You may have heard stories about people taking LSD and kissing trees. When you really get down to it, is there anything wrong with kissing a tree? It is only the social conventions which say that this is crazy behavior. In other words, the ego, a tiny fraction of 1 percent of your brain, is saying that kissing trees is off the wall. To the whole rest of your brain, which LSD is putting you in touch with, kissing a tree is a natural thing to do. This also shows how joyous and emotionally arousing the LSD experience is. There will be more on that later.

You can put your arms around the tree trunk, like you are giving it a hug and all the leafy arms (branches) of the tree, from higher up, may sweep down low to where you are as if the tree is also hugging you. When you touch a tree, you feel the life of the tree. If you take a close look at the bark, it can be going wild like the grain patterns of wood. It's all right to break off a little piece of the bark. The tree won't mind. It's like you cutting off a tiny piece of an individual hair on your head. You might even chew on a piece of bark and that's all right, too, but I don't recommend swallowing it.

It was mentioned earlier that the perception of depth and space can change to the extent that you can be in a hallway and it seems so big that an airplane could take off, reach full altitude and still be in the hallway. When you are outside, it's infinite. A tall tree can look like it goes right up to the sky or past the sky so that when the tree hugs you, it's like it's leafy arms are coming down from out of the sky. It's one way of realizing how spiritual and benevolent trees really are.

If you look at the leaves, each one is unique and expressive. The vein structure of a leaf is complex, intricately detailed and mysterious and you will see how alive a leaf is. The veins of the leaf will wiggle with life like the grain of wood does. All these wiggles and movements of whatever you are looking at seem to have a similarity or something in common. The movements seem to be in the same flow or the same rhythm or the same pattern, whether it's the veins of leaves, the grain of wood or anything else and you are in harmony with it all.

Flowers are also enlightening, mysterious, expressive and magically intriguing. You see the flower expanding and contracting, breathing in and out. When you look down into the center of the flower, it can be like looking down deep into the meaning of all meaning, the significance of all significance and the beauty of all beauty. You can get this effect and feeling from looking at anything, but flowers are really good for this. The flower children of the 1960's didn't wear flowers for nothing.

With LSD, being outside for sunsets and sunrises can be breathtaking. As mentioned earlier, seeing a sunrise is a new day symbolizing a new life. When it's daytime, walking in a garden is walking in the Garden of Eden. When you are outside at night, there is an excitement and sparkle in the air that's a little different and mysterious. The stars can shine like diamonds. In ancient days, before modern science, there were people who would look at the stars but didn't know that they were stars. They thought that the lights in the sky were windows of heaven, where a little of heaven's light could get out. It's an interesting concept and when you are tripping, you can relate to this.

When you are outside during the daytime, the plants, nature and the Garden of Eden effect will capture your attention ahead of streets and buildings. At night, nature is still very stimulating, but if you are on the streets, the bright lights and colors can make any buildings look like ultimate, exciting palaces, giving you fantasy thoughts about ultimate good time tripping parties going on inside the buildings. This effect is that of a wild, paradise party in heaven as compared to the calmer, more serene heaven of the Garden of Eden.