Symmetrical Daze
Bluelighter
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- Dec 22, 2002
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Why is it that time becomes so unusual; nonexistant in the normal sense, while on a high dose of a psychedelic (tryptamine-related especially)? How is it that our consciousness becomes connected to our sub/un-consciousness, therefore making it conscious? Are these just random alterations in our perception or is something deeper happening?
We all know that some manifestations of psychedelic perception are false. Perhaps we start to feel like how bad of a person we are and how we have accomplished nothing, when in fact that isn't the case. Perhaps we see a lamp come to life and grow eyes and talk to us. Rarely, some may grow delusions with deadly consequences or become suicidal to go into "the next life".
The question "what is time" is not fully answered in modern physics, but much has been learned. It has been learned that it is much stranger than anyone could have imagined. Einstein's General Relativity theory states that time is dependent on the observer, and for unknown reasons (correct me if i'm wrong, i'd love to know) those moving faster to others, or closer to a gravitational field will age slower than those who are still or in 0-g.
It seems in modern physics as discussed in the book "The fabric of the cosmos" by Brian Greene, PhD, that it is even stranger, and our perception of time is false. In physics it appears everything has already happened.
On a high dose of LSD or psilocin (its been 4 years or so since i had a big trip, 3.5 years since i have at all but i remember and have a journal of it)... i am amazed at how seconds on a clock ticking can seem stuck. I am fascinated how a second hand can almost look like a minute hand. I hope someday in my lifetime science solves this puzzle. I don't have a clue how this happens but obviously, it was happening to me and not a hallucination, i was living in a condensed time.
The subconscious coming to life also raises questions, like, what is the difference between conscious neurons and ones that are related to sub and unconscious activities, and how can the subconscious come to life by introduction of a 5-ht2a agonist? I have seen many things relating to Jungian archetypes and things when later seen in psychology classes, a lightbulb would turn on in my head.
The consciousnesses can also separate, especially with ketamine, a NMDA-antagonist which blocks the main excitatory nt glutamate. I have seen myself split up into different "people" but all me, talking to me, experiencing reality, not knowing which is me, but some seeming separate from me completely and interacting independently. Which one was "me"? All of them? If so how did I experience independent perception from them?
I have only brought up questions in this hopefully not too rambly post, but ones I find interesting. Perhaps science will put together some puzzles, and perhaps some of these may be answered within scientific journals already.
I'm interested in others' experiences with these 2 strange phenomena. I myself am done with psychedelic experimentation; I have my memories and reports of many experiences, and I can read others. So please contribute to my fascination which I cannot explore firsthand anymore.
I would like to discuss more but have things to do.
We all know that some manifestations of psychedelic perception are false. Perhaps we start to feel like how bad of a person we are and how we have accomplished nothing, when in fact that isn't the case. Perhaps we see a lamp come to life and grow eyes and talk to us. Rarely, some may grow delusions with deadly consequences or become suicidal to go into "the next life".
The question "what is time" is not fully answered in modern physics, but much has been learned. It has been learned that it is much stranger than anyone could have imagined. Einstein's General Relativity theory states that time is dependent on the observer, and for unknown reasons (correct me if i'm wrong, i'd love to know) those moving faster to others, or closer to a gravitational field will age slower than those who are still or in 0-g.
It seems in modern physics as discussed in the book "The fabric of the cosmos" by Brian Greene, PhD, that it is even stranger, and our perception of time is false. In physics it appears everything has already happened.
On a high dose of LSD or psilocin (its been 4 years or so since i had a big trip, 3.5 years since i have at all but i remember and have a journal of it)... i am amazed at how seconds on a clock ticking can seem stuck. I am fascinated how a second hand can almost look like a minute hand. I hope someday in my lifetime science solves this puzzle. I don't have a clue how this happens but obviously, it was happening to me and not a hallucination, i was living in a condensed time.
The subconscious coming to life also raises questions, like, what is the difference between conscious neurons and ones that are related to sub and unconscious activities, and how can the subconscious come to life by introduction of a 5-ht2a agonist? I have seen many things relating to Jungian archetypes and things when later seen in psychology classes, a lightbulb would turn on in my head.
The consciousnesses can also separate, especially with ketamine, a NMDA-antagonist which blocks the main excitatory nt glutamate. I have seen myself split up into different "people" but all me, talking to me, experiencing reality, not knowing which is me, but some seeming separate from me completely and interacting independently. Which one was "me"? All of them? If so how did I experience independent perception from them?
I have only brought up questions in this hopefully not too rambly post, but ones I find interesting. Perhaps science will put together some puzzles, and perhaps some of these may be answered within scientific journals already.
I'm interested in others' experiences with these 2 strange phenomena. I myself am done with psychedelic experimentation; I have my memories and reports of many experiences, and I can read others. So please contribute to my fascination which I cannot explore firsthand anymore.
I would like to discuss more but have things to do.
