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Do Drugs Induce a Question: Many
modern-day philosophers, Aldous Huxley, Alan Watts, and Tim Leary to name a
few, say that drugs induce a mystical state of mind. What is your opinion? Answer: A
mystical state is a function of Mind, and Mind, being of the Fourth Plane of
Existence, cannot be influenced by anything on the physical plane. Chemicals
affect only the physical brain, and while It is true that you can induce
mystic-like experiences through drug use, they are valuable only Insofar as
they provide a clue that there are realms of experience beyond the norm. Even
though you may know from the use of drugs that another realm of experience is
there, you should also know that the only way to controlled access to that
realm is through the Mind. Sensations experienced on drugs are not Astral.
LSD brings about altered perceptions of the world by rearranging experiences
which have been stored in the brain’s memory bank and combining them with the
perceptions of the moment so that they appear in an entirely different way.
Enlightenment is not really there, but the experience may help to jolt some
people into trying to find a better way. By merely swallowing a pill, a
person may take a quick, exciting trip through many of the same sensations
which others spend half a lifetime working to achieve through
self-development and mental discipline. The temptation to substitute an
hallucination the easy way can prevent many from realizing their potential
for Egoic advancement, with the result that an incarnation is essentially
wasted. (03-1971) |
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