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Re:When America First Dropped Acid by ethanbond on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:58PM (#39094565)
Alternatively you can also meditate/pray your way to similar states as the ones psychedelics induce. It takes a ton of practice, but I was able to generate very notable open-eyed hallucinations after just 2 years of low-intensity meditative practice (roughly equivalent to 120ug of LSD).

It is totally believable that a true religious zealot would be able to achieve much, much more with decades of practice.

Re:When America First Dropped Acid by QuercusMax on Monday January 22, 2024 @05:43PM (#39096574)
Ram Dass told the story about how he visited the guru Neem Karoli Baba (AKA Maharaj-ji) and gave him a bunch of LSD, which supposedly had no effect on the guru because he was already having open-eye hallucinations from his meditation.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/baba-ram-da...

Probably BS, but matches with what you say.

Re:When America First Dropped Acid by bratwurst3000 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:17AM (#39101201)
Hehe maybe the guru had a severe psychosis and that’s why the lsd didn’t do anything.
Re:When America First Dropped Acid by pgsandstrom on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:34AM (#39101324)
In your experience, how common is this? I must know at least thirty people that have meditated for over 15 years, and none have mentioned open-eyed hallucinations.
Re:When America First Dropped Acid by PaperOliver on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:48AM (#39101410)
I have also had this experience. Meditating for 12 minutes a day for a year or so.