A Different Way of Looking at Tripping (Collective Consciousness)
SWIM has noticed that a trip,or what is happening at the time of a trip,i.e.the hallucinations is symbolic of what is happening at that time.This is obvious,it is happening.But,it is also symbolic of how SWIM is feeling at that given moment.
But more than that,SWIM is seeing what EVERYONE,straight or tripping,is,has,or is going to experience.Someone may have fears,heights for example-that would be personal.And to come to terms with that fear would be,for that person(personally),a heroic feat,and make them feel good about themselves.Everyone has fears,a universal,or collective fact.So,suppose SWIM was see,hallucinate a dragon when tripping,and the hallucination was a good one(as opposed to bad,scary,freaky).This would for SWIM-personally be a heroic feat.But more than that,since I don't really have any PERSONAL experience of dragons(in reality,that is.SWIM may have knowledge of them from books,but this would not be "fully formed" like a real experience of something,because the full MEANING of something can't be appreciated until it is experienced for real.This is paramount.)So,the experience is a collective one,of overcoming fears.