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I finally found the thing I've been so desperately looking for inside LSD all this time (self.Psychonaut)

submitted ago* by eff-snarf

edit: (Kung-Fu Panda spoiler alert)

you trip for the first time and it's unbelievable, can't believe that such an amazing thing is real

you trip again and it's even more cool with newer and more exciting things happening, time stops, visuals are amazing

you trip again and this time it's emotional, after this trip you give up smoking easily

you trip again to sort it all out all the way to the end

still not enough, need to cry harder, get rid of it once and for all

trip again on a higher dosage and you're transported to a heavenly realm, you transcend emotion, realize nondualism and see the face of karma

my god what was that I'm a new person now

you trip again and learn a lesson about communication, see the essence of it

you trip again and learn a lesson about forgiveness, see the essence of it

you trip again and realize compassion, the essence of it

you trip again and see through past, present and future, and take a life changing decision

you trip again and see, for the first time, that evil exists, that it must be a constant striving for better, or else

you trip again and you already know what to expect, you've seen the visuals many times before

you trip again and it's pretty exciting, but, you know

still need to work and live, nothing will change that

you trip again and it's meh

you start smoking again

you still only have the same friends, new ones didn't magically appear

you wonder what happened, why isn't it there anymore

two weeks later you watch Kung-Fu Panda. Po finally opens the Dragon Scroll, the one thing that can give him superpowers, make him perfect, the ultimate, after which there is only bliss and joy, he opens it and there's nothing there, just his reflection.

you think, why am I disappointed? am I not enough for myself? 'just'? what more do I hope to find in a trip? something better than me?

you fucking get it. self love. self love is why you did all those trips for, all the mdma, the fucking comedowns, all those fucking drugs. risked so much for peak experiences, because you want to give it to yourself so much. that's how much you fucking love yourself.

no need to look for it out there. SELF love. it's THE realization. and this realization wasn't while on drugs.

the journey is over.

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[–]Jhoppa 26 points27 points ago

Dude. Kung-Fu Panda spoiler alert.

[–]BlasphemyAway 5 points6 points ago

It's the process of coming to recognize your own soul that you are so alienated from.

[–]eff-snarf[S] 0 points1 point ago

edited

[–]Keegan1 1 point2 points ago

I don't know why but I read that in Hank Hills voice. And the part where you italicized spoiler alert is when he gets really serious and pronunciates every letter carefully.

[–]PapaTua 15 points16 points ago*

You skipped the meta-trip where you learn a lesson about the SELF and how SELF is an illusion and you are everything and everything is you. The final step is right though: Self Love. But since "self" is an illusion, what you're left with is simply LOVE.

That's it. that's the entire fucking enchilada right there. The hardest realization is the simplest and you've known it all along. Surprise! It's pretty funny, really. Heh.

The truth is that's not the end though, it's simply the end of the beginning. :)

[–]blue_one 5 points6 points ago

That's it exactly :)

[–]eff-snarf[S] 3 points4 points ago*

Oh man that's brilliant.. really got me emotional, which never happens on reddit

I skipped it because I didn't get to experience it yet.. I hope to god I get there

[–]MistyMountainHop 2 points3 points ago

The Beatles had it right, didn't they?

[–]PapaTua 1 point2 points ago

Well, kind of. "All you need is Love" is a bit hippy dippy. You can't live on love alone, you need to have a vocation and income and eat food and shelter. I've always interpreted their song as all you need is to receive love, and I don't think that's right.

The love I'm talking about is giving love. Have love in your heart for everything and everyone, everything else is a distraction. When you're in love with life and all it has to offer you're at peace and content.

Of course, maybe I'm just misinterpreting their song in more of a hippy commune context then was intended.

[–]eff-snarf[S] 0 points1 point ago

I probably did have it though.. I was just coming out of my friend's apartment and realized I was the expanding universe. My body was disintegrating into the surroundings, culminating at the crown chakra. Instead of letting go however I freaked out and got a panic attack that I'm going to die and ended up resisting it, keeping my body intact, taking a lot of benzos and passing out. It was a downer ending to an otherwise beautiful trip.. fuck my life. Later I realized I was resisting the infamous ego death. Now ever since I trip I try to be more in control and I know it's not the way to go. I probably need someone new to do it with, whom I really trust.. I guess my enlightenment will have to wait :(

[–]PapaTua 0 points1 point ago

This isn't avatar: the last airbender. You're not locked out of the Avatar state, you just have to re-learn how to let go. Perhaps a change of venue and company is in order. Have you ever tripped alone?

[–]eff-snarf[S] 0 points1 point ago

Tripped once with the sunset, tripped another once or twice alone but nothing fancy happened, I didn't go deep. It's very hard for me to spend time alone as it is (that is, without interweb distractions), the idea of tripping alone is almost terrifying to me.

I didn't break through though because I didn't get the lessons right yet.. can't really show patience towards others while tripping, can't give compassion as it is. I know this isn't a 12 step program and everything I say is meaningless conceptualizations, but still, I'm not there yet psychologically

[–]eff-snarf[S] 0 points1 point ago

Perhaps a change of venue and company is in order

Apparently this is not my last birth

[–]lysergy 6 points7 points ago

Poorly said. The journey is never over dude. "Self love" isn't an endpoint. It's a beginning point. And once you 'have' it your journeys are going to be more fulfilling. Personally learning to know and love myself isn't the only reason I take psychedelics - there's an entire universe out there that we're a part of.

[–]eff-snarf[S] 2 points3 points ago

Well said.

[–]mafiacheif 4 points5 points ago

Youv inspired me :'( im going to take loads and loads of acid this weekend. I hope to emerge a better person from this experience.

[–]evered 1 point2 points ago

Good on you!

Don't fear God,

don't fear death,

what's good is easy to obtain, and

what's terrible is easy to endure.

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[–]evered 2 points3 points ago

You know, I'm not sure. It's called Tetrapharmakos or "Four-part-cure". It's to help live the happiest possible life. I throw the quote around everywhere haha!

I translate it to mean 'Don't worry about the judgement of your actions or the aftermath, all that matters is that you do what is noble and what makes both you and others happy. Striving for all that is good and brushing whatever's got you down is generally easy if you look at it in the right light.

[–]eff-snarf[S] 0 points1 point ago

good to hear!

set and setting, set and setting

[–]kohm 0 points1 point ago

You're already that person.. you just need to realize it ;)

[–]Slaughterer 1 point2 points ago

Excuse me, but what does that even mean? How is the journey over when you "love yourself"? How do you define this love? Nutritional care? Emotional care? Not doing hard things? Doing hard things? It seems a lot of problems in this world are caused by self love. How about some self less?

[–]chungy 3 points4 points ago

I took it to mean the opposite of self-hate.

[–]CoyotePeyote 0 points1 point ago

yeah I didn't do any of those things it said I did

[–]eff-snarf[S] 1 point2 points ago

some people seek peak experiences everywhere around them, in what may appear to be self harm or a drive to self destruct, but that's a misinterpretation of what they're really looking for.

I guess you are a different category, not having to deal with the same issues, same past, same self perception

[–]Slaughterer 0 points1 point ago

haha I love the statement followed by the judgement. Typical Reddit class.

You can only learn from the past. Anything else is folly I say, FOLLY!

[–]bumbumawesome 2 points3 points ago

Well said...

[–]Electricmle 1 point2 points ago

I love this.

[–]Zduty 2 points3 points ago

this post seriously helped me. really, thank you very much!

[–]mekon18 1 point2 points ago

YAY !!!!

[–]feignrmk 0 points1 point ago

The journey is never over.

[–]feignrmk 0 points1 point ago

Why, Subhuti?

Because the journey never began.

[–]RedErin 0 points1 point ago

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