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Re:Do psychedelics make you liberal? Not always by louis___ on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:01AM (#28433234)
Honestly, as someone who took that kind of substances, this is not terrifying.

This is actually going out of denial, and really just seeing ourselves just the way we are. Agreed, we have a pretty fucked up side of us, but also a true potential for love and sharing.

These 2 sides are mixed, in conflict, and ever-evolving, but really, they are us. It may appear terrifying, but really, when you see it, it has a freeing and peaceful quality to it, because you just "know" that this is true.

Re:Do psychedelics make you liberal? Not always by giantg2 on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:13AM (#28433331)
Barely being able to contain violence should be concerning. It's one thing just to know you are capable of violence, it's entirely different if you are struggling to control it.
Re:Do psychedelics make you liberal? Not always by kace91 on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:23PM (#28438784)
I think you misread op (either that or I did).

I didn't interpret the post as "I was feeling barely containable violence then" but more of a "I became aware of the barely contained violence that me/humans have under the surface". As in, a change of judgement on his current and past condition, rather than a new emotion.

Re:Do psychedelics make you liberal? Not always by louis___ on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:34PM (#28437776)
LSD alone does not create any violence, it does not bring any evil into your mind from the outside.

It mostly shows things that usually stay in the unconscious part of our mind. It is more like a lens than a seed.

Of course Barely being able to contain violence is concerning, but let's face it, it is a daily struggle for a LOT of humans. Our good intentions dp not always weigh up when for example we are starving to death. Anger, greed or hatred, are some of our common struggles, but most of the time they stay hidden in our subconscious, bc we do not like to see ourselves as persons able to perpetrate violence.

But only when we see it (it requires honesty, not necessarily lsd xD) and we resolve to work on it, can we really grow.

Re:Do psychedelics make you liberal? Not always by akomtu on Monday September 06, 2021 @11:17PM (#28440548)
OP said evil, not violence. The boundary between good and evil is so thin, that people cross it without even realizing that, e.g. when they wish or do something for personal gain. It's just most people have zero power over others. Evil is indeed barely contained in a typical human today.