overwhelmed

May last trip was so powerful with set and setting just right but for some strange reason I didn't do anything I had planned. Instead I sat there thinking of everything I need to do and want to do all running in my head and spinning around like a kaleidoscope above me whirling faster than I could think. So there I sat like a deer in the headlights, frozen in my physical and mental state even though nothing was stagnant.

I tried to detach but kept getting caught in my own thought cycle.

Any ideas how to deal with this?

 

dont plan anything, let things happen.

 

try smokin some weed. it might help stop all those thoughts and forget about em. just a suggestion

 

maybe just changing the setting. i had a similar experience on mushrooms. i went in to my room and didnt leave for 3 hours. i was too confused, also kind of afraid to leave my room because of how not sober i was. pretty sure a change of setting would have done me good.

 

I think you might be right. I need to get away from the familiar I guess.

 

im about to go on a trip any minute here.. I doubt it will be overwhelming..

 

meditation = instant snap out of thought cycle

 

ohm...

 

Try a mantra. Or take a higher dose.

 

Ah wisdom! yes meditation was on my list of things to do. as well as higher dose.

Whenever I meet Lucy again that is.

 

i got quiet in here..

 

I never plan anything. Even at fests , you never know whos camp{spot} ypur gonna be chill'in in. The change in suroundings will change your mood. And thats the key word "mood". I never know where I'll end up. Though I don't drive anymore dos'in.

 

yea, just try to relax! lol.

 

yes.. meditation.. if u really know how to initiate it.. if i would catch myself getting caught up in a thought cycle, i would just turn on some ambient music cut off the lights and start meditation and get lost. gosh, i can feel it right now. where are u Lucy???

ps. hawaiikine, is that a pic of you??

 

Try listening to some relaxing music. I tried Mogwai and was too distracted with the colors that suddenly appeared.

 

Speaking of Mogwai, have you heard A Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters (Third Eye Foundation Tet Offensive Remix)? It's on Kicking a Dead Pig, it's pretty sick like a noise/drone version of post-rock, check it out.

 

haha!...no.

It's this dude. His tats are great!

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=444113180&albumId=69521

 

Well whenever I get caught in a cycle like that I end up learning something from it.
It always helps me work out the kinks in my life.
Sometimes getting caught in your thoughts isn't really a bad thing.
I tend to work it out by the climax and then just do whatever I want.
Granted this isn't a very often occurring thing for me anymore, but I break the cycle by working with it...sorry I can't put it any better.

 

I dont think it's making it difficult on yourself having a tentative plan, the friction comes when you insist on the plan and resist what the trip is doing on its own. We make the mistake of thinking there is a trip "out there" and by dosing we find it or it finds us. But the trip is the totality of the person: body, mind, soul. Your thoughts are not an obstacle to overcome so you can find the trip, they are as much a part of you as whatever it is you ultimately want. Your thoughts are only one side of a complete circle and there's more along the path of the circle. But we can't pick and choose and sever parts of the circle cuz that ruins the ride. Don't fight the thoughts when they come. Allow them, they are you. Ride them out and they complete their own circle as you watch, and then you move on.

Meditation is good practice for this, but to "do meditation" while your already tripping can be tricky. It's almost like sober meditation is training wheels, and when you're on acid you're riding a bullet bike and the training wheels are totally irrelevant, so just ride.

 

lol to orison319