Lsd and Search of
Revelations in Psychedelic Echoes
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Flashes are inside here, you know, you get an insight and you know something, you know
Describes the internal experience of gaining insights, hesitating to express them for fear of their validity.
But you don't want to say it out loud because you're kind of afraid that it's not going to be really true and it will spoil the whole thing for you, you know
Expresses the fear that verbalizing insights may spoil the beauty of the experience if proven untrue.
But when somebody makes you say it, then, and it's true, then it just makes it more beautiful to say it
Suggests that expressing insights, when compelled by someone else, enhances their beauty if true.
Do you want to go for the more beautiful and say it
Ponders whether it's better to choose beauty by expressing the truth or remain silent.
Who are you
A rhetorical question questioning one's identity.
Just me
A brief response indicating self-awareness and individuality.
Who are you
A repetition of the identity question, possibly probing for consistency or change.
I kind of lie to you a lot
Admits to frequent dishonesty in self-representation.
Don't lie to me, he wouldn't answer me because you already know what the inside was
Suggests reluctance to be truthful due to foreknowledge of the inner experience.
See, yes you do
Asserts that the person being questioned does know the answer.
He wouldn't answer me
Reiterates the person's refusal to answer directly, wanting the questioner to express it.
He wants me to say it, damn it
Expresses frustration at the desire for the speaker to articulate the unspoken insight.
Don't go
A plea or request for the person not to leave.
No
A simple denial or refusal.
Say it
Encourages the person to express the unspoken truth.
No
A firm refusal to express the truth.
Because these guys aren't just doing it for a regular feeling, they're doing it for you because it's your idea
Explains that the actions are not for personal satisfaction but for the benefit of someone else.
Because you're somebody that knows about stuff like this
Acknowledges the questioner's expertise in matters related to the experience.
And you can sit down and talk to me about it and it's beautiful
Expresses the beauty of being able to discuss such experiences with the questioner.
I'm glad that you're doing it
Expresses gratitude for the person's involvement in the experience.
I just hope you get the right stuff out of it for people
Hopes that the person gains valuable insights for the benefit of others.
Well not, you know, not that, well how many times have you taken it, you know, kind of
Curious about the frequency of the person's experiences with the substance.
The feeling, no I don't want to hear about, I don't want to hear about, about, you know, that makes it sound very clinical like it's so, like it's so, well if you take it this many times there's no doubt you Can take it again
Rejects discussing the experience in clinical terms, avoiding a rigid interpretation.
It's not that way at all
Clarifies that the experience is not about repetition or predictability.
You can take it once and never have to take it again
Emphasizes that a single experience may be sufficient, challenging conventional expectations.
But it's not, it's not, you already know it so you can, it's nice to go back up there
Highlights the familiarity with the experience, allowing one to revisit the elevated state.
No but you never have to take it again
Asserts that repetition is not necessary.
One time is all you need with the right person, or the right people, in the right place
Argues that one profound experience with the right conditions suffices.
See you're in monsters right now
Comments on the current mental state, possibly referencing a heightened awareness.
Oh not me, I'm a happy person
Declares personal happiness and immunity to negative effects.
See I can't, it doesn't hurt me
Asserts the inability to experience negative effects.
I can't have any monsters
Claims an absence of negative influences or "monsters."
I think what you say you're about to do is psychotic
Labels the upcoming action as potentially psychotic, expressing uncertainty about the term.
I don't know what psychotic means really
Admits lack of understanding about the clinical definition of "psychotic."
Clinically, you know, I don't know nervous or introverted or what does it mean
Questions the meaning of "psychotic" in clinical terms, seeking clarification.
Off your head
Suggests a potential state of being "off your head" or mentally altered.
Oh really
Expresses surprise or disbelief at the previous statement.
You know I really think this is a funny thing but if, if all the people that took acid, you know, the people that I know that have taken acid
Comments on the paradox of people who have taken acid being labeled as crazy by those who haven't.
We can look out at the other people that haven't
Reflects on the contrasting perspectives of those who have and haven't experienced the substance.
And they can, they can tell us we're crazy
Anticipates criticism from those who haven't experienced the beauty of the substance.
And we can say well you haven't seen anything yet
Suggests that there are even more beautiful experiences yet to be revealed to those who criticize.
Because there are things that are more beautiful
Concludes with the assertion that there are more beautiful things to be discovered.
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