I want to speak about the themes of royalty and luxury within the psychedelic experience, and specifically the mescaline experience. In Heaven and Hell, Huxley talks about how he thinks precious gems and metals like gold and silver are only attractive because they bear a “faint resemblance” to something far grander that's a part of the visionary experience. there's a stimulating contrast within psychedelic culture here between hippies who think capitalism should be denounced and Huxley who is stating that jewels and gold are the very epitome of the psychedelic experience. in fact there's a difference between gems and money, but the purpose is nonetheless not trivial.
When Psychonauts use religious language to explain psychedelic experiences, some could be skeptical. But the very fact is, surely experiences no other words feel appropriate or on the brink of sufficient. Once you've got the psychedelic religious experience, you'll not question this use of language. Similarly surely experiences only the language of luxury, royalty, kings, queens, gold, silver, rubies, sapphires has relevancy .
The human experience is fundamentally characterized by the will to realize pleasure and avoid pain. to interact during this dichotomy requires a way of what the last word standard for pleasure is. you've got a thought in your mind of the simplest possible scenario. within the same sense as “I think therefore I am”, your ability to imagine this scenario means you're wired to possess this ultimate experience. The notion of being a king or queen represents the last word standard for fulfillment , power and luxury. this is often highly representative of the last word standard for positive experience we all have.
If there's a king of a nation who lives a lifetime of complete power and luxury, we must distinguish between the social role of a king and therefore the experience of a king. there's an essence to being a King or Queen which is break away the social role of a King or Queen. The mescaline experience makes clear that being a King or Queen is fundamentally an experience of consciousness and how of watching the planet . within the same way that the “man within the sky” conception of God is insulting to true religious experience, the “brutal dictator” conception of King is insulting to a real experience of Divine Psychedelic Royalty. Any person can have the experience of being a King or Queen because fundamentally this is often an experience, not something concerning material possessions or power.
But we do need to give credit where credit is due: there's a component of being a dictator, of getting unlimited power and freedom and luxury, which may be a very illustrative and metaphorically useful way of understanding what a true King or Queen is. Precious gems are an honest way of comprehending psychedelic luxury, albeit within the words of Huxley they only “bear a faint resemblance to the glowing marvels seen with the inner eye of the visionary.”
I suffered from social anxiety for much of my life, and a visionary experience was the primary step toward healing. to possess social anxiety actually requires a good little bit of self-importance. you've got to think you're pretty important to worry such a lot about how you encounter . within the vision, this becomes clear and that i am a King who has just issued a decree condemning the structure of reality. The universe “has no gifts to bring” me and that i am unsatisfied. The theme of royalty is already apparent, but a recontextualization soon occurs which the small Drummer Boy on behalf of me may be a metaphor of. This song explains the recontextualization better than I can.
The universe, over which I rule, sings:
“I haven't any gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum”
As a ruthless king I prepare to place forth a harsh sentence upon the structure of reality. I even have nothing but hate for reality, and it's just stated that it's no gifts on behalf of me . Furthermore, reality is arrogant enough to sing this as if something to be pleased with .
“That's fit give our king
Pa rum pum pum pum”
The thing with recontextualization is, something originally and understandably interpreted as negative are often reframed as positive. i assumed the universe was telling me it had no gifts on behalf of me . In fact, it had been telling me it can’t imagine a present that's actually ok to be deserve giving me. Psychedelic healing doesn't change the facts. Psychedelic healing changes the context of the facts.
“Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum
On my drum? (on my drum?)
On my drum?”
All this point , the universe was trying to play a song on behalf of me , but i used to be casting judgement upon it.
“Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum
(I played) I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum pum
(I played) I played my best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum”
At now , the universe did play a song on behalf of me . The universe played the simplest song it can possibly play. At one point, I kept repeating the phrase in my head, “It’s literally made from pure fucking gold”. On earth precious metals are rare and structure but 1% of reality. this is often an honest metaphor for a way we feel about reality generally. we expect reality is usually bad and only alittle a part of it's good. You can’t condemn a part of "> a part of reality without condemning part of yourself. the belief is that reality is “literally made from pure fucking gold” and is entirely perfect.
The mescaline experience contrasts with the psilocybin experience in a crucial sense. The psilocybin experience is extremely nondual in order that dichotomies dissolve and subsided pronounced and relevant. With mescaline dichotomies become more pronounced and relevant. this is often why mescaline is deeply associated with sexuality; sexuality requires dichotomy. The notions of royalty and luxury require dichotomy; there must be some system of ranking for there to be a best choice . For being a King or Queen to be meaningful, there must be some opposite. the other , perhaps, is a few peasant who lives during a hut with no possessions. These are metaphors for a peasant may have an experience of psychedelic royalty and therefore the king of a nation could also be a psychedelic peasant. These social roles only bear a faint resemblance to the truth of inner experience and therefore the scope of what's possible. rather than condemning reality, we are condemning the condemning of reality. But truly, even condemning of reality is formed of gold.
The opposite of social anxiety isn't pretending to be normal to suit in or achieving some baseline level of social competence. the other of social anxiety is divine psychedelic royalty. i will be able to never hear this song stupidly about this experience.
The fundamental issue with the mainstream psychological state community is that it strives to assist below average people achieve a mean and baseline level of functionality. The goal is mediocrity. People don't even see psychological state professionals within the first place unless they're below average and need to become average. Setting average because the target is unmotivating and pathetic. Let's raise the bar and replace the goal of mediocrity with the goal of profound abundance beyond your wildest dreams. Let's make divine psychedelic royalty the new standard of the psychological state community. once you view yourself as a King or Queen, you do not accept average.