Quote Originally Posted by Dthoughts View Post
I don't think it is that absurd at all. People have probably treated mushrooms like this for centuries. And for good reason..

What you are saying is not completely true. When you swallow mushrooms most of it is digested but the active chemical compounds are metabolized in our system to form something structurally similar to serotonin.

Psilocybin , psilocin, serotonin and melatonin are all tryptamines.
Serotonin is mostly located in the gut but in our brains it is responsible for synthesizing into melatonin. It actually does this in the pineal gland and it usually happens in ur sleep because it is triggered when ur pineal gland is unexposed to light for long period of time. I've heared that when ur pineal gland is exposed to sunlight it can decalcify the pineal gland and that should result in more clarity and awareness. And more vivid dreams.

These chemicals are partly, if not fully responsible for how our consiousness is structured. And because of that it makes me think that these structurally similar compounds in plants , fungi and animals might give opportunity for them to experience consiousness. Or only when it is mixed with our nervous system and then we are the only ones that are able to experience their consiousness.
You said when people eat mushrooms, there is a sentient being inside you. Please explain that statement. How can fungi be sentient? Just because it contains psilocybin, which gets metabolized to psilocin, which is a neurotransmitter? So you believe any/all neurotransmitters are their own sentient beings? Do you think this of all fungi, or just psilocybin mushrooms? What about the ones that kill people? Or have zero effect on consciousness? Is serotonin a sentient being? I'm truly confused by what you are purporting.

All of the chemicals our body needs for survival, amino acids, fatty acids, protein, carbs, etc. come from things we eat, if not synthesized by the body. Are all these molecules sentient as well?