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@Leo Gura, have you taken datura?

@Xonas Pitfall, why and how did Homo sapiens, before being Homo sapiens, get advanced cognitive abilities? What allowed them to be able to develop their cognitive abilities more than other animals? I assume Homo sapiens were more or less like any other animal previously, cognitively speaking. Essentially, my question is, what makes or allows any animal to go the route of cognitive development?

Just saying that humans evolved the way they did because it benefited them doesn't say much for me in this case. Humans could have survived the same way without ever radically changing in terms of cognitive abilities. Why would humans even develop to have abstract thought or to be able to contemplate reality? What would the benefit be if they could have survived like other animals?

So, what would you say has had a significant effect on the evolution of humans needing to make claims about reality?

Maybe, I don't know. Don't the things any surviving thing consumes in long-term effects/changes them? Why do humans even need to fill themselves with concepts that they think describe reality? Why and how did humans evolve to even care about such a thing, even if they don't care about truth? I wasn't claiming that mushrooms are the sole reason, but they might be a significant one.

I read in his Wikipedia that he didn't prefer synthetic psychedelics because they didn't evolve with humans, which, to be honest, is quite absurd to me. Setting aside the stoned ape theory, do you think there is a connection between psychedelics and the human experience or is the connection so trivial that it isn't something to consider that has been affecting humans long-term?

@Leo Gura, lately, I have been watching interviews and lectures by Terrence McKenna. He has been suggesting that psilocybin-containing mushrooms have a lot to do with making us different from other animals in terms of cognitive abilities. I don't know how much of that is true, but it sounds reasonable. I think there has to be a connection between early use of psychedelics and the need of humans to fill themselves with concepts that they think describe reality. What do you say?

@Vibes, as a beginner in the world of psychedelics, I am starting to realize how much power intention has when using them. If one does not want the truth and is mesmerized by beliefs, it seems that psychedelics would be of little to no help to break outside from beliefs.

My question was aimed at Jesus-shmesus believers.

The real question is, why isn't Leo being revealed? Lol.

@Leo Gura, to me, the intriguing thing is that psychedelics can reinforce one's beliefs. It seems it can make what is happening in one's experience so stark, obvious, and ever-present that can make one believe that operating on beliefs has always been superior. So if one is filled with beliefs, they will be more entrenched in it. What do you say?

Belief is a nasty thing; it corrupts your experience if you stop or don't start deconstructing it.

Dirty Pictures - Alexander Shulgin:

When I get a physical pain that I cannot endure, maybe then I'll consider it, I don't know. Though, that is different than thinking for a long amount of time of doing it. I realized a long time ago that doing it is a foolish idea. Why shouldn't I ever understand how much I can endure? Especially when it's emotional pain, as emotions make it more twisted. I have had serious illnesses that made me aware of the fragility of my life and try to understand and accept what happens at that moment.

@Leo Gura, that Nigerian Christian cult is truly crazy!!! 😶 Thanks for sharing.

@Daniel Balan, moderating stuff is not my cup of tea. It is tedious work.

Mod life:

That alien looked like a human and was talking in English.

It's kind of exciting to even entertain that thought. Lol.

Perhaps it was wrong of me to say that I quit after a few tries; however, I wanted to share that it was starting to impair my memory in my normal state, especially when I didn't smoke that much.

@Leo Gura, I also don't want to complicate things. I have been using a glass oil burner pipe. It seems you were referring to the smoking method. Sorry for the confusion. I thought you referring to the human body, because I superficially read your post.

Religion, as I see it, was never actually about making people awaken. It has been about making people adhere to a set of moral codes, which was believed to be a shortcut to awakening. If all you were taught is to adhere to a certain set of rules in order to be spiritual, then those rules will seem absolute to you, which is what prevents religious people from deconstructing their beliefs. It is delusion and it makes the process way less immediate than it already is. What makes this so tragic is that religious people are so humbly arrogant about it. If religious people truly deconstructed their beliefs, they would have no reason to stay religious, except for fear of being ostracized.

That's the attitude! And if you have some time and energy, and if finding the equipment and the materials don't become too complicated, then you can extract some DMT. It's really worth it. The extraction process is really rewarding.

Aren't they illegal in India?

I haven't said I don't want to know. However, there seems to be a never-ending mystery. It would be wise of you to take psychedelics, then talk. Your macho attitude will melt away.