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what do you tell people about psychedelics?
    #14503857 - 05/24/11 11:23 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

do you ever influence anyone in positive ways by teaching them about psychedelics if interest is shown? i wish more people could just run wild with the possibilities psychedelic drugs are capable of instead of thinking of them as just other "drugs" that are shallow deep down

obviously not everyone on here looks at them that way

if this post was confusing it's cuz i took too much drugs :evil:


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14503902 - 05/24/11 11:32 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Trust me man, I'm at the end of my rope dealing with the general ignorance of the public with psychedelics. 

It's unbelievable that something like alcohol is completely legal when its one of the most dangerous substances around, when completely harmless psychedelics are still Schedule I "drugs."

There are people that I know that smoke pot every single day, like every half hour, but if you mention mushrooms or an acid trip, they freak out and make you feel like an outcast.  Give me a fucking break.

I'm right with you brother, it annoys me to no end.  Obviously those who condemn these substances have never actually tried them before.

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Dave Bowman] * 2
    #14503910 - 05/24/11 11:34 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

"if you have to ask, they're not for you." :Trollface:


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Dave Bowman]
    #14503919 - 05/24/11 11:35 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

right... it doesn't even so much annoy me cuz it was what it is, but it is sad.. i guess i'm looking for more inventive ways to teach people. but then again, that doesn't even fucking matter people are going to make their own choices regardless. by that i meant it's not wise to focus on changing someone elses mind

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14503933 - 05/24/11 11:37 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I've tried teaching people I know about the principles and benefits of the psychedelic, shamanic lifestyle, particularly spiritually-minded people. However most of them fear psychedelics too much to go that route. I guess for them, the intensity of these experiences outweigh the rewards. It's a taboo subject for most people.


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Space Elf]
    #14503941 - 05/24/11 11:39 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

i believe anything is possible if the right vibrations are sent at the right time, i mean like... anyone's mind could be changed it just has to be under the correct set of circumstances, they have to be approached the correct way, etc.


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Salomon]
    #14503952 - 05/24/11 11:42 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Salomon said:
"if you have to ask, they're not for you." :Trollface:





This and "Try them yourself."


Explaining psychadelics is pointless, because if the person hasn't done it, they generally try to bring up points on why it's 'bad'.  I always feel this way towards them: 'It's not about it being good or bad dumbfucks, it's about the experience, you asked what the experience was like.'
This again is my personal reflection on people who aren't experienced with something.  (Though this can be anything, if someone hasn't experienced eating filet mignon and has been a vegetarian most of their lives, they'll probably bring up negative points while you're explaining the experience of the delicious beef-flesh you are chewing upon, even if they were just asking what it tasted like.


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i believe anything is possible if the right vibrations are sent at the right time, i mean like... anyone's mind could be changed it just has to be under the correct set of circumstances, they have to be approached the correct way, etc.




As aldous huxley commented, we cannot truly share our own experience and perspectives, we can only try to portray them to others through symbols and words in a way where we Hope they might somewhat understand.

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Maverick]
    #14503956 - 05/24/11 11:43 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

the only possible negative of a psychedelic for a person would be a negative in their mind


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14503973 - 05/24/11 11:45 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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the only possible negative of a psychedelic for a person would be a negative in their mind




Unfortunately people are greatly influenced by symbolism and word of mouth if they haven't actually experienced it yet.  They believe and will even preach what they have been taught through word of mouth as if it were truth.

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Maverick]
    #14504069 - 05/24/11 12:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Psychedelics are very difficult to describe...
all you can do is attempt to put words to an experience that is
largely unexplainable.

I'm going to initiate a friend on thursday and he has worries about
freak outs and bad trips but i feel i've done a pretty good job
describing the experience and how important they are to me.


Trying mushrooms for the first time was a milestone in my life.

i'm not quite sure i'd be the person i am now if i had never experienced
psychedelics.

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: DeliciousVinyl]
    #14504074 - 05/24/11 12:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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i'm not quite sure i'd be the person i am now if i had never experienced
psychedelics.




i think i'd be such a fuckhead


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14504118 - 05/24/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

owls said:
Quote:

DeliciousVinyl said:
i'm not quite sure i'd be the person i am now if i had never experienced
psychedelics.




i think i'd be such a fuckhead



if psy's have done anything positive for me they have made me a more
empathetic, thoughtful person.
I worry less about how other perceive me.

and they have helped me realize who my true friends are and who i should
spend time with!
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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14504119 - 05/24/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I'd just be close-minded, and still probably think drugs make people 'bad'.  :lolsy:

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: DeliciousVinyl]
    #14504128 - 05/24/11 12:11 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

DeliciousVinyl said:
Quote:

owls said:
Quote:

DeliciousVinyl said:
i'm not quite sure i'd be the person i am now if i had never experienced
psychedelics.




i think i'd be such a fuckhead



if psy's have done anything positive for me they have made me a more
empathetic, thoughtful person.
I worry less about how other perceive me.

and they have helped me realize who my true friends are and who i should
spend time with!
:awebig:
i love mushrooms :mushroom2::mushroom2:




psychedelics have taught me how to respect myself and others. pretty weird i never even knew how to do that years ago


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14504304 - 05/24/11 12:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I tell them that if they die without experiencing them, the sum of their life's experience would be greatly lessened. Psychedelics really opened my eyes to the liquid nature of  our perception and how distorted our perspective can be. It endowed a better understanding of things such as mental disorders and temporarily granted me synesthesia on one occasion. It's a part of the show you don't want to miss.


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Dave Bowman]
    #14504307 - 05/24/11 12:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

With cautionary emphasis that it's also a channel you would be better to surf by occasionally and not get stuck on.


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: blujay]
    #14504332 - 05/24/11 12:48 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

just hand them a copy of "The Doors of Perception". Book is an amazingly lucid mescal trip report. Huxley was fantastic with words and does a great job at describing the general ignorance most people approach the "psychedelic experience" with (although this was written well before the whole "psychedelic movement" even began).


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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Maverick]
    #14504335 - 05/24/11 12:48 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Maverick said:
Quote:

Salomon said:
"if you have to ask, they're not for you." :Trollface:





This and "Try them yourself."


Explaining psychadelics is pointless, because if the person hasn't done it, they generally try to bring up points on why it's 'bad'.  I always feel this way towards them: 'It's not about it being good or bad dumbfucks, it's about the experience, you asked what the experience was like.'
This again is my personal reflection on people who aren't experienced with something.  (Though this can be anything, if someone hasn't experienced eating filet mignon and has been a vegetarian most of their lives, they'll probably bring up negative points while you're explaining the experience of the delicious beef-flesh you are chewing upon, even if they were just asking what it tasted like.





people try to reassure themselves that what they know is the truth by putting doubt on socially abstract ideas like the use of psychedelics. 

people who like psychedelics also like to rationalize their use by talking about the benefits. 

Find a middle ground based solely on logic and that's where our drug morals should come from.

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: owls]
    #14504345 - 05/24/11 12:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

That they are totally awesome and make you damned euphoric

then if they respond negatively I don't waste my time convincing them, them who respond positively get dosed ASAP :rave:

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Re: what do you tell people about psychedelics? [Re: Beanhead]
    #14504468 - 05/24/11 01:17 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

A good portion of my friends see me as the laidback, wise purveyor of good advice and knowledge and they know I know my shit so I've dropped quite a deal of good words about psychedelics to my close friends and they can see the positive change in me and they follow my example (I always do at least a months worth of research before ingesting a substance, any substance) so I've taken a few n00bs and have made them approach psyches in a more respectful, serious way.

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