Last summer, I took a sacrament I think the literature refers to as
"toad slime." In this particular experience - it's
a nine-minute, uh, moment; I've taken it several times - I turned into a very
large, black woman. I was surrounded by beings who were children - all suffering, hungry, frightened, sick. I found myself opening my arms to draw them all into myself. 
At the same time I was both gagging on it all and in absolute ecstasy, the ecstasy of just being part of the total dance of life, not looking away from anything. Ram Dass
At the same time I was both gagging on it all and in absolute ecstasy, the ecstasy of just being part of the total dance of life, not looking away from anything. Ram Dass