Great comment, and thanks so much for sharing my post and providing insight here! I understand and relate to what you mean about how "as if true" can go both ways, and ego loss can definitely strengthen our ability to practice non-attachment as we uncover our true Self.
Excellent point, thanks again for sharing!
@runaway-psyche So true when you write: "As a consequence of the War on Drugs, scientific inquiry into the psychopharmacological mechanisms of these drugs was shut down for several decades, but research has begun to pick up again around the world, and the results so far have been promising."
For a great article about (and more), go here: http://www.themorningnews.org/article/the-heretic
That was a great read and impressive example of how psychedelics can encourage novel thinking:
Hopefully more studies like this will be conducted soon!
To me, the last line, quoting Fadiman, sums up the relationship between the ruling elites and those they rule: the latter's enlightenment "is always a crime" because if they were allowed to enlighten themselves, they would never abide being ruled by others.