I am quite immature in the spiritual sense of things and would like to grow, as I’m sure many of us here are. What have you learned through your journeys, or so graciously shared by your lovely friend SWIM, that has had a real world impact on your life?

To kick things off I have many concepts still to chew on but one of the major take aways that stuck was self acceptance/love. I found I don’t like being a liar and that was a hard thing to accept because (semantically) I don’t tell lies. I have however through most of my life allowed people to believe something that wasn’t the truth of what I presented. While on paper I am honest as they come, my inner being doesn’t differentiate between a spun truth and a bold faced lie. Something that society had taught me was a necessity and polar opposite to being a liar in myself was possibly more of a sin (for me) than what I originally believed the sin to be. I didn’t believe the real “me” was enough or acceptable. I was hiding my true self behind something I could call truth. Honestly still am but I’m working on it. My love is buried by my pride and I see it now. A simple statement but in my world an infinitely profound effect.

We all take something back and this time rather than asking about me I’m asking about you. I’d like to share and receive what we’ve learned so we might grow together and this is just another thread to that end. I’m asking that you share your shame and your pride and love yourself for it; and I’ll love you to 😉

Hi Swarra,

My biggest and most profound lessons;
Learning to accept situations which are out of my control and being at peace with them.
Don't be so hard on myself with my own money or routine (lighten up, love myself more).

Some I'm still working on or have felt but aren't fully integrated;
Love is the foundation of everything
Judgement comes from misunderstanding/I shouldn't judge others
We are all the same. An expression of the same thing.
Most things just don't matter at all

I'm looking forward to this list expanding on and on, nice thread idea!

Wow awesome start to the thread Swarra, what you are struggling with i my self am also and i love the way you put it, hopefully we eventually get it!

i guess the most solid lesson that i have brought back with me is the fact that no scenario is good or bad, rather its just our perception. To put it in an example, a while back i popped my tire on the way home from work, i was really bummed cause my luck had been down at the time, i hadn't planned to make a song that day or trip but i wanted to put that energy to good use. that day we ended up making one of our favorite songs and it started a chain reaction into an album and a deeper relationship with my friends and music. after some trips it really started to click that i cant perceive something as bad in the moment because later it can turn out to be something good, so there should be no point in being sad about something when its effect hasn't fully rippled, obviously easier said than done but it does bring me some comfort.........
this shouldn't be confused with benevolence and evil, from my perspective somethings in this world seem to not have a bright side in any scenario, i like to call those things evil and im still trying to figure that part out among-st other things.

Very excited about this thread, thank you!

My greatest lesson is that "I" am creating this universe for "MYSELF"!

Thank you guys for sharing! It means a lot!


That’s a beautiful sentiment but how has it changed you or your life? How have you integrated that idea?

Thanks for starting this topic Swarra, i like these things. Its like a peek into a strangers mind. Your expierence was somewhat personal to me. I dont lie so much to myself but I never let anyone know my true self.

The biggest thing I take away is my inability to fully understand everything. Just accept things and stop overthinking. This sums it up to me: "If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't." - Emerson M. Pugh

Hasn't changed my life in the least bit. Everything is exactly as it was before. I would think this was the full actualization of any and all integrating that needed to be done with all my psychedelic usage over time. For me it's not an idea, it is something I know.

Sorry it took me a bit to respond, been very busy lately.

In the words of The Dude:


Life doesn't make sense, so don't try to make sense of it. Live, make mistakes, forgive yourself, and learn.

Positive mental attitude is half the battle. Being happy takes patience, work, and dedication. You might not have control over this world, but you have control over how you react to it. Re-frame your mind to think positively, and eventually positive will be your default state of mind.

And most importantly, life itself really is the strangest trip. Ride the good vibes, and the love you take is equal to the love you make

We all have a life man just happy to hear you’re living it

It most def changed my life massively, somehow i lost the fear of dying and i found many interests in things like the Egyptian or Tibetan book of the dead and many other esoteric readings. Trying to find other hidden things in plain sight .
Also becoming more. honest with myself and attaching value to my moral values, basically becoming a better human and becoming more spiritually realising that there is more then this flesh and blood 3d experience.