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That's so weird. I experienced the same thing the first time I took mushrooms as a teenager. I had no idea what a trip was. There were a few notable things in t

by tr8 8y ago

That's so weird. I experienced the same thing the first time I took mushrooms as a teenager. I had no idea what a trip was. There were a few notable things in the trip but one thing that stood out was the eye of providence. I can't for the life of me think why that appeared since it's not something I can really associate with anything in my life up to that point. I'm not a religious person and not very spiritual but this is one of the things that has always stuck with me. It is pretty weird and spooky what it symbolises. To be honest, that was a profound turning point in my life.

browsercoin 8y ago
that's whats fucked up about it. I am not religious at all. Yet, what I experienced was on a spiritual level with real changes. it's crazy how common the themes are. did you hear extra-terrestrials? Like I literally heard a thought broadcasted from somewhere not on earth with the message "we aren't from earth but we are gonna help you out. clean your fucking room. move your computer to living room. get your shit together" .... needless to say that was a big turning point I haven't done mushrooms since and I'm kinda scared to experience the whole thing again.
- mirimir 8y ago
  People joke about fatuous "meaning of life" insights. But in my experience, you often do see "the big picture" of your life, and of everything. However, it's hard to remember stuff like that. And it fades pretty quickly, back into the slog of day-to-day life. I also got that from doing work with est/Landmark, NLP, Tony Robbins, etc. Not that they encourage the use of psychedelics ;) I'm reminded of Tool's "Rosetta Stoned".[0,1] ... 10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes ... When a flaming stealth banana split the sky ... Then the X-Files being ... Did a slow-mo Matrix descent Outta the butt end of the banana vessel And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw ... He said, "You are the chosen one The one who will deliver the message A message of hope for those who choose to hear it And a warning for those who do not." ... See, they took me by the hand And invited me right in Then they showed me something I don't even know where to begin ... Can't remember what they said ... Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position Such a heavy burden now to be the one Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending To write it down for all the world to see But I forgot my pen ... 0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXJLQntCP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXJLQntCP0 1) https://genius.com/Tool-rosetta-stoned-lyrics https://genius.com/Tool-rosetta-stoned-lyrics
- tr8 8y ago
  Nope, I didn't hear voices. I had some auditory hallucinations though. It was mostly overwhelmingly positive and very spiritual to the point of making me cry.
  - browsercoin 8y ago
    yeah they were auditory hallucinations. well, thanks to them, i have got some of my life back in order. it could be that the mushroom trip creates a dissociation from internal thoughts and perceptions of the ego vs ego-less self, so you 'hear' your own thoughts.
mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Can you describe more what you meant by seeing eye of providence? What was the context around it? What exactly did you see, where, and what was happening? I’m just curious... did you search for the meaning after the fact? I take it you didn’t know it was called the eye of providence prior to that?
- mirimir 8y ago
  It's the eye of God, in a triangle. The one on $1 bills. That is, God is provident aka watching us, watching out for us, and providing guidance and stuff. I don't recall ever seeing that. I did experience Hell, for a while during one LSD peak. But it wasn't painful, just freaky. I was into Hieronymus Bosch at the time, and had just watched "Spawn" ;) My favorite hallucinations were tangled chains of 3D characters, in constant writhing motion, and rotating on their axes. And not just rotating, but apparently rotating through higher dimensions.[0] As I recall, the characters looked like letters or numbers. Or like Hofstadter's GEB block. But as long as I was high enough to see them, I was too high to understand them. Or to remember, anyway. I also had the sense that their activity correlated with what was happening in meatspace, what I was seeing and hearing, and also what I was thinking. And it's my guess that LSD, among other things, breaks down barriers between hierarchical levels in brain activity. 0) https://goo.gl/images/TbuUcj https://goo.gl/images/TbuUcj
- tr8 8y ago
  I had my eyes closed and was just watching stuff like silvery reflections and fractal like patterns and waves. At some point it just appeared as a triangle with an eye in it. It was a bit mysterious and may have had a slight glow to it. It wasn't a negative thing for me. I can't remember exactly but I think it probably was at the top of a pyramid. I didn't search for it until maybe 10 or so years later and started getting a bit buzzed out about it all. I didn't know what it was until then, at which point I realised it was on the dollar bill. Even if I had (likely) seen it before the trip it wasn't something that was part of my everyday life or consciousness, which makes it very weird.
  - browsercoin 8y ago

by tr8 8y ago

browsercoin 8y ago

that's whats fucked up about it. I am not religious at all. Yet, what I experienced was on a spiritual level with real changes. it's crazy how common the themes are. did you hear extra-terrestrials? Like I literally heard a thought broadcasted from somewhere not on earth with the message "we aren't from earth but we are gonna help you out. clean your fucking room. move your computer to living room. get your shit together" .... needless to say that was a big turning point I haven't done mushrooms since and I'm kinda scared to experience the whole thing again.

mirimir 8y ago
People joke about fatuous "meaning of life" insights. But in my experience, you often do see "the big picture" of your life, and of everything. However, it's hard to remember stuff like that. And it fades pretty quickly, back into the slog of day-to-day life. I also got that from doing work with est/Landmark, NLP, Tony Robbins, etc. Not that they encourage the use of psychedelics ;) I'm reminded of Tool's "Rosetta Stoned".[0,1] ... 10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes ... When a flaming stealth banana split the sky ... Then the X-Files being ... Did a slow-mo Matrix descent Outta the butt end of the banana vessel And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw ... He said, "You are the chosen one The one who will deliver the message A message of hope for those who choose to hear it And a warning for those who do not." ... See, they took me by the hand And invited me right in Then they showed me something I don't even know where to begin ... Can't remember what they said ... Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position Such a heavy burden now to be the one Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending To write it down for all the world to see But I forgot my pen ... 0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXJLQntCP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXJLQntCP0 1) https://genius.com/Tool-rosetta-stoned-lyrics https://genius.com/Tool-rosetta-stoned-lyrics
tr8 8y ago
Nope, I didn't hear voices. I had some auditory hallucinations though. It was mostly overwhelmingly positive and very spiritual to the point of making me cry.
- browsercoin 8y ago
  yeah they were auditory hallucinations. well, thanks to them, i have got some of my life back in order. it could be that the mushroom trip creates a dissociation from internal thoughts and perceptions of the ego vs ego-less self, so you 'hear' your own thoughts.

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago

Can you describe more what you meant by seeing eye of providence? What was the context around it? What exactly did you see, where, and what was happening? I’m just curious... did you search for the meaning after the fact? I take it you didn’t know it was called the eye of providence prior to that?

mirimir 8y ago
It's the eye of God, in a triangle. The one on $1 bills. That is, God is provident aka watching us, watching out for us, and providing guidance and stuff. I don't recall ever seeing that. I did experience Hell, for a while during one LSD peak. But it wasn't painful, just freaky. I was into Hieronymus Bosch at the time, and had just watched "Spawn" ;) My favorite hallucinations were tangled chains of 3D characters, in constant writhing motion, and rotating on their axes. And not just rotating, but apparently rotating through higher dimensions.[0] As I recall, the characters looked like letters or numbers. Or like Hofstadter's GEB block. But as long as I was high enough to see them, I was too high to understand them. Or to remember, anyway. I also had the sense that their activity correlated with what was happening in meatspace, what I was seeing and hearing, and also what I was thinking. And it's my guess that LSD, among other things, breaks down barriers between hierarchical levels in brain activity. 0) https://goo.gl/images/TbuUcj https://goo.gl/images/TbuUcj
tr8 8y ago
I had my eyes closed and was just watching stuff like silvery reflections and fractal like patterns and waves. At some point it just appeared as a triangle with an eye in it. It was a bit mysterious and may have had a slight glow to it. It wasn't a negative thing for me. I can't remember exactly but I think it probably was at the top of a pyramid. I didn't search for it until maybe 10 or so years later and started getting a bit buzzed out about it all. I didn't know what it was until then, at which point I realised it was on the dollar bill. Even if I had (likely) seen it before the trip it wasn't something that was part of my everyday life or consciousness, which makes it very weird.
- browsercoin 8y ago