bhikkshu

ah the ol'saturn return eh! i found it a bit of a fucker meself
anyhoo.....i man, that roots thang looks good, seen.

To be perfectly factual the statement "Drugs are still toxic" is too vague and a huge generalization. Toxicity is for one relative to your body type and constitution. Secondly, certain drugs such as the psychedelics (Lsd, psilocybin, mescaline, etc...) are chemically similar to the neuro-transmitters serotonin (for lsd & psilocybin) and dopamine (for Mescaline). The brain identifies them as neurotransmitter precursors and judges them as safe, allowing them to cross the blood brain barrier so that it can use them for perceptual awareness. After they are used up, the drug wears off and no toxin is left in the brain. DMT is actually a chemical that IS naturally produced in our pineal glands (Center of brain hemispheres/ also the source of our crown chakra) and is important for energy transmission throughout our spinal fluids. It is also chemically similar to serotonin and to melatonin. Melatonin being the chemical released during theta brain wave states (visualization meditation or dreaming). Because of this DMT allows us to be consciously aware in the dreamtime creating a balance between left and right brain thinking, conscious and subconscious connection. In yoga, when one meditates upon the center of the brain, one can trigger the release of DMT naturally which they call the nectar of life that drips down the spine and rejuvenates the body through balanced energy circulation, (also triggered by kundalini energy arising to the crown from the root). DMT is also naturally released in the body when we are born, and when we die, or near-death experience. Most people who assume drugs are toxic, heard it from somewhere, and don't actually know the bio-chemistry behind it.

I myself am a boddhisatva, which means the higher state I seek is for the collective conscious to raise it's awareness to oneness. I, as an individual, have already attained that awareness.

Drugs may be temporary, so is meditation, but experience and knowledge gained from those states is permanent.

In a world with a wounded leg, you can either lie in bed and wait til the leg heals before getting up to walk around, or you can use crutches to move around while the leg is healing. A crutch is external, just like a drug, but it does not stop the leg from healing, and eventually you don't need the crutch anymore.

I'm not bothered at all, for this too is experience gained, and through our discussion we both expand our awareness.

You may not be aware of liberated souls encouraging drug use, but there are many, and a long history of them. Zoroastrians and the ancient Vedics had whole temples devoted to the use of Soma (Psychedelic drinks) used in ritual settings to help expand awareness, evolve consciousness, heal, etc... Actually the only culture that hasn't used psychedelics as a tool for higher perception is the Inuit, because no psychedelics grow there. In India, many yogis and buddhists are against the use of drugs, but they follow sattvic vows, which is a path of purity. The Satvic path also includes abstaining from sex and eating a very limited diet. Some tantric yogis and tantric lamas do drugs as part of their practices. Even Chogyam Trungpa a famous Tibetan teacher who wrote many books was an alcoholic and did lots of lsd. To get into the psychedelic usage of shamans from Central-south America and Africa would be to write a whole book or more. Now you know. peace