#035: Piercing the Veil | Bernard Kold

11/01/22 • 55 min

Bernard Kold has had a number of experiences with psychedelics and other substances. On his first day at college, he tried LSD and had a number of positive experiences. He also tried mushrooms, but after three successive bad trips he set aside mushrooms. He then took up heroin, resulting in addiction for several years. Years later, after healing from heart surgery, Bernard began experiencing serious depression. His wife and a physician friend suggested he try ketamine to treat his depression. Bernard shares some of his ketamine experiences, including one in which he felt as if he had died and entered something similar to the Bardo, spoken of in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. He had the feeling he was a God particle and that life is part of a simulation.

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Links:

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Be Here Now
A book by Ram Dass

Links:

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Be Here Now
A book by Ram Dass

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