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Alternatively you can also meditate/pray your way to similar states as the ones psychedelics induce. It takes a ton of practice, but I was able to generate very
by ethanbond 3y ago
Alternatively you can also meditate/pray your way to similar states as the ones psychedelics induce. It takes a ton of practice, but I was able to generate very notable open-eyed hallucinations after just 2 years of low-intensity meditative practice (roughly equivalent to 120ug of LSD).
It is totally believable that a true religious zealot would be able to achieve much, much more with decades of practice.
- QuercusMax 3y agoRam Dass told the story about how he visited the guru Neem Karoli Baba (AKA Maharaj-ji) and gave him a bunch of LSD, which supposedly had no effect on the guru because he was already having open-eye hallucinations from his meditation. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/baba-ram-dass-and-the-tale-of-the-acid-gobbling-guru/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/baba-ram-da... Probably BS, but matches with what you say.
- bratwurst3000 3y agoHehe maybe the guru had a severe psychosis and that’s why the lsd didn’t do anything.
- pgsandstrom 3y agoIn your experience, how common is this? I must know at least thirty people that have meditated for over 15 years, and none have mentioned open-eyed hallucinations.
- PaperOliver 3y agoI have also had this experience. Meditating for 12 minutes a day for a year or so.