Evan McMullen is an experienced meditation practitioner and psychedelic explorer, also known as a lecturer from The Stoa Youtube channel which Daniel also has guested a few times. He considers himself a "spiritual friend" rather than a teacher.
In this podcast we talk about his "pretty freaking abiding" shift which occured back in 2005 around the time when he did a rather sensational experiment. Evan took extremely high daily doses of the highly potent psychedelic 5-MEO DMT for 90 days straight. He did, however, also spend a lot of time on retreats and in daily practice during that time.
“I Lost Capacity to Be Bored”. He said he hasn't felt boredom in 6-8 years and goes into what he means about that.
Evan has done thousands of psychedelic trips. For a 10 year period, on a given day, he said it was more likely that he was having a psychedelic experience than not.
It was fascinating to talk to someone who both is an experienced meditator, pragmatic dharma student and also has extended experience with psychedelic exploration. That's a sweet venn diagram spot if you ask me!
Enjoy our conversation. Looking forward to hear your thoughts on the podcast.
