Spirit Molecule

Sounds are softer or louder, harsher or gentler. We hear new rhythms
in the wind. Singing or mechanical sounds appear in a previously silent
environment.
The skin is more or less sensitive to touch. Our ability to taste and
smell becomes more or less acute.
Our emotions overflow or dry up. Anxiety or fear, pleasure or relaxation,
all feelings wax and wane, overpoweringly intense or frustratingly
absent. At the extremes lie terror or ecstasy. Two opposite feelings may
exist together at the same time. Emotional conflicts become more painful,
or a new emotional acceptance takes place. We have a new appreciation
of how others feel, or no longer care about them at all.
Our thinking processes speed up or slow down. Thoughts themselves
become confused or clearer. We notice the absence of thoughts, or it is
impossible to contain the flood of new ideas. Fresh insights about problems
come, or we become hopelessly stuck in a mental rut. The significance
of things takes on more importance than the things themselves. Time collapses:
in the blink of an eye, two hours pass. Or time expands: a minute
contains a never-ending march of sensations and ideas.
Our bodies are hot or cold, heavy or light; our limbs grow or shrink;
we move upward or downward through space. We feel the body no longer
exists, or that the mind and body have separated.
We feel more or less in control of our "selves." We experience others
influencing our minds or bodies—in ways that are beneficial or frightening.
The future is ours for the taking, or fate has determined everything
and there is no point in trying.
Rick Strassman, M.D.