Plant Medicines and the Direct Path

"I had a very interesting life with addiction that led me down very dark paths, including homelessness. What helped me discover my true nature was plant medicines. What are your thoughts on psychedelic states and how they pertain to the non-dual teachings? Rupert says: ‘I have some experience but very little, and so many friends have been helped by plant medicines – it obviously has its place. I’m not qualified to speak about it. The approach here is very direct; it doesn’t go through substances. But if it’s helped you, that’s beautiful. To your other question about Jesus saying “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me” – you’re absolutely right. “I am” – the awareness of being – is the way. The awareness of being is like a portal in the back of the mind, the only experience not mediated through thought or perception. When Jesus says “no one comes to the Father except through me”, he’s saying the only way to infinite being is through the experience “I am”. It’s pure non-duality, but profoundly misunderstood. “The Father and I are one” – King Lear and John Smith are one. And well done coming through your addiction and through the fundamentalism that followed. Any fundamentalism is an egoic position. Credit to you that you passed through it so quickly.’"

From event 27 February - 01 March, 2026 The Nature of Consciousness – Online Weekend Retreat at Home 27 February–1 March 2026

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