Psychedelics can bring many positive things. From curing depression, having life-changing visions and realizations to bringing people together. They open the soul to all sorts of new possibilities.

But can you do that without the psychedelic? If you can, then is it wrong to use them? People have been meditating for years and they seem to come to the same results, just far more patient manner. So is it wrong to use psychedelics, because there is a sober route?

The Psychedelic Defense

Psychedelics have been proven time and time again to be able to change ones life. They are healing tools that can bring anybody out of any darkness.

Psychedelics are a very quick way to do these things. But because they are quick, are they not as thorough as something that would take more patience; such as meditation? If we use psychedelics to heal ourselves, then are we missing out on the finer details?

These medicines are quick-acting tools to reset the brain and to start anew, but just how thorough are they? Can they really be a permanent resolution?

We don’t think that psychedelics can necessarily bring permanent change in ones self. We have seen it before, and people can and do revert into their old selves. They do, however, open a new window in life — permanently.

Psychedelics may not bring permanent change to ones attitude but it does bring a permanent aspect to ones life. Life will never be the same because you now know, from direct experience, that something else exists. The next comes discipline, and that is what people lack.

So if psychedelics aren’t permanent, are they wrong?

Not quite. Meditation simply does not make much sense to somebody who has not been exposed to spiritual awareness. Even if you lose yourself after taking psychedelics and you “forget” everything that you knew, you will always have a chance to be re-exposed.

This is where the discipline of meditations and other spiritual practices come into play. You must learn to balance yourself in every aspect of your life, properly. You must balance your desires, willpower, maturity and goals. You must balance what you’ve learned with your life.

Patient spiritual practices are best used after psychedelic usage. You understand the basic principles because you were exposed to them and now you may apply them. It is up to your quickly-rejuvenating ego as to whether or not you take the next steps into the depths of enlightenment.

Can you reach that point without psychedelics?

It is entirely possible with intense spiritual practices. Starvation, dehydration, sleep deprivation and other very intense states of being are ways that you can see beyond the filters that every day life brings.

Meditation alone can, indeed, bring you to this point but you must be absolutely dedicated and many people are not. For you to reach these points through meditation alone you must study and prepare yourself for all that can possibly come.

This is why psychedelics seem to be the safest route; for they are not only more physically safer than starvation, and other techniques, but they are also much quicker. With a psychedelic you can step inside the door but it is up to you to explore what is inside.

Conclusion

We would conclude that psychedelics are not entirely wrong but they are also not all there is, or should be. If you wish to be spiritually attuned then you must also dedicate at least some time for yourself to spirituality.

Meditate for 10 minutes a day, do yoga, join in a spiritually testing activity such as hiking, biking or hula hooping, et al. Do any of these and let your soul be re-freshened from all the trauma it receives in day-to-day life.