EP 30 - Yoga and Psychedelics with Andrew Raba and Mark Whitwell - a podcast by Mark Whitwell

Since psychedelics first escaped the research environment and sparked the counter-culture in the mid twentieth century, they have been aligned with the traditions of the East. But how do Yoga and psychedelics relate to each other? Are they complementary? Or antagonistic? Mark and Andy discuss the original counterculture, the current "psychedelic renaissance" and latest applications to mental health, as well as their own experiences.

 

In this episode you will hear...

 

01.32 High school Yoga catching on. The Divine is not located elsewhere. The colonization of spirit based cultures.

 

08:00 Screwy mainstream cultures, systems and radical Yoga. Capitalism without a product.

 

12:00 Spiritual change of states and that thing we all wanna hear more about : psychedelic experiences

 

23:00 Feeling like there's way to get to absent truths. Heroic quests. The problem is the ego. The solution is to destroy the ego.

 

28:00 You don't have to untie the knot. The knot never happened. Finding your way back. Psychedelics and prescription drugs. Yoga is a tool.

 

37:00 No more psychedelics, sex or weed until your practice is established. Yoga and Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation. There's a difference.

 

46:30 Is the a Yogic framework for the use of psychedelics? A call to stop interfering. Higher defilements.

 

56:00 Current culture doesn't have the capacity to enjoy mystical experiences without it turning into a problem.

 

1:04:00 The sublime and the ordinary are one. The secrets of the universe are already given. Putting Yoga in the drinking water.

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