Brain Efficiency-Huxley

Hello Gang,

Ive been away from the site for a while doing my own thing away from anything technological like computers, cell phone and tv....Occupying my time reading, expanding my knowledge, or as Nietzche would say climbing the latter. Patiently waiting for my first trip. Anywho, ive just read The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley and loved it.

My question was to the experienced user. Do you experience more of a creative and spiritual sense when you dont eat or fast while droping then you would if you say hadnt skipped meals? According to Huxley by draining the brains sugar or efficiency one aquires a more creative and spiritual self otherwise being blocked by the brain since it isnt instinctivly needed for survival. On some accounts while not on a good eating routine ive realized i do get alot more creative.

He also touches on the subject of Nicotinic Acid reducing visuals. Any thoughts on that?

 

I havnt noticed much difference personally. I dont like to eat whilst on acid and try not to eat too much before hand, just a personal preference though.

One thing to note is that Doors of Perception is about mescalin and not LSD, there may be different reactions in the brain between the two drugs.

 

Mescaline and LSD do act on different chemicals/receptors in the brain.
Also keep in mind that we understand a whole lot more today about brain function and the role of nutrition than they did in Huxley's day.
As near as I can tell the main reason fasting has been traditionally practiced prior to ingesting psychedelics is because most natural ones can make you heave up your lunch.
You can apply all the spiritual mumbo-jumbo significance to it you want, but I just think the shamans didn't want to deal with a bunch of vomit.uke:

 

stomach contents can also allow a compound to be absorbed more slowly when ingested orally..i know this is true for most orally ingested tryptamines and PEAs, but i don't think it matters much with lsd, especially since most people dose lsd sub-lingual.

 

Different food gives you different energy, if you catch my drift. Candy will give you a sugar rush, eggs will give you protien and some fats - good for muscle, fruits will give you vitamins and sugars, and grains will give you starches, good for energy over the long term.

I find it is easier to stop eating before a trip, rather than eat something that gives me jitters, or something that is hard to digest. Fasting gives me a base from which to launch from - hungry, and uneffected by what I could have eaten. But this is a matter of preference; different people prefer different things.

I also find it easier to use energy while I am hungry and tripping rather than when I am full and tripping.

I definitely find my trips to be, better, overall when I have not eaten. They are more vivid, more meaningful, more fun, more comfortable, and more feelable, and I can eat when I am done. But different people are accustomed to different things, some might like to snack before they trip; again, I think it's a matter of preference.

 

I like to have something in my stomach before tripping, otherwise I'll get shaky during the experience and that usually leads to anxiety. I've never noticed any change in the experience if I do or don't eat, except the volume of vomit if it comes to that.

 

never underestimate the power of intent. if your fasting before a trip (or anything) for a specific reason, you'r more likely to get what your looking for simply because your intent was focused on an activity that meant inspire whatever it was your looking for. energy flows where attention goes.

im all about fasting for a reason.

 

thanks guys for all the great feedbakc. i did take into account what 50 plus years in brainn reasearch has come to. just wanted to hear some of your experiences and discoveries.

like someone mentioned above one can aquire what their looking for if one damages the body of you will to reach a spiritual or aesthetic goal. i myself have come to realize that ive unknowingly have gone through this and would love to see were a trip can take me. like many others i also yern for knowledge beyond the one through my two eyes.

once again thanks for all the great input....lets keep it rolling

 

i wouldn't think of it as damaging the body though.
hopefully no one is fasting long enough to do that (more than a couple days i think)

usually i have some food in my stomach just because, well i guess i like to eat. i do get some pretty bad stomach aches too, so maybe i need to plan my trips better and not eat
for how long
6 hours?
i know i'll just be hungry, so i'll probably eat a little snack

 

im not an advocate for damaging anything, especially my body

 

An LSD trip can last all day and I think its a good idea to eat a healthy meal at least a couple hours before a trip especially if you are skinny.
LSD won't make you vomit and I don't see the point of fasting.
The mistake some people make is eating candy during a trip. During my first few trips people in my trip group would always be passing around Starburst and flavorful candy and then would feel crappy later. Stay away from junk food- if you want to experience intensified flavors try fruit.:drool5:

 

thanx for the tip....i think for the first time i trip i will definetly be prepared...i am pretty skinny...5( bout 145 so ill definetly want my body to be at its best....any maybe if i keep lucy around ill try different approaches.

everyone of my leads have been flakes so maybe dissapointment will do the damage im looking for...haha

 

I eat at restaurants when I trip on acid. Eat good food, your body needs it and it's much, much better than trippin out on teh amazing starburtsts dewd!!!

if you think processed semi-plastic 99% sugar garbage is good, try eating some quality sushi while peaking, or any fine cuisine.

 

Sushi peaking does sound extremely interesting.
I like to avoid eating at least 2 hours prior to an acid trip. Normally if I eat sooner than that I get stomach discomfort for the first hour and a half or so of the trip.

 

My best trips have been when I've ate really healthy prior to trip. Then on the day I take it, either don't eat anything, or eat a tiny nutrious snack. Like a fruit, or a bowl of total cereal, or a multigrain bar. I find fasting to make you very pure, which will lead to a more spiritual trip.

 

Here you go inthydreams...

He speaks the truth.

 

Id eat that right after I peaked off four blunts, during the part of the trip called the munchies.

If I ate that while tripping, it'd be all over the ground by the end of the night.

 

me too. I've found that I should just go vegetarian while tripping. Anytime I've try to combine meat and tripping, the end result is vomit. The trip where this pattern really became perfectly clear I had started the night munching on celery sticks and drinking OJ and everything was going great.. then at some point I tried to take a few bites of a pastrami sandwich and less than 5 minutes later I was in the bathroom hurking up green, orange juice flavored vomit with chunks of pastrami in it..

edit: later that same night I found that jello shot's are fine for tripping

 

Vomiting is spiritual.

 

amen to that ^^^