kan maar evengoed een full experience posten van dat half hartje... is van 2 weken terug , maar heeft tijdje geduurd voor ik het kon raffineren in een stuk leesbare tekst.. is niet eenvoudig uit te leggen in woorden... elke keer ik het lees , komen er nieuwe dingen bij die ik me goed kan herinneren , maar moeilijk kan uitleggen, tenminste, uitleggen zonder dat het geheel nog waziger wordt dan het al is. het is in't engels, omdat dat gewoon vlotter schrijft dan in nederlands, voor mij toch
T - 1 Hour
you made up your mind , today is a good day to take a trip
traveling without moving
walking with the king
you prepare your setting, you hide sharp things and lock your door
you setup your sound and visual systems
line up good trance and chill music
rack up a good dvd , how about Woodstok ... yes good idea
there is slight nervousness... the trip remains something your not 100% sure off
but you overcome it , you bluff your way through, you've done it before
long time ago, and it was good
T - the source said , take 1/4th ... the delivery guy said 1/8th
the blotter paper is tiny... you figure... 1/2 will do
ive done it before
i read up on the important info
i prepared my setting
and my set.. oh well , bit uncertain ... nobody ever got anywhere beeing a chicken shit
you eat the blotter , and realize you are commited
T+15 minutes
you tell yourself , the acid can take up to 1 and a half hours to take a hold
but inpatient as you are, you keep checking in the corner of your eyes for tremblings
there are none yet so you watch a little bit tv
T+30
this is odd, you've moved on to the music you had lined up
the music is energetic , it takes you out for a sensory gourmet dinner
coordination is fading rapidly
colors are distorting with the music
you realize, that this hit of lsd, is of high potency
very strong , very pure
nothing bothers you, the trip is welcomed
T+45
you are one with the music , and the visuals connect with the music
and you with the visuals
your cat is too active for your liking , your petting him, and it feels nice but he turns playfull and bitesw you...can't have him turn into a big cat with a mean streak , you try to chase him off, he persists thinks it's just playing... better sort him out quickly ... you spray him with water.. he runs off
T+ 1 hour
you have a final check with reality
you decide to lay down
there is a slight worry bout the music beeing to loud for neighbours
you're not sure why this thought pops up suddenly , but it does
no denial , no hiding , you are locked in
you're going into oblivion and you know it
after all , you ate the acid blotter
you figured you wer going to hear some colours and see some music
you know, like a hippie in the 60'ties
or like you did 9 years ago when you were 18
and to avoid a bad trip , all you got to do , is don't think about the bad things
ride the trip towards the positive things
the music is energetic , it takes you out for a sensory gourmet dinner
you do indeed ride the music , become the music , it's wonderfull
sounds is metallic , you feel the sound enter your skull , senses liquify zap
all is one you are one there is nothing else
colours shapes, can't descibe what they resemble , because you simply do no know anymore what colours and shapes are to you. for all intent and purpose... it could be sounds you observing or hearing, or seeying? or are you feeling?
no wait now your in a world of confusion
lets's recap
things you know for fact ..
- nothing
things you're confused about
-time
- space
- name
- identity
- species
hell you don't know what an identity is, what a name is for , or if you are your cat or your cat is you or what a cat is for that matter.
after a little while , you can make more out of the shapes
familiar shapes, sounds and voices.
you try em out , check if they fit you
you go for shapes , they seem familiar, you can't position them
the number 911... at first you don't know what a number is , you just see the shape of "911" but don't know what it means ( note , been restoring a 73 911 for the last 2 years , and i'm quite fond of it, hence the reason why it popped up during the trip, my screensaver of my laptop also slideshows pictures of it, so that turned into a subject for the trip )
at some point , your remember that you are a human beeing, with an unknown identity
you realize , that you need that identity , the thought of not having an identity is scary, a human beeing has life , this concept is injected to the mix.
as soon as life is concerned, you think of death, those 2 are closely related, you know this. you're trying to figure out , if you're on your way in or out ,doing the final exit or just beginning
this causes quite the predicament
you see yourself in different situations, that appear very real, you sense the emotions linked to those situations
youre not sure, if this is past , or future
you're not sure , because you're conscience only just discovered self awereness
at some point , you are convinced that this is it , this is near death experience
you measure your life
reality shifts on you yet again and you can actually see yourself , messed up and in despair, trying to convince yourself, that none of this is real if only you can ride it out till it wears off
your going either in , or out
in this phase of the trip
your mind tells you it could be either way
no way of making sure which is the real deal
you try to position your consciousnous in your body, the room it's in
and the state it's in
it doesn't look right, in fact you see yourself lying catatomic and you realize you in deep deep shit or so you think.
the intolerable fear of not knowing now has you in it's grip
and you search your memory banks for the ticket out
your instinct takes over
you go through all your options, all your questions
and you play em with the internal mediaplayer
if only you knew what files are about to play?!?!
visual situations unfold in front of you, you live the emotion that comes with each situation , the good, the bad and the very , very ugly
everything that was in your silly little mind at the time of entering the trip is there
in stereo Dolby Surround
full color, taste and smell
you see live television , and you live the moment as if it were you on the tv
beautifull visions of blissfull things or foul nasty visions containing the pain of the world, and of your inner self.
time is a very abstract concept at this time, at best , the only real acknowledgement of "time" is the ability to press Next track on the internal mediaplayer.. when this ability is there, you gain more control
a little longer, and you get to control the filename on the mediaplayer
things advance rapidly , the situational awereness starts to shift
you tend to get closer to the end of indecisiveness
the memory of the beginning of the trip takes over
you start to believe, that your not on you way out
suddenly you remember you took lsd, you remember what lsd is and that nothing was real
you just found your own self back, you are mentally reborn
like the phoenix you burn up the last bit of confusion and get reborn with selfconfidence , you finally check back in
you can read the real life clock:
time : T + 10 hours
along with this new found selfawereness , you scope out your surroundings
however it looks like , you pick up signs of abnormality
things you fysically moved
things you held on too
you remember seeing your self in this situation during the trip
but only now do you see the full impact
strangely enough , the cat is lying quietly next to you , he's purring gently , so at least you didn't crucify the little bugger in a bent and twisted episode of fear
you wonder how much racket you made
try to remember, did you scream out , cry out in fear or pain or bliss?
did anyone notice, did you disturb the real world?
any proof of anybody complaining ,or having complained?
T+11HOURS
at some point , you decide , that you know what happened
it's not fully clear on what you'll make of it
but things look fine
reality is no longer warped by fantasy
it just glistens , people look nicer , music sounds and feels better
you went to very deep , but came out of it happy as can be , nothing can bring you down now