Something to be conscious about!

[Tistepiste]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5zqwp/competitive-psychedelic-users-are-chasing-ego-death-and-losing-their-sense-of-self

 

 

[Leo Gura]

Thanks for sharing.

Psychedelics should definitely not be done competitively. That runs counter to the whole spirit of spirituality.

Moderate doses are ideal.

[FoxFoxFox]

IMO it's tragic. The Ego, the conscious being and the mind of God are all the Self. The Ego is as much you as the rest of the psychic content. Getting rid of Ego will result in a total loss of reference and connection with the world. For some reason this is the holy grail of most spiritual seekers, to be completely absorbed in the unconscious. Better to expand consciousness rather than restrict it I'd say. Sure, you can't ever have a complete map of God's mind due to its infinite nature, but it's not necessary to have such a relationship with it. The fact of our existence is self-evident already, there's no need to seek it through Ego-death. Operating from that standpoint, the unconscious "problems" that result in this sort of fatalistic escapism will resolve themselves quickly, and God becomes one with you.