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The idea of incarnation comes up a lot with these experiences from what I've read.

I had a similar experience with ketamine a month ago. At first I became detached from the situation I was in (severe accident) and was able to evaluate it analytically. Then I became even more detached (and I stopped getting meaningful signals from my senses) and I understood I was a being and my current self was one incarnation of that being. Then I saw all the choices I had made in my life and how they contributed to who this incarnation was and it gave me great insights and relief about my current life.

Sadly when I came to I lost a lot of the clarity. I think I'm still the same person I was mostly, the only striking difference is that I laugh a lot more and my laugh has changed. Also the idea of my own death has become comforting and soothing even though I don't really believe in reincarnation.

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Congrats kid you went into a k-hole.

As mind blowing as you think that was, IMHO its nothing like the experience of candy-flipping...(MDMA+LSD)

Remember all things in moderation, I have lived to tell the tale, although I can't remember what tale I'm supposed to tell.

Man, drugs are fascinating, aren't they?

It feels like every time I tried a new drug, it helped me understand myself more. Don't understand me wrong, I don't take a lot of drugs. My experience is limited to one night on MDMA in Ibiza, one night on shrooms in Amsterdam and a whole lot of nights on weed.

I seem to suddenly understand everything about myself and the world when I smoke weed. It really puts me into the "Everything is connected and everything repeats itself"-mood, which I've heard from LSD trips. That all that's happening is supposed to happen, doesn't matter if it's objectively or subjectively bad or good right at that moment.

MDMA made me insanely happy about myself and my surroundings for an hour. It was like feeling pure joy and happiness for an hour straight. Although I took it in Ibiza, I spent the night listening to music on the couch in the AirBNB I had rented. I read that a lof of people feel depressive and blue for a couple of days after taking MDMA. For me, it was different - I felt content and insanely relaxed for a couple of days, but in a very good way. Still 100% in touch with the world, just happy. But that effect went away in an instant which I've really felt. Went from smiling and being happy back to normal. Not sad or depressed, just normal.

I have a huge admiration and respect for psychoactive drugs. I would never consider taking Heroin, Crystal Meth etc., but I would really like to try LSD and other substances. It also seems like THC helps me live with ADHD better than any official, legal pill.

All that being said, I don't really know how to handle drugs in the long run. I'm in my early twenties, so maybe it's normal to have a feeling of being lost and not knowing what I should really be doing with my life. I live in a nice apartment, earn good money, ride a beautiful motorbike and have a wonderful girlfriend. But except for my girlfriend, none of these things make me truly happy.

If I don't smoke weed for a long time, I seem to loose myself. But the same can be said for when I start smoking too much, too frequently. I don't even know what I'm trying to say, but reading your comment made me think about that topic :)

> As mind blowing as you think that was, IMHO its nothing like the experience of candy-flipping...(MDMA+LSD)

I disagree there. There isn't much that compares to a deep k-hole. Perhaps a DMT breakthrough experience. But LSD and MDMA doesn't compare*

* Assuming "normal" LSD dosage, if you are talking about eating a strip of tabs (1000ug) ok, then all bets are off, but at that level the MDMA isn't going to be able to do much

My friend was using that as a metaphor, not literally.

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