interesting ones) on Erowid Vault: http://www.erowid.org/experiences/ and their procurement can be either very easy (since they are legal, you can grow your own or buy publicly) or very hard to get because of their rarity.So as I've mentioned above, I will try to blog my explorations in both worlds, the cultural one and that of substances, as they reflect on the human mind. Until next time!