Maybe Alan Watts was correct about hanging up the phone when you get the answer.
He was referring to hard psychedelics.
He was talking about the answer.
I got the answer.
Are you still on the phone?
Yes, with Mary Jayne.
It's whether you trust MJ or Alan Watts.
I see.
If you trust her, you will continue, if you don't you stop.
Alan gave you a koan.
Who have you learned to trust?
Dogs, MJ, and Dion.
Any humans?
No.
Jesus?
No, he was in it for himself.
I can't think of a single human I'd trust.
I'd trust Parker, but only because he was a friend.
Friends let you down sometimes, I know that.
Did you trust Parker's judgement of character?
No, he was terrible at it.
He saw the good in all.
If you trust your ability, you can keep playing.
If you don't, you run.
What about Peyote?
I didn't run.
I didn't want to play because I didn't trust the circle.
Why would you trust Alan?
He's human, so I'll go with MJ.
The secret to winning any game is to trust your abilities.
I know I'm awake and how to change consciousness.
Ram Dass laid it out perfectly with his switching channels analogy where you can go between all the available frequencies.
When I'm resident in ego consciousness, I'm grounded and can dismiss the other channels.
If I did not cycle between these different states of being, I could see how easy it is to become comfortable with the one ego state and that's where we all end up getting trapped.
Being awake means putting batteries in the remote control and changing consciousness.
This leads me to yesterday's question where I wondered about Alan Watts' saying where if you get the message, it's time to hang up the phone.
I've received the message, and I know the game.
I have uncovered what it is I had searched for many years to find.
I knew it was time to let go of the intensive phase of plant medicine experiences which involved heavier psychedelic substances that include Ayahuasca, Huachuma, Peyote, and Magic Mushrooms.
I wondered about Mary Jayne.
She is not lumped in with the stronger consciousness altering modalities and I find that strange because my experience is that once I cracked open my head with the others, MJ became what I needed to do on a regular basis to follow the trail of self.
I can change consciousness on a daily basis with MJ and still function in this world.
With heavy psychedelics, I can't do that as the experience is intense.
With MJ, I can be present and learn.
Along with her is Tobacco, the master plant.
When you embark upon a plant medicine journey with the excellent teachers found in South America, they constantly tell you Tobacco is the master plant and being a westerner this goes against everything you have been taught about Tobacco.
Tobacco is bad and will kill you.
That I don't doubt.
If you use Tobacco, he will kill you.
I spent a lot of years with Tobacco gaining trust and friendship through study, reverence, and resolve.
I'd say it was 7 years to get to a place of trust with him.
So, the question is: Why is Tobacco the master plant?
Tobacco gives you protection against everything.
He makes you stink, so the malevolent spirits stay away, and the inviting ones are let in the doorway of self.
You can make an impenetrable fortress around yourself.
Tobacco amplifies the high and then takes you low.
Whatever rollercoaster you are on, Tobacco will give it power.
Tobacco is power.
Whatever plant you wish to work with is given power by Tobacco, so if a plant spirit is not strong enough to register, you combine them with Tobacco.
In addition, whatever plant, animal, or ethereal spirit you may have worked with in the past is always with you and Tobacco will call on those spirits when needed.
I have a list of allies and with Tobacco those allies are always on call.
My practice is Mary Jayne and Tobacco.
If I hung up the phone with them, I'd lose protection and the ability to change consciousness.
I understand what Alan said in that once you get the answer and you keep going, it can become dangerous.
It gets dark.
It gets really bright.
The extremes are the danger where you fall off the cliff.
I trust MJ and Tobacco.
They taught me about trust, and it is a pillar of my path.
They taught me who I can trust.
This reality dream feels really real when I'm doing the salt rinse.
That feels like a profane thing to do like taking a shit.
Salt is good for grounding when you are high.
So is taking a shit.
Sugar lifts you out of darkness.
Depressed people love sugar.
Yes, so if I was trapped in a dark story, I should consume sugar?
Salt when you are too high.
The sugar candies I bring are best for darkness?
Yes, but that counts for the actual physical darkness.
Should I bring something salty?
You do - Ambil.
Tobacco gives you a rush and Ambil's salt will take you down off the rollercoaster.
Tobacco will do that; Ambil just lets you go on the biggest rollercoaster.
Up then down.
Why is darkness sometimes at the high point?
Light and dark aren't tied to high and low.
Oh, right.
What was today?
Low light.
Down low.
I'm confused.
It's low light.
You saw into the story being crafted and it was a low.
It's not dark.
You confuse low and dark.
What's the highest darkness?
It's when you know nothing.
It's bliss.
That's the optimum place to be.
That's like meditation.
Yes.
Low light is the worst.
I see that.
Meditation will take you there as well if you are any good at it.
What about a high light?
It's great.
You will be remembered for your highlights.
You will be remembered for your low lights.
Light is a mixed bag.
What about low dark?
That's really dark, man.
No one survives that.
You get terrible thoughts you keep to yourself and then it all goes dark.
Okay, I see that.
So, I should eat candy at that point.
Yes, if you think you need it.
They are called lifesavers for a reason.
It's a secret cheat code to get you out of the darkest of the dark.
What about the low light?
Same thing, eat sweets.
If you are on too much of a high light ego trip, then eat some salt.
Same thing with a dark high where you are in a state of bliss.
Salt will take you down.
