Control

Control:

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Control.

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A thing we all want.

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Control over our lives.

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Control over our decisions.

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Control over what happens to us.

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We all want control.

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We want to feel like we’re in power.

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Like we decide how the world is going to work.

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Or how our lives will unfold.

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Or how the decisions we make are always going to work out.

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All of those are lies.

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We can’t control a lot.

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But we can control some things.

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We can control our actions.

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We can control how we spend our time.

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We can control who we spend our time with.

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This is what we should focus on.

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What we can control.

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Not what we can’t.

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Many of us want to control too much.

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How other people are going to think about us.

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What other people are going to say about us.

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How other people are going to act.

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We can’t control any of that.

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We can’t control how anyone else will do anything.

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Even though we think we can.

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Life will take us in unique directions.

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Give us moments where you question everything.

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Where instead of wanting control you have to surrender.

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Surrender to where your mind and body will take you.

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Drugs can do that.

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In the right environment, at the right dose with the right people, substances can show you this.

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They’ll show you how much control you don’t have.

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They’ll take you in new directions.

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Make you think new thoughts.

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Put you in situations your mind has never experienced before.

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Done right with the right people around you, these can be massively positive experiences.

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But done wrongly and too often, these can derail your life.

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Psilocybin is an interesting one.

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A drug that I wish every adult in the world would take once in their life.

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In the right environment with the right people at the right dose.

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These drugs will make you rethink everything.

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Form new neural connections your brain never had before.

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Force you to think about the world in a new way.

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Make you appreciate life in a way you’ve never understood before.

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These drugs are incredible and dangerous.

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They are not to be underestimated.

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We’re just starting to uncover the medical effects of these.

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Psilocybin is now being tested in clinical trials for patients with depression, alcoholism, end-of-life care, anxiety and others.

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We’re going to find out in the coming decade how amazing these drugs are in the right circumstances.

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They’ll change many people’s lives.

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But many others will have bad experiences.

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That’s all part of it.

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Nothing is 100%.

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But even for those people who have negative experiences, they’ll learn so much about their lives.

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It happened to a friend of mine who was taking it.

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He spaced out for a few minutes.

Had a derealization event.

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Left his body for a minute.

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This happens.

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I’ve experienced it during a bad trip.

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In the moment, it’s terrifying.

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You think it could never end.

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You believe that this is it.

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But you’ll come back.

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You have to.

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You have to trust your body and your mind.

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My sense is these moments are your mind reminding you.

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Showing you how much control you have and don’t have.

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We need that reminder.

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Focus on what you can control.

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Let go of what you can’t.

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Psychedelics can show you that.

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