salvia awakened headspace?

im relatively new to salvia having tried it a few times now, however i felt it worthy to note that it gives me a feeling of togetherness with all other life, like were related in some very primal way (we are i suppose however i find salvia makes me undeniably *aware* of that) it exposes the fact that we are merely animals with fancy gadgets..
i like this feeling.. it's as if salvia opens the curtains on what is really there.
can anyone relate to that or is it just me?

on the first occasion i smoked it it was a 40x crude extract, it was almost black sticky leaf. anyways i packed a small cone thinking it would be fine to do just a little by myself, i'd read about salvia but thought a little shouldn't give me an out of body experience, so i smoked the cone, wondering if anything would happen- held the smoke down still wondering as i started counting to twenty (still holding in the smoke) as i had read.. then suddenly i had pins and needles all through my arms and back, it quickly spread throughout my body and everything i was looking at began to 'run' upwards through my visual field like a painting being smeared, i layed back onto my bed and i had amazing sensations coursing through my body like electricity running this way and that and at the same time i was being pulled backward and down by some invisible force, this combined with the distorted veiw of my room and my bed stretching and ascending above me made me think i was dissappearing in to my bed or falling into it, i was in shock at that moment, i didn't remember i'd smoked salvia, i just thought 'what the hell is happening? no, i don't want to go' and i started trying to swim or pull myself back up through my bed to my room, it was very alarming it felt as though i was dying or something, then i remembered i'd smoked salvia, and immediately i felt in awe of this powerfull substance and stupid to have so underestimated it.. i suddenly began laughing hesterically, my visual field still skewed and running like wet paint, i couldn't believe it. now i found if i stopped laughing i could not breathe so i kept laughing it was strange but not unpleasant at all, this point felt to me like good acid but with it's own flavour, after a few minutes i could breathe again without having to laugh so my laughter slowed to a stop. i was breathtaken. absolutely in awe of the immense and devastating power of salvia.
from that moment on, i knew that salvia was no drug, it is not something to be taken lightly or given to just anyone.. it deserves (and demands) respect as it is a powerfull tool for exploration of self and beyond..

i send my regards to others who have experienced this phenomenon..
i hope that people can respect this plant so that it may be nutured and carry on for generations to come. as it is truly one of a kind.:2thumbsup:

 

Salvia is an amazing entheogen.

That sounds like a powerful experience you had, it truly does not make sense to me some of the people who disrespect salvia while claiming to have respect for entheogens. I can certainly understand those who do not enjoy the experience and the trip is not for everyone but it a psychedelic in a league all by itself, there is simply nothing else like it. One, if not the most beautiful synergies I have experienced from psychedelics is the one created from smoking Salvia while on MDMA. The times I've done it I come out of the experience in absolute state of bewilderment and bliss, it's a beautiful, intense, and amazing psychedelic combination.

Smoking salvia outside around dusk is amazing as well, I recommend you bring a sitter.

 

thanks GB was begining to think i was on my own in my passion for it, yea i'm inspired and totally blown away by its power. i'm actually afraid of going that far again and since i've stuck to smaller -just altering- doses, but i do intend to go that far and beyond.. i had an amazing quasi-dream state on 150mg mxe recently that ive been meaning to do a TR for.. that experience has revved me up for going the distance with salvia but i know i'll need some mental preparation- meditation perhaps to clear my anxiety beforehand. i actually start sweating and trembling in anticipation each time i smoke it now. i'll defintely have to try the salviaroll if you are talking it up i take notice cause it must be good hahaha..

any tips on preparation for a deep salvia experience? do you prepare or just jump in?

 

I sort of do some breathing exercises and I guess a short meditation basically clearing my head. I never have music on when I smoke it and I am always laying down making sure nothing around can fall on me.

I occasionally find myself not in the same position as when I entered the salviaspace so it's important that you don't have anything around you that you could possibly knock over or jump into that may injure you as well.

For deep exploration, I try to go in with the mentality to go with the experience much like DMT and try to pay attention to the experience but unlike DMT I find Salvia is harder to follow. As intense and strange as DMT can be it pretty much always seems very symmetrical and syncs up with my human consciousness. There is no doubt symmetry to the Salvia experience but it feels as if it's like coming at a dissonant or odd angle that's difficult with my consciousness to follow and without the luxury of feeling doped up and out of it like mxe/ketamine I still find salviaspace quite unnerving. I think taking care of your setting, clearing your head and trying to explore the salvia space but not necessarily expecting to learn something is the best approach. As you can see from your experience you can learn a tremendous amount without going into it with too heavy of expectations.

 

Ya I realize all human society is completely arbitrary and could been made any other way,,, that we no different from ants,, etc,,, it deleted , / cleared,,, destroyed, obliterated,,, a lot of my perception of my self,,, i came out of the first time,, which was now over 2 years ago,, february 2009,, i came out of my first exp with it,,, with a new sense of self,,, one that i find is more real or true,,, especially in so far as i relate to humanity and the rest of existence,,, the last time i smoked it-- september 2010,, was the first time i smoked extract -- forgot to mention,,, first experience with it,, was just dried foliage --- second time i smoke it,, i experience my self on ALL DIMENSIONS AT ONCE,,, I can see my self from above and below,, but I AM the perception, too,, I am the Watcher and what is Watched,,, I am Moving Gears,, and Empty Space,,,, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,,,, Perceiver, Perceived, and Perception