“There’s no such thing as a bad trip” is a concept that is rising in popularity among experienced drug users. However, I don’t subscribe to this concept. To me, there is such a thing as a bad trip and it is determined by how we choose to deal with an uncomfortable experience.

Memories of ayahuasca arise, the feeling tone they echo in my soul is alive in me and now I’m sitting here immersed the presence of vulnerability and sadness.

I ponder if an increased capacity for silence correlates to an increased capacity for awe.

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I feel fragile. It has been following me for weeks, popping up periodically, calling me to attend to the ease by which my bodily…