It can definitely be very difficult to appreciate exactly what a psychedelic experience is if you've only been told what it is by others and never experienced it for yourself.
It's like trying to imagine someone else's lucid dreams, or someone else's near-death experience. Some things can only be experienced for yourself to truly be understood.
About 20 years ago a friend convinced me to try something called Salvia. It was definitely a psychedelic experience, and even though it only lasted about 5 minutes it gave me some deep insights to a few things for a day. I can't recall what that was, but i do recall the experience being very cliched... going through a bright tie-died rainbow tunnel with a little garden gnome urging me to keep going. Afterward i was amazed that had just happened, and for about a day afterward i felt at peace. So i can totally see why it might help, even though Salvia isn't really psychadelics. I haven't done it since though, and i probably won't again. Reality is already fun enough now, especially having faith and the tools to stay sane.
That was a lifetime ago to me, and i thought i'd try it to see if i could find an edge on the front lines of the early great awakening. But now, i'm perfectly comfy in the drivers seat, having found the power of faith, and the need to have a focused mind on the front lines of this spiritual fight. I don't want to risk that balance by going out to experiment. But if things get bad down the road, as they often do as we approach death, i'm not closed to the possiblity.
Also, I do not view psychedelics as a replacement for God, or faith. If anything, the naturally occurring psychedelics were gifts given to humanity by God.
I haven't tried them, but I've heard they can help.
I found faith in God, learning and using cognitive behavioral therapy therapy, and focusing on what i like (logic) did the trick for me.
But whatever gets people centered is good.
That's what i heard too, and i agree.
It can definitely be very difficult to appreciate exactly what a psychedelic experience is if you've only been told what it is by others and never experienced it for yourself.
It's like trying to imagine someone else's lucid dreams, or someone else's near-death experience. Some things can only be experienced for yourself to truly be understood.
About 20 years ago a friend convinced me to try something called Salvia. It was definitely a psychedelic experience, and even though it only lasted about 5 minutes it gave me some deep insights to a few things for a day. I can't recall what that was, but i do recall the experience being very cliched... going through a bright tie-died rainbow tunnel with a little garden gnome urging me to keep going. Afterward i was amazed that had just happened, and for about a day afterward i felt at peace. So i can totally see why it might help, even though Salvia isn't really psychadelics. I haven't done it since though, and i probably won't again. Reality is already fun enough now, especially having faith and the tools to stay sane.
Man you only tried one and you tried the shittiest one. I feel sorry for you. The serotonergenic ones are MUCH different.
lol!
That was a lifetime ago to me, and i thought i'd try it to see if i could find an edge on the front lines of the early great awakening. But now, i'm perfectly comfy in the drivers seat, having found the power of faith, and the need to have a focused mind on the front lines of this spiritual fight. I don't want to risk that balance by going out to experiment. But if things get bad down the road, as they often do as we approach death, i'm not closed to the possiblity.
Also, I do not view psychedelics as a replacement for God, or faith. If anything, the naturally occurring psychedelics were gifts given to humanity by God.
We don’t know what any of these things were like Pre-Fall though.