Psilodelix
07-19-2004, 08:28 PM
"Strictly speaking, these drugs do not impart wisdom at all, any more than the microscope alone gives knowledge. They provide the raw materials of wisdom..." - Alan Watts
Throughout the last 20,000 years the importance of psychoactive plants and their influence on life has been immeasurable. As societies developed across the world their way of dealing with these ‘magic’ plants would always change. In the more ‘primitive’ of tribal societies, shamans or ‘witch doctors’, notice the association to the euro-derived term witch, were responsible for religious and medical use of these plants. As the societies of the world advanced their ability to manipulate their natural world to a more convenient and comfortable ‘way of living’. Monotheism became the pillar of western society. Now here comes the great questions….
Any careful observer of nature, regardless of ‘faith’ can tell you that nature works in ‘perfect’ synchronicity. Like a Swiss fuckin’ watch. There are no ‘accidents’, natures balance is only disrupted by the will/force of man.
This being the case… what ever force or energy that has progressed us along this path of evolution and existance also did so for enthenogens (literally meaning 'generating the Devine within'). This includes: Psilocybin Mushrooms, Cannabis, Papaver Somniferum, Mescaline Cacti, DMT plants… the list contains thousands of plants and even a few animals…
Coca leaves are sacramental, Cocaine is not. Why? The act of human manipulation, a distorting of what “God” created. Opium resin is sacramental, Heroin is not. Why? Human manipulation. The act of processing the materials in order to increase or enhance the effects is not healthy - man needs to stop fucking with natures ballance - she put all the coke in the coca leaf that she thought man could handle. The only acceptable method of increasing potency would be a chemical free brew.
People often attempt to discredit this by saying, “Well, there are plants that will kill you after just one bite, are you supposed to eat them too?”. A common yet misguided argument. Anyone with some understanding of neurochemistry or medical training can easily clarify the different physio-pharm-logical actions of these alkaloids from that of a ‘toxic poisoning’. Of course these plants do have a ‘minimal’ toxicity but in the same breath… so does water. It is sometimes said among mushroom users, “its safer to eat mushrooms, than a Big Mac”.
Although I believe these plants are one of the ways to personally telepathacly connect with what man refers to as “God” there is much more to it than that. A critical point in my theory is that, “these enthenogens are one means of telepathic communication with the spirit; it is certainly not the only means.” Think about it… Tantric Sex, Meditation, Chanting, and even Sensory Depravation as a few examples… are all means to the same spiritual place.
Contrast. It is one of the most important universal properties. Contrast is key because it is only when we can compare two sides of the spectrum, both deviating from the balance, that existence is highlighted. Existence of all things is defined by contrast… would there be: light without dark? Heat without cold? Happy without sad? Of course all of this is extraordinarily relative, but it is crucial none the less. With all psychedelics, they serve to teach us something about our sober/baseline/normal reality simply by contrast.
Why do humans like to get intoxicated/high/ect..? Even if the war on drugs were to accelerate to fascist levels and successfully managed to destroyed all drugs... probably by destroying all users… there would be someone mixing household chemicals together until they found a way to make something that people could get intoxicated from. And then selling it off for a fortune, this is obvious. Including medications, caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol more than 98% of human beings are putting chemicals into their bodies.
The human mind is a programmable bio-computer. That is thebig secret. That’s what every authority that has ever been and ever will be doesn’t want us to know. Every single thing that one does from the moment they wake till they sleep is a choice. And not only what we do but much more importantly why we do things in one manner and not another? Motivation is frequently the key to behavior… especially the subconscious kind.
Subconscious motivation. Do you ever feel as though you’re motivated to do something and don’t understand why? This is the result of too much action and not enough reflection. Now let me clarify, when I say reflection, that means not only using your mind for deep though and contemplation but it also requires stillness. That means, no, you can not do this at all while shopping, driving, working, exercising, talking, eating, or sleeping... with other individuals, one is distracted from our own existance… It means that one must be alone and in tranquility... and exercise the ability that human brains have for transcendental thought.
Past, present, and future. Time... the rythem 'the puppets' dance to… the past exists only as memory, and most will agree, an extremely inaccurate one at that! The future exists only as human foresight, which everyone knows is so incredibly poor it often stops us from acheiving anything! Well then, what are we left with? The present is the only time that exists. Understanding of this is absoultly critical. With the ability to understand the present, one has complete psychological and strategic control over the past and the future! This sounds like some crazy theory but take my humble word that “It works for me” and to a previously unimaginable degree. The ability to play life, more smoothly and accurately, not allowing your emotions to own you.
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Throughout the last 20,000 years the importance of psychoactive plants and their influence on life has been immeasurable. As societies developed across the world their way of dealing with these ‘magic’ plants would always change. In the more ‘primitive’ of tribal societies, shamans or ‘witch doctors’, notice the association to the euro-derived term witch, were responsible for religious and medical use of these plants. As the societies of the world advanced their ability to manipulate their natural world to a more convenient and comfortable ‘way of living’. Monotheism became the pillar of western society. Now here comes the great questions….
Any careful observer of nature, regardless of ‘faith’ can tell you that nature works in ‘perfect’ synchronicity. Like a Swiss fuckin’ watch. There are no ‘accidents’, natures balance is only disrupted by the will/force of man.
This being the case… what ever force or energy that has progressed us along this path of evolution and existance also did so for enthenogens (literally meaning 'generating the Devine within'). This includes: Psilocybin Mushrooms, Cannabis, Papaver Somniferum, Mescaline Cacti, DMT plants… the list contains thousands of plants and even a few animals…
Coca leaves are sacramental, Cocaine is not. Why? The act of human manipulation, a distorting of what “God” created. Opium resin is sacramental, Heroin is not. Why? Human manipulation. The act of processing the materials in order to increase or enhance the effects is not healthy - man needs to stop fucking with natures ballance - she put all the coke in the coca leaf that she thought man could handle. The only acceptable method of increasing potency would be a chemical free brew.
People often attempt to discredit this by saying, “Well, there are plants that will kill you after just one bite, are you supposed to eat them too?”. A common yet misguided argument. Anyone with some understanding of neurochemistry or medical training can easily clarify the different physio-pharm-logical actions of these alkaloids from that of a ‘toxic poisoning’. Of course these plants do have a ‘minimal’ toxicity but in the same breath… so does water. It is sometimes said among mushroom users, “its safer to eat mushrooms, than a Big Mac”.
Although I believe these plants are one of the ways to personally telepathacly connect with what man refers to as “God” there is much more to it than that. A critical point in my theory is that, “these enthenogens are one means of telepathic communication with the spirit; it is certainly not the only means.” Think about it… Tantric Sex, Meditation, Chanting, and even Sensory Depravation as a few examples… are all means to the same spiritual place.
Contrast. It is one of the most important universal properties. Contrast is key because it is only when we can compare two sides of the spectrum, both deviating from the balance, that existence is highlighted. Existence of all things is defined by contrast… would there be: light without dark? Heat without cold? Happy without sad? Of course all of this is extraordinarily relative, but it is crucial none the less. With all psychedelics, they serve to teach us something about our sober/baseline/normal reality simply by contrast.
Why do humans like to get intoxicated/high/ect..? Even if the war on drugs were to accelerate to fascist levels and successfully managed to destroyed all drugs... probably by destroying all users… there would be someone mixing household chemicals together until they found a way to make something that people could get intoxicated from. And then selling it off for a fortune, this is obvious. Including medications, caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol more than 98% of human beings are putting chemicals into their bodies.
The human mind is a programmable bio-computer. That is thebig secret. That’s what every authority that has ever been and ever will be doesn’t want us to know. Every single thing that one does from the moment they wake till they sleep is a choice. And not only what we do but much more importantly why we do things in one manner and not another? Motivation is frequently the key to behavior… especially the subconscious kind.
Subconscious motivation. Do you ever feel as though you’re motivated to do something and don’t understand why? This is the result of too much action and not enough reflection. Now let me clarify, when I say reflection, that means not only using your mind for deep though and contemplation but it also requires stillness. That means, no, you can not do this at all while shopping, driving, working, exercising, talking, eating, or sleeping... with other individuals, one is distracted from our own existance… It means that one must be alone and in tranquility... and exercise the ability that human brains have for transcendental thought.
Past, present, and future. Time... the rythem 'the puppets' dance to… the past exists only as memory, and most will agree, an extremely inaccurate one at that! The future exists only as human foresight, which everyone knows is so incredibly poor it often stops us from acheiving anything! Well then, what are we left with? The present is the only time that exists. Understanding of this is absoultly critical. With the ability to understand the present, one has complete psychological and strategic control over the past and the future! This sounds like some crazy theory but take my humble word that “It works for me” and to a previously unimaginable degree. The ability to play life, more smoothly and accurately, not allowing your emotions to own you.
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