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Re:My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown by gameshot911 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:40PM (#27901772)
>Drugs are a hard no, I mean do them all you want but don’t combine the two.

Why not?

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Re:My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown by loopz on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:41AM (#27904522)
The point is to stabilize and calm the body-mind-spirit complex, a harmony which is called yoga.

Taking drugs, even alchohol, stresses the body and mind, and may distort and cloud the spirit. This work against yoga / equanimity / clarity.

There are traditions that uses drugs ritually, so is part of those traditions. Though, it is often a more perilous and dedicated path. Not everyone needs to live life as a sage or munk.

So doing sadhana (practices) will work over time. It's not a competition.

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Re:My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown by gbuk2013 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:21AM (#27903315)
Because they destabilise the mind, which is particularly dangerous when pursuing powerful spiritual practices where balance and stability of body, mind, emotions and energy are basic requirements.

An imperfect analogy is taking drugs and then driving fast on a windy mountain road.

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Re:My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown by stelonix on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:32PM (#27910170)
As a counter point, there are meditative practices that use cannabis and/or DMT.
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