When lsd opens up your way of thinking..

How do things click for you?
Did you see something or think something on acid where, after the immediate effects wore off, you realised your perspective had changed already? Or did you realise that things had changed at some point after the experience?

For me, I've had a few 'Oh! I get it!' moments during the trip but afterwards struggled to remember what I was thinking. However, in the weeks following, I'll notice little things that I wouldn't have before - details and textures I normally took for granted or filtered out. This hasn't changed no matter how much time passes.

Some things had more impact. For instance, after a few sessions on the beach watching the surf crash my perception of the ocean changed for ever. I always admired it before but after lsd I can never look at it the same way again, the power and beauty was magnified and this outlook has never changed. I can still get goosebumps when I look at rolling waves and can comprehend the movement of the sea as a much larger entity than I ever did before.

Other things took a long time to adjust, almost without me noticing. I haven't had a trip for nearly two years now but sometimes I can look at the texture of a wall or the way light/shadows are playing together and can appreciate it in a way that was foreign to me before lsd. My photography has changed considerably and even without taking the drug for so long I can credit it with so many changes I made over this time, from the way I see things, the way I communicate with others and the types of people I surround myself with and to a large extent the new interests I have formed in life and the way I view myself. I can step back from situations and be more objective than I ever would have before.

What about you? What clicked almost straight away and what, looking back, have you noticed has changed over time?

 

Yeah, things have changed in my world. Generally I, like you, notice a lot more things. I find it a lot easier to meditate. Also I feel I have the potential to either be the most miserable person on Earth, or the happiest. For now I'm choosing the latter.

 

what type of photos do you like taking gelfing? i love b/w photog i need to start getting back into it, i was lookin' at an old b/w photog mag the ther day and realised id forgotten a whole part of what i love.
ive noticed now though aswell that i can look at things very differently and see photos in things i never used to.

 

putting a definition of an acid trip into words is one of the hardest things any experienced tripper can do.
but one thing for sure is that those ripple marks and slightly blurred but delicate movement around the edge of my vision is there most of the time, regardless of whether im trippin or not.
and the new perceptions gained while tripping often stay with me for about a week-2 weeks afterwards, but if i smoke a spliff of skunk or pollen in any period of time after the trip, i can recall the feelings and flowing thought that the acid gave me. potent marijuana sometimes acts as a trigger to previous trips.

 

Tripping is basicaly Amplified Living.

 

Being aware of the unaware... noticing the meanings of things that are not noticed.

 

You to the ocean was myself to a tree. I felt like a walking stereotype, but I will never overlook them again. Large, towering, old, strong and fragile all at once. Just sitting there, half of it beneath the ground. Living. Thats all they do.

p.s.
for the record I have never, and hope I never will; hug a tree.

 

Fractals everywhere. I love tripping at sun set. I can see beams of light full of fractals. They surround me like a forcefield, but people can walk though it. If only there wasn't so much confusion/mind fuck. I love tripping at live shows/festivals, because I feel like I can hear peoples thoughts. Plus live music always gets an extreme ecco.

 

Awareness, it really turned me on to alot of shit. Changed my perspective on life completely, it never really lets you look at something the same again. Almost like you've seen another side to everything and what you consider reality just doesn't seem to fit quite as well.

Peace, love, and heatlh,

Al

 

Oh, and quite the handgun you have there...practical? wouldn't that be like taking a desert eagle to a draw? lol..anyway I'm not too big a fan of guns and I'll even admit that one's impressive...

 

Word.

 

oh man... yeah, on my 16th birthday i was at this place called nelsons ledges and i ate about a hit and a half of some orange gellies... there wasnt any visual distortions, but to this day, i can watch a tree more intently than a television

AGH AND FRACTALS
they scare the fucking shit out of me its horrible... i accidentally ate 7.5 hits one time and i was lost in an infinate sea of fractals, being torn apart by them, each little peice of gore still managed to have all the neural connections in place to feel excrutiating violent pain... ugh... i hate patterns man, we're all trapped in one big one... or maybe im the only one and its just one big pattern and none of you really exist you're just little arms in the pattern....

 

lol Jack, try not to take anything you "discover" in 7.5 hits of acid seriously. It's the start of a slippery slope

But yea, trees, why wouldn't anyone want to hug a tree? Just because it's a ridiculous hippie stereotype doesn't mean it's not fun.

 

trees are brilliant
i like hugging trees

as long as their bark doesnt stick to your clothes; then it sucks

 

oh man the wonders of LSD, i dont think i can ever look at anything in the world the same again. the way the trees look in the summer breeze, they all melt together and form awesome flowing blotches of color. Going to shows is fuckin the best, you feel the music and energy and all you wanna do is dance its great!! ill never be able to listen to music again and not dance. Noticing the little things in life and finding beauty in everything, living and non-living. I get epiphinies(sp?) like crazy, i love to just sit down and think about everything there or think about life and it somehow just all comes out and goes together perfectly. Feeling the love for everyone around you, the great body buzz of meltingness.
tripps

 

hahaha, I've huged a tree. It's so pleasent! Cos you feel so vibrating when you trip, at least I do, so just leaning against something is pure pleasure.

 

I agree with you fully on the fractal thing. Seems not that many people see fractals on acid. But, visualy, thats pretty much all it is for me. It's great.

 

The last L I had was at Farm Aid 2002. Last show I will go to tripping. Weird.

 

AGH AND FRACTALS
they scare the fucking shit out of me its horrible... i accidentally ate 7.5 hits one time and i was lost in an infinate sea of fractals, being torn apart by them, each little peice of gore still managed to have all the neural connections in place to feel excrutiating violent pain... ugh... i hate patterns man, we're all trapped in one big one... or maybe im the only one and its just one big pattern and none of you really exist you're just little arms in the pattern....[/QUOTE]
Damn thats weird. I hope that shit never happens to me. I love rractals. How did you accidentally eat 7.5 hits?

 

True!
This is another huge difference between my pre-lsd and post-lsd self.
I am so happy to just sit, think and absorb now, I don't really get bored being alone like I used to.
I can feel bored when I'm distracted by work for instance, but really enjoy just being alone and obligation free sometimes and having space to let my mind wander in a way that would have driven me crazy with restlessness before.
LSD has gifted me with so much more to notice and think about that I have a constant sense of life being too short and a stronger motivation to enjoy and not waste it, in comparison to my old self. I'm so grateful for that.