Do you believe "Doc" is real?

[Doc]

Frankly I think just hearing that you took a fair bit of LSD should be a warning to the astute reader.

I really didnt intend to aim anything negative at you in this thread. It was intended to be rather light and I enjoy seeing your posts here. But since LSD came up I feel compeled to be honest.

You say a lot of stuff that doesnt make sense. You say it as though it part of some zenish cosmic contruct, but frequently your pieces just dont fit.
This is reminicient of a the only LSD user I ever knew in real life.

Brains arent meant to reprogrammed and when you do it mistakes are added. Of course the brain itself doesnt notice this often.
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I'll give you that Ghost. You might be right. Mayhap I am part of that "Zenish Cosmic Construct." But just because you don't understand it doesn't make it any less real. Just because you can't reach the fruit in the highest branches of the tree doesn't make it any less delicious. Uh oh... I just did it again didn't I? Humans are clever creatures. We can create tools and items to assist us in reaching that juicy delicious forbidden fruit. Just because you can't reach it for whatever reason doesn't mean the few of us that have can't enjoy it. LSD, and other chemicals, were my ladder. It was a windy day, lemme tell you, and I could have fallen and broken my neck at any time. Getting on that ladder was risky... Dangerous. And I had to stand on the very tippy top rung, which is something you should not do on a ladder. But I took a big ol' bite of that fruit, and I got my reward. I think. Either that or I got the hershey squirts. My pieces don't fit because you and I are working on different puzzles. We are very different you and I. The fact I took LSD could either be a warning or an invitation. Whichever the reader desires.

But what you said about the brain is simply not true. What about stroke victims that mysteriously recover and one side of the brain learns to control both sides of the body? The brain obviously has reprogrammed it self, and done a damn good job. What about the epilepsy treatment that involves cutting half of the brain out and leaving the other half to control the whole body? If the brain was not meant to be reconstructed or programmed, then why does it have the ability to produce new receptors of varying types, as well as creating new means to send and receive instructions?

There is entirely to much evidence to the contrary. The brain can be influenced, reprogrammed, and is capable of doing amazing things under the right conditions. Meditation, deep thinking, etc. What the mind can believe the body can achieve. The power of thought can be so strong that amazing things can happen. I can, with effort, sit down, slow down my heart rate, and drop my pulse. Getting to know your own brain is one of the most rewarding experiences that one can do in their whole life.

Tell me... Since we are being honest, do I seem that badly damaged? Warped, maybe. But in a sincere sense, damaged? Damaged or different? Am I crippled somehow by my experience? Am I any lesser than what I should be? Am I crazy?

Or am I a better man for my experience... I took a risk, understanding full well what was at stake. I only had my sense of self to lose.