Welcome to Trippy Monday’s, where I go over 3 things that caught my attention from this past week. Enjoy!
(1) Psychedelic Science 2023 was everything I was hoping it would be and more. I’m not going to write a ton about it here because I plan on making a longer post for my blog, but I’ll certainly touch on some of it. It was an incredibly busy week filled with lots of love, meeting new and old friends, and fun events to bring the community together. I’ll be honest, I’m still kind of exhausted from how much there was constantly going on. It was overwhelming at times. Overall, I’m inspired by how many wonderful people there are who are genuinely trying to do so much good in this world for the betterment of humanity.
I made some dope connections that I’m really excited about. I’ve got some ideas for new podcast guests, new writing topics, and some opportunities to collaborate with others in the space.
Even though there were about 12,000 attendees, which was huge, I couldn’t help but think about how small this space truly is. I recognize that I live in a bubble. Everyone I’m around is very pro-psychedelics. However, we are still very early in our development as an industry and need to be wary of that. It’s exciting to be part of something so new, and I can’t wait to see how we progress.
(2) There’s a trippy museum called Meow Wolf here in Denver that I’ve been wanting to go to since I moved here. I finally went this week with some people from the conference, and I was blown away by how cool it was. The level of detail throughout the place was just insane. There are other ones in Sante Fe and Las Vegas, so if you’re ever in those areas, I would highly recommend going.
(3) I went to my very first Pride celebration on Saturday. It was a great reminder of how there are still way too many people in the world who don’t feel safe existing as themselves. It’s really sad. Yes, we’ve come very far, but we have a long way to go. It made me think about my work with psychedelics as a way to help solve this problem as well.
I truly believe that if people fully and unconditionally love themselves, they will naturally want to care for the collective. That’s what psychedelics did for me. All judgment placed upon others is because we wouldn’t be able to love ourselves for that very thing we are judging them for. If we learn how to love ourselves for who we are, it’s harder to judge others for the traits that make them human. Heal yourself to heal the world. And then trust that everything else will be taken care of once you do that.