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And what good does that do for you?

I have taken a considerable amount of psychedelics mostly in ceremonies, so I have had the opportunity to compare my experiences with other people. What I have learned is that general statements about psychedelics are mostly false. These drugs affect everyone differently. The same substance that gives you a life changing insight might give someone else a headache. I have also found that facilitators and “shamen” don’t know anymore than you do. So what is the value of asking Ralston to take 5-meo? If it works for him, that doesn’t mean it will work for you. And if it doesn’t work for him, that doesn’t mean it won’t work for you. The exercise just perpetuates meaningless chatter dressed up as a search for deep consciousness.

For me it was San Pedro. The trip lasted 17 hours. Mescaline can stay in the body for 20 hours.

This is why Zen keeps conversation to a minimum. The real truth is non verbal.

Shinzen would talk about pain as a means of spirituality. He use to teach AIDS patients how to use meditation to control pain. Years ago, he got interested in Native American spirituality, and decided to do a sun dance. That is where you dance for several days in the sun without food or water and then they put two knives in your breasts and hang you from a tree. He was telling us how interesting the sensations were and that it was deeply spiritual.

At which level does suffering cease?

Awaken the World in Canada did an intensive physical retreat several years ago where they microdosed with Iboga to aid the meditation and self inquiry. I saw a video where they claimed that a percentage of the people had an awakening. I don’t remember what the percentage was.

I agree. I am just saying that all information that use to be secret is now out there. There was a wisdom to keeping it secret. One can see how non duality has turned into a dogma with people flippantly saying they are god.

You needed to be a monk for 20 years to learn things like non duality. But now we can get the information on the Internet. I think that cat is already out of the bag.

Why should I listen to him? He promotes magical thinking which indicates to me that he is more concerned about marketing than liberation of his followers. Magical thinking and wild stories are entertainment for the masses.

My hunch is that reaching the most people possible would be the least concern of an enlightened person. Ramana Maharshi didn't have a marketing team.

This sounds like prosperity gospel from a megachurch pastor.

Sadhguru is a good businessman as demonstrated by the large organization he created and manages. He has fashioned a message that appeals to a simplistic audience coming from a materialistic culture. It’s important to keep in mind that his actual demonstrated competence is in business. The same thing happens in the medicine world. The guy who runs the Ayahuasca retreat has no shamanic abilities and may even be a sexual predator. But he is a good businessman, which is why he is the one running a retreat.

He is a professor who taught clinical psychology and when the going gets tough they blame it on demons, instead of facing himself and his defenses. He is a quack psychologist.

I am wondering how you get around the Federal Analogue Act which specifically targets "designer drugs". It treats chemical analogs as if they were the original controlled substance.