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@Gili Trawangan , do an online search for "set and setting" - these are necessary conditions for a trip that isn't just recreational. Yes, indeed meditate beforehand. Think about what you would like from the trip. Set your intention. If your intention is to explore states of consciousness and discover reality, wear shades and listen to a psychedelic therapy playlist. Darkness and listening to music via headphones makes all the difference. It helps you to go deep within. Spotify features 3 playlists - any of these will do. Psychedelic Therapy playlist 1, 2 and 3. These have been put together by Mendel Kaelen , a neuroscientist who has conducted extensive research on the benefits of psychedelics. I have used all three and they are superb.

@Leo Gura , did you develop this sensitivity to Lsd later after progressing with meditation and use of other psychedelics, e.g., 5-Meo, i.e., after having developed God-consciousness through other means?

@Adamq8 , would love to hear about your experience. Have you tried Lsd before and if so, how much do you take? How was it different this time? Do you meditate?

@Slifon , presumably you have heard about the kundalini and the fact that it rests in the Muladhara chakra. Perhaps what you felt was this energy stirring which would be around the perineum. Please search on the net about kundalini awakenings. A top source is by Gopi Krishna.

@Bazooka Jesus , thank you!

@Rigel , yes! @Bazooka Jesus , was thinking along those lines. Do you use a sitter at high doses? I have for 300 mcg so far but am confident that I could manage myself at that level, if I were to try it alone.

@Espaim , wow! You must be in a state of spiritual readiness, perhaps not needing psychedelics at all. @Bazooka Jesus, I can relate to the less brain-melting condition which I think occurs when one stabilizes, as it were, in the new state of consciousness. It becomes less of a shock and then you can attend to the messages and learnings at that state. I recoiled from experiencing the great void at my last 300mcg session. It was 'brain melting' as you put it, and I hope to explore it at my next encounter.

@Recursoinominado , did you have a transcendent or ecstatic experience on 1g?

@cobalto , I don't know if I went deeper. Great if you say it is. Even though I was prepared to surrender and accept whatever was presented, I wasn't prepared for the great void. Taking 300 mcg helped immediately, in the sense that on the onset, I lost body consciousness and felt the vastness of space. That was different from taking 100 or 200 mcg. But my mind was very much present as I was aware and asking questions. I am thinking of trying 400mcg next time, to see where that takes me.

@Unseeking Seeker , Thank you. Reassuring to hear of a positive experience of the void.

Could someone who experienced the Void say how it was for them? What happened next? Paul Brunton wrote: "Those who succeed in reaching this point in their meditation often withdraw just there, overcome by terror or gripped by panic. For the prospect of utter annihilation seems to yawn, like an abyss, beneath their feet. It is indeed the crucial point. The ego, which has lurked behind all their spiritual aspirations and hidden in disguise within all their spiritual thinking, must now emerge and show itself as it really is. For where, in this utter void, can it now conceal itself?"

@VeganAwake , so what now? There still remains the question, ' who is there? " The Void is an experience of self-annihilation.

@Mu_ , you have a lovely website.

@James123 , thank you. I felt fear because the knowing of 'I am that' was missing.

@Kalki Avatar , I agree with everyone here who is suggesting that you do not forsake your practical life. Instead, find a way to integrate your enlightened state into your physical and mental life. Thinks of it this way - your soul chose to take birth and evolve in knowledge and skills, which may indeed be how to integrate the enlightened mind with the demands of this world where you need to take care of your body, provide it with shelter, warmth, nourishment etc. Staying immersed in Enlgishtenment alone is the easy bit in comparison. You are also a member of the human species and your learnings seep into the species consciousness - thereby you contribute to the evolvement of the whole species mind. Chris Bache wrote about the same dilemma in this book, which really needs to be read by everyone: LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven .

This the clearest explanation of "being in the moment" that I have encountered. Thank you! Your experience was wonderful. Could you please tell us about your meditation practice thus far and how you got to this stage, as it were.

@Itsokimok , This book is life-changing. It is a biographical work by a professor of Religion who used Lsd to explore states of consciousness/ universal intelligence over 20 years: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44321378-lsd-and-the-mind-of-the-universe

But you are implying that by asking people to be detached and ignoring their perhaps rightful anger against a boss, for example. So, either they ignore their emotions or they don't. Ignoring is the same as suppressing.

@Psychventure , I don't agree with the notion of Karma being bad. Given that we are on an evolutionary cycle which is for our development, we experience a whole range of situations and emotions to discover more about ourselves. Actions and events in our lives are all important and enable us to understand ourselves more deeply. So, when we err or fall short of the greatest and the best, it is only learning that is taking place. After each death there is a rebirth, so to speak. To be detached from these emotions before you are able to rest in spiritual living is counter-productive. The state of detachment is not something you should try and achieve unless it comes naturally as a result of your spiritual knowledge or enlightenment. To say that one should be detached is dangerous - you are asking people to suppress their emotions and harm themselves psychologically. This is a grave error religious texts make.

@Leilani you are fortunate, indeed. Most of us (perhaps not most on this forum) seek union with the universal intelligence or soul and never come close. it leaves one bereft when all the aspirations and longing come to nothing. Brief glimpses while using psychedelics only provide temporary relief.

@Recursoinominado @Seraphim @Aaron p I am reading Chris Bache's 'Diamonds from Heaven" wherein he traversed many states of consciousness and many worlds, during high dose lsd sessions. In one instance, he was shown a Council of Elders who were the guardians of knowledge of what was taking place in the universe over billions of years. In response to Bache's questions, the Council chanted to gather power to give him the knowledge. For each question, chanting was performed until enough power had been gathered. This is thought was a beautiful illustration of the potential of mantra chanting. Nothing is acquired without having to work for it and mantra chanting is a way to prepare oneself or gather the power needed to access higher realms and knowledge.

Chanting a mantra is said to have many benefits. At the simplest level, it is described as a tool for contemplation. At the other extreme, it is hyped as: the sound body of the Divine Mantra, God, guru, and one’s highest self are identical - it is, therefore, a guide. a means of acquiring supernatural powers increasing concentration, and improving memory and focus. mantra meditation lowers the heart rate and reduces blood pressure, Has anyone experienced benefits other than those which improve contemplation? And if it did help you meditate better, how did it work?

@Bebop i have seen these numbers immediately before some unusual or miraculous event. Once I saw 2222 and 2s in all combinations which intimated that my relationship (which I had been concerned about) was going to reach a new and better level - 2 is a relationship number - and so it occurred.

@RedLine , Chris Bache had an extensive meditative practice throughout. He speaks of it in his interviews. In particular, in the later stages, he followed Buddhist practices. He was a professor of Religion and was very knowledgeable about what was on offer. His reference list in the book is extensive. For example, he referred to Sri Aurobindo, who is quite possibly the most intellectually sophisticated Indian spiritual leader.

@Call Me Whatever , have you heard of the Psychedelic Therapy Playlists (Playlists 1 and 2) by Mendel Kaelen available on Spotify? These playlists are specially designed so the lengths are matched to that of a psilocybin journey and take into account the various stages of a trip such as onset, ascent, peak, return. Mendel Kaelen is the most renowned when it comes to created playlists for psychedelic work. A neuroscientist and music nerd, Kaelen created these playlists, which contain ambient and neo-classical music, for the groundbreaking psilocybin for depression study at Imperial College London. I personally use this music for my journeys as well as meditation and find it uplifting and evocative.