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Esoteric If possible, would you die tripping?

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Aldous Huxley asked his wife to inject IM 100mics LSD a couple hours before he died "with a beautiful expression on his face". Would you try it?

Hard one to call - would illness and death be too depressing/anxious for a good trip? Or would it take your mind off all the loss?
 
Aldous and many colleagues theorized that Death was a trip, which would be consistent with spiritual lore, but may not necessarily be anything else than releasing the thought stream and sensory stream.
Personally I like tripping, and probably will meet my end with some influence at hand, but I do not expect to get anything special out of it, and certainly wont be posting afterwards.
 
i had nerve damage symptoms causing me pins and needles all through out my body, arthritis, and really bad headaches for a while.. i thought i was going to die. i didn't really believe the doctor.. i was using a lot of mushrooms/smoking a lot of pot and cried a lot. i found it to be very calming.

however if i were 100% certain of death knowing it would be in a few hours, i have no idea what i would do. maybe if the drugs were around i'd take them, but i might just want to think about my life and be sober or just smoke some weed.. then again, i could see myself wanting to trip out and do some final painting or piece of music... i've done so much art though, i'm not sure if i'd even be in the mood. i don't really feel like i can top some of the stuff i've done.

i think psychedelics can help people if they have life threatening issues though... not that i felt like it doesn't matter, but i felt really relaxed and cried a lot. i dunno it seemed to help. i might've just accepted that i was going to die, or at least thought i was going to.
 
My ideal way to die would be of a barbiturate OD, if that counts?

It's meant to be the nicest and most peaceful way to go. I also once tried to kill myself with a barbiturate overdose and it WAS super peaceful. I had a brief few moments of feeling this incredible calmness and sense of total peace followed by rapidly falling unconscious. 10/10 way to die, if you have to die.
 
JackARoe said:
That would be a trip if you did!
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i'm gonna meditate so hard that i'm gonna come back through the computer's circuits and post my consciousness from the dead.

lol..nah. jk.. i heard this rumour about a monk being able to grow and shrink a tumour by choice.. i actually thought that it might be real, so i thought lsd made my brain powerful like a monks, so i tried taking low doses of weigh protein like microdosing all through out the day to heal some injured muscle in my back, and i burnt the crap out of some part of my stomach and had burning piss for months cause the weigh protein... i guess i don't have the power to use my brain power for stuff like that. lol.
 
with all the stuff about DMT released in the brain while tripping, i kind of want to do it sober... i hear the DMT release thing isn't true though... a lot of people with near death experiences claim crazy stuff happens naturally though.
 
I think it'd depend on how I was dying and how I was feeling about my approaching death. If I was at peace and ready to move on I would like to go tripping. If I was in pain and distress then no. I think it would depend on who I had around me and their emotional states too. Set and setting make all the difference even when dying.
 
Pinpoint your death time with hours of "certainness" is not that easy. Basically death takes you unprevented. I wont mind to do it tripped, if I have the certain hour, tho. But probably even better with barbiturates, or a mix of both (and dissos) would be like the perfect farewell combo
 
I've made peace with death, I just don't want to be suffering. As long as I'm not in serious pain, I'll be fine-- drugged or not.

I'd love to be tripping when I die-- as long it's not in a hospital.
Natural setting? Sounds glorious!
 
I've always said a shot of LSD and smack on the way out would be bliss, already pretty comfortable with we all die at some point and when it's your turn it's your turn but if I had the opportunity they're two of my I was going to say things in the world but I can't be that much of a drug head.
Yea nah def two of my favourite things not just drugs in this world, they both improve quality of life drastically when used in moderation but I had to learn that the hard way with both haha

It'd be pure bliss! Infact should prob try that before I die :P
 
Probably not - I think it would be enough of a trip as it is.

Ideally I'd like to know that I'm dying, be as sober as possible (pain levels allowing), and really experience the dying process! I'm good at 'letting go' with psychedelics, so can't see why death would be so different...and I genuinely have no fear of death at all (It's life that I find kinda problematic...)

It it was gonna be a horrific painful affair though (and obvs if I knew that would be the case), then I'll off myself with a potent drug combo and spare everyone the trauma

I wouldn't totally rule out tripping though ;)
 
ageingpartyfiend said:
Probably not - I think it would be enough of a trip as it is.

Ideally I'd like to know that I'm dying, be as sober as possible (pain levels allowing), and really experience the dying process! I'm good at 'letting go' with psychedelics, so can't see why death would be so different...and I genuinely have no fear of death at all (It's life that I find kinda problematic...)

It it was gonna be a horrific painful affair though (and obvs if I knew that would be the case), then I'll off myself with a potent drug combo and spare everyone the trauma

I wouldn't totally rule out tripping though ;)
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Each to their own brother, I've personally been at the point where I didn't think I was going to make it and it's time to make my peace and yea you normally don't have the time, I'm thinking hypothetically if your given the heads up and have already said your goodbyes to people. Also if you've been given that opportunity whatever's claiming your life is most like a terminal illness and you've probably had months to mull over the small details and it's time to go out with a bang, everyone is different though. Some people would rather spend their sat evening watching a movie with a cup of tea and others up to their eyeballs in various substances stomping it out at a rave :devilish:

I thought I had no fear of dying til I almost died numerous times haha I'm comfortable with it but your either stupid, crazy or have never had a close enough call if you have zero fear, it's healthy to have a little fear of certain things haha

I'm not sure why you're assuming it's going to be horrific and painful, generally if you die at a young age it's an accident and will be over before you know it, every time I've been close time actually slows the fuck down and all of a sudden you can process your whole life and what a fuck up you've been and oh shit this is possibly actually happening and I thought I wasn't scared but fuck I didn't get to say goodbye to such and such or get around to whatever you always wanted to do. Then bam you come to in a hospital or dazed and confused wondering how the fuck you didn't just die.

I personally think on low doses of acid the world is clearer, more vivid and just fucking beautiful and I can think on a better level and I'd throw some smack in to make the ride a touch comfier, I did get very used to functioning on acid when I was younger and eating copious amounts almost weekly due to a never ending supply though so maybe a little biased. I reckon it'd actually help you let go and enjoy your last moments more and you wouldn't be worried bout letting go of reality and diving into the trip at all but pondering your life and what's to come haha
 
ImperialTyranny said:
Each to their own brother, I've personally been at the point where I didn't think I was going to make it and it's time to make my peace and yea you normally don't have the time, I'm thinking hypothetically if your given the heads up and have already said your goodbyes to people. Also if you've been given that opportunity whatever's claiming your life is most like a terminal illness and you've probably had months to mull over the small details and it's time to go out with a bang, everyone is different though. Some people would rather spend their sat evening watching a movie with a cup of tea and others up to their eyeballs in various substances stomping it out at a rave :devilish:

I thought I had no fear of dying til I almost died numerous times haha I'm comfortable with it but your either stupid, crazy or have never had a close enough call if you have zero fear, it's healthy to have a little fear of certain things haha

I'm not sure why you're assuming it's going to be horrific and painful, generally if you die at a young age it's an accident and will be over before you know it, every time I've been close time actually slows the fuck down and all of a sudden you can process your whole life and what a fuck up you've been and oh shit this is possibly actually happening and I thought I wasn't scared but fuck I didn't get to say goodbye to such and such or get around to whatever you always wanted to do. Then bam you come to in a hospital or dazed and confused wondering how the fuck you didn't just die.

I personally think on low doses of acid the world is clearer, more vivid and just fucking beautiful and I can think on a better level and I'd throw some smack in to make the ride a touch comfier, I did get very used to functioning on acid when I was younger and eating copious amounts almost weekly due to a never ending supply though so maybe a little biased. I reckon it'd actually help you let go and enjoy your last moments more and you wouldn't be worried bout letting go of reality and diving into the trip at all but pondering your life and what's to come haha
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I was responding to OP my friend, just in case you think I was talking directly to you - and I'm assuming the grand total of nothing, cannot see why you would think that (hence I said "If it was gonna be horrific...) - all deaths are different, some are horrific , some are quite beautiful - I've witnesed both with my own eyes more than once

EDIT ok I see I misspelt 'if' as 'it' lol - still

EDIT also I'm neither stupid or crazy thanks - genuinely no fear at all of death in and of itself. Good evenin'
 
ageingpartyfiend said:
I was responding to OP my friend, just in case you think I was talking directly to you - and I'm assuming the grand total of nothing, cannot see why you would think that (hence I said "If it was gonna be horrific...) - all deaths are different, some are horrific , some are quite beautiful - I've witnesed both with my own eyes more than once
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Nah I didn't and yea I'm aware, I've just found that even if it's about to get horrific that's the last thing your thinking about as you inch closer and closer to the train coming 70 km an hour at you haha it is actually kinda like the movies in where time goes ridiculously slowly and you can process heaps in a short amount of time. It almost feels like a clear headed not so trippy DMT trip haha

Your brain also releases adrenaline I believe and things that would normally be very painful aren't so much of an issue in the moment, I am curious as to how you a death can be beautiful though?
 
It would matter how experienced you are with psychedelics and what dose you've had alot on whether it's an enjoyable way to go out or not though I imagine.
 
ImperialTyranny said:
Nah I didn't and yea I'm aware, I've just found that even if it's about to get horrific that's the last thing your thinking about as you inch closer and closer to the train coming 70 km an hour at you haha it is actually kinda like the movies in where time goes ridiculously slowly and you can process heaps in a short amount of time. It almost feels like a clear headed not so trippy DMT trip haha

Your brain also releases adrenaline I believe and things that would normally be very painful aren't so much of an issue in the moment, I am curious as to how you a death can be beautiful though?
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I've had an NDE too, the whole time slowing down thing was immensely helpful as it gave me time to position myself really well to minimise the impact of flying off a bridge in a car...

How can a death be beautiful? Quite easily, imo.

My close friend was dying of cancer 18 months ago, he'd made his peace, his close friends and family spent 24 hours or so tending to him, chatting, laughing, getting high, encouraging him to let go if he fancied and holding space for him, when he went we holding his hands and singing an old folk song to him - it was beautiful

My dog died in my arms with the greatest dignity I have seen exhibited in a living creature. It was beautiful

My ex's father, my kid's granddad, also died a serene death surrounded by family who again created a wonderful environment to help facilitate his passing. He was in plenty pain. For a few minutes prior to death he fully relaxed and sniled more deeply than I ever seen him smile before.
It was beautiful

You get the picture now I'm sure
 
ageingpartyfiend said:
I've had an NDE too, the whole time slowing down thing was immensely helpful as it gave me time to position myself really well to minimise the impact of flying off a bridge in a car...

How can a death be beautiful? Quite easily, imo.

My close friend was dying of cancer 18 months ago, he'd made his peace, his close friends and family spent 24 hours or so tending to him, chatting, laughing, getting high, encouraging him to let go if he fancied and holding space for him, when he went we holding his hands and singing an old folk song to him - it was beautiful

My dog died in my arms with the greatest dignity I have seen exhibited in a living creature. It was beautiful

My ex's father, my kid's granddad, also died a serene death surrounded by family who again created a wonderful environment to help facilitate his passing. He was in plenty pain. For a few minutes prior to death he fully relaxed and sniled more deeply than I ever seen him smile before.
It was beautiful

You get the picture now I'm sure
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Ah right yea I get you, I mean in the moment reminiscing over the good times you've had together would be beautiful but the actual dying itself part I just see as part of life and wouldn't particularly attach an emotion to it, it just is? I unfortunately have only had those I care about go in unfortunate circumstances to early or a family member from Alzheimer's and that isn't particularly fun. I also live in a different country from the large majority of my family and haven't been able to be there in the final moments and have only been there for friends and at 34 anyone around my age is to young to go and probably not ready.

I guess it depends on perspective too, I'm thinking about it purely from the point of view of the person dying and no matter how peaceful and good the way you go is I'm sure everyone would have regrets and unachieved goals so it'd prob be a mixed bag of emotions when you have the time to dwell on it. It'd be a mix of sadness and beauty I guess cause if your around those you care about you never want to them to leave even if you know it's inevitable but you'd be thankful their there and have been there.
 
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