Oddbean

I’ve never been a big recreational user. But I’ve always been into philosophy and psychology and exploring the mind and what it is capable of. The first time was 3g in capsule form about 6 years ago. And it was amazing. I wanted to see if anything would be revealed. The biggest thing I felt is that we are all a tiny piece of the same consciousness. And I had this feeling that some of the knowledge we have is ancient and originates from somewhere other than Earth. The most amazing side effect was seeing moving 256 million-colored geometric patterns of such complexity that I couldn’t imagine that they were being generated by my own neurons. And laughter. Everyone had long gone to bed at my buddy’s place, and I was sitting in the living room on the couch laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face. But the tears were partially caused by the psilocybes. I notice that my eyes water and my nose runs when I do them. I have also noticed that my stomach gets a little upset from them the next day. But I tried them in tea with lemon juice and that helped. But wasn’t a great trip that time for some reason. There’s a lot of variables. Your mood going in, the dosage, the potency, the species of mushroom. It’s a crap shoot. Every time is different. And if it goes the wrong way, you learn even more because you have to hold your shit together for another 4-6 hours when you just want the visuals to stop and to be able to sleep. These I got from a friend who passed away a month and a half ago. I don’t even know where to get them otherwise, other than maybe online or from my one biker friend. My biggest advice is do them on the first evening of a long weekend. Your next day won’t be productive. And you’ll still have a day to catch up on sleep. I wouldn’t advocate regular use. But for educational purposes, it’s worth trying.