Silent Darkness

One of my most insightful experiences was 5gs by myself in my room, complete silence and darkness. You really do learn an immense amount about yourself and about the universe when you can truly meditate in your own space comfortably. I felt the presence of divine powers at one point, the duration of the trip was spent laying on my back and these divine powers would encourage me to feel my heart (I had a drinking problem). It was like the mushrooms were telling me what I need to do to begin a purging and healing process, and my emotional releases just kept coming. All of these thoughts and feelings that I was repressing in the back of my mind came to the surface and I was able to deal with all of them at once, and reflect on years of ignored signs. I think the purpose of the 5g mark is to ensure that these emotions get fully cleansed, and the silence is needed in order to focus on your thoughts and your thoughts only. Darkness helps in so many ways, especially with going into a meditative and relaxing state of mind, to focus. It is not about being a "hero" or anything like that, the reason 5gs has the title "heroic dose" is because you are being a hero to yourself for stepping outside of your comfort zone and surrendering to the mushroom entirely. After this trip, I have no intention of drinking alcohol really, if the occasion rises I might drink a beer or two but other than that water is my best friend now!