My Biggest Mistake w/ Psychedelics 

To all of you who are being negative and judgemental. Psilocybin helped me deal with my PTSD. This has brought me so much peace. I think the people who need them are drawn to them. Please don't push a religious agenda onto others. If that's what helps you, then good for you ! 🍄

I came back from a festival today and started absolutely losing my head thinking I'd lost my GoPro. Checked everywhere I could fathom it being to no avail and just had to accept that it's gone and move on from it. Of course, after TRULY letting it go, I found it it in the most obvious place exactly like you said. After just grasping this insight of really letting go earlier today, it was a seriously mindblowing synchronicity for me hearing you articulate that here. Great video mate, one of your best!

Yess! One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently! Appreciation is key. Appreciation of everything, without attaching to anything. Not needing for things to be different. Silent loving appreciation is our greatest service to life. Inside and outside of psychedelic space. 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤

"Stop looking, and you shall find." That was one of the first things psycdelics taught me. Having expectations and anticipation when tipping is like carrying around a bag of bricks and expecting it not to hold you down.

Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone. Anything that can make you love yourself should be legal.

Never take psychedelics to try to gain something or to try to “cheat your way to the top”. They demand much more respect than that. They can help you grow if u take the right steps. As the old saying goes “set and setting” is extraordinarily important. This actually rings true with all substances.

Just like every video mate, this once again felt like having that profound 20 minute conversation with the best friend i never had. Stay you my brother.

Wait... who is this outback cowboy and where is Tom?

I'm Soo glad Toms videos are a part of my spiritual journey. Psychedelica awakened me but also taught me that they aren't the answer.

There are no mistakes, only learning experiences.

Hey Tom,My soul is in pain…My journey is difficult but I can see the light more and more

Pretty coherent psychobabble. Your words resonate without being preachy. Thanks for the peach.

You're the first person I've seen and heard with the same ideas. Everyone thinks im crazy when i talk about it. But this is how we've made sense of the world. We FEEL it. They can't take that away from us, whether they are just ignoring it in themselves or just not built the same in the brain. The attachment of trying to be "someone" tends to make us lose our heads. Especially myself. These entities guide us through the journey under psychedelics. If we listen closely, they will tell is exactly what needs to be done. They are here for us. They are our guiding light. I've seen the light while on mushrooms more than once. I dont know what the hell it is.... but its absolutely fucking beautiful. You cant tell me these experiences are just coincidence. They are way too fucking specific for every individual. Call me whatever you want, but psilocybin is meant for us. The guidance we recieve from them is real. Life is very fucking weird but we have each other and our fungus friends to help guide us through. We are all connected afterall, so we do this together. We must live if we wish not to die. Thank you for posting your video💜

you are so right man... about everything, I gotta say I think the same way and experienced and have same perspective........ that TRULY is how you say it is

Because we are bound to action by birth, be non-attached to action and give up the outcome to the Lord(or universe/consciousness. Perhaps simply justothers). Wisdom Tom ❤

Hey Tom, I’ve been watching your videos ever since I was around 18 ( im 26 now), I never really commented or interacted even though I thought about it few times…. And I’ve Been thinking about some very similar things in life, I agree and I think it’s important also to have understanding to our attachment to seeking especially when one is in pain. Because when we are in a lot of pain it is only natural to want to to not be in pain, it is only natural to want to in some way move from a unwanted to a wanted experience.

Yeah lost my AirPods today. Still checking my pockets. Need music

When I picked up my wife to move her down to florida I lost my wallet with 5k cash.. I know I left it at the gas station but I still look for it when vacuuming the car 4 years later lol

Thank you for this video Tom. I really needed the reminders of the things you discussed. Keep up the great content brother and peace and love to you and your family. 🤍🪬

Tom, this is the third of your videos I watched. I think you are a highly intelligent and sensitive person, which is very rare! I wish you good luck with your journey, everything else you already have!

Enlightenment is a commonly sought result from journeying, and indeed the only problem is having expecations of what it looks like. Let's be real, we all want to be able to levitate in the lotus posture to show off our level of enlightenment, but indeed, as Tom said, it is better to let go of any expectation for what the outcome of our seeking looks like. Set the intention, but then let go, as completely as you can. I like that in India, another way of describing the quest for enlightenment is to say one is seeking realization. The word realization hits the nail on the head for what enlightenment is all about. When you realize something, it means you have only just noticed something which was already there. "Oh, only now did I realize that the ladder was too short!" The ladder was already too short, but you didn't realize it at the time. Same with enlightenment.

Taking 5 grams later today, wish me luck lads.

The main insight I got from psychs the first time I tried them was that the same love given to others can also be sent inward. After that, I kept revisiting bc that was the only way I knew to connect with myself in that way. April 2020, I felt I was ready for the “big teaching” and took an ultra-heroic dose (9.5 tabs), which culminated in my hearing Ram Dass’s voice for the first time saying “Be here now. Just be here now” and that cut through my mind and opened my heart. The timing of that was grace and the first thought I had following was “love transcends death” which put to rest a lot of my neurosis around impermanence. Come to learn about Ram Dass and it turns out he had a very similar experience upon meeting his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, and that sense of lineage propelled me down the spiritual path enough for me to start seriously engaging with Tibetan Buddhism

Thank you for this share. It’s clear, bold, and heartfelt. When we take "the substance," reality offers us a dance of possibilities. If we adjust the rhythm in harmony with the five elements, a flow of creative confidence acts as if by magic... everything falls into place. How far are we willing to go? To surrender in trust and become one with what is? Thank you for this capsule. Keep sharing, it’s a valuable help. A reminder that there are keys and essentials, and it’s always impactful. Especially when it’s done so well with your talent for communication.

I can relate to all that you're saying. I was blessed to discover psychedelics just after high school. I learnt so much about my inner self and the universe and have had a blessed life. About what you were saying - whenever I lose something, I look for it and then remind myself to stop looking because I always find it when attachment and expectations are forgotten.

I got the notification and i read Your biggest mate ❤😂 🙏🏼

By far this video is pure gold. Thanks from Lima Perú exactly what i need it

It's been a while since I've had a good trip. Most of my trips have alot of terrible anxiety.

I found them at the same time I found Castaneda and expected an inconceivable adventure. To that end, they haven't disappointed! For the most part reality is excruciatingly mundane and I was looking for actual, real, magic. To that end, psychedelics have been an indispensable and awesome tool. Considering how strong weed is these days, I'd certainly add it to the list of psychedelics. The greatest lesson I've learned is that it is very dangerous to run from the present. Existence is much easier if you embrace it.

Regarding the cat theory- Cats can perceive eye contact and attention as a 'threat' or 'too much' so to speak (if they know/trust you already), when you are focused on something else (i.e. as you said, working on something/reading) and looking 'disinterested in them' it is perceived as a calm, safe space, where they feel able to safely come to you for attention and comfort on their own terms. That's why a lot of people that hate cats get annoyed/confused as to why cats always come to them- the person is completely ignoring them and that body language says "I am a safe space, I mean you no harm at all" in cat language. I hope that makes sense! *Continues listening/watching

you might like zen buddhism! I hear the teachings in what you're saying "Seeking enlightenment is not enlightenment." And principles of non-attachment. If you haven't read any Alan Watts I have a feeling you would really resonate with it

Love your videos Tom, Im in the process of healing and really trying to find myself and really grab a hold of my life. I really appreciate the realistic views and kind of eye opening discussions you have with us. Thank you for all your videos.

9:33 I love your channel and your audience, I'm gonna comment on ALL your videos for years until I reach your level of subscribers.

I got to the realisation through my story with psychadelics that there is only one god and quit at this point. Once you get the message, hang up the phone

yep, ayahuasca was quite the traumatic experience for me but I don't regret the whole experience. I found out that my mind is stronger than I thought it was. I was shown by ayahuasca to give up alcohol. Alcohol was at the root of my anxiety issues. I had leaned on it since I was 18 to be social in the world when in fact it was blocking my true self. The good effects of taking psychedelics may not readily felt for a long time because we may not act on what we were shown immediately. The ego can be very stubborn. All psychedelics do is plant a seed and it is up to the individual to flower that seed and change their lives.

I dont think a mushroom has any life, in the way a window doesnt. You see lofe through the window.

You had me in the first minute...I'm still watching the rest but I love the analogy and where it seems to be going.

Does making psychedelic content or channel make it hard to make a monetizable career on youtube? Do you feel like theres such a thing as Shadow banning or can making content around this subject still be a good venture on RU-vid?

Earth Medicine IS Sacred. Treat it accordingly and you'll be fine. Ask for the bigger picture. Approach it with humbleness and a student mind. If you just want to go for a ride they will take you, but you will be responsible for where you land

14:35 - love the big lez voice 😂 " you're banned for 3 weeks mate" 🤣

Right on, love this man❤

Some personal growth, a wider perspective, that's a balanced result. To many people trying to over explain the whole thing. Whatever you think it is, whatever you say it is, it isn't that.

(FoYan) "There is something in each of you that you will only be able to perceive when you turn around. So how does one turn around? By nonseeking seeking, seeking without seeking. This is precisely what people find hard to deal with or get into. How can you seek if you are not seeking? How can you not seek if you are seeking? If you only seek, how is that different from pursuing sounds and chasing forms? If you do not seek at all, how are you different from inert matter? You must seek, and yet without seeking; not seek, yet still seek. If you can manage to penetrate this, you will then manage to harmonize seeking and nonseeking."

I took two grams ofdried subs for the first time and it just made me extremely emotional and think about other people and their interactions with me. But it was not a 'trip' as I was expecting. And I thought that is supposed to be a pretty potent dose? It was very mild experience for me. Enjoyable though. And yes I did feel a sense of calm for a few weeks afterwards. I want to try them again, but I can't find any in the bush now :(

Really appreciate your takes. Thank you for sharing them with us, I wish you to have a beautiful journey in life, RU-vid or both

You Sir, just validated Chapter 2 Verse 47 of the Bhagavad Gita

Sooo... when you looking for something you give energy to what it is that you wont. But when you let go, universe can give it to you? (because it now now what you want)

I've had a very similar experience. I've always appreciated how real you are

Too be honest I have found them in that same pocket on the sixth time

Its so uncanny, im just going through the stage in my journey were im learning to let go of attachment, mostly love for a person that I know is emotionally unavailable. Its so hard at times and I find myself slipping back into being attached to this person daily... but moments appear were im free. And it feels so great in those moments, like im just flowing with the universe. Love the vids Tom as always!

a new prospecctive on the polarity of life.. Amen!

Good deep self reflection on your behalf 👏 I do hope you collected the water bottle before you left the area, the camera cut at a time you may have 😊 🌿

man i am on fire, and this timing

My thing is i want to trip so bad bc i to am lost and want to heal and brake free and find out who i am .but it scares me bc i belive that i will have nothing but bad trips and also i have no trip sitter so do i just trip bye my self

whats up mate

love your hat, really suits you!! 👌❤

This is only his personal perspective on his his on own experience, nothing more.

tom your videos are great

This sounds like a very confused ramble

it's how it works lol everything is right where ya left it lol

how many often did you take mushroom a week?

The only zen you will find at the top of the proverbial mountain is the zen you bring with you. Reaching the peak is only half the journey............ There are many 'mountains' in the hero's journey

My biggest mistake was taking them before getting my ADHD diagnosis and meds. Big mistake.

Man i love your videos dude. Really needed to hear this. + your words just go to show how everything must have balance. Going too far down either side never worked for me with anything really. I very much believe in balance. Thanks for making this kind of content man. So peaceful and inspiring to hear you talk!

Lol... Where is all this talk these days from people coming from, where people are saying that we will never be enlightened? I don't know about you all, but enlightenment is a possibility and I go to a mystery school... Now people don't start mystery schools just to try to talk someone into something that can never be accomplished and as far as perfect is concerned... People saying that we will never be perfect... That there is no perfect? I think this is a very limited scope of seeing things. I am only saying this, because people will get discouraged by people saying things like this. For one: perfect "is" it is inherent In all things. You say to yourself, well I'm not perfect because if I were perfect then I would be this, or that! There is no such thing as perfect as in one perfection. One mans ideal of perfect isn't the ideal of perfect of someone else. They are running after a carrot on some imaginary stick, when in fact, any ideal of perfect is some "created", "imagined" subjectivity. Yes... Any ideal of perfect is subjective if compared to another thing, but what if I said all are perfect and perfect is right where you're at. Another thing is that there have been mystery schools all across the world all throughout time hidden in secret. Just here in America there are thousands and they have them in every culture to help people become enlightened. The problem is that you need help from one that has made it to that place, because we are beings who manifest what we image in the mind and emotions and so how can you, by yourself, imagine something that you have no idea what it is, specially if it is outside of the conceptions of what words can truly convey. It is something that has to be experienced and even at that, to still be a separate human being will kick you back out of it. Just a glimpse is enough to change you forever though. As for me.... I know what reality is, and I know things that the human mind cannot truly logically grasp. It's not a fairytale, and it is within EVERYONES grasp... That means you too!

I’ve been in Amsterdam for a bit and bought some mushrooms to try after breaking up with my partner and trying to figure out what I wanted from life. But I got scared and didn’t try them because I felt something was wrong and I wasn’t ready for them to teach me anything somehow. And I think this video helped me figure this out. A constant search and “want” out of this thing. Not allowing myself to just be. Soon I’ll be ready but for now I’ll just Be

My biggest mistake was not taking enough of them lol. Very recently in my journey I’ve been taking them especially micro doses and if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t be no where near where I am rn. Amazing tool for healing if used correctly.

A fable from india - there is a sage who tends an unending garden. It is verdant green and full of flowers. Through this garden runs many paths and as you walk you might see rubies and diamonds by the side of the road. But if you look for those precious gems they will never appear. It is only when you let yourself sink in to the beauty of the garden and the joy of walking through it, those stones will litter your path.

Some great thoughts with a lot of parallels to an excellent book I read recently "the subtle art of not giving a fuck". I'd highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

Exactly why I don't own cats rofl. When you really need them, they won't jump in your lap, but when you stop wanting them to do so, that's when they do it...

It was the moment I smelt my own fart particles,I suddenly had the answers I was looking for ✌🏼💨

" Seeking makes human hearts blind. Trying takes you away from the flow. The only thing to do is to be ✨️ Surrender " Very interesting and timely upload Tom 💜 This describes my last two mushroom experiences. Where I was looking.

This reminds me of a Simpson episode where Bart is playing competitive mini golf and Bart starts stressing while taking his shot, Lisa asks him if a tree branch falls and no one’s around can you hear it? And his mind goes to that question while subconsciously hitting the ball and got it in.

A good lesson, I have thoughts about why this is. When we look for something we are using our own expectations to focus and find that thing. Therefore, sometimes we miss the thing itself because we do not recognize it as the thing we’re expecting. When we give time to observe and notice, then we can see things more freely.

Lovin the cowboy look, bud. You look good, God bless ya mate, love From the US east coast!

All the best tom. When i watch your channel its sometimes almost as if i am looking into a mirror. I guess many people are going through similar stuff. All the best for you and your wife

This is definitely the psychedelics talking it showed you perspective in life without you even knowing it

Finding something by accident (even though you were looking for it) is known as "serendipity" Sometimes you get shown the light In the strangest of places If you look at it right

if this resonates with you and you would like to learn more, look into daoism and specifically wu wei within daoism, it speaks on these exact things

Religion its a hard drug ...

Very helpful, thanks.

Im in the drained part of the circle, just do what makes you happy Tom the circle can be what ever size you need it to be and no ones journey is the same. We have free will even when we trick ourselves into none. ✌️ ❤️ unity

if you want to know the answer to the riddle of the earth(heart), the riddle had an answer from the moment of its birth(start) dont try

Also always leave your keys wallet and phone at home or a box when tripping balls

nice hat bro, it looks like it’s accepted you as its owner, like the legendary Mjölnir

It's like being taken on a personal tour of who you are Tom. And it's a great view.

Thank you for the "trauma" specified. i was just thinking youre always in some dramatic situation. it made me laugh to hear you say something about that

The thumbnail fooled me

Hey my Mate Tom, What you tell about your healing journey resonates with me a lot. I see myself in the same situation where diving into psychedelic practices and clinging to the idea of "give me something, help me heal, change me" turned out to not be a lasting fruitful approach. Letting go of attachments and of the things that deeply run us is probably done best by a continuous mindful practice, balanced with times of taking rest from healing (as you say, there's seasons .. a circle). Psychedelics can be such a big aid on that journey, but shouldn't be looked as the main cure, the saviour - because that would be a form of attachment

Reminder to self and others, stop searching start exploring

Sorry but when I find my lost stuff it is in some out of control spot. Bends my mind sometimes working out how it gets there.

Dude! Who are you and why aren’t there more of you’s? Everything you said makes so much sense to me and hits home so hard. But it’s what i needed to hear…. Cheers mate from USA

It's been a while since I have seen a vid of yours Tom (blame the algorithm) but your growth is night and day. You seem very self-assured and this is beautfiful - perhaps this ties into the idea you are talking about, of just being, being and not wanting. The less you allow want, the more you appreciate what you have/are.

I feel like the spiritual search is more destructive than consctructive, it is letting things come forth just as they are.

Thankyou Tom, you hit a few points of things I’ve been experiencing in my life recently

It's all subjective. Each path is unique.

Idk why I can't take you seriously in that hat 😂

Bro, fucken amazing, thank you so much

Much love bro.♥️ Thanks for this

Looking good Tom, when are you coming down to Texas?