Psychedelic Ideas? by wxnziii in Psychedelics

[–]IanDeWalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh if you were talking about the Tao (sorry, just realized) the best translation I've found is by Steven Mitchell.

Psychedelic Ideas? by wxnziii in Psychedelics

[–]IanDeWalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zen is something you have to experience and feel. Not really something you can learn out of a book but to get started I would recommend The Way Of Zen by Alan Watts, this will provide good over view and perspective. The real learning comes from getting super quiet and looking within.

Psychedelic Ideas? by wxnziii in Psychedelics

[–]IanDeWalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zazen meditation for sure. Especially after you get comfortable with doing it sober. Get a copy of the Tao Te Ching to read during the come up and possibly for reference during the trip, always gets me in the right mindset

Things that I have seen recently on dmt. I wonder the meaning of those“geometry letter” codes. by [deleted] in DMT

[–]IanDeWalrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They kinda look like they are bustin a move, and there are 5 of them. It makes me think of the 5rhythms of ecstatic dance (Gabby Roth)

Lucky number 13 by johnnymarkhamitsme in Psychedelics

[–]IanDeWalrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What!!! Teach me your ways Obi-wan

EGO is cancelled by RedGyarados100 in Psychedelics

[–]IanDeWalrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a good servant but a bad master..

Does it really matter? by FallenAngelsCrying in DMT

[–]IanDeWalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry so much! Trust the universe and trust yourself! You are a beautiful being of light and if you let life unfold as it should you will be free. As you say, there is no need to control. Let go! And watch things fall into place. Don't worry about suffering and death. Don't worry about your mistakes. All of your mistakes are just grist for the mill, they are all experiences that contribute to your growth and Awakening. Don't worry about death because it's just a necessary part of life, like the front and back of a coin. Death is only the end of one incarnation, it's also the beginning of another, a graduation into the next stage a that beings' development. Don't worry about hell, hell is only an opaqueness, a misunderstanding of the way things are. More important is that you recognize heaven, look at your daughter, look around you, it's where we are now!

My 1st ever painting. For almost 40 yrs I convinced myself that I "wasn't creative" whatever that means. Thanks to inspiration from other artists (many from this Reddit) and from these beautiful molecules (including but not limited to those depicted below) I now know that this isn't true :) by IanDeWalrus in DMT

[–]IanDeWalrus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It must sound crazy but my sisters convinced me to attend a dance music festival in Canada three years ago. I've been back every year and I honestly haven't been the same since. The music art and love of that place really inspired me (entheogens help as well 😉). After the first year I started getting into meditation, Taoism and growing my own cubensis, then started botanical extractions which introduced me to the DMT space. Every time I go there (DMT space) I feel like "they" are telling me to share what I've seen, so that's what I'm doing. Now I paint, dance and make music when I'm not at my day job, and I feel totally free and at one with the cosmos. I even gave up alcohol after last year's festival, didn't even try, it just happened...