Michal

This is crazy how our mind trick us!

Hi there. I am 32 year old. I was a very sceptical, science-oriented guy who totally belived in materialism, but than I've experienced something which seemed to by impossible and that was my first mindfuck, which created room for some openmindness. The topic of enlightement is resonating strongly within me (sounded bit like master Yoda there ;), although I'm just at the beggining of the adventure. I loved Leos videos on psychodelics and I've always considered myself (and was raised in such a way) anti-drugs, and was totaly ignorant about LSD, mushrooms etc. But doing lots of reaserch, reading about them and hearing about them made me certain that I want to try them. I have some concerns about doing shrooms for the first time, and none of my friends ever did any, so I just wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions: 1. What should be the first dry shrooms dose? I was thinking something between 0,5-1,5grams. I am a bit scared how will I react, that's why I figured maybe starting on a very low dose just to calm myself that nothing bad is gonna happen? 2. Should I do it alone or with a friend sitting in the other room? I have a female friend who is willing to be my sitter, but she has no experience with psychodelics whatsoever. On the other hand I have an option to go to the mountains (not very steep or dangerous, rather hills) all by myself and do them sitting in nature. 3. I've got some serious egzam ahead of me and was wondering should I wait and start the experience after the egzam? Could it be relevant? 4. Does benzodiazepines like diazepam or alprazolam work good to calm oneself in case of emergency? 5. Any other tips for a first-timer? Thank you all in advance and I would appreciate the advice of experienced users

Thanks for your reply Vipassana, much appreciated.