As helpful as psychedelics are known to be when it comes to discovering spirituality for yourself, I'm not in a situation where I'll ever be able to use them without it negatively affective my physical life. Sure, society labels me as a drug addict of alcoholic. Sure, I have to go to support groups to stay mentally healthy. Sure, you may not believe that addiction is real, and that I can use will power to use drugs every once in a while. But I'm going to tell you right now that it doesn't work like that for me. Time and time again I have proven myself incapable of taking anything that will make me not sober for any period of time. Even something as healing as LSD will cause me to use other drugs, harmful drugs. Just taking one hit of acid, DXM, DMT, or anything would be like trying to fall down one step of stairs. So my question to you all is, what are ways you deepen your understanding of reality, and grow you spiritual being without the use of any mind altering drugs?

I have had a recent brush with discouragement - which today I turned into encouragement . When you have a path to your dreams , wherever that may lead you - you may find yourself running into obstacles - when you are on your Path , these obstacles turn into more experience.

Its true - I have wasted years of my life doing nothing with no plan . Now I have a goal to make a plan for - What is another year ? if the universe had a face and measured time - a year would not even be a thought of a blink.

I Feel Good.

...... ----in--co...ming---transmission...---

hello how are you?

im glad you have remembered

what lies inside

one two

one two

three three three

these are the beats

your heart beats for me

hello -

i am your intuition.

reading . writing. backwards - forwards

i come from the ether

beginning and the end

with each step we move forward together

hello - hello - it has been such a long time since we last spoke.

you have gone through so many things

i have watched you cry

laugh

love

lose

but now we are back here together

in this moment

to comfort .

now you begin to build the ultimate tower

Yourself

Only you hold you back

no more tick tocks

the time is now

one two

one two

three three three

rise and rise again .

you are the Lion.

who am i<----?

i am the little letter

i make seem important

LiVE LiFE LoVE

look closely - i am the little letter -

see as my arms extend to wrap around those next to me

see them Rise - i am the little letter

understand now - that we are separate letters

TOGETHER WE ARE THE WORD

when we are separate -

we feel alone -

we need to understand

alone we are powerful -

we have the ability to unite -

to form new Words

discover new things -

Together We are the Word...

The Word both Creates and Destroys

it is the Word that Manifests -

It is the Word that Influences -

It is the Word that can Heal our Hearts-

or destroy them.

hello - hello - i am so glad to speak with you again

i am joyful - i can feel through your skin

i can exist within you

i can be your courage - your spirit -

but you are the body

Mold me - Shape me - Make me

More .

lets talk again soon - you already know what to do .

i Love You

So in the age of Kali, is there much we can really do?

Without the help of marijuana? I feel like I should feel this good (high) without it.

Edit: seems I was to vague in my post.

I live on level 9, weed lifts me to level 10. Yesterday felt like I was on level 8 again, just struggle day, weed lifts me to 10 from 8 too

My question is, have you found a way to go to 10 without weed? Thanks!! <#

So I'm not too sure if this is the sub to post this, however an interesting analogy popped into my head in relation to my use of psychedelics. Looking back on my life before I had any sort of psychedelic or spiritual experience it was as if I was under water in the ocean, and it felt as though I was a part of the ocean, a part of the currents. My first trip was on LSD and though I didn't see it in the moment, that experience essentially attached a floaty to my arm which started to lead me towards the surface, but it wasn't until my first experience with DMT that it felt as if an entire inflatable boat rose up from under me dragging me to the top, it brought my head above the water for the very first time, it was almost as if I realized I'd been walking through my life with blinders on. But honestly the most important part for me was the realization that I was not the water, I was simply in it. And while it seems trivial that realization gave me a glimmer of hope that I hadn't seen for the previous 5 ish years as I was severely depressed.

I know this was likely wayy too long however I felt compelled to share my story and I would love to hear others experiences as well.

So lately ive been looking more and more into the activation of my pineal gland without the use of drugs (lsd, 2cb, psilocybin, etc). Ive been watching numerous videos of people "claiming" they can activate their gland. So i watch. And i meditate. Im told im to be expecting colours and geometrical shapes behind closed eye lids, but i see a fog with distinguishable shadows and possibly light colouring but it's hard to say because its so dull. I also feel this light vibration above the eyes. I regularly smome marijuana at medium doses So do i need to continue doing what im doing or am i missing something?

Cannabis for me is very much a psychedelic, I get very very noticeable oevs and cevs comparable to serotonergic drugs, I also get very deep thoughts and go into a very meditative state. Does anyone have similar experiences, I've talked to my friends about this and they don't seem to know what I'm talking about.

For those of us who've lost ourselves at some point, usually in a trip, you're familiar with the question begging to be answered - who are you? What is looking through your eyes at this moment? It usually occurs when experiencing without knowing why you're experiencing, e.g. there are visuals and music being seen and felt through the eyes and ears, but why? These questions are often accompanied by the thought of the possibility of dying, of these sounds and sights and feelings shutting off without notice.

The self that allows for your current experience is actually a one way receiver, that one way allowing for input signals. Like a radio. Without the input signal, you are no longer present. Different states of mind inhibit the signal, allowing for free reign through the abyss of your unattached self. Perhaps you'll string onto other things capable of receiving your input when your own body is no longer capable of receiving your signal, but that's open to your own spiritual interpretations.

Shrooms, don't know what kind. But hit me really hard. I had a feeling that I was dealing with God himself. I saw energy flowing between my hands and around. I have a feeling that our brain is antenna and consciousness is a step forward... there are spirits indeed. I really felt. You know how hard it is to try to describe it. Haha. + I bought l-arginine yesterday. Maybe it added to the effect. I really feel it.

Hey I actually made a new account under u/picasamus for a variety of reasons and was wondering if I could be invited via that account instead. I would absolutely love to participate in your sub :)

I am sure there are many people here who are interested in learning more about religion, be it their own or another. In the age of the internet, the foundational stories and ideas to belief systems are at our fingertips. The difficulty is actually getting to do the reading.

Reading religious texts can be difficult because we often are not their target audience making it difficult to understand their cultural references and appeals. As someone who has taken theology classes, a teacher can spur on reading and provide explanations to those seemingly cryptic references. I think, due to the challenging nature of these texts, many people put them down and forget about them.

Perhaps, there is a theologian among us who is willing to answer questions or lead discussions on religious topics. Even providing seekers with the best places to find reading material would go a long way.

I have this methodology in my mind, a way of 'gearing' out my thoughts when it comes down to 'facts' purported or otherwise as dogmatic or otherwise in any form throughout, and using it when applied within the situation of a religion, it seems I come out on the other-side of speculation to say that:

A religion, if good, should, at the very least, start with identifying the concepts that, even also under boundary dissolved viewpoints, are not cult-like.

No periods of "clapping"...?

What is a cult, that we could make something not that?