"the rabid dissatisfaction with living anything less than a fully authentic life" || DMs open, 1:1 coaching for meditation practice and attachment healing
boulder, colorado
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i love my heart so much. i love being in my heart. i love real authentic feeling. i love when the guards come down. i love when caring is just there. i love meeting myself there. finding myself there. there i am, i've always been. oh how i want to live there, there, there
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People say that dogs are a man’s best friend, but I think tobacco provides close competition on this front.
Of all the plant spirits I’ve communed with, tobaccos is the most human like.
When I hang out with the spirit of tobacco, I feel like I’m hanging out with a very wise older brother.
When I invoke tobacco in icaros, I use the Shipibo phrase “wetsa metsa” - beautiful brother.
A Shipibo maestro I worked with used to call tobacco the King of the Jungle.
It was tobacco, some Shipibo say, that originally taught them how to communicate with other plants.
He also told them which plants they could use for healing which illnesses.
Some of them say that it was tobacco that taught them about how to make ayahuasca.
Tobacco is also used in Shipibo culture as a gift to other plants - when wanting to request something from a plant eg its leaves, they will blow tobacco on it first as an offering.
It actually makes sense scientifically as tobacco is a natural insecticide and one very easily absorbed by most plants.
Tobacco smoke is also used to clean and protect spaces, which also makes sense given its ability to kill pathogens.
Unfortunately, in modern times we’ve come into an imbalanced relationship with tobacco.
When I asked the spirit of tobacco about this myself, he told me that coming into right relationship with him is similar to coming into right relationship with our other non-human best friend - dogs.
Treat me with with disrespect, tobacco told me, and I will be like a wild and dangerous wolf to you - one with sharp teeth.
Treat me with reverence and care, and I’ll become like a little puppy - a warm and protective companion.
I only ever use tobacco for shamanic purposes - to spiritually clean and protect myself and the spaces I use for ceremony.
Tobacco smoke seems to fill and guard space in a way that makes it hard for negative spirits to occupy that space.
A problem for me is that it interferes with my sleep and dreams.
If it weren’t for that and other potential health impacts then I’d probably smoke it all the time just because it’s such a fun spirit to hang out with.
But if I did that, I expect my relationship to tobacco would come out of balance.
So, in some ways, the negative health consequences of tobacco are protective - they remind is to stay in right relationship to it, and alert us when we are out of right relationship.
Many of life’s pains and sufferings are like this actually.
The wolf’s sharp teeth remind us to respect him and protect us from our own tendency to consume things beyond the degree that is natural and balanced.
Do you smoke tobacco?
If not:
If smoking tobacco had zero negative health consequences, would you smoke?
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iboga is so bitter that taking a microdose is almost like cold shower practice. u just gotta relax and commit hahah
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just finished, oh my god it was so lovely and sweet and tender and satisfying, thank you so much @johngreen
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in 20 years we're going to have to remind ourselves (and tell our kids) that there was a time when we had computers but they like... couldn't think on their own
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i forgot about this piece but youtube just reminded me - was one of my favorites for a time in undergrad piped.video/watch?v=M466YTlK…
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one thing i love about this work is how unique everyone is who comes to see me. i get to connect with the fundamental goodness of so many people, and encourage the natural freedom of so many hearts.
if you're interested in guidance for inner work, including anything from attachment healing and parts work to meditation and dharma practice, i invite you to sign up for a free intro call with me (link next tweet)
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there's a range of ways to work with me, including sliding scale and dāna options. head to the "work with me" page to learn more about that, or to read some more detail about how i work with people.
danielbrottman.com/
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i had claude whip up this thing that highlights one paragraph at a time, and i just hit the down arrow to move it. helps me stay focused. i can't believe the llms can just make things like this it's so cool
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hey yall i just wanna put a plug out for Attachment Alchemy, which is a program i've done twice now and am signed up for the next one, as well.
participating in this program has given me a deeper and broader understanding of the fundamental somatic-psychological patterns in myself and others that lead to either collapse or flourishing. it's greatly enriched my skills as both a practitioner and as a space holder. and it has helped me become more authentically myself, grounded in my worth and ok-ness, and available for connection.
chloe and spencer are two of the deepest practitioners of this kind of work i have ever met, and they are incredible teachers and leaders. i will also be assisting (as well as participating) in the next cohort, probably including leading meditations online some mornings.
the next cohort is Jan 20 - June 9, 2027
link below
you can book a free call with chloe there, also feel free to DM me if you want to chat about it
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