modernmonk on Nostr: "Breathe, breathe" I heard a whisper in my ear. As I opened my eyes, I saw a woman in ...

"Breathe, breathe" I heard a whisper in my ear.

As I opened my eyes, I saw a woman in front of me playing a Tibetan bowl.

"What the fuck just happened?" I wondered.

A moment ago, I wasn't existing; I was in an infinite space full of love and compassion.

However, this ego/character was not there. Upon returning to my body, I noticed a Bitcoin sign. Was God joking?

That's how I got "orange pilled."

But let me back it up a bit.

In 2020, when the global pandemic hit, I was in the US working on an e-commerce project.

As soon as I sensed something bigger was coming, I packed my belongings and bought a flight to Mexico.

While there, I read many books on non-duality and exercised to understand reality and what was happening in the world. I also questioned democracy and freedom.

After six months of intense questioning, an opportunity arose to take peyote with a local shaman.

Before the ceremony, I met a woman who told me she was a medicine woman and offered 5-MeO-DMT.

My interest was piqued. I had heard about this psychedelic years ago and knew how strong and profound it was.

We exchanged numbers and planned to do it together later on.
The peyote ceremony was incredible, but I'll write a separate story about it.

After a couple of weeks, the medicine woman came to my house and prepared a space for the ceremony.

We put lots of cushions behind me, and she looked into my eyes and said, "Two important things:

1. Don't try to resist.
2. Don't forget to breathe."

I exhaled as much as possible and began inhaling the drug.

As I couldn't inhale any more, she told me, "Un poquito mas" (a bit more), and I inhaled as much as possible...

I looked into her eyes and heard my voice in my mind: "You went too far this time. You're going to die."

As I fell back into the pillows, I saw the entire history of humankind from when I smoked it up to the Big Bang, where only infinite love existed.

My ego dissolved; nothing was left—just an immense energy of love.

After 3-5 minutes, I remembered to take a breath.

I inhaled and started seeing my way back to this body. As I returned, I saw the stories this ego/character told itself, some of which were not mine.

At the very end, I saw a sign of Bitcoin...

I couldn't believe it.

Why did God want me to know about this digital currency?

After a couple of days when I could function better in this world, I contacted my friend (a BTC maximalist) and he told me to read these four books: The Miracle on the Jekyll Island, Debt: The First 5000 Years of History, The Bitcoin Standard, and The Sovereign Individual.

I read them within a month and was fully convinced.

The first two books showed the problem we currently have, while the other two provided solutions to those problems.

Over the past three years, my conviction has grown stronger and stronger.

I met some amazing people in this community and saw how it changed them on an individual level and had the potential to change our civilization for the better—no more short-term thinking, unsustainable growth trying to fill this void, or selfishness.

Will it be easy?

I don't think so.

The ego will continue playing nasty games on us, contracting and believing it's here all on its own, needing protection from others.
And I can't blame these people; I've been there before myself.

Eventually, though, we're all going to win because that's where consciousness and love want to take us.

PV frens✌️