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You know you can get all that from meditation, and then some.

• mirimir 7y ago
  Really? All those trippy visuals?
  • proverbialbunny 7y ago
    Yes, 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 ago
  Do you know anywhere where people post anecdotal stories of such high level practitioners?
  • proverbialbunny 7y ago
    Here 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 ago
    The 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