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I rarely talk about it, but I spent 7 days in the Peruvian Amazon doing ayahuasca for 5 nights.

Still very difficult to talk about the experience in a way that makes sense but it changed my beliefs and outlooks in a profound way.

I saw myself die and believed it enough (still do) that I lost my fear of flying (because I know and believe exactly how I'll die).

I was shown every single lie I've ever told, even the ones that I forgot. The ones that bothered me the most were the smallest ones because they served no purpose at all. When I got back to work I told my boss what I was actually doing in the jungle. I thought I'd get fired or drug tested. In stead my boss gave me even more leeway and freedom at work after we talked about my schedule and performance. Every time I replaced an old lie with a new truth to the person I had lied to, things got better not worse. I was afraid and hiding for nothing, worse than nothing, it was hurting me.

Truly, impossible to explain. Each night an eternity. I forgot who I was, I forgot what I was. I became a truly impartial observer. (The vomiting was awful). In a single night all of us there became close friends. Hard not to when you hear people screaming their demons aloud in the pagoda as you scream yours out as well.

There was nothing left to hide.

I'll probably never do it again, but my life would be worse if I had never done it at all.

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BowTiedDynamo's avatar

This is the perfect post to share on LinkedIn.

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