Interview with CEO Earth Resonance Natasha de Jong
One of the possible benefits you mention on your website is spiritual awakening. Could you expand on that – what can psilocybin do to help people develop a spiritual connection?
Psilocybin has shown to induce spiritual experiences and has been used in shamanic healing practices, initiation circles in ancient Greece to ascent and ceremonial rituals by the Aztecs already centuries ago to connect with the divine.
How would we define spiritual awakening in the 21st century? The question is what are we waking up from? The illusion that we are separated from eachother and from nature, the illusion that we are competing against eachother and seeing merely with our eyes. This paradigm what we have been taught of random evolution of humanity or god’s force outside of ourselves, starts to become a path of curiosity, of discovery. This path to spiritual awakening is different for everyone, it is a journey. But often starts with the feeling of purpose, the feeling of being born with intent, that we are all connected to eachother, being of service for one another. We are pure conscious creations and have the god force within us. You will notice this connection when you go into nature and appreciate the beauty of how it grows, without us interfering, this force of energy is in us and is all around us, is flowing abundantly. Psilocybin helps to become aware of this and helps to connect you to this feeling. During your microdosing cycle we also recommend to start a meditation practice that calms the mind and fills the soul with the flowing abundance of source energy. A meditation exercise that can be helpful is connecting your energy to the dark void in space, where there is no time, no space and no ‘me’, you start to swiftly lose your identity, which is constructed by the ego. From this space you can create consciously. That opens the gates to spirituality, becoming one, in unity. One of the most deliberate ways to put it is ‘ I am that, I am’, all that is surrounding me. Amen.
What about the possible benefits for professional life? Microdosing is famously popular among people in Silicon Valley – how can it help us at work?
Do you often feel stuck at work, suffering from procrastination or unable to perform under pressure? Psilocybin has been shown to reduce the activity of the medial prefrontal cortex which is connected to the entire function of the brain, the CEO of the brain and is even responsible the identity of self. By this reduction of blood flow, other parts of the brain have to ability to connect in new ways, which creates new neural pathways. This helps to support neural plasticity, also called neurogenesis. This shows to support new ways of thinking, new insights and perspectives. Problem-solution becomes a less rigid way of thinking and helps you to enter a flow state of creative thinking, no worries about the future, but finding possibilities and opportunities. Especially it helps in the construction of new levels of self-awareness. How? Scientists are still finding out. But we believe that even small amounts can give you this simple benefit which is a harmonious state in the brain, that creates an open heart to create.
What can be the possible negative effects of microdosing? I saw one review on your site mentioning some increased anxiety from one customer.
Negative effects can occur when the expectations don’t meet the perceived experience. That is why the preparation is always very important. In our Ebook we have an intention setting exercise which helps our clients to write down which areas in their life needs focused attention and helps them to start with the right intentions, becoming aware of the blockages that might be there as well. Once you become aware of them, it becomes easy to resolve it with care and love. Also we educate our clients of the process. The first two weeks can be really tough and emotional. But when entering the third and fourth week, the recalibration phase begins, which is where the body and mind starts to become balanced. If our clients experience anxiety or a fear response this means that there is often unresolved trauma that’s trying to find it’s way out of the body, old coping mechanisms to protect you from pain and often is a fight, flight, freeze or fawn response. The microdosing cycle helps you to become aware of the pattern. This happens mostly when you become triggered by something someone said or even your own thoughts can cause this fear response. If you have experienced anxiety in your passed, we recommend to start the microdosing cycle with one of our coaches, specialized in trauma, plant medicine and behavior therapy. They can help heal and help you with the right toolbox to relieve these excessive emotions from your system.
What kind of support do you give people who have that kind of negative reaction?
Education, preparation, integration and evaluation, is what we are aiming for. That is why our customer care team is well trained to recommend and give tips and tricks when our clients experience a negative reaction. We do not often hear complaints, but when we do these complaints occur when the client was not prepared or did not follow our Protocol. We are currently working on our online platform, an e-learning community where it becomes much easier to follow our course and prepare for the cycle.
What role do you hope that substances such as psilocybin can play in the future of society?
We are currently developing different kind of protocols to help people overcome addiction, past trauma and mental health issues. Psilocybin and microdosing is not a quick fix, but it is a tool which can help in ways never seen before. Especially in combination with the righ
One of the possible benefits you mention on your website is spiritual awakening. Could you expand on that – what can psilocybin do to help people develop a spiritual connection?
Psilocybin has shown to induce spiritual experiences and has been used in shamanic healing practices, initiation circles in ancient Greece to ascent and ceremonial rituals by the Aztecs already centuries ago to connect with the divine.
How would we define spiritual awakening in the 21st century? The question is what are we waking up from? The illusion that we are separated from eachother and from nature, the illusion that we are competing against eachother and seeing merely with our eyes. This paradigm what we have been taught of random evolution of humanity or god’s force outside of ourselves, starts to become a path of curiosity, of discovery. This path to spiritual awakening is different for everyone, it is a journey. But often starts with the feeling of purpose, the feeling of being born with intent, that we are all connected to eachother, being of service for one another. We are pure conscious creations and have the god force within us. You will notice this connection when you go into nature and appreciate the beauty of how it grows, without us interfering, this force of energy is in us and is all around us, is flowing abundantly. Psilocybin helps to become aware of this and helps to connect you to this feeling. During your microdosing cycle we also recommend to start a meditation practice that calms the mind and fills the soul with the flowing abundance of source energy. A meditation exercise that can be helpful is connecting your energy to the dark void in space, where there is no time, no space and no ‘me’, you start to swiftly lose your identity, which is constructed by the ego. From this space you can create consciously. That opens the gates to spirituality, becoming one, in unity. One of the most deliberate ways to put it is ‘ I am that, I am’, all that is surrounding me. Amen.
What about the possible benefits for professional life? Microdosing is famously popular among people in Silicon Valley – how can it help us at work?
Do you often feel stuck at work, suffering from procrastination or unable to perform under pressure? Psilocybin has been shown to reduce the activity of the medial prefrontal cortex which is connected to the entire function of the brain, the CEO of the brain and is even responsible the identity of self. By this reduction of blood flow, other parts of the brain have to ability to connect in new ways, which creates new neural pathways. This helps to support neural plasticity, also called neurogenesis. This shows to support new ways of thinking, new insights and perspectives. Problem-solution becomes a less rigid way of thinking and helps you to enter a flow state of creative thinking, no worries about the future, but finding possibilities and opportunities. Especially it helps in the construction of new levels of self-awareness. How? Scientists are still finding out. But we believe that even small amounts can give you this simple benefit which is a harmonious state in the brain, that creates an open heart to create.
What can be the possible negative effects of microdosing? I saw one review on your site mentioning some increased anxiety from one customer.
Negative effects can occur when the expectations don’t meet the perceived experience. That is why the preparation is always very important. In our Protocol we have an intention setting exercise which helps our clients to write down which areas in their life needs focused attention and helps them to start with the right intentions, becoming aware of the blockages that might be there as well. Once you become aware of them, it becomes easy to resolve it with care and love. Also we educate our clients of the process. The first two weeks can be really tough and emotional. But when entering the third and fourth week, the recalibration phase begins, which is where the body and mind starts to become balanced. If our clients experience anxiety or a fear response this means that there is often unresolved trauma that’s trying to find it’s way out of the body, old coping mechanisms to protect you from pain and often is a fight, flight, freeze or fawn response. The microdosing cycle helps you to become aware of the pattern. This happens mostly when you become triggered by something someone said or even your own thoughts can cause this fear response. If you have experienced anxiety in your passed, we recommend to start the microdosing cycle with one of our coaches, specialized in trauma, plant medicine and behavior therapy. They can help heal and help you with the right toolbox to relieve these excessive emotions from your system.
What kind of support do you give people who have that kind of negative reaction?
Education, preparation, integration and evaluation, is what we are aiming for. That is why our customer care team is well trained to recommend and give tips and tricks when our clients experience a negative reaction. We do not often hear complaints, but when we do these complaints occur when the client was not prepared or did not follow our Protocol. We are currently working on our online platform, an e-learning community where it becomes much easier to follow our course and prepare for the cycle.
What role do you hope that substances such as psilocybin can play in the future of society?
We are currently developing different kind of protocols to help people overcome addiction, past trauma and mental health issues. Psilocybin and microdosing is not a quick fix, but it is a tool which can help in ways never seen before. Especially in combination with the right treatment Protocol we believe it has a place in our healthcare system in which therapists will be trained to coach people during the process of unlearning old ways of thinking and feeling and constructing new ways of being. The main goal is to empower the individual instead of making them addicted to a new pharmaceutical.
t treatment Protocol we believe it has a place in our healthcare system in which therapists will be trained to coach people during the process of unlearning old ways of thinking and feeling and constructing new ways of being. The main goal is to empower the individual instead of making them addicted to a new pharmaceutical.