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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Consider for a moment that maybe the drugs you take for Parkinsons are reactivating the 6th sense which humans lost, so enabling you to see what most people cannot, but which has always been there.
In a similar fashion, shamans take Ayahuasca, in order to meet with the ancestors during an 'altered state of conciousness'. Ayahuasca produces DMT in the brain - a chemical which is naturally produced in the brain but in minute quantities in normal circumstances.
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I have talked to G about this - I can "hear" my Grandparents "voices" telling me things and giving me advice at particular times -usually when I'm stressed out and need support - I don't believe in life "beyond", it's just my brain working within it's limits with the information it has to hand and what they have said to me over a lifetime-like a giant personalised computer. Also they were and still are important reference points in my life.
In his case it's different and the hallucinations are mostly provoked chemically by the stuff he has to assume every day to control his physical symptoms (more than I could ever imagine having to take)...plus personal experiences with real people. Hats off to him that he can cope, sort it all out in his head and stiill live a full, active and rewarding life.
As to the drug you mention it is much affected by mood when assumed -can give good or bad trips...naturally it may be what reminds us of our lost loved ones and helps memory.
The so-called "sixth sense" for me has always been an innate sense of understanding a set of circmstances, processing them and drawing conclusions.