Posts by goldenscout47

He’s always rushing people who are just waiting around. I wish he’d just chill out for a second... honestly, I know I could use the break myself

Kenneth Campbell said:It is worth noting that those "medical idiots," as you call them, are absolutely necessary here. Why?
Some individuals have a predisposition for psychotic reactions or "slips" into psychosis, which are often permanent.
Psychedelics allow for a shift from one level of existence to another.
People with a solid ego structure, high adaptability to reality, strong ego boundaries, and a relatively well-established personality can likely handle psychedelic consumption well and return relatively intact—*restitutio ad integrum*.
Those with fragile ego structures and a genetic predisposition toward psychosis may, though not always, trigger a psychotic process from which there is no return without neuroleptics.

Certain unstable personalities, who are otherwise dreamy or prone to fantasy, easily accept hallucinogenic phenomena as objective reality. They subsequently build their worldviews and attitudes around these visions, which inevitably damages their ability to function in society...

During a hallucinatory syndrome caused by psychedelics, it is entirely possible to endanger one's life through irrational actions or impulses.
Chronic use leads to personality disintegration and a decline in social functioning due to the erosion of the self and an obsession with these sensations and ruminations—all of which amounts to nothing.

Everyone experiences and expresses hallucinations in their own unique way. The content is dictated by one's personal history and current emotional state. Finding identical experiences among different people is rare.

Shamans won't help when a "bad trip" or loss of control hits. They can wave their hands all they want, but the solution is the administration of neuroleptics and proper care in an appropriate setting under adequate supervision...

Haha. You make some really solid points there. But at the end of the day, everything that exists is just fundamentally real.
Nothing exists outside of the whole. It’s the same with psychosis. They might not seem real to anyone else, but they are absolutely real to the person experiencing them, simply because they are experiencing something happening within themselves.

A man with a rock-solid ego is definitely stable. But then again, you have to admit that total stability is also the defining characteristic of dead matter.

Coming off neuroleptics can be a massive hurdle, and honestly, in certain situations, heading back on them might be the only viable path forward—and potentially even the best one. It’s all about perspective. If you take a leap that’s just too big and end up breaking both legs, it’s much smarter to stay still and rest than to try and force yourself to keep moving. Sometimes, stability is the priority.

When you're standing in the light, fear doesn't really bother you because you can see clearly that whatever you're afraid of just isn't there. But once the lights go out and things get dark, that’s when the anxiety starts creeping back in. It’s always lurking in the background. Most people spend their lives building up these mental defenses and constructing personalities specifically designed to avoid facing their shadows. But sometimes, when you use something like LSD or DMT, those internal structures just collapse. All those rigid, unshakable beliefs suddenly become incredibly loose, and that suppressed part of your personality finally finds a way to crawl out into the open.

Shamans focus on preparing you for the arrival of a much larger, hidden dimension of yourself. But more importantly, they prepare you to actually accept it. They don't look at these experiences as some kind of sickness to be medicated away or locked up in a psychiatric ward. They simply see a much more expansive version of the human being than what modern medicine is capable of recognizing. Honestly, it feels like they just need a better kind of MRI—one that can actually perceive the full spectrum of who we are. We all carry around these massive reservoirs of suppressed anger, rage, and fear. It seems to me that the billion different addictions popping up today were essentially invented just to maintain an increasingly thin and fragile boundary between us and our true selves.

Human beings are far more complex than our imagination can even begin to grasp. No two instances of psychosis are identical, just as no two illnesses are exactly the same.

Modern medicine is really focused on tracking disease right now. It’s all about categorizing symptoms into endless layers of classifications, naming everything, studying those patterns, and then trying to find that one specific molecule that can knock a symptom out of existence. If they find that molecule, they call it a cure. But honestly, if you’re someone who—perhaps without even realizing it—is putting your body through the wringer and pushing for more than it can handle, a simple pill isn't going to cut it. The actual roots of these issues run much deeper, moving in non-linear ways far beneath the surface.

Most people living today are basically just trapped in a drug-induced projection of existence. The twist is, the substances being used are actually internal.

The big takeaway here is that the ego functions like a massive, heavy-duty fortress—complete with thick walls, barred windows, and reinforced doors designed to keep intruders out. But in reality, it’s nothing more than a projection of the self; it's our own self-imposed prison.

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Haha, I guess you could put it that way! xD

I think I’m finally starting to wrap my head around this. DMT and similar compounds are actually produced within the body. Even people who have significantly expanded their consciousness end up creating more complex compounds that allow them to perceive much deeper layers of existence. When you mix those visions with actual awareness, you get a picture of reality and depth that is limited only by how much consciousness you can handle.

Shamans and similar groups were able to use mushrooms, DMT, or mescaline to reach states where their vision could zoom all the way down to the molecular level—they could literally see molecules. The thing is, most people just use psychedelics as a wild party or a way to act crazy. But you really need to stay calm and sink into a trance state to get anywhere meaningful.

However, the visions you get while high aren't coming from your conscious mind, which can actually make things worse. Sometimes a person just isn't ready because it triggers a massive flood of repressed emotions. For someone willing to dive deep, it works, but for the 99% of people who aren't looking inward, it's just a fun ride. For those who aren't afraid to look the devil in the eye—which means looking at themselves—it can be absolute hell. When you experience visions on drugs, you often walk away with nothing but fragmented memories without any true realization. You don't actually *live* what you learned. It’s one thing to read about relativity, but it’s an entirely different thing to live it. You have to experience it to truly embody it. If you're just observing through the intellect, the consciousness doesn't truly experience it, and it fails to incorporate it into your being as living, present knowledge.

And another thing. For certain people—myself included—LSD and stuff like that hits way harder than it does for others. It probably comes down to specific neurotransmitters. Some people will honestly never understand the kind of journeys this stuff can take you on.

My conclusion is that every experience is beneficial if it's guided by a professional. And I don't mean some medical hack, but someone who actually knows the path. In the long run, drugs might cause minor physical harm, but the psychological toll can be huge. When you weigh it all up, there's really no need to mess around with these substances when everything can be achieved through natural means.

Because just because you see something, doesn't mean you're actually looking at it.😕