tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post1387992304294494320..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: Drugs and SpiritualityWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-55720773798417074382017-07-26T15:32:29.719+00:002017-07-26T15:32:29.719+00:00I've heard it said that in this age when the v...I've heard it said that in this age when the veil between the worlds is so thick it is legitimate to use drugs responsibly (whatever that means!) to open oneself up to the divine. Maybe, but I don't believe it because it's putting the cart before the horse. In the spiritual world it's what you are not what you experience that matters. <br /><br />The barriers in our mind that separate us from higher states (and drugs just remove these barriers I think) are there so that we can focus on building a spiritual character. Trying to bypass these barriers might be said to constitute a refusal to learn the lessons of the material plane. I think your approach is the right one. Try the experience if you wish but then return to the solid path of meditation and prayer etc in which you slowly but profoundly build the results into your being instead of having them slapped on the surface as is the case with drug taking.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-9514611877405831742017-07-26T14:55:09.730+00:002017-07-26T14:55:09.730+00:00Interesting post William. Last year I had my first...Interesting post William. Last year I had my first experience with Ayahuasca with a shaman (even <a href="http://twistingthetailofthecosmos.blogspot.com/2016/09/two-days-with-kali-and-carioca.html" rel="nofollow">blogged about it</a>). It was a profound experience at the time; more so because I have a busy mind and have found it hard to open myself to higher states of consciousness through meditation and prayer. But did it change me? For a time, yes. But it did not stick. I find myself continuing with meditation, prayer, and study and assumed my path will continue to be a gradual slog (and maybe that is best). I can also attest to what someone said to me at one point of the experience through entheogens: sure they offer a strong medicine, however, the powerful impression of great clarity and insight can also be yet another veil and bulwark against utter nakedness.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com