Questions to ask yourself before taking psychedelics ☼

Dec 29, 2021

If it's your very first time utilizing psychedelics or it’s just been awhile, it’s important to get clarity on your intentions, your headspace, and where you’re at in your life before diving in.

Utilize these awesome prompts from DoubleBlind Magazine to help you get started with this process.

☼ Why am I seeking a psychedelic experience?

☼ Am I willing to persevere if or when things get difficult?

☼ What is happening in my life right now?

☼ What is my intention for taking a psychedelic?

☼ Is this the right time in my life for me to dive into this journey?

Other potent questions for reflection (courtesy of The Temple of the Way of Light's Integration booklet) include:

☼ What deeply held fears have held me back from pursuing my most cherished, yet still unrealized dreams?

☼ What aspects of myself-innocence, joyfulness, power, trust, and spontaneity - need to be retrieved?

☼ What is my tolerance for change? How have I responded to the major change in the past?

☼ How easily do I handle ambiguity, situations of not-knowing? Again, how have I dealt with these in the past?

☼ What, including addictions, am I willing to surrender in order to live my soul's purpose?

☼ What in people or in nature repulses me? Can I identify these qualities somewhere inside myself?

☼ What are the repetitive patterns or dramas in my life? What do I lose from these, and what do I gain from these?

☼ Am I willing to surrender these secondary pay-offs in the interest of a cleaner and more integrated life?

Cover image art: Quentin Deronzier