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Originally posted by SinisterMotives
What you need to realize about drugs is that, while they open doors to your inner mind, the doors close that much more tightly afterwards. It's not a good habit to get into for purposes of "illumination". There are other effective techniques that, while requiring a lot more hard work, achieve the same ends without damaging the mind's ecology.
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Very well put- like practically all things, it has its ups and downs and any opinion on it is relative. So you can't really call it bad, nor can you say it's good. It's a way, but not necessarily the most effective way. Of course, the most effective way to something is the always most difficult. I didn't do drugs (acid/ecstacy) for the spiritual experience- I did it mainly to keep me awake to dance all night (of course, not the wisest choice and I realized that really fast) but through doing them, I did feel enlightened and had much more deep thoughts and even epiphanies. But I realized that even being sober I can experience those things. The ego doesn't like to let us experience a heightened or reality spiritual states very easily, that is why it seems difficult, unfathomable, impossible, or even, to some people, totally false and crazy. Drugs do tend to make it easier, but the consequences (long and short term) are not worth it.