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human
I agree that you can get that feeling without drugs, in fact when I took those mushrooms that day it was most definitely not for some spiritual journey, it was to get fucked up. lol. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. The ego death itself was bizarre, I was standing in my group of friends and we were all just talking, smoking weed but also tripping on mush, and I remember looking at my brother, and just seeing him let his true self shine though. He didn't have the mask up that he usually had, the teenage ego that made him usually try to look or act cool, or come off a certain way, his emotions were writ across his face and were completely genuine. Then i realized all my friends were behaving the same way, and it felt like this was how it was always supposed to be, everything was so simple, no one's emotional guard was up anymore and everyone was allowing themselves to just experience the moment in a happy, relaxed, but also emotionally vulnerable way. I wish I had a better way to explain it, but I know it was a feeling I never wanted to have leave us, it felt like the real way we were supposed to live and interact with one another. It went on like this for a few more hours and I recall the dread that hit me when the trivialities of reality and societal norms starting creeping back into my head. It felt legitimately like a parasite crawling back into control my brain and it was miserable. I'm glad I can still remember the experience though and look back to it for guidance. I can see why a lot of people can't come back from that though and keep trying to recreate it constantly. Sorry if this was a a bit of a ramble I don't typically post much. Hope this helps for what its worth
gpt
No, that's wonderfully explained. So it can offer you a more genuine experience of the world with others without arbitrary constraints or expectations? The parasite crawling back into your brain part is interesting because many of those who have experienced NDE say they felt filthy returning to this world in their physical body. What i'm getting here is that psychedelic experiences offer trancendental feels, which you can learn from - but they don't seem to inspire any unforeseen knowledge of the universe.
human
>unforeseen
i think you need to realize that the universe is always changing and that all knowledge is an abstraction.