So you have a lot of opportunities to dig deeper
You probably realize that in each sphere of human activity 95% of it is total garbage, and only 5% is worth something. And only 0,3% is really outstanding. These numbers aren't made up, it is reflection of 68-95-99,7 rule.
So and with modern Shamanic Tradition. 95% of its representatives have no clue what they are talking about, only 5% have an understanding, and only 0,3% actually achieved something.
Dig deeper for those 5% and 0,3%.
Yes, this world is temporary realm, yes it is sprung from a dream (in a way). But all of it is said from the point of view of those powers, which are way beyond gods. Those teachings don't usually say that when dream is over, then all existence except that which is "Beyond" is over. To perceive and realize what is "Beyond", what is Supreme Reality - this is the last step on progress, when you already obtained godlike powers. It was much easier to obtain such powers and interact with gods in ancient times, hence we have such teachings. But mankind fell down from its former grace. Western world has myths about exile from Eden, murder of Abel, deluge and Babel - all of them describing gradual downfall of human from being godlike down to a piece of mortal flesh.Originally Posted by Awani
There was a specific ancient word to describe "illusion", actually it meant something entirely else: it meant "measures/dimensions". Its opposite is totally devoid of that, its opposite is basically nothing, only that which is "Beyond".
I used plant of Pythian Oracles for purposes of divination (I can't right it openly here, if you are very interested, I can write it to you in PM). While it is very helping in that aspect, everything has its price. Average man has a lot of garbage in his head. Once he becomes open to external powers, all that garbage reveals itself. In case with Pythian plant, visions become muddied by that garbage, it is a whole science on itself to get rid of it.Originally Posted by Awani
Other aspect is that when you are using plants in this way, you are giving your body as a temporary home for the Spirit which was in the plant. You can feel it, you can feel as some power seizes your body. It means big turmoil for the energetic structure of man and might cause dysfunction of major energy channels, thus blocking your way of progress. Afterwards you might get some funny glitches and such, but they merely point that something went horribly wrong.
There is also another dangerous thing which might happen. Human's "lower spirit" isn't simple entity, it is complex entity. It consists of myriads of sub-entities, among which there are chief energies, who temporarily have power over human until some other big sub-entity replaces it. When you suffer through energy turmoil, there is a big chance that some of chief sub-entities will go out of control of "one whole spirit", and you might experience presence of someone else, even see it and talk with it. While it is possible to have visit of external entities, who talk with you and such - it is a hard labor to do so and it is achieved by totally different means.
It is quite easy to cause those sub-entities to "appear", but it is very hard to make yourself being whole again. It is totally opposite to spiritual progress and there are signs which can be used as measure of it: progress is always accompanied by Siddhis - that's when you can use your knowledge and power to make direct changes in this reality (all comes at a price though), while fake progress with sub-entities remains just that - nice visions, exotic experience and loss of power as result (even if it doesn't look like that from first glance). It also leads to a horrible death if it wasn't horrible enough. Shattered spirit will be totally shattered after its holding "vessel" is broken, each piece of it might find a new life in some defected form - some defected plant and/or some awful bug and/or some disabled child. Chance of progress to be totally wasted and undone, nullified altogether, all of it because of being deluded by those who are deluded themselves.
You don't have to listen to what I write, I am not writing it so that you changed your mind or rethought your approaches, I am merely expanding on what I wrote before and to answer your questions. I am also writing it to those, who might read this thread and is considering this approach as part of spiritual progress, to warn them about negative consequences.
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