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interesting that you mention Don Juan i wrote the song "Las ensenansas the don Juan"(The teachings of don juan) you can listen to it here http://www.labalou.com/projects1.htm Ive never done hallucinogens but i like a lot of psychodelic music and reading.I am fascinated by castanedas books...they sort of take me to a wonderful psychodelic and imaginary state... Louie > Some can get by with the memories. Others should > never try them as they will > be hurt. Shamans in the amazon will give westerners > the ayahuasca root, but > warn that they may die. Don Juan warns against the > allies a user may conjure. > But that was fiction...right? I am not for > recreational use. > > We were a band capable of playing and recording > while high. We were aired on > various > public radio programs. I listen to the music now and > I'm not as hyped about > it as I was > then. This still happens, though, even without > chemicals. But there is a > difference, > both in composition and mood. The stuff I create > today I would not trade for > a moment of success while on drugs. Plus, it's more > fun. I enjoy having my > body to myself as I > was born with, not dabbling with postnatal chemical > recreations. > > The memories instilled by the experiences serve just > fine to ease me into a > place of heightened performances. If drugs did > anything, it was transitory and > certainly nothing that I would want to rely on in > order to perform. I have > therefore had to train myself to relearn the > instrument and all that it entails: > that desire to continue > playing, the pleasure, the accuracy, creativity, > exploration... I would not > repeat my > earlier experiences. They were neither good nor bad > and that is my personal > danger. > > Normal consciousness is boring, mundane, routine. > Altered consciousness is > life- > affirming. It's like breathing cool air on a clear > midnight and seeing the > "stars" and knowing that they are more than words in > the mind, but real, > mystically suspended, beautiful, unfathomably > distant and unknowable objects... The > challenge for me is a recognition (re-cognition) of > this wonder without any > further outside assistance than the stars > themselves. > > DMT may be able to awaken the kundalini, but so > can.... > > This is what I meant to say. > ===== www.labalou.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com