an inexperienced tripper trying to achieve ego death

[trailmix]

does anyone have any advice of to get rid of my overpowering ego? how many dried grams of penis envy i should take for this to happen? is it more probable that i will achieve this tripping alone? or with a close friend also on shrooms? the setting.. i'll have a house to myself the day i choose to take them, w. a huge park on the other side of the fence in my back yard so i have the option to be in my safe zone or in a natural setting. which is a better place to be? any advice at all from someone who has experienced this phenomenon or is highly educated on the subject would be greaaatly appreciated!!! PEAACE!

 

[at0micfreqz]

1,200 mgs of dxm would achieve ego death. but it isn't something 100% enjoyable.

 

[smokeydays]

i never achieved ego death on shrooms or lsd,although i thought i did.then i did salvia.wow,thats what ego death is.

 

[ararat]

maxfreakout, if you start posting in here I'll ban you for good. you may post your opinion on his question, but if you start to take apart every post of everybody like you have done in every other thread I'm forced to ban you.



trailmix, all of what I'm going to write is my opinion and experience. I think it is rather radical, but it seems true to me. however, this is about you, and everybody has to find their own truth and way, so I'll just share my thoughts for you to ponder.


how do you imagine egodeath to be? what afterwards? you have an egodeath experience, and then? who is it who wants to experience egodeath?

you don't achieve egodeath, it happens to you. there is nothing you can do to go this place, except for allowing yourself to see and feel (and not even that possibly). seeing and feeling includes to see your ego, which necessitates your acceptance of it. you sound like you want to get rid of it, but it doesn't work by munching lots of shrooms, or reading the bhagavadgita while doing a handstand. all of this is resisting something.
the resistance to your ego and the ego are the exact same thing! the reason it feels overpowering is because you give it so much energy through your resistance to it. to let go of the resitance does not mean to act on your ego, it means to allow yourself to look at it, this bundle of misery, vanity, anger and wantingness.
the ego is not an enemy to be vanquished, you melt it by loving compassion. don't go into war against your ego, many people did and do that and I think that it is quite counterproductive.

my advice for you would be not to go on a trip with the aim of achieving egodeath, chances are that you'll end up in uncomfortable places you weren't planning on ending up. wanting to achieve egodeath means that you want to control your trip, which to me seems a very common reason for people having bad trips. psychedelics work through letting go of control, what you want is the control to get what you want, your idea of salvation.
I'm not telling you not to trip, that'd be very hypocritical of me. just be aware of why you want to trip. stay safe.


edit: pffft I'm late.

 

[mosaicmouse]

+1 to the above post.

Some tips from my experience (take or leave): do nothing. Do not want something. Reduce your activities to simply existing and take it from there. Don't seek distraction (tripping without music in absolute darkness is a plus). Human contact is often very distracting. Trip solo or with a good friend you won't feel obliged to talk to. Preferably not in the same room but in the same house, so you won't feel observed.

EDIT: for high doses, that is.

 

[lysergamideman]

WEll first off, Dont dry out penis envy !! That is just a shame you loose all the psilocin in them when doing such. The best way to store your mushrooms, And also to preserve 100% strength (In a way it actually makes them stronger, by helping to make the actives more redily available) In the future take your fresh mushrooms, go buy pure 100% lemon juice get a big jug put all your mushrooms in it add the bottle of lemon juice (enough to cover all the shrooms, I usually find a large bottle of lemon juice once mushrooms are added is enough to make a gallon of shroom lemonade) freeze it , by freezing it you cause the cell membranes in the mushroom to burst releasing all the active into the juice the lemon jiuces citric acid preserves the psilocin & the psilocybin, which when you dry mushrooms you totally loose psilocin which degrades there strength significantly. But follow this method and all you should need for a really strong trip is about 1 measuring cup full (depending on how many mushrooms you have put in the jug). But this DOES make them much stronger and you get 100% of there strength at least, or more, very simple method just throw em in jug , add juice freeze, then when you want to drink some, as it defrosts shake the jug vigorously as it melts continue to shake it every so often until its totally defrosted when by the time it is total liquid you will be left with a shroom smoothie all the mushroom material with be broken down to a fine pulp easily drinkable with no large chunks quite smooth and very tasty, no sugar is needed, but you can add some if you prefer.

I know that wasnt quite what you asked, but the stronger your brew the easier it will be to achieve whaT you are wanting, although I dont think there is any specific formula for what you are trying to do, the most I can say, from my experience is to be with some really close friends or people or person you are totally comfortable with. And in surrondings that you are at ease safe and familiar with, in my opinion tripping is like fingerprints each one is simalr, but totally different, you just have to be with the right people in the right place and in the right state of mind. And with some killer shroom-aide !!!! = D