I just watched a documentary about fungi where they showed that there are mushrooms that are psychedelics. Does consuming the mushroom change the way our neurons work? I also found it interesting that people who consumed such psychedelics experience a strong loving and powerful force (kinda like God). Does this have any connection with people who experience closeness to a higher power after meditating for a long time like Buddhist monks, sages, etc.?
I’m just curious to know whether such psychosis episodes after consuming shrooms are similar to that attained after gaining enlightenment by meditating. Or probably this just some bs that I’m talking about.
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Yes they change the way neurons work by binding to serotonin receptors and stimulating them.
It’s not a psychotic experience. The neurotransmitter implicated in psychosis is dopamine not serotonin.
The experience is not the same as that experienced by monks etc. since the psychedelic experience is essentially a delusion which is not lasting. And monks do not experience distortions of color and shape. I know a few monks, their experience is quite different than your average psychonaut.
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