Holding on to psychedelic revelations

[Mahan Atma]

If you've had a very intense psychedelic experience on a particular drug, you can sometimes return to that space much later, by doing a low dose of the same drug and guiding yourself there. You can come back to it, and experience it in a more gentle, enjoyable level.

Try writing down what you were feeling, in a very impressionistic way. Try to remember vividly the emotions you felt and the things you realized.

I can even return to some of these spaces without using the drug. There have been times when I've read other peoples' trips reports, and I recognize exactly what they're talking about. They do such a good job describing the mindstate that it brings me there. It can be scary.

I once made friends with a guy who had had an extremely negative and painful 5-meo-dmt experience. He was having panic attacks for a long time afterwards. Just being in his presence was enough to draw me into some of the same negative spaces, in a much less out-of-control way. It was helpful to both of us, I think, for me to be able to empathize with him and talk about it on a level where he knew I knew what he was talking about.

 

[Toast to the Spirits]

this is a great thread, good job everyone. meditation for sure. be selective with the people you tell directly. i have lost many revelations due to trying to explain them to the wrong people. keep the lessons in mind throughout everyday life and try to apply them. if you see an opportunity to enlighten another, be creative and let them learn it for themselves. just telling people your experience rarely helps, unless they can relate to it. stay clearheaded. i have forgoten many lessons due to irresponsible drug use and repetitive bad habits. after the peak is my favorite time for integration. have faith in yourself. you have all the power to maintain your lessons. life is an upward spiral if lessons are taken seriously.

 

[punktuality]

I keep a journal,

It's part diary, part poetry/sonwriting book and part documentation of how the universe works.

I have almost 100 pages so far...
I'd like to transcribe (and elaborate) on it and publish it (if only on the net) one day...... but I dont think its quite finished yet.... not sure if it ever will be.

I usually write the day after tripping, sometimes while tripping and more recently while totally sober.

I too often find it frustrating that the english language is so poor at transcribing the langauge of pure nakid thought. Some truths cannot even be expressed with words.... you simply must know them in your heart.

... I also talk with friends... while tripping, or while on speed/meth.... or just having a few beers..... my close friends and I often sit up for hours talking about pretty deep topics, one of which is psychadelic revalation. If you have some really close friends it is wonderfull... and opens your eyes to other peoples views on topics, which can help you further develop your own ideas.

every day I also try to "open my eyes" and realise how wonderfull the real world is.... and that it every bit as beautiful as it is on lsd.

we recently planned a trip to the beach for a week with my friends and planned on taking acid for 3 days straight.... we talked and dreamed about watching the sunrise over the beach and ocean while on acid...... at the last minute our dealer fell through and we got nothing. We still had a great week...... and we still watched the sun rise over the ocean........ it was honestly the most glorious thing I have ever seen in my life.... and I was totally sober.

lsd opens your eyes to the world.... the best way to remember is to keep them oepn.

(wow i ranted for longer than i planned to!)

 

[Middleway]

I know this is an old thread but its a goodun so I thought I would bump it up.

I had a trip yesterday that didn't so much make me realise anything new but drove home painfully hard that I need to make some big changes, scary changes in my life.

I am kind of feeling that I need to start the ball rolling right away to cement the changes into my life but I am wondering if meditation might help..

 

[Ismene]

How do YOU hold on to those gems of wisdom gained from psychedelic introspection?

I think the whole point is not to try and hold onto anything. People you love die, you get old and die yourself. What's the point in trying to hold onto anything? Everything in life is temporary.

Taking psychedelics is a beautiful way to spend a few hours and that's reason enough to take them.

 

[panic in paradise]

several years ago, i was alloted the luxery of an amount of DMT which provided maybe ~10 nights and a few days of multiple sessions.

they alll were amazing,,, and i want to go on about a few in-particular, but one experience that has stuck with me and does have value, ill mention...


i vaped maybe 30mg, then 20mg, then finally 40mg -

all in around 7 draws.\

my mind-set before smoking was that of - where are you spirits, show me some of what you are..!
listening to Sigour Ros - Weirdos - live on BBC2, on repeat.
wearing a MindFold with only my computer monitor light on, in a "breathing" mode.
laying on a bed with blankets and pillows, alone.

zZipPIty zo0m
so much time passes ~

i see my Totem surrounded by black- i asked for it to show me more, that i was not afraid -it was massive and began falling towards me, very fast but its size made it feel slow -it felt like i was gripping the sheets with my arms laid out along side me music playing loudly on my Sony 7506's ;-) -

it got so close to me, and then the animals that made it up jumped, swam and flew away... -i forget what happens here- then i see blackness, and fine green lines making waves in time with the music, bright green, anecdotal but...

then some hallucination scheme and audio play began happening, a voice from a gender i dont remember - a river, i was seeing it from above, but like i was laying facing it, the water running to my head down and past my feet, and i was at a 45 degree angle looking down at it, at a fairly disorienting angle with the water rushing by-
the water was cold looking, blue-green glacier run-off 2-3' deep 20-30' wide, large round white and grey rocks&boulders, bleached and fresh trees and limbs piled up - and salmon running from time to time, rocks tumbling by against them - the voice repeating a phrase, a telling phrase about our species and its effect on the rest of nature with our attempts at technology/industry -and our rapid demise from it, but then earth as it is again for the rest of its time.

the chain of life, and how incredibly fragile was made clear, in an astounding way, that did, and does make it all seem so simple, so small.

i dont remember much more as far as visuals, or any specifics of my "message"
but essentially it was for me to know that we can see the acclination or declination of society by watching the salmon alone.
i think this is true, and hold it with value...



Life Love & Laughter!

 

[Toast to the Spirits]

I know this is an old thread but its a goodun so I thought I would bump it up.

I had a trip yesterday that didn't so much make me realise anything new but drove home painfully hard that I need to make some big changes, scary changes in my life.

I am kind of feeling that I need to start the ball rolling right away to cement the changes into my life but I am wondering if meditation might help..

Meditation is always helpful

 

[Ismene]

Not to me it wasn't.