Buddhist and Psychedelic Perspectives on Love

Is love happiness? There are myriad forms of love: we make love, we love our families, we love animals, and some of us love God(s).  We sometimes think of sexual love as less genuine than romantic love, and romantic love as less noble than spiritual love.  Are these useful or even accurate representations of the reality of love?

Writer Allan Badiner (Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics) and psychotherapist Neal Goldsmith discuss the Buddhist and psychedelic perspectives on love in the context of friendship, families, fidelity, and polyamory.  They address the question of whether it is more effective to turn to Buddhism, or psychiatry, or psychedelics, or an appropriate mix, to help us resolve personal issues.  Finally, Neal and Allan address the question of whether or not there is an honest, effective way to integrate the use of psychedelics and Buddhist meditation, not necessarily at the same time, but in the same life.

Annie Lalla, a love coach who specializes in sexuality and relationships, will moderate the discussion.