Time is tightening
I laid in bed last night unable to power down long enough to lose inertia. I had what seemed to be one of those acid flashbacks they always used to warn us about. When's the last time I took LSD? Probably 26 years ago. But there it was. The neighborhood husky bayed at nothing in particular, some gargoyle embroiled in its own concupiscence. I
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karla says: whoa, cool. he's trying to freak you out.
what i want to know is if it was a bad experience or just startling...
i had a friend who told me that occasionally he would be walking down the street and then get the feeling that "something wasn't right" and he attributed this to LSD... but he didn't really say that it was good or bad, just strange.
i can understand that whilst trying to fall asleep one might be annoyed and anxious after such a brain-gush, but what did you feel afterwards? do you feel better or worse today?
i've been trying to explain to people my idea of what acid really does to you, in that it is similar to pitching a tent: the post being the LSD and the canvas being your consciousness, or your cosmic awareness. with each dose of LSD, the tent is pitched and the post is tall and frighteningly awe-inspiring. but when the dose wears off, the tent falls down again and one is left to deal with a heap of dirty canvas. however, after successive doses, over time, the tent seems to fall a little less, and the post seems to shrink not so far anymore. after each time, you're left with a little more room under the canvas, and consequentially a slightly different perspective on life that you must come to terms with and learn how to function under. perhaps when someone becomes "fried" or burned out from taking LSD, it is really their tent blowing away in the wind, leaving them naked and cold, running in circles around the pole.
now, i'm not saying that everyone needs to take more acid, and thus become enlightened... because i don't really think that's what it does... but what i am saying is that every time the tent falls, you end up believing yourself a little more than the last time. suddenly all the wildness and the scariness of your inner mental workings are a little more up front, and you're more inclined to face them on a daily basis, which can prove uncomfortable if not approached cautiously and honestly. so maybe what you experienced was a little wind rufflying the corner of your tent, reminding you once again of what is lying underneith the crumpled canvas.
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