On today's podcast, we’re going to borrow a concept from the world of psychedelics, specifically the way psychedelic drugs interact with the user. It is called “Set and Setting.”
Taken from Ido Hartogsohn, “The concept, which was first proposed by Timothy Leary and his group at Harvard, claimed that the character of a psychedelic experience is determined first and foremost by the user’s character, expectations and intentions (Set), as well as by the social and physical surrounding in which the drug experience takes place (Setting)."
Let’s suppose for a minute that in this hypothesis we swap “psychedelic experience/drugs” for “life” - it would read like this:
“The character of [life] is determined first and foremost by the user’s character, expectations and intentions (Set), as well as by the social and physical surrounding in which [life] takes place (Setting).”
From a wellness perspective, the combination of set and setting is very important. In this episode, we talk about ways to change your mindset (set) and how can we set up more environments (settings) to facilitate a better mindset for you being able to improve in some way (i.e. setting up your office to feel more creative).
In this episode, we talk about being in charge of your life. Your life is determined by YOUR actions, YOUR expectations and the way you want to be treated and how you want to it, and by the intention (effort and focus) you put behind it. If you are looking to up-level your life, and need some advice on how to get there, this episode is for you.