Daisy Hi Daisy:As much as I agree with you overall (and basically said so in a previous comment), I'll offer a middle path.While I believe what you said is absolutely true, it also appears to be true for many - thousands, maybe even millions - who have been blocked off from awe, that a carefully calibrated series of "trips" can open the door. I took 3 LSD trips in the summer of 1971. By the 3rd, it was blindingly obvious that the drug was not the point and never did it again.  I suppose it's good psychedelics are coming back because it represents a surge of interest in a life of awe. I hope people can get past the crutches and experience, as you rightly note, the real thing.meanwhile, if you want to get there without drugs:(from Alan Wallace: "The Attention Revolution")1. Learn to be attentive to the FEELING of the breath for 20 minutes without getting absorbed in thought; when you can do this repeatedly..2. Learn to be attentive to passing thoughts without getting lost; when you can do this repeatedly for 20 minutes; 3. Learn to simply rest in being aware.  When you can do this repeatedly for some months...1. As you go to sleep, relax deeply (observing the breath for about 20 minutes is a good start)2. Notice the play of lights calmly, until they become vivid, moving 3D scenes3.  GENTLY intend to move toward the scene - you will be conscious in a dream.When you can do this (expect a few months for this) it is infinitely more awesome than any drug.

Daisy Hi Daisy:As much as I agree with you overall (and basically said so in a previous comment), I'll offer a middle path.While I believe what you said is absolutely true, it also appears to be true for many - thousands, maybe even millions - who have been blocked off from awe, that a carefully calibrated series of "trips" can open the door. I took 3 LSD trips in the summer of 1971. By the 3rd, it was blindingly obvious that the drug was not the point and never did it again.  I suppose it's good psychedelics are coming back because it represents a surge of interest in a life of awe. I hope people can get past the crutches and experience, as you rightly note, the real thing.meanwhile, if you want to get there without drugs:(from Alan Wallace: "The Attention Revolution")1. Learn to be attentive to the FEELING of the breath for 20 minutes without getting absorbed in thought; when you can do this repeatedly..2. Learn to be attentive to passing thoughts without getting lost; when you can do this repeatedly for 20 minutes; 3. Learn to simply rest in being aware.  When you can do this repeatedly for some months...1. As you go to sleep, relax deeply (observing the breath for about 20 minutes is a good start)2. Notice the play of lights calmly, until they become vivid, moving 3D scenes3.  GENTLY intend to move toward the scene - you will be conscious in a dream.When you can do this (expect a few months for this) it is infinitely more awesome than any drug.

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