This thought is flashing through my head.

[Darkbb]

Lately I've been having the feeling that psychedelic drugs are the only way to truly experience the full power of the human brain.

Think about this for a seconds. What else in the whole effing world can you do (not drug related) to truly experience the pure complexity/beauty of the human mind. I think that becoming knowledgeable and keeping a healthy body and brain is a great thing to do also. I know, from having religious parents, that some people just think that the mind and what it can perceive while sober is amazing and thats all there is to it and everything else isn't right to do since its a ""drug"". I think they believe this because when they think about using "drugs" psychedelic or not they associate that with damaging the brain and body which I do not believe is true if your using the right drugs/psychedelics.

What I am getting at is that alot of people in this world are so used to being in this reality that they don't even think about the fact that these substances are here to help us understand that the human mind is an amazing tool and can be pushed farther than you'd expect.

This is why I believe that whoever created us (if you believe we were created apposed to evolved) put these plants and chemicals on this earth so we could truly know the beauty of the human mind. And I feel sorry for the people who think that its not right to experiment with mind expanding substanses.

P.S. If this sounds weird or just doesn't make sense its because I used to be perscribed to adderall and decided to take a few of my left over pills and then I felt the urge to write this.

I'll re-read it tomorrow. But under the influence or not I still believe in what I just wrote.

Peace

 

[Saidin]

I agree with what you are saying. Psychedelics are amazing tools for exploring the power of the brain. It strips away the ego, and filter that we use every second of our lives to process the information coming to our brains.

One other way I can think of to get to a similar state is through Lucid dreaming. Your brain can do some pretty crazy shit in those dreams!

 

[Jorkest]

its like turning your mind into the best telescope/microscope in the world...

 

[○]

SWIM works with customers at his work throughout the day. And being able at times to step back and see how people act without realizing it amazes SWIM. SWIM always thinks "what if people knew the truth about psychedelics and entheogens...just what if?" At times, it's almost as if SWIM feels a deep level of sadness for the people, but at the same time that sadness is mixed with hope and compassion. After experiencing soo many psychedelics it seems as though our minds are tuned in to a sort of "higher level" of thinking compared to the average/everyday joe. That feeling/thought pattern seems to WOW SWIM all the time.
Can't say exactly what, but psychedelics/entheogens DEFINITELY show you more extensions of the mind and how it perceives this reality and the interactions that interlace it.

As the Buddha said:

"Faring far, wandering alone, bodiless, lying in a cave, is the mind. Those who subdue it are freed from the bond of Mara." (Mara means "your spiritual death"

 

[Jorkest]

absolutely DMTtripn2Space..its like you are thinking in the cracks of thought..and actually witnessing it happen...awareness is wonderful

SWIM has turned on just about everybody he knows to DMT..all of his friends have now tried it..and other people that just happen to be in the right place at the right time...SWIM can almost feel when DMT smoking is going to happen...even before the person gets there..its like this weird buzz in the back of his head that says "somebody will be traveling tonight" and then when the person comes..its like AH HA!

 

[DarkShaman]

Lately I've been having the feeling that psychedelic drugs are the only way to truly experience the full power of the human brain.

I agree. . . or at least that they're one of very few ways.

P.S. If this sounds weird or just doesn't make sense its because I used to be perscribed to adderall and decided to take a few of my left over pills and then I felt the urge to write this.

I'll re-read it tomorrow. But under the influence or not I still believe in what I just wrote.

Not at all. No need to feel obligated to explain your thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. to anyone that you share them with. I'm prescribed Adderall & it helps me focus more on my individuality & creativity, and less on what people think of me & my oddities.

 

[The Infinite Abyss]

its like turning your mind into the best telescope/microscope in the world...

psychedelics have made me much more aware of the concept of infinity..... i've 'sensed' that the universe is infinitely small and infinitely large in either direction....

to elaborate....... i think you could get to the same point in space by traveling at warp speed in the enterprise or shrinking down to a sub atomic level. like the universe is contained within itself. like if your microscope/telescope were powerful enough..... they would be the same thing.... just reversed perspectives

 

[○]

absolutely DMTtripn2Space..its like you are thinking in the cracks of thought..and actually witnessing it happen...awareness is wonderful

For sure man! I wonder if thats what the Buddhist teachings refer to when they talk about "mindful awareness"??

 

[downwardsfromzero]

I dunno about all this but I always had experience of microcosm/macrocosm, infinite outward/infinite inward, blackwhiteroughsmooth, spontaneously as altered states usually waking into it in the middle of the night when I was a kid. Maybe that's part of why I'm here now... plus I found out about psychedelics from a book bought at a church jumble (rummage) sale about 25 years ago. The subject seems to have stuck!

The spontaneous mystical occurrences occur less frequently now - the last one was maybe 6 months ago and less intense than during childhood - but I can still recall the particular sensation that accompanies it. I'm led to believe psychedelic experiences are similar but different to these spontaneous mystical experiences, primarily through their variability (set/setting?) as opposed to the remarkable consistency of the spontaneous mystical experiences.

 

[SoCal]

its like turning your mind into the best telescope/microscope in the world...

psychedelics have made me much more aware of the concept of infinity..... i've 'sensed' that the universe is infinitely small and infinitely large in either direction....

you and others may find this to be a very interesting read: Everything Forever