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by ericmcer 3220 days ago
I was a pretty heavy user (1-3 trips a month) for about a year after graduating high school, and I still take it about once a year now. I disagree that it has all the answers, psilocybin does not reveal any great truths or break down the mysteries of the universe. That said I love it and just did a light trip for the eclipse, it can bring calm, peace, love of nature, love of self and others to you, but it is not some magic path to god.
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Different strokes for different folks but heavy usage leads to reduced effects due to high tolerance. They recommend waiting up to a month if you take large doses. You are right in that it didn't reveal the mysteries of the universe, but my own internal universe. I could explain my anxiety, previous bouts of depression logically once I stopped letting my ego tell me whatever it wants to see....but it certainly felt like...transcendence of sort...I realized this is what Buddhism and Tibetans discovered through deep meditation, they were able to see reality and universe as it is. I'm very interested in these things now whereas before I only had appreciation for it.