“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World”

Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by chanfest22 on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:56PM (#24666948)

> "under [psychedelic mushroom's] influence I realized that most of my consciousness was unknown to me. It was as if I had spent my life in a garden until then, and now I suddenly discovered that this garden has a gate through which I can enter a strange and wonderful forest, that was largely unknown to me."

Crazy that psychedelics are illegal in so many places. There certainly are risks that need to be taken seriously, but their potential seems incredible.

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by sojournerc on Friday October 02, 2020 @05:40PM (#24667291)

I think what is unfortunate is that by being illegal they are driven into being recreational.

There's a lot of evidence that ancient peoples knew about and consumed psychedelics, but treated them spiritually.

A recent Joe Rogan interview[1] went pretty deep on it.

Many have "bad trips" because of the context (and too much too soon), or because the setting involves consuming other things like alcohol and cannabis. Psychedelics should be treated with respect. I prefer to take them with loved ones in a private setting.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAQ7SklDxo

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by drewblaisdell on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:08PM (#24667524)

> I think what is unfortunate is that by being illegal they are driven into being recreational.

I agree in sentiment, but would replace /recreational/ with /solely recreational and often consumed unsafely/. Recreation is an important part of life and there is nothing shameful about using these substances recreationally.

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by sojournerc on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:32PM (#24668110)

Fair enough. It's probably a poor distinction. It's not like we sit around singing hymns in robes... We certainly have a lot of fun and laughter, and that's a huge part of the experience.

To each his own, but for first-timers a more controlled environment might be best. I'm pretty introspective, so I like a environment where I can go deep with that. Too much chaos, or interruption would get in the way for me.

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by virtualritz on Friday October 02, 2020 @05:12PM (#24667074)

> There certainly are risks that need to be taken seriously, but their potential seems incredible.

The risk most people among my friends, particularly those who are generally scared of 'drugs' and who never had psychedelic experiences believe in turns out to be an urban myth:

https://www.nature.com/news/no-link-found-between-psychedeli...

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