Inevitably every time I have a psychedelic experience my perspective on how significant we really are, changes immensely. On mushrooms I realized that in the scheme of al that is, if the earth did not exist, to the cosmos it would be as unnoticeable as a compound decomposing from single atoms. While on dmt I realized the same thing sometimes, last time I went micro. I learned the importance of each and every quantum piece of matter, which make up atoms and cells, living and nonliving. Without these ever occurring law abiding molecules we would never be. Neither would anything, for that matter. I feel in my life as if this is what matters, what job I attain, my relationships, and my morals. But the paradox of significance is an infinite one. If a person sees more, they realize their insignificance. If one sees less they realize their significance. But if they have experiences both? They are placed on a continuum of importance, one can see their place in the homeostatic universe. When I used mushrooms last I came to the thought that if I died, would everything cease to exist? It was so compelling that I thought for a moment of a suicidal experiment. It was just fleeting thought, I realized immediately the implications of this expire meant. Therefor it is an even bigger mystery. It forget which philosopher said this, but it rang true in my trip. " the only true philosophical question, is wether or not to kill yourself". This may seem bleak and morbid to our everyday perspective, but it was so thrilling to imagine how my consciousness could possibly be responsible for the construction of all matter. Psychedelics have really changed my perspective on what is really important. I conclude, everything is significant. From the smallest ant to a distant galaxy's sun millions of light years away. The illusion is one of limited consciousness. What we see, seems the most significant. But that does not have any real merit in the perspective of all of reality. We are surprisingly similar.
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When I was taking LSD weekly for about a year I started to naively believe that everythIng I experienced was a projection of my mind, yet those projections were also projecting me. I started to think going kind of crazy was fun, that's how influenced I was by the frequent experiences. I'm glad I have my critical thinking back now. Sure it's significant, still meaningless. I stand in awe of our and the universe's arbitraryness. “The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram of a white solid, but that in no way whatsoever could it be argued that these memories had been contained within the white solid. Everything I had recognized came from the depths of my memory and my psyche. I understood that our entire universe is contained in the mind and the spirit. We may choose not to find access to it, we may even deny its existence, but it is indeed there inside us, and there are chemicals that can catalyze its availability.”
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The universe would not be arbitrary if it was used for energy harvesting, data mining, or possibility generating purposes among other things which can not be conceived.
Then there's the possibility the universe doesn't even exist at all.
Significance goes both ways and nowhere. We create significance. We are just as significant as we are not. This goes for anything we think exists.
I think spreading the word about our possibilities and the light that shines through our souls is significant. There are many who would argue I am wasting my time while I am having the time of my life.
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I think House is right when he says it's mostly in your mind. The physical realm might be "outside" of us and other humans and creatures have minds of their own. BUT, we create the attachments to them. Labeling them, naming them, judging them. That surely is in our minds. Fun topic. Tricky one though.  "Think more than you speak"
"How do you get rid of the pain of having pain in the first place? You get rid of expectations"
"You are everything that is. Open yourself to the love and understanding that is available."
"To see God, you have to have met the Devil."
"When you know how to listen, everyone becomes a guru."
" One time, I didn't do anything, and it was so empty... Almost as if I wasn't doing anything. Then I wrote about it. It was fulfilling."
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Philosopher wrote:Inevitably every time I have a psychedelic experience my perspective on how significant we really are, changes immensely. On mushrooms I realized that in the scheme of al that is, if the earth did not exist, to the cosmos it would be as unnoticeable as a compound decomposing from single atoms. While on dmt I realized the same thing sometimes, last time I went micro. I learned the importance of each and every quantum piece of matter, which make up atoms and cells, living and nonliving. Without these ever occurring law abiding molecules we would never be. Neither would anything, for that matter.
I feel in my life as if this is what matters, what job I attain, my relationships, and my morals. But the paradox of significance is an infinite one. If a person sees more, they realize their insignificance. If one sees less they realize their significance. But if they have experiences both? They are placed on a continuum of importance, one can see their place in the homeostatic universe.
When I used mushrooms last I came to the thought that if I died, would everything cease to exist? It was so compelling that I thought for a moment of a suicidal experiment. It was just fleeting thought, I realized immediately the implications of this expire meant. Therefor it is an even bigger mystery. It forget which philosopher said this, but it rang true in my trip. " the only true philosophical question, is wether or not to kill yourself". This may seem bleak and morbid to our everyday perspective, but it was so thrilling to imagine how my consciousness could possibly be responsible for the construction of all matter.
Psychedelics have really changed my perspective on what is really important. I conclude, everything is significant. From the smallest ant to a distant galaxy's sun millions of light years away. The illusion is one of limited consciousness. What we see, seems the most significant. But that does not have any real merit in the perspective of all of reality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_suicide…those who believe in science are as prone to addiction to imposed dogma and faith as are religious zealots. So one has to be very careful to really step back and want to know the truth.
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anyways people don't kill yourselves , no matter what if you're dead then you'll not be able to smoke anymore dmt , also as life is a trip if you like tripping there is no need to cut it short or abort infact the truth of the matter is if you don't like tripping , you might not trip again and if you don't like living then you might not live again so......... love life , love tripping , and even if both of them turn out to be a little strong , just enjoy it ......that is what i do i believe its a strong man who can party and enjoy himself , even if the whole world is going down , my wish is we all should have fun and enjoy ourselves even beyond the end of times , let us dance and have fun throught eternity and drop all these negative thoughts that keep us from enjoying life enjoy the moment ..........each and every moment , illusions !, there are no illusions
there is only that which is the truth
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Jin, comparing tripping and life. Wise one he is.  "Think more than you speak"
"How do you get rid of the pain of having pain in the first place? You get rid of expectations"
"You are everything that is. Open yourself to the love and understanding that is available."
"To see God, you have to have met the Devil."
"When you know how to listen, everyone becomes a guru."
" One time, I didn't do anything, and it was so empty... Almost as if I wasn't doing anything. Then I wrote about it. It was fulfilling."
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Seeing more does not make me feel insignificant. The way I see it, I am affected by everything I experience, and so everything I experience becomes a part of me, and by providing awareness, understanding, and interpretation, I contribute to an otherwise meaningless reality. I would say that, in a way, reality exists, so that we can perceive and enjoy it. I mean that in an anthropic-principle sort of way. We bear witness to something beautiful, and it is a something that would not be "beautiful" if we did not bear witness to it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...I guess that's what I'm getting at. Every day I am thankful that I was introduced to psychedelic drugs.
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I think significance is purely subjective. Individuals are the ones who attach significance to things. But in terms of the whole, macro to micro, all things affect one another, as you all are aware. I personally think that while everything is significant in the cosmos unraveling/transforming in the infinitely defined way it is, nothing other than the whole is more significant than any other part. I feel this way because no matter how you slice it, you will still have the sum of parts affecting and influencing each other, at any sort of scale, however miniscule the influence. Once in a while, you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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