Navigating your own vessel

Going into Natural Altered States
The first time I drank, I was filled with fear. I was prepared to visit other planets, encounter strange creatures, dive into my past, meet the death, or even become psychotic. After I drank the cup, I waited for something to happen. I waited. And waited. Until I felt something was waiting for me too.
That was the moment I realized that the altered state was not somewhere far away.
It was simply me. The me I know so well. It was both funny and such an enormous relief.
That doesn’t mean I didn’t witness extraordinary things, things I could never have imagined, during that ceremony and in many of the ceremonies that followed.