How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael PollanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book has really changed the way I see drugs lol Specifically psychedelic drugs like psilocybin (aka shrooms) and Lysergic acid diethylamide (aka LSD).
You can't get addicted to them and they can't kill you - something I thought the opposite of growing up from all the brainwashing. I mean it's good they brainwash you as a child not to do drugs but they technically are feeding kids lies. It's because children should definitely not take any drug because they are so weak and malleable they would go down the wrong path. But later in life when you have the knowledge and self control to take it properly it's not bad.
It can cure alcoholism, smoking habits, depression, and even the fear of death. These trips take you onto a spiritual journey that the ego has no part in. You surrender to it's divine power. You let down your walls and guards to realize true meaning. Mind you it has to be in the right environment when you take the drug and it's encouraged to get a professional guide that can lead you on the journey. The trip makes you think differently, see things differently and find true meaning and value in things. People say that it's a life changing experience and they see the world completely different now.
The results that these people had sounded a bit like how Landmark affected me. I found that we are meaning making machines and you can make your own meaning out of anything you choose to. And most importantly that we are all connected into one larger entity and at the end of the day we are all the same.
Many artists and successful people became successful after a trip because it opened their minds and allowed them to see their true potential and purpose.
If I find a suitable guide that could take me on a trip I would totally do it.
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