Nathanial.Dread
Esteemed member
Lately, I've been feeling like there's an unusually large amount of psychedelic elitism floating around The Nexus. I've seen a number of topics and posts that convey a general theme that the modern world (and everyone else in it) is 'disgusting,' and that as psychedelic users on the DMT-Nexus, we have achieved some kind of moral high ground, simply by virtue of messing with the chemistry of our brains.
There's talk of 'fake people' (as if we are somehow more 'real' ), and sweeping judgements made about other people's internal lives, wants and desires that (unless you're telepathic), we really have no business making. Where do people get off on the idea that we are in a position to pass judgement on the behaviors of others, let alone psychoanalyze their motives?
Lord knows, there are a TON of people who pass judgement on us simply because they oversimplify us down to a single, poorly understood behavior (drug use). When they do it, we scoff at how little they understand (which is true), but then we turn around and do the *exact same thing* to another group of people.
You may look down at a lady for spending her free time at the mall ("she's too materialistic" ), but maybe she's lacking social supports and doesn't know what else to do. You may look down on the guy who comes home very night and watches TV ("he's being brainwashed by The Media" ), but maybe he's working so hard in his day job that he doesn't have the emotional energy for other things. You may look down on the 'fake' spiritual person ("He's so fake, it's all an act" ), but maybe he really believes and his rituals are just as legitimate as yours.
What's more likely:
1) That you (and a small group of people who happen to have a lot of thoughts and behaviors in common with you), have achieved some kind of transcendental elevation that has simply missed the other six billion people on Earth
OR
2) You, me, and everyone else are all basically average, not particularly special in any way and we're all running around with heads full of idea, trying to find patterns in the world and holding on to them.
Even if these people are all fake, brainwashed goons and you really do have access to some ultimate truth, why on Earth would you spend your time sh*tting on those people, instead of working to dismantle the system that made them that way?
Blessings
~ND
There's talk of 'fake people' (as if we are somehow more 'real' ), and sweeping judgements made about other people's internal lives, wants and desires that (unless you're telepathic), we really have no business making. Where do people get off on the idea that we are in a position to pass judgement on the behaviors of others, let alone psychoanalyze their motives?
Lord knows, there are a TON of people who pass judgement on us simply because they oversimplify us down to a single, poorly understood behavior (drug use). When they do it, we scoff at how little they understand (which is true), but then we turn around and do the *exact same thing* to another group of people.
You may look down at a lady for spending her free time at the mall ("she's too materialistic" ), but maybe she's lacking social supports and doesn't know what else to do. You may look down on the guy who comes home very night and watches TV ("he's being brainwashed by The Media" ), but maybe he's working so hard in his day job that he doesn't have the emotional energy for other things. You may look down on the 'fake' spiritual person ("He's so fake, it's all an act" ), but maybe he really believes and his rituals are just as legitimate as yours.
What's more likely:
1) That you (and a small group of people who happen to have a lot of thoughts and behaviors in common with you), have achieved some kind of transcendental elevation that has simply missed the other six billion people on Earth
OR
2) You, me, and everyone else are all basically average, not particularly special in any way and we're all running around with heads full of idea, trying to find patterns in the world and holding on to them.
Even if these people are all fake, brainwashed goons and you really do have access to some ultimate truth, why on Earth would you spend your time sh*tting on those people, instead of working to dismantle the system that made them that way?
Blessings
~ND