AND DEATH

I overdosed on belladonna about 13 years ago, and had to have my heart jump started with the electric paddles.... I was young and stupid and uneducated about the plant... I don't recommend it.... Dosage can be so variable depending on the part of plant ingested, the season, the soil, etc.... and like I said it can kill you.....

I felt like a zombie for months after that experiance... very dissociated from my body. I do see it as a valuable life experiance, I don't really have any regrets, but I was lucky.... and much more cautious and mindful of substances.... do your research before experimenting ......

I had to learn that lesson hard way.......

I agree, pot sets psychedelic users up for the failure through delusions. A focused psychedelic experience is far more beneficial than a fun one.

Nobuoni, do you wear prescription eye wear?

Your post has a lot of good info, I've found that for a certain period of time after using certain substances in a ritually encoded format, that I can percieve the world around me more accurately (including eyes shut times, or dark environments). It's part and parcel of activating functions that are asleep in mundane awareness.

But having worn glasses for almost two decades, I can find a bias towards optical programming even in my non-enthegenic states.

The frames of my glasses are present optically, even with my eye's closed.

That is a separate function from the "boost" on functioning under the effect of the psychoactive class of substances, but has a key role in how individuals process their experience "under the influence".

I'm not arguing with you, but advocating a specific point of view.

Heck, taking off my glasses can be a psychedelic experience, given the level of my prescription.

I'd say, playing with the entheogen in question, have fun with "Glasses on, Glasses off", and "Eye's open, Eye's closed".

The pun on the last half of that statement is unintentional, but might be fun in this context.