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"more certainty in spirituality" sounds like a contradiction in terms :) Many spiritual traditions hold the primacy of Mystery and the unknown as axiomatic. W
by palimpsests 6y ago
"more certainty in spirituality" sounds like a contradiction in terms :)
Many spiritual traditions hold the primacy of Mystery and the unknown as axiomatic.
Well-facilitated psychedelic-assisted therapy naturally provides a safe space for each individual's experience of the transpersonal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychology). Given that these experiences occur in reality, they are, by definition, non-dual. In other words, beyond (or before) polarized concepts like "happy" or "sad". The guide and the medicine will help people integrate these experiences back into their daily lives. What this can look like, for one, is a much greater capacity to sit with uncertainty and discomfort.
If psychedelic therapy is regularly egosyntonic, that's something to track very closely and can indicate inefficacy / weakness of one or more aspects of the process (e.g. inadequate preparation, not working with a trained guide, etc).