facing the disappointing reality that the remaining 80 percent of our time, money, and effort will be dedicated to gleaning only 20 percent more growth and integration. And that can take a lot of frustrated searching to figure out. The principle applies to ecstatic techniques of any stripe—psychedelics, group work, breath work, body work, tantra, music: succumb to the irrational exuberance of your initial hits of healing, and you can lose yourself. We can become addicted to the states without ever raising our stage.
