Well, one thing I discovered is that descriptions of the experiences in words are not only inadequate but actually embarrassing to listen to. It's because the experience was one of the more meaningful in their entire life. And when they start telling it to you, it's like
"and then I was floating in the astral plane and mother mary was holding me in the palm of her hand and I felt more loved than I ever have in my entire life and then there were these strands, different colors of threads and I was moving with them through a dark tunnel..."
it just gets crazier from there, and their attempt to describe it in words makes it sound like someone trying to describe an acid trip and failing. That is, words are so inadequate that it becomes a mockery of the actual experience. Some things are best kept private. You know?
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Re: I know a couple Santo Daime practitioners
Date: 2001-11-09 04:23 pm (UTC)And when they start telling it to you, it's like
"and then I was floating in the astral plane and mother mary was holding me in the palm of her hand and I felt more loved than I ever have in my entire life and then there were these strands, different colors of threads and I was moving with them through a dark tunnel..."
it just gets crazier from there, and their attempt to describe it in words makes it sound like someone trying to describe an acid trip and failing. That is, words are so inadequate that it becomes a mockery of the actual experience. Some things are best kept private. You know?
So yes, you are too curious. :-)