Over the years i have develloped a maybe weird sort of habit with psychedelics. It is something that may seem reckless or somewhat risky to some people. I know that i would have considered it that way when i just started to experiment with higher doses of ayahuasca, ten years ago.

I take a psychedelic substance, or mixture of psychedelic substances, in a dose that is high enough for everyday reality to start melting away, but not so high that it completely immobilises me. A dose where, when you close your eyes, you are totally submerged in another world, and when you open them, that other world is already starting to spill over into the normal world pretty energetically. But without completely overtaking it.

And then, in the middle of the night, i take a walk outside. Alone. I walk through the forest. Without any plan of where to go. I just go walking. Outside, in a state where it may seem challenging even, not to get lost in my own house.

When i just started to experiment with ayahuasca, and higher doses of shrooms, LSD or mescaline, the thought alone would have terrified me.
And i must admit that there is still the feeling of risk sometimes. Fear, a little bit of paranoia.

But that isn't realy a bad thing perse. It helps making what is essentially no more than a long walk through the woods, feel like a mystic adventure, an epic journey, a great, spiritual quest.

I don't know what you people think about this. Some of you will maybe think i'm a wimp for having been afraid to do this in the first place. Others may think i'm behaving irresponsibly and that all of this is asking for trouble.

But i realy, realy, realy love doing it. And i also believe that it has a very positive psychological effect on me. A confronting-your-fears kind of thing.

Anyway, i wanted to share this with you because it realy means a lot to me, and i would even say that for me nowadays, this is my absolute favorite way of enjoying psychedelics.
There is nothing that makes me feel rejuvenated like this.

Totally! Being outside is the best!

One of my absolute favorite times to ingest psychedelics(MUSHROOMS!) is when I go camping! I love it! Day or night is all good. During the day it is very nice to go for a walk, listen to the buzzing of the bugs, the chirps of the birds and I always feel like the trees are breathing. At night I love to watch the campfire! I like to take a night hike as well, the sounds of the night are much different than the day. Every sound seems to come alive!

It sounds like you are taking the dosage that feels most comfortable to you. I always take a higher dose than those around me. My friends have often remarked that it doesn't even seem like I am tripping at times, I find that odd, because I am usually tripping much harder than they are. It's all relative I guess.

I can completely relate to what you are talking about dragonrider! You and I sound like we approach psychedelics in a similar manor. I certainly would never recommend anyone doing the things I do, although I feel perfectly content in my practice! I have pushed my envelope as far as I am willing to and I very much am aware of my limitations, skill, and ability to maintain.



That right there is exactly how I feel too my friend! Keep on trekking!

Like dragonrider I too invariably go for a walk in a nearby park as the come-up takes a-hold and find that there is a remarkable connection with nature which results which I find immensely rewarding.
As someone who almost exclusively ventures alone the complete absence of having to even have the concept of conversation allows one to "hear the trees speak" if that's not too dippy a notion.

There are other benefits too, as ones expanded consciousness allows the discernment of others behaviour in a novel way. A sense which abides with me strongly is watching people staring at their phones which , to me, at the time, suggests that they are torn by the device, unable to take their eyes off the screen whilst their facial expression suggest a sense of servitude and conflicted feelings which they probably don't realise are displayed.
But only to those who are tripping out...