RhythmSpring
Esteemed member
Now this might be a stretch for some of you. And don't get me wrong, I believe the ideal situation, ultimately, is for psychedelics to be legal and for people to not be prosecuted for using them. However...
Sometimes I entertain the perspective of "pro-noia," which is the opposite of paranoia. A concept I learned from the Reality Sandwich website, which I don't tend to visit. It's the idea that there is a good reason for everything; something in every thing, even the tragic things, that is for the ultimate good. This resonates with a deep sense of faith I have in the universe.
And so naturally, I ask myself, "What good can come from the prohibition of psychedelics?"
And there is something in the caution necessitated by the prohibition of entheogens that resonates with the caution with using and interacting with the Sacred. Risk of imprisonment frightens us to the core, stimulating the survival instinct, which, if forgotten during our entwinement with the Divine, could be fatal. Something about being secretive about our activities resonates with the way God works--working behind the scenes, silently (and sometimes, hidden in plain sight) like how light illumates without sound. I do believe in a grand divine plan, one that takes time to develop and reveal. And revelation too soon is sometimes destructive. The forcing of divine interaction with plants underground could mean we have more work to do before divinity and freedom flowers Out in the Open. The elevated consciousness begotten by the work we do is built well for careful planning, something that can create impactful, safe beauty.
We are conditioned to be careful about who we talk about drugs to, like we should be careful about who we talk about our divine experiences with--and who we share our deepest selves with. We shan't be intimate with everyone.
The realm of the divine is protected by thorns of all kinds, so we may enter it consciously, eyes wide open, aware of the beauty AND its necessity, it's love AND the severity of its importance--not take it for granted, and let it encompass and heal not just the subtle energies, but the core of who we are as animal primates, living on a beautiful, but dangerous Earth.
Just some food for thought.
May all who are persecuted unjustly for their involvement with the Sacred find freedom, ease, and justice.
Sometimes I entertain the perspective of "pro-noia," which is the opposite of paranoia. A concept I learned from the Reality Sandwich website, which I don't tend to visit. It's the idea that there is a good reason for everything; something in every thing, even the tragic things, that is for the ultimate good. This resonates with a deep sense of faith I have in the universe.
And so naturally, I ask myself, "What good can come from the prohibition of psychedelics?"
And there is something in the caution necessitated by the prohibition of entheogens that resonates with the caution with using and interacting with the Sacred. Risk of imprisonment frightens us to the core, stimulating the survival instinct, which, if forgotten during our entwinement with the Divine, could be fatal. Something about being secretive about our activities resonates with the way God works--working behind the scenes, silently (and sometimes, hidden in plain sight) like how light illumates without sound. I do believe in a grand divine plan, one that takes time to develop and reveal. And revelation too soon is sometimes destructive. The forcing of divine interaction with plants underground could mean we have more work to do before divinity and freedom flowers Out in the Open. The elevated consciousness begotten by the work we do is built well for careful planning, something that can create impactful, safe beauty.
We are conditioned to be careful about who we talk about drugs to, like we should be careful about who we talk about our divine experiences with--and who we share our deepest selves with. We shan't be intimate with everyone.
The realm of the divine is protected by thorns of all kinds, so we may enter it consciously, eyes wide open, aware of the beauty AND its necessity, it's love AND the severity of its importance--not take it for granted, and let it encompass and heal not just the subtle energies, but the core of who we are as animal primates, living on a beautiful, but dangerous Earth.
Just some food for thought.
May all who are persecuted unjustly for their involvement with the Sacred find freedom, ease, and justice.
Last edited: