Many so-called spiritual practices falsely promote intoxication as a path to higher consciousness. In reality, this only deepens confusion. True spirituality is about clarity and self-understanding, not external experiences or blind belief. Neither gurus nor media can offer truth. It must be discovered within by honestly observing and rejecting inner falseness, with awareness and sincerity.
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Questioner: I have a doubt about this belief thing. One of my friend, it’s a controversial doubt. So one of my friends said that he went to this meditation chamber, and he started meditating, and he went to some other zone. So I have this doubt that he has been given intoxicants. These meditation gurus give intoxicants in the closed chamber. So people go into some other dimension and all, like we have seen in a series, Sacred Games. So the guruji gave gochi to the people, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and all; he has that and “Apun ich bhagwan hai” and all.
So is there a Truth to it? I really am doubtful about this, that they give intoxicants. I’m 100% sure.
Acharya Prashant: See, all my life I never went to a meditation camp. It sounds a bit like a concentration camp, so I thought it better to avoid it. I do not know what’s going on in these camps, but what you suspect might be the reality. It is quite possible that intoxicants or psychedelics might be finding their way to these places. In fact, it has been pretty prevalent. It has, in fact, been a bit of a norm, and several very popular teachers have openly advocated the use of psychedelics to achieve so-called higher states of consciousness.
