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I went to grad school with a guy who, while traveling in Brazil, encountered a shaman/teacher, and decided to take a so-called "heroic dose". Apparently the ro
by virtualwhys 14y ago
I went to grad school with a guy who, while traveling in Brazil, encountered a shaman/teacher, and decided to take a so-called "heroic dose".
Apparently the roof of the sky ripped open and voila, GOD. Was a bit much as he took 2 years to recover and, AFAIK, has been substance free ever since.
Also know a guy who lived in the Amazon taking Ayahuasca daily for 6 months -- came back stateside completely & utterly beaming with joy.
it seems, YMMV ;-)
p.s. why do threads on the use of psychedelics pop up on Hacker News? Thought this was for start ups and general technology topics...
- sunyata 14y agoSome feel that psychedelics have had and continue to effect our industry?
- beatpanda 14y agoSteve Jobs and Larry Ellison both publicly attribute(d) their success in part to psychedelics, so "some feel" is probably understating the case.
- jasonm23 14y agoThere's a long symbiosis of psychedelics with hackers. Something about information wanting to be free, curiosity, and deep insight...
- virtualwhys 14y agohmmm, yes, deep insight. I actually gave a hit of LSD to a Zen priest from Japan once. Said it was interesting, hallucinated and so on. However, he was quite clear that psychedelics as a path to awakening is...off the mark. Anyway, monastics are on a permanent trip...just like you and me, even off the mark, we can't help but nail it, life is the biggest bulls eye around ;-)
- diggum 14y agothey can certainly help one see amazing insights or interesting things, but he's correct that they're not particularly good as a tool to awaken/enlightenment. too much distraction.