Topic : Talk About the Show

Quote From: paradoxfox93

I'm always leary and disheartened when i hear about media coverage of Salvia.  It is a great and powerful tool for introspection and self understanding.  I herb has personally led me to great discoveries about myself and the relationships within my life.  I've always thought Dr. Phil was a fairly reasonable guy with an intuitive ability to cup past the bull and so here I must say that I think you may be wrong.  Let me restate that, I HOPE you are wrong.

It's very true.  Kids will abuse drugs.  People will abuse drugs.  It is the product of the society we live and have created.  Without going into the politics of the and just discussing the plant, I would like to say a few things about my experiences with it and observations I've made about how the it affect people who use it.  One can easily find descriptions of the 'ego-death' it causes.  More specifically it just removes the ego from the conscious mind.  It allows us to view that great darkness that is the shadow of Jung.  Many people have a lot of repressed emotions.  In this they, when using the plant, are given an oppotunity to see their true selves.  Looking in the mirror is never easy.  Sometimes we just don't know how to be honest with ourselves.  Salvia Gives us that opportunity in an admittedly very uncomfortable way.  It is never comfortable to be honest with oneself.  Unlike LSD, which I have read is accompanied by stimulating effect, or mushrooms, which I have read are accompanied by euphoric effects,  Salvia does not 'sugar-coat'  the shadow.  It is as honest and candid with us as frankly possibly.  It can be very scary for some and I've read many trip report of people who experience fear and even paranoia from the experience.  However the great thing about Salvia is it's short term effects.  One could even concievably use it in a clinical setting with a doctor because the experience is over within minutes.  The insightful revelation made to oneself last for months of correlation to the feelings percieved.  Except in high dosages hallucination are non-existence and then are only really an impairment of vision and rearranging of perception (Now there's a metaphor!).    No one see's dragons or pink elephants.  It's certainly not a fantasy world.  Even those who like the experience develope enough respect for it not to abuse it.  It's really not something that can be abused.  It has a 'reverse-tolerence' effect.  The more you use it in a short term settering (Within several days) there more powerful each experience become and one needs progressively less to achieve the same level of experience.  Being as the experience is uncomfortable even in those like myself who are partial and appreciate the herb it is not something even children who use it would ever develope a habit of.  It's profound nature leaves one with plenty to think about and a new perspective on life.  Ultimately that's why most people begin using drugs in the first place.  They just don't like they way they experience life.  They want to experience it differently.  Salvia will permanantly change the way you experience life while you are sober.  It is this very psychological process that is inherent to the experience which makes it not even a potential for abuse.  It may even leave kids that do use it less inclined to use other drugs.  It's just that profound.

In conclusion I hope DrPhil does the right thing for Salvia: Talks about the truth and the great things this herb can do for those in need of spiritual healing, including as mention before and by others, addicts in need of recovery.