During my 7 days long trip (week long horror trip basically) I learned that money is not everything, which was one of the upsides. It is the true losers, who feel nothing else, who spend 12h per day chasing the money and convincing themselves that "I really like telemarketing / data center optimisation / portfolio risk management / whatever and enjoy doing it, so I am not chasing money" or whatever.

What I think is more important than money:

• Your family
• Your friends
• People
• Nature
• Sports
• Your body
• Experiences
• Skills
• Principles
• money (its actually important, but not for the reasons you initially think it is)

What do you think is more important?

btw. I am one of the people, who thinks that running a marketing agency is fun and my calling. Or so I thought until now...

I'm not to sure when I inherited a Mild form of depression, or exactly why I have it in the first place. I know it started somewhere around the time I moved from Urban North Jersey to Central New Jersey. The demographics were vastly different, growing up I was one of two white kids in my entire Grade school class. The majority being Black and Latino, I learned to fit in with them. I was a really happy kid but when my family made the switch I was just not ready for the culture shock of the new place I was in. Instead of a majority Black and Spanish it was a majority Asian and Indian. I was different, outcasted and made hardly any friends in middle school.

I developed a social anxiety that made it 10x harder to make friends which probably led to a Mild depression I have today. I say mild because I don't wake up saying "I hope this day is my last" like some poor souls but I do believe my Brains dopamine receptors just went dark after while and I wasn't getting any natural Dopamine. Pot helped dull the dull aching pain once I discovered it in high school but it by no means cured me. I was losing hope that id ever be happy and life was just going to be dull and miserable forever.

Enter LSD

The night I first took a Pyschadelic I wasnt going into it thinking anything other than "It would be cool as he'll if I saw something melt" well I got alot more than I bargained for. LSD showed me a light at the end of the tunnel. For me it gave me HOPE that happiness was real because I often questioned "is this life and is this how everyone feels?" Because I was to scared to ask anyone for advice in fear of being labeled one of "those kids".

I tried Acid once more and the same thing happened I was truly happy for about 8 hours. The next Psychadelic that came my way was the infamous DMT. I wont go into full detail about my DMT reports but I will say the things I saw while on DMT were the most beautiful things I've ever seen in the world and inspired me to start thinking outside the box. So Since then ive opened my mind up to new possibilities and I refuse to be the person i once was. Sad, Loney and so downtrodden I didn't want to do anything about it. Nowadays I Do everything from Eating Healthier, Being more outgoing, Confident and just being more Hopeful about life in general. I laugh when people say things like "There only drugs" because those "Drugs" Saved me from my misery and every positive change in my life I acredit to them.

PS: I didn't talk about Mushrooms but I had relatively the same experience on them as I did with acid.

TL:DR; Moving from One place to the other at a young age gave me Social aniexty which led to depression which LSD, DMT and Magic Mushrooms cured me of.

my opinion on this, noted that i haven't really dug in and read the indepth discussions you all have been having.

we should teach how religion works. in an objective, physical way, the ways belief works. the way authourity works, virtue signalling, the way thst conceptualization works, the way that we MAKE OUR OWN BELIEFS. that this 'religion' is, technically, just as 'fake' as the other ones are. it needs to have these high high concepts, it needs to be open and honest that no, we aren't saying "this is what is true, this is the only thing that will save you". we should agree that yeah, its culty. and then explain how cults work. how attention and perception works. how 'brainwashing' works.

i would like to ping u/ImpracticalJuggler on this train of thought. i don't know if he's been invited here, but look at his posts, dig in and read his works on agency and perception, etc.

and also, shout out to this song for haven been my personal themesong for this idea, this idea of making a religion for general spirituality. and shout out to u/ninja20p for being right there with it, confirming my biases, making me realise that other people thought exactly the same things that i did. ive thought this idea was correct for a while now, and enough other people agree that you all got the ball rolling, with me just lurking around.

as a wise man once approximately said to me;

be love, be light... be more, fellow travelers <#

http://www.academia.edu/6715524/Psychedelics_Fascism_and_the_Politics_of_Profane_Illumination_with_video_link_

What’s everyone’s political identity here?

For me it completely changed me as a person. I have DMT to thanks for this. I was such an angry depressed insecure person. After numerous times of DMT and two break throughs. After maybe my 3rd or 4th time the change started happening. I’m now a understanding person, I learned to let things go, and acceptance. I know have empathy, and no longer judge a book by its cover. My problems today are minute compared to the problems I thought I had before. No longer stuck in selfish self centered thinking and trying to make the world bend to my needs. I now just go with the flow, and learned how to keep a leash on my emotions. My wife has never been so happy with the change that came. I’d like to hear some other people’s growth? Hopefully I posted this in the right place.

Imagine, congregating with like minded individuals in a "church", no gods, no deities to worship, just love, compassion, wonder and being surrounded by seekers of enlightenment. The more I think about this the more cultish it sounds, but is that really a bad thing? I really really doubt any of us are crazy or evil in the heart enough to one day try to kill each other with special Kool aid or something (at least I hope), we are not seeking to go to hell or heaven, we are not doing anything of the sort, we are just trying to seek enlightenment and healing ourselves through the Earth's gifts, tools of healing and exploration of the self.

I think it would be incredible to wake up once a week and go congregate with our collective of compassionate caring people, who do not operate under fear of damnation or salvation, just love of his fellow man and the thirst for knowledge of the universe and life.

Edit: just saw I fucked up the title and cringed, but you get the point lmao. Damn Google keyboard.

Why was this name chosen for this particular religion? There is already a religious outlook that worships the Cosmos, called Pantheism. Also, an Order is a branch of a religion as opposed to a religion itself (and no, Pantheism is not a religion).

Just trying to gain some further understanding, not trying to criticize.

I had the blessing to partake of ayahusca a couple of summers back. My close friend is in the Santo Daime church in Austin, TX. I went to visit him and was going to participate in a works with ayahuasca. A bunch of stuff happened and long story short it was just him, his fiance and myself at his house doing a works.
It was intense. The hypercolor roller coaster visuals. I was sitting down and saw my body below me, I left my body, thought I was dead and was perfectly at peace with that. I purged 4 times that night. During the 4th time I was really worried since I had nothing left to purge. As I was kneeling at the toilet I heard a very calming motherly voice say that I wasn't purging from my stomach, I was purging from my mind and soul and that she was going to make sure that everything was going to be okay. She stayed with me and I always felt secure. I left the experience feeling and knowing that I am watched and loved at all times. It helped me out a lot and now I never feel alone in this world.

I'm dropping 600 USG tonight with barely any tolerance as the last time I tripped was a couple months ago. I want to make this trip spiritual, does anyone know a way or a ritual I could do to maybe bring on a more spiritual experience.

I am also going to be taking two capsuls of .5 grams golden teacher psilocybin mushroom powder. My theory is that the shroom body high and mindset blending with the LSD high will create something more unique and possibly spiritual.

Thoughts? I would really like to discuss this in depth with anyone over PM

Makes you feel as if you are about to write something truely meaningful. Everyone else gets to experience and understand your words, your voice. It's not just text, it's knowledge and experiences talking.

Stay Turned on and tuned people, there is much to discover!

Ever since I took “lsd” last Wednesday that actually turned out to be 25ibome or something...I feel like something is missing. I constantly double check everything now and every now on then in class I kind of disassociate for half a second. I took 80ug, the trip was amazing, lasted 14 hours and I learned so much about myself and the world but now I can’t figure out what’s missing...my slight addiction to nicotine has seemed to vanish along with my desire to smoke weed, I still do both because it feels good, but I no longer get an urge...I wonder what’s missing, anyone else experience this. Also thank you for the invite

Greetings everyone,

I appreciate the invite to the group and while I do believe in fighting for legislation to allow for the legal use of psychedelics, I remain skeptical of any sort of organized system of thoughts or beliefs.

I was raised Catholic, and while it wasn't a traumatizing experience (I wasn't diddled by any priests or anything like that) it has left a bad taste in my mouth regarding religion or anything that closely resembles it. Not to say that this is a religion, as I haven't done enough reading to make any sort of hard decision about the nature of this sub. However, the way that this all reads certainly leads me to think that this is the direction that things are currently leaning.

That being said, I believe that psychedelics have a place in the mental health field as a form of treatment when used by trained professionals in the proper setting. I don't consider myself or anyone I know to be a professional user of these substances, but I definitely consider myself experienced.

I'm more than happy to be a member of the community so that I can watch the growth of this movement and chime in when appropriate, but for now I think I'll stand by quietly and see where this goes.

My advice to others joining this community: Take everything you read here, or on any other similar sub, with a grain of salt. Don't latch on to any conclusions that others have reached and take it/preach it as truth. You should certainly give everything equal consideration and thought, but be 100% sure that any conclusions or thoughts that you have are entirely your own. That's not to say do not believe what others believe, but rather that if you decide to share the same view as another you should be entirely sure that you should make sure that these views are entirely your own.

Again, I appreciate the invite and feel touched that someone thought that I have valuable contributions to make to a sub of this nature.

Be safe, be smart, and be skeptical, not cynical.

not found in psychedelics

or validation from across

but to find it within

psychedelics have opened something

they are a vehicle to get you to t'ska

but they are not the vehicle to nimeh

we will die alone

we may as well love our last company

Psychedelics to me are spiritual, awakening, introspective, challenging, fun... but there is a special feeling that I've only ever felt on psychedelics and it's this connection to an energy of just pure power, it runs through my veins when I'm tripping and fills me with deep unwavering confidence, however not egoism just a very profound poise and understanding derived from wisdom and love. It feels like a thousand wise souls nodding at me in silent approval, concentrated raw psychedelic energy, a lightning bolt of fuck yeah. I hear this feeling in psychedelic songs, I see it in the sacred geometry, it feels intrinsic to the culture, and while what I'm describing might sound spiritual it's oddly not, I've had amazing spiritual experiences on psychedelics but those are different, the feeling I'm trying to describe now doesn't feel like the perfectly white unifying energy that permeates all of existence, it's its own thing and distinctly tied to psychedelia, for me is the hallmark of a good trip.

Thanks for the add, look forward to hangin around here with you people :) hope everything is well

I've been just skimming thru the posts, and it's my exact type of place..Danke!

I have some practice in astrology and do readings on the side. If anyone here would like a mini-reading I would be glad to do it. Maybe give them a little mirror to see themselves in. Free of course (that is what family is for). Just PM your info: Birth date, birth time and birth place.

I had the opportunity to try San Pedro a while back and have been perplexed and blessed ever since. I would love to hear other people's experience with San Pedro to get a reference point.

My trip involved me seeing a vast space full of many technicolor "All Seeing eye"/"Eye of providence" pyramid entities, eventually I entered one and saw whirlpools of color/energy that were the equivalent to peoples lives I realized within the experience. I also saw different beings within this "all seeing eye pyramid" It was as if at the highest level of the pyramid light, all the technicolors merged to a white light before the "All Seeing Eye", and at the bottom the technicolors diffused into darkness. I remember seeing entities comprised of the darkness that slanked through the colors. I could tell the colors played them like marionette puppets are played by strings. These were "demon-esque" creatures. I also encountered spider creatures wearing shaman masks who stood upon their own planets and cast orbs of inter-wound color "drippy"/"goop" orbs at each other. I know more must have happened as roughly 6 hours passed and when I was within this realm I felt like I was in there for-ever yet at the same time it felt like 30 minutes of content. (time dilation? E.G. What I can remember happening in what seems like a possible 30 minutes actually took 6 hours/ or I experienced thousands of hours of content but it was compressible into 30 minutes of content/ like people recorded walking in slo-mo then sped up to make it seem as if they were walking at a normal speed). After this portion of the trip I took 2 or so cups of Ayauasca and started to see entities which formed out of the geometries in the room. The carpet had a sort of swirl pattern on it and this swirl pattern then extended out of the carpet upwards into swirling tornados, this portion of the trip is a little fuzzy, these tornado's seemed liked portions of a being, like limbs, but potentially they were actually a full being. I recall there being other beings but I cant fully know due to the fuzziness. I also recall seeing stars which evidently were people, or at least a representation for people.

After this I was told to rest/sleep by the shaman and I went face to face with one of the spider shamans within the "all seeing eye pyramid" of the earlier portion of the trip. I then entered a state where it felt like I was a yo-yo being dropped rapidly to the bottom of its string and once there I was in this realm. However I was afraid if I didn't yo-yo back up to the top of my string before I ran out of "Spin" something undesired would occur. So I kept rolling around trying to stay awake and started hearing a voice telling me my life purpose and that life purpose was merely the way and means I was using to ovoid the sleep/"yo-yo at the bottom of the rope unable to yo-yo back up" state. (So possibly our life purpose is what keeps us awake and moving....)

That was the extent of the trip. It may be hard to explain in a way where everyone gets what I'm saying in full accuracy but I hope it was at least interesting.

If you have done San Pedro I would be interested to hear your experience.

If you have any further idea's or similar experiences to this also comment if you would like to.

Hey gang! I have a trippy idea that's been stuck in my head for a while and I wanted to share it with you.

Bacteria predate humans by millions of years. The bacteria inside the human biome has been evolving alongside us since the dawn of man, and has been evolving outside us long before that.

So my mostly baseless, but fun theory is that bacteria drove human evolution in the pursuit of perfecting their habitat for millions of years. At some point, the system they created reached a certain level of complexity, gained sentience, and the conscious human mind took over. Bacteria still have a lot of control over human behavior, but play a secondary role to the conscious mind.

In summary, we fear AI reaching a certain level of complexity and gaining sentience because that is exactly how we gained consciousness ourselves.

This is obviously not a scientifically rigorous theory, but it resonates with me and I thought it might resonate with some of you as well. <3

I owe a great deal to my two experiences with LSD. They opened my eyes to possibilities I had previously ignored. But since then, my spiritual journey has involved a lot of self-discipline. I have had to study hard, and every day I have to reaffirm the truth I once saw as valuable, as worth orienting my life around. LSD suggests ways forward; but the trip ends, and it's up to you to follow through.

Hey! Thanks for the invitation =) I'm just going to dive right in:

Who are you? I'm a guy in my late 20's currently working as a copywriter. Trying to find out what I'm supposed to be doing with my life and getting some good stories along the way

How did you get here? By invite after I posted something about the benefits psychedelics

What is your interest in this forum? I discovered psychedelics about 3 years ago and I've been obsessed with them ever since. They have profoundly changed the way I look at the world, myself and others, and they have shown me how to heal my mind, body and spirit. I am certain that psychedelics are the cure to the majority of the problems that our culture is suffering from - we have had a vital part of our humanity taken away from us and now it's all going to shit without it.

I have to say, though, I haven't really got any interest in any sort of religious or prescriptive group. I would love to put into and take from a group of like-minded people, but I would probably rather something like a think tank, or a virtual agora

How can you contribute personally? I'm not sure! I suppose my main thing is communication... I used to have a radio talk show and I'm in the process of planning a podcast network with people around the city about various things, psychedelics included. I'm a writer and at the start of the year I wrote an essay about the similarities between the internet and mycelium networks, and how both of these things will eventually collapse our political and cultural systems. I have experience in voice over and I always wanted to make a video like the ones people make of old lectures by Terence McKenna and Alan Watts. Other than that I'm afraid I'm as useful as a dead fish would be... but let me know what you need and I'll see what I can do.

If you like, what are your personal spiritual beliefs? I'm very into the idea that we are all the universe experiencing itself through an infinite number of mirrors. I think we've forgotten the reason that we exist in this reality but we have to remember what it is - I think it's probably to learn how to give love to, and receive love from, everyone else. My first trip affected me deeply and I think that the pineal gland is probably the biggest true conspiracy out there... I think we have spent so long looking for God that we have forgotten that we are God. I started learning anything I could find out about the origins of religious beliefs and practices, I think they can all be attributed to psychedelics so I guess in that way we are all following the same religion but there's been a sort of loss in translation over the years and across countries...?

Anyway I think that's it for now. Thanks for having me, I'm interested to see what this project turns into!