This week I commune with psychedelic integration counselor Daniel ‘Sitaram Das’ Shankin, founder of Tam Integration and The Psilocybin Summit, in a soulful conversation on grace versus good works, taking multiple perspectives, being the kindest version of yourself (rather than the smartest), belief systems as spirit possessions, his journey from yoga teacher to psychedelic integration counselor, personality types as insurance strategies, the good, bad, and ugly of memes, and how to live with the worst parts of psychedelic capitalism.

Learn more about Daniel at tamintegration.com, sitaramdas.com, Instagram, and Twitter.

Get 10% off your ticket for the The Third Annual Psilocybin Summit (16-20 September 2021) and enjoy my live Future Fossils panel with Richard Doyle, Sophie Strand, and Sam Gandy — as well as presentations by dozens of other amazing contributors — at psilocybinsummit.com/garfield.

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✨ Related Reading

• “What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich?” by Faye Sakelladaris

• Thread on suffering and coping strategies on my Facebook timeline

• Thread on lateral thinking & creativity in the Future Fossils Facebook group

✨ Related Listening

• FF 58 - Shane Mauss on Psychonautic Adventures at The Edge of Genius and Madness

• FF 63 - David Bronner on Psychedelics, Activism, and Trans-foam-ation

• FF 88 - Dennis McKenna on Psychedelics as Scientific Instruments

• FF 103 - Tricia Eastman on Facilitating Psychedelic Journeys to Recover from An Age of Epidemic Trauma

• FF 112 - Mitsuaki Chi on Serving The Mushroom

• FF 156 - Stuart Davis on Zen, Aliens, and Psychedelics

• SolPurpose Conversations 2 - Richard Doyle on The Cloud of Unknowing

• MG and Saj Razvi on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy at BDYHAX 2018

✨ Music by Michael Garfield

• “Whispering At Night” & “Autonomous Zone” off House Ship On A Hill (2021)

• “Tin Heart” off Double-Edged Sword (2007)

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