Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy How Psychedelics Work
Feb 20, 2020
Conversation explores why psychedelics shatter the self/world boundary and frame reality as mind. Topics include how substances amplify pure awareness, the mixing‑board model of altered perception, and why visuals hide deeper meta‑shifts. Discussion covers dosing strategy, integration, risks of high doses, and how psychedelic practice can accelerate healing, creativity, and shifts in worldview.
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Commit To Many Diverse Trips
- Do many diverse trips (Leo suggests ~50) to truly understand psychedelics and their variety.
- Treat early trips as an introduction and avoid drawing grand conclusions from just a few experiences.
Reality As Universal Mind
- Leo argues there is no objective material reality and that everything is consciousness imagining itself.
- Psychedelics reveal this by collapsing the distinction between self and external world, exposing reality as appearance without substance.
Consciousness As A Master Dial
- Psychedelics mainly crank up a central "consciousness" dial, increasing awareness massively.
- Minor substances tweak other 'knobs' like color, time, and body, producing each drug's character.