Me versus LSD & Existential Dread™️ (ch 7)

[@carolinelove5567]

I wish I could ask my dog what insights she gained when she ate the psychedelic mushrooms growing in our backyard.

[@seauwen6691]

I'm so sorry to like at 666 likes but I can't not

[@LaylaLux777]

thats really irresponsible to let your dog near those

[@bkizzle290]

One thing about Damon is that he will always serve CINEMATOGRAPHY!

[@spencer3699]

Adding to the list of necessary mentions: - His ex - His repair man And now.... - AMANDA! Congrats and welcome to the family! 💞

[@chrisandtimothy]

I do think it's weird how we just KNOW we are forgetting something but have no idea what it is. It's amazing. I won't leave until the feeling goes away and it only does when I get the thing I'm forgetting.

[@damondominique]

this! or when you know EXACTLY what you want to say but can't find the words

[@finderinskaie]

I haven't finished the book yet, but The Memory Police (a fiction novel) relates this same feeling with its plot.

[@lavidanadja]

@@damondominique this is actually a linguistic phenomenon called "mot bout de la langue" in French and it occurs when there's two words that you think of somewhat rarely but you first thought of the wrong one and then it *blocks* the actual word you're thinking of - it was quite fascinating when I learned that this is actually studies haha

[@besma2627]

Damon, there’s actually no way for doctors or health professionals to know if a result is a false negative/positive. The only way of knowing is repeating it many times. It happens because the test isn’t «precise enough»

[@Awesomegotham]

Also, many tests are done by lab techs or companies like Lab Core (In the States) instead of the physicians/doctors themselves. These assays are unfortunately susceptible to contamination, human error/not following protocol, lack of temperature regulation, etc.

[@crazy808ish]

It's surprising to me that society is so familiar with lab testing now through covid, more people than ever know that false positives or negatives are a thing. Why would he not think it applies to all forms of tests too? This is why, for example with covid, if you have a positive rapid test, you go get it verified by a PCR test. Like, confirmation testing if something is suspected to be wrong has always been a thing and will continue to be. It's dumb to assign blame because you wrongly assumed the testing method was *perfection* with zero error rate.

[@thatstrueblue]

The fact half of us would probably sit with Damon to chat about everything and spend 3 days talking, realizing nothing and everything AGAIN and then like... Yeah, Thursday, what a concept

[@itsmylife2205]

yeaah... exactly that 🥲

[@CeCeTheAmputee]

I hear you. When I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer (in my toe of all places) that resulted in an amputation of my leg, I questioned EVERYTHING. Life, my purpose, questioning love, having a different view on material things, etc. Its like, once I realized that I could lose my life so easily… I began my awakening journey. This was 11 years ago, and I’m still learning. Great video!

[@maikekersten4434]

When you said: "where do I need to go back to", I thought you traveling around the world is probably motivated by your search for that place. I think it is an inner place. Not something we will ever be able to find in this material world but something we can find in ourselves for we are this place/thing/experience

[@maikekersten4434]

Also I love how you are so loving to you not knowing the answeres and asking for them. let us know when you have found them

[@damondominique]

I actually had a clip where I mentioned that perhaps my passion for travel was just me trying to get back somewhere. Anyway, I cut it. 😂

[@VaneezyTV]

Damn, now this is deep lol

[@juanvillegas7378]

2021 completely broke me open and I’ve been questioning my existence and everything around me as you have. Ultimately, I ended up with more questions than answers and that is okay. I recently read a quote by Rilke that came to mind when I was watching this video: “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Much love, Damon!

[@alexs.3383]

"feeling alive when you're alive -- what an idea" your videos are so expressive & true to you -- which I think is so powerful & unifying among all who watch. thank you for sharing!

[@1rockqua]

This feeling of “there’s just too much happening” is a concept I consider allll the time. I love being smart and inquisitive about these huge life concepts but it can be SO overwhelming!

[@RaheemD]

I can see it in a lot of KZbin Creators since the pandemic, in fact anyone that's creative has lost their spark since the panda express. And now everyone has nothing to do besides sit and be with their mind and figure out what tf they actually want to do and if they're happy with their current situation. When you can't leave the house to actually find stimulation, that is literally kryptonite for creativity. And even though we're seemingly out of the woods, I'm unsure if this languishing will ever end, I sure hope it does.

[@hisforhappiness222]

Well said. consciousness has shifted as well - I hope we find a new state of creativity, passion & stimulation

[@wa77iok20]

Damon the way you think and talk about it makes me feel less weird and alone in my own head. Like I love you. When I meet you one day I'll be exhibiting fan behaviour and owning it be prepared

[@themeltedchocolate]

'Make sure you take it with someone who knows you' Everyone: YOUR EX

[@bellaloves2815]

AS👏 SOON 👏 HE 👏 SAID👏 THAT👏 I just assume that anyone he spends time with especially in France is his ex

[@themeltedchocolate]

@@bellaloves2815 i don't usually remember his ex but he pops up in my head right away every time Damon mentions a nameless someone in any context

[@nikkis4827]

The comments are comforting - knowing that as 20 somethings we feel this almost unbearable but also most gratifying period in our lives. Thank you, Damon for articulating and sharing with us! :)

[@megancita75]

The editing on this was so fun and creative! IDK, I'm one of those people who generally has decided that there is no point and and it's all random and the only task is to make our time here livable for ourselves and others -- our task is to live. Maybe growing up going to church and with a father who was a minister has worn out my interest in those questions or just made me more accepting of not having answers. I really like hearing you wrestle with the questions, though; that sort of engagement is absolutely part of your aliveness.

[@joseaod15]

We don’t go to school for 8 years to study medicine; more like 12 years 😂 and false results can still happen. That’s why we confirm with further testing. I’m glad everything’s well, though ☺️

[@arreza253]

I'm a medical laboratory student, False positives are common occurrence in the clinical setting. Could be from technical errors in the specimen handling/collection, interferences with vitamins, etc. Doctors who studied for years are not really at fault here since they only interpret the results. I dont know if this is any comfort to you, but false positives are always better than false negatives . Glad that test came out negative, you even went thru 4x times to make sure. Thanks for the amazing videos Damon, because of you i picked up books from School of Life and from Eckhart Tolle!

[@kajone6398]

Im a laboratory biomedicine student (on my fourth year) and I was just about to comment the same thing. Well said!

[@arreza253]

​@@kajone6398 Ya i couldnt bear to not give my two cents on this topic, its a little sad to have healthcare workers face these things. More power to you!

[@Irakli96]

15:30 - I felt this. 💛 Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@roshniasroseella855]

Listening to Damon talk about his lsd experience is just taking me back to all the things I've read or known from the Hindu scriptures and our Vedas that were written like thousands of years ago and they talk about the same stuff Damon is saying I feel like he should give them a read he'll definitely like it

[@andromedaespejo7986]

Yesssss

[@1stepatatime]

YAAAAAAASSSS I love the "WE" we are not by ourselves, we are with ourselves. Our brain. Love this. We're in this together Damon!

[@kls0110]

“So dinosaurs were here before humans. So what were the dinosaurs doing? What’re you guys doing???” Lmaoooooo 💀 love your mind, Damon

[@thegabbcorner]

Stopping EVERYTHING I'm doing just to watch Damon Dominique 👏

[@damondominique]

YALL ARE SO SWEET

[@kenegrete]

I completely agree that if you're always doing what you love it'll lose meaning. I have so many hobbies (like photography or crocheting) and everyone i know always tries to tell me how I can monetize those things so I can "work for myself" and "do what i love", but If i were to be doing those things all day everyday for OTHER people, then I know I wouldn't love those things anymore. And literally no one in my life seems to understand that.

[@lmvdam]

i appreciate you saying that your trip insights could probably have been gotten through other methods like yoga, meditations or music. psychedelics work for some, but there are other means too. loved the vid xx

[@damondominique]

id say if you want a similar experience, go try a sound bath! i felt like i was ✨ right back there ✨

[@damondominique]

If someone knows where I gotta get back to, could you please let me know? 🧐

[@sunlight3638]

♥︎ sur toi !

[@icedcashewmilklatte]

where we came from before we were born

[@diamondcentury21]

Your ex 👀🥴

[@evemhooper]

Home!! (whatever that means for you)

[@damondominique]

Go listen to Come to Life by Kanye West in the shower and be alone with your thoughts...listen to that PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND at the end of the song and just TRY to not get goosebumps. That's POWERFUL I TELL! *beautiful beautiful beautiful*

[@saraaabusalih8119]

the only youtuber who speaks fast enough so I don't need to play with the playback speed😂

[@keke7945]

Haha yes!!!

[@MrGunfunfun]

Crazy to see you feeling like that "okay, now what?" feeling cause I can totally relate. I got my dream of living a year ago and now am working while traveling, learning languages, etc. Now that I've "made it" I'm not exactly sure where to go, just keep enjoying it? Is there more out there to get? What do I really want to be doing with my time? Feel like I'm having a mid life crisis at 25 haha. Thanks for sharing, benefited from your experience and thoughts

[@damondominique]

YOU GET IT!

[@bigbowl5044]

@@damondominique Damon, are you circumcised?

[@anjaudovicic]

@@bigbowl5044 bahahahhahaha

[@PM-re3ix]

I’ve felt like that a couple times too. It reminds me of a game I used to play when I was little called animal crossing wild world: anyone who played that game knows how hard you had to work to pay the house, but once you had fulfilled the final payment, the game made no sense. What we did then was delete the game and start from scratch. Funny thing, what helped me in real life has always been, the moment I get what I worked for and feel like “now what”, break everything, every sense of identity (money, social circle, the place you live, etc.), decide a new game (goals) and start again, even if you need to start from scratch. The point is not settling into an identity because once you have it, once the painting is finished, the act of painting is over, and contemplating alone can be boring. I see life as little games (goals) that I play (pursue) and when it’s over I find a new one. I don’t really care if nothing’s real or nothing matters, my time here is actually not that long so I’ll make the best while I’m still here. Btw I'm also 25 but you never know

[@caciliawhy5195]

@@bigbowl5044 does that change things?

[@hmbee1110]

Makes sense that at 29 you're going through the collapse of what you've known to be true up until this point. Astrologically that's the time in life you go through your Saturn return. It's all about this. If you don't know about it look into it. Also I'm loving that you're sharing your personal deep dive into philosophy and spirituality. I'd love to hear you talk to different spiritual teachers and philosophers, etc from different walks of life and have these deep conversations with them and share them with us here. You're such a good storyteller in this visual medium and I think it would give a platform for these things to be discussed in a casual way that feels relatable. Much love Damon, and may you find your way back to yourself always.

[@KatAlSilva]

So cool to see Damon questioning how weird we must be for animals, the other day I was just thinking how we're the only animals that at some point went like "you know what? Clothes, I need to walk around in them"

[@jessicarivera1937]

PLEASE never stop KZbin ! I need you in my life !!!

[@SaturnReturns01]

the unadulterated JOY I feel when I see a new Damon video in my subscriptions 💛 thank you for being you, Damon!!!!

[@spookerydook]

unbelievably relatable.. I'm scared of pursuing my future dreams and prefer to have them in my idealistic mind rather than make them into reality because I know its possible because 2021 my dreams started coming true and am scared of the question that's quietly sitting in my mind the " what now?", shallowing the dream and ew essentially I keep chasing places and dreams and ideas of the future to distract myself from the emptiness of that thought "what now? what's even the point?" but at the same time there's a part of me the human part of me, that seems to want to make my childhood self proud that childhood version of me watching me naively and quietly, and I want to love every part of this empty of meaning life because I suppose why not, there's so much detail in this universe and so much simplicity while we oblivious sometimes to the living art of life and nature around us, anyway I'm coming to accept the duality of the nihilism but also desire to feel and live as a human that is within me, there's really no point of anything but I'm too tired of Dragging the existentialism everywhere I go, it used to crush me so much, too tired to let it sit on my head, this is more for my own therapy lol 🍞

[@aybukemetin5325]

Wow i 100% relate to your comment. Are your parents religious or strict?

[@spookerydook]

@@aybukemetin5325 no actually, are yours? my dad was a little strict but I ignored that, and I think my freedom causes my existentialism?? not sure

[@lawlalla]

I always flip flop between that “what now?” feeling and the feeling that I wish I could just chill and be where I want to be. Like life is either boring and empty or overwhelming and stressful haha

[@aybukemetin5325]

@@spookerydook actually my mom is pretty religious and i grew up with all these religious traditions and concepts, i thought this causes my existentialism lol maybe this is only a part of being human und we shouldnt overthink it but cant help sometimes :)

[@jasminegheorghe]

31:35 the "prediction" part really touched me, I kinda have been feeling the same lately but haven't been able to translate it into words, thank you for bringing that up!

[@kassandracelaya8929]

let me overshare here a lil bit: when I was like 12 to 13 years old, I read super basic books (but very important to me), like, Aleph by Paulo Cohelo, or Sophie's world; basically, books to get you into philosophy. But, because I was so young, I feel like they made me question my life a lot more than I do today. All the things that Damon said, I had those same thoughts back then, but I just forget about them a little more every day. And it comes back to what he was saying about all of us knowing EVERYTHING, but just forgetting it. I'm barely getting into my twenties, and I'm already very nostalgic about those years. Basically, what I'm saying is, as kids we were very curious about life, and it's very sad that with time all that excitement goes away. Maybe if we could just keep a little of that innocent curiosity, life would be so much more exciting, and we could be better people. Or perhaps I'm just still seeing everything through a rose colored lens. All of that being said, this video was very, very therapeutic.

[@nd1371]

All of this made me think of this harry potter quote: Harry: professor, is this real or is it just happening inside my head? Dumbledore: of course it is happening inside of your head. Why does that mean that its not real? (It goes something like that, dunno if the words are accurate)

[@lynahoppe]

I told myself I’d go to bed on time… then i saw you had a new video. This was worth staying up 🥰

[@chabouelg-c885]

The loop thing is exactly what I feel when I am doing a bad trip on weed, legit could'nt explain it, felt like nobody was feeling what I was feeling, but now you reasure me sooooo much.

[@Vezz14]

I followed your content since the Damon and Jo era and I just love how your personal channel has grown. You have a totally unique style and you're one of the few youtubers i still get excited about seeing in my inbox. :)

[@mymontessoripath]

To answer one of your questions, all that I could think of going "where to go back to" was to back to your real self. It's also interesting to see how you think as an American. Eventhough you speak portuguese and French, you tend to think cognitively/existentialist. As a Brazilian Psychologist living in Paris, i realized that people here think more in a psychoanalitical/humanistic way If you were to follow Jung/Freud I believe you would go to LOTS of different places.... Actually, what a crazy talk this could become: different nationalities bring different generational memory transmission and ALL THAT needs to pass by the intervention of language so that we can symbolize. At the same type each language has it's symbol.

[@mynamesvals4672]

Wow, as a peruvian psychologist I 👏🏼 love 👏🏼 this 👏🏼 comment 👏🏼 so 👏🏼 much😍

[@urethanetramp]

I felt so much of what you talked about after i was taking acid back in the day. I too had to take time to rebuild who i was after some of the more intense experiences with it, as well as with mushrooms. Its really neat to hear your in depth, raw experience with it! Im so grateful that you express yourself here for us to enjoy, be inspired by, and relate to damon! :)

[@sanjanavidya530]

One of the best experiences I've had so far. Haven't done lsd but the trippy-ness i can relate to. Books, movies, yoga, meditation, complete solitude, soany different things can trigger such experiences it's insane. Mid video when you came to the part with "are memories fake". I teared up because i realised others have experienced that too. But i know for sure that so many of the things I can completely remember happening have not happened and it's just so trippy and thinking that everything could be fake is scary. It's a lot to think about. Also about the part about matrix, like there could be another real world or dimension and this is not real at all makes me think in a way that I'm fine with that but do I have to be in so much pain if it's not even real. If it doesn't matter why am I not living life to it's fullest. But even after realising that I don't know where to start. When you said that you don't wanna be trapped in a way when the entire life becomes predictable, i felt that because to a certain extent i already do feel like that so whatever is left is the reason I can keep on wanting to live. The uncertainty. So I totally get you there. We'll got lots more to say but I'll definitely be reading the book you suggested while being completed shook to my core and being scared. This video was really good. Hope someday I get to meet you and different people who think like this or actually have deep thoughts and are willing to share and have different conversations.

[@liawow6853]

naurrrr the long ass diary entry this video is gonna get!!! lack of stimulation is something i have talked a lot with my therapist too! and the coping mechanism of trying to not be so demanding of the life you’ve built for yourself slowly makes the scary turn of everything losing meaning

[@mgalv0309]

I'm watching this video literally thinking two things. 1: How on earth are you so brilliant? 2: Please don't leave KZbin! Also, you asked where do you have to come back. The answer is KZbin 😅 Please don't leave!

[@biyyapoo]

more philosophy talks please, i cannot get enough of these istg

[@georgekendall2053]

30:30 hittttt. Wow what a beautiful insight, been struggling like this too a bit with feelings of questioning reality and losing a little bit of the childish excitement i used to carry to everything i did since a rlly bad experience last year. Thats such a sick insight damon, not everything can e everything to you, just love it for what it is and isnt

[@amandadaydreamer8252]

Keep it fresh, reinvention time baby! Change it up! Time to dream new dreams Damon. Still got a lot of this life here in the now left to live. Push yourself outside your comfort zone to find a new version of yourself and what excites you NOW. Love you D!

[@FongioHELS]

love this! thank you for sharing. i've done psychedelics over a dozen times, but the oddest thing was a couple months ago, a sober night, i had a dream that i took a tab of acid and started tripping. in my dream! it was beautiful but so very strange and i wonder what was going on in my brain, chemically. i remember it looked like that Van Gogh movie where the starry night was being like painted onto my vision in real time, if that makes sense. my waking experiences with psychedelics have all been illuminating, creative, and healing. psychedelic compounds have SO much potential as medicine. i hope soon they'll be decriminalized and more research can be done - there are already some institutions doing research (MAPS on MDMA-assisted therapy, Johns Hopkins on psilocybin) so we're headed in the right direction :)

[@KA-wp6zo]

This was such a beautiful sentimental story and I loved every second of it. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I related to many of what you spoke on

[@milikoshki]

for me it was getting hit by a car. I can't explain what it feels like to know you're about to die, but that's what happened to me. Then I didn't die, and the following days were crazy weird. I believed/knew? that there was a version of me somewhere else, that made it through the crosswalk and didn't get injured. It was truly surreal. The experience, injuries, and recovery are the most pivotal things that have ever happened to me, the shittiest and the best things. It still has a major impact on my daily life and my priorities.

[@marilynrichards3551]

Yessss Damon! Such an amazing, important video. You've shared extremely valid points, well done. Takes me back to the first time I experienced lsd... I felt like a newborn baby. Really enjoyed this

[@mausi3000]

taking a break from studying for my psychology exams with this psych-themed vid...i just know my brain hates me LMAO but a new damon video is always top priority

[@sophiesoph]

Having experienced similarly zoomed-out things on psychedelics, it's so interesting to come back to your human body in this human lifetime and realize both that everything is a story AND that we all have the gift to tell our stories however we please. It brings a whole new meaning to "words become things" because like...they literally do. The sense that we make of our reality becomes our truth. Natural laws are only so because we all agree that they synthesize our collective experience in the most agreeable way. Society is the way it is only because we've all agreed (consciously or unconsciously) that that's how it should be. It's working with energy through the methods of communication and creation we have access to as humans that creates structure and "truth", but it's all stories we can tell and retell however we want. This whole video. So good. I'm deep in a dark night of the soul and this is my mind.

[@kaymaceachern]

I'm so so so glad you decided to talk about psychedelics. They stigma needs to be flipped. Also, you're extremely entertaining I've been geeking and snapping my fingers and slapping my knee throughout the entire video!!

[@lj4466]

The fact that I understood every word 👏🏽 👏🏽 I’ve been there with just meditation alone but cannabis enhances that too. (ALWAYS write it down bc you’re at a different frequency so you will forget) I love you my dude

[@RingsAndCoffee]

This is the most relatable video I’ve ever watched. ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. I have the same exact ones and this is the first time I see someone that has the same exact ones too

[@sarac9956]

That’s so interesting that you had the “theme” I need to get back. Maybe everyone has their one trip theme. For me was fear and that I don’t need to have it. I feel that these themes are the things that we need to heal. Great to hear your experience

[@alis_n_lopez_]

Damon this video is truthhhhhh, I just got out of a serious dark period of my life that was tremendously difficult to overcome because I had to unlearn so many things, I came out of it a completely different person with new language and perspective and insight and am grateful for all the lessons I've learned but omg we are having a huge awakening, people are facing their shadows and I truly believe its like a global great awakening.I've been coming across so many people around the same age in life who have recently realized these things as well :) haha

[@rubired123]

Man, I’m here stressing about the smallest damn thing at work. This just raised me up a level and reminded me that the little shit doesn’t matter. I so enjoyed this ❤️❤️

[@mrjuliusmars]

Best video I've watched in a while. More vids like this please

[@agyos]

Yep...what YOU said. Exactly! Whenever I wonder, "What's the point?", the answer I come up with (most of the time), is that the only point to life and consciousness is simply: to experience all forms of life and consciousness, comfortable and uncomfortable, throughout all the dimensions of waking up, like infinite mirrors reflecting back on each other. Maybe, through that experience, we build a fuller potential to feel gratitude and love, as we recognize we are truly all ONE consciousness....one mirror, broken into a zillion pieces, finally put back together, reflecting Infinity. Must take aeons and eons! Or, something like that. Maybe. (p.s. I'm not on drugs, lol!)

[@kev121]

Back when i was in college, i did LSD at the club, came home, grabbed my camera and walked around taking images for my final project for the semester. The images were stunning if I do say so myself.

[@user-wn4zf1pg1d]

you are such a vessel of positivity and it literally brings me such joy listening & seeing you speak. your wisdom and charisma is so inspiring! thank you !!

[@Tildamathi]

This video is exactly what I needed / wanted to watch. Thank you Damon 💜 you’re always delivering the most personal and relevant content 🥲

[@christopherchan412]

This is by far the most accurate description of a generic acid experience, I have ever encountered online :) I have always struggled to explain to people who has never done it, and why its not a "fun" drug but you do it anyway. Thanks Damon, recently discovered you and you are fascinating.

[@christopherchan412]

One of my habit is towards the last 1 or 2 hours of coming down, I often go to the book shop. So I end up with a new book when I finish.

[@kobewoo_]

Reminds me of the Billie lyric: Things I’m longing for, someday I’ll be bored of. It’s so weird that we care so much until we don’t

[@peepee34200]

Ok ok. I am in love 🥰😍! Mainly with you… but also hearing about your trip. It aligns with so many spiritual traditions. I think the place that we are all trying to get back to is back to our center (nirvana, the universe, cosmic consciousness, the Tao, etc.). Getting back to living in full awareness of who we are (one with everything and everyone) and living life through that perfect awareness. You are right. YOU CAN DEFINITELY REACH THIS PLACE THROUGH MEDITATION. It takes more time, but you’ll have control and will be better led by your intuition vs. a psychedelic. Psychedelics are super useful, but not for long time use. 🙏🏽

[@leminasyan]

I love how my favorite ppl on the internet are getting more and more into this spiritual shit and how they are going the similar thing I go through in my life

[@drawcircle6934]

Amazing video! Was having an emotional and psychological breakdown because of existential crisis, after the video I has a reset and now I am able to go for another week ;D

[@foxhar]

i’m a big proponent of psychedelics so i’m glad you’re talking about them

[@damondominique]

Honestly, I invested in MINDMED on the stock market after this experience.

[@KinkajusRevenge]

Us existentialists have it the toughest. Every day is a struggle. Cuz no matter how much you can distract yourself during the day, the brain is still left to question when trying to fall asleep.

[@AshtonZ784]

The editing in this combined with siting in a dark room with sound proof headphones on is an experience

[@livtupi]

I really dont mind not knowing something, and I've always thought it was so weird that a lot of people get frustrated by the unanswered questions, its fascinating to listen to you question everything because i never do

[@lawlalla]

I have always been fascinated by people who don’t lie awake at night thinking about these questions all the time lol I’m like what do you mean you just chill that’s so crazy

[@moneyisweird7862]

I'm a gay black woman I don't have the privilege to live an oblivious life and not question everything

[@1stepatatime]

21:19 i know right, even if it's fake, this is the best option that we're working with. thank you for bringing me that peace. sometimes i feel depressed that this may all be fake and was extremely bewildered and distressed when i took some weed for the first and only time

[@journeysandjournals]

This FED my mind. We need to talk LIFE together. I have arrived at many of these answered through yoga, new age spirituality and learning about psychedelics but yet to experience it myself. It's on my 'before-im-30 list' fo shooooo

[@mayacrowder3767]

Damon thank you so much for this video! I also did lsd for the first time recently and had a similar experience to you (I wrote a 7 page mess of a google doc trying to get to the bottom of my brain). So nice to hear someone else who processed that experience similarly! I compared my trip after to the story of how Descartes deduced all he could be sure of is “I think therefore I am”

[@Oscar-nr5lq]

Thank you for this nice accidental birthday present aha. I've turned 33 today and have also lived in quite a few different places and countries over the last decade and have the same struggle with finding that one place that gives me everything I want, especially when I like stimulation but not being over-stimulated.

[@wagswithacamera]

Oh my god Damon I had the exact same *zoom out* experience after hitting too big of a dab of THC! I saw the different realities as different files to sort through and I had to choose which one to go back to. I experienced the feeling of loss of those people like you explained and then after seeing all my options I chose the reality I was in. I can't believe someone else felt this same way because anytime I try to explain it, no one understands what I am saying or they think I made it up.

[@bonne_vie]

Thanks for reiterating that I do not need to take LSD. These are thoughts I have sober. Remember, there is no meaning. It is you who gives your life meaning.

[@lorenzop5899]

Thank you Damon, your uncertainty and not knowing where to go with life and existential question was very... relatable. We're all humans going tru tough stuff in the end. merci.

[@thepinkelephant541]

You didn’t forget it! It’s just under a lot of layers of life but you wouldn’t be the kind of person you are if you actually forgot. I’m planning to try 🍄 in hopes that it will also bring some enlightenment plus I’m bored 😄I feel a lot better about this plan now after seeing this vid! Thanks! We will probably never know the reason so I’ve decided I just want to enjoy as much as I can and of course share whatever good I can to the world AND all I know is whenever I watch your videos it always makes me feel happy which was a life saver this year so I hope by saying that it gives you some in return ❤️

[@Matik666Minecraft]

Trippy movies recommendations: Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and most of other David Lynch's stuff: Twin Peaks: The Return, Lost Highway), Eyes Wide Shut, The Tenant and I'm thinking of ending things.

[@Ella-zf7ur]

the cinematography never ceases to amaze me

[@lj4466]

The void really is a part of a spiritual awakening (I hate using that phrase bc it sounds so pretentious but whatever). The void is a real place. After being in it for about 2 years, if you can just trust the process and be patient af it will be far easier for you. Resistance in the void makes it so much harder. Just observe, rest and follow the bread crumbs you’ll begin getting.

[@orangeblossom1712]

This is the most accurate recalling of acid experience I’ve seen online. Now I want to do it again 🤣🤣I studied existential psychology in college and these questions are critical to ask yourself! Such a big fan Damon ♥️💘😍

[@efyneftali1866]

this video was perfectly timed. I was going throught the same spirals today and beggining to question whether this was normal or if i am actually going insane,,,, its comforting to know that others have similar thought patterns to the ones i was expericing. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and expirience with us.

[@arelistorre4730]

Thanks so much for this video, Damon! This video reminded me so much of Michael Pollen’s work. He asks a lot of the same questions about why certain drugs are highly valued in our culture (like caffeine) while others like psychedelics are illegal. Two of his books are “This Is Your Mind on Plants” and “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence”

[@bellaloves2815]

Okay but when did Damon become my therapist? Cause his videos? Pure therapy and full of great insights and conversations

[@itsmekatewhite]

the fact that im watching this video to procrastinate from watching your finance one because finance is more terrifying than the existential void :)))))))))))))

[@amyol1393]

I find it v comforting that other people think like this with the same bewilderment

[@keepmelovely]

indiana : "it's not trying to be that." -amazing. no judgement. sounds like love

[@joeldavid4014]

I looove this content. so much of what you’ve been saying recently about psychedelics, philosophy, the meaning of life, etc lately has mirrored what’s been going on in my life quite closely and it’s super comforting to hear someone else talk through it. plus as a baby queer u are honestly one of my biggest role models :’) lots of love damon!!

[@hanquokkasan]

Almost all of the things you said during your trip are things that I question and think about literally every day of my life...crazy that tripping Damon is essentially my normal xD

[@BubbleInThePond]

Funny how so many people started asking themselves these questions in 2021.. Probably the imposed stillness of confinement! It also happened to me and I found many answers in spiritual yogic philosophy, a subject I had never felt remotely interested in until 2021... I read the Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda and I can honestly say this book has changed my life and my perception of all things, from the smallest to the infinite ones. I now feel loved by a universe I still do not understand, but that’s normal for now. Just accept the love and reciprocate it, finding meaning is not the goal of our time in this dimension. Thank you for sharing these deep and personal thoughts Damon, love you ✨

[@mementomori2683]

Love hearing you talk about filosofy of life.There is one simple but beautiful quote that I love.I will try to translate it the best I can since it is originaly writen in Serbian lenguage. It gose something like this: -Do u think that living leads anywhere? -When I think about it,no! I don't bealieve so.But there is something wonderful in exsisting,and the beauty is in the fact that it leads nowhere." It is so scary to think like this but at same time it gives me peace.

[@ronetteq6698]

Idea! Write a book. I feel like you have so much to say, so much experience, an open mind, such a hunger for knowledge,etc. It will take a lot of your time but you have so much drive and passion for life- you could literally write a 800 page book. Also, I would definitely buy it.

[@llk8127]

I feel like existentialism has been changing from ; Who are we? ; to Who is this? , a.k.a the observer who is possessing this meat box that is “our body” right now.

[@yeobo]

the reason we're able to wake up from our dreams and tell it's not "real" is because of the feeling of continuity and the lack of in our dreams, its a very very interesting topic, and I'm always thinking about it and that one film Memento, where this guy has short term memory and it just talks about like memories or dreams lack this sort of reality type feeling, I think it has to do with being present...not sure but I die for this topic, I got into spirituality very deeply through a deep dive and obsession on psychedelics and shamanism

[@kingfckncole9340]

I wake up and don’t realize my dreams were not real i instinctually believe my dreams and carry on to hours later realize how absurd it is

[@Healtheseal]

Wow I’ve been having a reoccurring thought lately of ‘I need to get back’ that just comes out of no where...