I like this thread
DXM produces many kinds of hallucinations. Let me list the ones I have had:
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1. CEVs/OEVs in semi darkness
These are the easiest to reproduce. Basically all you do is open your eyes in a near-dark room. Let only an itty-bitty amount of light in. The feedback/echo properties of your mind on DXM will produce crazy LSD-like visuals. For me these look like pseudo-geometric lines that will sometimes form imaginary 3d shapes. For instance, if I look out into the dark room expecting to see a desk, I will see a fundamentally modified desk not resembling the real article.
2. 3D imagination
I consider a chemically enhanced imagination a form of hallucination. These imaginings are usually achieved with eyes closed. 3D rotating structures are common. Imagine the most complex 3d structure right now. With DXM, that structure has a complexity tenfold, often one hundredfold what you can imagine baseline. I'm not kidding. This is where DXM's power lies.
3. Crystal-clear CEVs
These may or may not be bright, but they are clear. If you look at a watermark on a picture, is it not there? These hallucinations are truly clear, more sharp than what my eyes can now see at age 32. These are more difficult to reproduce. I once saw a complete cellular automaton simulation that I have been desperately trying to reproduce with computer programming. It was a coherent, stable system calculated at a resolution and speed faster than a computer can produce even at today's speeds and with low-level programming.
4. Stacked awareness
This one is my favorite. Imagine a perfectly-functioning brain. Now imagine fifty such awarenesses stacked on top of each other. It's like illuminating a bunch of holograms and viewing them all at once. It's like what our brains *could* be, if only we as a species could agree on how to go about enhancing our humanity without all the stupid hangups.
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There are combinations of all these types of course.
I have a theory about DXM's effect on the brain if you care to listen. I think that the mind is like a pool of water. Under normal circumstances the surface of the pool has many waves. Thoughts cause waves, emotions cause huge waves. DXM calms the surface so-to-speak, so that through a smooth surface we can clearly see what is underneath. DXM's power lies not at what it makes your body feel like, or what hallucinations it produces, but mostly in how it calms the mind to see clearly what lies underneath. It is for this reason that I consider DXM not a low-life kiddie drug, but a powerful tool for personal growth. It's a remarkable coincidence that it became a cough suppressant.
If only the afterglow lasted longer 8)