Jedi_Mind_Traveler
Rising Star
Hi fellow Nexians,
I've been a "lurker" here for many months and now the time is right to step out and introduce myself! First off, this forum is a gem of the net - I have not found a place with more thoughtful, detailed, or clear information on these psychedelic topics, anywhere else. I am truly grateful for all of your research and dedication.
Now I'll dive right in - ever since my first mushroom experience in 2007, I have never seen the world in quite the same way. After seeing through the eyes of a committed atheist, determinist and materialist for 20 years, I was ready for all that psychedelics had to teach. I have been a seeker from birth and up until my rendezvous with the mushrooms, I wanted to believe there was something more to life than gross matter, but there was no convincing evidence. God? What a quaint idea. However, I could never have fathomed how powerful a psychedelic experience could be, until I had one.
Within 6 hours, I knew that there was more wonder, mystery and above all, more power to this world than I ever thought possible. I look back on it as many others have, as my first introduction to virtual reality or the dreamlike quality of existence. There was something sacred and magical about it - and the powerful part of it - was that it was all up to me. It was now my responsibility to question my beliefs/perceptions and treat them as the malleable constructs I had seen them to be. In essence, it was Socrates realizing that he knew nothing, and that was one thing more than everyone else.
Since then, I've been on a journey to elucidate the basic questions that the mushrooms brought forth - what is consciousness? how does perception affect reality? what are the limits to power? and most of all - what is the ultimate nature of identity or the true Self?
As you can guess, this has lead me to widely ranging subjects: Zen Buddhism, 60s Psychedelic Authors, Quantum Physics, Magic, Diet, Meditation, Shamanism, Ethnobotany, Neurochemistry, Integral Theory, lucid dreaming, Isolation Tanks, and Random Event Generators, to name a few. I have read a tremendous amount on these subjects and I hope to integrate many of them into practical applications and innovations.
This brings me to my latest project. I've been seriously considering writing a short book that integrates it all, but perhaps it just wouldn't get the point across - and the point is the psychedelic experience itself, which tends to throw concepts and theories out the window. I may still attempt more writing, but for now my obsession is basically an event that would use biofeedback devices, cymatics, Random Event Generators and isolation chambers to create a blazingly psychedelic experience, one that literally "manifests the mind". There are significant challenges to doing this, but it can be done with a bit of help. It involves linking up different technology into one cohesive experience. I have an essay on what this might look like here: http://www.evolver.net/user/jedi_mi...feedback_cymatics_and_random_event_generators
Finally, some top of the head thoughts on our beloved ally, DMT. In my opinion, nothing comes close to the power of smoked spice in terms of revealing the nature of mind and reality. Open eyed, it blasts you into a world of consciousness - alive, fluttering, and intelligent. Closed eyed, you're rocketed into other dimensions with sentient beings. It unlocks something in your brain - an intelligence, an essential question. It is THE mystery. It is utterly confounding. The "realness" of the "hallucinations" are unparalleled. I've had experiences where I was in another place, with my eyes open, my body and all, but later "woke up," opened my eyes, lifted my head off the floor, and came back to this particular reality we call home. It has showed me the awesome power of our minds to create experiences that are perfectly and believably real in every way. In other words, a powerful virtual reality. And so the conclusion must be, as many wise men have said, that the world as we normally see it, is in some sense an illusion, a play of shadows, a creation of mind - we are already living in a virtual reality. For those with eyes to see, this world is vibrantly alive, full of intelligence, and brimming with opportunities for conscious participation in the unfoldment of creation.
In conclusion, I am excited to dialog with and contribute to this amazing community. I have written some pieces on psychedelic topics that people might find helpful and inspiring. They are here: http://www.evolver.net/user/jedi_mind_traveler
Till then,
JMT
I've been a "lurker" here for many months and now the time is right to step out and introduce myself! First off, this forum is a gem of the net - I have not found a place with more thoughtful, detailed, or clear information on these psychedelic topics, anywhere else. I am truly grateful for all of your research and dedication.
Now I'll dive right in - ever since my first mushroom experience in 2007, I have never seen the world in quite the same way. After seeing through the eyes of a committed atheist, determinist and materialist for 20 years, I was ready for all that psychedelics had to teach. I have been a seeker from birth and up until my rendezvous with the mushrooms, I wanted to believe there was something more to life than gross matter, but there was no convincing evidence. God? What a quaint idea. However, I could never have fathomed how powerful a psychedelic experience could be, until I had one.
Within 6 hours, I knew that there was more wonder, mystery and above all, more power to this world than I ever thought possible. I look back on it as many others have, as my first introduction to virtual reality or the dreamlike quality of existence. There was something sacred and magical about it - and the powerful part of it - was that it was all up to me. It was now my responsibility to question my beliefs/perceptions and treat them as the malleable constructs I had seen them to be. In essence, it was Socrates realizing that he knew nothing, and that was one thing more than everyone else.
Since then, I've been on a journey to elucidate the basic questions that the mushrooms brought forth - what is consciousness? how does perception affect reality? what are the limits to power? and most of all - what is the ultimate nature of identity or the true Self?
As you can guess, this has lead me to widely ranging subjects: Zen Buddhism, 60s Psychedelic Authors, Quantum Physics, Magic, Diet, Meditation, Shamanism, Ethnobotany, Neurochemistry, Integral Theory, lucid dreaming, Isolation Tanks, and Random Event Generators, to name a few. I have read a tremendous amount on these subjects and I hope to integrate many of them into practical applications and innovations.
This brings me to my latest project. I've been seriously considering writing a short book that integrates it all, but perhaps it just wouldn't get the point across - and the point is the psychedelic experience itself, which tends to throw concepts and theories out the window. I may still attempt more writing, but for now my obsession is basically an event that would use biofeedback devices, cymatics, Random Event Generators and isolation chambers to create a blazingly psychedelic experience, one that literally "manifests the mind". There are significant challenges to doing this, but it can be done with a bit of help. It involves linking up different technology into one cohesive experience. I have an essay on what this might look like here: http://www.evolver.net/user/jedi_mi...feedback_cymatics_and_random_event_generators
Finally, some top of the head thoughts on our beloved ally, DMT. In my opinion, nothing comes close to the power of smoked spice in terms of revealing the nature of mind and reality. Open eyed, it blasts you into a world of consciousness - alive, fluttering, and intelligent. Closed eyed, you're rocketed into other dimensions with sentient beings. It unlocks something in your brain - an intelligence, an essential question. It is THE mystery. It is utterly confounding. The "realness" of the "hallucinations" are unparalleled. I've had experiences where I was in another place, with my eyes open, my body and all, but later "woke up," opened my eyes, lifted my head off the floor, and came back to this particular reality we call home. It has showed me the awesome power of our minds to create experiences that are perfectly and believably real in every way. In other words, a powerful virtual reality. And so the conclusion must be, as many wise men have said, that the world as we normally see it, is in some sense an illusion, a play of shadows, a creation of mind - we are already living in a virtual reality. For those with eyes to see, this world is vibrantly alive, full of intelligence, and brimming with opportunities for conscious participation in the unfoldment of creation.
In conclusion, I am excited to dialog with and contribute to this amazing community. I have written some pieces on psychedelic topics that people might find helpful and inspiring. They are here: http://www.evolver.net/user/jedi_mind_traveler
Till then,
JMT
