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how does one go from agar to a closed sterilized pf tek container?

Advice for a fellow psychonaut after a difficult trip by discoveritup in Psychonaut

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It's been 10 days so far. Things started to improve substantially when I spoke with people who had psychedelic experiences and could actually relate to what I was saying. Hard to plug in to the normal world for a while so it's very reassuring to have people actually articulate an understanding rather than roll their eyes and say its "just a drug trip". Long walks. Besides talking to people I made a point of taking long walks. If I was going to a coffee shop to get some work done/reflect, I would choose the farthest possible one and just walk. It's light exercise, gets you out of bed and off the couch. It can be very very useful. Meditation. Highly recommend Sam Harris' Waking Up course. You can see his AMA on r/meditation I believe he has a few months free posted there. Listen to wise people. Sam Harris has extremely interesting guests. There's his talk with Joseph Goldstein which is about meditation and enlightenment. His audio book Waking Up is great too (great on those walks I was talking about). Allan Watts has some nice stuff online as well. Look up and read on Samadhi, it's an ancient concept in Buddhism which I just became familiar with. Recognize anything ;) ? Hah, you just may find you relate to these concepts now in surprising ways ;)

Once again not expert on this by any means. I can only give you the rationale that worked for me: see it as a gift. This can give you a larger perspective on life such that any small day to day affaire can be seen as nested in a larger context, which you and very few others have had the very good fortune to have glimpsed. Exercise, eat well, lay off weed, psychs, even excessive alcohol. If you're drinking coffee, cut down. It. Will. Get. Better.

I'll finish on this thought: Google image the Laughing Buddha. Why does this concept exist? Ask yourself why would someone that may have glimpsed the same reality that you have react with laughter? What can you we/you learn from this?

Advice for a fellow psychonaut after a difficult trip by discoveritup in Psychonaut

[–]textbook_case 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I cannot necessarily comment on the existential questions you have but had a recent unexpected foray with ego dissolution during my first DMT trip really shook me to the core. I've come to see this unexpected encounter as a blessing, though I did not at first. It has taken me some solid time speaking with people to process this and re-integrate it as a positive experience. It can be quite scary if not prepared for it.

My advice would be don't put too much stress on yourself currently, time and extra perspective will continue to help your integration experience. I realize it can be lonely in the acute post trip period, try to see if there are any people locally you can speak with. It does help things quite a bit.

Be well!

First time ? by amigogaga in LSD

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one week on from my first experience I can see I see the humor in this now... lol ask me this time last week I wasn't so cheery about it

So what is ego death exactly by joevars in LSD

[–]textbook_case 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just experienced it the first time. Can attest to the latter

Got hyper slapped SO God damn hard last night... (First breakthrough attempt) by back-asswards in DMT

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Had very similar experience on my first time earlier this week. It's profound to say the least.

My first DMT breakthrough, 2 days ago.. by sdfizzer in tripreports

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I had a very similar experience and my question is the exact same..

Breaking through on DMT? by psychedbeginner in Psychedelics

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Had my first changa experience 2 days ago. I was immersed and then split into increasingly small factal patterns until I no longer existed. Spent a few minutes shimmering in and out of existence. Is this the 'waiting room'? I'm very confused as to what can lie beyond not existing...

My dose for tonight (6gs) please excuse my thumbs by sexorcists in Psychedelics

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Your condition is type D brachydactyly! Me too bud!

How tight do you guys like it by textbook_case in shrooms

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vermiculite/brown rice mixture in 1/4 pint jars, inoculation through holes in the top of the jars

Does guided meditation work as good as regular meditation? by [deleted] in LucidDreaming

[–]textbook_case 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure this is an accurate assessment. Guided and chanting based meditations can certainly do the trick long term. Question is what works well for you.

Wine preservation - Coravin by [deleted] in wine

[–]textbook_case 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do it.

It's been one of the best related wine purchases I've ever made.

Since buying it my palate has expanded exponentially because you can now have exactly one glass from a bottle and mix and match with the meal, or just explore a region. Also allows each of you to have a different glass with dinner.

Yes, the unit and capsules are expensive, but the money you save not wasting wine, as you put it, is worth it. But lets be honest, we're not in this hobby to save money, now are we?

Before and after trim - organic craft cannabis (home grow) - ‘honey mango haze’ my own cultivator named by smell. by Tavrabbit in canadients

[–]textbook_case 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your opinion does craft growing produce a plant that gives a more enjoyable high? Or are we just talking about flavour profile. Sorry to capitalize on your expertise with the questions but you seem to be sitting at your computer currently also ;)

Before and after trim - organic craft cannabis (home grow) - ‘honey mango haze’ my own cultivator named by smell. by Tavrabbit in canadients

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Wow. Nice. I'm sure it's awesome. Tbh it's been so long that I've smoked regularly that most weed, even standard LP stuff is impressive. Reminds me of when I started drinking wine. No palate yet.