great read, loved it. i wonder which mechanisms shift perception during meditation.
as one goes through the states, there is a successive ceasing of mental activity and fading of the ego and dualistic worldview.
its being replaced by awareness itself, which also starts to fade in the eigth jhāna and everything gets very dreamy and trippy when the mind stops forming perceptions altogether. you cannot tell if you are awake or dreaming at this point.
Hey buddy, I had a past life that involved a fair amount of methamphetamine, although I never completely shat the bed on it, I came away from it feeling cold and soulless. The more I've taken psychedelics the more visual and interesting they get and the more my 'soul' has been restored. I've read that it's common for dopamine addicts to have severely atrophied Pineal glands (also found in psychosis patients). I know in Psychedelia the Pineal gland has a lot of theories around it and there is an idea that Melatonin may play a role in the trip (why people lock themselves away in dark rooms). I'm wondering if you may be able to see a chemical connection between atrophied Pineal glands impacting the power of the trip. I'm still yet to breakthrough on DMT even though before I went down the wrong path I would break through with ease.
great read, loved it. i wonder which mechanisms shift perception during meditation.
as one goes through the states, there is a successive ceasing of mental activity and fading of the ego and dualistic worldview.
its being replaced by awareness itself, which also starts to fade in the eigth jhāna and everything gets very dreamy and trippy when the mind stops forming perceptions altogether. you cannot tell if you are awake or dreaming at this point.
Hey buddy, I had a past life that involved a fair amount of methamphetamine, although I never completely shat the bed on it, I came away from it feeling cold and soulless. The more I've taken psychedelics the more visual and interesting they get and the more my 'soul' has been restored. I've read that it's common for dopamine addicts to have severely atrophied Pineal glands (also found in psychosis patients). I know in Psychedelia the Pineal gland has a lot of theories around it and there is an idea that Melatonin may play a role in the trip (why people lock themselves away in dark rooms). I'm wondering if you may be able to see a chemical connection between atrophied Pineal glands impacting the power of the trip. I'm still yet to breakthrough on DMT even though before I went down the wrong path I would break through with ease.