Emotional Healing With Psychedelics: A Soulful Path

You may or may not have heard that the psychedelic community’s abuzz over what amounts to a HUGE defeat in moving psychedelics to a place of legal acceptance in the United States, which naturally shifts how we discuss the spiritual awakening process for so many. And, of course, it’s considered a defeat for the rest of the Westernized world – given the U.S.’s outsized influence on such matters. 

Meantime, there’s also a robust conversation about whether plant medicine serves a more spiritual purpose than a clinical one, as I explain in this video:

The FDA and Molly-assisted therapy

Before I can share with you what I really want to, I need to let you know, if you don’t know already, that this issue revolves around the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision NOT to approve a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), that uses the psychedelic MDMA (better known as Ecstasy or Molly), in a treatment called MDMA-assisted therapy. 

The agency said there wasn’t good enough data to assess whether the therapy was safe and effective and that an additional clinical trial was needed. However, this marks a substantial blow for the psychedelic science community since it’s said that another clinical trial would take years and millions of dollars,

But now, an article in Rolling Stone magazine following that decision calls into question whether people actually care about the science. The Rolling Stone headline says, “The medicalization movement is faltering. Maybe that’s because psychedelics have been spiritual tools all along.” 

The article highlights that despite the challenges faced by the scientific clinical approach, a “spiritual wind is beginning to blow, offering a way forward.” 

If you’d like to read the article, I’ll put the link in the comments section so that you can take a look. And while you’re there, leave a comment and let me know what you think about what I’m saying here. 

Trusting the Spiritual Awakening Process Personally

You know, I’ve been a true believer in looking at these plant medicines as spiritual tools – and have embraced them that way, as long as I have been working with cannabis and psilocybin or magic mushrooms, as you might call them. 

And even though I’m trained as a clinician and taught to see these interactions through the lens of science, I find that it’s far easier to appreciate and accept what’s happening by seeing it through the lens of, let’s call it, the ART of working with these esoteric practices and spirit plants. Spirituality. 

Western science versus Yogic science

And I think it’s important to differentiate between Western science and Yogic science. 

When we think of science… we go directly to the intellect. Western science is about systems… usually using scientific instruments, repeated experiments and so forth. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, right? 

So when we say science, that’s what most people think of. They’re looking for that approach with specific kinds of data and instruments.

But remember, before there was ever Western science, the world relied on wisdom traditions. They didn’t have science as we know it. They didn’t have scientific instruments. 

The instrument was consciousness itself… It was people, often yogis in deep meditation, using repeatable systematic methodologies of inquiry from within.  When you look at the Hindi, the vedantic, the Buddhist, the Tibetan systems – all these systems have many similarities because – Truth is truth.

Ultimately, in this respect, we are our own scientist for our own life, for our own existence. I believe this deeply.  And so, using your own inquiry to probe into your own consciousness, your subconscious and the spiritual awakening process is what I teach people how to do.

Because our assignment, as I see it as an emotions therapist, is to find and identify that voice within, that deep inner knowing within your subconscious. And I believe that the judicious use of plant medicines and, in particular, the mindful practice of conscious cannabis, helps facilitate this process. In my work, when combined with my Emotional Liberation method, the plant medicine heightens our ability to find and identify our inner voice – so that we can have a dialogue with our deep inner knowing, our Soul, and find answers to making our life better.

Looking for the Deeper Why

Western science often limits its exploration to the mechanics of how things function. It steers clear of the realm of consciousness. It provides detailed explanations of processes but stops short of exploring the deeper question of “why.” 

So, to fully engage with this inquiry, we need to venture into the domains of consciousness— the transpersonal, the metaphysical, the mystical. And often, in my work, with the help of sacred plant medicines, we can possess the keys to understanding the underlying reasons behind our emotional challenges, our existence and the universe. 

 I believe finding real spiritual awakening is the greatest assignment in our lifetimes!

I’m Becca Williams and I want you to lead your most magnificent life, and I want to help you do that.

P.S. I just scheduled an online Cannabis Elevation Ceremony! It’s actually been several years (like maybe 2019) since I’ve guided one of these online – so join us for this free event to let go of whatever is knocking loudest on your head (and, plus, it’s always fun in a group)! We’ll be gathering on zoom on Saturday, September 14th. Click here to register.