Quote Originally Posted by harmonicminor
I find it like jumping into a cold pool. once I'm in however its awesome :-)
that is a great way to put it :thumbsup:

about the fear thing, i have found with others that there is definitely an inexplicable 'sinister' feeling you get after even the first hit of plain leaf. that is why i can never force myself to go any further, usually, i just get tweaked out by the pulsing sensations and the ominous, 'threatening' feeling like salvia is about to do something wicked and evil to you if you're not careful.

however i think the best way to think about it is, that salvia is just messing with you. it's like it is waiting to see if you get scared off before realizing that there is nothing to fear. there is no physical harm, and the mental effects are what they are, so you just take what you want from it. salvia is kind of fucking with you, but is waiting to welcome you into its world, if you're willing to trust it. the experience itself is just there for what it is--in itself harmless--salvia is testing you and kind of laughing at you because it knows it can't hurt you, and yet your impulse is to 'run away' from it as if something is wrong.