the movie was about a speed-like/meth-like substance
not a hallucinogen
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7794073 there are some that cross the line...
I used to use smaller doses of certain mushrooms and/or lsd and enhance many functions...
the stuff I was referring to could have you altered for days, even weeks... once you learn to handle it, it becomes like snowboarding or anything else and the up-sides can be amazing if you are creating or hiking or out late "working"
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the movie is not about drugs, or hallucinogens, per se
what it's about is finding the key to brain activity and being able to alter/enhance it to the point of having super-human ability - and then using it to gain money and power.
sorry for going off topic, just love the film and DMT experiences generally...
of course, context is everything... when I think about hallucinogens, drugs, etc, I come from a life-enhancing perspective... if it didn't enhance some aspect of life, I tended to stay away from it... like heroin, for example, which I could never learn to use and accomplish anything with... but Miles Davis, on the other hand, found it tremendously useful...
I know you don't want to go into this topic too much, cuz you want to focus on the clues within the film, but I left that film thinking how amazing it was that they captured something I have only experienced on substance... and a particular substance, at that... minus the memory loss... I was always thinking that maybe a better form of what I was using existed and that whoever had access to it would be in a powerful position...
what fascinates me is the supernatural component... is it true that special abilities often come from supernatural sources and an openness to them? If so, then the trap is set the minute you buy into them for any purpose... Limitless was notably materialistic and empty spiritually... like a male fantasy without the repercussions--it is unrealistic...
life will tend to seek a balance... and the payback is a you-know-what...
this reminds me of Edgar Cayce's ability to access the supposed "Akashic Records" ... super powers that in the end drained and killed him... they say he did it for the people, but was there not an egoic aspect to his "work?"
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