▲ 881 ▼ "Trippy" Reality (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/5-illusions-reveal-brain-warps-reality https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-the-brain-interprets-reality-a-neuroscience-perspective
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (5 children) I assume you mean ego death and not literal death permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago You have to type louder for them to get your message in the spirit world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children) fun(?) fact! ego death feels like death :D you know that thing people say about how everyone's last thought is of their mother or their home? when i first took LSD i experienced an ego death, and just before fully letting go i thought to myself "how will i tell my mum i died?" it was, to put it blunt, quite fucking terrifying. thankfully i had enough logic in me to calm myself down and fully let go to experience it, after the you dies the world becomes so– fresh. i felt like an alien experiencing the Earth for the first time, there was no barrier between me and the world, because for a few hours there was no "me" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Damn that must be scary in the moment, but also what an interesting experience, was that feeling of seeing the world with a new perspective temporary or do you feel it left any lasting impact? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago it was temporary but unforgettable it'd be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn't be a perfect description, it's something you have to experience permalink fedilink source parent [–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Nope, literal death. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago You have to type louder for them to get your message in the spirit world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children) fun(?) fact! ego death feels like death :D you know that thing people say about how everyone's last thought is of their mother or their home? when i first took LSD i experienced an ego death, and just before fully letting go i thought to myself "how will i tell my mum i died?" it was, to put it blunt, quite fucking terrifying. thankfully i had enough logic in me to calm myself down and fully let go to experience it, after the you dies the world becomes so– fresh. i felt like an alien experiencing the Earth for the first time, there was no barrier between me and the world, because for a few hours there was no "me" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Damn that must be scary in the moment, but also what an interesting experience, was that feeling of seeing the world with a new perspective temporary or do you feel it left any lasting impact? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago it was temporary but unforgettable it'd be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn't be a perfect description, it's something you have to experience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Damn that must be scary in the moment, but also what an interesting experience, was that feeling of seeing the world with a new perspective temporary or do you feel it left any lasting impact? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago it was temporary but unforgettable it'd be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn't be a perfect description, it's something you have to experience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago it was temporary but unforgettable it'd be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn't be a perfect description, it's something you have to experience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Nope, literal death. permalink fedilink source parent
