Since Abbyjo brought up the issue, I thought I would address it.
In session date 14 Jan 1995 there is the following exchange:
Q: (L) Jan and I are very curious about artistic expression
at 4th density. We experience art and music in a very
positive and moving way, most of us, in this realm, and
sometimes music can be very sublime and very transforming.
It can move one in a lot of very unusual ways. What is it
like in 4th density?
A: In 4th, you can "see" sounds and "hear" colors, for
example.
Q: (L) Is this, now you guys just calm down when I ask this
question... (F) I know what you are going to ask... (L)
No remarks, okay? Many years ago when I was a child of
the 60's and 70's, I tried some LSD. (T) I know exactly
what you are going to ask, yeah, because I've seen it too!
(J) Yes. (L) In a major way! Geometric patterns and
colors manifested with music. (T) Yes! (L) Is this what
we are talking about here?
A: Bingo!
Q: (L) So, in other words...
A: The answer to your next question is yes, you experienced a
bleedthrough of 4th density.
Q: (F) In other words an acid trip is like a glimpse into 4th
density. (L) Do you recommend this method for accessing
this type of reality.
A: Open.
Q: (T) Well, the problem is that some people would want to do
that all the time and not work on doing it in a natural
way.
A: Yes.
Q: (T) And other people would use it and abuse it and use it
as an excuse. (J) And damage themselves. (L) Yes, it is
obviously something that has to be very carefully handled.
We can't encourage this.
Now, let me emphasize that "many years ago" and the fact that I was about 19 years old. Let me tell you about that trip. It was probably the most horrible experience I ever had. After 16 hours of non-stop viewing of a seething, feeding, STS reality underneath and interpenetrating our world, I actually drove myself to my doctor's office and he gave me an injection of some sort of sleeping medicine and put me on a cot in an examining room where I slept for about 5 hours. I woke with a splitting headache and had flashbacks at the most inconvenient times for several years.
A few years went by. I was 22. I asked a spiritual teacher I knew and respected his opinion of such things. His response was that the levels of consciousness that are achieved by such means are like being in the hall of a big house, unable to enter any of the rooms. Not only is there a block in place doing it that way, but you are forced, by the nature of the chemical, to stay in that "between state" for the duration of the chemical action. In other words, you have to stay at a level of consciousness that is of no advantage to you for longer than that level deserves.
He then said that, when the body is ready, it produces its own chemicals and they are quite different.
That made sense to me.
Many years went by, during which time I was a teetotaler (that experience scarred me for life and any state of altered consciousness that I was NOT in control of or did not occur naturally was not my idea of a good thing to do) . I wouldn't even drink beer (hate the stuff anyway).
Fast forward to later questions about such activities put to the Cs:
23 October 1999
Q: I want you to know you have lost a fan because he was not happy with what he considered to be "internal inconsistencies" in that you were NOT favorably disposed toward hallucinations produced by substances such as Mescaline and Ayahuasca, but yet you recommend Melatonin because it is a hallucinogen. Then, you said that spiritual powers could not be obtained through chemicals or plant type means, but then said that Melatonin exercises psychic abilities. Could you comment on this?
A: Several comments: First of all, "fan" is short for "fanatic." Secondly, melatonin does not force an alteration in physiological brain chemicals, as do mescaline, peyote, LSD, etc. Accessing the higher levels of psychical awareness through such processes is harmful to the balance levels of the prime chakra. This is because it alters the natural rhythms of psychic development by causing reliance on the part of the subject, thus subjugating the learning process. It is a form of self-imposed abridging of free will. Melatonin simply allows the system to clear obstructions in the brain chemistry naturally, thereby allowing the subject to continue to learn at a natural pace. And, it is by no means unimportant that melatonin is a natural body hormone. The other substances mentioned are, at least in part, synthetic, with the exception of peyote. But even that is not a natural ingredient of the human physiological being. And besides, we have already discussed the importance, or lack thereof, of those who pass judgment upon this exercise, or communication.
Now, those of you who have read "The Wave" and "Secret History" are aware of the lengthy discussion of brain chemistry and the principles extracted from the study of ligands etc. This is very important because the example of caffeine and the adenosine receptor captures the situation rather closely.
My observation of the many people I grew up with who smoked pot is that basically none of them ever did anything significant with their lives. I do not know of a single one. And when I say "significant," I mean that in the sense of their lives making a difference to the Universe in a positive way. I noticed that they all used pot to buffer their emotions. None of them - NONE - ever made any progress in personal growth or development. The only ones who did were the ones who saw pot as the crutch it was and threw it away. Pot distorts your perception of reality in a significant way; it is an attempt to shut out the world. And, as the Cs say:
Life is religion. Life experiences reflect how one interacts with God. Those who are asleep are those of little faith in terms of their interaction with the creation. Some people think that the world exists for them to overcome or ignore or shut out. For those individuals, the worlds will cease. They will become exactly what they give to life. They will become merely a dream in the "past." People who pay strict attention to objective reality right and left, become the reality of the "Future."
I know that Abbyjo wants to promote pot smoking. Well, not on my forum. And, by the way, Abbyjo, how's your life?
