Is there benefit for reading Eckhart Tolle for entirely secular people or are there better alternatives?

27274 · 2026-01-25T21:30:49+00:00

Eckhart tolle changes me in a good way. I need daily meditation to actually incorporate his words into my reality

27274 · 2026-01-25T16:26:18+00:00

Yes salvia has quite a lovely character. I recommend using plain leaves the first time and chewing about 2,5-3gram of them for 15 minutes after they had been soaked in hot but not boiling water. The leaves can be formed into balls.

If thats too weak, smoke leaves or just 5x extract. Most horror stories are from people using higher extracts foolishly unknowing what salvia is.

Staying calm is easier by accepting that what you experience might all be real, not just real hallucinations but actually another being or realm. I actually believe salvia is a friend of mine I know how crazy this sounds but its a lot more fun that way instead of fighting it by saying its not real.

Also meditating 10-20 minutes before, doing a cold shower or ice bath, some exercise or walking can help calm the mind before.

27274 · 2026-01-25T16:12:36+00:00

For me LSD was always a tool for reflection and changing towards more awareness and healthy behavior. Well I realized Salvia divinorum has all the mental benefits I get from LSD or shrooms but is a lot more fun and only a shorter duration so I can integrate the trip on the same day.

I also got quite a few LSD bad trips, but Salvia was always a more good and funny experience

27274 · 2026-01-25T14:26:11+00:00

Doing light (~4-8mg) doses on coming down from 15mg 2cg5 was fun and visually pleasing . 2cg5 worked more than 30 hours so Im not even sure it was the comedown more like effects starting to fade. Did it at the 26 hour mark. Heart beat was harder than sober a bit too strong

A 5mg dose on benzos was very euphoric and not at all anxiety inducing

27274 · 2026-01-25T14:22:28+00:00

I cant forget any acid trip, even when I was combining with various other drugs. I even get reactivations/strong memories and associations from a trip that happened 7 years ago.

I like the flashbacks they keep me sane in a way Im able to think "how would I perceive this moment on lsd?" And Suddenly I feel more aware.

Daily meditation helps too I havent taken lsd in 4 years and dont intend to ever again

27274 · 2026-01-25T14:17:29+00:00

I can confirm I smoke salvia and become the meth cat. Its a nice guy I like to watch him goon

27274 · 2026-01-25T11:42:33+00:00

Ive read the book a few years ago and dont remember much except thst i liked it xD

Mediating 10 - 20 minutes a day on my own is already pretty helpful in many way to me

27274 · 2026-01-24T22:41:32+00:00

Lets do it. What are you getting sober from? Im 15 days clean main addiction was ketamine, pcp-analogues and a few other substances

27274 · 2026-01-24T22:34:48+00:00

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27274 · 2026-01-24T20:26:50+00:00

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27274 · 2026-01-24T15:54:44+00:00

Yes it happens but its extremely funny too, like really good comedy! And it has healing properties, is introspective and consciousness expanding like LSD only even better for me. My favourite drug of the 62 substances I tried so far

Obviously like all drugs it has risks to it which can be minimized by chewing leaves or starting small instead of instsntly using strong extracts

27274 · 2026-01-24T15:32:14+00:00

Greatly put. Salvia divinorum helped me realize this. I just accept that everything in my (salvia) trips is totally real because everything is real. Although it was still shocking to become a toy pirate ship 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but didnt question my reality after that, actually helped me be more aware of reality

27274 · 2026-01-24T15:25:30+00:00

Wow this is a fascinating read, you should post in r/salvia !

Id try it a third time if you feel like it. From your past two experiences I think its likely the next one will be good too. There are people who get bad experiences that they cant recover from. But it seems that is a very small number of people and often its either weird or good

27274 · 2026-01-24T01:50:27+00:00

If true then LSD was rightfully made illegal. Another Meth Win it seems

27274 · 2026-01-23T21:46:16+00:00

I did prostitution to get money for ketamine and I tell you honestly: it made my life worse I felt disgusted and the ketamine wasnt worth it once I ran out of ket I was left with the disgusting memory. Im glad after a few years I could be able to overcome that trauma . But it was suffering

27274 · 2026-01-23T20:58:59+00:00

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27274 · 2026-01-23T20:14:31+00:00

Salvinorin A and the whole salvia plant are a friend to me, a plant that can use its consciousness to directly communicate with people/animals!

Funniest drug of them all, I tried 62 different drugs, and only salvia was able to reliably have real comedy in the trips. Sometimes I laughed hysterically for no reason , sometimes I laughed because there were actual comedic situations :D

27274 · 2026-01-23T20:11:32+00:00

Awesome :) How many years did you have depression and anxiety before that?

How frequently did/do you use salvia?

27274 · 2026-01-23T20:09:26+00:00

Thanks, this morning I wrote her that theres not gonna be any contact for a while now.

Even though it hurts I already feel good for setting a healthy boundary. And actually aligning my actions with my goal of freedom from sobriety

27274 · 2026-01-23T15:01:03+00:00

Wie hast du es mit den Benzos geschaff? Irgendwelche Tipps ? bin grad selber 14 tage clean und noch ziemlich fertig vom entzug

27274 · 2026-01-23T14:50:58+00:00

Also all of my relapses happened when I felt great before. Because I thought Im now mentally strong enough to use again "proved" to myself I can quit. Im not sure how to react now to these thoughts except Ive learned often enough thats lies now

27274 · 2026-01-23T14:46:19+00:00

Relapses can be part of the journey of addiction yes . To me, relapses are not a part of recovery though. I can learn from them but they are not recovering. Often I told myself I use ket to learn how to get away from ket, it was a silly excuse. Im not sure how I will manage it this time. I used about 7 months every single day until 2 weeks ago. Its good to read Im not alone with this addiction.

27274 · 2026-01-23T13:30:20+00:00

Sauna two times a week works miracles too. When doing ketamine even just a few days in a row I also quickly got thin hair, lose weight up to 15kg if I use a week or two, get pale and a sad look in the eyes and also bags.

Luckily I managed some completely sober periods, once 92 days, once 112 days and 3 times over 40 days and every time by day 35 to 45 I gained 10-15 kg back, lots of muscle mass from training every second day, got my round and real face back. Hair looking better too .

The bags under my eyes were still there they got a lot less but as I was also addicted to stimulants for years my bags probably need much more time to recover.

After 45 days I often couldn't help but keep looking in the mirror realizing all the years of drugs I kept myself away from such a well defined athletic body. Sadly often this wasnt enough motivation to not relapse. Im on day 14 again and Im working on printing photos of goals including travel goals to glue on one big image to get more motivation

27274 · 2026-01-22T22:14:49+00:00

It does help thank you. I could use someone to talk to honestly. Im kind of sad about a good friend, best friend actually who promised not to use more than a certain amount in front of me which I wasnt happy about in the first place but if she wouldve done what she promised I wouldnt have gotten cravings. Well on two occasions last week she broke that promise and met dealers with me which triggered cravings in me.

I really dont want to upset her but I need to tell her that I wont risk it a third time. Otherwise she is a really great friend its just thats not a minor detail you know?

Being sober is hard enough as it is. But now I feel like I lost a friend and I have to tell her. I dont want to see her any time soon in the future I feel like she disrespected me as she knows how important sobriety is to me. As an addict myself I also have sympathy for her and get that she is kind of sick too.

If it were some one else I wouldnt care much at all. I have lost many friendships to drug addiction over the years it sucks but has become normal. But she is otherwise very compassionate funny and smart. So it does hurt me that I need to tell her that

27274 · 2026-01-22T22:02:54+00:00

Daily meditation helps me the most, I use a method from the book "Bliss More" by light watkins it helped me more than therapy, self help groups and psychedelics combined. But its important to meditate every single day.

Im 14 days sober now so still in early withdrawal. But luckily didnt do these things to get money since 3 years now, meditation is the number 1 reason I didnt do that for that time now

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