11-14-2011, 02:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2011, 02:39 PM by godwide_void.)
@Sagittarius: Glad to see I wasn't the only one who experienced a good deal of internal change and catalyst on that day via molecular technology that day. 
How are you feeling now?
Given that these substances have the propensity to facilitate life-changing revelations and providing experiences in non-ordinary states of being that can make one feel as though they are truly "awake", you'd expect them to be available at least in a controlled setting where those who are responsible enough, are educated enough on them, and have the desire to alter to their consciousness would be able to use them for their own therapeutic reasons right?
Nope. Not at all. What you CAN find at the supermarket, however, are beverages that skew your priorities and give you the opportunity to make as many bad choices as you can in a night before you inevitably puke all over yourself and wake up the next morning feeling like utter crap and with possibly no recollection of the previous night.
However, it is good to note that research into the possible medical benefits of psychedelics has resumed in recent years. It is found that psychedelic mushrooms can indeed combat depression, MDMA can assist those with PTSD (fun fact, MDMA was actually used in couples therapy many years ago).
And then there are the many Ayahuasca retreats in South America for those wishing to cleanse their spirit, and Iboga clinics for those who want to rid themselves of heavy addiction.
Unfortunately, the notion that one day we can find these molecular technologies next to the dairy aisle of the supermarket probably won't happen. Psychedelics, literally, expand your mind. There is a government in which having its people open their mind to new modes of thinking not sanctioned by them which would cause the people to question them doesn't really sit well with them.
By the way Meerie, while LSD isn't readily available... the ingredients to make Ayahuasca are. Kind of ironic considering Ayahuasca is a more powerful and healing experience, but who's complaining?
Also, Ayahuasca/Pharmahuasca gives the user a more... hands-on experience of the Divine through Nature.
How are you feeling now?(11-14-2011, 03:42 AM)Meerie Wrote: It is great you had such an experience. I would love to try LSD one day as well. Why can't we just buy it at the supermarket?
Given that these substances have the propensity to facilitate life-changing revelations and providing experiences in non-ordinary states of being that can make one feel as though they are truly "awake", you'd expect them to be available at least in a controlled setting where those who are responsible enough, are educated enough on them, and have the desire to alter to their consciousness would be able to use them for their own therapeutic reasons right?
Nope. Not at all. What you CAN find at the supermarket, however, are beverages that skew your priorities and give you the opportunity to make as many bad choices as you can in a night before you inevitably puke all over yourself and wake up the next morning feeling like utter crap and with possibly no recollection of the previous night.
However, it is good to note that research into the possible medical benefits of psychedelics has resumed in recent years. It is found that psychedelic mushrooms can indeed combat depression, MDMA can assist those with PTSD (fun fact, MDMA was actually used in couples therapy many years ago).
And then there are the many Ayahuasca retreats in South America for those wishing to cleanse their spirit, and Iboga clinics for those who want to rid themselves of heavy addiction.
Unfortunately, the notion that one day we can find these molecular technologies next to the dairy aisle of the supermarket probably won't happen. Psychedelics, literally, expand your mind. There is a government in which having its people open their mind to new modes of thinking not sanctioned by them which would cause the people to question them doesn't really sit well with them.
By the way Meerie, while LSD isn't readily available... the ingredients to make Ayahuasca are. Kind of ironic considering Ayahuasca is a more powerful and healing experience, but who's complaining?
Also, Ayahuasca/Pharmahuasca gives the user a more... hands-on experience of the Divine through Nature.