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Sorry, my writing isn't as good or clear as I wish: my beef is with the mystique around LSD opening "the gates of reality" - extraordinary,above normal claims.
by aredox 3y ago
Sorry, my writing isn't as good or clear as I wish: my beef is with the mystique around LSD opening "the gates of reality" - extraordinary,above normal claims. That's why getting from a rut to mediocre when you were once great is not what I had in mind.
Let's be honest: if people have been talking so much about LSD for so long, it is not as an aid to get back to mediocre.
- int_19h 3y agoI think you're overly focusing on one particular subset of people talking about LSD. I can assure you that "getting back to normal" is a very common motivation for many, and they do talk about it. It's just not the kind of talk that you see making sensational headlines. The "gates of reality" stuff is more complicated. Quite a few people interpret it in a very... religious sense. Like your mind literally "connects" to some other place or entities that actually physically exists and can grant one powers. I can totally see how people who are religious, or already into various esoteric spiritual practices, or even just raised in a culture where such themes are common, can have that takeaway from a trip - what they see is their own consciousness reflected, but if they are already primed to believe in such stuff literally, it can be very convincing. But, conversely, there are many people that are perfectly capable of understanding that the ultimate source of all experiences on a trip is one's own mind; "opening the gates" then can metaphorically mean better awareness of oneself and one's interactions with the world at large, but I can't think of any way you'd be able to quantify that externally.