"Turn off your mind, relax, float downstream"
“Turn off your mind, relax, float downstream’ A quote by Timothy Leary, a pioneer in the psychedelic world, that describes exactly how you should approach a psychedelic trip. As I slipped into my most recent mushroom experience I had these words on my mind, and everything I have read on and listened to in the past year, to do with the therapeutic side of psychedelics, became so very clear. Two months ago I had the highest dose of mushrooms that I had ever done, and had been ready to slip away from reality, however I was to learn that there was some deeply rooted pain that needed to be addressed, so down the rabbit hole I went. My mind slipped into what felt like a black abyss, and there was no turning around until I got to the bottom of it. It felt like I was re-living and feeling every bit of pain that I had experienced in the past few years. There was no vision, only feelings and emotion. There was an abrupt stop, the hole opened and I was plummeting past what I knew as ...