Why are we integrating?

Why do we go into a psychedelic journey in the first place?
Is it to escape something that’s painful or uncomfortable?
Is it to find healing we weren’t able to find through other forms of inner work?
Is it to become better at being ourselves?
Is it to get unstuck and find a vision that excites us to get out of bed in the morning?
Is it to lose sense of labels, roles, and expectations, and connect with the deeper meaning of it all? To feel into being one with everything? To remember our true essence and where we come from?

Well, whatever your intention was for the psychedelic experience, that intention becomes the whole point of the integration process.

Sometimes, I almost find myself trying to “convince” people that integration is important. But in reality, you should already be convinced. Why are you doing this (psychedelic journey) for? What is the goal? What is the long-term vision and mission? What is the point?

What is that 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 that if resolved, healed, integrated, transformed, will make everything else fall into place?

The answer to this question is the whole purpose of your integration. And that should be enough of motivation to make space for 5-10 minutes a day to tap into the felt experience and remember the ceremony. To work with someone or find a community that helps you not only unpack the insights and translate them into action, but also guides you to go deeper and deeper, without the need of additional exogenous substances. The answers are within you.

Psychedelics may point us to the door, but it's up to us to continue walking through it long after the ceremony ends.

At the end of the day, it's your daily actions that matter and shape you far more than the visions or insights you caught a glimpse of. It's who you choose to be every day that brings about lasting change.

Integrating the experience is a testament to how seriously you want the result—or, as I like to call it, the updated version of you.