tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post6926440608324811704..comments2023-07-31T04:12:15.594-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Early Video of "Magic Mushroom" Tripstuartresnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-15666843506851680482008-08-27T18:44:00.000-07:002008-08-27T18:44:00.000-07:00When the flashing lights and chaotic sensations an...When the flashing lights and chaotic sensations and perceptions have died down, there's sometimes a period where consciousness is nearly normal,<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Which is getting pretty close to Being oneself, if not just Being. Perhaps 'normal' is the simplest way to describe 'just Being'.<BR/></STRONG><BR/><BR/><BR/> but the sense of self, of being an individual in a body, hasn't quite bORED gURUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849287645051811379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-30804017658756427652008-08-06T11:37:00.000-07:002008-08-06T11:37:00.000-07:00bORED gURU said... But personally speaking, my act...bORED gURU said... <BR/><I>But personally speaking, my actual 'trip' started just when the mushy effect was over</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the trip report, bORED gURU.<BR/><BR/>For me also, the most interesting (enjoyable?) part of psychedelic trips has been <I>after</I> the peak effects are over... and I'm trying to integrate something of the experience into ordinary life.<BR/><BR/>When the stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-11021150451233280052008-08-06T02:36:00.000-07:002008-08-06T02:36:00.000-07:00I was 18 years old when I first encountered the 'm...I was 18 years old when I first encountered the 'mushies' experience. After about some 4 hours trek, we ended up in a lake bed with little water and lots and lots of mushies, just about everywhere on the wet ground. It was a land of mushies. There was a old lady spotted plucking them away into her big sack like bag. When I enquired if she eats mushies herself, she said not just herself but all bORED gURUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849287645051811379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-26728763614294363172008-07-26T13:31:00.000-07:002008-07-26T13:31:00.000-07:00Doug wrote...Somewhere in the "Three Pillars of Ze...Doug wrote...<BR/><I>Somewhere in the "Three Pillars of Zen" (I think), Phillip Kapleau wrote that the zen tradition does not pay much attention to the paranormal or occult.</I><BR/><BR/>I've never personally felt any magical powers from my 30 years of meditation practice. The most amazing "events" I've had from practice involve perceiving all things (including "I") as dream-like appearances; a stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-49607776872488885752008-07-25T21:19:00.000-07:002008-07-25T21:19:00.000-07:00How wonderfully dramatic! :) I would probably wa...How wonderfully dramatic! :) I would probably watch more television if they still did it like that.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere in the "Three Pillars of Zen" (I think), Phillip Kapleau wrote that the zen tradition does not pay much attention to the paranormal or occult. Ultimately such things are just distractions from the big question. It's the practice of sitting (zazen) that leads to understanding.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877698540296040262noreply@blogger.com