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1 - Hallucinogens are a fun time with my partner and close friend(s) and sometimes they can make me very introspective in a way that alters how I live my life.
2 - I've attempted meditation but it always feels like a waste of time to me. I could just be reading instead tbh.
3 - esotericism and occultism are really cool from a detached perspective. I adore their aesthetics and especially their history (all glory to Dr. Sledge) but I don't believe in them.
A good meditation session can be super productive. You can work through some issues that have been burdening you, and put yourself in a noticeably altered mental state that can last days. It only really "works" like 1/3rd of the time for me.
I've just never been able to make it there (not for lack of trying) and it gets frustrating. I'll keep trying and I'll get it one day but its a slow progression
Meditation is a very big deal to me. At worst indispensable. At best eye-opening.