Ketamine: A Deep Dive Into Yourself
Ever wonder what an experience during a ketamine infusion can be like?
We have had past blogs that go into the different types of experiences such as the empathogenic experience and near-death experience, which you can check out.
In this blog, we illustrate the aspect of the experience that is a real deep dive into your unconscious, the journey into your mind and experiences. This blog is almost like a guided meditation. So find a comfy spot, perhaps put some relaxing music on and read on!
Imagine you are on a boat in the middle of a beautiful ocean. You are about to go on your first dive! You have special equipment that will control your depth as you desire and give you plenty of fresh oxygen while you are underwater.
You prepare your gear and plop yourself off the boat. For now, you are gently floating in the water.
You decide to dip your head under water and swim slowly downwards into the ocean. As you dive deeper and deeper, you become more calm and tranquil. Your mind becomes quieter and your internal voice becomes softer as well.
You now notice your body and its sensations even more. You notice the tips of your fingers, hands, arms, shoulders, neck, face, and head.
You take a deep breath and notice your chest and back area. You continue scanning your body and sense your stomach, hips, legs, calves, feet, and toes.
You notice the feelings in your entire body. You may notice certain areas of tension, tenderness, or discomfort. Know that these areas are simply messages from your body since it’s the only way to communicate is via sensations. Don’t ignore any of them and let them just be.
As you are diving deeper into the ocean, you see beautiful, tropical fish, and stunning, complex corals. You appreciate them fully and dive even deeper.
You approach a large bed of seaweed. This area is murky and some parts are quite frightening.
Fortunately you have your powerful flashlight with you and you continue diving through the seaweeds, knowing you shall pass through them soon enough.
As you dive even deeper, you finally reach the sea bed. It feels quite uninviting here and there isn’t a single fish here. The water is colder here and it's quite dark. You stretch your hands out and feel around. You notice that there are piles of spiky oyster shells of all sizes.
You feel around and notice one oyster with the spikiest of shells. This one you can’t even bear to touch. You look at it and wonder what it represents. You get an automatic response. It may be anger, sadness, guilt, fear, or shame.
You feel this uncomfortable feeling fully as you look at the oyster shell carefully.
After a period of time, the discomfort loosens a bit, and you decide to prise open this spiky shell. Inside you see a beautiful pearl. A pearl initially starts with a small bit of grit and the oyster slowly coats this grit with beautiful, shimmery layer upon layer.
So you ask yourself, “ Why is this pearl here? Why is this feeling here? What is the message I need to hear from the feeling? What is important about this feeling?”
Your emotions are always trying to tell you something about what really matters to you.
The pearl is the message and the meaning behind the feelings.
This is your pearl. Take this pearl and hold it in your hand. With this pearl in your hand, you start swimming up towards the sun. You kick your legs powerfully and approach the surface.
As you break through the surface of the ocean, you feel a sudden peacefulness. The water is calm and still. The sky is huge above and the sun is glowing pink slightly above the horizon.
You look around and see your boat. The crew helps you out of the water and you are soon sitting on your comfortable chair with a blanket wrapped around you on the deck. You look out at the setting sun and the tranquil water.
Then you open up your hands and notice the smooth shiny pearl. You remember the message from the pearl.
How can you honor this feeling? How can you honor this message that it holds?