the near-death experience

[deja-vu]

All of my psychedelic experiences until now have pointed vaguely towards it, but tonights frightening trip has left no doubt in my mind that life is about realising our potential, as told to us objectively by the near-death experience (which can come before actual death).
Tonight I truly thought I was going to die, and viewed myself and my life as if I wasn't myself, but my higher self (shit I never believed in higher selves before).
This is the experience of all people as they die. In my opinion, it is from this experience, which realises the notion of a heaven/hell afterlife, the happiness (for want of a better word) of which is determined by how effectively the self lived.
Effective living it seems is simply having love for yourself and everyone and everything, and the ability to "be" yourself. "be" being important because it is a verb which describes the present, the now, all that there really is. This involves being aware of where you are headed in terms of how you'd view yourself at your death, which inturn involves the realisation that what we do on this earth really doesn't matter, just as long as we do it, our own way.
This would appear to be the idea that many people here are getting at in their posts.
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[soulfly]

see my very similar post just above this one....

glad to see someone feels the way i do

 

[smaxxx]

What drug/drugs were you on ?

 

[cherub]

wonderful thought process,
Though i never taken a drug to think about those things,, they are often on my mind about life and death and the point after.
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~~~~CHERUB~~~~
Aka: Mommyhen
Dreams are like angels, they keep bad at bay
Love is the light scaring darkness away
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~I still belive in your eyes~-Gigi D'Agostino
[This message has been edited by cherub (edited 20 November 2000).]

 

[deja-vu]

smaxxx: was on mdma, followed by an aurorix pill (MAOI- stupid stupid thing to do) five hours later, and then a large quantity of marijuana. I couldn't control the hallucinations, they scared me a lot and I was dissociated from myself. After this paranoid hell finished it because quite pleasant and extremely enlightening. Don't think I want to do anything similar to that ever again.
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[smaxxx]

Not a bad menu, but maybe a tad too much.
Who the hell am I to judge though.
When I start going sideways, I always think about how fucking crazy I'm acting, and in no time, I start laughing my ass off, then I follow up with a blast o' herb, for an extra chill.
Not making light of your experience at all, but that's what I think we all need to do to recover from the nasty thoughts that run in our heads while under the influence.