Misuse/Misapplication of the Law of One?

[APeacefulWarrior]

Good thoughts from both of you Plenum and Jeremy.

I remember a book by Crowley called "something Magick" where he listed several experiential practices.

One that stood out was to drink large amounts of beer or wine in one sitting and to stay focused on being unphased and to maintain a clear and sober state by sheer application of will.

It's somewhat like when yogis have been given LSD and are supposedly unphased by its effects.

I did the same with pot for several years. The funny thing is that I didn't really know why I was doing it, just that it seemed important that I gain enough mental control that, more or less, I could control the pot rather than it controlling me. This was before I was awakened and found the LOO and soforth. And at this point, unless we're talking about something truly epic and medicinal-grade, I can basically control how high pot makes me. I can use it to simply open my inner eye more fully and draw in more energies, without getting overwhelmed by the experience. It also helps me come into closer contact with my higher selves.

At this point, I largely use it as a tool to bootstrap my own mental processes and experiments with my inner energies. First I learn how to do something while high, then once the experience has become suitably familiar, I can start doing it while sober as well. (Ie, my first contacts with my higher selves were all while I was tripping balls on heavy s***, then I slowly learned how to make that contact happen without being stoned out of my gourd.)

But this isn't a path I'd recommend for most people since there's a lot of tricky balancing involved and overuse of any mind-altering substance can easily become its own trap. I find I've had a very weird spiritual life that largely involves doing things that acolytes are usually told NOT to do and managing to find wisdom in them anyway. So I try not to hold myself up as an example very often.