۩ wrote:Sensory input (T. McKenna lectures, other internet activity) gets submerged into the subconscious after it is observed.
What you are exposed to plays a key role in what you are exposed to in the mind.
This is why some people who have mastered the art of psychedelics will trip in beautiful places.
I had one LSD trip that confirmed this tremendously. I was over at Alex Greys COSM in NYC many years ago on a good dose of L and I spent many hours just observing his beautiful art work up close face to face watching the faces morph and all that.
At the end of the night I sat down half lotus and closed my eyes. I got to experience his art in a way I never knew was possible. In the mind, intertwined, flowing beautifully in motion, shifting, I can't describe it. It was a direct result of just simply observing these galactic swirls and eyes and things for so long that that is just what was stored inside of me.
So when it comes to tripping and traveling inner spaces, be careful and mindful of your surroundings for many hours and even days and hey why not your entire life time if you can. This same concept is the reason why hindu meditators would simply stare at yantras for hours on end. The visual imprint leaves a mark and lays framework for the mind to do it's mysterious thing.
My advice? Maybe watch less T. McKenna

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Oh, i already cut back on the Mckenna overdose before shrooming. I got to see vivid scenes of a video i watched and quotes from him. Basically , i was getting prepped up for the experience that was to come. And i got massive blows to my ego. Telling me i'm not the man.

I really like ur view on psychedelics. Seeing it as an art you can master makes it that much more awe-inspiring. And it is probably very rewarding too.
I actually wanted to make a room specifically for tripping. I thought of decorating it with Alex Grey paintings. But then i realized i might aswell keep it blank and let my subconscious decorate the room with such images. So that everytime i trip in this room it is another style altogether. I've already begun storing nice images in my memory in hopes that they will manifest in future trips.
Sensory input definetly has a huge effect on what i see and how things go. But i've noticed that, atleast in shrooms. The entire trip is packaged as a full experience. I don't know how this is with LSD or other entheogens but with shrooms the content and the lessons i learn seem to be using my memory to package it's own Agenda and make a point, or actually a whole lot of points known. It took me months to grasp the content of this specific trip. And i'm stil not sure what it's all about.
I've noticed that in open eyed visuals my own psyche is layed out before me. Which consists of a lot of people like Terrence Mckenna. But i've had a guest entry by some alien insect which definetly did not come from my own psyche. And indeed this insect was going to play a major role when i hit the peak.
Also common in this trip where flashback experiences. Like i said, i could suddenly remember and relive a scene of Terrence Mckenna while he was interviewing people. But also flashbacks like this which did not come from my memory. Which do not seem to make sense. And this holographic room is one of those flashbacks. It consisted of really a holograph looking representation of people. With bright colours on the red/yellow part of the colourspectrum. And i've been having this flashbacks in more than one trip. Each time i can see more of the room and i see more people are there. I don't know DMT but the impression i got was that this is our own human version of hyperspace.
And the thought that is forced into my mind while on mushrooms is that this place is somewhere i will wake up in. And i will review my life with these people and we will all smoke a ganja and laugh at what a long strange trip my life has been.
I haven't read Terrence's book the Invisible landscape yet. I suppose i can find more information there. But i'm really curious if someone here has similar experiences. Or maybe even understands what this is and how i need to proceed if i want to inspect further.