A Christian Perspective on the Psychedelic Experience

I always thought that someone having a psychedelic experience with strong beliefs in the judeo-christian tradition would be very interesting, and different from a secular person or one who has eschewed christianity in favor of more esoteric spiritual traditions.

would anybody like to share an experience they've had involving psychedelic drugs and christian mysticism?

 

Yes, I do agree that these drugs are not sinful. If God created marijuana and other psychedelics, and if "God is good", then these drugs have some purpose on our Earth. I think perhaps God made these drugs so people can see the bigger picture so to speak- so people can see marijuana as a gift and use it to connect more spiritually with the Lord. However, I think if you tend to "overuse" these drugs and not use them with the intention of connecting with the Lord, then they can corrupt you and Satan can use these drugs to try and do his will instead of God's.

 

I've had an experience with the "Holy Ghost" while meditating on a light dose. Also known as "Kundalini Rising" or entering the first Jhana.

Basically, just by centering my whole being on the thought of happiness for an extended period of time I had a sudden rapturous experience. Like an explosion from the Sacral chakra (ahem...) up the spine to the very top of head, and towards the middle of the eyebrowns. Then a sudden orgasmic feeling pumped from the bottom towards the "third eye" area, and from there that chemical seemed to spread along *nerves?* to every cell of my body.

It was an orgasm largely of the mind, emotions, and the body. I was having convulsions for who knows how long (maybe 10 secs???), with no awareness but this overpowering experience. After that happened, my consciousness was filled with pure love and bliss unlike anything I had ever experienced. I was a radio broadcast tower of love and peace, the feeling was 3x better than the best ecstasy.

The closest thing that I could relate it to is the feeling when you see a breathtaking sunset, or a song that's so good that it makes you cry. This unexplainable feeling at the pit of your soul that you can't quite label with a normal emotion, yet you feel it. Awe... Except it's about 3x as strong as that, and that one feeling stays with you nonstop for days.

From my experiences with dosing, it just seems to me that it makes you hyper aware. Every little gaze, tone of voice, or feeling is picked up by you. Someone gives you a dirty look and it's like, BAM!!!! You feel it with your whole body, your breathing, whatever. That's why people can have bad trips, because as soon as something negative happens to them they really feel it. Then they feel that they're feeling it, until they just start magnifying the feeling.

That's what I did to reach this psychedelic state, except I concentrated on happiness. It turned from smile -> happy -> joy -> lust -> pure bliss.