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> Try vipassana before LSD, it will help. It will kick ur ass, but youll heal some deep seated issues.

Not necessarily. While rare I've seen 2 psychotics breaks (requiring hospitalization) occur on meditation retreats -- 1 a ten-day Vipasana retreat; the other a 7-day Zen retreat.

Obviously meditation and intensive retreats can be effective , much like deep substance induced psychedilc experiences, but there are no guarantees, so blanket statements like, "do X, it worked for me" may unintentionally send one down the road to hell despite your good intentions :)

p.s. meditation, particularly of the <= 1 hour variety, is almost certainly safe for everyone; it's the intensive retreats and large dose induced psychedelic psychosis that impose a much greater risk.



You are right, carl jung warns against a too quick descent into the unconscious, and i did go through some disturbing things myself, as well.

The ironic thing about <=1 meditations is that people often don’t do then due to a lack of will power.

I see it as a hammer and a hard place, and as you said, the breakdowns are rare




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