The Story - Contact With An Alien Intelligence:
In this episode we discuss an event which Kurt experienced while on The Paradise Paradox desert-peyote adventure. This event may be considered as 'contact’ - where Kurt describes a communication with an alien intelligence.
Here we have part 1 of a 2 part episode, where we discuss several important ideas to think about when considering that we may not be alone in this universe. Standing amongst the vastness of the desert and witnessing the endless stars above, one is left feeling very small, and it was hard to believe that we are the only ones here. Under the influence of peyote and feeling the presence of life all around you in every direction - it became very obvious that we were not.
Assuming that we are not alone, and assuming that we are quite primitive in comparison to other intelligent life, would an alien intelligence even notice us, or be bothered to contact us. Or better, how would they choose to make contact? How would they say, "hello"?
Returning to early communication methods, almost seems silly. However, a European on a hill doesn't expect communication from a foreign race to come from a smoke signal. Radio waves could be equally unexpected to an extraterrestrial civilisation. And a lost human in the desert doesn't expect communication from alien life to come from manipulation of light, or manipulation of time. But, perhaps, this is exactly how interdimensional life would need to communication, via manipulation of energy with no shared material, then of course we must consider communication through hallucinations caused by psychedelic medicine.
Strap in for an overdose of reality shifting and dimension bending story time - a true account from The Paradise Paradox peyote diary.
Here’s a disclaimer: We’re not in any way recommending or endorsing any psychedelics, nor that you do anything illegal. Brains can be delicate things. If you’re going to do anything like this, this article from our friend Maverick about some tips on what to do and what not to do.
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Very interesting .What does peyote make you feel like ? What other drug is similar to it?
I'll try to describe some of the effects. There was some dizziness, some loss of balance. I didn't really experience euphoria, but I think @battleayzee's wife did, as she seemed pretty happy about the whole thing. There were the milder visual/sensory effects, seeing and having the feeling of beings surrounding us in the desert. Then the more intense effects of talking to aliens, like I described in this video.
I don't really know what drugs to compare it to. The dizziness and loss of balance was similar to alcohol at points. @battleayzee probably has some other ideas of how to describe it.
Have a look at the previous episode here https://steemit.com/trip/@paradise-paradox/peyote-trip-overview-san-luis-potosi where we gave an overview about the experience, and that might help answer your question too.
Kurt (the white guy from the video)
Hi Clalaber24p, Firstly the peyote wasn't very easy to eat, so it was a long process. We might have eaten 3-4 over a couple of hours. Consuming 5 peyote buttons made me feel drunk, walking in straight lines was a challenge. After a few more hours, we may have reached 10 peyotes - it was night and there was some serious auditory and visual hallucinations (moving and morphing shadows, hearing steps all around, at times stars danced and become lasers ). The active drug here is mescaline, I would compare the hallucinations to a low dose of acid. However, the mescaline and the environment gives you a loving and connected feeling.
By the way this is Aaron from the paradise paradox
@battleayzee
Interesting experience I've always wanted to try peyote but have never had an opportunity too lol thank you for sharing!
cool stuff. upvoted :-)
Thanks for sharing your experience.
good adventure
Just FYI , that was another alien he was talking about ;)
Hahaha
Great stuff guys! Something I've always been interested in, but a couple down my list of top things to spend time with. Upvotes & such!
Thanks Kenny! The plan is, next year after Anarchapulco, we get a van or something, and 6-12 of us head out into the desert. What do you reckon?