UnlightenedOne said:Shed away material things,shallow things.Shed away knowledge,ego,unstable emotion.Shed greed,lies,hate.Shed it all.It is all self defeating. (there was much more I wanted to add here, I kept it short)
 

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Jellric said:  All mushrooms will do is give you the opportunity to expand your mind. What you do with that opportunity is up to you. You get out what you put in. Junk in, junk out. So plan your trip with care and use your intention to make sure you get something out of it. Maybe you have some questions about life? Focus and think upon the question you frame during your trip. You should get some interesting answers. 

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dr_mandelbrot said:
Hi :::)

You have already started your journey. Your higher aspects are reaching down. 

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Thank you for the links! Very helpful.

Psiloma said:Mushrooms is what you make them to be.Like a tool more or less.It is how you use them.Give a hefty dose of 60 grams fresh cubensis to a buddist monk fasting for a month and being practicing the dark room method (all closed up in a dark room).The transformation in this person will be tremendous! Give an even more challenging dose of 3g Syrian Rue + 60 grams of Cubensis to a "city philospher" who retreats often in nature with some meditation ,fasting ,even sex absistence to find himself.Well, i guess "spectacular" is what is going to happen.Now give all the mushrooms in the world,all the weird combination in a person who will not strive for spirituality and personal growth.What ypu are going to see is another "casualty",you may see some positive results but the posibility of that is low.

 

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ZenGecko said: Ok i've read the other replies, and some good suggestions there for you. But no one seems to be stressing caution. First yes shrooms can be a nice spiritual kick in the ass, or they can just be a kick in the ass. If you trip, you will be different after you trip, as a friend told me before my first trip "there is your life before you trip, and there is your life after you trip" and he was right. The new you, might be hard to get used to at first, or it might be fucking wonderful, you might stay that way, or u might not, and if u dont that might be hard to handle too.


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I'd also reccomend you do not forsake Logic as so many people here have done in favor of hocus pocus and other assorted gobbledy goo. You have questions, logically reason your way to the answers, wont always work but there are other types of experience that u may get thru tripping or meditating that will help make sense of those questions with out answers, or those answers that dont make sense. But here is the catch on that...Be skeptical, be cautious of your answers and your conclusions, your perceptions and your progress.

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Wow, no one has pointed out the other side of spiritualism to me. This does not frighten me, in fact it enhances my curiousity! Pushing me to search deeper. I think I may be to logical at times, trying to find the real answers to all questions. I never realized that this could be a positive aspect of this subject. Thank you very much for your words, they have been very helpful!!!

Oh..I do not have any mental issues

and thank you for the list, I'll have to check them out!

exclusive58 said:

  It seems funny to me that a person with more than 1600 posts on the shroomery is still virgin to shrooms.

Nevertheless, my advice to you is that the planning of the trip and setting are keys to have a good trip, and from the feeling i get from you, the spiritual trip will easily come on its own, if you let it come.

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Yahoka said:  Mushrooms aren't a "key" to spirituality, they are just something that can help you. It is not something you must not _rely_ on for spirituality. I guess this has already been said though. Still, if you're ready then try them, and try to explore death, the universe, and your relationships with others in your life.

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XOIIAresIIOX said:
Key to prying open your third eye:

Visualize grilled cheese....

that is all.

It is as simple as that, if you allow it to be. Dont let your physical self force you to believe that you are struggling with your spiritual self. As long as you are open to Self, you will be strizz-ate. Indulge in mother (nature, nuture, infinite cycle...the spiral) before mothers elves and fairies (psychedelics)...

Expose your wings and close your eyes, for you are the destiny of yourself.

Dont be afraid, help yourself! It is a SPIRITUAL Smorgasboard over here! Thank god for SandP. 

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deff said:

stop and wait

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Kiaowas said:

I think that when trying out something new, you do it in doses that are manageable first..so like dose about 1.5-2 grams for your first time. I look as the mushrooms as a tool, or "a catalyst" and you the driver will determine where you go.

I can only speak for myself here, but everything is spritual. it's just a label we use. I see sprituality partly having to deal with better yourself as a person. I think that bettering yourself as an individual is the finest achievments a person can partake on.

mushrooms aren't inherently spiritual, but they bring out a part of you that you may not have totally recognized before. a lot of the times, it can be fear, other times it can be compassion. for me every shroom trip was just a little bit different, but you will always at least bring a little bit something back about yourself that you learned. 

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Dear Kaiowas,
  You have to be one of my favorite shroomerites!! I love you, your absolutetly awesome. Everything you say, has so much meaning, so much depth, and alot of heart. You are someone who I look to for motivation and good spirits. Your tips will be helpful when the time comes!! Thank You!



Again, thank you all for your replies!

ZenGecko said:

"there is your life before you trip, and there is your life after you trip"

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