So what is your day job?

[-Renton-]

I was bored, and I’m new around here, so I thought I’d raise this thread from the dead for a moment to further introduce myself to you all.

I work between two jobs of dramatically different subject material—both of which you might say fall into the luxury retail clade, though I’m finding myself all but destined to add this forum’s subject matter to my resumé in due time.

In my first job, I work in a fine wine shop. I’m a professionally trained sommelier with several credentials in my title, though I’ve mostly placed that side of my life on the back burner since the plague. I’ve always enjoyed the agriculture and environmental influences, the chemistry and biological symphony, and the silent resting time in wood, all of which affect the resultant wine in the end. Though I do enjoy the occasional glass with friends, I don’t find myself much of a consumer of alcohol anymore, and seldom ever by myself. Something about the shared experience and olfactory spelunking into a glass of age’d elixir puts a smile on my face. I wonder if such a “blind tasting” group might be something ouddicts could get together over.

My second job finds me a short drive away at an old gun shop. Ours is an older type, servicing more hunter-oriented folks, and catering to the collectible market. Wartime relics and wheel guns, with your usual modern suspects aplenty. We specialize in purchasing and refurbishing used firearms for resale, and assisting folks in need of gunsmithing. I tend to bring a bit of my sommelier style to the shop in my interactions with folks, in an industry that’s otherwise rife with the more egotistical and opinionated types, I aim to charm and assist in meeting needs, rather than saddling someone with something unnecessary or unwieldy for their intended sporting or game purposes.

On my own time, I’m a professionally trained chef, and in the summer, I tend to an experimental garden every summer, with a focus on Japanese ingredients which I end up sharing with a local ramen chef in exchange for a meal once a week.

That's very cool, mate. You seem to have had a successful life.

 

[Bonjt]

Im working in weatherforecast company, we are creating weather show for television. Dont ask me what weather will be tomorrow😄

 

[SULAYM]

It's truly amazing to go through this thread and learn about the various professions everyone is engaged in. The diversity in our backgrounds is striking, yet what's truly remarkable is our shared passion for fragrances that unites us. Whether one's daily grind is in a corporate office or for a weather forecast company, it's fascinating how our collective appreciation for scent creates a universal bond.

Apart from my interest in oud and perfumery, my professional background lies in private healthcare, with a focus on men's health.

 

[-Renton-]

It's truly amazing to go through this thread and learn about the various professions everyone is engaged in. The diversity in our backgrounds is striking, yet what's truly remarkable is our shared passion for fragrances that unites us. Whether one's daily grind is in a corporate office or for a weather forecast company, it's fascinating how our collective appreciation for scent creates a universal bond.

Apart from my interest in oud and perfumery, my professional background lies in private healthcare, with a focus on men's health.

Oh, I may talk to you more about that then. As a pharmacologist I do know that antipsychotics (I am prescribe them for schizophrenia, diagnosed at 14, 25 on May 19th) increase prolactin and reduce testosterone quite a bit. Do you do holistic medicine?

 

[-Renton-]

Im working in weatherforecast company, we are creating weather show for television. Dont ask me what weather will be tomorrow😄

What will the weather.... be .... like... tomorrow? 🤣🤣🤣

 

[-Renton-]

Mushrooms are very interesting. Psilocybin is extremely easily metabolized and other than mental effects is easy on the body. Mushrooms have strong antidepressant effects, that is for sure. Doses too small to cause visual distortions can be very uplifting.

They are also finding evidence that psilocybin mushrooms are the KING of functional mushrooms like, lions mate, reishi, cordyceps and the like. I just started Reishi on Monday, now it is 1:15am Thursday here, so today (technically) will be my 4th day on it. I certainly seem more calm in my mind, not as much racing thoughts, looking promising!!! Lets see what it is like 2-4 weeks in and 6-8 weeks in.

 

[Arashiin]

They are also finding evidence that psilocybin mushrooms are the KING of functional mushrooms like, lions mate, reishi, cordyceps and the like. I just started Reishi on Monday, now it is 1:15am Thursday here, so today (technically) will be my 4th day on it. I certainly seem more calm in my mind, not as much racing thoughts, looking promising!!! Lets see what it is like 2-4 weeks in and 6-8 weeks in.

I’ve been routinely adding functional mushrooms to my diet for some months now. The clarity and sharpness has been wonderful. I have a lot more mental energy when dealing with tasks that would prove otherwise taxing or exhausting mentally. Menial tasks have a more gamified feel to them, as though they’re accomplishments rather than chores.

I partake of psilocybin on a much more sparse schedule, always alone, and only when I’m in a good mindset with no other chores or disruptions to take me out of what’s otherwise a completely zen state. They always hit like a truck, but I feel like I’ve grown and become a better person after every voyage they send me on; to feel connection to a greater whole, a flow of utterly indescribable cosmicism turning to apotheosis the longer a trip goes on, unlocking doors and understanding the place all things have within the universe. Love, suffering, frustration, the time before birth, the dissolution into death, the ego thoroughly put in its place like a crying child strapped into a terrifying roller coaster. Truly, psilocybe is a medicine mankind has strayed from in the modern era.

We are all so incredibly unaware of what our neighbors are going through when we let ego run rampant and run our lives In pure solipsism. It blinds us to the problems we fear facing in our own lives too, until things become too much to handle, and the deeper self can’t bear the weight anymore. The best trips I’ve had with psilocybin have left me in a sobbing mess, clutching ahold of my pillows, on the verge of screaming out in wretched misery, but I understood why I was experiencing such things, and it was a relief on my soul to deal with them, and free my mind of the rot I was covering up. I feel freer and lighter after each encounter, and I wish I could share those experiences with every human in need of relief.

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

I’ve been routinely adding functional mushrooms to my diet for some months now. The clarity and sharpness has been wonderful. I have a lot more mental energy when dealing with tasks that would prove otherwise taxing or exhausting mentally. Menial tasks have a more gamified feel to them, as though they’re accomplishments rather than chores.

I partake of psilocybin on a much more sparse schedule, always alone, and only when I’m in a good mindset with no other chores or disruptions to take me out of what’s otherwise a completely zen state. They always hit like a truck, but I feel like I’ve grown and become a better person after every voyage they send me on; to feel connection to a greater whole, a flow of utterly indescribable cosmicism turning to apotheosis the longer a trip goes on, unlocking doors and understanding the place all things have within the universe. Love, suffering, frustration, the time before birth, the dissolution into death, the ego thoroughly put in its place like a crying child strapped into a terrifying roller coaster. Truly, psilocybe is a medicine mankind has strayed from in the modern era.

We are all so incredibly unaware of what our neighbors are going through when we let ego run rampant and run our lives In pure solipsism. It blinds us to the problems we fear facing in our own lives too, until things become too much to handle, and the deeper self can’t bear the weight anymore. The best trips I’ve had with psilocybin have left me in a sobbing mess, clutching ahold of my pillows, on the verge of screaming out in wretched misery, but I understood why I was experiencing such things, and it was a relief on my soul to deal with them, and free my mind of the rot I was covering up. I feel freer and lighter after each encounter, and I wish I could share those experiences with every human in need of relief.

After you come out of the experience, which way does your ethical and moral compass point; subjective moral/ethical frame work or objective moral/ethical frame work

 

[Arashiin]

After you come out of the experience, which way does your ethical and moral compass point; subjective moral/ethical frame work or objective moral/ethical frame work

I would say that morality should aim to be impartial, and ethics are developmental, with a goal of objective reality when considering how things really are in the world.

I understand what others have said when they tell me you feel far more compassionate after such experiences. I’m not as quick to pass judgement on others, and I find myself able to open dialogue more easily. Everyone is suffering from some trouble in their lives, so greeting them as fellow humans in a kind way, meeting their eyes, and getting them to smile during a conversation is always a goal of mine.

There are many layers of reality visited on my trips. The self, the immediate surroundings, the family, the species, the whole of living things, the finger that swirls the galaxies around, the universe as a living, growing entity, the spiritual dimension that gives it energy and motion, and a compartmentalization of all of those things as a single particle within a larger fractal of other such realities that goes on and on forever. Then it repeats.

Alan Watts described it in this sense: “We’re along for the ride in an incarnation of self-aware matter and energy able to understand itself, observe the smallest and largest parts of reality, and right when we’ve made scientific breakthroughs, and we are able to peer into what we think the smallest particles or furthest points in the universe are, it suddenly complicates itself more and runs away from us, growing increasingly more intricate and confounding.” He then laughed and threw his hands up.

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

I would say that morality should aim to be impartial, and ethics are developmental, with a goal of objective reality when considering how things really are in the world.

I understand what others have said when they tell me you feel far more compassionate after such experiences. I’m not as quick to pass judgement on others, and I find myself able to open dialogue more easily. Everyone is suffering from some trouble in their lives, so greeting them as fellow humans in a kind way, meeting their eyes, and getting them to smile during a conversation is always a goal of mine.

There are many layers of reality visited on my trips. The self, the immediate surroundings, the family, the species, the whole of living things, the finger that swirls the galaxies around, the universe as a living, growing entity, the spiritual dimension that gives it energy and motion, and a compartmentalization of all of those things as a single particle within a larger fractal of other such realities that goes on and on forever. Then it repeats.

Alan Watts described it in this sense: “We’re along for the ride in an incarnation of self-aware matter and energy able to understand itself, observe the smallest and largest parts of reality, and right when we’ve made scientific breakthroughs, and we are able to peer into what we think the smallest particles or furthest points in the universe are, it suddenly complicates itself more and runs away from us, growing increasingly more intricate and confounding.” He then laughed and threw his hands up.

I first heard about the experience from Mike Tyson on a podcast, and I was intrigued. Intrigued by understanding the impact it has on the mind and heart. There are some similarities between parts of the experiences you mentioned, though brief, and that which is experienced by Sufis when they have haals, or experiences where other realms are opened up to the eye of the heart. Happy to continue this discussion in DM.

 

[Arashiin]

I first heard about the experience from Mike Tyson on a podcast, and I was intrigued. Intrigued by understanding the impact it has on the mind and heart. There are some similarities between parts of the experiences you mentioned, though brief, and that which is experienced by Sufis when they have haals, or experiences where other realms are opened up to the eye of the heart. Happy to continue this discussion in DM.

I don’t think there is time enough in the day for me to describe every facet of such experiences. I can say that I definitely understand Hindu temple architecture and depictions of religious scenery more—the layers and fractals of the sizes of man and gods; the Zen Buddhists‘ ascension to a higher order of thinking; the Shinto’s respect and consideration of all things living and inanimate.

Alan Watts lays things out more eloquently than I could ever hope to put into words. He was a student of the fungus, and studied a lot of the transcendent experiences people wrote or talked about, and connected those to the experiences of the eastern mystics, in contrast to the west’s “fearful dread of death and boring infinite blissful afterlife”. Too much to fill these pages with, so I will defer to him. 😆

To bring the conversation back around to the topic at hand, I would say that I employ the introspection I’ve gained in my mental journeys and contemplations into my daily life; considerate of others, no matter their background, and sympathetic to their desires and needs in both an industry of vice (with wine and spirits), and an industry where life may be taken (in hunting or self-protection). 🙏

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

So for you it does have a lasting affect where you are after each experience inclined more towards a fashioner of everything that exists?

 

[Arashiin]

So for you it does have a lasting affect where you are after each experience inclined more towards a fashioner of everything that exists?

I’d say the lasting effects are more along the lines of feeling greater compassion toward people, even in difficult situations that would otherwise prove irritating or frustrating. I can keep my cool, avoid anxiety, and pause a little longer to collect my thoughts, rather than speak thoughtlessly. 😌

 

[The Scent Guru]

Growing up in the Caribbean, I used to pick garbage bags full of psilocybin, I am talking 50 gallon bags

 

[Mr.P]

As a mycologist who lived in the north west, i have seen my share! there is one unbelievably potent variety (psilocybe cyanescens) that grew *everywhere* in huge patches (grows in wood chip beds, and there are plenty of those around the northwest). These things are so strong that if you put a couple of them in a toilet bowl, they turn all of the water blue (something I observed when disposing of some )

 

[Mr.P]

They are also finding evidence that psilocybin mushrooms are the KING of functional mushrooms like, lions mate, reishi, cordyceps and the like. I just started Reishi on Monday, now it is 1:15am Thursday here, so today (technically) will be my 4th day on it. I certainly seem more calm in my mind, not as much racing thoughts, looking promising!!! Lets see what it is like 2-4 weeks in and 6-8 weeks in.

I have at times consumed a fair amount of reishi. I got a mushroom growing kit, and here is a pic of some of the antler forms I grew. I need to grind some up, figure out how i want to process it

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

Are there any laws regulating this stuff in the USA ?

 

[DubOudh]

I have at times consumed a fair amount of reishi. I got a mushroom growing kit, and here is a pic of some of the antler forms I grew. I need to grind some up, figure out how i want to process it View attachment 33804

Oh goodness.
Are they solid or porous? They look so dense along with you saying you have to grind them up...

 

[Mr.P]

They are solid somewhat more spongy on the inside.

 

[The Scent Guru]

Are there any laws regulating this stuff in the USA ?

As far as Psilocybin and perhaps Amanita variety of psychedelic mushrooms are legal but only in states where they grow naturally. In the Caribbean, Florida and I believe Washington state. Otherwise big trouble with law.

https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/psilocybin

I have no idea how that link appeared!​