New Age
A New Age experience is an experience in which one is able to appreciate that not everything in their lives is perfect. Many practices and rituals such as rolfing, massage therapy, palm reading, meditation, yoga, and much more are considered New Age experiences. I have decided to write about the drug ecstasy for my paper. I believe that doing ecstasy or "rolling" is a new age experience because it provides a look into one's inner self. It allows one to escape from everyday life for a few hours, it provides an escape from the mores of mainstream society. Society today puts many restrictions on the way people behave toward one another. We have been taught by parents and teachers that repression is good; We are taught to keep our feelings and emotions inside. Ecstasy is a drug that releases all that repression and gives one a sense of being. New Agers believe that society has disrupted "what it is to be authentically human"(Heelas p18). They believe that "practices provi!de paths within [thereby] exorcizing the tyrannical hold of the socialized mode of being"(p20). I strongly believe that ecstasy provides that path within.The New Age movement is not a new concept or teaching. It has just recently been adopted into Weste
It is very important to be with the right people; people with whom you feel comfortable. The Native Americans experimented with peyotes, and the ancient Greeks with wine and mushrooms. When the ecstasy kicks in it is as if you enter a whole new world. When MDMA is taken orally, it takes effect about 30-45 minutes later; snorting, smoking or injecting produces a much quicker onset. These "tricks" seem so simple yet when you are actually "rolling" they do wonders fo!r your trip. Alicia would look at me as if she was about to say something and I would know exactly what it was before she even opened her mouth. In my experiences with ecstasy I have seen a better way of life. What hits you is a feeling that first begins in the head, a cloudy and heavy feeling. The feeling leaves you so speechless that the only thing you can do is exhale deeply. It has helped me deal with my past, and continues helping me on my path towards the future. Ecstasy is rightly called the "hug-drug" because physical touch is very important. Ecstasy is about self-exploration, it allows you to bring up past memories and experiences. Ecstasy is so much more than a little white pill; it is a feeling, a state of mind, and an entirely new state of being. The music carries with it an emotion which you can feel in your body.
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