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rainx
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Altered states: Feats of Dexterity and Coordination
#15097319 - 09/18/11 06:31 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Back in the 70s, two experiences come to mind.
1. 1971: I ran into a friend who was eager to challenge me in shooting pool. He was straight at the time and I was peak*ng. The geometry of pool shots became surreal, and I couldn't possibly miss...running the table to a victory....We were all laughing and amazed.
2. 1972: Experiencing KY cave country facilitated by window pane, with a group of 5 friends, I came upon a situation where a very wet felled tree could be used to access a cave 20 feet above the forest floor. The traction was nearly non-existent. I focused upon the cave and tightrope walked (seemed like a infinity of distance) up to and into the cave. Looking down on my friends, I noticed they were all shaking their heads in disbelief and concern! I focused hard, and descended to the forest floor without incident.....
What feats have your experienced in altered states?
-------------------- "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna" is best source of insight into the self, universe, and the entheogen catalyzed experience. Forward by Aldous Huxley.
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ButteredToast
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Re: Altered states: Feats of Dexterity and Coordination [Re: rainx] 1
#15097388 - 09/18/11 06:44 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I was at some park on a solid dose of mushrooms, playing catch with a water bottle. My buddy said to go long, I ran across the field as fast as I could, dove, and caught the water bottle with one hand. Epic moment, epic day.
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guitardude3
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Re: Altered states: Feats of Dexterity and Coordination [Re: rainx] 1
#15097416 - 09/18/11 06:49 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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With very little effort, I sunk five or six shots in a row playing pool on a healthy dose of MDMA this New Years Eve. I won on my next turn. Like you said, I could see the angles so clearly I barely had to think.
-------------------- All you see is an illusion, including my posts. "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible." -Thich Nhat
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rainx
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Re: Altered states: Feats of Dexterity and Coordination [Re: guitardude3]
#15104827 - 09/20/11 04:31 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Major Leaguer Dock Ellis pitching a no-hitter on L*D.... June 12, 1970....
From Wiki: "As Ellis recounted it:
I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the (catcher's) glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much.
I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times. The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him.
I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate.
They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me.[6]"
-------------------- "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna" is best source of insight into the self, universe, and the entheogen catalyzed experience. Forward by Aldous Huxley.
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