Unveiling the Insight of the O-Tech

I recently saw a post which compared psychedelic journeys to BDSM, and referenced the tripper as a metaphor for the journey of the submissive-- taking the advice of the psychedelic (or the shaman). One thing about me is that I'm no stranger to this type of experience - even if I don't "dabble" much these days. ^[Note: if you think I am referencing your work above, please let me know so that I can check and then tag you or leave a link!] I'm often thinking about several directions that the 'psychedelic movement' seems to be headed as it gains traction and popularity. Here is a message I've been wanting to share. When a shaman helps one to undergo a transformative psychological experience, they must act as the medium - someone who incites and catalyzes things to happen. These emotional states which are provoked tend to result in mental soliloquies which therapeutically leave the individual positively and effectively changed. Sometimes the shaman them sel...

The other day, I had a strange reaction to ASMR. When I walked into the room and heard it, it felt superficial to me instantly…. this is only because it ‘seemed to be’ trying to incite a sexual feeling within me. (To me, sounding like you’re inside someone’s orifice is sexual. [shrug])   I realized with a little time that it was my own stereotypes related to ASMR, as well as the knowledge I have of how advertising works, that was creating the negative experience.   Just like with advertisements, I knew that I had realized somewhere along the line that the ASMR had the potential to put me into a state where I was suggestible, and I was not happy with it. The stereotypes I felt reflected this, and they reminded me of advertisements. Ads seemed to encourage a type of casual, pseudo-care of “whatever a person was”. Yet, instead of listening to what a person felt about themselves deep down, advertisements and stereotypes were all based upon judgments of what we were *supposed* to b...