The Beyond Within
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The Beyond Within

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The Beyond WithinThere is more to reality than meets a normal eye. Behind the curtain of everyday consciousness is hidden another unutterably strange universe.

It's the world of mystical experiences and those who have been there describe the visit as the most significant event in their lives.

Until recent times, it was a world known only to holy man, to saints, and perhaps to the insane. Then a generation ago, this drug, LSD, escaped from the laboratory and was consumed by millions of young people.

To some, it's a doorway to the mystical universe - chemical ecstasy, enlightenment in a bottle. To others it's a dangerous and subversive poison.

The drug challenges our very conception of reality and its' turbulent history raises sharp questions about the dividing line between private experience and public policy.

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Roushe Boch
Roushe Boch
10 years ago

I've done quite a few psychedelics. DMT, LSD, LSA, psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, 2C-E, DOC. LSD is the only synthetic one that is worthwhile, LSD, DMT and peyote are by far the most worthwhile of all of the ones i've tried. Mushrooms are the most likely drug to give you a bad trip cause a lot of nausea and are rather bland. LSA is rather weak. 2C-E gives you a ton of tension and is only moderately strong and is easier to overdose on than LSD and natural psychedelics(which are pretty much impossible to, only two people have ever died from LSD overdose taking 10,000+ doses of it and no one has ever died from DMT, psilocybin mushrooms or peyote). DOC was okay, but a 20 hour trip is really far too much and peyote is similar but with less bad side effects, DOC is also easier to overdose on than others.

quickiB
quickiB
11 years ago

haha, i watched this but didn't realize it was open in two different windows, so I kept hearing the voices repeat themselves and mix together. I though it was actually part of the movie

Russ101
Russ101
11 years ago

Hypothetically speaking- DMT is the easiest psychedelic to extract. My friend told me this joke about a kid who easily made DMT out of mimosa hostilis root bark, by grinding it up, adding it to a gallon or so of water with half a bottle of red devil lye he said and shook the VMP naphtha. one would find at a hardware store also. As it turned yellow he supposedly siphoned it and put it in a turkey baster or IDK and put the Naphtha in a cup lid tight inside a freezer and said his friend saw super pure dmt crystals. pouring the naphtha he caught some DMT but the rest he apperently scraped out with a schick razor after it all had evaporated. He said something idk about techs or 'teks' over the internet at a sirte called DMT nexus that said he could do this in a day.

said he met god in the form of a person. and researching DMT it apparently increases serotonin levels with use. but leaving someone feeling good for days. but he said he would recommend me Ayahuasca if I really wanted to do soul work. as the natives of South America take it to cut the corners to enlightenment. Plants are the guru's or prophets or idk of the modern world. But I suggest to everyone here to listen to Terence Mckenna on youtube for more intel on the matters at large. Some call psychedelics tools, or messages. Psychedelics are serious for serious people to gain some perspective in life. For god sakes why do people self-sanctimoniously run from them, they're obviously here to help us to quit running, and help you understand the only things worth learning which are impossible without them. either that or meditating for five years or something like that. We live in an age where you are permitted anything, Anything meaning Anything you can get away with.

However everything I 've said is a complete lie. Anything I have said was just a desperate act to get attention. I 'am obviously not mentally fit and I especially don't condone to the act of achieving spiritual empowerment via ayahuasca nor DMT not because the laws the law right. wouldn't that be wrong?

Mars Sentinel
Mars Sentinel
11 years ago

the white bust only has one eye. hello? a clue? also, right at the beginning the narrator lies - "LSD excaped form the lab". NO. It was purposefully put into the youth culture. Revalation without preparation is debilitating. That is what bad trips are. unprepared minds experiencing the world behind the curtain. It is a great way to de-legitimate alternative experiences, and the validity of seeing through the matrix. I remember stories of people jumping off the roof because they thought they could fly. it was all over the news in the '60's and early '70's, almost certainly apocryphal, and definitely used for propaganda. suspect this video and its producers.

jbriggs_87
jbriggs_87
11 years ago

i took a toone of shrooms once and had mystical experiences, i saw god in everything, and i was in a forest and i felt like i coudl attract the animals to me. without seeing it, i imagined a bunny and felt like i was communicating directly to me, then out of no where a bunny hops out just stares at me, somehow we shared an inside joke, its as if the bunny was god and i finally understood, and then its like he sort of winked at me with his mind and hopped away laughing. haha, but at the same time i dont think id recommend drugs to anyone, i wouldnt do any drugs if i could start my life over

Patrick
Patrick
13 years ago

About this first part: What a trippy movie. I watched this last night while stoned off my ass of some incredible weed and I felt like this movie was trying to hypnotize me, especially the part where they describe the author of the doors of perceptions trip. That part was hypnotic.

HoboBoxerJoe
HoboBoxerJoe
13 years ago

I can supposedly get real LSD, although I have yet to seriously attempt that theory. The one time I kinda half-heartedly tried my friend seemed kinda surprised when I said I'd actually be interested in getting some. He had the look of someone who was talking for the sake of talk. I know he has done it within the past 2 years a few times, though.

I decided to educate myself more on the subject. I've tried most drugs at least once. Only becoming addicted to painkillers after being disabled and getting them longterm. Certainly an addiction that happens to people who don't and do use drugs that are outside of the social norm alike.
I've tried DMT, and mushrooms (I won't make myself a laughing-stoke by attempting to spell the name of the chemical in them), most people who study these things even lightly know what I'm speaking of, anyway. The DMT I was given was from a trusted source. The fact the effects only lasted 10-30 minutes was actually quite pleasing to me. Also, I had studied it quite a bit before trying it. I knew it was perfectly safe to try.
I ended up coming up with the idea and plot to the best story I've had yet. So far I've been told it's quite well-written. Not by any critic or publisher though, so I take it happily, but without much weight.
Mushrooms, the first few times, were amazing. The last few, were not. Two bad trips had kinda ruined it for me. Although I would take them synthetically.
As for LSD, the search and hope continues. I believe LSD will be looked at again within the next few decades. Hoffman certainly lived long more than long enough to deserve and see some more credit for his work, unforunateyly my version of long enough is different from what the government and many of the ill-educated masses'. Dag-nabbit!

B-rax
B-rax
13 years ago

I take hallucinogenics to see reality for what it is, not to escape from it. If someones looking to escape alcohol is probably better for them.

Mike
Mike
13 years ago

Don't know what Rob is talking about, but the scenes were well thought out.May not have the visuals of Avatar, but does have a good cinematographer. For instance, the opening scene w/ the violinist, then the small bootle of LSD w/ the image of the violinist inside symbolizing morphed or new realities. Great job

scarlette
scarlette
13 years ago

Man, this movie is trippy as hell on acid ;)

tmcoal
tmcoal
13 years ago

This is a brilliant documentary. I really enjoy seeing all the different perspectives on LSD.

I have done LSD, and other psycho-actives, and it has
produced some of the most amazing realizations and
experiences of my life.

However, LSD or any other hallucinogen should never be done without great knowledge, great preparation, and the presence of experience - either in yourself or in a guide.

Shaman of many cultures have used psychotropic drugs from thousands of years and their society did not break down. Why? Because, the drug was wrapped in a format that held all the three elements mentioned above. It is sad for me to see how many people used a good thing stupidly and ruined the possibility of controlled access for those who are responsible.

I love the unknowledgeable smugness of British philosopher, it is crime to comment on the properties and qualities of thing authoritatively if you have never tried it.

Oh, and I would never suggest you try LSD to escape reality. If you do you could discover everything you never wanted to know about yourself and reality in the worst way possible.

MrMojoRisen
MrMojoRisen
13 years ago

Is everybody in? The show is about to begin

Wiz
Wiz
13 years ago

But to the people who are strong minded....RAVE ON!!!

Wiz
Wiz
13 years ago

I have experienced many trips on LSD and have to say that people should not take LSD unless they are pretty strong minded. Tripping can be an amazing experience but can very easily turn nasty. A bad trip is the last thing you want to put your mind through.

Rob
Rob
13 years ago

Not a very good documentary in my opinion. Very old and trying too hard to create a spaced out visual and audio experience for the viewer with dated film equipment and a lame string quartet...

Rob
Rob
13 years ago

....now for this docu...

Rob
Rob
13 years ago

I took some acid two weeks ago...It was the first time in ten years as I wanted to experience that loss of all reality again.
It was literally mind blowing. About 4 hours of bent reality which was great, but when you decide you've had enough, its not just a bus you can get off from. You stay till the ride is over and in my case the ride took quite a while...more than I was wanted. Would I do it again? Yes! Though next time it will be during the day and not at a trance party.

BLITZer
BLITZer
14 years ago

I've had my share of psilocybin mushrooms, since they grow here wild in iceland every fall. But i've never had the pleasure of dropping LSD. but there's a 1st for everything, Right? :)

The doors of perception are open for business.

Yavanna
Yavanna
14 years ago

I`d love to try LSD - never come across it.

yeti
yeti
14 years ago

i do, its in my liberty cap

Josh
Josh
14 years ago

anyone have a spare key for the unconscious mind?

Noah York City
Noah York City
14 years ago

Wow! A lot of beautiful girls were dropping acid in the sixties... also very interesting is how the social climate they depict of that particular era sounds eerily similar to our current situation. Especially among the minds of the new youth generation.

mazzy
mazzy
14 years ago

Hahahaha! So many memories! lol!