Archive for the 'mysticism' Category

Psychedelic Drugs: Drug Abuse in America

Former Harvard Professor Dr. Richard Alpert said something interesting in this video when he spoke about his past use of lsd and it’s relation to higher awareness. He said, “As long as high was separate from being low, there was a problem”. He wanted to get rid of duality between those two and saw that [...]

Psychedelic Drugs:Can They Give You A Religious Experience

In the sixties and seventies, there was an interest in drugs related to higher consciousness. Ram Dass (Dr. Richard Alpert), Dr. Grof and other respected professionals at universities researched and themselves experimented with these drugs. Today, this isn’t discussed much but are they a door to higher perception?

Stroke of Insight and Altered States of Consciousness

In the sixties and seventies, there was a lot of talk about drugs being the door to changing one’s awareness. People were interested in living a life different than their parents, wanting to have insights like the Maharaji during the Beatles infatuation with the guru and experiencing love. Of course some people were also interested [...]