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You can rely 100% on yourself and then still do psychedelics imo. I haven’t done a long meditation retreat but plan to do one this year. I’m sure it can do amazing this and so can psychedelics. I think what Leo means is that meditation is not an effective technique for most people to have deep awakenings consistently. This is where psychedelics come in to help you breakthrough to absolute reality. I don’t feel dependent on psychedelics for my spirituality but I know what you mean, in a way it’s true.

Go for it, you’ll be fine.

It's like a really good coffee but way overpriced.

First of all psychedelics are certainly my bias and I think Leo’s too. But for a good reason and that is because they work for us. If breathwork or yoga for example is working for you then that will be your bias. Why do you need major teachers to confirm the psychedelic path? Psychedelics are mostly still illegal and only since a couple of decades are they available worldwide. Many people still don’t have access to them. Like if peter ralston would come out and say he’d done 500 trips, then you would see it as a legit path? Leo never said other spiritual practices are useless. And I think that spiritual practices are somewhat necessary, like I meditate and do yoga everyday but for me it’s something I do to support my psychedelic exploration because that’s where the real work happens for me. Also it sounds to me you have a limited view on understanding. It goes beyond thinking and in my experience a deeper understanding of reality also results in more being.

@M A J I All I wanted to know, thanks! Interesting. Do you mean mushroom field or mushrooms grow in the field? Because they grow in the forest where I live and there are literally fields of them, like an endless supply.

Hohoho, the legend says the spirit of the amanita muscaria mushroom is the origin of Santa Claus. This year i'll try them. @M A J I Do you eat the whole thing? I mean including the stem? How do you usually ingest them? Can I just dry them and crush it into powder?

Okay I give you that. With energy body I mean the energetic structure that makes it able for you to move through space. The flesh body is basically a manifestation of that. And it's built in symmetrical geometric shapes because this is the most intelligent design. The shadow methaper I saw like light shining through you and casting a shadow in the real word.

Why not?

In this sense, one could say that the visuals you see is the shadow of your energetic body.

@effortlesslumen ? well said!

I experienced my personal hell after my first ego death. In my mind I was trapped in an endless corridor with many doors. Each door opened a moment of my life in which I hurt or caused suffering in some way to another being. It wasn't just this life, but all the lives I've lived and I was there for eternity, it changed me deeply.

At low to medium doses, it's like seeing the inside of my body for me, like my energetic structure. But a high dose I can't explain at all, like my first n-n-dmt breakthrough I was surrounded by sphinx-like beings dancing and greeting me. wtf?

I try to not expect anything from others. So I am constantly getting surprised by "normies".

My colleague has died. She was a beautifully graceful woman who I looked up to in many ways. I liked her very much, we had a lot in common. She had so many stories to tell and knew so many different people from all walks of life Although I mourn her and cry a lot, I'm not really sad. I am full of Love. I am connected to her now more than ever. I feel her presence and it comforts me. I love you Irmi, thank you for always being so sweet and gentle. I feel blessed to have spent this time with you.

Good call ?

I've done it twice but not a full dose yet. For me, however, it's so hard physically and mentally that I just want to be normal again in the end. Like I just want to be sober and clean, maybe that's why it helps so much with addiction.

Between 0.2-0.6g. It’s more like mini dosing

How to change your mind by Michael Pollan. I haven’t read it but everyone says it’s great for newbies. Also available in german

In my experience the tolerance with shrooms isn't some linear thing that builds up, I don't really understand it. But with your dose, I would always do one day break, or more. The days in between dosing can be the most beautiful ones. As I already said, experiment with it and see what works best. I don't weight the powder, just fill the pills completely and they end up with around 0.2mg shroom powder. No special tool, just a small scoop and my fingers and nothing goes to waste. I don't know

Experiment and see what works best for you. Some do it every other day, some every day, no need to plan it better by feel. I grind mine and make pills, that generally works best for me.

@Carl-Richard Very interesting! Yes, you are right, I can see that.

I googled it and it says the woman snorted 55mg LSD crystal. Still a lot, but not even close to 3g. You can't start snorting 3g of LSD and still mistake it for coke after a few lines lol...

Sure...

But isn't the myth that if someone with schizophrenia was born into a culture that integrates them into its society, the "disease" will not be experienced negatively? Would be interesting to know if there are schizophrenics like we know in indigenous cultures. I think it highly depends on culture

Yes, I understand. That's a good starting point for going deeper. Sounds good! In my experience, breaking it down over and over again makes it more and more clear.