i "clung" not "cling"... though it might be a freudian slip, or skirt.
********** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@...> wrote: > > Well stated. :) > > The paranoia was horrid in those last days. I thought I was going crazy...and > I probably was. My saving thought as I sat alone rocking back and forth on my > bed at 16 years old...my saving thought was, "If I was crazy, I wouldn't know > it." I cling to that thought of logic. > > I found my way down the stairs at my parents home and pulled out the local > newspaper in search for help. There was an add for TM. I made the phone call > and was soon receiving my mantra. > > I'm not sure if TM was what helped me specifically or if simply taking some > sort of action and replacing the drugs helped. Regardless, that action did > help save my mind and my sanity. (Though some may disagree. haha) > > :) > ******* > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" <s3raphita@> wrote: > > > > > > I also agree with you about trips eventually taking a turn toward the > > dark side. > > I'm convinced that taking a top-end psychedelic can give one a genuine > > experience of the divine - a gnosis of the divine Mind. The trouble is, > > when you take the drugs you're also trying to escape your everyday self > > and its everyday boring routine. You want to squeeze the maximum > > pleasure from the experience and twist it to serve your own desires and > > fantasies. The divine is indifferent to our ego games and one's > > repressed fears can't be held back for long and so come to the surface > > nightmarishly magnified by the effect of the psychedelic. > > Me too: when I'd had a bellyful of taking acid then trying TM seemed > > like the next natural step. And so it proved . . . > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Doc, > > > > > > Sometime in this past week I read one of your responses on a thread. I > > forget the thread now. But I recall the essence of your response. (I > > couldn't respond at the time because I had carpal tunnel surgery this > > past Monday, 2/18, and wasn't able to really type and now can't remember > > where you commented. Sorry bout that.) > > > > > > Anyhoo...you stated something to the effect that a person's experience > > when under the influence of a psychedelic drug mirrored that person's > > internal state. (Again, going by memory ... so if I mis-understood, > > please correct me.) > > > > > > In my experience that isn't always true. An example would be the > > drug/herb jimson weed. Every experience I've ever read/heard has always > > been horrid hallucinations. (I danced with jimson weed when I was 15 > > years old and can atest to its horrors.) > > > > > > As far as other psychedelics, they each had their own nuance in my > > experiences. For example: Mescaline often made me laugh a lot. MDA made > > me horny. LSD afforded psychedelic sensory distortions. > > > > > > I'm of the opinion that different chemicals evoke various hormones (or > > whatevers) to respond...and thus a certain drugs/herbs can cause bad > > effects (bad trips) or good effects (good trips). > > > > > > I do think whatever one experiences within the good trip or the bad > > trip comes from somewhere in the person's psyche...but the drug used > > helps determine if what is pulled from the psyche is pleasurable or not > > pleasurable. (Hope that makes sense.) > > > > > > Eventually all my trips tuck a turn toward the dark side, which was > > probably a blessing because I gave up tripping. Hmmm....that is when I > > turned to TM by the way. Ha. > > > > > >
