Zen Buddhism teaches enlightenment is inherent to all beings — it isn’t a special quality only some people possess. Enlightenment is already present in all beings; it’s something we’re all capable of realizing.

Our minds are clouded by distractions like anger, greed, jealousy, grief, fear. In Buddhism, the path to enlightenment involves clearing the away to experience the enlightenment already there.

Could xenon, and other dissociatives, be enlightenment inducers?

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/xenon

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is is classified as a Schedule I drug by the UN Convention of Psychotropic Substances (1971).

Before it was banned, was successful in clinical settings for treating psychiatric conditions — without the risk of any serious physical side effects.

Just when scientists thought LSD could revolutionize mental health, Richard Nixon went and “peed in the psychedelic punch bowl” — so to speak.

Here’s what happened.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/acid-prohibition

“We need to regulate who is serving yagé” — Taita Henrri Muchavisoy chats with Colombian correspondent, Magdalena Tanev, about Taita training, charlatan shamans, & global ayahuasca expansion.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/interview-taita-henrri

"Euphoric Nothingness:" The Dichotomy of Dissociation & Healing

In this article, we examine the paradoxical healing potential of ketamine and other dissociative drugs, and how to approach them as the double-edged sword they are.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/euphoric-nothingness

Prepare to shatter your preconceptions about narcissism.

The term “narcissism” is painted with broad strokes of vanity and self-obsession — but it’s much more than that and the word has lost its true meaning.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/psychedelics-narcissism

The word “psychedelic” was coined in 1956 by British psychiatrist Humphry Osmond

Psychedelic is derived from Greek — psyche (soul or mind) and delien (“to manifest”). The word essentially means “mind-manifesting” or “soul manifesting”

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/psychedelic

The War On Drugs was — and is — an attempt to control a part of human nature that doesn’t want to be controlled.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/the-war-on-drugs

In an era where information on any subject is always within arm’s length, we’re unknowingly limiting our ability to learn because we only discover the answers to the questions we think to ask.

Books guide you to questions you haven’t even considered.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/psychedelic-bookshelf-2023

Kava is the antidote for the pressures of modern society.

Most people are burning the candle at both ends — we’re overworked and anxious during the day and don’t get anywhere near enough sleep at night.

This humble herb addresses both issues.

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/kava

Is It Necessary to Have a Mystical Experience With Psychedelics?

Unpacking the psychedelic experience: is cosmic enlightenment as an essential milestone or merely a scenic side trip?

https://tripsitter.substack.com/p/mystical-experience