Catalyst is key

[Shemaya]

This is what i believe lead me to the conclusion that life in the west is based on a culture that uses sophisticated divergent strategy to enslave the individual. To make the individual experience feel powerless. to distract us from the true essence of direct experience by spoiling us with consumer goods, the chaotic idiocy of televised programming and the promises made by these priestly cast of people that enforce religions.  Although this does exist on the other side of the earth, the methods of enslavement are not as solid as they are here. I actually felt more free in Pakistan then i do here at home. 

The boundaries between things are exposed as illusions, and everything becomes one. The understanding that comes with these experiences is almost to unreal to put into word. Every individual has their own unique experience. 

But i personally believe that the one thing that all of our shamanic experiences have in common are that these substances empower the individual. 

Hi PsyOil,

Welcome

I completely agree with you.   Life in the West has definitely been subject to a sophisticated strategy to enslave us, keep in a hypnotic trance of consumerism, material pursuits and hypersexualization.  It is really really bad, awful, ungodly.

I don't have any experience with substances that you speak of, but it does give individuals amazing spiritual experiences from what I understand.  I think the empowerment  comes from knowledge of the truth and realization of the truth (not the "substance" so to speak). The empowerment comes from the personal revelation, I think.   

The second sentence I bolded is an expression of the Law of One.  That's beautiful!