Awareness of the Now
I remember lying in bed as a kid, looking up at the ceiling, seeing the texture of the ceiling morph and change (akin to a hallucinogenic experience) and thinking nothing of it, that it was supposed to be like that. Every hallucinogenic experience I've had as an adult has been accompanied by a feeling of familiarity. A feeling that this is 'home'. My first memories I can remember are indeed very "trippy" memories, and having now children of my own, I see the look in my 1-year-old's eyes when we go out and look at the snowfall. He makes the same face I'm sure I made when I was having my first psychedelic experience. On one occasion during an LSD-trip I experienced what's known as ego-death; I experienced myself being one with the entire universe and knowing everything that there was to be known. During this 2-3 minute (in my perception eternal) moment the only thing I could vocalize to my girlfriend at the time was "remind me of this tomorrow.. r...