(June 3, 2015 at 11:18 am)rary Wrote: The reason this thought came to my mind was because, I've lived all my life in the normal level of consciousness and one day I stimulated my brain to produce high levels of DMT. What I found so interesting was how the brain was capable of seeing, understanding and learning and in a completely new way. My whole life I've lived in a single state of mind, how many other states of minds are there. Surely, there is a reason for the brain being able to alter so drastically. What is the point of having such a function if there is no use for it in the past or the future?
I think maybe you're just experiencing the enlightenment of understanding of how your consciousness works through hallucinogens. Your perceptions changed, but the world around you did not. The brain is reliant upon a chemical balance, which, when thrown out of whack, causes us to interpret the input from our senses differently.
There is no point to it. It's just a by-product of being a biological organism whose perceptions depend upon neuro-chemicals.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
