If you want to change who your are forever.
It will def change you, but it really opens up your mind, nothing like your first time really tripping..
second amen bro.
i can see how that statement seems scary and intimidating for people on the other side but once you do it you wont regret it.
it certainly changed the way i think. i think outside of the box thats within a box, within a box.
As trainquility says you wont regret it, first time tripping is really like viewing life in another dimension. As he said a box within a box with in a box, etc.. He speaks the truth!
second amen bro.
....but if you really want to learn somthing. try ecstasy.
it changed the way i think about myself, who i am, why im here, it changed the way i think about others. it also helped me find a connection with other people sub-conciously. its much easier to understand people now.
absofuckinlutely my psychoactive of choice.
-tranquility
I dont know how much you roll, but i would have def agreed 100% with you on that 3-4 years ago.. I felt the same exact way when i rolled alot, all the magic, etc.. But now that im burned out its caused alot of social anxiety in my life, i feel like i understand people less then i ever have, if anything i feel like i have less of a connection then i did to start with. IE the whole reason i got sucked in was for the same exact reasons you have stated..
OP i personally wouldnt suggest you do ecstasy.. It has a way of sucking you into a hole, i ruined my life for a while rolling all the time, yeah it was def fun but doing it often like most new comers do has the possibility of leaving some long term effects.. Everyone is going to do what they are going to do, just be educated and aware of what your getting into before you do it..
I'm of a different opinion about starting low. Without knowing everyone here and assuming everyone has reasonable self control I think he should go for a full 8th to get the entire experience, because it does make a difference IMO. A trip may not quite be what you expected exactly, but even with an 8th I highly doubt he'd have real horrible experience. As long as he's in a comfortable environment with friends and doesn't try to fight the feeling of coming on.
You really suggest an eighth for his first time? Man ive never eaten more then 1.7-2.0 grams and ive tripped hella hard off shrooms, especially the first time i boomed.. They hit me within 20 minutes of eating them, i sat there and said what, what, what, what, over and over again for a good hour straight, i would have lost my mind on an eighth..