First toke, I held it in five seconds. Then another toke, bigger, which
I held in for ten seconds. And then I took a third toke. As I was
quietly sitting on the beach, rolling a joint, I suddenly realized that
there were two people over there, asking me why I came, and making
comments about what I was doing.
A *beach*? A *joint*? Two *people*? Mini-fear/I don't understand what's
going on/Then "Hey! these are two *spirits*! And they are talking to me!
and I hear them! How is this possible?! I must have taken acid, I must
be tripping. Okay let's stay calm... and look at something reassuring -
my LPs, for example."
As my eyes set upon the first LP in front, whoops! The picture becomes
tridimensional! I laugh, and remember: Salvia! Quick,
lights-out-lay-down!
I am lying down, and my eyes are closed. But what happened to me? Did I
have an accident? I feel like having undergone anesthesia. Where am I,
already? At a party? I'm hearing some music; it must be a party. Who am
I, by the way? ...A child, who has been put to bed because it is
bedtime? Or... maybe I was at the party, and I was so high or drunk that
I had to lay down for a while? I don't know anymore. Hey! But... what
should I be doing now? And... where am I, already?...
(Simultaneously, I was experiencing this:)
I recognize this state! High dose of psychedelics! Pot (the first three
months)! Surgical anesthesia! Strong fevers! I have already felt *like
this*!
( And at the same time:)
I am lying in my bed, in the hall outside the party. My bed sometimes
has bars! -No, wait: I am the wall in front of the bed... And
I am three people looking at this wall, and touching it. The wallpaper
is full of morphing stars. I am the people watching. The wall. The
stars. I laugh heartily. That's Salvia! Wonderful and unbelievable...
And I pop out.
* * *
I felt like on a high acid dose (very far from normal consciousness),
but I also felt physically normal and relaxed - the opposite of a high
acid dose!
Surprising were the sweetness and the "homely color" of the experience.
Such power in such lightness. Very different from the indoles (lsa,
psilo, lsd) and their usually heavy signature. It's like this:
Imperceptibly and fast, I disappear as "me-1" while appearing as "me-2".
There is no change, no rush, nothing.
Another image could be this: Imagine you are somewhere with friends,
watching tv, but without big interest; and once, while you blink your
eyes, somebody changes channels.
"But... is *this* what we were watching? Were we not watching *something
else*?"
Afternote: I just noticed that where I saw a beach, there is in reality
...Oops! - There is in *our* reality a piece of my carpet (which is
sand-colored), with a fringe (of water-foam color), and lying on top of
another carpet (which is ocean-blue). Actually, it looks like a beach
seen from a plane.
Is Salvia *forcing* us to interpret differently our perceptions?