The Trip

10/03/2021

We've been a tad quiet as of late... but quality not quantity as we like to say!

Here's a fresh story hot off the keyboard: https://medium.com/the-trip/flirting-with-our-true-identity-be1ce80a9a13?sk=e975cc925dcd87845c1daab716b953da

Creating And Identifying The ‘I’

29/01/2021

Eckhart Tolle was a Homeless Man in London

https://medium.com/the-trip/eckhart-tolle-was-a-homeless-man-in-london-2d0fdf8daacf

How enlightenment is possible if we allow ourselves to believe it

24/01/2021

Preparing for a psychedelic trip is part of the trip.

https://medium.com/the-trip/how-to-prepare-for-your-first-psychedelic-trip-da1dd4ae24e9?sk=1c6fb9c596603d652f3db45fe056cc40

Essential steps that make for a better psychedelic experience

13/01/2021

As we developed this spirit, we began to wonder. We began to wonder where it came from. Where we came from. What are we? Where are we going? And what do we do in the meantime?

https://medium.com/the-trip/eternal-questions-of-the-soul-and-how-to-answer-them-190fd746c131?sk=492b233974a50af067ca8af25fa7f731

Killing God and Making Movies

12/01/2021

A beautiful aspect of the human experience is that, to the extent that time is a construct, we have the ability to build our own narrative around it.

https://medium.com/the-trip/moving-beyond-the-science-of-time-7588e78d2192?sk=3a45b1bccb185f5718c9f0bfe3824e9d

On the power we have over our perceptions of time

22/12/2020

https://medium.com/the-trip/in-order-to-live-fully-be-nobody-7c3cecf86d5d?sk=6a2ae1d7d2786783ab495db1225d9162

Wisdom From Rugby World Champion Jonny Wilkinson

16/12/2020

https://medium.com/the-trip/you-are-not-your-goals-56a486d00dad?sk=2d72b357b5e613c6c73472a916f017e8

Thoughts From The Trenches Of Self-Employment

14/12/2020

"So you can think of a playlist as the bra of a shroom trip: it's not completely necessary, but it's there to provide extra support."

This quote should be all the motivation you need to read this latest article in The Trip.

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-science-of-playlist-curation-for-enhanced-psilocybin-experiences-a8e5c1e61450?sk=ccf2142f3ecc7f78ca672c06b91ffa0d

Insights from one of the earliest psychedelic researchers

07/12/2020

The Case For Balance Over Happiness

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-case-for-balance-over-happiness-28cb4d9ba5b1?sk=30f2bac537b2bcc4d5d66e481d5cc685

And How To Begin Channelling It In Your Own Life

05/12/2020

I think most of us can relate to this! Just published in The Trip: 'The Moment I Learned I Couldn’t Trust the Adults'

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-moment-i-learned-i-couldnt-trust-the-adults-f588ef47b3f3?sk=f9bb5e8143f18543f7554edeaa8b0b41

I’ve spent most of my life being a “rebel” and “control freak” — and it may be thanks to one weird moment

04/12/2020

Writing and psychedelics, an interesting read by Alexandre Porto!

https://medium.com/the-trip/psychedelic-use-can-help-with-your-writing-f9c05ddb4d6c?sk=278d17ceb7d62e7954bcd5ce8e735ba9

Be Present and Forget Old Habits

01/12/2020

New story!

Can we... should we.. be grateful for darkness, pain and fear?

https://zcu.io/k4Yc

Getting Intimate With The Dark Through Spiritual Ritual

18/11/2020

Shiva the cosmic dancer by

We are the dance.

14/11/2020

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Summer butt in the mirror ...

02/11/2020

We absolutely loved reading this:

How My World Changed Looking Through The Eyes Of An African Shaman

https://medium.com/the-trip/how-my-world-changed-looking-through-the-eyes-of-an-african-shaman-e92d682e3af3?sk=e3049fd959024c3426c5cd2325d676db

The essence of religions is one. Only their approaches are different. (Mahatma Gandhi)

08/10/2020

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Channeling truth.

06/10/2020

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The innumerable patterns of perception never cease to amaze

04/10/2020

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04/10/2020

In the Zen Buddhist tradition, there is a fundamental principle which at first seems like it belongs to the Nihilists. But our hopeless interpretation of this ancient wisdom reveals much more about ourselves than it does about the idea itself:

“Form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, and consciousness are also like this..”
Buddha, The Heart Sutra

Simply put: Reality, including ourselves and everything we know, is essentially empty; there is nothing.

What does this mean?

Well, it certainly is not fuel for the rampant su***de jokes of Millenials and Gen Z.

Read More here:
https://zcu.io/0C5f

How can there possibly be nothing?

17/09/2020

To all who are in need of some musical healing today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOAaJoZyg1I

16/09/2020

Have you given much thought to the relationship between punctuation and Reality?

Lev Janashvili has in his first contribution to The Trip. We are honoured to publish his work, and looking forward to reading more 🙏

https://medium.com/the-trip/self-vs-self-204d5163dd35?source=friends_link&sk=303ebdda32de0580331e9a0e929bd691

Declaration of War for the Food of the Gods

10/09/2020

Sometimes it just takes one simple teaching...

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-simple-phrase-that-freed-me-from-my-mind-b073a6e49309?source=friends_link&sk=80f54781b13b48b6676cc979b4252c93

We So Easily Miss The Simplest Of Things…

14/08/2020

We often speak of ineffable experiences of pure bliss and oneness in psychedelic exploration; sometimes we forget the opposite is also a possibility.

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-traumatic-psychedelic-trip-that-left-me-with-ptsd-98b82bfa809c?source=friends_link&sk=ef958fc4de47ddb63f557513bf72b2b6

A Cautionary Tale On The Fragility Of Mind And Exploring Altered States

12/08/2020

“Enlightenment” (2013) by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

There's something about this painting which captivates... What is it?

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01/08/2020

A very well thought out and interesting piece by our latest addition to the Trip: Alejandro Piers Ortega.

"Sometimes, it is important not to leave things unsaid — if you believe that there is a matter of importance that needs to be discussed openly, then it is productive to open up the discussion; the first step can often be the hardest.

At the end of my time teaching at a school in south London, there was such a matter that came to my attention: an anti-racist curriculum. Although I would have liked to research further, the end of my time approached, and I decided to send this letter to my colleagues, hoping to open up the discussion."

Read it here:

https://medium.com/the-trip/anti-racism-do-we-want-to-be-right-or-effective-352337c7cab1?source=friends_link&sk=f9e61679f064036f44915f08a887d663

Sometimes, it is important not to leave things unsaid

31/07/2020

"I often feel as if there is a fierce wrestling match taking place in my mind. It’s not violent necessarily, just intense and absolutely unrelenting.

Neither participant can be called ‘me’, yet they both unquestionably are.

They bounce around the imaginary walls of my inner void, fighting for dominancy.

One of them is a tyrant, hungry for control. The other is a sage."

https://medium.com/the-trip/the-tyrant-the-sage-and-the-peeping-tom-d7bf853c215d?source=friends_link&sk=52498597cab4902f1fd4cd8b2b8568e2

A War Rages In My Mind: My Identity Is The Prize

30/07/2020

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REFLECTIONS // you are the universe experiencing itself

29/07/2020

We are honoured to have Angelina Elido's story about her first encounter with L*D in Hawaii published in The Trip!

Here is our favourite excerpt:

"My hair​ ​and​ ​my​ ​limbs — ​​ ​I​ ​looked​ ​at​ ​them​ ​and​ ​saw​ ​my​ ​energy.​ ​​​​Energy​.​ ​​​​That’s​ ​what​ ​I’m​ ​seeing,​ ​​I discovered​ ​as​ ​I​ ​listened​ ​to​ ​my​ ​breath​ ​and​ ​the​ ​echoing​ ​sound​ ​of​ ​motion​ ​underwater.​ ​​​My​ ​ears​ ​were like​ ​tunnels,​ ​warping​ ​and​ ​taking​ ​the​ ​outside​ ​noise​ ​in,​ ​with​ ​the​ ​same​ ​new​ ​depth​ ​of​ ​my​ ​vision. "

Read it all here:
https://medium.com/the-trip/the-perfect-trip-e6b33b2fa1c1?source=friends_link&sk=7052a4ba506a384c818ffdac24b1ad1d

Story-Telling My First Time on Acid ~ Circa 2016

29/07/2020

Each step we take is a step into uncertainty, and time spent in the presence of uncertainty is time spent in the presence of the divine.

https://zcu.io/Z5Sy

Time Spent in the Presence of Uncertainty Is Time Spent in the Presence of the Divine

28/07/2020

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A moment of self reflection

28/07/2020

The apple has grown a receipt skin in the wet bag. How jealous is that? Peeling off the receipt to crunch sweet questions

https://zcu.io/nYaK

The apple has grown a receipt skin in the wet bag. How jealous is that?

25/07/2020

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We are much more than what we think we are.

23/07/2020

Enlightenment In Dreams By

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22/07/2020

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21/07/2020

Without a destination, where would you go?

Without a goal, what you do?

Without people, what would you say?

https://zcu.io/JCdR

Without a destination, where would you go?

20/07/2020

“Strangers From a Strange Land” by

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19/07/2020

"Detached” by

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18/07/2020

Trance, By .muiry
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Getting lost is often the best way to find yourself. Enter the trance!

17/07/2020

Is it possible to love the coronavirus? Taking a Taoist perspective may help here, for with every Yin there is a Yang!

If we become obsessed with hatred, we may miss the lessons to be learned...

https://zcu.io/345g

Because There Is A Yang For Every Yin

15/07/2020

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Big love to bjenny montero for these beautiful snapshots of life through a cute and colourful lens, although that doesn't stop him from dealing with the darkest of themes in his work!

There truly is a magical nature in all things, no matter how mundane we perceive them to be. We are here right now for a reason, we are meant to he doing what we're doing.

What's the reason?

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Be here now!