FDA ruling on ectasy for PTSD is a bad trip for suffering patients
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No one has the equivalent of an ayahuasca experience through meditation. Why make up something like that? "If it's not the god I believe in it's the devil!"
Have you researched this at all? Ayahuasca = DMT, which is produced by the pineal gland. Meditation also activates the pineal gland. You think you can't experience healing without a large dose of a hallucinogen? That's sad. I'd encourage you to do more research on the effects of meditation on the brain.
I was taught meditation/self hypnosis starting at six years old and learned to induce deep relaxation at will. I have also experienced DMT. There is no comparison whatsoever. Meditation is a vehicle but DMT is a rocket ship to outer space.
Hyperspace - DMT is the most interesting experience(s) I have ever had, and psychedelics were my drug of choice for awhile. Taking a few hits of acid and then taking 'X' about 3 hours in was one of my favorite things to do and listening to psytrance and regular trance music was so enlightening. Ahh, those were the days. For extra 'umph' I would add some whippets too lol
This discussion is about DMT as a treatment for PTSD. As someone who's dealt with PTSD for decades, I believe that rocket ship is not only unnecessary, but potentially harmful. Not to mention expensive. It's wrong to make survivors who are desperate for help think they need to travel out of the country and gamble on something that has as much chance of screwing up their brain chemistry worse as it does of helping. It's just as wrong as doctors prescribing pharmaceuticals as the only treatment.
People need to be empowered with information to understand how to help themselves. Research PTSD in relation to the gut/brain axis, orthomolecular psychiatry, EMDR, and meditation.
I thought the thread was about MDMA. You made a tangential comment about ayahuasca that I responded to.