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Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by roody15 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:58PM (#33440217)
Disclaimer just my take:

I wonder if the human mind is like a antenna or receiver of sorts. Outside of our physical world or perhaps at a distance so great may exists some greater entities.

Gods if you will, or perhaps spiritual entities.

I wonder if in certain states of dreaming or on certain substances our brain/receiver is more receptive to these “signals”.

Perhaps bad trips … occur since you are in a receptive state “drugged lsd, etc” and a negative spiritual entity is able to access in this state.

Perhaps in a good trip … you are able to increase your signal reception to a greater will, a more benevolent, a spiritual entity that is more positive, creative, loving, forgiving, etc.

When you are cut off from these forces or the signal is diminished perhaps … depression sets in… no sense of purpose.. etc.

Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by FactoryReboot on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:09PM (#33440388)
Reminds me a bit of the old modest mouse song stars are projectors. That song had a related idea that our consciousness is in the cosmos and beamed down to us. Drugs could be interrupting that beam or something like you said. It’s an interesting thought.
Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by potsandpans on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:58PM (#33442071)
Would not expect to find a post like this on here. My totally unqualified intuition puts me somewhat in the panpsychist camp, that I'd crudely outline as "the brain does not produce consciousness but is more of an antenna that receives it."

While I dont ascribe any spirituality to these "entities" as you describe, I do wonder if they exist in some physical form. If they do we'll no doubt find and classify them eventually.

Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by ogsalmanxxx on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:10PM (#33442269)
so... i've had acid about 100 times... i can relate to this ... >_>

would like to share some thoughts if you're open.

Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by ogsalmanxxx on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:21PM (#33442426)
this is my problem...

good trip w/ good entities good trip w/ bad entities bad trip w/ good entities bad trip w/ bad entities

like... i've had a bad trip but with good entities. tbh, i'd be interested to exploring the features of my antennae. hehe.

Re:Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) by chimen on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:05AM (#33452123)
Until someone comes back from such a trip with a new information, out of this world, I'll just put it on chemistry and stuff that the brain projects.