If you go outside, it's like
seeing the world for the first time. With LSD, anything that you see
is like seeing it for the first time because if you haven't seen it
while tripping, then you haven't seen it, for all intents and purposes.
Before LSD, what you see is that tiny fraction of one percent of what
the eye can see. Believe it or not, the eyes, at full capacity, can
see a lot more when they're closed than when they're open. We will
get to all of that in the next chapter, about color and what's seen
with the eyes closed.
When you have seen something many times, you don't see it with the
same intensity and vividness as when you see it for the first time.
LSD will not only bring back the perception of seeing it for the first
time, but everything you see will shine and sparkle as if it's brand
new, beautiful, clean, fresh and pure. This feeling and perception
of newness can increase as the trip goes on. In other words, logic
says that as time goes on, the newness must fade in that how can something
be newer than new? With the expanded perception made possible by LSD,
new can become newer and newest possible. When you are outdoors, you
can really feel it. The world and the universe will look brand new
because you are now brand new, with a new life.
You can now see the great, big world the way a child sees it, with
one major difference. The child doesn't know what being an adult means.
The child only sees things they way they can see it. You are an adult.
When you are tripping, your perception can have the innocence, wonder,
novelty, freshness and newness that a child's perception has, but
you have your adult mind and intellect the whole time. That's the
big difference.
As mentioned in the last chapter, we were all conceived in orgasm
and born tripping. The infant is tripping, but doesn't know that it's
tripping. When an adult takes LSD, they can get back that real, original,
natural consciousness that the baby has and the adult mind and intellect
can appreciate what's happening. It is even possible to relive your
own birth and there will be more about reliving the past, later in
the book.
When you are inside, everything comes alive. When you are outdoors,
it's even more so in that no one will argue that a tree isn't alive.
People may question whether objects are alive, but not plants, flowers
or trees. With LSD, when you see a tree, you are not only seeing it
for the first time for real, but you are also seeing for the first
time just how alive it really is. There can be no wind at all, but
the branches of the trees will become like leafy arms that move around
slowly.
The trees love you. They have all their arms spread out wide as if
to greet you. They may wave for you to come over. If you look closely
enough, you will find a happy face a part of every tree. If you want
to play with a tree, you'll have to go to the tree because the tree
can't come to you. The tree wants to play also, but all it can do
is try to entice you to come over. Trees are very alive and with LSD,
you can also realize how spiritual they are. It may sound insane,
like so many other things in this book, but the trees know that you
are there. So do all the plants, flowers, insects and animals. They
all know that you are there and in harmony, they can all seem to be
welcoming and serenading you.