I like the way the term programming is used. I think it translates to baggage as well. The danger of not taking LSD is to remain in confusion that this programming or baggage is who we are.
The part of the book that refers to the CIA and pedophiles is ineffective I think. Even though LSD is qualified as a class one hard drug, it is broadly used by many nonetheless. The nature of the substance is that although it is difficult to create, once you do create it you have tens of millions of doses that are hard to detect and easy to distribute. Enforcing LSD has been a pipe dream from the first legislation. I think this book would have greater reach if it simply talked about the methods of using LSD as a teacher instead of wandering off into the anger and frustration at the system or the powers that be.
The aim of working towards higher doses is not correct in my opinion. The threshold of deep diving is much lower for most users I know. To me it is the mindset of the user that limits the ability to learn from the profound experiences given during inebriation. Besides that, clinical studies have indicated the correlation between intelligence and the effect of LSD on the user. Talking about hopelessly low doses is suggestive and false. 200µg is enough for me to pick up where I left off and enough to do serious work. Defining micro-dosing would also have been helpful, typically doses under 50µg are considered a micro-dose. Micro-dosing is a technique that is usable for various situations that can’t be studied, nor self-studied, on higher doses. I wouldn’t disregard micro-dosing as a fad.
Reading further along I’m starting to dislike the overall negative approach of the book, sulking in frustration and kicking at the rocks in front of the writer's feet. Now at page 27 I have not found a tool or method to speak of, but mere bitching and conjecture. Dismissing the profession of therapy is laughable. I know enough people who become memory impaired by LSD, which is an absolute horror. Suggesting that anyone whatsoever can experience high doses of LSD is conjecture and harmful. LSD Zen master is not something I would like to become after reading this book, it sounds to me as a pretentious term for a person who is stuck in a negative delusion of needing to convince others of all the wrong in the world. The book has a naive unholistic mechanistic approach to explaining. I never liked Leary, he was the hype creator that destroyed more than he created, always stuck in negativity and kicking at authority. In the beginning of the book the writer says: “You are your own authority.” But at every turn of the page I’m reading the opposite. From authority claiming size of dose, disqualifying therapy, saying wild sessions are for those who have done 200+ sessions.
The mindset that this book is missing is ‘large system thinking’, use of the holistic paradigm, something the author seems incapable of. The mechanistic paradigm is a hard one to free yourself from, it is one of the greatest lessons LSD has provided me. I wonder why this so-called LSD Zen master hasn’t understood it for what it is.
