gee.
I thought I had counted all the puzzle pieces of the sim world.
I forgot about the perception deception.
Then, I was instructed to take drugs . . . to see the aether or the cosmic serpent or ?? hidden reality.
But I am old school - big-time - opposed to any outside influence, including botanicals and synthetics.
Do NOT tamper with my mind. It may be small, feeble, puny................... but it's mine and mine alone.
But I also recognize that some deep thinkers credit DMT, LSD, etc. for insights that I respect.
Frank Herbert allegedly took magic mushrooms to write Dune:
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
“Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."
............. fine words, whether we agree with them or not.
Did drugs open the writer's mind or were they there all along? or. Did the spice give him the freedom to express his ideas openly?
All I know is that I know lots of people whose lives were ruined by taking substances.
That includes Ritalin, Xanax, and all the other Pharma meds prescribed for ADD, depression, weight control, and of course, pain.
Side effects almost always include No Improvement, Lifetime Dependence, and btw, Death.
No thanks. If I ever achieve enlightenment and see the eternal rigaramole, I'll do it myself.
Years ago I woke up after a surgery (which I regret to this day). When I was told I was hooked up to a morphine drip, I was about to rip out the needle, but the nurse got to it it first.
That said, I do take natural herbs and gentle exercises to improve my tendency to entropy.
My natoropath told me I was her only normal patient. I thought she was joking. But nope. She assured me that all the others had mental issues.
My next post will expand on that sad reality
