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    I think it's better to trip at night, especially if you want to take a big dose. In my opinion it's just a better set to go deep.

    Before I start, I tidy up the room, prepare some food and put together a playlist. I do not consume any distracting media or anything similar on the day of my trip. All day I try to be very mindful and spend time in nature. Just before, I shower and do at least a 45-minute meditation.

    The most important thing is not to get distracted before and during the trip. Be very clear about what your intention is, or be clear about it when you have no intention. High dose trips are serious business, you should know what you are getting into.

    I highly recommend this playlist: LSD therapy - a guided session

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    I'm so happy right now I got my favorite internship in an institute for systemic thinking and coaching. I will attend countless expensive workshops, classes, therapy sessions, etc. there.

    This feels like a gift from the universe, but I deserve it too. 

    The guy who interviewed me was pretty conscious compared to ordinary people. I think he noticed it in me too, after a few minutes he said he makes decisions quickly and offered me the job. After that, we just chatted casually for about 20 minutes.

    This feels like an important milestone for me to actualize my life purpose.

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    12 hours ago, BlessedLion said:

    For sure, if psychedelics taught me anything it's that life is the strongest psychedelic of them all. It's a journey, it's magical and it's beautiful 

    I don't want to discount psychedelics, I just feel that meditation can be equally as powerful

    I get it man and I think that's true, in a way. But you can also easily fool yourself with meditation and it becomes something that keeps you stuck. It's like if I just keep meditating and never use psychedelics again, I'll have a much easier time maintaining that comfortable, blissful state. But that is a trap in my opinion because little progress is made from such a place. The real transformation happens when you say fuck it and destroy everything for the sake of truth. And of course, it's easy to fool yourself with psychedelics, too. This is all very tricky and complicated...

    Maybe it's wrong to frame it as a trap, that's just how I see it. In the end I think psychedelics speed up the whole process and I guess some people don't want that.

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    20 hours ago, Jodistrict said:

     Psychedelics =  add new memory to memory store. 

    Hm, that's one way to see it. For me, my life has become a trip. That's not something I have to remember. 

    20 hours ago, Jodistrict said:

    But the actual change work is being done after the trip.

    No, often there is some serious work to be done on the trip too. And sometimes no integration work is needed but that’s rare in my experience.

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    I think one trip can change your brain in the long term. It can gives you the necessary neuroplasticity so to say.

    Like if you unpack your trauma through psychedelics or have a deep breakthrough this will change you in the long term, at least from my experience.

    However the psychedelic experience alone is not enough, you have to integrate it and do lots of sober work to make it last.

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    You can rely 100% on yourself and then still do psychedelics imo.

    I haven’t done a long meditation retreat but plan to do one this year. I’m sure it can do amazing this and so can psychedelics. 

    I think what Leo means is that meditation is not an effective technique for most people to have deep awakenings consistently. This is where psychedelics come in to help you breakthrough to absolute reality.

    I don’t feel dependent on psychedelics for my spirituality but I know what you mean, in a way it’s true.

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    First of all psychedelics are certainly my bias and I think Leo’s too. But for a good reason and that is because they work for us. If breathwork or yoga for example is working for you then that will be your bias. 

    Why do you need major teachers to confirm the psychedelic path? Psychedelics are mostly still illegal and only since a couple of decades are they available worldwide. Many people still don’t have access to them. Like if peter ralston would come out and say he’d done 500 trips, then you would see it as a legit path?

    Leo never said other spiritual practices are useless. And I think that spiritual practices are somewhat necessary, like I meditate and do yoga everyday but for me it’s something I do to support my psychedelic exploration because that’s where the real work happens for me. 

    Also it sounds to me you have a limited view on understanding. It goes beyond thinking and in my experience a deeper understanding of reality also results in more being.

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    @M A J I All I wanted to know, thanks!
     

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    Only when raw you have to be a bit more careful. I think its natures limitless drug when you have a few bites raw, the only issue is the potency from mushroom to mushroom can vary. One mushroom could be up to 10x more potent than the next one in the same field. When they first pop up in season are the most potent and when they are round shaped like toad from mario

    Interesting. Do you mean mushroom field or mushrooms grow in the field? Because they grow in the forest where I live and there are literally fields of them, like an endless supply.

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    Hohoho, the legend says the spirit of the amanita muscaria mushroom is the origin of Santa Claus. 

    This year i'll try them. @M A J I Do you eat the whole thing? I mean including the stem? How do you usually ingest them? Can I just dry them and crush it into powder?

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    27 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

    In the tree example, "shadow" has a very specific meaning. You've made it into a metaphor, which is definitely not specific. "Energy body" is also not a very specific concept. What even is an energy body? What does it have to do with geometric shapes? What do shadows have to with it? I'm just left with more questions than answers.

    Okay I give you that. 

    With energy body I mean the energetic structure that makes it able for you to move through space. The flesh body is basically a manifestation of that. And it's built in symmetrical geometric shapes because this is the most intelligent design. 

    The shadow methaper I saw like light shining through you and casting a shadow in the real word. 

     

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    My colleague has died. She was a beautifully graceful woman who I looked up to in many ways. I liked her very much, we had a lot in common. She had so many stories to tell and knew so many different people from all walks of life

    Although I mourn her and cry a lot, I'm not really sad. I am full of Love. I am connected to her now more than ever. I feel her presence and it comforts me. I love you Irmi, thank you for always being so sweet and gentle. I feel blessed to have spent this time with you.

     

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    8 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

    What about tolerance build up? If you do it everyday, after how many days will ypu need to take a break? And how long should a break be?

    In my experience the tolerance with shrooms isn't some linear thing that builds up, I don't really understand it. But with your dose, I would always do one day break, or more. The days in between dosing can be the most beautiful ones. As I already said, experiment with it and see what works best.

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    How do you weigh the pills/powder. Do you use any special tool to scoop it all and to not waste any?

    I don't weight the powder, just fill the pills completely and they end up with around 0.2mg shroom powder. No special tool, just a small scoop and my fingers and nothing goes to waste.

    28 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

    Will the powder loose its potency faster or is it okay if you put it inside of a pill right away?

    I don't know