Hallucinogens and Religion | HOLY FACTS #5

Subscribe to our channel to be updated on latest episodes. It's free!: http://bit.ly/T2fz5K

Description: In episode 5 of "Holy Facts," Gotham Chopra explores the use of hallucinogens in many religious practices.* First he discusses the use of ayahuasca, or "vine of the soul," in South American spiritual traditions. Similar traditions exist in African and Asian countries, as well as the United States. Have you ever taken a spiritual trip? How was it? Leave us your comments below!

Read more: http://bitly.com/S3gBMD

HOLY FACTS is a new video series hosted by Gotham Chopra that explores the world's "strangest" religions and traditions. Through irreverent humor and Gotham's passion for storytelling, Holy Facts strives to show that no matter how peculiar something may look, we're not really that different. It's all still faith.

NEW EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAY. WATCH MORE HERE: http://bit.ly/NHQHkH

THE CHOPRA WELL is a new Youtube channel created to encourage people to live healthier, fuller lives and to be more aware. Deepak, Mallika and Gotham Chopra, as well as many other friends and experts, join together in this inspiring project for personal and global transformation. The channel features daily shows about wellness, healthy living, spirituality, humor, and much more. Please show your support and subscribe to our channel! (its free): http://bit.ly/M5z254
Read our blogs here: http://intentblog.com/author/thechopr...
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thechoprawell
Follow us on Facebook: http://goo.gl/nclfA
Add The Chopra Well to your Google+: http://bit.ly/Oryrwu

• Category

  Education

[Madam Vonkook]

I love love love what you and Your Father are doing here on Youtube !This segment is one of my favorite!

[The Chopra Well]

Thank you!

[Karkenou]

I remember when I went to a burn and was on a concoction of hallucinogens.

God spoke to me through a giant swirling neon tree. (Kind of) As I was staring at the tree I could see the vibrations of energy, and the longer I stared the more intense the vibrations became. And this tree was teaching me about life and how we are all connected.

It was a calming experience but I still loathe that night because I literally lost my pants at one point. :/

[The Chopra Well]

Whoa...What did the tree teach you about life? Bummer that you lost your pants! Haha :)

[The Chopra Well]

Wow...And how would you say the experience changed your perception?

[FinallyNoticeable Tony]

1:59 Slenderman !!!

[Eduardo Prado]

Ayahusaca in the expanding of consciousness unveils the uncouncious mind and propiciate a higher awareness of reality alowing things as thelepathy and other connections. If you beleive in any God you may eventually dicover the truth about it. A Xaman can connect from the big-bang to the end of time, live the life of all beings in the Universe. By releasing man from its inner fears and uncouncious processes that undermine him, it will eventually transform mankind.

[Eduardo Prado]

First off all, Ayahuasca is NOT a drug or hallucinogenous. Drugs are substances extraneous to the body that alterate the perception of reality. Ayahuasca on the other side has as its main active component the DMT, that is a neuro transmitter and is normally produced by the pineal gland under certain stressed situations, like birth or death. It doesn't causes dependence or resistance, i.é., the same dosis always have the same effect. It is an endogenous substance like insulin or adrenalin.

[joel wilson]

I would say my spiritual trip taught me my imagination can be more real then this reality and the mind is more powerful and evolved then one could imagine with out the brain activated or their is another reality and I thought it was my imagination. maybe the sane respectful and honest way of looking at it is "I don't know."

[J DeRoche]

keep on spreading the truth!!

[Karkenou]

It taught me that everything is connected, and we do have a destiny. That the mistakes we make are a part of who we are and help us to grow. That love is all around, we just shut ourselves off from it. That peace comes from taking life as it is rather than trying to force action, to let action happen naturally.

It wrote a mantra on my brain that I will remember forever.

And yeah I eventually found my pants but i wandered around for a bit without them, to my eventual dismay.

[Calvin Pimet]

just dont confuse Hallucinogens and NDEs, Hallucinogens require bio-electrical activity in the brain, NDEs always occur when your brain dead.

[Vero Bero]

Thank you, Brother! The biggest thing I get from this and hope to pass on by sharing on FB is that Religion does not look the same for any two people, not even in the same tribe. So here we are...spiritual beings having a human experience...and whatever roads we take to find peace between us and love for all our fellow men and women, well, that is a holy path and I respect it. Roseangel, my sistar, thank you for reposting.

[Rosangel Perez]

Blessings Gotham! Yes, I experienced Grandmother Medicine aka as Ayahuasca earlier this year. It was a profound journey. I saw how we are all interconnected. Grandmother medicine taught me to be ok with expressing myself authentically and to use my voice. I'm now chasing my dream, using my voice, and happy to share that I will hosting my own show on Blog Talk Radio called "Cafecito Break"... it would be amazing to have you on.