2. Psychedelics, Sovereignty & Fatherhood with Charles Eisenstein

The Psychedelic Mom

Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker, and the author of several books including The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible.

Topics discussed in this episode …

• Whether psychedelics have the capacity to heal us, awaken us, and bring us to our truth
• Knowing our “YES” and “NO” as core to our embodiment and presence
• Questioning the mentality that distinguishes between the recreational and sacramental use of psychedelics
• Profound experiences both Michaela and Charles have had with the psychedelic, iboga
• How psychedelics have informed Charles’ parenting
• Family patterning and how it comes up in coded forms that we unconsciously pass on to our children
• How psychedelics can help us see and transform our inherited programming
• The impatience with superficiality Charles feels based on the awareness of other dimensions psychedelics have given him
• How the personal dramas of both children and adults are part of the becoming of the soul
• How we have been living a story of separation that inhabits each person in a unique way
• The earth as conscious and alive
• The split in the psychedelic community around the dominant narratives in relation to the coronavirus
• If our prayers for peace are to be powerful, they have to be consistent with our actions
• If we really want peace, we need to become a champion of peace and hold each other sacred
• Being inoculated from the despair triggered by the news by living in closer connection with nature
• What it means to take “refuge in incompetence”
• How psychedelics are just beginning to make inroads into our culture and are an intervention we need
• The love and camaraderie we can feel with fellow explorers on this path

Charles Eisenstein’s Links

• Website: https://charleseisenstein.org
• Book: The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible
• Short Film: And the Music Played the Band