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Wendy Koran's avatar

Thank you so much for your wonderful essay, Rachel! As ayahuasca has contributed in part to the profound understandings displayed in your essay, I’m going to have to reevaluate my negative view of it. As a person in my late 60s, who has engaged in many years of religious and philosophical research and practice in order to deal with life’s difficulties, I’ve tended to poo poo attempts to reach more profound awareness through substances. I now realize how that position stinks of righteousness as well as being an embarrassing attempt to prop up my self-esteem. More profound understandings of existence, and of the suffering and the threats to all beings on earth and our contribution to that, is what we all desperately need right now, and any way that can be achieved is something we must be extremely grateful for.

I was first drawn to your Podcasts through a great interview you did with Carl Safina. He’s done many, but yours was definitely the best. Thank you so much!

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Nico's avatar

Wonderful article here - have you read the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying? It touches on a lot of similar themes you discuss here!

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