r/RationalPsychonaut

I'm having my first DMT trip tomorrow. I am in astonishment in anticipation. The weight of what I'm about to experience is not lost on me. I am a psychonaut through and through, and I am a junkie for REALNESS and lucidity and SEEING reality and my own phenomenology, and I know I'm going to be utterly astonished. I can imagine it happening in the space I am in right now, the walls tearing open and me being thrust into the sky, AND ALL AS REAL AS THIS VERY SPACE I SEE BEFORE MY EYES RIGHT NOW. I am so so excited. THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS. I love this shit so cosmically much, and I'm about to experience the creme del creme of experiences in 24 hours! Ughghhhh!!

I'm going to do 11mg of 2c-b to put me in the psychonaut vibe, and then as soon as I know I'm ready I'm going for waiting room or breakthrough level. Would love some loving energy from you angels to take with me tomorrow. ❤️ I'll share your love with the machine elves and let them know you guys said hello.

I’m curious if psychedelics have shaped your metaphysical (or ontological) views? If so, has the noetic quality of mystical experiences induced by psychedelics played a role? Have you been shown visions that correlate or reflect certain philosophical views (e.g., substance dualism, the doctrine of anatta in Buddhism, animism, etc.)?

For me personally, I have had multiple experiences from various tryptamines and dissociatives that have informed my views of reality, but I have gone back to scientific theories to serve as a framework for interpreting them. I mostly have leaned towards an information-theoretic neutral monism or perhaps dual-aspect monism type of view that incorporates a process-based ontology (vs. substance) and elements of Madhyamaka Buddhism (Nagarjuna’s views) that reflect how I have come to view the nature of things. I’m curious what your views are!

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