Acharya Prashant addresses the use of psychedelic drugs like LSD and DMT within spiritual communities, explaining that recommending such substances reveals a teacher's inability to lead a seeker beyond ordinary consciousness through genuine means. He compares this to offering sleep instead of deep meditative absorption; while both differ from the usual state, sleep is a lower state of unconsciousness rather than a higher state of awareness. He argues that using drugs is a bad change that turns the seeker unconscious and represents a failure of both the teacher and the disciple. While acknowledging that drugs can show that the universe is not limited to one's usual perception, he warns that this realization is fraught with danger. He explains that people often mistake their consistent daily perceptions for truth because they do not change. When a drug alters these perceptions—such as making a white wall appear as a dancing rainbow—the seeker realizes that their usual experiences are deceptive and lack objective reality. However, a significant risk arises when the seeker then mistakes the drug-induced hallucination for the new truth, leading to a harmful dependency. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that while the world is a habit, drugs are a far worse habit that prevents one from seeing facts. Since facts are the door to truth, being under the influence of drugs actually moves a person further away from spiritual reality. He concludes that seeking spiritual attainment through drugs is as illogical as moving to a colder climate to escape the winter cold.