young-pilgrim
07-18-2006, 03:32 PM
Is exactly what this song seems to be about, just going on the lyrics posted on the main site.
An ignorant psychedelic neophyte could easily go too deep too fast and end up like the narrator in this song, experiencing bizarre phenomena and delusions of grandeur. The song seems to ridicule such people ("Such a heavy burden now to be the One.... but I forgot my pen. Shit the bed again") drawing attention to the fact that in such a state a person might feel as if they've reached enlightenment or heightened consciousness or whatever while they''ve really gone backwards and placed both body and mind in a sad state.
To give an example - once in the early days of my psychedelic use I had a very powerful mushroom trip that I was totally unprepared for, failed to integrate and thus gained almost nothing from. I was staying in a country house and right after taking my truffles I went out into the garden to smoke a cigarette and do a simple mind-clearing meditation and affirmation (as I always do before a trip). Within five minutes I was feeling effects of the mushrooms and by fifteen minutes I was gazing at a rainbow across the lake and weeping (lol) at the beauty and perfection of nature. Nothing bad there.
An hour and a half into this trip I was curled up on a couch, unable to speak to anyone because my mind had progressed into the hyperabstract. I was possesed by the feeling of having the ultimate epiphany - but was completely unable to articulate this knowledge. The next morning I was unable to grasp what this ultimate epiphany had been. It wouldn't have helped if I'd even had a pen the night before lol. I had very little structure around which to base my experience and I had no one to guide me through it. I had gone into that trip with a vague feeling that I wanted to further myself spiritually - but I came away with the realisation that I was going to need guidance in doing so successfully.
And the majority of spiritual leaders in the world stress the importance of discipline in spiritual practice (admittedly they're likely to say that if they want to continue having followers but I believe it). As an example the development of Kundalini is reported to have some serious risks especially if you try and force a Kundalini awakening that you are prepared for in neither body nor mind. Problems related to this can include "breaks with reality requiring hospitalisation", ego inflation, emotional fluctuations and yes, even gastrointestinal diturbances. Shit the bed again, typical!
So it seems to me that the song is a warning for those of us who would deign to question the nature of our reality. By all means we should do it if we feel it will help us grow; but we should be aware that there are risks inherent in such practices and guidance and prepartion can be just as important as questioning established views. To put it simply: don't just dive in, you'd better listen first!
An ignorant psychedelic neophyte could easily go too deep too fast and end up like the narrator in this song, experiencing bizarre phenomena and delusions of grandeur. The song seems to ridicule such people ("Such a heavy burden now to be the One.... but I forgot my pen. Shit the bed again") drawing attention to the fact that in such a state a person might feel as if they've reached enlightenment or heightened consciousness or whatever while they''ve really gone backwards and placed both body and mind in a sad state.
To give an example - once in the early days of my psychedelic use I had a very powerful mushroom trip that I was totally unprepared for, failed to integrate and thus gained almost nothing from. I was staying in a country house and right after taking my truffles I went out into the garden to smoke a cigarette and do a simple mind-clearing meditation and affirmation (as I always do before a trip). Within five minutes I was feeling effects of the mushrooms and by fifteen minutes I was gazing at a rainbow across the lake and weeping (lol) at the beauty and perfection of nature. Nothing bad there.
An hour and a half into this trip I was curled up on a couch, unable to speak to anyone because my mind had progressed into the hyperabstract. I was possesed by the feeling of having the ultimate epiphany - but was completely unable to articulate this knowledge. The next morning I was unable to grasp what this ultimate epiphany had been. It wouldn't have helped if I'd even had a pen the night before lol. I had very little structure around which to base my experience and I had no one to guide me through it. I had gone into that trip with a vague feeling that I wanted to further myself spiritually - but I came away with the realisation that I was going to need guidance in doing so successfully.
And the majority of spiritual leaders in the world stress the importance of discipline in spiritual practice (admittedly they're likely to say that if they want to continue having followers but I believe it). As an example the development of Kundalini is reported to have some serious risks especially if you try and force a Kundalini awakening that you are prepared for in neither body nor mind. Problems related to this can include "breaks with reality requiring hospitalisation", ego inflation, emotional fluctuations and yes, even gastrointestinal diturbances. Shit the bed again, typical!
So it seems to me that the song is a warning for those of us who would deign to question the nature of our reality. By all means we should do it if we feel it will help us grow; but we should be aware that there are risks inherent in such practices and guidance and prepartion can be just as important as questioning established views. To put it simply: don't just dive in, you'd better listen first!