Enkidu said:

I swear man, you are by far one of my favorite posters to read from

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prettyMushy said:

Another example would be being Vegan - Watch the show naked and afraid, watch how the vegans struggle,  i honestly find it kinda funny.. why?

Its only because of technology and advances in the way we produce food that being able to be vegan is even possible. If you were a vegan before the 1900's it would be almost impossible to get the nutrients that you need to survive, a good source of protein would have been relatively hard to find. vegans on that show will starve and lose way more weight while watching people scarf down eel or alligator.

Enkidu said:

I swear man, you are by far one of my favorite posters to read from

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since hes been here since 2010 and only has about 400 posts - i feel lucky to have his input =D

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feevers said:

Ha, other less-wholesome psychoactive substances stole my life for a few years.

I hate my posts, lots of words but never any real answers

I do find it interesting discussing how basic neuroscience could apply to the psychedelic experience, ultimately I think it just makes me more confused though. The day anyone can thoroughly explain to me why I've experienced non-linear time on 3.5g is the day I (might) start having faith in science in these types of talks.

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Enkidu said:

Yeah man, looks fade, choose s girl baed on her soul my friend, that only grows more beautiful in time.

I've enjoyed reading your posts nous idk why you have such a bad rating.

All learning.

Feevers you provide knowledge and a very interesting perspective of your own finding based on that knowledge and your experience.

I very much enjoy it.

Glad you're here friend, glad all of these members are though

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Thanks bro.

It’s probably because I just don’t give a fuck and do/say whatever I want. I took a pretty good hit with the ratings with some cat jokes that weren’t appreciated.  I’m pretty sure a few mods and their loyal members have collectively decided to just have it out for me. But it’s all good. It’s the gd Internet. Life goes on beyond shroomery ratings.

Hopefully one day soon I meet a good woman though...that I’m attracted to physically and mentally/spiritually(w.e). One of the things I fear most in life is that never happening.

feevers said:

Our brain takes in sensory data at the raw input level from our stimuli detectors, then there's a slight slight delay. That delay is when brain areas such as the posterior cingulate cortex join together the raw data from different areas to merge with our thinking/frontal brain and show "us" the whole "conscious reality" thing. Think of why smell can influence taste, mood can influence color, etc. There are hubs that connect the raw data from different channels, filter most of it out, add in some new stuff to fill in some blanks, and in a nutshell that's our conscious experience.

Mushrooms slow down or can even nearly(possibly fully) stop the activity in that posterior cingulate cortex. One major part of giving your life depth, often referred to as the "sense of self" center of brain, isn't doing its job any more, your sense of self and many other things become distorted or may even fade away.

Without that sense of self, it may logically be very difficult to assume that anyone else has a "self". Whatever that raw data is... who knows, but in almost every respect we're all just creations of each others' brains. Things get very confusing from there. We're all a part of this seemingly stable experience that can be turned upside with the simple ingestion of a mushroom.

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Yeah, good explanation! And it is possible that the brain needs to create alternative pathways to overcome this shutdown of the posterior cingulate cortex. Pathways that now become available to you even after tripping. Hence "mind expansion"...

Or flashbacks... that I believe are just reactivation of some of those non-standard pathways by some stimuli. But eventually you 'forget them' and they fade.

Or freaky trippy dreams! 

prettyMushy said:

i just had an experience where i experienced my own death, where time didnt exist and i was teleporting through different parts of my life.

I am you, You are me. We are GOD. We are everything. Aliens exist, UFOs exist, everything exists because we are the universe and we have created that experience.

I experienced the singularity and timelessness but the thing is, you can know everything but to know everything you have to give something up. i was able to ask GOD for answers and was given answers but the more you know the harder it pulls you away from reality, while i did experience my own death i couldnt tell when it was because the details all around me , walls, chairs, were morphing in and out of existence and constantly changing.

The more i do psychedelics the more i end up in this timeless place. i can feel the atoms in my body being broken down and rebuilt. I'm not scared of death but me excited to see what will be on the other side.

I have experienced this a few other times but this is the first time i could completely remember being there before.

Yes the place is familiar, its as if i was no longer in reality, since i died i was asking myself, well whats next? what happened the next day? i experienced some of the instances of my previous trip.

something interesting was the people i love were around me, and the closer i got to the oneness, they started to disappear, morph into my own body.

You cant have your cake and eat it too, you cant be the universal everything while experiencing life and if you want to be apart of this world you have to give up some oneness.

ill update this soon but im still overwhelmed by the whole thing.

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Inflaton said:

Free yourself from the chains of false belief.

There is plenty of magic and beauty in the world, we dont need false ideas to support us psychologically.

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