0 sats \ 23 replies \ @DesertDave OP 10 Sep \ parent \ on: What is your experience level with Psychedelics? alter_native
Smoking pot can be quite psychedelic, as you obviously know. And they probably aren't for everyone. I have some friends who are kind of like you with their experiences around these substances. Are you religious or spiritual? Have you tried meditation or breathe work. There are many ways to connect with our higher selves.
I have told my experience to other people and they say things like "I wish I had an experience like yours"... I love being sober, losing track of time, being in control of my body and my thoughts terrifies me, I have managed to handle sleep paralysis, although it has been a bit difficult lately, but not being able to control my senses after smoking makes me panic, I think that has affected my experience. I am not religious or spiritual.
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I used to be very logical in my understanding of my reality. I was not spiritual in any sense of the word. I feel like facing my fears that came along with trying psychedelics did a lot to open my up spirituality. Do you have any desire for that? I know there are a lot of ways to get it.
I think I experienced sleep paralysis a couple times. It was terrifying.
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I don't feel mentally prepared to use LSD or anything like that. The only thing I would dare to try again would be weed, but in a controlled way and in the company of my husband. What is a person supposed to feel when they connect with their spirituality? What are the benefits? Or when you talk about spirituality do you mean feeling good about yourself and knowing yourself better?
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I find LSD challenging. I like the natural stuff. You will never get anything you can't handle. It may be scary but there is potential for growth when we face fear.
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You have a point, there is nothing I can control, maybe it must be a fear that I must overcome. I am calm, I am in my comfort zone being sober, using any psychedelic will make me leave that zone in a violent way.
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Control is an illusion I think. I used to think i was in control. now i surrender as much as possible and i feel like I gain control by letting go of it in a sense.
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I really liked that phrase, it's more or less what I try to do when I have sleep paralysis, I try to realize that I'm just dreaming, breathe slowly and count to 3 to go back to sleep. My last paralysis was 3 days ago and I couldn't relax like I usually do, I guess it's the stress.
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Honestly, that experience can be a lot like DMT to me. And scarier in a way. Stress kills. My main goals in life in the last few years have been centered around letting go of stressful things and making myself feel safe.. Thats why I am offgrid in the desert with no neighbors.
Yea. But maybe that is good for many people. I have always been chasing crazy experiences. I am a little strange. Not good or bad. We are all just different. I like learning how other people view things.
When I was young, it was reckless. These days I work with these things in a ceremonial intentional way. I think it makes a huge difference. Having a person or people to hold space and be a guide can help a lot.
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My wife serves kambo. It isn't psychoactive but very healing for the body. Super intense in a physical kind of way..
I have not prepared Ayahuasca before but I know people who do. I have traveled to Peru twice for extended healing retreats. And I have sat with a few groups in the US for many ceremonies. I serve BUFO which is a secretion from a toad that lives right here in the sonoran desert. That is my main medicine that I work with. My wife and I serve it and host retreats of our own. This is one of my passions. That is why I like learning from people who fear it. I have gone deep with just about all of it.
Idk. For me, i felt very sad and isolated in my body. Believing in something better has given me more peace. But I don't think that is true for everyone. I do think for me it was about knowing myself better as well. Maybe its the same thing.
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I agree. There are lots of ways. I am a trial by fire kind of guy and I struggle with discipline. So working with the plants has helped me make big shifts.
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