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I was lucky / unlucky enough to have one ketamine experience due to a shoulder dislocation. I cannot stress highly enough that I would not recommend it unless y
by natch 6y ago
I was lucky / unlucky enough to have one ketamine experience due to a shoulder dislocation. I cannot stress highly enough that I would not recommend it unless you are highly tolerant of some disturbing stuff. It was a very short (under 15 seconds), very intense, forced experience of being in essentially an insect mind that was shunted along a path of thought and movement in a 2D maze with no options whatsoever. It led to a very dark place with a surprise ending that felt hopeless beyond anything I could have imagined. The punchline was I learned in real time that not only was I dying (in the trip, not in real life) but also that the entire universe did not actually exist and never had; it had all been an illusion and a lie. And as I was learning this everything shrank down to a point and blinked out, no time for questioning, all gone.
Fortunately at the same time a small part of me was watching the process from the side (in horror) and somehow at some level I had a distant inkling and ray of hope that it was all a trip. And then it was over and... extremely slow fade back to consciousness over 15 minutes or so. Very not recommended but very interesting.
- sandworm101 6y ago>> extremely slow fade back to consciousness over 15 minutes or so. Very not recommended but very interesting. Every been to a vet and heard the dogs waking up from surgery? Ketamine is the go-to drug for animals. They aren't howling because they are in pain.
- Mo3 6y ago.. and the part of you that watched all of this and was concious of it happening is the real you
- warent 6y agoThat's my understanding of it as well. All this about the universe ending, never existing, being an illusion and a lie, that's just the collapse of a ego. The lie it tells us so that we fight for its continued existence is that the other side of it is some kind of horrific oblivion. Actually, the other side is a serene wholeness. It is the source of beauty. The individual ego is a useful way for the universe to experience itself in a subject/object relationship and we should respect it for what it is, but a side-effect of confusing the real self with this flimsy thing is pain and suffering due to the delusion of separation. I invite anyone who has had this experience, rather than compartmentalizing it as a bad thing, to try and integrate it into life in productive ways. It can lead to some really wonderful things.
- natch 6y agoYeah I do try to take the good from it. Thanks for the comment.
- Mo3 6y agoGood and bad is simply perspective, my friend. Go on Youtube and look for: - Eckhart Tolle - The park bench (and everything else) - Adyashanti - Enlightenment Unfolding (and everything else) It takes years, but you'll come to terms with it.