it is a "place" not a method. subtances may be unavailable. methods may be undiscovered. the "place" is still "there." not a place, a viewpoint (a place as it were). a rock on the ground, observed by an organism. a certain angle, a certain time, a glint: a brilliant point of light. the organism responds, perhaps with the chemical cascade it may refer to as elation.
certain substances taken into the organism may produce elation, perhaps temporary access to the "place" in question. certain social situations as well, muscular exertion in certain circumstances. the chemical processes brought about by "drugs," "crowd effect," exertion (the "zone") not the same as the "place." the place not spatial, not mental, "feels" objective, is obviously not, but is not "conceptual" either.
the "place" does nothing "by itself." it is merely "there." access to the "place" can produce various responses in the noticing organism including the range of emotional reactions from terror to joy. some individual organisms hate "it," others love "it" obsessively, seek "it" to the detriment of the integrity of that organism.
certain organisms find that action sequences of various kinds are more likely to produce the the viewpoint from which the "place" can be accessed. certain substances, certain rituals. crowd effects: coordinated activity of "many" organisms, will often mimic the effects of the "place," a few organisms may "truly" access it. substances may similarly produce the viewpont, not necessarily reliably, there will always be the possibility that the "getting there" will be substituted as the object of desire rather than the actual "place."
if one is interested in the possibilities of the "place" one would want to find ways to extend the temporal duration of one's observation of it into a length of time sufficient to start noting its peculiar properties. one can then decide to seek those properties rather than the method of getting "there." perhaps something can then be done.
the controlled substances, the illegal or suppressed activities: special function agents that can in certain circumstances, properly used, to demonstrate the existence of other "states of mind" to the individual organism, perhaps some useful state will be demonstrated. the various states not necessarily of equal utility. that is why drugs are considered a different category than food.
it has become important to "me" to develop multiple access methods to the "place." observation over decades has given "me" a perhaps more exact set of descriptors for it so that "i" can "know" it when it is present, rather than supposing that the ritual, or the feeling, or the sensory data set, etc. is the "place." we may tend to think we "know it when we see it." maybe that is true, or not, or sometimes. most important for me has been to separate "happiness" from the "place." happiness may accompany being in that presence but it is not essential to "being there."
for the society, the suppression of discussion of unpopular subjects is not helpful, means become confused with ends, all sorts of nonsense can become policy. for the individual the safety factors are not to be ignored. fear though is not a useful prime motivator: leads to paralysis in emergencies.
more specific than that i shall not at this time be.
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