Re:When America First Dropped Acid
by QuercusMax on Monday January 22, 2024 @05:43PM
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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
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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
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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
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I have also had this experience. Meditating for 12 minutes a day for a year or so.
It is totally believable that a true religious zealot would be able to achieve much, much more with decades of practice.