Can you guys elaborate more on the hallucinogen drugs, like DMT etc.
The theory goes (and I tend to believe this) that hallucinogens (better grouped into Psychedelics, Dissociatives, and Deliriants) allow your brain to interpret sensory and perceptive input in a way which is different than normal.
Aldous Huxley wrote an essay called doors of perception where he said that the mind has filters which prevent the brain from accepting ALL of reality, and instead intaking only the parts of reality which are essential to survival, such as the concept of functionality and representative sensory perceptions (i.e., the things that we see and hear and smell aren't really those things at all, but simplified symbols of the true nature of the thing "such as it is")
Huxley thought that using these psychoactives aided in the elimination of these filters, allowing you to experience more than just the minimum amount you need to survive. In terms of survival, it appears that our minds have reached a happy medium. We can accept and process enough information to continue living our lives and at the same time, we eliminate the more arbitrary connections our brains tend to create to sort of "optimize" the performance.
Two nights ago, I smoked about 1/5 gram of 40x concentrated salvia. (this is a fairly large amount.) I tripped sitting on a concrete porch between a brick wall and a sliding glass door. About 30 seconds after taking the hit (you have to smoke it all in one go) I laid down on my back as the bricks sort of arranged themselves in a wave like shape over me, sliding along like the entrance to Diagon alley in the harry potter movie. I put my hand out and grabbed hold of the edge of the brick wave (which wasn't there, the tactile sensation turned out later to be the pipe I was still holding) The sight and touch input of the rearranged bricks made me think about how arbitrary the things that humans make are. I thought about how everything is an arrangement of three types of atom particles and the only thing that gives these things meaning is how they are arranged my physics and manufacturing. Even intangible concepts like love or jealousy are made of atoms because they exist in our physical minds as a chemical reaction to a series of electrical impulses.
That's what I was thinking, but the whole time I was trying to talk to my friend (impossible for the first five minutes of a salvia trip) and saying things like "but you realize that it isn't even there like you can probably put your hand through it haha look I am doing it right now haha oh that's just the pipe well crap but still do you understand what I'm saying?"
How often do you do them? Like as frequently as someone might drink or just special occasions? Also, how expensive is it? Do you budget for drugs or just buy on impulse?
This summer I have done some sort of drug almost every day :P
Over the last few weeks, I have toned it down greatly though. Now, since I'm starting college in two weeks, I probably smoke weed about once every four days give or take. This summer, I spent about $20 - 30 a month on marijuana. It would have been more, but EVERYONE was smoking everyday, so EVERYONE had weed. Usually when you are smoking with a group of people, one person will volunteer their supply and everyone will smoke that person's weed that evening, so even though you are smoking every day, you don't have to buy that often to replenish your stash.
Other sorts of drugs are more expensive, but prices usually vary by seller so, yeah. I have been keeping track of how much money I spent on drugs this year, and so far it has been $68. (Sharing is caring)
EDIT: Wash-Cycle's sig is a pretty good depiction of the first 30 seconds of a salvia trip
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