Buck Edwards

You have to look at things differently. You have deep suffering. Heal from it. Life is still worth living despite the challenges. It doesn't matter if it's predestined or not. A lot depends on how you take it.

You're being judgemental. Maybe take a step back. People need awareness. There is little awareness about psychedelics. It's not people's fault. Psychedelics is a field that is largely unexplored.

You're wrong about it. A lot of people don't know that.

Unipolar and bipolar depression. Studies. https://journalbipolardisorders.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40345-022-00265-5 https://psychedelicstoday.com/2020/05/11/bipolar-and-psychedelics/

I'll be looking into in depth research of the association between psychedelics and mental health. I really wanna get this sorted out for once. I'll be publishing research stuff here, articles, posts and relevant videos on the subject. Stay tuned.

This article, give it a read. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40263-020-00748-y https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/investigating-the-potential-of-psychedelics-for-mental-health

Looks like Trump is the proverbial the one that got away. Yuge.

For me meditation and shaktipat works. So I don't do psychedelics as it, given all my conditions, it might be a bit risky

@Yimpa also I suffer severe trauma and insomnia and constant struggle with mood disorder and fluctuating mental state. The trauma makes me hypersensitivity issues

@Yimpa I have severe mental illness and high autism and substance abuse issues. So I have to be outrightly careful about how I'll use psychedelics. I have Hawaiian baby woodrose seeds and they have worked really great so far. But venturing on other stuff is still something I'm contemplating.

Ok done. I will have to create a thread on psychedelics and mental health. I need research. Too much confusion around this topic and severe lack of awareness.

You need more information and on psychedelics. You're being too black and white om it.

@Leo Gura you helped my whole life. For that I'm deeply grateful to you. I won't forget that, from my heart, thank you.

If you pointed out every teacher's flaws in a video, you will run of business quite soon.

That's completely understandable and reasonable too.

@Leo Gura this is a problem even with doctors and scientists. You're always going to be dealing with people with different beliefs and opinions once you have a bunch of them. This is not limited to spirituality alone, it's a universal human problem. Comes with the territory. The only thing anyone would need is just open mindedness.

You're putting me in a mindfuck now.

Wrong.

Psychedelics aren't for everyone. You've to be a certain kind of a genetic freak to gain complete mastery over spiritual practices. It's simply not possible for everyone. Psychedelics are a hit or miss. Especially for those with specific mental disorders like bipolar, schizophrenia and other mood/instability related disorders as well as personality disorders and brain defects, would be highly vulnerable to the experiment of psychedelics, either inviting benefits or adverse effects depending on the brain's reaction, this varying from person to person, meanwhile some people might report beneficial effects on the scope of their disorder, others might severely regret having tried even minute amounts of psychedelics. Psychedelics vary a lot in terms of effect and potency. So meanwhile LSD could be considered safe at lower doses, dmt can be quite potent for most people to consume. Certain brains are more sensitive than others due to many factors, mostly genetic disposition and so any suggestion regarding the use of psychedelics should not be thrown around loosely out of candor. The same applies to yoga, meditation and practices like shaktipat. Some people can test the extreme limits of these practices meanwhile these might not benefit others or even cause adverse effects like certain facets of kundalini are considered too strong, Yoga too has not been fully effective for a lot of people out there. Abuse and misuse of spiritual practices including overuse of any method is far too common and sometimes even a bigger menace than the actual beneficial use of spirituality. You'll notice that the severe abuse of psychedelics (people getting addicted to tripping and hallucinogenic compounds) is very common in the psychedelic community. There are both benefits and risks with every practice depending on suitability which in turn depends on your genetic profile. For genetic freaks, a lot of things are possible. This being the main reason why a lot of people don't even bother to try spiritual methods at all and back out early on.

Why was he banned?

The alternatives are plenty - yoga, meditation, detachment, non duality, Buddhism, Hinduism, energy and vibration, shaktipat, kundalini Kriya and lucid meditation. All explained in detail by Sadhguru.

I don't think psychedelics should be the holy grail.

What do you mean by this?