Taking LSD or other hallucinogens is not a shortcut to enlightenment. In your paragraph above you could substitute "took acid" with "found Jesus" or "travelled

Taking LSD or other hallucinogens is not a shortcut to enlightenment. In your paragraph above you could substitute "took acid" with "found Jesus" or "travelled to India to meditate at an Ashram" and it would still make sense. LSD showed me there was another path that had been hidden. Ram Dass called hallucinogens "training wheels." He said it was helpful for Westerners because we're very ego bound, trapped in the glory of our own reflection and individualistic that merging into "one" was difficult. Enlightenment as a mental state has been around a lot longer than LSD. It's the spiritual practice and study that counts.