Training the Brain.

[sleepy_ashes]

I've tried acid, but never done it. My area is notoriously shady with drugs, so my experience with attempting acid is more than likely meth drainings and colorful paper.

Anywho... Training the brain to enduce it's psychadelic wonders without paying 10 bucks a hit. Anyone tried it?

A friend, whom is one of the most free-thinking radical I've yet met in our young ages, has never tainted his brain with anything more than caffiene and a one time experimentation with ganja. This man inspired a training course I've deemed the Search for God (for purposes more easily tangible when brought up in conversation). In which my attempts to unlock the psychadelic state of mind as a tangible reachable event by means uncommon.
So far it's been a deep probe with anarchistic methodology, and usually it's onslought has been after I have given up on forcing it out of me, and soon the state follows. The most notable experiences have been in my dreams, which are now so vivid I've witnessed myself, my life, and the electric vibration of this "life" phenomenon in vibrant detail.
I've attempted to fully realize that I have a brain.
I've attempted to fully realize that I am alive.
I've attempted to fully realize that I am here.
I've attempted to fully realize that I am not.
I've attempted to fully realize that Love exists.
I've attempted to fully realize that an entity some would call God exists.


I don't think I can fully realize these things without seeing them, feeling them, and BEING them... for to fathom such things with mere imagination, i fear, would cause my head to explode.

Sometimes... things sneak up on me, and I see whatever it is people of all paths try to see... in all their bright shining glory... and my eyes swell, and my tounge rolls, and my heart throbs with the most beautiful of lovesick feelings.


I don't know fully what love is.... but my attempts to train my brain have given me a few ideas.


Anyone else have any stories to tell?

[trippedelia]

so what are you talking about here, meditation, astral projection, kundulini yoga?
sorry i just can work it out its my fault prob

[polymer]

take: l-methionine, l-tryptophan, and a weak maoi (like passiflora extract in juice), wait a couple hours, then meditate in a dark room.

[Cosmic Butterfly]

Im so interested in what you know about nootropics!

[polymer]

http://www.nootropic.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootropic
http://www.erowid.org/smarts/

confirmed to be effective:
piracetam (cognitive enhancemet, alertness)
vasopressin (cognitive enhancer, alertness)
l-deprenyl (for dopamine)
rasagiline (ditto)
hydergine (cerebral vasodilator)
choline, or lecithin taken w/ ginkgo (for memory, gingko is the cerebral vasodilator)
B-Complex (strong anti-oxidants)
CoQ-10 (likewise)
Rhodiola Rosea (adaptogen)
Modafinil (non-addictive stimulant)

rasagiline and l-deprenyl are MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) which have been effectively used in conjunction with l-dopa (dopamine precursor) to treat parkinson's and alzheimer's; they're not exactly miracle pills, but they are very promising.

neurotransmitter precursor supplements:
5-HTP (serotonin)
tyrosine (dopamine)
phenylalanine (norepinephrine)
DMAE, choline, phospatidyl serine, or lecithin (acetylcholine)
glutamic acid (glutamate ---> GABA)

it's a good practice to support a healthy diet with many vit(al)amin(e)s (the anti-oxidants) which will seek free radicals , the charged particals which damage cells and contribute to aging and memory loss.
Green tea is a good source of phenolic anti-oxidants, and so is fresh brewed coffee (the latter should be had in moderation though)