CoffeeDrinker
Bluelighter
The thing about psychedelics is they really make the present moment quite enjoyable. That's all spirituality, and wisdom itself, is at the core.
Hard drugs make you desire something for the future (redosing, copping, etc.), psychedelics can make you totally content with the present moment. Both of them can give you essential lessons though.
I say both because psychedelics are so utterly different than hard drugs. IMO a hard drug is "rat push button" type drugs where lab rats will choose drugs over food every single time: coke, opiates, alcohol, MDMA, speed, even marijuana at times. Then a truly psychedelic experience is something totally different.
Lots of people can push themselves further away from spiritual progress with psychedelics though. Be mindful.
I still say that NO drug is essential and that the question is stupid to be honest. But that's just me.
Ancient Buddhists didn't do psychedelics to come up with their legacy of wisdom about enjoying the moment and being present and mindful, but they lived in a different day and age.
Hard drugs make you desire something for the future (redosing, copping, etc.), psychedelics can make you totally content with the present moment. Both of them can give you essential lessons though.
I say both because psychedelics are so utterly different than hard drugs. IMO a hard drug is "rat push button" type drugs where lab rats will choose drugs over food every single time: coke, opiates, alcohol, MDMA, speed, even marijuana at times. Then a truly psychedelic experience is something totally different.
Lots of people can push themselves further away from spiritual progress with psychedelics though. Be mindful.
I still say that NO drug is essential and that the question is stupid to be honest. But that's just me.
Ancient Buddhists didn't do psychedelics to come up with their legacy of wisdom about enjoying the moment and being present and mindful, but they lived in a different day and age.