This has been an odd feeling I've been having for the past couple weeks. I feel like I was "baptized" and born again, but I can never really pinpoint when it happened. Over time I lost identity of who I was growing up, as if the lockdowns completely erased all sense of who I was. I still have memories of my younger self of course, but now they don't really feel like they're my memories. A lot of my ambitions remain the same, but I still like there's a lot missing. Think of switching from Windows to Linux and you're still struggling to learn all the features. That's how, I guess, my soul feels.
Anyone else experiencing this? Is this supposed to be a good thing?
Yep! If memory serves me right, Graham Hancock did an excellent thesis on ancient Christianity and how natural psychedelics (mushrooms in particular) played a role in its development.
For context; set and setting are important as well. This combined with the right intention (prayer) and the result can change your life. It did mine. I haven’t used them in a few years since my last “therapeutic” dose. Why? I haven’t needed them! I’m not only more in tune with myself and others, but my connection to God has never been more intimate and real.
This is awesome, I’m glad to hear they helped you heal! More people need to be introduced to them. Our current state of mental health care is a disaster and these could change things.
Will definitely look up that thesis, the influence of psychedelic on Christianity would not shock me one bit.
Actually, it was Graham Hancock and Brian Muraresku being interviewed by Joe Rogan where I first heard of the theory. Brian Muraresku does a fantastic deep-dive on it. I highly recommend checking him out. Beware, the initial theory/book “Jesus was a Mushroom” was posed back in 1970 by Allegro and has for the most part been discredited. However, Brian provides a new and interesting perspective that I found fascinating.