Take too much of a psychedelic drug, have a bad trip, feel absolute terror of going wayyyyy too deep into existential crisis. The onset of that terror is what repels all people from engaging with truth.
Right, and then the problem becomes complex: why do some develop courage, while others do not? Why can some use courage to go through fear, and others can't?
That’s why a ritualistic psychedelic vision quest solo hunting trip was a requirement for manhood in many indigenous cultures. Those who did not return with a kill would be exiled as they were considered useless to the village, being unable to hunt. Also this vision quest would occur at age 15.
Take too much of a psychedelic drug, have a bad trip, feel absolute terror of going wayyyyy too deep into existential crisis. The onset of that terror is what repels all people from engaging with truth.
And The onset of courage is what drives a fighter forward through that fear and in spite of it.
Right, and then the problem becomes complex: why do some develop courage, while others do not? Why can some use courage to go through fear, and others can't?
That’s why a ritualistic psychedelic vision quest solo hunting trip was a requirement for manhood in many indigenous cultures. Those who did not return with a kill would be exiled as they were considered useless to the village, being unable to hunt. Also this vision quest would occur at age 15.