Friday, November 28, 2008
Becoming god
(1)
No booze for a week and I'm in the mood again. Just finished beer #1 as I reread last week, including the 'psychedelic experience' link (redirected from 'Acid Trip') in (1) below. I never turn down an opportunity to talk about Acid (LSD) so I'll continue with my little dissertation in the form of a critique of the above link from the 'neophyte' point of view. I say 'neophyte' because I have done Acid less than 30 times, and marijuana less that 1,000 times, and all that was long, long ago. So, in the above link:
Level 4: The only thing I can agree with here is 'time distortion,' which is very common, especially with Ganja (marijuana).
Level 5: This is all confabulation. The brain is so impaired at this level that memory is nonexistent. You cannot remember the state of chaos. You can only remember the approach to chaos, and the departure from chaos. You dread the approach, and you celebrate the departure.
Level 6: There is no such level in the above link, but such a level would include all of the 'religious experiences' and 'revelations' and 'mystical experiences' associated with the processes of 're-assembly.' In the simplest terms, you have been disassembled by the Acid. This process was lots of fun, very sensual. Beautiful. You didn't realize that it was happening until it happened and you were in 'chaos.' You were no longer human. Beethoven made absolutely no sense at all. Neither did anything else. You greeted level 6 with utter joy! As your brain recovered normal functions you were the witness. You were able to see how unbelievably complex you are as all the 'leggo's which make up you were slowly put back into place. You saw how beautiful and powerful you are! This is the most astonishing revelation of your life! You are a god! (And so, of course, is everyone else.)
Level 7: Mostly boring, this level completes the reassembly process. Level 7 Acid resembles a 'coffee high' where you feel like you have drunk 20 cups in 20 minutes. You can't sleep. This was the time when we would 'strangen things up' with marijuana, which would take the 'edge' off and reintroduce some of the previous weirdness which was so much fun.
Eventually, you sleep.
No booze for a week and I'm in the mood again. Just finished beer #1 as I reread last week, including the 'psychedelic experience' link (redirected from 'Acid Trip') in (1) below. I never turn down an opportunity to talk about Acid (LSD) so I'll continue with my little dissertation in the form of a critique of the above link from the 'neophyte' point of view. I say 'neophyte' because I have done Acid less than 30 times, and marijuana less that 1,000 times, and all that was long, long ago. So, in the above link:
Level 4: The only thing I can agree with here is 'time distortion,' which is very common, especially with Ganja (marijuana).
Level 5: This is all confabulation. The brain is so impaired at this level that memory is nonexistent. You cannot remember the state of chaos. You can only remember the approach to chaos, and the departure from chaos. You dread the approach, and you celebrate the departure.
Level 6: There is no such level in the above link, but such a level would include all of the 'religious experiences' and 'revelations' and 'mystical experiences' associated with the processes of 're-assembly.' In the simplest terms, you have been disassembled by the Acid. This process was lots of fun, very sensual. Beautiful. You didn't realize that it was happening until it happened and you were in 'chaos.' You were no longer human. Beethoven made absolutely no sense at all. Neither did anything else. You greeted level 6 with utter joy! As your brain recovered normal functions you were the witness. You were able to see how unbelievably complex you are as all the 'leggo's which make up you were slowly put back into place. You saw how beautiful and powerful you are! This is the most astonishing revelation of your life! You are a god! (And so, of course, is everyone else.)
Level 7: Mostly boring, this level completes the reassembly process. Level 7 Acid resembles a 'coffee high' where you feel like you have drunk 20 cups in 20 minutes. You can't sleep. This was the time when we would 'strangen things up' with marijuana, which would take the 'edge' off and reintroduce some of the previous weirdness which was so much fun.
Eventually, you sleep.
