The experience is changing

[Hyper_Eye]

I have smoked Salvia 5 times now. I am still smoking 21x. As I said in another thread, the first couple times I smoked it the experience was very similar to smoking weed. The experience is changing on me. I am not smoking more then I smoked the first couple of times. I am still taking one good inhale and I am not seeing anything unusual. But, the experience is becoming stronger. Within 10 seconds (half-way before I exhale) I already begin to feel the effect. Once I exhale the effect is really strong. For the first two or three minutes I am so focused on my thoughts I cannot understand anything anyone else is saying. I just can't comprehend their words for that period of time. My thoughts are so strong I feel like someone is talking to me even though I know it is myself. I have many thoughts go through my head during that period of time and they don't necessarily come one after the other. Sometimes they come at the same time and I feel like their are multiple voices though I understand all of them completely. Anything happening outside of myself during this period of time is not important to me as it is too difficult to try and understand it anyway. All that matters to me during this period of time is what I am thinking. After two to three minutes this state fades.

Once the first state fades I am in a state of euphoria for a good 20 minutes. It is different then any other I have experienced. During this time my vision is incredible. I smoked some in almost complete darkness with nothing more then the light of the moon. Once I reached this stage there was no darkness whatsoever. It was like the moon brightened 100x and I could see everything. I have no problem talking to someone during this period and I can even have full-blown conversations with people. But, something even slightly humorous can start me laughing and sometimes it is difficult to stop. Time is not an issue at this point. Things seem to happen in blocks of time. When I enter a block of time the previous one seems distant and the one I am in seems to last some time though they can't be more then 20 seconds. While the effect only lasts 20 minutes I have all the time I need to explore the experience. Colors are much more distinguished. I turned on some music and watched a visulaizer with the lights off and it was incredible. Plants, trees, grass... all these things are more appealing then they have ever been to me. When I am in this state I can stare at a plant or the branches of trees for minutes at a time.

This is the evolving experience I am having and it I am quite intrigued by it. The first stage is particularly intriguing to me as I have never in my life been so connected to my own thoughts before. I did not realize this before smoking Salvia but I question my own existance a lot. It wasn't until I smoked Salvia that these thoughts became clear but I realize now that it is something I do almost contantly. I am learning a lot about myself from the first stage of the experience. I do not know if the experience will continue to evolve or if I am now fully acquainted with Salvia Divinorum and this is what the experience will be for me. If it changes in any drastic way I will post again. I thought you guys might find this interesting. If you have any comments please reply.

[TooStonedToType]

Interesting report.  

"I do not know if the experience will continue to evolve or if I am now fully acquainted with Salvia Divinorum and this is what the experience will be for me."

I would say you are experiencing relatively subtle effects compared to what is possible.  "Reverse tolerance" seems very common and I would expect the experineces to get stronger and different.

"If it changes in any drastic way I will post again. "

Cool.

[Stonehenge]

I would agree with too stoned and say that the experience will likely change for you. I went through a similar experience when I started using salvia. At first I thought it was like strong pot or mild acid. later, I had a strong trip and it changed my views on what it was like. Later, I had very complex trips and now I have no idea what it's like except the familiar tug which seems to want to pull me down the rabbit hole. Once I let go and go down the hole, I have an alice in wonderland experience that may be so bizzare I can't describe it or might be very enriching and leave me with a warm glow. On rare occasions it may be light hearted and fun but the goddess rarely is in that mood. Recon well the reverse tollerance and don't increace your dosage if you are having experiences with your present dose. That's one mistake I made, I though I knew what it was like and if a little was good... well you know.

[GreenThumbBum]

Reverse Tolerance is VERY common with salvia users... One of the benefits I suppose.  certainly makes it cheaper and waste less plant.