Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,” study finds

Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by lucastx on Friday July 04, 2014 @10:24PM (#7990837)

I like the way calling it a "waking dream" hints that, during a trip, the subconscious (whatever it is concretely) expands its connection with the conscious mind.

The fact that lucid dreaming is a way to explore your mind ("psychonaut" is a name that both psychedelic users and lucid dreamers use) is more evidence of that, for me.

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Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by catshirt on Friday July 04, 2014 @10:38PM (#7990853)

good point. i'm just hesitant to throw lucid dreaming, meditation, and LSD into the same bucket. it's like comparing a hammer to a paintbrush to a belt sander.

i mean, they may very well all belong in exactly the same bucket. i am just hesitant to jump to that conclusion.

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Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by h1karu on Friday July 04, 2014 @10:49PM (#7990876)

on what basis do you base the assumption that the subconscious mind is something "concretely" ? Isn't it's non-concreteness kind of the point of calling it the subconscious ?

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