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Joyful Tripping A conversation with Miriam van Groen
Heidi writes
In our times where Corona is an ever present threat all over the world, we can observe our weird relationship to drugs. We believe to have resolved everything as soon as the pharmaceutical industry has found a drug against the virus as well as a vaccine, and we are ready to accept the inevitable side effects of those drugs. When you start with taking drugs regularly you have a very good chance to become addicted or to get ill from what they contain, but these drugs are perfectly legal and even almost exclusively recommended and prescribed by our doctors. The consumption of potentially dangerous drugs for the cure of some symptom is ever increasing, as well as the harm they are causing. There are many testimonies for that. If you are interested: here the story of Jordan Peterson who almost died because of the assumption of the drugs prescribed by his doctor and who is not fully healthy yet, after a year of struggle.
As for the pandemic right now: How many doctors recommend boosting the immune system by Vitamins and minerals.and more? Almost 100% of the people who died from Corona had a significant lack of Vitamin D. So why is everyone talking about future chemical drugs instead of telling people how they could prevent an infection? This is a rhetorical question, because we know the why: Vitamin D or C or other preventive measurements don’t bring money to Big Pharma. Hence society doesn’t talk about them, doctors don’t learn about them. Actually, they get brainwashed in believing only in chemical drugs and dismissing all healing modalities which are not beneficial for the medical industrial complex. Too bad for those who are ill and still believe in the ethical vow of doctors to do their best for healing the fellow human being.
It is a crime to withhold healing from people who are in need.
What about pain? Some years ago a German health insurance company made a study and realised that pain medication has a score of less than 30, while acupuncture something like 80 and then they started to pay it for their members. A good step which didn’t have a lot of follow up so far, Big Pharma is eager to not get these things known too widely.
Also depression: psychotropic drugs are not very effective and can have disastrous side effects (see the video mentioned above), but they are exclusively given to patients and doctors ignore other and more effective ways like the use of hallucinogen substances like magic mushrooms. In most countries this sort of drugs is legally forbidden and their possession or use considered a punishable crime, while drugs like alcohol are not only allowed, but the states get money from it and provide more fodder for the medical industrial system, as the destructiveness for people’s health is widely recognised, but as we know, totally accepted.
People who use alcohol to fight their depression enter deeper and deeper into it, People who use Psilocybin, only once or very few times, get out of the depression forever. Finally clinical studies are going on in several countries (Johns Hopkins research) and the facts of beneficial results regarding anxiety relief, healing from addictions and depression, cancer and end-of-life care are undeniable Here a Ted Talk as an introduction. And here another one.)
Magic Mushrooms are magic in resolving many problems, they are not addictive, theoretically they can be found on the meadow behind your house and the treatment has no lasting negative side effects like most of the pharmaceutical drugs. On the contrary, the treatment is sending you on a trip of discovery, of beauty and awe. It has the power to reconnect you to life and to your purpose. There are only some contra-indications, like a family history of schizophrenia & psychosis, anti-depressant use, certain personality disorders, and a few physiological issues contraindication – and the fact that it is not allowed and you risk legal consequences in most countries, but not in the Netherlands, where my guest Miriam van Groen is guiding people on their trips into the realm of self-healing and conscious awareness..
Videopost for September 9th, 2020
About Miriam van Groen
As a Psychedelic Trip Guide, I love being able to support people through highly meaningful moments and to be a calm nervous system or anchor for their experience. After years of immersing myself in a great variety of personal and spiritual growth methods, as well as enjoying psychedelics both recreationally and intentionally, a friend asked me to sit with him while he journeyed for the first time. What I learned that day and have honed ever since is that my presence, care, and knowledge allow people to relax into their trip. What happens during the experience has a big impact because it is injected into a deeper layer of being – a layer that the psilocybin makes much more readily available.
The presence, intuitions, and skills we bring to the session, make sure that the whole experience (including preparation and integration) is not only safe, but exciting, insightful and effective. My colleagues and I use modalities such as circling, systemic work, voice dialogue, intuitive bodywork, awareness of enneagram/other typologies, as they become relevant. This is about curious exploration and meeting what comes up, rather than forced “shoulds”, “getting rid of” or silver bullets. Our collaboration with the substance never has set goals, but instead leverages any potential for joyful empowerment.
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