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What can I say? I loved peaking. That is, total ego death. Just being there. And the visuals, of course. Totally internal, with the external world just gone. I
by mirimir 7y ago
What can I say?
I loved peaking. That is, total ego death. Just being there. And the visuals, of course. Totally internal, with the external world just gone. It was like dreaming, except far more intense.
I would typically trip when the moon was full. I'd start in the late evening, with my usual beer or two and some marijuana. And then, just before falling asleep, I'd eat the LSD.
So I'd wake up peaking. And then spend a few hours in bed, "meditating". Eventually, I'd come down enough to shower and dress. Have a mug of ginger tea. Maybe a snack.
And then, a couple hours before dawn, I'd set out on my bicycle. Typically riding toward the setting Moon. I'd often end up at a small park on the west end of a large lake. So I could watch the Sun come up across the lake. Distant flocks of ducks made a trippy sight, skimming across the water.
Then I'd come home, eat, and sleep for maybe 15 hours.
- proverbialbunny 7y agoYou know you can get all that from meditation, and then some.
- mirimir 7y agoReally? All those trippy visuals?
- proverbialbunny 7y agoYes, but they're a distraction. The visuals aren't the point. At the end of the day the novelty wears off and the practitioner continues forward.
- mistermann 7y agoDo you know anywhere where people post anecdotal stories of such high level practitioners?
- proverbialbunny 7y agoHere is an example: https://youtu.be/o9xP28pzQAA https://youtu.be/o9xP28pzQAA A more detailed look: Most Buddhist traditions frown upon personal demonstrations of achievements and frown upon talking about personal achievements openly without a good reason. Giving a closer look, a Theravada teacher might talk about their achievements to let students know if they have questions about those topics they have someone they can go to and ask for help. But eg, on the Zen side of things, it's unheard of for teachers to talk about achievements. On the other hand, Buddhism openly gives names for states and achievements, so people privately can talk about it and get help from teachers. This vocabulary is explained in detail, and can be used to give you an idea of what the experiences while meditating are like. Brain scans today show that magic mushrooms and jhanic meditation both light up the brain in nearly identical ways. This implies heightened meditative states are closer to magic mushrooms than lsd. An example of more anecdotal experiences: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMindIlluminated/comments/cpybar/how_did_the_jhanas_change_you/ https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMindIlluminated/comments/cpybar/...
- krueger71 7y agoThe book The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau contains anecdotes of zen practitioners, including himself, and their experiences of Kenshō https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensh%C5%8D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensh%C5%8D