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Mystical experiences, like those that marked my childhood, are apparently far from rare.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Reality is inconceivable without an experiencing subject, without an ego.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
There are experiences that most of us are hesitant to speak about, because they do not conform to everyday reality and defy rational explanation.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
As a path to the perception of a deeper, comprehensive reality, in which the experiencing individual is also sheltered, meditation, in its different forms, occupies a prominent place today.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Deliberate provocation of mystical experience, particularly by LSD and related hallucinogens, in contrast to spontaneous visionary experiences, entails dangers that must not be underestimated.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Objective reality, the world view produced by the spirit of scientific inquiry, is the myth of our time.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
In the LSD state the boundaries between the experiencing self and the outer world more or less disappear, depending on the depth of the inebriation.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
I share the belief of many of my contemporaries that the spiritual crisis pervading all spheres of Western industrial society can be remedied only by a change in our world view.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
If one of the two is lacking, no reality happens, no radio music plays, the picture screen remains blank.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
But this ever broadening factual knowledge, which constitutes objective reality, need not be a desecration.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
The transformation of the objective world view into a deepened and thereby religious reality consciousness can be accomplished gradually, by continuing practice of meditation.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
This self-experiment showed that LSD-25 behaved as a psychoactive substance with extraordinary properties and potency.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Slowly I came back from a weird, unfamiliar world to reassuring everyday reality.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Wrong and inappropriate use has caused LSD to become my problem child.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
I was seized by the dreadful fear of going insane. I was taken to another world, another place, another time. My body seemed to be without sensation, lifeless, strange.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
This could become the basis of a new religiosity, which would not be based on belief in the dogmas of various religions, but rather on perception through the "spirit of truth."
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
Would they ever understand that I had not experimented thoughtlessly, irresponsibly, but rather with the utmost caution, and that such a result was in no way foreseeable?
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
In studying the literature connected with my work, I became aware of the great universal significance of visionary experience.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
It was these experiences that shaped the main outlines of my world view and convinced me of the existence of a miraculous, powerful, unfathomable reality that was hidden from everyday sight.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)
I was filled with an indescribable sensation of joy, oneness, and blissful security.
LSD : My Problem Child (1980)