THE MAX LIFE: 025
MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH 2019
I haven’t wrote in a week! At this point writing everyday is almost out the window. I am ok with that since I have learned it is better to wait a few days to write. I have a few things to talk about but today I would like to talk about an awesome experience I had over the weekend with two friends of mine. This experience involves something that has a negative outlook in society. In most states, this something is a felony if you are caught with it. To people like myself and the two friends I was with, it is medicine. I want to share with you the experience I had over the weekend with my first time taking psilocybin mushrooms.
For those of you who read the last sentence and got all weird, calm the fuck down. Psychedelics are medicine. The first one I have ever done was Ayahuasca. I have wrote and talked about that experience on podcasts. Aya was one of the best experiences I ever had and I can’t wait to do it again to see what I learn. The times are changing. Denver recently decriminalized magic mushrooms. Oregon (in my opinion) will be next to do the same. There are plenty of scholarly articles showing psilocybin to decrease depression and anxiety in people. These are pretty easy to find but if you want to learn more about mushrooms check out a guy named Paul Stamets. He has many books and a crazy mushroom story he shared on Joe Rogan’s Podcast.
“There are plenty of scholarly articles showing psilocybin to decrease depression and anxiety in people.”
I was talking to my friend Drew last week and we decided to take a day trip up to flagstaff, Arizona. Saturday morning Drew and our friend Caleb picked me up and we started heading to Flagstaff. Originally I planned on filming a 3 minute documentary telling a story about travel. I was going to enter this contest to win a trip to Malaysia and learn from professional travel filmmakers. This plan changed pretty quick. We got to Flagstaff a few hours before we could check into the hotel so we could go hit a hike. I have had this urge to get in nature and get grounded. Grounding even popped up on some oracle cards I flipped a few weeks ago. We decided to go to a place called Lava River Cave. This was a cave that literally pops up in the middle of no where. It is basically a hole in the ground that you climb down into. The temperature drops immediately to 35–45 degrees. The length of the tunnel is a mile long and pitch black. Even with a light you can not see too far in front of you. The ground changes from rocky to a smooth, slippery rock due to water. I had no idea this cave was a thing and that whole experience was really cool.
We finished this hike and then headed to check into the hotel room. It was around 3–3:30pm when we got checked in. Shortly after being in our room we were discussing what our plan was going to be for the night. We decided we would take a mushroom, chill for a bit, and then get dinner. Caleb measured out the mushrooms to make sure they were even. I am no expert but from my current understanding anything over 3g will take you off this planet. We only did 1g. This was the perfect amount for what we were trying to accomplish that day. The shrooms were measured and ready to be ate. Drew, Caleb and I each grab one, cheers each other, and bon appétit!
I thought the mushrooms would taste worse than they did. They were not too bad. The only thing that was weird was how dry they were. I had to get some water to wash it down. Once they were down it was a waiting game. We sat at the counter in the kitchen of the hotel suite sipping on Woodford Reserve and waiting for the shrooms to kick in. Typically it takes around 45 minutes. 4:15pm was our 45 minute mark. That was exactly the time they hit all three of us! When it hit me it was pretty instant. I got this euphoria feeling. I already had that feeling anyways but the shrooms made it 10x stronger. The energy in the room between us three was really intense. I mean that in a good way. The lights over top of us would pulsate and get really bright. The lights with the walls made everything around us very white. The conversations that took place would jump around a lot but they would get really fucking deep. We talked about things a lot of people probably do not think about. There was a ton of random laughter from all three of us as well. I can not tell you the last time I laughed so hard. It was pretty much an ab workout. There was a bond present that I can not even put into words fully for anyone to understand. I wish I would have thought to set the camera up and record everything that happened in that hour. That hour felt like three hours. The concept of time goes away even on such a small dose like we took. This particular part of the night was probably the best in my opinion however the purpose of us coming together from the weekend showed itself a little later in the night.
“I got this euphoria feeling. I already had that feeling anyways but the shrooms made it 10x stronger.”
The high point of our shroom trip started to come down a little bit. We decided to get ready and go get some sushi. Once we stepped out the door things changed a little bit. I basically gave zero fucks about anything. I was having a good time. There was a little bit of a worry coming from Drew in regards to being in public in our state. I am not sure where this came from. We were all having a great time laughing our asses off. In my head we were going to light up any room we walked into that night. It didn't matter what anyone else did or thought. I didn’t feel the need to tone anything down. Maybe I was in the wrong. I don’t know but it was just the strong feeling I felt at the time and still do. All three of us had a different dynamic in energy as we went out in public. I think it played a huge rule in what happened next.
We had a 45 minute wait for dinner so we went to a bar close by for some drinks. I hit the bathroom while Drew, and Caleb went to the bar. I came out of the bathroom and made my way to the bar. Right behind Drew and Caleb was an older couple all over each other acting like they were about to fuck on the table. The vibe from them felt a little off. I sit down at the bar next to Drew. I didn’t realize everyone had ordered and the bartender was waiting on me. I was staring at the beer tabs and taking in my surroundings as usual. I turn and look at everyone and we bust out laughing. I was just in my own world at the moment. After that something strange happened out of no where. Drew sat there frozen. Sweat started pouring down his face. He couldn’t really talk or do anything. I felt something was wrong and looked over at Caleb. There was not many words spoken between us but we all communicated energetically. Caleb got drew some water and within a few minutes Drew snapped out of it.
“In my head we were going to light up any room we walked into that night.”
Drew couldn’t really explain what happened. He just said that he couldn’t hear anything but a ringing. To him something with his dad came up that he wasn’t really ready to deal with yet. This whole situation happened so fast as soon as I sat down. Drew thanked Caleb and I for being there. He said that we helped him through that even though none of us really said anything. Another thing that was weird about the night was anywhere we went, Drew sat between Caleb and I. It wasn't planned at all but we felt like it played a role in helping out during Drew’s rough patch. The rest of the night from there was smooth sailing. We stayed out and hit all the bars we could. We crashed a 30 year high school reunion, saw a sublime cover band, and Drew broke up a potential fight between bouncers and a group of people. All in all this trip was a success and the beginning of many more adventures to come.
My first shroom experience was pretty solid. The next time I do shrooms I want to go deeper and go to a place like I did with Ayahuasca. These plant medicines are tools for me as I try to reach my max life. They expand my creativity and show me things I need to work on internally. I also want to help break up the negativity that surrounds all psychedelics. I predict that we are in the beginning stages for psychedelics that cbd oil or marijuana was in not that long ago. It is only a matter of time before these natural substances becomes legal and I am all about it. If you are someone who is interested in trying mushrooms (or any psychedelic) make sure the people you are with are in a positive place internally. Be responsible with it and like anything else, don’t abuse it.
