First evidence found that LSD produces 'higher' level of consciousness, scientists claim

just now? like...yesterday?

No wonder republicans don't trust science.

Esp. when I fell in love the the backup singers at the Moody Blues concert at Poplar Creek back in '83.
I'm certain others found it before me, tho maybe not with these sirens.

They should have asked "Don Juan."

I never dropped acid but I could ride a motorcycle stoned in my 20s. For some reason I remember my thumbs were really big.

Rememmmmmberrrrrr
what the dormouse saaaaaid
Feed your heaaaaaad........
Feed your heaaaaaaad....................................

I always did (and do) love the green stuff.

But acid? I only dropped acid once, and I was in college. It was years ago, and it was an interesting trip. The first half was quite fun; I laughed hysterically with my friends. The second half was unpleasant, as I began to hear and see the bed breathing and other nonsense. It went on for hours, and I was so ready for it to be over!

I noticed soft skeletal faces with vague cobwebs trailing backwards, which was not at all scary.
They were obviously branches sticking out, which I backed up to take a 2nd look at, but had the same (IE not-random) appearance as when I initially walked by them.
I was so bemused that I backed up to pee and noticed the same exact faces watching....whooooaaaa!
True story!

html or pdf at https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46421

that hallucinogens did something to the brain.

It would be nice if you dropped some actual info along with the diss.

There are widely divergent schools of thought about it, and some neuroscientists and philosophers don't think we will ever know.

between the observed electrical brain activity and consciousness. The canonical Western interpretation is that consciousness arises from brain activity, so the assumption usually goes unchallenged.

I've wrestled with the concept of consciousness ever since I did acid back in 1969. I've come to the conclusion that consciousness is probably the fundamental ontological primitive of reality. IOW, reality arises from consciousness, not the other way around. Philosophically I'm an idealist, not a materialist. This is why I'm drawn to the non-dualist teaching of Advaita.

Modern science moves along nicely as it is; Most are making a good living letting others set the standards for belief....

Their biggest fear is discovering that "Consciousness" is separate from the body. That would mess up every known institution of Modern Society.



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That said... I think some good research can still be done in this field. I have seen another study, in which terminally ill patients were dosed once with magic mushrooms, and their dread/fears of death were replaced with a more calm state of mind, positivity and a sense of purpose. These feeling were actually sustained for up to 6 months after a single dose.

This, to me, is an example of worthwhile research.

(The whole brain tends to light up on an EEG.)

For example, Dostoevsky wrote about it in the 1800's:


More examples here:

And he was purple!

It made me laugh at everything and kept me awake all night. I had a wonderful time.

You would almost think our betters don't want us to be awake.

our consciousness more enclosed. Of course, we have to actually practice it fairly regularly to retrain our thoughts, but the effort is worth it.

LSD is being given to terminal patients with great results for new whole being and insight into life and the oneness of all things.

series was based. It's probably on youtube or somewhere. Highly recommend the series.

From what I remember, hallucinogens taken with others - such as when Owsley Townsend* gave 10s of thousand people acid at concerts - creates a group mind. It helps that the LSD is clean and people are there to help when if/when it starts going bad (believe it or not, drinking milk helps with that).

So, from these concerts with groovy music and talking at the universities, to kids protesting the war, women's rights, minority rights, etc. It just exploded.

Peter Coyote was involved with, The Group (?), the ones in Berkeley who were feeding people for free everyday and helping runaways who showed up at the Haight-Asbury scene in the 1960s. They would drop acid together and discuss they were experiencing and tried and did social activities that came from these discussions.

In developing the Group Mind, it did help propel society forward. (I remembering reading Steven Jobs dropped acid a lot. Something to mull over.)

TPTB freaked the fuck out over people coming together, protesting, trying to change society from within instead of without, without their permission. So they made up stories about how horrible hallucinogens are and made them Schedule I compounds.

What destroyed it all was when heroin and speed flooded SF, which has nothing to do with groovy vibes and helping others.

Fast Forward to the late 1980s & early 1990s and Ecstasy flooded the dance club scene and the same thing happened - a Group Mind developed at the raves. Groovy vibes and discussions coming out and imo jump starting technology. TPTB freaked out again and had to shut it down.

Cannabis, too, can help in developing a Group Mind but it works very slowly and takes longer. Slow and Steady wins the race.

*Owlsley Townsend synthesized LSD in great quantities, and it has been said that when he was busted, he and his team left 10s of thousands of barrels of LSD all over California.

And, yes, I have dropped acid several times. I wouldn't trust it today though, no telling what it has been adulterated with, or if it is even LSD.

LSD, MDA, Buttons effect people differently. So in some cases it would expand and others see walls breathing and get fearful.

As we said then as we do now.. everything in moderation. One thing the "war on drugs" never admitted... Doing drugs can be damn fun. As long as they don't address that, they won't have many converts using scare tactics.

We thought we would do an hallucinogen on our 40th birthday, just so we could re-live our youth. NO WAY. That time had definitely passed. But we've been married 42 years and that's been quite a "trip".

of all things was due to his use of LSD in college.

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