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martpol
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Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years)
#18828211 - 09/11/13 03:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well, it's been a while, but I'm about ready to start my mushroom experience once again. I've just picked my first 150g of cubensis B+ from a MycoFarm and pretty much felt like I was starting to trip there and then (not sure if anyone else has had these 'sympathetic' symptoms?).
I've done a couple of mild trips in the last 2-3 years but nothing beyond, say, a Level 2. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had an experience of being 'away' for this length of time and has any advice to share.
I'm keen on a high-level trip but I'm wondering whether people tend to build themselves up to this level once again if there's a big gap between trips?
Also, I've always felt that doing regular doses has permanently 'sensitised' to even quite low doses, but can anyone else share whether they needed to build back their sensitivity to the mushroom experience (if you see what I mean) after a long gap?
Basically, any thoughts/tips welcome! Thanks.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18828252 - 09/11/13 03:13 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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My longest break has probably been under a year but I've had several of these 10 month long or so breaks. Anyways, I hate low doses and I also hate regular dosing. I typically lean to medium-high dose trips once a month or so, at least it's my aim but I usually get to trip less than that.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: GreySatyr]
#18828289 - 09/11/13 03:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Its all preference. If you feel you can take a high dose trip, do it. If not, work yourself up to it.
Or, dose low for the beginning of the trip to "test the waters", and then slam down a high dose!
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: SomeGuyX]
#18828313 - 09/11/13 03:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I like this idea, but find it very difficult to eat anything, least of all mushrooms, once I'm started!
(Back in the early days, it was so easy, I just used to crunch them up. Now I need to grind them, mix with yoghurt, have a glass of whisky on standby to drown out the taste...)
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18828336 - 09/11/13 03:26 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Use tea, prepare two decent doses so you can top up if you want?
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: GoldenArrow]
#18828354 - 09/11/13 03:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Never tried tea but that sounds like a good idea.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18828384 - 09/11/13 03:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Check HERE for a few different ways of ingesting those mushrooms
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: SomeGuyX]
#18830470 - 09/11/13 10:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Nothing has changed except the fact that the ego will be a little more "enforced" and MIGHT be harder to let go, but once you do, thats it. and yeah, the taste will be worse, at least for me. Does your body think it was poisoned before and it is just it's way of telling you to spit it out? It seems that way anyway. Eat fresh. or blend with oj and take some shots
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: j_db69]
#18830482 - 09/11/13 10:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yep, I think my next one (haven't tripped in a while, very nervous) will be a difficult one. I will try my best to let go, I always do - but some vibes are (seem) unshakable
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: SomeGuyX]
#18830609 - 09/11/13 11:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Took eight years off, so yeah, I know what you mean. Took 3.5 dried grams on my return and they must've been pretty potent because it was one of the most intense trips I've had. Even so, like I've said before, It's kinda like riding a bike - you never really forget what tripping is like and once you get there, it seems pretty familiar. Based on my experience, I wouldn't put too much more thought into it than you ever did in the past. I certainly wouldn't let it stress you out.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: spiny]
#18830759 - 09/12/13 12:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I took a long break from mushrooms and then ended up taking 5 grams. Wow things got bizarre real quick. If things get too crazy remember, Just breathe.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: spiny]
#18832799 - 09/12/13 02:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spiny said: It's kinda like riding a bike - you never really forget what tripping is like and once you get there, it seems pretty familiar. Based on my experience, I wouldn't put too much more thought into it than you ever did in the past. I certainly wouldn't let it stress you out.
That's what I hoped someone would say.
I've decided I won't let it stress me out; in fact I'm excited and have been having mini - I won't say flashbacks - more my brain revisiting familiar trip feelings and sensations. Like the way sound seems to bend towards me in a certain way when I'm coming up, and the wavy textures of things seem to be sending inviting signals to me, across time. That might sound kind of stupid, but I bet it doesn't to plenty of trippers.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18833284 - 09/12/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, you never forget. I've had as much as a ten year break. 
No problem. 
You'll wonder mostly why you stayed away for so long. 
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PS My future self sends signals to my current self about tripping. If you can tap into that it'll ease your anxiety.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18833498 - 09/12/13 05:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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PrimalSoup said:
PS My future self sends signals to my current self about tripping. If you can tap into that it'll ease your anxiety.
Do go on?
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: SomeGuyX]
#18833552 - 09/12/13 06:01 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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OK. My future self (while tripping) sends messages to my current self (also usually tripping but not always) about the trips I'm going to have in the future. Dig? And this works as encouragement to grow mushrooms, etc. 
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18833590 - 09/12/13 06:11 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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are you sure you aren't just remembering
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: j_db69]
#18833712 - 09/12/13 06:37 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Do what you feel is right
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
#18834215 - 09/12/13 08:30 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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How I can remember something that hasn't happened yet??? 
PS
PS What I mean is, I get the messages, like, now, and then later on I send them. 
Yeah it's weird. Shrooms are weird. Tripping is weird. The time-space continuum is weird and it's not really anything like it seems it is, for starters.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18834450 - 09/12/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: AlfredHitchcock]
#18834532 - 09/12/13 09:42 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18835015 - 09/12/13 11:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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PrimalSoup said: How I can remember something that hasn't happened yet??? 
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PS What I mean is, I get the messages, like, now, and then later on I send them. 
Yeah it's weird. Shrooms are weird. Tripping is weird. The time-space continuum is weird and it's not really anything like it seems it is, for starters.
What an interesting concept!
How trippy, so this is basically a version of time travel? Except it is just a message being traveled through time, through the time machine of hallucination.
If what I think is what's going on, maybe you are just getting revelations of what you THINK is being sent to you? I can't judge because I don't know the half of it, but honestly this is sort of delusional - I've read about people with mental disorders talking about similar subjects. Their memories being tapped into, their actions being controlled, information being sent to their brains from a different source, etc. Seems to all be cultural phenomenon - hallucination often consists of these. Maybe it's just the shrooms? I agree, time is a weird concept, but... I don't know the half of it. This is just my opinion on the matter after drinking some kava and smoking some weed, so maybe my head is just a little too down to earth right now
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18835029 - 09/12/13 11:35 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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PrimalSoup said: OK. My future self (while tripping) sends messages to my current self (also usually tripping but not always) about the trips I'm going to have in the future. Dig? And this works as encouragement to grow mushrooms, etc. 
PS
Think I've felt some of this. For me it's more like, I imagine myself tripping in the future, and my future self is 'saying', "Chill out, it'll be fine; you don't need to be in the moment until you're in the moment". That kind of thing.
P.S. So glad none of my non-shrooming friends can't see this...
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18835097 - 09/12/13 11:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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"P.S. So glad none of my non-shrooming friends can't see this..."
Uh... Isn't that a double negative?
Also, good point though. My friends would probably think I'm crazy.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: martpol]
#18835174 - 09/13/13 12:22 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Go all out you won't regret it. Waiting a while before tripping always makes the magic that much more enjoyable when you trip again. I plan on tripping this weekend after not eating them for over a year. It's gonna be crazy
 Eat about 2.5-3 grams if you don't want to go too far. That amount should give you a nice trip. And I definitely know what you mean when you said you felt the trip starting when you picked up your mush. The mushroom calls you back to it when the time is right. It is like it knows you need to trip lol
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: SomeGuyX]
#18835246 - 09/13/13 12:40 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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If what I think is what's going on, maybe you are just getting revelations of what you THINK is being sent to you? I can't judge because I don't know the half of it, but honestly this is sort of delusional - I've read about people with mental disorders talking about similar subjects. Their memories being tapped into, their actions being controlled, information being sent to their brains from a different source, etc. Seems to all be cultural phenomenon - hallucination often consists of these. Maybe it's just the shrooms? I agree, time is a weird concept, but... I don't know the half of it. This is just my opinion on the matter after drinking some kava and smoking some weed, so maybe my head is just a little too down to earth right now
It's not about mental disorders. You have to try it to see.
Once you get that down, you can upload and download information into the universal store as well (some people call this the Akashic library). You don't need a library card or internet connection to do it. 
And there's much more beyond that. 
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Think I've felt some of this. For me it's more like, I imagine myself tripping in the future, and my future self is 'saying', "Chill out, it'll be fine; you don't need to be in the moment until you're in the moment". That kind of thing.
Well, hmm, it's much more like tripping so hard in the "future" that it leaks back into the "past". You gotta think about it some. It's also a way to build anticipation, could be helpful. 'Cause you know, tripping is fun.
Sorry about the 
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#18835307 - 09/13/13 01:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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PrimalSoup said:
Once you get that down, you can upload and download information into the universal store as well (some people call this the Akashic library). You don't need a library card or internet connection to do it. 
And there's much more beyond that. 
Do you visit the astral plane while tripping? I have tried to astral project, but it takes a lot of practice. Currently experimenting with lucid dreaming, and have attempted astral projection early in the morning with little success.
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Re: Tips for getting started again (after 2-3 years) [Re: OmniDimensional]
#18835425 - 09/13/13 01:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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OmniDimensional said: I plan on tripping this weekend after not eating them for over a year. It's gonna be crazy

Take care and have fun!
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And I definitely know what you mean when you said you felt the trip starting when you picked up your mush. The mushroom calls you back to it when the time is right. It is like it knows you need to trip lol
That's exactly what I mean. Glad this is a shared experience.
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