I tried lsd with friends in undergrad. It was to me a very interesting experience. Not spiritual in any way - it was like I could tell that my neurons were firing off all over and incorrectly. It was fun and I enjoyed it very much and I've never had the desire to do it again.

My friends from that night did still continue doing lsd after that. For one of them he stopped when he had what sounds like a horrible trip where a pool table opened up to a portal to hell and dragged him in. Lol.

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TZubiri a day ago | parent | next [-]

I remember feeling that once with cannabis, I was feeling some sensations and emotions and initially I tried to explain them rationally, but eventually I came to the theory that some brain areas were just being activated by the drug.

Don't do drugs kids.

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pixel_popping a day ago | parent | prev [-]

You might want to consider retrying it in a "spiritual/meditative setting", i.e cozy with headset on, music pre-curated (nothing off-tune and so-on) and closed eyes then get lost to eventually breakthrough, strictly only with people you deeply trust.

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comrade1234 a day ago | parent [-]

I don't think it's a spiritual experience, in any way. It's just your neurons going crazy. Any spiritual result that you have had fits with how your brain is wired. The majority of the population is spiritual because in the past atheists were killed. I'm atheist and this experience was not spiritual in any way. It just enforced my atheism.

	▲	pixel_popping 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not religious but I'd still consider it a spiritual experience, when you land a "breakthrough" and see the world interconnecting, end-up in the "pixel" (we are one), it's clearly something that we can't experience without substance, to me it feels very spiritual in the sense that it's showing you a very different understanding of the world where you can't even describe it with words. To have a breakthrough, you need to be very focused on that said goal, I advise closed eyes, headset on, perfect temperature, perfect comfort, whole playlist curated and completely let-go until you reach the absolute "void" and then keep going even if you are scared, then you'll reach the point where you completely disconnect with reality and basically just "die", then you'll have some sort of "orgasm" where you simultaneously laugh and cry and so-on and see the world very strangely, interconnected, it's one of the most profound experience an individual can have imo. It's difficult and often can't be done during the first few trips. You need to completely "surrender". PS: I know, sounds insane said that way, I'm a very logical and rational person but still can acknowledge that something is quite magical in a way we don't quite yet understand.