by wordspeak2 » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:15 pm
Yeah, salvia isn't something I've delved into much, except once very long ago. I suppose I shall out of curiosity at some point.
Pot is absolutely a "stealth psychedelic" (to again quote McKenna). Sorry about your paranoia, 6 Hits. I wonder why. Were you under the influence of caffeine or alcohol? Pot tends to bring out whatever emotions are going on just below the surface... it may just be showing you the "paranoia" that you need to see. Either that, or it's the weed you're getting. The great thing about this medical marijuana movement is that it's really given a lift to the cannabis cultivation world. There are so many amazing strains out there now, if you can get your hands on them (easy if you live in California or Colorado, know people who do, or, of course, if you're just well-connected). I've been smoking something called Blue Dream, a hybrid strain that embodies what cannabis cultivation has become, blending sativas (trippy, cerebral high) with indicas (stony, relaxing). It's fascinating how different strains produce such a different effects, but, like with all entheogenic substances, the primary determinant in how it goes is set and setting, which basically amounts to what's already going on in your mind. If you haven't gotten high in years I really recommend smoking some strong sativa on a *totally clear head,* free of caffeine and alcohol. People often hit places they had know idea about, even though maybe they were potheads ten years previous. I took so many psychedelics that I have a very intense permanent trip going on... cannabis is the thing that clears up my consciousness and allows me to see what's going on. I can even touch the edges of DMT hyperspace just with cannabis. And I'm just at the very beginning of learning how to do this. At this point I'm a huge advocate for pure earth substances. Semi-synthetic psychedelics like acid and MDMA are good things, but my mistake in my own path was getting seduced too heavily by them and missing the more simple if perhaps less sexy spirituality of weed. Weed is the most profound holistic healer. It brings happiness and wisdom and very gently gives insight into consciousness. And it teaches moderation and simplicity. If your head is in a clear place, you should really only need a few hits, if that. I find less to be more when it comes to herb. You smoke as much and as little as you need, and it's totally natural. In cultivating a relationship with this plant we learn so many more lessons about moderation and fulfillment/enlightenment/enjoyment/clarity, so much beyond words. It teaches us to listen and be humble; it brings us to nature. Weed is the religion of the masses. It connects us both to each other as people and to the earth. As such it's a serious threat to the fascist, patriarchal system we live under. That's why the feds are freaking out right now about medical marijuana; they know it cuts at the foundation of their evil system.
DMT- I have a gazillion dollars for anyone who can explain *what the fuck* it is, where it comes from, specifically where the insanely mind-blowing images come from, etc. No one knows, yet this stuff is endogenous in our brains, and is found ubiquitously in nature. Perhaps it's some sort of communication medium for all existence, like the universe's DNA or something. For some reason when we take it in we're transported to what seems to be another dimension. I'm living with the reality that this "dimension" is completely real. McKenna hypothesized that DMT has something to do with the creation of a "new language," which is why it's nearly impossible to talk about it in our current, extremely limited language. The one thing I can say in this language is that if you rip through the matrix cellophane into DMT world you come out with the unspeakable but undeniable visceral truth that *anything is possible.*
It seems to be an entity, or a collection of entities- or something like that. I have no clue if it's extraterrestrial in origin, but what's unmistakeable from my perspective is one thing- it's trying to communicate with us. We need egoless explorers to go and work- listen, communicate, become the thing, DO IT- directly on the surface plane of hyperspace and not worry about how it translates when you come back. That's what's up- the direct experience- that's what'll change the world.
And apparently it's quite easy to extract from mimosa hostilis bark; you can learn online. The key to smoking DMT is following the specific method, which is vaporizing it and holding 2-3 hits for as long as you possibly can. A lot of people don't break through into hyperspace just because they don't smoke it right. Either that or they're on some other anti-psychedelic drug like alcohol or sugar. But more and more people are starting to break through, though we're still at our absolute collective infancy (if that).
Ayahuasca in an indigenous Amazonian setting I have yet to do, though I will. It's apparently more navigable, given the much longer duration of the experience.
