Richard Alpert recalls giving his guru in the Himalayas several (4?) doses of extremely potent lsd and it having no perceivable effect. Anecdotal, sure. But the secrets of the mind seem to be buried in these remote areas and disciplines.
Hah, I forget where, but I read a similar anecdote once, I can’t remember who it was about but it basically boiled down to “this was his normal state of being”.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some real overlap between “psychedelic” and “spiritual” phenomena. Anecdotally that seems clear, but it would always help to have some quality data. Unfortunately this kind of research threatens to upturn too much of “modern society” that it never gets funded and stays relegated to “woo”
I bet there is too. I have read about people who can enter psychedelic mental states voluntarily and without substances, once they become familiar with them.
Richard Alpert recalls giving his guru in the Himalayas several (4?) doses of extremely potent lsd and it having no perceivable effect. Anecdotal, sure. But the secrets of the mind seem to be buried in these remote areas and disciplines.
Hah, I forget where, but I read a similar anecdote once, I can’t remember who it was about but it basically boiled down to “this was his normal state of being”.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some real overlap between “psychedelic” and “spiritual” phenomena. Anecdotally that seems clear, but it would always help to have some quality data. Unfortunately this kind of research threatens to upturn too much of “modern society” that it never gets funded and stays relegated to “woo”
I bet there is too. I have read about people who can enter psychedelic mental states voluntarily and without substances, once they become familiar with them.