The Truth of Being . . .: And Other Shit

By Richard Cranium

Have a read through the experiences and be your own judge. Enjoy the colourful nature of the ramblings, don’t take life too seriously
And maybe realize that the loony was right.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781546298885

Richard Cranium

I don't really see myself as an author or anything else for that matter, I'm just a guy who got high (I mean really high) on LSD and decided to take trip notes.How the hell I produced this book is a true mystery given the amount of psychedelic drugs consumed in the duration of its creation.Easiest way to describe myself is basically by saying "read my book, you'll get it".Oh and yes, that IS a huge joint in the picture.My promise to paying readers:All proceeds will go towards buying and "researching" psychedelic substances to aid inspiration and motivation for my next literary weaving.

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Published by AuthorHouse 02/19/2019

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DEEP B

REATH

Take one, you’ll need it.

What follows is a stark and honest account of an incredible journey of growth and discovery. Written in a most authentic manner, author (now known as Richard Cranium due to publishing issues) semi-autobiographical work was written ENTIRELY while in the grip of extremely powerful psychoactive medicines.

Because of the way it was written the book’s structure is a tad unconventional and is written entirely in his voice which lends it a personal touch lost to so many celebrity, ghost written fluff autobiographies.

This guy is a true character who has led the kind of life that I could only have dreamed about and even if some of those dreams would have left me screaming and sweating I can only stand proudly by his life and work stating,

If only everyone had balls this big!

OPEN MIND

Got one? You’ll need it.

The authors assertions and opinions are completely unrestrained, reading them is like wrestling that bear from The Revenant. Therefore only a tough as nails, psychological athlete will make it to the end but this is fine. The Truth of Being…..And other shit, is a mental obstacle course designed to separate the wheat from the chaff, the human from the animal. Its the Gom Jabbar of literature, so with that in mind please continue to read on and enjoy….

THE TRUTH OF BEING…..and some other shit…

Anthony Dowd

Author of ‘The Unusual Thief’

The Truth Of Being… And other shit.

Ever wish you could try to settle down and live a quiet life?

Well, if you’re anything like me…

You can just forget about it.

I’m going to leave a lot out of this book, if all goes well, I may do another and tell more stories about other things I’ve gotten up to.

Maybe more on my views of politics religion and general life along with the ‘’as it happens’’ trip updates of just another loony.

But look at me making all these promises without showing any evidence of having anything worth…

I must sound like a politician.

Have a read through the experiences and be your own judge. Enjoy the colourful nature of the ramblings, don’t take life too seriously

And maybe realize that the loony was right.

This page is dedicated to Peter Lovejoy,

There’s a character.

5’ 10‘’, long scraggly grey hair and Huge hands. He was one of the finest men to have ever walked this earth. A very comical type of guy. Whether it be something light or something sour, he always had his way of lightening the mood.

I shared many hours talking to him drinking tea and discussing all manners of conversation everyday next door in his shop.

No matter how gloomy you were, peter would always have something to say that would cheer anybody up.

You are greatly missed

The truth of being… and other shit

‘‘I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD.

It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be’’- Dr Albert Hoffman 1906-2008

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘‘wow! What a ride!’’

- Dr Hunter S Thompson 1937-2005

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are - Kurt Cobain 1967-1994

There is no fate but what we make for ourselves - Sarah Connor Terminator 2 judgement day

A strong man doesn’t need to read the future, he makes his own - Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

The Truth Of Being…And Other Shit.

By J… Oh yea, it’s Richard Cranium now isn’t it?!?

Welcome to the introduction to my book, I’ve gone back and read through it all and I agree. I am a little bit… fucked up.

Now I know that I am going to be in a whole world of shit in my personal life with what I am about to share with my readers.

I know I will most likely be targeted by certain people or groups of people due to my words, actions views and differences. I could try to tell you all different stories but to the people who already have their minds made up that they don’t like me, they are never going to listen to reason, so think what you will and rest assured that I ACTUALLY DON’T GIVE A FUCK.

Every word in these pages has come from tales of my work, experiences and imagination throughout the time of writing these pages.

If at any time you decide that this book is shit, please feel free to cease reading and close the book and go about doing what you would normally do instead.

If you think the book is shit after reading only a few pages, please make your way to your computer/laptop/typewriter (if they still make those) and feel free to write something better, also take with you the constant burning of voices telling you that you’re shit and will never be nothing.

On top of that I would like to add a big FUCK YOU.

I have learned a lot in this time and also got up to some strange things. As I am still writing this book as my research goes on, even I don’t know how it will end.

Will the hero get the girl? Will the hero turn out to be a villain? Will the hero get what he wanted? A nice cosy log cabin in the woods.

Or will I just carry on in my day job and try to get inspiration for a book that will sell more than a handful of copies? Or maybe end up with less than he started with… which isn’t saying much

Lets dive in and find out.

I am not a bible basher

As in all religions and beliefs there may be many idols but there is only one true god. These idols are sent and placed to distract you from leading the path which you are born to follow.

It was this path which I paved my own way that has opened my eyes to this world and what lies within myself.

It may be true that god created mankind in his own image or did mankind create god in its own image?

Misinterpretation upon misinterpretation,facts made of guesses, truths built on top of lies and laws made up of complete dog shit.

And all these stories are fed into our children’s minds through schools religion and television.

How can anybody know for sure?

The answers are all there, we just need to stop asking so many fucking questions and start to listen,

Listen to ‘god‘. I’m sure I am not the only person who has truly opened his/her mind and realised that the only true god is inside you.

Now you may think this kind of thought to be egotistical narcissistic and full of shit, but think outside of your arse for a few minutes.

Look at religion

People pray and worship to forces which are fabrications of somebody else’s mind what followers have chosen to believe or what has been drilled into them with fear and consequence from birth.

Regardless of which religion you choose lets face it, there has been enough of people killing people. If anybody actually took time to read every ‘’holy’’ book, they would find that its just the same film with different actors and a few different twists and turns. Maybe all of these books are a pieces of a bigger puzzle? Maybe telling us the mystery of life and untold secrets that got torn apart by disagreements?

Or maybe its just a load of old bollocks and people may as well pray to peter pan or their cat.

Religion creates disagreement which leads to war. this is down to people always having to be right about things that they were told by their parents who were told by their parents who were told by a goat and so on of what MAY have happened thousands of years ago?

Has anybody ever heard of Chinese whispers?

As stories go around, quite a lot gets changed and added to the story I.e.

Jack went to the shop for some milk.

After the story has been around the block a few times, somebody goes over to jack and says "HAHAHA I ‘’HEARD’’ you were seen in the woods getting sucked off by a cow’’.

The saying, a lie can get halfway round the world before the truth even gets its pants on, it was Churchill who said that one.

What is faith? If it makes somebody feel good then nobody has a right to take it from them. Really what you don’t realise, your faith is what somebody else wants you to believe? Or approximately 90% of the time

WHAT YOU WERE TOLD TO BELIEVE!

When you believe in your own imagination, you’re crazy or deluded but when you believe in someone else’s, you’re religious or a pillar of society. Pffft

Bunch of bullshit if you ask me.

There is 1 power which you should praise and that is yourself and fellow man.

Not a building where everybody goes in to, to do whatever they do. Why should you go inside somewhere as a punishment? I mean come on, ritual mutilation/humiliation…

What’s that? Catholics don’t do this? Look back at Christianity through the years, or just look at church seats… yea nuff said

Imagine the bible as Chinese whispers, its been rewritten I cant even be arsed counting how many times.

Who has it been rewritten by?

The people in power, that’s who.

***Did you never find it strange that Jesus was a white man living in Jerusalem and all of his friends had names like Matthew, John, James Paul and so on?

If you cant tell by now… its not true.

don’t get me wrong, I do believe there is something out there and it possibly was based on truth but I can tell you its not what most of you think.

I say Chinese whispers because every time something is rewritten, like it or not.

The story changes.

For instance.

Watch the original Evil Dead films then watch the remake.

See what I’m saying?

If you want to know where this depiction of a white Jesus came from, look up

Cesare Borgia…***

We were all created as equal individuals and yet we class ourselves always looking who is better or lower than you and what other people have or don’t have, then make fun of less fortunate people.

I’m sorry to say this so early in the book but, if you look down on, make fun of or take advantage of less fortunate people than yourself, then frankly, you’re a cunt.

Why is it that people look to what is thrown into our fucking face day in and day out, without realising we are all turning out to be the same and thinking its ‘’normal‘’.

Then you get the cunts like on Geordie shore and the only way is Essex saying how original and unique they are… while they’re all dressed the same with an unholy amount of make up on, and that’s just the guys.

Maybe Jesus wasn’t telling about 1 supreme being.

Maybe Jesus were telling about mankind being the supreme being, by being one with yourself, the ‘‘10 commandments’’ not being commandments but more like just plain standard morals.

Do whatever you want with your life, its yours anyway. enjoy it, live it to its fullest, never set yourself a limit, only guidelines and goals.

Just don’t hurt or allow any harm to befall other people on your quest by your actions. These people are going to be there at that point anyway, we all have our own free will. Why take it away from somebody?

Humans are supposed to be the cleverest species on the planet but search for god?

Cats know the truth *they must think we’re daft* cats know that they are their own god… cocky little twats they are.

RELIGION… IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD!!!

There’s a reason the sides of your head are named ‘’temple(s)’’

How can you worship anything/anyone more than yourself?

But at the same time you must also understand that regardless of how important you may be to yourself and those around you, to a complete stranger you don’t matter.

When you think real hard about it, in the grand scheme of things…

You are nothing, there are billions of other humans on the planet who mean absolutely nothing.

If the human race suddenly disappeared, mother Earth wouldn’t give a toss, I think she would be quite relieved to be rid of us after all the destruction humans have caused.

There are many ways to understand this theory (to name a few) you can become a recluse, lock yourself away and do a fuck load of reading, you can join groups who study similar things…

Or you can control your environment and take the psychedelic substance of your choosing and brace yourself for entering unfamiliar worlds within our own…

Ha haaa, it’s fucking awesome.

Make sure you get it from someone with a good reputation for selling clean drugs.

Unfortunately there’s a lot of dodgy bashed up substances about these days just so the dealer can make an extra tenner.

Same rule for buying drugs as it is for skydiving…

Do it right and you’ll have the time of your life ready for another go.

Fuck up and chances are, you’ll either be dead or in hospital.

Never look down on anyone unless you’re helping them up

One of my very first customers came in with his wife when I first opened my tattoo shop.

When he came in if I had been any less confident in my abilities to either talk or fight, I could have been intimidated.

The guy is about 5’10’’ burly truck driver.

Thankfully, I never ever judge anybody by their appearance, turns out that he is a very mellow man but refuses to take shit.

He passed on a saying. ‘’NEVER LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE UNLESS ITS TO HELP THEM BACK UP‘’. this saying had quite the impact on me but it was only a few months after this point when I started researching all these ‘mind expanding substances’ that I could truly appreciate this quote. This quote will stay with me forever.

We are created to be unique and yet we spend our whole life trying to fit in?

We spend our whole lives being stereotyped for the groups you think you want to fit in with?

Being shunned for the styles you carry out?

Upsetting yourself because you’re not the same as them.

Why do you want to fit in? why listen to other people?

Why let other people control your life? They don’t have to be around you, they are free to keep a distance from you.

The only person that actually has no option of leaving you is yourself, you’re stuck with yourself so why always put yourself down?

Despite what other people say, you make your own choices whether they be good bad or just plain wicked, quite often you will get other people trying to make your choices for you but in the end only you can make the decision.

Just make the choice with caution as things always have a habit of coming back to bite you on the arse.

Try to block anything negative.

Instead of thinking about all the negative things that surround you, there’s too many.

Try to think about the positive, every cloud has a silver lining and all that bollocks.

Try to believe in yourself no matter how much of a dick you can be, there’s always a choice

If you’re that bad then why not start afresh?

Become a new person, become who you want to be and this time use what you learned from your previous fuck ups.

If the belief is true that when you die you are reborn and have to repeat your life until you get it right, why not correct yourself in this life?

I mean come on, do you really want to have to keep repeating this shit or do you want to advance?

Only you have the power of becoming who you are meant to be, and what you’re meant to be is anything you want.

The most powerful and quite often dangerous tool or weapon known to man is at the same time the most fragile, the human mind.

From batman forever, what is everything to one man and nothing to another?

Your mind baby! (Jim Carrey as the Riddler)

Why do you think there are so many laws?

Mainly on drugs. Well, drugs are prescribed by people who possess a piece of paper to say that they can distribute drugs. Don’t take my word for it, Look at statistics of how many annual deaths there are related to:

Prescription drugs

Alcohol

Misuse of solvents

Dirty drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine

Mind expanding substances such as LSD, DMT, Psilocybin Mescaline

And good old Cannabis.

Prescription drugs have the highest death toll and lists of side effects *more than they cure*

Alcohol next, then the nasty stuff.

But for me to be calling it nasty stuff is a little hypocritical, just because I don’t

want to try it because its not something I want doesn’t mean to say its wrong.

Simply put, your life is your research if you stick to normality and never try new

things you’re never gonna learn nothing and if you never learn nothing,

what knowledge are you going to take through to the next life?.

You can go off what people tell you but its not the same as experiencing…

But still I have a severe dislike of anything going into veins, so that is one self chosen NO!!! *ok ok, I’m terrified of needles*

But each to their own hey?

On a positive review

LSD has had 3 reported deaths (due to massive overdose by syringe) since being synthesized by Dr Albert Hoffman on November 16th 1938.

Marijuana how many reported deaths from smoking naturally grown pot? None.

Funny how the most dangerous thing about weed is getting caught with it.

Since setting out on my research, the ideas and as far as I’m aware the massive sink-hole of shit I have found with the government and its laws.

Let me say life is short,

People have their lives to live, but how can we be ourselves when we have laws

Police and other spying enforcement agents in place everywhere?

How can we ever hope to be all we can be without fear of being arrested and possibly locked up for however long?

The justice system is pathetic, justice should be for wrong doers, not for some guy who lit up a spliff at the wrong time in the wrong place?

Drugs punishment shouldn’t even have a mention in the justice system.

The reason we have so many full prisons is because there are too many criminals out there. The reason that there are too many criminals out there is because there are too many fucking laws out there, and the reason there are so many laws out there is because the people who are trusted to look out for their country and its people are too busy sucking the life out of it and are bent on power control and greed.

REAL CRIMINALS DON’T BREAK LAWS, THEY MAKE THEM!

The reason there are so many laws in place is basically to deny people of what is theirs?!?

Freedom. They say its for our own good but how the fuck can someone who hasn’t even breathed the same air as you know what’s good for you?

Once again, people are born as individuals. Only they should have a say in what they can have and what they don’t want.

The only law apart from the obvious of violent crimes or theft,(and I don’t mean nicking a loaf of bread to feed your family) that should be in place aren’t laws, they’re morals, be respectful to people, never judge, and always help out your fellow man rather than kick them while they’re down.

Why is there a constant need to cause pain and suffering to other people? Because that’s all that’s ever on TV and in the news, pain suffering war death.

They call it programming for a reason.

Cop this for instance, corporations have an average of 30 seconds per advert to convince people to buy their product.

What the fuck do you think they can do in an hour and half average of a film?

(oooh yeah)

People aren’t free to do what comes natural to them, so they revert back to primal instincts.

If somebody wants to do drugs then that is up to them, offer friendly help advice and guidance.

Let them know they have support when they need it. (if you know what you’re talking about, if you don’t know what you’re talking about then please don’t bother, you will make matters worse.)

Not a fucking criminal record and a prison sentence.

Laws are only created for personal gain of the ones who make them and suppression of the people who are really keeping the country going, taxpayers.

Its time to take it back from all these corrupt governments.

The only interests they have are only to benefit themselves.

The government don’t give a fuck about anybody but themselves, they wont be happy until everybody is starving to death and creating chaos and civil wars so the country collapses on itself, and the survivors turn on each other worse than animals. (This part was written in 2014, now just started 2019. 2018 brought cutbacks, benefits being cut, people starving and committing suicide, massive increase in homelessness oh and France is on the verge of a civil war.)

Then they can play the hero by sending out armed dick heads also known as police who do more harm than good. If they want to stop violence why is it glamorised so fucking much?

Around 70% of everything pushed on the public is violence, from films television and computer games.

Why can the government just decide what they want to do and take what they want to take without thinking about the millions of other lives that they’re fucking up? If you don’t comply you will be met with force.

How many tax payers do you think they would lock up or kill before they realize that there’s nobody left to pay their over inflated wages?

For instance, who gave the land of area 51 to the government?

Nobody, they just came along and claimed it,

We’re the government and we do everything for your own good but come anywhere near and you will be shot on sight.

Fuck off!

Did they pull it all out of their pockets and put it all together? Did they create that patch of land themselves?

No, they may ‘‘own’’ the structure that sits on the land where area 51 is based, but they don’t own the land. Nobody can ever own anything, we are simply the caretakers until the next claimant comes along. We all share the same planet, the same air, we all drink water and eat, why not share everything?

Its all about money and greed, GREED AND MONEY it makes me sick at how much trouble is caused by money. Best friends falling out for the sake of a few quid, Family break ups, thieves. GREED

Desperation people sell themselves to make a little bit,

How people will kill or die for money, because its theirs.

My money my money my money! Is all you ever hear people argue about.

IT MAKES ME SICK.

How the fuck can it be your money? Did you create it? Does it have a picture of you or a picture of your choice on it?

If it does I’ll bet they will tell you its counterfeit and you will be locked up. Its not your money, it’s the governments money.

Its yet another device for controlling people, and its still going pretty strong from what I see.

As long as you are driven by money, you belong to the government, as long as you belong to the government you will never be free, just living in an open prison playing the game by their rules. Clueless free-range meat.

It really does irritate the twat out of me.

Too many people think that money is the answer, problem is.

We all need money to live in this society which has been created by money.

If we used the money for good purposes it would be a different matter but when its

£50 for a t-shirt or £150 for a pair of trainers that will fall apart in a couple of months… Money well spent?

Everything is