Thread: Psilocybin Mushroom Trip

I remember laying in back of my friends truck on our way to the beach, but first he wanted to toss out his Christmas tree. I'd taken several hits of cid and was chilling listening to some Portishead with this tree on top of me, all alone in the bed of the truck while everyone else sat in the cab. I was hallucinating hard, little voodoo glow skulls swirling around over my head and the tree came alive and everytime we hit a bump it would chuckle and jiggle, then everything fell into sync to the music, the clack of the tires hitting the separations in the highway, the light poles in my periphery, the jiggling of the tree and I was like "AHHHH YEAH, this is why we take these drugs, to get back in sync with the universe...."

Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

Damn that sounds awesome!

Any intellectual insights? or emotional?

It was an awesome experience and I did feel completely connected to the environment. I was lost in this thick and seemingly endless forrest and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I did get a full understanding of what Bill Hicks meant when he stated that "Today a young man on acid realized that matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."
Its one thing to understand this concept, but to "feel" it too is amazing.

We cannot be seperate from "God" or nature and everything is made of the same material. If we break this material down to the atomic level it's not even there. I'm considering that consciousness itself maybe a fundamental law of this Universe just as gravity and matter is but I'm studying with an open mind.

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Originally Posted by BillHicksFan

It was an awesome experience and I did feel completely connected to the environment. I was lost in this thick and seemingly endless forrest and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I did get a full understanding of what Bill Hicks meant when he stated that "Today a young man on acid realized that matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."
Its one thing to understand this concept, but to "feel" it too is amazing.

We cannot be seperate from "God" or nature and everything is made of the same material. If we break this material down to the atomic level it's not even there. I'm considering that consciousness itself maybe a fundamental law of this Universe just as gravity and matter is but I'm studying with an open mind.

Sweet dude.

Exactly how I have felt before...

Which led me to one of my theories.
"Stuff" is only created when we look for it.

Atoms are an example. Deep space is another.

Not high enough to expound on this.

Originally Posted by LAM

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Super badass!!! It won't be too many more years...

I haven't had any in over a year...I'm beginning to long for a trip.

Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

Sweet dude.

Exactly how I have felt before...

Which led me to one of my theories.
"Stuff" is only created when we look for it.

Atoms are an example. Deep space is another.

Not high enough to expound on this.

I was stoned once while watching a show about the big bang, string and M-theories and I thought what if anyone of them could be correct just by which one is adopted into the greater collective conscious.... Like the universe is moldable all it needs is a great power of will to make it form to the zeitgeist "spirit of the time"

It there anybody here who believes or even considers that taking psilocybin or LSD enables you to unlock the door for your consciousness to enter the spiritual realm?

I ask this as I spoke with a friend 3 years ago regarding drugs, creation, evolution, God, consciousness and he told me that he had never done drugs and that he practises a very disiplined form of meditation which will eventually enable him to enter the spiritual realm without the need to take hallucinogenic drugs. (Countless tribes and cultures throughout history have also been convinced of these mushroom to be sacred due to their enlightening capabilities)

He added that people take LSD and psilocybin mushrooms and think they are high on the drug yet in actual fact they have entered the spiritual realm which leaves them vulnerable to dark forces entering their soul therefore they are treading on dangerous ground. After three years of anticipation I finally tripped with him yesterday and he has changed his tune from admitting he was against drugs for most of his life due to misinformation from the government and society's opinion [which is due to government propaganda] to now wanting to give these mushrooms to both his wife and 20 year old daughter to experience for themselves however he will never trip again as he stated that it has a negative effect on his body energy and hinders his ability to meditate. He simply wanted to try shrooms at least once in his life before completely awakening his 3rd eye through means of meditation.

I know of a quite a few people who have taken LSD and shrooms and it really fcked them up for some time afterwards (though this figure is small in comparison to the people I know who recovered fine). One friend who was once very mellow spiralled out of control and when I heard somebody tell me that we was a crazy asshole I didn't believe it until I met him again and witnessed it for myself. I even said to my friend that something had changed from within him and he looked as though he was now possessed. His eyes especially looked evil completely different to how they once appeared.

Another friend took a trip and as a result he spent a 6 month holiday in the mental assylum and another went missing, lost his new dirt bike and the police found him completely naked on a freeway five days later.

I argued that the effect on the mind was due to the drug altering brain activity and it had nothing at all to do with spiritual realms.
Bill Hicks along with many more intelligent people all claim/ed the same thing and I'd like to hear from anybody else who has something to add to this.

Science admits that it has no idea what consciousness is as it cannot be measured, weighed, tested or analyzed in any way. Science also has shown us that if we break down what appears to be solid matter it is made up of atoms which are 99.99999% empty space consisting of particles that are also nothing but empty space. These particles are simultaneously everywhere within the atom and it's only when they are observed by a conscious being that they appear in a particular place at one time.

The implications for this are absurd and when trying to fit this into the current scientific model it simply doesn't work. It seems that everything we witness in the material world is nothing more than an illusion manifested by our minds. The body is not matter as matter does not exist at the atomic level therefore we are left with nothing but consciousness itself. The fact that we are conscious beings would probably be the only thing that we cannot doubt.

"If quantum mechanics were correct then the world would be crazy." ~ Albert Einstein

out of dozens of friends only 2 that I know of had bad trips. one guy just couldn't handle the shrooms and another took a whole bunch of liquid at a pish concert and freaked out. apparently he had been molested when he was younger and did not recall the events until that trip.

I would be interested in seeing some MRI scans of the brain of one on and off a heavy hallucinogen. I would bet the bank that neural output is significantly increased when on such compounds.

Originally Posted by LAM

out of dozens of friends only 2 that I know of had bad trips. one guy just couldn't handle the shrooms and another took a whole bunch of liquid at a pish concert and freaked out. apparently he had been molested when he was younger and did not recall the events until that trip.

I would be interested in seeing some MRI scans of the brain of one on and off a heavy hallucinogen. I would bet the bank that neural output is significantly increased when on such compounds.

I haven't come across such a video yet however I did watch this some time and found it to be quite interesting. Scientists scan the brains of Tibetan monks while in deep mediation and the results are fasinating.

Originally Posted by BillHicksFan

I haven't come across such a video yet however I did watch this some time and found it to be quite interesting. Scientists scan the brains of Tibetan monks while in deep mediation and the results are fasinating.

I am glad they are working on something that might benefit people sometime in the future. At the same time it also concerns me because those whoever sponsor (government or corporations) these scientists might use it to control people. When you can control peoples' mind, you can also control people.

Originally Posted by BillHicksFan

It there anybody here who believes or even considers that taking psilocybin or LSD enables you to unlock the door for your consciousness to enter the spiritual realm?

I ask this as I spoke with a friend 3 years ago regarding drugs, creation, evolution, God, consciousness and he told me that he had never done drugs and that he practises a very disiplined form of meditation which will eventually enable him to enter the spiritual realm without the need to take hallucinogenic drugs. (Countless tribes and cultures throughout history have also been convinced of these mushroom to be sacred due to their enlightening capabilities)

He added that people take LSD and psilocybin mushrooms and think they are high on the drug yet in actual fact they have entered the spiritual realm which leaves them vulnerable to dark forces entering their soul therefore they are treading on dangerous ground. After three years of anticipation I finally tripped with him yesterday and he has changed his tune from admitting he was against drugs for most of his life due to misinformation from the government and society's opinion [which is due to government propaganda] to now wanting to give these mushrooms to both his wife and 20 year old daughter to experience for themselves however he will never trip again as he stated that it has a negative effect on his body energy and hinders his ability to meditate. He simply wanted to try shrooms at least once in his life before completely awakening his 3rd eye through means of meditation.

I know of a quite a few people who have taken LSD and shrooms and it really fcked them up for some time afterwards (though this figure is small in comparison to the people I know who recovered fine). One friend who was once very mellow spiralled out of control and when I heard somebody tell me that we was a crazy asshole I didn't believe it until I met him again and witnessed it for myself. I even said to my friend that something had changed from within him and he looked as though he was now possessed. His eyes especially looked evil completely different to how they once appeared.

Another friend took a trip and as a result he spent a 6 month holiday in the mental assylum and another went missing, lost his new dirt bike and the police found him completely naked on a freeway five days later.

I argued that the effect on the mind was due to the drug altering brain activity and it had nothing at all to do with spiritual realms.
Bill Hicks along with many more intelligent people all claim/ed the same thing and I'd like to hear from anybody else who has something to add to this.

Science admits that it has no idea what consciousness is as it cannot be measured, weighed, tested or analyzed in any way. Science also has shown us that if we break down what appears to be solid matter it is made up of atoms which are 99.99999% empty space consisting of particles that are also nothing but empty space. These particles are simultaneously everywhere within the atom and it's only when they are observed by a conscious being that they appear in a particular place at one time.

The implications for this are absurd and when trying to fit this into the current scientific model it simply doesn't work. It seems that everything we witness in the material world is nothing more than an illusion manifested by our minds. The body is not matter as matter does not exist at the atomic level therefore we are left with nothing but consciousness itself. The fact that we are conscious beings would probably be the only thing that we cannot doubt.

"If quantum mechanics were correct then the world would be crazy." ~ Albert Einstein

Is the spiritual realm any different than "this realm".
I'm not so sure.

I think spirituality is overrated. I think it's a vague term used to describe feelings people have as yet to understand and explore within themselves.

Infinite = finite

Originally Posted by LAM

out of dozens of friends only 2 that I know of had bad trips. one guy just couldn't handle the shrooms and another took a whole bunch of liquid at a pish concert and freaked out. apparently he had been molested when he was younger and did not recall the events until that trip.

I would be interested in seeing some MRI scans of the brain of one on and off a heavy hallucinogen. I would bet the bank that neural output is significantly increased when on such compounds.

The more indoctrinated a person is into the socioeconomic american system, the harder it will be to accept the realizations psychedelics have to offer.

Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

The more indoctrinated a person is into the socioeconomic american system, the harder it will be to accept the realizations psychedelics have to offer.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this, myCat? I understand the concept of what you are saying however I'm not sure exactly how it relates to LAM's comment.

Originally Posted by KelJu

Taking a dumb on shrooms was the most spiritual thing that has ever happened to me.

I suggest you take some moar next time. I ate fifty shrooms last night and my 3rd eye was well and truly squeegied quite clean.

I realised that there's a whole lot more to you than a complex arrangement of atoms.