Psychedelics & God Pt.1-- Properly Defining "Entheogen"

The following is a response I made to a person on a message board somewhere, regarding Steve Jobs' use of LSD. The other person commented in trying to correct somebody else, but failed miserably, by stating that "Entheogens are by definition drugs taken for Religion (sic) Purposes" ...... And my response to them, as follows, was both an accurate summary of my beliefs, as well as a good definition for Entheogens.

Entheogens are a catch all term that generally and collectively can be applied and assumed to be in regard to entactogenic, empathogenic, and psychedelic substances.Entheogen technically means God-engendering. As in, substances that engender or imbue in the user a link to discovering God within oneself. It also, by definition, would be more accurately described as substances which help us recognize that we are all collectively small chips of the one universal consciousness, which is not God in the religious sense, but is indeed the only thing ultimately being referred to in every screwed up, fallible, bastardized manmade mythological religious text. The problem is not that we're created in God's image. Its that we all ARE literally a small piece of the all accepting, all encompassing, limitless ether pool made up of collectively of all that is positive; Love, wisdom, insight and indeed the spark for individual self awareness is a result of the collective, omniscient consciousness each of us is a tiny sliver of. From whence we came, we shall again return, and it matters not what you believe, for this is the way it is. The best thing a person can do for themselves is to live life happily, and find true joy, and finding passion for the noblest of causes; Helping others achieve the same realization for themselves about our purpose here---to figure out what makes us happy and do it. The problem is, there is no room for the hostile controlling of the minds and bodies of others for ones own delusional bent, to be found in this truth.
As such, ironically, no religion will never, ever accept the truth as such, and so we're left with nothing but poor choices amongst shallow dogmatic distractions, and little found in most religions that would actually help one to find the true path to understanding and enlightenment.
But, ah, there IS a way, and indeed it is a SHORTCUT to the state of mind necessary, (but not a guarantee) to figuring all of this out. This shortcut is the one achieved, usually accidentally, via experimentation with chemicals of the entheogenic classes. The truth is, we're not meant to have all the answers, as it would ruin the game. We *should* be happy and content enough to simply have the opportunity at least, to realize what is going on. We cannot ever know all the answers, because we are ALL a little sliver of "God" that has been randomly expelled into the world with a singular mission: We, as a life form that must adhere to the rules of the 4 dimensions of space in which we live, (Height, width, depth, and linear time), are purposed with living our lives however and in whatever circumstances we are born into. Some may be priveleged, others born into an absolute horror show...But what is sort of the unspoken but very important factor to understand is that it doesn't matter how you live your life as far as the universe is concerned. The universe is THRILLED that you are alive at all, because WHATEVER experiences, the sum total of your existence happens to live through, it turns out that nobody but nobody will ever, ever, ever be your unique self again, and so basically, you are cataloguing your experience as YOU on behalf of the universe. 

What good is it to be a macro-consciousness that fills ever corner of the universe, if you are the only self aware thing within your confines? But that is only part of it. We are not just "company" for the divine, but rather, we ARE how the divine knows what it feels like to be a tiny insignificant, speck of very, very limited consciousness. We are the only way the universe understands what its like NOT to know the sum total of all information within its confines. Without us, the universe' has a cold, empty existence, because we would not have existed to give it a means to understanding itself better. Because we are lacking omniscience, and we have no idea what is in store for us, and we survive day to day with only curiousity and random circumstance and the repercussions of our choices to guide our evolution as individuals.

Its in figuring all this out about the true nature of reality that we REALLY, REALLY, are coming into our own as a species. And the definition of Entheogen is essentially, any chemical that can take a person of unenlightened consciousness, and make them aware, through that little, special "peek behind the curtain" that psychedelics sometimes give us. Sure sometimes, they are just a barrel of laughs and fun times, and thats it. And sure sometimes they are nothing but abject, anxiety fear and misery if we're in the wrong set and setting. But that third option, which exists and anyone that knows what I'm talking about is familiar with the sensation.... And many of you who have taken pscyhedelics probably have no idea what I mean, because it doesn't happen every time, or even the majority of times...And you can't force it. But ONCE in a while, when you are ready, and you are lucky at the same time... You get a little glimpse, just a taste, of what is really going on around us, all from a chemical combination in your brain and the right uncrontrollable cirucmstances, you suddenly are given a little peek behind the curtain, probably from somewhere deep within the priomordial "junk" areas of our DNA, these secrets are locked.... And when your body gives you a little piece of the "REAL unvarnished Truth" you will never be the same again. 


Continued Blog Post HERE: http://blotterfelon.blogspot.com/2013/01/psychedelics-god-pt2-properly-defining.html