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Bluelighter
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Reading a lot of good poetry and thinking deeply about various abstracts in life for a month while you meditate and fast will be extremely beneficial for your trip.
and between those trips, actively cultivate your mind.
Psychedelics won't magically make much happen. Intention, desire, longing, passion, anticipation... these things play a huge role in how your trip goes.
I actually strongly agree with this. When I want to have a "meaningful" trip I always read during the come-up. It always affects my trips very positively. You can't purely rely on the substance, you have to bring something with you to the psychedelic space. You don't need to read buddhist or new age stuff, either. Just read whatever fancies your mind, whatever you intend to fill your mind with, whatever thrills you and excites you. I read philosophy most of the times, or my "poet of the moment". You can read science, heck, whatever you want to be confronted with. Even reading something that makes you annoyed can be constructive.
I find that in my life when it hasn't changed in quite a while, if I'm remaining in the same "place", I tend to experience a relative lack of content in my trips. It's when there is something new and exciting in my life that I feel the magic (generally)..
This is also something I have noticed. That's why it is important to always keep reading and learning and wondering around. If there's always new ideas and pursuits in your life you can always take something new to your trips. If you keep reading the same things, listening to the same music, and staying with what you already now ... Your subconscious will be less likely to become an interesting place to be confronted with when the psychedelic drugs take action.