I did a bunch of psychedelics when I was in my 20s, and the further I get away from it, the more ridiculous the pretentious pseudo-mystical crap people spout ab

I did a bunch of psychedelics when I was in my 20s, and the further I get away from it, the more ridiculous the pretentious pseudo-mystical crap people spout about it gets to me. There is a lot to learn from and LSD trip, but it's not magic, you're not seeing other worlds, it's not a goddess or an alien from another dimension. Your mind is a network of neurons, psychedelics make those neurons fire in unusual ways, that's it. What you should be learning from it is that your _ordinary perceptions of the world_ are nothing but a very convincing illusion created by your mind, and that you should not entirely trust what you believe you are seeing and hearing and feeling, because in a very real sense -- _none of it is real_. What you should _not_ be taking away from it is that anything you see or feel or think during a trip is the _true_ reality, any more than your ordinary waking life is. Walk away skeptical, walk away confused, don't walk away from it thinking you've discovered the meaning of life. Everyone you know that doesn't do drugs will think you're being silly, because you are.