i find when i take care of my "shit", life in general is much better...

and when i'v been neglecting it, well..... personally its hard being in my head for the duration of said half life, blunt is the word.....

"I'm basically confused, and would appreciate some guidance. Is life magical and feminine and we ARE all connected and we DO go around again and again, and the drug is a tool to help us see the reality? Or is life practical and masculine, and what you see is what you get, and the drug is a way of avoiding the real world?"

I think you need to take more drugs so you can rule out the delusional
"Or is life practical and masculine, and what you see is what you get"...
YUCK!!!!! Your brain states have been tainted by bean counters, lawyers and clergymen!

I'm basically confused, and would appreciate some guidance. Is life magical and feminine and we ARE all connected and we DO go around again and again, and the drug is a tool to help us see the reality? Or is life practical and masculine, and what you see is what you get, and the drug is a way of avoiding the real world?

Yuck! ! Sunday school' Jonah and the whale shit'

Stop anylising' all shall be revealed without LABELS'

Bliss

Nobuoni +

Be posative brother' you are your own creation and the imagination of yourself ~

Life is both things and all things at once just ask a gemini ;)

I think that the act of expressing my confusion has already started to change the course of it. Now all my actions, during explorations or not, will be subtely influenced by today's conversation and the input I've received from you insightful people.


I wish I DID belive in something HUGE like a religion--Seems like it would simplify things so much. Remove many uncertainties.

Understandable, on the grand scale. But there are certain things that make life feel better: eating well, exercising, maintaining friendships and family, and having enough $$ to meet NEEDS (fresh veggies, living space, basic medical). How to get the $$ and maintain it is flexible. Not that much of it is needed to meet needs. How to maintain relationships is flexible. The rest of your shit can be taken care of on inner space journeys. Taking care of oneself on the more practical level, though, is the first step to making everything else fall into place. Otherwise, inner space may be nothing more than an escape from a crappy outer life. I've learned this from some of the most successful and happy psychonauts I know.

My favorite take on psychonautical journeying is that those inner space experiences are a peak over the fence into what life can be. They can be a view of a goal, or a glimpse into parts of oneself seldom expressed. They are teaching times, learning times, but at the end, you have to come back to the practical world and do something with what you learned. Otherwise, the journeys are nothing more than escapism and mental masturbation. Not taking care of basic needs first, and not seeing how to bring lessons back are the main reasons I see people trend away from making journeys in the first place.

well...

no money no dope - no dope no hope etc...

so basically it's the same with drugs as with everything else...

you've got to be able to stay ahead of the game and work out the balance so you're dealing more than you're using...