Almost everyone has a well-functioning brain. If you are happy, it's cool. If you think, you are happy, but don't know, that you aren't (have you ever cried? have you ever hurt someone? have you ever lied? if the answer to any of these question is yes, you need to escape from sansara).
I don't want you to use drugs, if you think, they're chemicals damaging your brain. Try to get into altered state of consciousness another way. There are lots of ways to do so without drugs!!! Study Zen, Buddhism, etc. You can be even Christian and get to the altered state of consciousness by praying (if Christianism != church for you). It certainly will help you. I can't say, that you are damaging your brain with safe-drugs. LSD and cannabis are safer than alcohol. (I don't use alcohol). Tim Leary, one of the greaters users of LSD, psilocybin and cannabis lived longer than most of us will. You need motivation of life, to be good and good to people. The way of doing it is mandatory. Everyone has his own way. But don't tell anyone something, you know nearly nothing about.
I see, that anti-drug propaganda overseas is very strong:). Plain old nice europe:).
Hmmm... I can't start another way: have you tried it?. Okay, the answer is no. To know what's this all about, you can do these things:
Try some psychedelic drug (can start with cannabis).
Okay, if you don't want to use a drug, try to get into altered state of cosciousness with yoga or holotropic breathwork. Tibetans do this for years!
Recommended reading:
Jack Herrer:Emperror wears no clothes
Timmothy Leary:Chaos and Cyberculture, Flashbacks
Aldous Huxley:Doors of perception
Tibetan Book of Dead
Everything from Terrence McKenna
While I agree with you, that some drugs are evil (I had a friend, who died because she used heroine), some drugs like cannabis, LSD, psilocybine, etc. make no dependance, you can't overdose with them and cause no serious physical problems (it can cause psychical problems, if you have problems with you consciousness, read the tibetan book of dead).
When you called it psychosis, I started to think I even shouldn't reply. Psychosis is uncontrolable! Safe-drug use is controllable by mental technics.
Maybe you don't need drugs. So let me ask you a question:,,Are you completely happy?''. If the answer is yes, then and only then, you don't have to think about this. And by happy I don't mean you're smiling or that you have family or good income. By happy I mean no bad thoughts in your mind, being nice to people and the primary goal to help. If you can say that, hands off from drugs! I think, that there are not many people, who can say that.
Huh. I think that this woman just sees, that it is modern to write about such things. I don't know, if she wrote it this way or it's picked up from context (I work for media, so I know how they usually do it). But I can't agree with things like this:
,,There are all sorts of non-drug activities that obviously change that neurochemical balance -- sex, exercise, food''
Actually, all of these things are drug activities. While having sex, your body releases lots of endorphines and also adrenaline (that's why there's a saying in our country, that sex helps to heal the flu). It's similiar with exercise and food, but not to that amount.
Plant has more in common with the demystified approach of today's post-rave generation, who increasingly explore drugs purely for the intrinsic interest of their precise perceptual distortions and sensory enhancements, without making the kind of investment in ideas of the visionary or shamanic that characterized the generation of psychonauts that included Aldous Huxley, R. Gordon Wasson, and Tim Leary.
I think this is what is going to kill us. I use drugs ocassionaly. I do some other ways of altering my consciousness (holotrophic breatwork, yoga,...). But whenever you start using it this way, you end in forever-altered-state, which is not expanded, but rather reducted state. Never seen or read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
,,Intoxicants are all, at root, toxins; drug experiences, says Plant, are little infusions of death into life. Which is why the shamanic traditions of using plant hallucinogens tend to imagine the trip as a journey across the border between life and death.''
Ah, no. Altered state of consciousness was described before the first millenium by Tibetans in a book called Tibetan book of dead. As many of you know, this is the,,west-name'' of this book. The original name is,,Freeing from Bardo by listening''. Bardo is interstate -- state between two normal states. One of these Bardo's is death (actually, death consist of three bardos), second is f.e. sleep&dreaming and there's also a meditation/altered state (like by drugs) state. All these Bardos have something common, but you can't say, that you're injecting death with drugs (if not meaning it ironically with drugs=dangerous drugs like heroin, pervitin, etc.). That's why I think, Tibetans are best in psychology and describing of altered states. Be sure to read Tibetan book of Dead before using any psychedelic drugs.
Conclusion? I think this article is interesting, because ms. Plant really writes atractively. But that's the start and the end. I can see no,,visionary'' here. (I'm feminist too, not writing this because I don't like women or crap like that!)
Exactly. That's the reason why my country (Slovak Republic) won't take any smart drugs legislation. Because the pressure won't allow us to trade and to become part of international structures (such as EU and NATO). Remember the Wassenaar agreement and the letter of Janet Reno to government of Germany ? I prefer legalisation, but if US government would stand on his old-and-not-working-option on drug war, more people will die (of hard drugs).
I completely agree with this. What we need is control, not regulation. And control means education. Because there will always be "it's just a pill, let's try it" people. If the drugs are legal to use and the educations educates truth (which is by no mean,,just one time and you're addict'' considering most of the drugs). I just can't agree with government's "war on drugs". It causes just more people, who die by using hard drugs (because of Semmelweis effect). -------------------------------------------------- Greetings to Timothy Leary !
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Yes... F.e. Netherlands -- what's wrong about allowing people to smoke pot ? It makes Netherlands a country with the smallest number of deaths caused by drugs. And what's wrong about legalising prostitution and forcing prostitutes to pay taxes ? It makes it safer. Pot is safer than alcohol. And you can't stop prostitutes, so why to prohibid it because of some stupid morality, that even doesn't help ? I think these two laws are GREAT, because their result is saving a life. If other countries had such law as netherlands...
Hello, I would like to ask : 1.) Do you support drugs ? You submitted the name of betaphenetylamin (I hope I write it good) to William Gibson for his book. Is this just your interest, or you use or support them (or at least some soft drugs)? 2.) What do you think about Tim Leary ? 3.) Do you think, that things like everybody will be able to surf the cyberspace will happen soon ? 4.) What about medial revolution ? Do you think, that the Internet (slashdot:) will be more important than TV and papernews ? A wish you everything fine and please continue with writing those genial books !
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I don't want you to use drugs, if you think, they're chemicals damaging your brain. Try to get into altered state of consciousness another way. There are lots of ways to do so without drugs!!! Study Zen, Buddhism, etc. You can be even Christian and get to the altered state of consciousness by praying (if Christianism != church for you). It certainly will help you. I can't say, that you are damaging your brain with safe-drugs. LSD and cannabis are safer than alcohol. (I don't use alcohol). Tim Leary, one of the greaters users of LSD, psilocybin and cannabis lived longer than most of us will. You need motivation of life, to be good and good to people. The way of doing it is mandatory. Everyone has his own way. But don't tell anyone something, you know nearly nothing about.
I see, that anti-drug propaganda overseas is very strong :). Plain old nice europe :).
- Try some psychedelic drug (can start with cannabis).
- Okay, if you don't want to use a drug, try to get into altered state of cosciousness with yoga or holotropic breathwork. Tibetans do this for years!
- Recommended reading:
- Jack Herrer:Emperror wears no clothes
- Timmothy Leary:Chaos and Cyberculture, Flashbacks
- Aldous Huxley:Doors of perception
- Tibetan Book of Dead
- Everything from Terrence McKenna
While I agree with you, that some drugs are evil (I had a friend, who died because she used heroine), some drugs like cannabis, LSD, psilocybine, etc. make no dependance, you can't overdose with them and cause no serious physical problems (it can cause psychical problems, if you have problems with you consciousness, read the tibetan book of dead).When you called it psychosis, I started to think I even shouldn't reply. Psychosis is uncontrolable! Safe-drug use is controllable by mental technics.
Maybe you don't need drugs. So let me ask you a question: ,,Are you completely happy?''. If the answer is yes, then and only then, you don't have to think about this. And by happy I don't mean you're smiling or that you have family or good income. By happy I mean no bad thoughts in your mind, being nice to people and the primary goal to help. If you can say that, hands off from drugs! I think, that there are not many people, who can say that.
Actually, all of these things are drug activities. While having sex, your body releases lots of endorphines and also adrenaline (that's why there's a saying in our country, that sex helps to heal the flu). It's similiar with exercise and food, but not to that amount.
Plant has more in common with the demystified approach of today's post-rave generation, who increasingly explore drugs purely for the intrinsic interest of their precise perceptual distortions and sensory enhancements, without making the kind of investment in ideas of the visionary or shamanic that characterized the generation of psychonauts that included Aldous Huxley, R. Gordon Wasson, and Tim Leary.
I think this is what is going to kill us. I use drugs ocassionaly. I do some other ways of altering my consciousness (holotrophic breatwork, yoga, ...). But whenever you start using it this way, you end in forever-altered-state, which is not expanded, but rather reducted state. Never seen or read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
Ah, no. Altered state of consciousness was described before the first millenium by Tibetans in a book called Tibetan book of dead. As many of you know, this is the ,,west-name'' of this book. The original name is ,,Freeing from Bardo by listening''. Bardo is interstate -- state between two normal states. One of these Bardo's is death (actually, death consist of three bardos), second is f.e. sleep&dreaming and there's also a meditation/altered state (like by drugs) state. All these Bardos have something common, but you can't say, that you're injecting death with drugs (if not meaning it ironically with drugs=dangerous drugs like heroin, pervitin, etc.). That's why I think, Tibetans are best in psychology and describing of altered states. Be sure to read Tibetan book of Dead before using any psychedelic drugs.
Conclusion? I think this article is interesting, because ms. Plant really writes atractively. But that's the start and the end. I can see no ,,visionary'' here. (I'm feminist too, not writing this because I don't like women or crap like that!)
Exactly. That's the reason why my country (Slovak Republic) won't take any smart drugs legislation. Because the pressure won't allow us to trade and to become part of international structures (such as EU and NATO). Remember the Wassenaar agreement and the letter of Janet Reno to government of Germany ? I prefer legalisation, but if US government would stand on his old-and-not-working-option on drug war, more people will die (of hard drugs).
I completely agree with this. What we need is control, not regulation. And control means education. Because there will always be "it's just a pill, let's try it" people. If the drugs are legal to use and the educations educates truth (which is by no mean ,,just one time and you're addict'' considering most of the drugs). I just can't agree with government's "war on drugs". It causes just more people, who die by using hard drugs (because of Semmelweis effect). -------------------------------------------------- Greetings to Timothy Leary !
Yes... F.e. Netherlands -- what's wrong about allowing people to smoke pot ? It makes Netherlands a country with the smallest number of deaths caused by drugs. And what's wrong about legalising prostitution and forcing prostitutes to pay taxes ? It makes it safer. Pot is safer than alcohol. And you can't stop prostitutes, so why to prohibid it because of some stupid morality, that even doesn't help ? I think these two laws are GREAT, because their result is saving a life. If other countries had such law as netherlands...
Hello, I would like to ask : 1.) Do you support drugs ? You submitted the name of betaphenetylamin (I hope I write it good) to William Gibson for his book. Is this just your interest, or you use or support them (or at least some soft drugs)? 2.) What do you think about Tim Leary ? 3.) Do you think, that things like everybody will be able to surf the cyberspace will happen soon ? 4.) What about medial revolution ? Do you think, that the Internet (slashdot :) will be more important than TV and papernews ? A wish you everything fine and please continue with writing those genial books !