- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Why must it be one, or the other? I embrace my Ego, yet control it. A difficult task, not 100% effective, but it's saved me from quite a bit of self-destructive behavior.
The best way to enjoy separaton from the ego is to either:
1. spend years studying meditation and various forms of behavior control, martial arts, magik, various mystical religions... yada yada. Probably the best of the two ways of learning to control and embrace one's ego, to separate the ego from the self, as much of a conundrum as that must seem.
2. Psychedelic Drugs. Normally, I would not encourage the use of such controversial and dangerous substances such as D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25 (LSD) , Psilocybe Mushrooms, Mescaline/Peyote Cactus, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), Bufotenine (From the skin of Bufo Alvarius, american Bull Frog), Salvia Divinorum, Amanita Muscaria Mushrooms (Fly Agaric), 2-CB, 2-CI, 5MeO-DMT, 5MeO-DiPT, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstacy), Delta-9 Tetrahydocannibinol (THC, Marijuana) or any other psychedelic compound/substance.
However, in the endless universe of the human mind, these substaces are incredible tools. As hard as this is going to be to explain, or justify, it is nothing compared to how difficult it would be to explain their effects. In all essence, many of these drugs have the incredible power of alienating oneself from reality to such a degree, that every day experiences are suddenly completely different, that is the system by which one percieves reality has changed, and the change can be PERMANANT. So be careful if you're going to start doing this kind of stuff... I've witnessed many train wrecks, and had a few of my own.
So when one essentially has a clean slate- being in a state where normal human behavior is quite alien, and one might, on impulse, do something stupid according to the way normal humans think- it becomes much easier to take a look at not only yourself, but everything else from a completely different perspective. It can be an incredibly lucid state, one where you can literally understand what everyone else is thinking, everyone's hidden agenda's, everyones bull-blam!- becomes very transparent. Oneself becomes transparent, you begin to see your own behaviors, and in a neutral state, you can destroy the destructive ones. One can effectively quit smoking, start eating healthy, become less violent, find god, in this situation. You are now in complete control of your mind (this takes MUCH experience to master, but after many experiences with psychedelics, I can literally control every part of my subconscious, find something I hate about myself and fix it, the possibilites are ENDLESS.
The dangerous part is, after the experience is over, these changes (many of which are probably actual physiological changes in the structure of your brain, i.e. "flashbacks," being a semi-permanent change in your neural pathways, such that a particular thought or event can cause one to feel as though they are "tripping") can become permanent, (truely it is up to the user, however not many people are in touch with themselves enough to realize how much control they have). I know people who, after taking many a psychedelic drug, are now faced with social and psychological disorders such as anxiety, and depression, because most likely one of their experiences focused on that particular emotion, and hard wired it into their brain as a reaction to certain experiences. However, I know people, myself being one of them, who have overcome things like depression, or anxiety.
I could write HUNDREDS of pages about this topic, in fact, much of my life is devoted to drugs, and their ability to seperate oneself from the Human Condition, in a vain attempt to either conquor and cure the Human Condition, to understand it, or to ultimately, transcend it, and become as close to God as possible (enlightened, granted access to heaven, eternal bliss, the end of suffering...).
Thats all I have to say for now, but seriously, everyone should check this website out.
Much Knowledge