drfaust
Rising Star
I'm happy to be here introducing myself to such a creative, courageous, and thoughtful group.
I've enjoyed reading this forum after I stumbled in here following after James Oroc's book and a recent encounter with him that ignited my memory of some of my encounters with 5MEO-DMT during its uncontrolled period.
My experience with the "allies," the plants and compounds, is extensive. I've also been sitting Zen for thirty years. I can hardly believe that that much time has passed since I first picked up the "phone".
It's been a respectful relationship that started 33 years ago when I researched LSD in a university library before taking my first window pane.
The tribe of people who have been touched by the allies is truly a tribe. I have been gifted with so much humor and wisdom by friends, fellow travellers, and allies that no beliefs have been necessary but rather an "openness" to experience and to growth has allowed me to adapt more and to become more plastic and flexible.
One encounter comes to mind. Years ago, pre-Erowid and pre-mass-internet, I was on the Muni in San Francisco and a group of twenty-somethings were have an uninformed discussion of various compounds. I turned to them, with factoids on my lips. They then asked me what I thought of MDMA. I said, loudly so that the whole train could hear me, "It's Okay, but what I think is really good if you can get good quality stuff given to you is ACID." A teeny little old man in a suit was sitting next to me. All he said was, in a London accent, "Marvelous!", as he handed me his card. It was Dr. John Beresford, of first purchased Sandoz gram notoriety. We became friends and I helped organize his meeting for the Committee on Unjust Sentencing. What impelled me to be so vocal that time I don't know, but it felt so natural and so familiar. And I received the gift of meeting this humble old man and connecting with his compassionate mission.
I felt like John and I were old friends, that we shared a bond and a sense of what is possible.
I found out he had been living in a Tibetan monastery and had come out and back in order to form his Committee on Unjust Sentencing. He died in 2007. John, as I do, had an interest in helping people be free.
I'm writing from Oregon on the eve of our legalization of "recreational" and non-commercial Marijuana on July 1. John would have been gratified to see this small step taken to free one of the "plants" and compounds.
I have no commercial interest in either spirituality or any plant or compound. I've had the privilege to love and be loved and I have received friendship and encouragement completely outside of any commercial interests. I just don't play that way. Friendship and generosity of spirit are the great Pharmakons as Plato might say. The plants and compounds are merely a part of that as far as I am concerned.
I'm left here with little more than simple gratitude, ordinary awareness, and what one friend calls "humility without inferiority". Humility and ordinary awareness. A gift and a blessing.
My dear friends and familiars, hello and greetings from across all the imaginary divides. May we grow in clarity and responsibility and freedom together. Thanks for this forum and for this opportunity to say hello. Safe and happy travels to you all.
I've enjoyed reading this forum after I stumbled in here following after James Oroc's book and a recent encounter with him that ignited my memory of some of my encounters with 5MEO-DMT during its uncontrolled period.
My experience with the "allies," the plants and compounds, is extensive. I've also been sitting Zen for thirty years. I can hardly believe that that much time has passed since I first picked up the "phone".
It's been a respectful relationship that started 33 years ago when I researched LSD in a university library before taking my first window pane.
The tribe of people who have been touched by the allies is truly a tribe. I have been gifted with so much humor and wisdom by friends, fellow travellers, and allies that no beliefs have been necessary but rather an "openness" to experience and to growth has allowed me to adapt more and to become more plastic and flexible.
One encounter comes to mind. Years ago, pre-Erowid and pre-mass-internet, I was on the Muni in San Francisco and a group of twenty-somethings were have an uninformed discussion of various compounds. I turned to them, with factoids on my lips. They then asked me what I thought of MDMA. I said, loudly so that the whole train could hear me, "It's Okay, but what I think is really good if you can get good quality stuff given to you is ACID." A teeny little old man in a suit was sitting next to me. All he said was, in a London accent, "Marvelous!", as he handed me his card. It was Dr. John Beresford, of first purchased Sandoz gram notoriety. We became friends and I helped organize his meeting for the Committee on Unjust Sentencing. What impelled me to be so vocal that time I don't know, but it felt so natural and so familiar. And I received the gift of meeting this humble old man and connecting with his compassionate mission.
I felt like John and I were old friends, that we shared a bond and a sense of what is possible.
I found out he had been living in a Tibetan monastery and had come out and back in order to form his Committee on Unjust Sentencing. He died in 2007. John, as I do, had an interest in helping people be free.
I'm writing from Oregon on the eve of our legalization of "recreational" and non-commercial Marijuana on July 1. John would have been gratified to see this small step taken to free one of the "plants" and compounds.
I have no commercial interest in either spirituality or any plant or compound. I've had the privilege to love and be loved and I have received friendship and encouragement completely outside of any commercial interests. I just don't play that way. Friendship and generosity of spirit are the great Pharmakons as Plato might say. The plants and compounds are merely a part of that as far as I am concerned.
I'm left here with little more than simple gratitude, ordinary awareness, and what one friend calls "humility without inferiority". Humility and ordinary awareness. A gift and a blessing.
My dear friends and familiars, hello and greetings from across all the imaginary divides. May we grow in clarity and responsibility and freedom together. Thanks for this forum and for this opportunity to say hello. Safe and happy travels to you all.
