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Re:Psychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in ... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:41AM (#35245949)
> Integration work is really important. Many people don't have the help they need to integrate their experience back into regular reality unfortunately.

It depends on what epistemological status you assign to the experiences of the trip. If the trip is access to a different part of you, or a different truth than you normally know, then integrating it is very valuable.

But if it's just random weird things that your neurons do while being poisoned, why bother to integrate it? Should I integrate the experience of having a stroke or a migraine? (On the other hand, in that case why bother to have the trip at all?)

And, is there any reason to suppose that poisoning your neurons should be a source of truth, or even of access to "a different part of you"?

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Re:Psychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in ... by neom on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:02AM (#35246221)
Do you believe it's possible to have a "passive" ayahuasca experience? I don't know the answer. Should you work to integrate having a stroke, probably, a migraine... maybe, as much as smoking a joint? Maybe? I'm not sure.

I think the point being any altered sense of perception of routine in regular reality warrants some introspection, the +/- probably depends on how profound it is? You points are good. different part of you, who knows, some people say you're re-tuning the bring to access new vibrations that show alternative realities and dimensions. Lots of big questions here! :)

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