does doing psychadelics make you less shallow?

[BenzosBudOrBooty]

I like all your posts. Thank you guys.

I believe I've always been pretty accepting, but psychedelics have helped me accept my OWN self, the most of all, by just making me think about my existence a lot and whatnot. In turn I can accept others more too. I mean ignorant people can piss me off. Certain types of ignorant people. Misinformed people who are mean. How can you be enlightened if you think psychedelics are truly as bad as some people say they are...I don't think you can be. There's no shortcut to enlightenment, but psychedelics can be a tool to achieve it Imo if used correctly. I feel anyone trying to achieve such a mindset must have at least one psychedelic trip to understand how that works...possibly more. And even if not, I don't think The Buddha would be trashing drug users. You can't be anywhere near enlightened and trash drug users imo. Because that's ignorance. I feel a person claiming to achieve enlightenment without drugs would claim he/she does not know enough about it to make an accurate opinion and does not need it in their life in order to achieve...but still would understand why people may or may not use drugs.

I feel all these concepts kind of go hand in hand.

 

[HazelCloud]

It doesn't apply to everyone, but it certainly has for me. I've always been very perceptive and concerned about the "real" issue around me(perhaps a facet of my anxiety), and psychedelics have magnified this aspect of my personality intensely. But generally, unlike my anxiety-fueled thought loops(as opposed to my "bad" psychedelic thought loops that I always take something from), they have caused positive changes in my personality. It helps me apply this perceptiveness in a positive way and empathize with people, instead of using them to impose unreasonable standards on myself or others. As such, psychedelics effectively reduce my anxiety level whilst at the same time magnifying the positive emotional and mental aspects of my personality. I've also noticed they have not only increased my ability to empathize, but they have also increased my ability to sympathize with nature. I've become much more concerned about the environment and also discrimination/ignorance overall. However, this has also led to thoughts I believe are psychedelic-induced delusions; things like a disconnection from reality, not seeing the point in life - growing up, working your ass off, getting married/having kids and dying, and conspiracy theories about authorities of all types. But I'm willing to risk the negatives for what I see as the much weightier positives though - I really believe I have become a much more empathetic, honest, open, and creative person overall. And of course, I just love the whole experience of tripping.

 

[limonov]

It can make you less shallow, other posters have listed plenty of good examples of how.

It can also make people more shallow, by using drug experiences as a substitute for genuine spiritual/personal development, rather than as a tool to augment your development. Particularly as drugs, particularly psychedelics are rarely used in a cultural vacuum- psychedelics often carry with them a great deal of (pseudo)-spiritual 'baggage' which can very easy be taken up in a highly insincere and shallow way.

Just look at all the new age shit we're surrounded by- fictional 'religions' cobbled together out by egotistical, self-serving charlatans in the mid 20th century. Like it or not shit like 'The Secret' is an unfortunate side effect of people 'opening their minds' with drugs in the '60s.

If you ask me all that New Age wank is the absolute epitome of shallowness and drugs seem to be pretty pivotal to that whole scene.