“Psilocybin is a pharmacological tool that helps people recognize how it feels to embody the present moment. And that's exactly the same of meditation. It's about bringing yourself into the present moment.”
-Roland Griffiths
In this wide-ranging report on the current state of psychedelic research being conducted at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Roland Griffiths talks about the work that is being done by a team of researchers who are investigating psychedelic medicines and psychedelic states of consciousness. Dr. Griffiths speaks about their research into the character of one's personality in regards to how a psychedelic experience may affect a person's openness to the experiences of life. Another interesting area that his research group is investigating is the intersection of psilocybin and meditation, a discussion of which takes up a significant part of this talk.
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