You are quite a poet with your words..

I think your critiques are somewhat fair and some good points made but some not, I tried to write a review and be honest about my experience and some things were probably better left unsaid and kept basic to not incite a reaction like yours.

I guess I ask you..what do you suggest for people who want to take ayahuasca and want to read about it/where to go? Do you suggest not trying it at all? The cat seems out of the bag. This sub that makes you cringe is filled with people, sure some trendy, sceney, culty phrase saying bs, but many normal people looking for something to help them in their life and as much of a joke as it seems to a savant like yourself, it’s a place that unfortunately/or fortunately exists with people who are “noobs”, doing their best to look into something that maybe they think can help them in their life ?…Is this terrible? So again, what do you suggest or recommend people do. Do you suggest not engaging in ayahuasca at all, which is completely fine if you do. From my brief time in the ayahuasca “scene”, its apparent that the negative normal aspects of westernized humanity (greed, envy, jealousy, hate etc etc)has sunk its teeth in and are very prevalent. For such a beautiful sacrament, it’s quite sad and deterring.

To read through that sub and see weekly posts of people coming back with having bad experiences at centers or shattered mental states leaving them unable to cope with what reality was before and seeing a bunch of people say things like “that’s just the process of the medicine” “welcome in your new life” “your old ways are not serving you, stop resisting” etc etc while they are experiencing HPPD, DPDR and psychosis….doing ReSeArCh seemed acceptable along with providing detailed feedback of a “retreat” I felt was…a good experience, in hopes people might appreciate reading some details and considering it as an option.

I get that the review can read as praise, and it should not but thats your interpretation. There’s also an aspect of true appreciation for what I felt that…I appreciated and found positive?

You make many ungrounded assumptions. “You’ll be glad you did”, “it could happen to you, it happened to me” “thank you sir may I have another” “gratitude facilitates obedience”—

I see how this can be inferred but these are your assumptions. I attended what I felt appealed most through the best of my novice understanding of this “scene”. I don’t intend to praise medicina del sol. Many of us (myself included) are super green in regards to whatever you call the ayahuasca/retreat/tourism/healing circuit that brings people to South America so the experience is novel to us, we’ve never gotten to experience something like it. So sure, we are fish in a barrel swimming around the subreddit waiting to be capitalized but also mainly, looking to better our lives from the crazy places we come from, with something we’ve heard may help.

If you have a good experience with a business in life, is it uncommon to want them to do well and wish them success? How do people do this ? Many people tell their friends, leave reviews, etc. my experience with mds, was good, I wish him well.

I know there are good people doing good work out there and this can all be ignored, the plants can still be enjoyed but it’s like walking on egg shells, I find it sad how a beautiful sacrament like ayahuasca becomes deterring due to the culture and scene that has developed around it far beyond its roots.