Brewmaster a dit:
Wow, I've never seen someone get burnt out on psychedelics so quickly. I felt the same way for a long time and still do to an extent. I still feel like Lsd is worthless as it seems to have had the biggest impact on my psyche. So many people claim that it is divine and spiritual but there is nothing holy about a man made chemical. There are far better ways to explore your mind and better yourself than with the use of drugs. We are holy, we are divine, we are already perfect. We can attain enlightenment on our own.
I seem to be using this analogy a lot lately....
Using psilocybin or LSD to create a pseudo-spiritual experience is like using a penny instead of a new fuse when you blow a fuse in your car. Yes, the penny will work for a little while and keep your stereo playing but in the long run it is detrimental to your car's fuse panel. It is not the way it was intended to be used, it is only a temporary fix. This is how I look at mushrooms and lsd; they can provide deep, meaningful experiences if that's what you're after but they are just quick, artificial glimpses into one's own spirituality, they are not the best way to experience your true self.
Ayahuasca and DMT are in a category all their own, however. Ayahuasca is not a happy-fun-time drug like shrooms or L or MDMA or anything else for that matter. It's something that I use when I'm feeling like you Mz Fly. Sometimes I get a little depressed or disintersted in things that are usually my favorite hobbies and I feel the need to hit the "psychological reset button". That's when I go off on one of my ayahuasca spirit quests. DMT, for me, is like the opposite of LSD, after a session I'm back to normal. Usually better than normal, I have energy, I don't mind getting up in the mornings and riding my bike 2 miles to work, I feel like I can carry a conversation better, thoughts and ideas and words flow more easily and I can convey thoughts to others with much more ease. Not like shrooms or acid where you do it too frequently and you get spaced out and depressed.
But good for you, Mz Fly for being perceptive enough to know when drugs are no longer being beneficial. You may want to lay off the pot for a week as well just to get your head straight and put everything back the way it was. And keep reading.
LSD is derived from a fungus, so it still comes from the mushroom.
Finding your spiritual self should also be done by some form of meditation or act that doesn't need some form of substance, just the mind. But psychedelics can also be a way to reset (at least for me).
But you don't need to reset every 2 weeks or every 6 months.
I've experienced a lot of mushroom trips and we're very important for me to turn my life around from shitty to really enjoyable.
I never got depressed though, usually had a minimum of 1 month, but didn't trip in the winter 'cause I hate being cold while tripping
Not unimportant to say, I also do meditation and am not trying to find my spiritual self with psychedelics, but
I do get the connection of using a penny instead of a fuse a bit, but finding your spiritual self with just psychedelics would be the wrong.
I think it's a good and playfull way to learn that there are much more dimensions then just hight, length, width and time and there is much more in life then just the things you can touch, hear and see.
Ofcourse there's also other ways to do it, but every method you use should be a tool, not something that completely steers your life.
You are the captain, not the ship.
I'm also into meditation and think it is also a good way of improving yourself and comming closer to your real self, but in a totally different way then psychedelics.
Ofcourse I don't mean everybody should go out and trip every month or year or 10 years, but maybe have at least one of these experiences in their lives (if they're mentally fit)
So many people have experienced a significant increase of joy in life and nature after a psychedelic experience and even more understanding for others it or getting more respect for life in all aspects.
The only thing you always have to keep in mind is that one experience is so emotionally and mentally loaded and brings you so much to think about that you really have to take a long break to have fully understand and worked out what the whole thing ment to you.
I am not in anyway seeking enlightment in drugs, but It can help to bring so much more understanding and wondering for the world, rediscover what you have lost during childhood and adolesence. I learned to be a kid again and not take myself so damn seriously and in that way I can help others more and I don't hate people anymore.
So in the end I'm speaking for myself and psychedelics are not the way to enlightment, but can deffinately help to bring more understanding or rediscovering of simple joys in life and help to get more out of life.
And holy.... yeah what does holy mean?
Holy means something has a special place in your heart so in a way psychedelics are a bit holy to me.
But I will never ever let them rule my life 'cause that way
But LSD and mushrooms are also fun, but DMT is a whole different dimension.
I know the feeling you described after a DMT trip you can face the world like a new person. I think of all substances DMT probably is the most connected to us, I don't think this, this is the truth, 'cause DMT is produced in your brain and leads us into birth and death.
To me it seems this is a holy psychedelic and also something that should be handled with uttermost respect.
My first DMT experience was this febuary or march and I still am so full of it.
If I think back to it I get a warm feeling from inside like that was the one experienced I connected to every living thing on the planet.
Anyway this story is getting way to long, in the end, take a big brake, especially when you're just starting, 'cause if you go to fast you will experience a rebound probably not with consequences that are desireable.
Even some people who meditate a lot especially in closed groups who live together get disconnected from daily life.
I guess the keyword in life seems to be balance
MzFly, take a long long brake, it's a lot of fun to do, but don't ever overdo it.
Maybe don't do it for a year and then do it again, but for now take time to process all these experiences. 2 weeks in between experiences for me is way to short. This year I did a lot of trips, never shorter then 1 month from eachother, except doing DMT 3 days after doing acid, this may seem stupid, but at that particular moment I was so mentally fit and I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't completely shure I wasn't up for it.
But now I'm taking a lot of time to process all the wonderfull things I've experienced this year. Maybe even not trip till next year summer again.
Just be carefull everone, it can enhance your life but also destroy it.
Like the rose has many thorns...
