Drugs do not facilitate spiritual growth. Drugs serve to create a consciousness disconnect that allows for the feminine aspect of consciousness to go into wild swings. (we all have combinations of both no matter our actual gender)
The ego or masculine aspect of consciousness is linear and provides the structural framework for the soul, while feminine consciousness is non-linear or circular and it attaches to the masculine aspect for stability, either in a relationship or within self.
I have worked with two different cases of young women who used Ayahuasca one time and developed schizophrenia for life. This happened as they had not yet developed a sense of self identity which is masculine consciousness and the drug blocked their ability to do so in the future.
Drugs are never the answer for spiritual consciousness as they destabilizes consciousness by creating a disconnect. True soul growth comes only by embracing both aspects and stabilizing them by binding thrm together with Love.
I fully agree with that statement.
My interest is if the use of these, in particular, mushrooms, Ayahuasca, or other similar substances, invoke a movement into a higher realm and/or another dimension?
I have never used any drug except alcohol in my many, many years on this planet and certainly have absolutely no plans to begin now.
Fertile minds want to know :-).
I have an acquaintance, a young person, who does this on a regular basis. His drug of choice is mushrooms. He grows his own and can tell you in excruciating detail the ingredients that make them what they are. I'm not sure how long he has done this, but it has been for a few years. He holds down a job but is just flawed in this way.
The author, Graham Hancock (Magician of The Gods), talks about his travels to South America to partake of Ayahuasca. He describes it as entering another realm.
You probably know that Johns Hopkins has conducted studies on these drugs.
It is clear that they alter consciousness, but exactly what is happening to the mind or soul under the influence of these substances? Does it move one to a higher level than “Flat Consciousness“?
Just curious.
Which is why 12 Step programs have a belief in a Higher Power.