Have you ever opened your mind?

Here's an article I found interesting about the mind and how it isn't confined to your body. You can open it or keep it closed.

Did you read it? Prefer not to read it, would like to say something? Something completely unrelated, perhaps? We need to be mindful of that. Well, I hope it's comedy gold. I'm fairly certain my mind likes laughter.

I did alot in my teen years that wasn't a stamp on my tongue. I will never forget laughing my ass off and watching the Fifth Element while I could taste the air I felt like a mental patient but I had a good time.

i took dmt over several weeks last year as a meditation aid, ask me anything

@girlusocrazy: there's like an after glow effect for a day or two where you feel content and peaceful. it's not like you have a major epiphany during or anything, it's more sub conscious. it's very visual, so the mind is almost out of the equation, but that's a good thing. it's cleansing. and it comes and goes so quickly, it's in and out of your system in like 30 mins ☮️✌️

Didn't read it I'm afraid :(

...but yeah, quite a bit too much actually. Wouldn't waste my time on that kind of experience these days. Looking back, I don't think it made me at all windswept and interesting. Just turned me into a mentally flaccid dullard with stupid opinions for quite a long time really. Your mileage obviously may vary.

Waking up > Drink a coffee > Breakfast > Private time on the toilet > Internet

Did quite a bit of acid back in the 90's. It definitely changed the way I see the world, but it actually made me less spiritual and much more pragmatic. I'm just much more aware now that there's a lot more at play below the surface of everything and everyone than what our senses tell us: quantum interactions, chemistry, electrical impulses.

You can go clubbing on acid but I always preferred staring into aquariums or just crawling through the grass. Biology is a strange and somewhat messy catalyst, isn't it?

Did you see your ancestors? Did you experience anything you would describe as special?

There was that time in Vegas.

Where can I buy it?

There is some Hunter Thompson in every Johnny Depp role, even in the guy he is off screen.

no i didn't "break through" which was the term my mates used for it. seeing someone break through is like seeing a hypnotist clicking their fingers saying "sleep" and someone instantly losing consciousness. some of the things my mates reported back afterwards sounded utterly surreal but deeply personal experiences and profoundly moving for them. i wasn't consuming in quantities quite large enough to get that far.

in terms of special, without wanting to say too much that could risk a mod lock, just mild use would result in an incredible adjustment to your eyesight. like going from sd to 8k vision. the detail you could see things in was staggering. and everything glowed and pulsed with electric energy, sort of lightsabre style. it made everything beautiful, even the most mundane piece of furniture.

to go further, and experience beyond that we used to watch something like the vid below as a trigger. with that you're going to leave your living room and go on an adventure without ever leaving your seat lol. and youd feel elated afterwards, totally euphoric. but it was far less about that sort of thing and more just gentle controlled meditative sort of use.

can 100% see the value potential in this thing as a possible treatment for depression, anxiety and any number of other conditions. for meditation and relaxation it was incredible. although must stress i am not condoning or advocating its use.

do you know dodgy dave from manchester, or do i need to do introductions?

What you wrote is beautiful and insightful, but oh man I can't help picturing some dude on acid slithering on the lawn like a lizard lol.

No. Try to remain as ignorant as possible.

More like a snake, I think. Not sure where my arms and legs were.

But yeah I got a lot of visuals and sensory crossover on LSD but the headspace was what drew me. You can clearly make connections between things that would be difficult otherwise.

I've never really done anything other than cannabis.

I tried molly once, and TBH it was the happiest I felt in my entire life which is kind of sad but also insightful lol. Makes sense, seeing as it was prescribed as an anti-depressant back in the day.

The thing that's holding me up from trying new things is my mind, I just go to a bad place. I think I would have a bad trip if I did anything harder. Then again, maybe not; people are writing whole doctoral papers on therapeutic uses of psychadelics.

@Macutchi: That’s quite amazing. I would love to try it. But I think it’s probably impossible over here in Hong Kong.